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The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-01-04
u. s. Pleads
Button
Your Lips

Washington, Dec. Sion battle
fronts every day men risk their
lives to discover the location and
strength of the military units OF
the enemy. Yet at home, too many
of us are presenting the enemy
with information of the same milf
tarv value. the Office of Censorship
saws in a statement.
This is the information which
newspapers and individuals are
asked not TO tell the enemy:
DO NOT TELL the names OF
ships upon which sailors serve.
DO NOT TELL the troop units
I'm which soldiers serve overseas.
There is no objection to reveal
ing that Pvt. John Jones is in Aus
tralia or that Seaman Tom Brown
saw action in the Atlantic. but
there is military information which
endaneers the lives Of American
fighting men in stating that Pvt.
John Jones, Company c, 6OOth In
fantry." is in Australia, or Seaman
Tom Brown, Aboard the U. s. 8.
wisconsin" is in the Atlantic.
The Office Of Censorship says'
1--WE ask editors not TO publish
these troop identificatiOns. and
we ask parents and relatives not
10 reveal them. Don't give the
enemy anything that may length
en- the war;"
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-01-04
BY JOHN DUNN
Federated Press

zone Of my iorebears had flint
lock rifle. That rifle is hanging in my
house, over the fireplace, and before
I wiH permit you (fhe US. Govern
meSf) anhindered, TO put into effect
these plans for RECOMMENDATION Of a
free enterprise in this country, I wiH
take that mnsket dorm and give you
battle"
Those words belong to Frederick
c. Crawford, starched collar storm
trooper from Ohio whom the Natl.
Assn. OF Manufacturers has placed
in command of its desperate civil
war" against American democracy.
They were spoken a little more
than a year ago at a round table
conference sponsored by Fortune.
the business magazine. And Craw-
ford wasn't speaking metaphorical-
ly. For seven years as president
of Thompson Products Inc, he has
broken the law of the land.
He has used spies. gunner,
goons, teargas and sawed of shot
guns to destroy the aspirations
of his employees for collective bar
gaining. He has repeatedly ex-
pressed his admiration for fascism
and his hatred for the command
er-in-chief of the U. s. armed
forces-Franklin ID. Roosevelt.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-01-04
Big Profits

Since the defense prog am
started, Crawfords company has
done quite well-by taking adNan-
tage of that government generosity
Crawford is so fond of denouncing.
1t was one of the first companies
TO get a government grant-13
million dollars TO build a defense
plant which it leases from the gov.
eminent at 81 year.
Although Thompson's is phi.
marily subcontractor, dependent
on the big auto and aircraft COM
panies, its gross business in 1871
was S44332.5 500 and gross profits
were S9,2SO,6Ss.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-01-04
Meet With
Unions WLB
Asks Cities

Washington, Dec. 81 - The War
Labor Board this week told city
and state governments throughout
the nation that they have a solemn
duty to engage in collective bar
gaining with their employees. even
though the WLB assumes no juris-
diction over their negotiations.
The opinion was voiced by Dean
Wayne Morse Of the WLB in a
lengthy decision involving union
disputes with New York City,
Newark and Omaha, Nebr. Earlier
leaders of the CLIO transport and
municipal workers unions had
sharply criticized the Boards re-
fusal to take jurisdiction in their
cases.
WLB DECLINED
Morse argued that such action
by the WLB would constitute an
invasion of the sovereign rights
of subdivisions of state govern
ments. Effect Of the WLB refusal
to act was to leave the unions with
little recourse when city or state
government officials give them the
cold shoulder in negotiating ses-
sions.
While refusing jurisdiction for
the WLB, Dean Morse argued
strongly that municipal execu-
tives should take a cooperative
attitude I'm dealing with unions.
He blasted Mayor LaGuardia of
New York City for refusing to
attend WLB hearing at which
the CLIO transport workers de-
mands were being discussed.
Much of the unrest and dissatis-
faction among government en-
ployes, the WLB official said, "can
be placed squarely at the door OF
those few administrative officials
Of government who, by their rec
ords, show that they have very
uncompromising and unenlightened
attitude toward the problem OF dis
cussing labor relations questions
with public employees coming with
In their jurisdiction"
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-01-04

either the AFL or CLIO; who fired
nine skilled workers for pasting
This Machine Works for Hitler"
stickers on idle machines in his
Cleveland factory; and who dis
rupted production in another de-
partment for a week to fire a un-
ionist.
All of this Is a matter of record
with the Natl. Labor Relations
Board and the Natl. War Labor
Board. There is also plenty on
the record Of the LaFOllette COM
mittee to prove that there isn't
anything i'm the book of anti
uniOnism or out of it, that Craw-
ford hasn't used.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-01-04

