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the ace. He tried breaking the
hearts, but the third round, won
in dummy, showed South out.
South let 60 the low spade. Then
the club finesse was tried and
worked, but South held up the
king and after three leads, the
ace fell. Now when the defense
got in they cashed two spades,
diamond, a heart and club.
Declarer went wrong by try
ing to force the issue. If the
hearts break, there is no rush
about cashing them. If they do
not, it is bad business TO set up a
heart trick for the defense. Let
the defense take charge.
The diamonds are no particu-
lar menace. If they are set up,
at least West will get a second
trick IN the suit.
The right play at trick two is
to lead a low spade to the jack.
The exit is safe enough, because
it is practical certainty that
South has both the ace and king.
South can set up and make a
long diamond, winning in all
four tricks, but as the play de,
velops, declarer finds it easy 10
set up nine tricks.
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dourest comedian in Hollywood.
The sour-visaged demeanor of
Mr.. Cenny is a welcome relief
because most comics practically
knock themselves out trying to
be funny all the time, and their
forced gaiety gets pretty trying.
The story, taken from the old
George M. Cohan play, has been
changed a good deal. At first
Benny is an attorney who is
failure because his competitors
are tough and ruthless. DELHI
erately, he sets out to be as
mean and hard as possible, con-
ditioning himself through simple
devices of skunkery such as TAX
ing candy away from babies.
Get his come-uppance, though,
when he tries to evict an old
lady from her home.
II A GILDED CAGE
Writer Producer Norman
Krasna is a director now, boss
ing THE Princess Rourke" at
Warmers. In addition, he's max
ing his own 16-mm film record
of the progress of the picture.
The miniature is called THE
Birth of a Movie" On the title
ca'ds, the prop man, makeup
experts, electricians and others
get top billing; Olivia de Havil-
land, Robert Cummings and 9TH
ers of the cast are listed as sup
porting players"
There's a sequence for "The
Princess O'Rourke" in which
Miss de Havilland dispiritedly
talks to a Gagged canary, wonder
ing how it feels about its life.
Suddenly the canary looks like
Miss de Havilland as it answers
her. To make this shot, the stud
10 built a gilded cage 20 feet
high and fashioned a complete
suit of feathers for the actress.
Admitting it may be a good gag,
she says she still feels awfully
silly.
For a role in Paramount's
Crystal Ball." Producer Rich
ard Blumenthal Interview d
three crystal gazers and a cou-
pie of astrologers. Each wanted
to read the past and future of
the executive, but none could
see ahead far enough to tell
which would win the coveted
job in the picture.
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BY PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

H. LLYWOOD, Aug. IA ALI
over the lot: The star-trading,
story borrowing. set-lending CO.
operation between the studios
now is being extended to screen
characters, and there's no tell
ing where all this camaraderie
will end. Out at 20th-Fox, Pro-
Queer Bryan Foy is whipping up
a super whodunit which will
call in all the famous movie
sleuths before the murderer is
tagged.
Philo Vance is first on the
scene, but loses the trail and gets
the help of Charlie Chan, Bull
dog Drummond, the Falcon, Mi
chael Shane and a lot more de-
tectives. Nick the nemesis of
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BY PETER EDISON
Monitor-Leadcr Washington
COrreSuOndent

The shoe is on the other foot
now.
The United States have be-
come one of the have nos
nations
This has happened faster than
most people have reclized-fast-
CT than even the experts thought
it could ever happen. 1t has hap
pened in less than six months.
And few people yet appreciate
how serious a situation this is.
Vou remember everything
that was taught you on this sub
ject in school. The United States
was the richest nation on earth
with plenty of everything for
all, even without colonies. The
United States was a definitely
"have" nation.
Great Britain was also a
shave" nation, though it de-
pended on its colonies for most
of its raw materials.
In the other category were
the "have not" nations-Japan.
Germany and Italy, for instance
which not only were far from
self-sufficient in their own econ
omy but also did not have the
cc,onie to give them the things
they lacked. From the Hitlerian
point of view, that was one of
the reasons for this present war.
1t may have been hard for the
United States to appreciate such
a situation before the war BE-
gan, but it shouldn't be hard
to understand now. The "have
not" business extends right
do to the American family
ice box and pantry shelf.
You have not sufficient sugar,
sufficient coffee, sufficient tea,
sufficient rubber to ride on for
at least the next two years. In
some areas are shortages of
meat, gasoline, fuel oil. Man,
my's got corn to burl., but Man,
my amt got 'nuf rice, 'nuf CO.
cCanut oil, by a long shot.
In the larger fields of indus
try and manufacturing the have
not" list is longer than both
your arms, stretched out hori-
zontally, from finger tip to fin
ger tip. The United States has
not sufficient of even such basic
stuff as iron and steel and cop
per and more than 500 other Of
ficially listed materials, includ-
ing even junk. Within the last
few days the War Production
Board has issued q list of 500
commodities it had placed on an
emergency shipping priorities
list. They are vital to the ma
tons wartime economy. They
run from abrasives to zincori-
um. They must all be imported,
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, FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
BY the Associated Press
HOME, SWEET HOME

