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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
WASHINGTON

BY PRESTON GROVER

WASHINGTON, March 3.-Despite all this
talk about the gloomy prospects for American
youth of today, every community still has a
generous assortment Of old-fashioned proud
papas who view their bright bows as potential
Presidents.
however, who envision their sapient sons as
justices Of the supreme court. Perhaps some
thing ought to be done to stimulate that ambi-
ton.
First of all a promising youngsters chances
for. reaching the high court are statistically
9 to 1 better than his prospects for going to
the White House. Second, the public esteem
for a Justice often Is equal to-and sometimes
greater than-that accorded a chief executive.
Third, a supreme court post is just about the
incest of all the nice jobs in Washington.
It's a good bet that some Of the current
justices are weighing the perquisites of their
posts right now.
Five Are Mentioned
Gentlemen Of the court, in unusually large
number, are being included in this years spec
ulation on presidential possibilities.
Justices Douglas, Murphy and Frankfurter
have been mentioned on the democratic side;
Justices Roberts and Stone on the republican.
Only once in American political history has a
Justice left the high bench to become a presi.
Dental candidate. Charles Evans Hughes was
drafted" by the republicans in 1916 and re-
signed from the court on the day of his nom.
nation Political adversaries attacked him fer
quitting the sacrosanct atmosphere OF the
court for the sordid political arena" notwith-
standing the high level Of his personal cam
paign.
Many a congressman in the thick OF legls'
lative turmoil and facing a fight back nome
for reelection must look with longing on the
serene round of duties Of the nine men In
black. Justices don't have to write explanatory
letters to disgruntled constituents. They're not
harassed by persistent applications for JOBS
from Deserving supporters. Nobody blames
them for depressions or unbalanced budgets.
Few Social Obligations
They have a pleasant work, for a lifetime. in
pleasant surroundings; even the \cuspidors are
building. The pay Of 100000 a year-double
what a senator gets-goes on at the same rate
after retirement.
Since it Is additionally good form FOR the
justice to live comparatively aloof from per-
sons active in politics, expensive entertaining
is not necessary. They have high official and
social ranking, yet they need not attend the
innumerable stuffy functions that are a heavy
drain on the strength Of Presidents and others
in the political whirlpool.
Grade A Washington hostesses consider a
justice-not to mention a chief Justlce-a prize
catch for a dinner party. The best part OF 1t
Is the justice is not obligated to return the
courtesy. Some justices regularly decline White
House invitations and their regrets are always
accepted in good grace because OF their unique
social category.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
STRATEGY

1t would be unfair to believe that the re-
publican members Of congress conducting an
investigation of Southern agriculture as a
part of a national survey are seeking cam
paign ammunition. The group which started
the inquiry at Charlotte on Friday is credit
ed with the ambition to learn the ms and
outs of the farm situation in the great grow.
ing belts of the country that it may make
recommendations for betterment through legis.
lation.
Nevertheless, the members are all of the
opposition, and this is an election year. They
will be more than human if they fail to util.
lie information they secure, particularly Of
a negative sort, in the bombardment which
will feature the campaign to wrest control
from the democratic party.
1t would appear poor strategy on the part
Of the o to commission republican repre-
sentatives in the house, at public expense, to
spy out the land from their party viewpoint
at this particular time.
In any other year, and with a mixed com.
mittee, the investigation would have a better
standing. Undertaken now, it will be sub
jected to criticism which could not possibly
attach to it another time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04

which are best suited and necessary to pursuit
Of the war. Farm workers are expressly for
hidden to seek city employment. Thus there is
a freezing of industry and business as well as
agriculture,
From Bucharest it is reported that the Ru-
manian government is considering issuance of
a royal decree for emergency mobilization of
the nations industry" The proposed decree,
says the dispatch, would place government Of
ficials in supreme control Of all factories. Pro
duction would be regulated according to the
governments estimates of civilian and military
requirements" And Rumania, led to consider
this drastic action, is not at war but is merely
preparing for what 1t fears is an eventuality.
The one sure way to end operation Of demo-
cratic principles and processes is to go to war
and turn the nations affairs from civilian into
military channels. Once our own Industrial
mobilization act went into force, with its black
out of liberties and freedom, who is there to
say how long it's drastic provisions might OBJ
tain? There is no assurance whatever that
democracy would ever emerge from its .anes-
thetization.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
1T LOWERS PRICES

