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Evening star., 1942-05-13
The Great Game of Politics
Appointment Of Hague Candidate to Judeeship
Assoed os Lowering the Political Level

to uphold the hands of the President
is Extensively partisan.
1t is also false because, since Pearl
Harbor, Republicans in Congress
have voted with solidity equal to
the Democrats for every war ap-
preparation and war power asked by
the President. Actually the most
effective and consistent critics of
administration incompetency now
are Democrats.
These facts-and they are facts
make Mr.. Fynns contentious ab-
surd. They also make the recent
appointment by the President to a
Federal judgeship Of the candidate
OF the notorious New Jersey boss,
Frank Hague, impossible to reconcile
with Mr.. Roosevelt's pleas to aban-
don politics during the war. In
naming Mr.. Hagues man Mr.. Roose-
velt not only accepted the recon-
mendation of an extremely unsavory
politician, but he turned down Gov.
Edison, once member of his cab
met and personal frierd, who is
making flght against the Hague
machine for clean politics and
decent government.
A Poor Excuse.
The only excuse offered for this
act is that 1t was necessary to ap-
point Mr.. Hague's man in order to
insure reelection of Senator
Smathers, who is also Mr.. Hague's
man and consistent New Deal sup
porter. 1t Is poor excuse. For one
thing, the President does not need
Mr.. Smathers' vote in the next Con-
gress. The Democratic Senate ma
jority still will be great. A Repub-
lican in Mr.. Smathers' place would
not change the situation in the least
For another thing, 1t is a little Diff
f1cult to think what sort of war
legislation Mr.. Roosevelt would ask
OF the next Congress.
Congress already has given over
its historic control of the purse
strings to the President by authoriz-
ing appropriations at his request
far greater than he can spend.
Recently Senator Byrd estimated
that there are now upward Of
500 ,000, 100000 unexpended bal
ances in the various funds at the
Presidents disposal At the present
rate of expenditure this will last
approximately so months, or more
than four years.
sordid Politics.
As to war powers, Congress long
ago voted the President everything
for which he asked-and he asked
plenty. In the next Congress he will
need to ask neither money nor
power. But If he did, and the war
were still on, he would get what he
asked, no matter what the result of
the fall election.
The Smathers excuse Just does
not hold water. 1t was an inexcus-
able appointment of which the
President must feel ashamed and
it is distressing to good many of
his friends that he thus could act
to lower the political level. 1t is the
sort Of appointment that will be
used by the Republicans in the cam
paign to point out that behind Mr..
Roosevelt's appeals for unity the
New Dealers are playing the most
sordid and practical kind Of politics.
The hope Is that no other instance
Of this sort will be furnished by
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Argentine Ship to Gerry
Diplomats in Exchange
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, May 13-For-
eign Minister Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
announced today that the 8,918-ton
Argentine ship Rio de la Plata would
be used as q transport to exchange
British diplomats in the Orient and
Japanese leaving Great Britain.
The ship, formerly the Italian
vessel Principessa Maria, sailed for
New Orleans yesterday en- route to
North Ireland port for the Japa-
nese diplomats. They will be taken
to Lourenco Marques, Portuguese
Mozambique, East Africa, where the
British diplomats from the Orient
will board the ship for the return
to North Ireland.
A Japanese ship will take the
British to Mozambique, 1t is under
stood,
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the White House before election. A
few more such might easily turn
what should be a colorless, harm
less, routine campaign into bitter
political battle in which the charge
seriously could be made that the
President, while publicly preaching
nonpartisanship, privately acts in
way incompatible with any high
minded conception Of his position.
tCopyrisht. 1e42)
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as hardly more than major skir-
mishes, with the Nazis testing
out Russian defenses.
Despite claims on both sides
that each knows the others
strength, neither the Russians
nor the Germans have any real
idea of the armies they face.
More feints may be expected be-
fore the main offensive begins.
Meanwhile Pierre Laval, the
Vichy chief of government, is
mending his diplomatic fences,
especially in regard to France.
Laval has definitely gone on
record as considering Axis victory
of paramount Importance for
France and the rest of Europe.
SkiIlful Horse
1t must be remembered, how
ever, that Laval's father was a
shrewd inn-keeper who derived
his principal income from horse
trading. Some timers say
Laval, sr, did not always inquire
too closely into whether a horse
he was buying really belonged to
the seller. Laval, jr., is doing a
skillful job of horse trading with
the Germans. Theoretically he
has promised them his full sup
port, but he has not specified to
what extent France would carry
out its moral cooperation with
the Axis.