PHILADELPHIA - Home is
where you hang your hat, and a
stranger hung his in the house
of the Oliver Judsons, who are
away for the summer.
He cooked oatmeal, the first
four days, then pawned a clock
to get funds for a more varied
diet. AS he was playing the
Judsons' radio yesterday, police
arrived.
eve can give you new quar-
ters and three pretty fair meals
a day." said Magistrate William
j. Bell, but I can't guarantee
the radio"
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. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

the Thin Man will appear only
as a voice on the telephone be-
cause there's no chance of get
ting William Powell. Even Mr..
Motto, the Japanese detective, is
to take part, impersonated by
Peter LORE. He'll hand out ad-
vice from behind the bars of the
Santa Anita internment camp.
George Sanders, who quit RKO
rather than continue his detec-
ii series there, is under con-
tract to 20th-Fox and has. been
assigned to play the Falcon.
MEAN MIR. BENNY
Jack Benny isn't a guy you'd
nominate offhand for the title
role of 1.-THE Meanest Man in
the World" but that's what he's
playing, and he certainly is the
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COOPERATION

COOPERATION
FOREST GROVE, ORE.-Fred
Benefiel was awakened by
the loud, continued appeal of his
auto horn.
He dashed out to find the car
afire.
He saved four tires. -
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DON'T WAIT TOO LONG

'oroe proportion Of those in the eastern stotes
who can will convert oil burners to coal furnaces soon
they need not be cold next winter
But here's q thought for those who plan TO "wot
ond see what happens" The transportation lines
obi'ity to move enough cool depends upon early or.
deFs, 50 thot deliveries be made before the cold
weather rush begins II too many wait too long, there
VII! b Q JON, ond even cool will be scorce
Those who deloy will suffer, and will be respon-
slble for the suffering Of others who had enough
3erosioht and initiotive to act promptly
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commandments

Majority opinion opPeors to be that Gen. George
D. Marshall now chief Of stoff may become COM
nnondern-chief of the United Nations forces On the
boss Of his record and known capabilities, probably
General Marshall rotes the post
There ore those who believe that Douglas Mac.
Arthur hos earned it. Many in and out Of the Army,
consider leut.Ge Walter Kruger os our best field
commander But for top man in the onti-o>ds army
we need somebody whose personality and record will
invite enthusiasm not only from soldiers and the
American public, but also from the people of every
United Nation and neutral in the world Marshall
does thot
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DAILY S DOZEN

DENVER - Bonnie, the rat
killing fox terrier, has had her
rodent supply rationed - so
daily is her limit.
City rat eradicators said the
dog waits beside holes into
which cyanide is pumped, then
grabs the rats when they
emerge.
The men feared she'd get too
much of the poison.
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McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM e. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

The broad strategical princi-
plies have been discussing apply
before the play has gone very
far. When enough is known
about the cards in the unseen
hands, these principles are SUPER
seeded by precise tactical calcula-
ton.
The declarer, seeing his two
hands, can usually deal with
particulars instead of principles.
But an occasional hand arises in
which he should fall back upon
the broad principle of the wait
ing game.
In today's hand declarer won
South's king of diamonds with
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. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
SIS YEARS AGO TODAY