The National Association Of Real Estate
Boards has found that prices on land disfig
After careful surveys the realty men have
concluded they would be better off to pay
outdoor advertising firms the money they
would have received in rental on ground fol-
the billboards.
Here is an aspect Of the situation which
may Influence owners against allowing their
land to be defaced. At least 1t shows that
they stand to lose money If they continue tc
harbor billboards on it. And nobody enjoys
losing money.
If the truth of the realty mems conclusions
finally sinks in, the highways may be re-
turned to the motorists who have spent 80
billion dollars for them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
H HOUSING REVIEW

The first issue of the North Carolina Hous
ing ReuieU, which identifies itself as the or
gan of the North Carolina Council Of Housing
Authorities, presents a very clear picture OF
the situation in providing adequate homes
for lower-income families in the state.
Articles deal with housing projects and
problems, with interest centering in a letter
from the Wilmington Authority to the Real
Estate Board in which it is plainly set forth
that the two projects under way may by no
means complete the effort here to house the
needy in sanitary, modern homes. Others
will be launched, If need arises, as provided
by the ordinance creating the authority.
The Review is we'll printed, in large, read
able type, on coated book paper which makes
the three illustrations particularly clear and
attractive. Succeeding issues will be awaited
9Th interest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
LAWS DELAYS
Charleston wv. Va.) Gazette

W
Under rules promulgated by the United
States supreme court for use in all federal
courts much of former delay and excessive
costs are eliminated. Litigants can bring &C.
lions Will assurance that their causes will be
heard promptly.
The American Bar association is active with
a program that is designed to extend this re-
form to the state courts. This should prove
old theory that the more work one does, the
more pay he gets, has been exploded long ago
Now the man who is well paid is the one who
gets things done quickly and accurately. Civil
~nzations moves too fast to allow anything to
drag, even litigation.
Large business organizations employ lawyers
to keep them out of trouble rather than to
fight their difficulties to conclusion through
the courts. It has been demonstrated that the
lawyer who gets his clients troubles settled
and out of the way earns the larger ices and
has more and better-paying clients.
Dickens classic writings on the laws de-
lays started people to thinking as most OF his
stories on other subjects did. He spoke Of the
pomposity, procrastination, incompetency and
expense Of going to law. Pathetic little Miss
Flight, with her ~reticule and fluttery hopes,
spent years looking for justice only at last to
find the law dead of %attrition.
Thus Dickens writing changed things for
the better and there were minor reforms, but
many of the practices of the circumulation Of
flee still continue. United States laws are the
offspring of British laws and our legal proc
esses are still subject to many of the same
faults.
Courts, litigants, jurors will welcome the
crusade of the bar association; lawyers should.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
MORGENTHAU U

No surprise was caused in New York II
nancial circles by the disclosure that Score
tary MoRGENTHAu Of the treasury has no pre-
1iminary announcement to make at presen,
regarding the March refinancing plans of the
treasury. This appears to be a reversal of the
secretary's practice Of making Information
available Immediately after decisions arc
taken
On the present occasion, as treasury bond
specialists interpret the matter, European de
velopments are too full Of potential dynamite
to permit of forward commitments by the
treasury, even to the limited extent Of indi
eating that any financing will be done at q
specific time. 1t is Wall Streets assumption
that the s73s, o0o, 900 Of June notes and 1858,
600, 1000 Of called three and three-eighth per
cent bonds will be refinanced in the first
half Of the month.
This is clearly subject, however. to thu
proviso that the European situation will show
signs OF stability for at least a few days
when the decision is made. In a sense The
treasury procedure is providing Wall Stree,
with a small guide to the information on
European affairs available to the United
States government
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04