Laval is telling his close friend
and protector, Otto Abetz, Ger
man Ambassador to Paris, that
there are several degrees of CO.
operation, and they depend on
what the Reich is willing to do
Evening star., 1942-05-13
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Europe is due to become the
focal point of the war in the
weeks to come. While the jap
anese are expected to press their
offensives according to plan"
Europe and the Near East, which
have been somewhat subordin-
ated in the news recently, will
become centers of bloody conflict.
according to estimates of military
observers in Washington.
Where the main Axis blow will
fall is still a matter of conjecture.
The recent actions on the Rus
sian southern front are described
by American military observers
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t i'm es in the
past. The out
come Of prima-
ries so far held
this year seems
to indicate that
the fall elec-
tions will prove
again what poor
guessers ey
are.
Until last week
there were two
groups among
them. One be-
lieved that no
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On the Record
Cos Warfare Would Have Disadvantages
For Germans Unless 1t Were Localized

the German side, and they have
their advanced bases for this
purpose, deep in Russia. The
Russians would have to cross the
whole of Poland to get to Ger
many.
Disadvantages for Germany.
But if it is not localized, there
are only disadvantages for Ger
many. 1t is obvious that the Brit
ish are developing air superiority.
Germany is densely populated.
The Russian population is scat
tered. And the civilian popula-
ton in Germany never has been
really prepared for this kind of
warfare. For this was going to be
a nice war for the Germans. in
which everybody else suffered the
tortures of hell, but the Germans
were protected by their magical
Fuehrer.
The Russians, who have ap-
pretended for a decade what was
going to come, had their "Ossoa-
viachim"-a society instructing
the whole civilian population
what to do in the case of
chemical warfare. And the
British have been prepared for
1t from the beginning of the war,
although Britain was and is very
vulnerable. The British were
the only western people where
every one had his gas mask.
Now in this situation, the
greatness of Mr.. Churchill again
manifests itself. Mr.. Churchill
is. pre-eminently, the man Of
courage. And so are the people
behind him. He is not suscep-
tible to terrorism. A weaker
leader would have gasped and
said, For Gods sake, let's con-
fine 1t to the east" And with
that decision, we could all lose
the war. And that is what Hit
Ter calculated on.
And now look at the reactions,
and the light thrown upon the
real morale situation in this
world. Gas Is a direct threat to
the Russians. They have dis
tributed a leaflet warning the
people that gas warfare may be-
gin at any moment. Look at the
British. They have accepted
this new menace without the
slightest panic.
Speech Suppressed in Germany.
But in Germany Mr.. Church
Ills speach is suppressed. When
the foreign correspondents ar
rived at the propaganda minis
try asking for comment, they
were sent to the foreign Office
and by them to the War De-
partment, and no one would
speak. The German press and
medium wave pass over this
whole passage of the speech;
only the short wave which can
not be heard in Germany an
nounces Hitler has no intention
to use poison gas.
Well. there is plenty Of evi-
dence that he did have the inten-
ton; we don't know whether he
still has. 1t is quite possible that
when the Nazis see themselves
on the skids they will turn loose
all the furies. But weakness will
not stop them, nor international
conventions, nor persuasion:
Only fear.
But is seems to me that there
must be some quiet way Of letting
the Germans know that the
United States also has a secret
weapon OF the most startling
nature: weapon which nothing
on earth would persuade us to
use, unless the Nazis intend to
try to bring down the entire
structure and remnant OF civili-
Zation.
(Released By shs Bell Syndicate, Ins.)
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Town HuII of Air PIonned

Joe Gregg, director. Hemisphere
Corp, will be the guest speaker at
Town Hall of the Air program at the
Jewish Community Center at 8:45
pm. tomorrow, when the topic will
be How Can the Americas Best
Safeguard Their Future"
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cars are limited
to 2 or 8 gallons
of gasoline a
week, innumer-
able details must
be worked out.
Perhaps h e
most important
task that con-
fronts us class A
drivers is to find
out exactly how
I a r o ur m a.
chimes will travel
on l gallon. Be-
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check and is ar
guing that it Is
a mere book
keeping matter,
( he record
shows that the
present admin
istration argued
and won an i'm
portant case in
the courts by
revealing t h e
checkof to be
q device that
interferes with
he individual
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terian missionaries in occupied areas
of the Pacific had been contacted
and the news from them was, On
the whole greatly encouraging" He
said most of them were permitted
considerable freedom.