SIS YEARS AGO TODAY
1887
Robert Mer-ick has just re-
ceived a new and staunch buggy
from the carriage factory of
Donaldson Bros, Mt. Clemens
Tawas Herald.
The Grand Army excursion to
Fort Wayne and Detroit Tues
day was the largest of the sum-
mer.
so YEARS AGO TODAY
1882
The festive woodcock will
now do well to have a wary eye
TO the sportsman.
The county fair will be on
deck in about q month.
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ON HIS WAY

ON HIS WAY
ST. LOUIS-"Son, if you ever
need me will 60 to you, no mat
ter where it might be-" Frank
Hardt, Jr., St. Louis construc-
ton man, told his son, Frank,
an army lieutenant.
The young soldier was sent to
Fort Mills, Corregidor, and now
is listed as missing in action.
The 49-year old father can't
60 to Corregidor-right away
So he's done the next best thing
enlisted in the Navy as chief
petty officer.
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ON ONE HAND

TOPEKA, KAS.-The report
to the secretary of states office
indicated the recent primary
election count was finished very
quickly indeed out in Iowa
township, Sherman county.
The five members of the cleo
ton board were the only voters.
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TERRORIST

TERRORIST
INDEPENDENCE, MO.-Pol-
ice have orders to shoe on sight
the impudent blackguafd who
has been:
Loosening clothespins d
then tracking over the fallen
wash; breaking holes in single
roofs; raiding gardens; answer
ing reprimands with raucous,
infuriating sound; and attacking
all who modest him.
Women of the neighborhood
said the rascal was a pet crow,
left by a family that moved
away.
mo wonder they moved" said
one aggrieved resident.
COULD HAPPEN HERE, TOO
CONGRATULATIONS George
A. Farrar said he wasn't guilty
of negligence just because he
drove a police car with a flat
tire.
The street was so full of
chuck holes I couldn't tell the
tire was flat"
The civil service commission
dismissed the case.
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. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTONe
from all parts of the world.
ISOLATIONISTS DEBUNKED

The faster you let that fact
sink in your stream of con-
seriousness, the faster you will
realize that all this talk about
splendid isolation-the ability of
this country to crawl in its shell
and let the rest of the world 60
by-is utter and complete bunk.
A lot is said about these Four
Freedoms that the United States
is fighting for. Yes, they're Won
derful and everyone would like
to have them sticking around.
But you'll soon realize there is
something much more funda-
mental than that this country
has to fight for if you give this
"have not" situation its full and
proper significance.
AS a "have not" nation today,
the United States is fighting for
just simple subsistence.
The United States is fighting
for its very existence.
There is much more to this
war than just Kidding Europe
of Hitler and Japan of its arro-
CANT, double-crossing military
martinets. This is a fight for life.
At the start of the war in Eu-
rope, it was assumed that the
British had succeeded in block
aiding the Nazis, and that be-
cause Germany was a have
not" nation, it could be starved
into defeat. But now the other
shoe is pinching the other foot
in that regard. Germany made
herself self-sufficient by sacri-
fices, synthetics and stockpiles
and by submarines she has in eff
feet established a counter-block-
ade which interfered seriously
with the goods brought into the
United States. 1t is not at all
out of order today for a neutral
to ask, who is blockading
whom?"
WHERE THE "HAVE NOT"
REALLY HURTS
Viewed in that light, winning
the war is not just a question of
how much material of war the
United States can export to Brit
ain, Soviet Russia, China, Aus
tralia. Before sufficient war ma
terials can be exported, there
must be imported into the Unit
ed States the raw materials
needed to manufacture the mu-
nitions that must be exported.
That's where your have not"
comes in and hurts the hardest.
1t is because of these shortag--
es that this agitation for cargo
planes assumes its preset i'm
portance. Building enough car
60 planes to haul all the war
goods that must be imported and
exported and supplied to Ameri-
can expeditionary forces in the
seven seas is out Of the question.
A fleet of planes that could hur-
die the submarine blockade to
bring in all of the 500 critical
materials isn't necessary. All
that is needed, according to
Donald M. Nelson's WPB COM
mittee on cargo planes, is fleet
that will bring in adequate sup
plies of just 81 strategic mater
ials.
The LET ic rnSfricfnd hut Il 10
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Of expanding our present small dir cargo program
This is true not only Of loymen who ore intrigued by
the sensotonoIisn Of the ideo, but olso among many
top men in our planning organizations
Grover Looming, oeronouticoI engineer who is con.
s,,Itont TO the War Production Board has been tolk
ina air freight as solution for our shipping prob
lens for some time.
The real psychological impetus came, however,
when Henry }. Kaiser, wonder-mon OF the shPbui'd-
ing industry, proposed that we turn nine sh'Pyords
into air freiehter plants
Donald Nelson, telling Kaiser to go ahead with
500 flying boats despite reported opposition from
the Navy, has given the program its biggest push
Nelson had said that we could have action any time
proponents Of air freight demonstrate hot they can
obtoin the necessary raw materials without interior.
ing with bomber and fighter plane production.
1t may prove to be significant that, in that stote.
nent, Mr.. Nelson did not reject the diversion Of ma.
teriols from woter croft to air freiehters.
- IF we are to 90 into air freight program, to
avoid submarine activities it can be done only at the
expense of the nerchont marine. In view Of the
shortage of materials and Of plant called upon
to make q choice-ether ships to be sunk at SEQ, or
planes to toke their chances in the air. We can't
have both in adequate quantities.
Nobody can predict certainly what the Germans
Japanese WCuIO De ODe 10 90 10 teTISTS WITT or
cargo. Aviation experts are convinced thot losses
would be much less serious than they ore by SEQ.
koser whose achievements thus for entite him
to respect as prophet Of production, believes that
nine shipyords turned to making 70-ton flying boats,
could begin work in six months and be in full produc
ton in 10 months.
Thenceforth, Kaiser believes those yards could
make the air freehters at the rate Of 5000 year.
Others, even more unconventional but fully con.
versont with oeronoutieoI SCIENCE urge thot
centrote upon 2OO-ton air freehters
They say thot 10000 such would replace all the
ships now available to the United Nations. And OBJ
vousIy, their greater speed and fexbIity would be
desirable.
We could do worse, in this crisis, than 10y aside
our eors Of the unconventional and give every aspect
OF this radical air cargo proposal lot Of sympathetic
study.
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The list is restricted, but it is
permissible to say that the Unit
ed States can conceivably lose
this war for being a "have not"
nation in just 81 items. That's
how important it is that this
country get out and stay out of
the have not" category. That is
a new reason No. l for fighting
and winning the war.
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1942-11-14
Return OF Prohibition Is Fought
By AL Distillery Workers Union