No business can progress, or even last, II
those in it cease trying to learn something
every day.-Henry Ford.
Well planned, adequate, decisive actlon now
would curtail the duration Of the ar.-Forme
British War Secretary Leslie
Many employers have neglected to get the
cooperation Of trade unions in reducing costs
by increasing efficiency. The prospect OF get
ting more help through such cooperation is
GOOD -sunner TT snchter. Harvard University
economist.
Right is not an absolute quality; it Is relative
to outlook. and outlook changes with condi'
tions.-Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
Introducing Sam
The Man Who Beat Long Prefers
Home To Governors Mansion

Jones has some of that quality,
and it helped in the campaign when
Long, using the corporation control
issue which his brother Huey rode
to power, called Jones "Sir High
Hat understanding Sambola."
Jones has a sense of humor, too
In his victory parade in Baton
Rouge he wore a hat three feet
high.
He likes to talk about his chi,
dren. He is the father of two, and
Mrs. Jones has two more by a pre-
vious marriage. One daughter cee'
brated her third birthday the day
after the election, so the governor
designate telephoned her.
mot a word about the election
from Carolyn" he chuckled approx.
ingly. Just, hurry up and coma
home, daddy"
His wife, who worked hard in his
campaign, is four years younger
than he. She has known him since
she was -. Her brother was his
best college friend.
They + going away together t0'
a rest in Arizona and on the IVES!
coast before he establishes residence
in ALTON Rouge, to get the feel u
the capital before he moves ln0
the executive mansion.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
LIBERTY HAS BOUNDS

Personal liberty is a strange thing. For
example, you are at liberty to swing your
arm in a circle to your hearts content. But
the moment it comes in contact with some
one else's nose, your liberty ~ceases-perhaps
violently.
visit our shores from abroad to understand
that while this is a libertyloving country, I'M
bridled liberty is as unwelcome here as any
where else.
Liberty is the keystone of our national
arch. We could not exist without it. But we
see no reason to abuse it ourselves and are
wearying Of it's abuse by aliens.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
BY EDMUND LIE BRETON
ZAP Feature Seryice)

NEW ORLEANS, March 8. - a
plain. friendly, 42-year-old nan with
a plain name, Sam Jones, led the
bloodless revolution that ended hall
a generation Of man-on.horseback
government in Louisiana.
He's the sort Of man who likes
dark blue suits and black shoes,
who went to mid-week meeting at
a Methodist church the day after
the election, and treated his 3-year-
old daughter to a long.distance tele'
phone call.
He didn't leap at the chance to
run for governor, but worried about
the good law practice in the not.
too-large city of Lake Charles he
would have to give up, the big com
Portable house on which payments
were being made regularly, the Sc
curity Of his wife and children.
Urged To Take Chance
When his wife told him to take
the chance, he entered the cam
paign.
Already since his victory, he alp.
parently has passed up one oppor.
tunity to build personal power and
project himself into the national
scene.
Under Huey Long and his sue
cessors, Louisiana abandoned its
old habit of holding a general con.
vention to pick delegates to the
democratic national convention. The
state central committee-an integral
part of the dictatorship-made the
bargains and hand-picked the strict
ly instructed delegates.
A new central committee came in
with the Jones landslide, which also
swept in a controlling majority in
the legislature. It's a good bet the
new governor could have the dele
cation, and the question whether
he would try was a natural one at
a victory interview.
I'm against that" Jones said,
slipping a knee for emphasis.
That's just what we mean when
We talk of GENERALIZATION of power
in a dictatorship. The people Of
Louisiana ought to pick their dee
gates. I'll do everything in my
power to have that right returned
to them"
No Kingfish Talk
Moreover, he avoided a chance to
name his own preference for Presi.
dent. II may have my personal
preferences, but I think the people
ought to decide that" he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
HOW NOT TO SERVE A PURPOSE
Greensboro News