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ed - on very
good evidence
of planning
to add this one
to their arm
ory. And Brit
ish Prime Min
lister Churchill
has said that if
it is used by
t h e N a Ii S
a G a in S t the
Russians, Brit
ain with all
t he possible
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THE opinions OF the oers this their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented IN The
effort to gipe all sides OF questions OF interest to Its
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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Mclemore-
Motorists Had Better
Learn Cur-Pushinq
BY HENRY McLEMORE.

There is a tremendous amount Of
work to be done by us class A mo-
torists before May Is.
In a few hours left us before our
Evening star., 1942-05-13
BY FRANK r. KENT.

The inability of politicians and
political experts accurately to fore
cast the reaction of the American
people has been demonstrated many
Evening star., 1942-05-13
By DOROTHY THOMPSON.

So now it may be gas. The
Fascists who have initiated the
most hideous use of terrible in
struments of warfare are suspect
Evening star., 1942-05-13
Model Labor
Law Forbids
Checkoff
Court Ruled Out
System at
Federal Behest
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Although the War Labor Board
Is beginning to order American
businesses to grant the checkof of
union dues from the employees pay
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lsolationist- who had voted against
the Presidents foreign policies
could be renominated in either
party. The other insisted that,
while the voters are now unitedly
behind the President for war pur-
poses, they would show no resent
ment toward those who had stood
against the lend-lease and other
measures which. even If there had
been no Pearl Harbor, soon or late,
would have put us In the war. The
results of votes recorded early this
month appear equally to disprove
both contentious.
For example, in one State-South
Dakota-a Republican isolationist
member Of Congress was overwhelm-
ingly victorious, while q Demo-
cratic isolationist Senator was badly
beaten on the same day. Thus the
issue appears to have been can
celed out. Representative Mundt
won largely because he had the or
ganization behind him, whereas
Senator Bulow lost because, In ad-
dition to having the State machine
against him, he had conspicuously
voted in favor of the proposal to
pension members of Congress and
opposed its repeal.
No Hint Of an Issue.
Besides, rejecting the theory that
foreign policy would figure in the
campaign, these early primaries also
refute the idea that the voters are
determined to throw out the "ins"
regardless of party. So far, the re-
verse seems to be the fact. In con-
tests for about so congressional
seats, only four sitting members have
lost. In brief, there is In these pri-
maries no sign Of q popular trend
and no hint Of an issue upon which
the parties divide. Clearly. in the
great bulk of the districts the out
come will be decided by local con-
siderations. That is the way it
usually Is In off-year elections and
that is the way 1t Is likely to be this
time.
This is q fortunate thing inasmuch
as it removes any chance of the
result being construed as reputation
of the President, and prevents any
Interpretation OF Republican sue
cesses as indicative of lack of
national unity so far as the war Is
concerned.
Under these circumstances good
White House strategy would be to
refrain from attempting to make
support Of the Democratic candi-
dates synonymous with patriotism.
In 1918 Mr.. Wilson, under somewhat
similar conditions, made that kind
Of mistake. The results were bad
for him, for his party and for the
country. 1t is greatly to be hoped
that Mr. Roosevelt will not be misled
into a similar exhibition of par
tisanship.
Disquieting Signs.
There are, however, certain dis
quieting signs. For example, there
is the attitude Of Edward J. Flynn,
chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. Despite the fine
coat OF whitewash given him by the
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Disquieting Signs.

There are, however, certain dis
quieting signs. For example, there
is the attitude of Edward j. Flynn,
chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. Despite the fine
coat OF whitewash given him by the
Bronx grand jury, the charges made
against Mr.. Flynn still make him
somewhat odoriferous, and his recent
insistence that the election Of Demo-
Gratis to Congress this fall is essential
Evening star., 1942-06-19
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Capitol-"Her Cardboard Lover"
with Norma Shearer and Robert
Taylor: II am, las, 4:25, 7:05,
and $50 pm. Stage show: 1855,
$40, 6:25 and 9:10 pm.
CoIumbia-"Ship Alloy" songs and
dances by Red Shelton and Eleanor
Powell: IL a m, 1:05, $40, $50, 7:25
and 9;35 pm.