NEW YORK CITY-A fight
against the return of prohibition was
launched at the first convention of
the Distil1ery, Rectifying and Wine
Workers International Union.
AFL President William Green told
the convention that labor will oppose
bitterly any efforts to carry us back
to the fanatical days of prohibition. -
Revival of the AFL's National
Labor Committee Against Prohibition
to meet the new campaign of the
drys was urged by Vice President
Matthew Woll.
1T is certainly desirable that SOL
diers in army camps be protected
against undesirable and injurious eff
fects arising from sale of liquor, but
l am confident that the military and
civil authorities will know how to cor
rect such abuses as may exist without
the necessity of having forced upon
us any sumptuary legislation" Woll
said.
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NEWS
Quiz

The following 10 questions are
based on labor news and personali-
ties of the last week. Answers will
be found on page 4.
l. What anti-labOr bill was in
troduced in the senate and by
whom?
2. What city official used
prisoners as strikebreakers in a
municipal strike?
8. What is the name of the
new organization formed by the
white-supremacy gang of defeated
Gov. Eugene Talmadge?
a. Which two AFL unions re-
Gently launched fight against pro-
hibition?
S. Which company union de-
fed the Presidents Fair Employ
ment Practices Committee in refus-
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ing to retract an anti-NegrO Ieafiet?
+, E. Which big Gamer was found
to be using a phOny ''new and i'm
proved recipe" label to pierce OPA
price ceilings on its soups?
z. In what case did the NLRB
rule that a cOmpany's anti-uniOn
fight slowed down production
(name the company and union)?
8. In what city was a voIun-
tary manpOwer control experiment
worked out?
9. What governor challenged
critics of the Presidents labor
policy who are seeking to smear
the labor movement?
10. Who is the baron of Wall
Street brokers involved in the re-
Gently settled Wall Street strike?
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Poll Tax, Lynching