A United States of America which processes
to be most interested In preservation Of democ-
racy and it's processes has before 1t at least
three broad and fundamental developments
from widely separated capitals OF Europe which
ought to stress that involvement in a war is
not the way In which to serve this high pur-
pose.
From Great Britain has come the announce.
ment that his majesty's government Is con-
%scripting capital. British holders OF ~ selected
American stocks must surrender them to the
government which will, In turn, dispose Of
them and use the proceeds for the conduct of
the war. To be sure the Britons will be paid
in pound sterling; but the government Is doing
the calling, has fixed the price Of acquisition
and will use the disposal to get dollar exchange
for foreign purchases.
In France the government has just announc-
ed requisition OF the services of 1000, 900 French
farmers, who will be hid to their lands by
military control and told to produce those crops
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
Man bout
Manhattan
Bv George Tucker

NEW YORK, Msrch s-Dr. Otto
L. Preminger, who plays the part
of an arrogant, pig-headed German
consul in Margin for Error" on
broadway, and who conducts classes
at Yale and lectures to women's
clubs when he isn't directing other
PLAYS on Broadway, comes fairly
close to being a creature of habit.
He takes poison every night at
1915, and then while a stagehand
or some other acceptable substitute
impersonates the body for the rest
Of the play he gets into his street
clothes and walks over to the Bel
asco theater, where he catches the
last act of John Barrymore in my
Dear Children" which he directed.
You would think that seeing the
last act of the same play every
night would become monotonous,
but Mr.. Preminger explains this by
saying that it isn't the same play
at all.
mo play is the same on success
sive nights when Barrymore is the
star. Tonight the last curtain may
fall at 1920, but tomorrow it may
not come down till midnight. The
lines are always different, and the
moods vary too. Barrymore's play
is one of moods, although I will
admit that many of the moods were
never put there by the authors"
But, as with all things, including
even a Barrymore play, the last act
must end sometime, and when this
happens, still the creature of habit,
DR.. Preminger moves leisurely
across town to Fefe's Monte Carlo,
where he INDUCES in a beverage
that has the town talking.
I'm being despised by walters in
all night clubs because, instead Of
brandy. I'm drinking hot orange
juice" he explains. Its good for
my digestion, and I don't get dronk."
Mr.. Preminger says "dronk'
where you would say drunk be-
cause he is from Vienna, and he
stresses the word from"
1--WE crossed the ocean only once
and that is enough. In December I
will be here five years and by that
time I will be an American citizen.
I came over in 1885 to direct Libel"
for my good friend Gilbert Miller,
and I am remaining over here for
the next go or 10 years. After that
it won't matter"
Director = actor = teacher lecturer
Preminger is SO but looks somewhat
older. Perhaps it is his mature
sophistication and his closely crop
ped head. Every Saturday afternoon,
just before matinee, a barber reports
to his dressing room in the Plymouth
theater and clips his hair as close
to the scalp as possible. This helps
him look more pig-headed, and lends
authority to the character he plays.
Preminger came into this role by
a persistent deficiency on the part
Of various actors who we're addition.
ing for the part. A dozen or so were
tried. The play vas opening out of
town. Claire Booth, who wrote
Margin for Error" turned to him
in despair after the newest failure
had disqualified himself, and said
otto, you've been telling these fel.
lows what to do; why don't you play
the part Of the Consul %pourself?"
well" said Otto, 1--WE will see."
Which he did. And that's that.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
Housing Needs Surveys
To Be Made By Group

NEW YORK, March 3.-H-a
survey of housing needs and IAe1
relation to unemployment oppo'
tunities will be made by a conlil'
tee appointed by the I"eHNI''n
Century club, Evans Clark eA'''
tive director, said today.
Miles L. Colean will resign as 4"
sistant administrator of the teue'4
Housing administration to De'0""
research director for the survey
"The funds investigation IiIa
said, will attempt to deteti'4
how residential construction can ~
stimulated, with a view to conn.,,
buting substantially to the reS'U.
ton of a higher level OF eLnp,Ys
ment, meeting the recognized mo 40
for more adequate housing loi
American people, and making NV
effective use of the country : ."
able resources
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04