EarIe-'The Wife Takes a Flyer"
RAF tops Nazis on the ground, too.
Joan Bennett and Franchot Tone
IL am, 1:50, 4:4O, 7:35 and 10:15
pm. Stage shows: l, 3:55, 6:45
and $50 pm.
Keith's-"The Gold Rush" the re-
vised original with commentary by
Chaplin: 1855 am, 1:55, 4, 6, 8 and
1905 pm.
tle-"Farewell to Arms" after
Hemingway, with Gary Cooper and
Helen Hayes: II am, 1880, 2:35,
4:20, sos, 7:50 and $40 pm.
Metropolitan-"Juk Girl" with
Ann Sheridan: 11:20 am, 40, 3:25
$50, 7:35, GAS pm.
Palace "Tortilla Flat" after
Steinbeck, with Frank Morgan
Spencer Tracy ct al 11:40 am, 2:10
4:40, ITO, s:35 pm.
Pix-"Abused Confidence" with
Danielle Darrieux: 2:55, $40, Tao
and 1905 pm.
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persecution. 'If I must speak broken
English" said Rsthbone, "at least
I can emulate one OF the greatest
thinkers of the age" Tyrone
Power has given up his Mexico hold
ings, but a sentimental interest in
the country remains. He has sold
his island of Mazatlan to a syndi-
cate which will cede the use of 1t
to the Government for the duration
The shack Ty and Annabella built
there will be torn down. In 1t they
spent three vacations.
That handsome young man por-
traying a Nazi agent and trailing
Preston Foster through most OF
Little Toxic. U. S. A. will be rec
ognized by 80 per cent of Americas
filmgoers, yet not l out Of 10000
will know his name. He's Charles
Tannen and he has appeared in 110
pictures during the last FIVE years.
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,iven the first viola, whose beau-

given the first viola, whose beau-
tiful solo in the last movement was
outstanding. In the Divertissement.
DIndy has made use OF harmonics,
rarely heard to the same extent
in chamber music.
The concluding work was the
Brahms "Sextet in G Major, Op.
36" in which the artists excened.
Splendidly matched in beauty OF
tone and of one mind in ensemble.
this group plays with superb ar
tistry that has quality of vlgor
and freshness from the first stroke
of the bow to the last. The fine
ness and purity of Mr.. Bolognini's
violin tone and the rich fullness of
the viola Of Mr.. Held are excellent
foils for each other. The con-
tinual play of color and the sensi-
tive nuances which these distin-
guished players achieve are but
part of their richly satisfying per-
formances. The audience made
them conscious Of their success by
the character of its applause.
The Britt String Sextet will ap-
pear again on Mondays program
playing Brahms 'Sextet in B Flat
Major, Op. 49," Haydn's Echo" for
two string trios and Dvorak's Sex
tet in A Major, Op. 49,"
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cellos - presented a program OF
rarely heard works, since tle duo
Of instruments has received less at
tention from composers than the
familiar quartet. The character OF
the playing OF these artists brought
out the beautiful balance of this
combination of instruments, less
sonorous than q chamber orchestra
vet richer than the string quartet.
The concerts, which were origi-
mated last year by c. C. Cappel, have
received this season the dstin-
guished sponsorship OF Elizabeth
Sprague Coolidge, whose foundation
at the Library Of Congress has as
its aim the encouragement OF cham
Der music. With her assistance, Mr..
Cappel has been able to enlarge the
scope Of this first venture at cham
Der music in the open and in well
coming speech last night he ex-
pressed the hope that the friendly
and informal atmosphere obtained
last year would continue in the sec
ond span of these al fresco events.
line DeduIllul blIC SiiooSh AVA NN
concerts has charm all its own.
Although close to transportation Ia
cilities. it Is an oasis Of quiet In
turbulent surroundings. The brood
ing darkness of the shrubbery was
relieved by the lighted fountains IN
the pool. the formal designs OF
trimmed boxwood and the spreading
trees forming q background more
lovely than any stage setting. the
shell, where the artists perform, is
colored softly in grey and dark blue.
A large American flag added a spot
of brilliancy to the back wall. This
was the only change in the original
stage arrangement, which Is sup
piled with excellent amplification,
making the intimate music audible
to the farthest corner.