Continued from Page One)
John A. Danaher and Francis
Maloney, President Roosevelt and
Gov. Johnson. The letters follow:
To Senators Maloney and Dana.
her-'sWe are writing you at this
time to ask for your support for
the immediate passage of the
Ceyer-Pepper Bill. 1t is the opinion
of our Council that it will be a
tragedy if this bill is defeated in
the Senate. Your cooperation in
this matter will be greatly appreci-
ated."
To President Roosevelt-"The
Central Labor Council of New
Haven, respectfully requests that
you will ask for prosecution and
severe punishment for all lynchers.
We also hope and pray for early
passage of the Ceyer-Pepper BILL
To Gov. Johnson of Mississippi
1.-THE Central Labor Council of
New Haven will greatly appreciate
anything you may be able to do
i'm your efforts to prosecute all
Iynchers. 1t is our humble opinion
that these Outrages must cease If
we are to contine as Democracy
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Egan Statement

Continued from Page One)
them. They also know that labor
can defeat them"
He said, at this point. that he
holds, and that he was sure most
members of labor hold, too, to the
old dictum of Samuel Gompers, of
rewarding labor's friends and pun
ishing its enemies.
II don't think that Congress will
freeze manpower - that's McNutt' S
crazy idea" exclaimed Egan.
"DOWN THE LINE"
Pointing out that Representative
elect Clare Booth Luce got her chief
support from the strongest A. F. L.
centers in Fairfield County, Egan
avowed: 81 think Mrs. Luce will
go down the line for labor"
GOV. BALDWIN
He gave the following statement
as the reasons for his faith in Gov
ernor-elect Baldwin:
81 feel that Covernor-elect Ray
mond E. Baldwin will carry out
his campaign pledges relative to
labor legislation. His record of
1889 shows that he did that then.
1t was in that session that the anti
injunction law was passed, as well
as the standardization statute was
repealed, which in neither instance
has done legitimate industry any
harm, while on the other hand,
they have been of great benefit
to labor.
eff Mr.. Baldwin kept his
promise then, see no reason why
he won't keep his promise, now -
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Local AS Ball
Continued from Page One)
liam O'Connell; Frank Kelly, viii
liam Barry and Joe Diettle.
TWO JOIN UP
TWO JOIN UP


George Gubert, for 20 years a mem
Der Of Local "a, theatrical Stage
Employees, New Haven, and a stage
employe at the Shubert Theatre, has
been indicted into the U. S. Army.
The local presented him with a gift
of money equivalent to weeks pay,
as is its custom with members going
into the service.
"Bridgey" Weber, proprietor of
the Stage Door Grille, College and
Crown Sts., a member of Local ~
since it absorbed the membership
of Local sol, CIearers' Union, in
1921, has also Joined the U. S.
Army, and has been given two
months in which to clear up his
business affairs, John Miller, bus
mess agent of the local, said today.
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|eqvedc Plan Launched In West Coast Housing Projects

SAN DIECO-A new medi.
cal plan for war workers is
being launched in west coast
housing projects by the Cali.
fOrnia Physicians Assn, in
agreement with the Federal
Housing Authority. The plan
is already in operation at the
Linda Vista project, near here.
The plan provides full medi.
cal care, including hospital.
cation, at monthly rates OF
$3.50 for single man, $3.50
for a couple and SIS for a
family with children.
A medical center stated by
resident physicians and nurses
is built at each project GOV.
cred by the plan.
UNION APPROVED
liz NJ % SPOllSOl GU ny Tic Sdll-
forma State Medical Society, was
organized four years ago as state
wide prepayment medical service.
Despite suspicion that the organiza-
ton was started to head off strong
movement for state-operated health
insurance, the present plan has been
approved by union representatives and
physicians who favor group medicine.
DR.. Kingsley M. Roberts, head of
the Group Health Cooperative and
member of the committee for federal
health legislation said: Medical care
programs of this type will be one
answer to the problem of keeping
war production at high level by
reducing absenteeism. The new plan
represents one of the first efforts by
a statewide group of physicians to
do something specific about reducing
absenteeism among war workers.
"Only 1919 of the 400,0O00O0 man
days lost annually in industry is caused
by industrial accidents or diseases. The
rest results from ordinary illnesses
in the home"