pany unioniSm. discriminatory fir
ings, coercion and intimidation in
Thompson plants at Cleveland, De-
troii. Lucid ~. and Br.. G.:
More serious is n charge filed
by Local 300. United Auto Work.
ers tCIO), with the Natl. War
Labor Board that "Frederick G.
Crawford, president of Thomp-
son Products Inc, is un-Ameri-
can, subNersi'e, pro-Axis and an
enemy OI our country"
A 63-page brief prepared by Ed
Hall, c"-director of the JAWS cur
rent organizing drive. tells The
story OF what Crawford has done
since the national emergency be-
gan. Some highlights:
Nine unionlsts fired for FASTING
This machine Works for HiiIel"
stickers on idle machinery; lack Of
manpower IN Thompson plants be-
cause the company refuses TO bue
unionists; disruption of morale ny
continuance of the AutomotiNe Il
Aircraft Workers Alliance Inc. one
oil three OF Crawford's company
unions outlawed by the NLRB: ue-
motion of skilled workers. even
though it hurts production. when
they are suspected of unionism;
5000 man-hours wasted weekly by
employees who spend their time spy.
ing on and bounding fellow en-
DloVeS
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-01-04

A S2-year-old citizen of Minonk,
ILL.,, rolled up his sleeves and got
IN 1900 pounds of scrap for the
local scrap drive.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-01-04
Pro-Nuzi
Gets PegIer's
Publicity

Philadelphia, Dec. 81, (FP)-
Westbrook Pegler has allowed his
column to be used by a poison
pen pro-Nazi letter writer.
Occasionally Pegler fills his COL
umn with letters from so-called
loyal Americans. spouting varia-
tions on his own reactionary theme.
But Pegler's use Of non-union help
has backfired in his face, because
union workers at the Baldwin
Army Tank Shop here are espe-
cially sensitive to the smell Of
Nazism.
When they read a letter in Peg
ler's column recently directly at
lacking them. their union and the
Roosevelt administration, they ex-
amined the signature carefully.
The writer-Andrew Hercha--
turned out to be q worker who
had been fired from the Penn
sylvania Railroad for pro-Nazi
activities but was continuing his
propaganda at Baldwin.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-01-04
GOT STATEMENTS

Local 2422, United Steelworkers,
Clio, obtained signed statements
from It's members. recording Her.
cha's publicly-aired opinions. The
evidence has been turned over to
the FBI for further investigation.
And Hercha has disappeared.
Here are some extracts from the
statement, deleting Hercha's OBJ
scene language:
Andrew Hercha has stated that
our President, Mr.. Roosevelt, was
a Jew and that he wasn't fit
10 run the country He further
stated that he much preferred
Mussolini and Hitler's tactics 10
those of a President whom he con-
tinually referred TO in a disparag-
ing way as Mr.. Rosenfeldt +. He
has mentioned several times that
he used 10 work for the Penna Rail-
road and was fired on account of
his pro-Nazi activities. :"
The Baldwin workers are glad
to be rid of Hercha but they
want to know how much longer
Pegler will he Dermitted to act
as q front for the prO-Nazis out
10 sabotage the war effort.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-01-04
SsaesaI @lrsau !! lnDeslIa n q assslslls-
DOCTORED RECORDS: Tn

ated Industries notorious Cleveland strikebreakng
of which Crawford director show how the AL
fully attempted to hide the fact that 1t made payments to
Corporation Service Bureau labor spy outfit FBI experts
used special process show eradicaor
used to eliminate the spy outfits and that Of
It.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-01-04

COMPANY UNION literature
gets distributed freely at Thomp-
son Products. Inc. anti-uniOn cor
portion headed by the MANS
new president, Frederick Craw-
ford.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-05-15
GLACIER COUNTY TRANSFERS
BY Glacier County Abstract 90.
Out Bank, Montana
AssIcNMENT OF ROYALTY