Mr.. Britt's transcription OF the
National Anthem for this combina-
ton OF instruments opened the
program and the standing audience
sang the words to the string ac-
compartment. Three numbers
formed the program, giving birds
eye view, as it were, Of the writing
for six instruments during two
centuries. Brief but highly in
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theory that it might make a piece
of escape entertainment, of which
rumor says the world is in need.
However, instead of making one
forget what Is going on in the
world, it leaves him feeling that
the old, carefree days would have
been more pleasantly remembered
if they had not been so darned
carefree.
The whole thing is probably just
an innocent mistake, come to think
of it.
To 60 with Her Cardboard
Lover" Gene Ford has put together
a bright, comedy-accented stage
bill which is headlined happily By
Sheila Barrett, whose satirical sense
of the human race is one of the
most communicable emotions an
impersonator ever felt. She still
sticks to the old hates for the most
part, but they are a sufficiently
amusing set to make Miss Barrett
seem her old wonderful self.
Otherwise the bill is composed OF
Billy Wells and the four Fays. those
comic acrobats, the Hilton Sisters,
Comedians Arthur and Morton
Havel and the Rhythm Rockets,
the latter especially full of merit
in an elaborate scarf dance which
closes the programs. The scarfs
are as big as barrage balloons,
which ought to give you an idea
of the dimensions of the under
taking which the Rockets handle
handsomely.
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And in those 110 films he has under
taken 1875 roles. Tannen, son Of
Julius .Tannen, one Of the stages
outstanding monologists, rarely has
a day of from movie work. One day
he's a newspaperman. next day he's
mixing sodas in another movie. In
one picture he was seen, though
briefly, as a taxi driver, a hotel
clerk, a clothing salesman and an
auto neutrality-suspicious. an all-time
record for number of roles played
by an actor in one movie Il just
scooted around the background"
Tannen admits when l drove the
cab, my hat was low over my eyes.
AS a clothing salesman, my arms
were filled with suits. They slapped
grease on my face as an auto me-
chanic. Only as the hotel clerk
could I be recognized"
CRelessed by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. IncD
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HER CARDBOARD LOVER" Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer production starring Norma
Shearer and Robert Taylor. directed by
George Cukor. based upon a play by JAG
cues Duval, screenplsy by Duyal John Col
lier Anthony WELLER and William H.
Wright, At the Capitol.
The Cast.
Consuelo Croyden -- Norman Shearer
Terry Trindale ---- Robert Taylor
Tony Baling - George Sanders
Chappie Champagne Frank McHugh
Eva ----E Elizabeth Patterson
judge ----------------- Chill Wills
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emotional recklesSness and those
cute twists of phrase which made
the speech sound so enviably smart,
but the wonder of them has died.
They look extremely preMunich
and terribly dull, and sometimes
they even seem a little bit en-
barrassed to find themselves still
acting and talking like that. Or
rerhaps they are not embarrassed
and it is only that YOU are en-
barraSsed for them.
Whichever it is, Her Cardboard
Lover" has become a feeble looking
romantic farce, kind Of reproof to
us as something we might better
not have laughed at in the raptur-
Gus old days when the world was
toppling toward 1912.
The moral discomfort of a picture
such as Her Cardboard Lover"
does not even await the actual be-
ginning of the story. 1t starts. in
deed, with the cast list at the head
of which one finds Miss Shearer
as Consuelo, and Taylor as a char
acter named Terry Trindale. 1t
does not become really acute. how
ever. until you get down to the
fourth character, a fellow called
Chappie Champagne.
"Chappie Champagne" you say,
and if you can say it without deri-
sion into your tone, you probably
can still enjoy the antics of Chap
pie and his pals and palseSSes.
The antics, in case anyone is not
quite sure of their nature, involve
a lacquered lady named Consuelo,
a beautifully dressed thing who
drops men in their tracks and whlles
away the rest Of her time playing
chemin de fer. A cute one, she is,
who cannot trust her emotional
self, so she hires a male secretary
whose duty it is to protect her from
another male, one so predatory that
YOU are not safe in the same uni
verse with him. Once that deal is
made, it is one long cerebral wreStle
between the three, the secretary
finally triumphing so thoroughly
that he not only keeps the other two
apart but ends up with the girl on
his own handS-and permanently,
poor devil.
1t is unfair to Miss Shearer, Taylor
and the others in Her Cardboard
Lover" to blame them for what has
happened to it. They do their best
to make it glow, probably on the