the production of "The Wizard of
lOz."
Now a producer really lords it
over the works, but Mervyn LIE.
Roy found no joy in it.
I'D work 16 hours a day in a
picture" he says, land yet I'd
know all the time I couldn't be
really happy unless I was out
there on the set, directing it too.
1t wasn't that I found fault with
the direction-I had Victor Elem
ing, one Of the very best. It was
just that 7 had been a director,
and I needed to keep on being
one-it's the Job I like best"
There must be a lot to that, too.
One OF the unhappiest men in town
Tor a while was jovial Ernst Lu-
bltsch. That was when he was sit
Ing behind a desk running Para.
mounts affairs. Such miscasting
Is rare, even in casting offices.
Lubitsch finally got back to his
first passion. leaving the executive
business to others who liked it bet.
ter. Lucky for Carlo, and fans
that he did, too.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
Star-News Program

Consolidated C~tty-County Government,
under CouncilMana0er Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shous.
Seaside Highway from WrightsvtHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5.toot Cape Fear River channel. 11d-
er Turning Basin, udth ship dne into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, vta
orion plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Prodac.
ton through sustatned-yted methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
United Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency, supported BY one.
countrywide tdr.
Shtpyards and Drydock
Negro Health Center Jor Southeastern
North C~drolind, developed around the
Community Hospital.
ADEQUATE hospital facilities for Whites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape 0ro1ctng
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdndtortum.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
Archduke Otto Leaves
By Clipper For u y

LISBON, March g. no ft
duke Otto left by Clipper pia1 vis.
the United States today loi 70 10
believed by some observers II d
for the purpose of enilsll" jI,ims
American Catholics in MS ,r.tria.
the non.existent throne OF tendst
The youthful Hapsbufs p.roim 10
has never relinquished MS En-
the throne of which his 1a'" ,'ranL
peror Karl, was the last occur
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-04
Hollywood
Sights And Sounds
Robin Cooas.

HOLLYWOOD, March 81 The
girl in the blue dress and wide
straw hat sat at the tea-room table
over by the window, and her ex-
pectant, worried glances at the
passers-by outside told that she was
waiting for someone who was late.
To one standing behind the cam
era, as this scene in waterloo
Bridge" was being made, the girl
looked very much like one Scar
lett O'Hara, a resemblance not odd
since the girl was Vivien Leigh.
But the impression, as the dra-
matte scene progressed, quickly
dimmed-by way Of answer, per-
haps, to those who feared the Eng
lish girl might be a one-hit actress.
This argument, oddly, has ap-
peared in the usual table talk
about the annual distribution of
academy Oscars. This one, and the
stranger thesis that Miss Leigh,
not being an American, ought not
to merit consideration. CAS- Sam
Wood, the director of "Goodbye,
Mr.. Chips" says explosively when
the subject is mentioned, IF they
want it that way they ought to
make it an award for the best per-
Torrance by an American-if it's
for acting they can't rule out Rob-
ert DonatT)
This piece Is no brief for Miss
Leigh's candidacy for the Oscar. To
judge by the rash of old Leigh pic.
lures now poisoning on the mar.
quees from Broadway to the local
Main street, Miss Leigh can get
along quite well without benefit
Of Oscar. In fact, personally. if
ANYONE cares, I'd like to see Bette
Davis add another statuette to her
collection-just to keep up what
has grown into a fine old tradi.
ton.
But this Leigh girl - watching
her scene for Waterloo Bridge"
was enough for me Even if I
hadn't seen her in 1.-The Sidewalks
Of London" or "Fire Over Eng.
land" this scene would have con.
WINGED me that the "one-picture-ac.
tress" notion was the bunk.
Opposite Miss Leigh is Robert
Taylor-with mustache.
The mustaahe, in the opinion of
the director, Mervyn Leroy. is 60
ing TO mark a turning point in
Bob's career.
LeHoy is back behind the cam.
era AFTER a brief fling at desk sit
tlng' his chief accomplishment there