ASSIGNMENT OF ROYALTY
Walter E. and Martha Peoples, his wife, to
Bessie l. Frary, 3/4 Of 10 oil and gas
royalty sEAsWA, N1hSEA, Sec. Z N3zSWA,
Sec. 8, EhNWH. NEASWA, S1sNE1z, Sec.
IS, WhNWM, Sec. II, Twp. 38N. Rye. 6W.
J. Lee and Mae Paisley Anderson to Peter
G. Ruetten, 80 royalty SEANWA, E5sSWA,
Lots g. 4, 5, g. z, Sec. 6-S6-1lW.
ASSIGNMENT OF ROYALTY
w. Y and Isabel @. MoberIy, Lulu Landry.
Y of 10 W1hNWA Sec. ab 7. 81 N. R. 5W.
PARTIAL ASSIGNMENT o. & C. LEASE
J. L. Miller and winnifred Miller, his wife I;
Rob't z. Lee and Gertrude Lee his wife !;
Roy e. Larson and Leila v. Larson, his wife,
to Fred Goodstein. assigns 82hqb oil and gas
lease covering Lots 2. 8, 4, W1sEA, E5sW55,
E5SE5hNW1zNWA,S Sec. 26s 7. 80 N. R. 6W.
Book o. & G. L. page 241.
ANNUAL STATEMENT
Black. Sivalls and Bryson, Inc, Oklahoma
City, Okla, Capital stock, 81, 4S1, 346.67; in
vested in Mont: s65s4.15: amt. of business
in Mont last year s4sS10.06; net profit on
such Mont business $6.447.S2; A. II. Black.
pres, Kansas City, Mo. Glenn Skinner, V. p,
Lloyd Harding, v. P, Budd Parks, Sc, L. N.
Tidd, Treas. all Of Oklahoma City, Okla.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-05-15
sweet

SOUTH BAXTER BASIN - Sweet
water County
Mountain Fuel-Unit No.
NE swANEA 21-16N-1O4w
Drilling 3240.
SPRING CREEK -FresmOns
County
Hintze-Govt. No.
sw NwAEWA 7-2sN-92W
Rig.
STEAMBOAT BUTTE-Fresmont 90.
British an-Tribal No.
NE sWM SWA Lot 4, See. 32-4N-1W
Drilling 21s6. Surface pipe parted.
Win run pipe.
SULPHUR CREEK-Uinta County
Wyoming Utah Assoc. No.
Sc SEA SWA 14-1SN-110W
Drilling 663.
WERTZ FTETsD-Carbon County
Sinclair-W yoming Wertz ''E" No. 81
NE NEA SEA 12-26N-9Ow
Rig up.
Sinclair Wyoming wertz "a" No. 80
NE sWA sen 7-26N-S9W
Drilling S47O.
sharples Corr. -Good No. /
Sc NWA SEA 3-26-90w
Drilling 1920.
WEST MULE CREEK Niobrara Co.
Fall River R & P Co. No. 81
CsL SEA sen 35-40N-61W
Shut down 1871.
WYOMING AUTHORIZATIONS Co.
P. NJ. P. Inc.-State No.
NE Cor. Lot /, See. s6-25N-115W
Drilling 1886.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-05-15

sharplss Corp-0ood No. /
Sc NWA sen 3-26N-9OW
Drilling SOS.
MIDDLE ALLEN LAKE
Ohio oiI-Wisssr No.
NV SwA NEA 1920
Abandoned 1888.
MUsH OREEK-weseon County
Western Oil Trust No.
C NWH sen 24-44N-52w
Drilling 1910.
NORTH LABARGE- suhlstts County
wasatch 0il-GOvt. no. D-1
sW SEX SEA s-27N-11sw
Drilling 4516.
OREGON BAgTN-Park County
Husky Rel. -Roussean No. 8
NV NEA sw5z Ss-51N-lO0W
Testing production 1904.
Husky Ref Orchard No. 5
NV SEA SwA 2s-51N-l00w
1875 Dbl. per day, Embar, 4061.
ohio-Baston A No. p
NV swA NEK 5-5O-1O0
Testing production 4451.
ohio-Baston A No.
NV sWA NWA 5-50N- 10OW
Drilling 3911.
Ohio oil-Baston A No. 5
NV sen NEK 5-5ON-1OOW
Testing production, 1910.
Chichester Pet. No.
NE sen NEA 5-51-N-1OOw
Drilling 1880.
ohio-PauIine NO. 4
NE NEA sWA 5-51N- 1OOW
Rig up.
Yale Petroleum-Govt. Tract 7 No. /
NE SEX SEA S2-52N-1O0w
Rotary rig.
Ohio oil-wilson A No. 4
NV sWA NWA 4-5O-1OOW
Waiting on rotary tools, 165.
Yale PARLIAMENTARY No. "A
NE SEA NWA 32-52N-100W
Drilling $500.
Yale Observation-Disclosures No.
NV NEM NEA 5-50N-1OOW
Testing production 1858.
OSHOTO DOME Crook County
Oscar Burns No. /
NV NWA NEA 17-53-67W
Drilling SOS.
PILOT BUTTE-Freemont County
British-American Tribal sD" No. /
CW1h sWA NWA 15-3N-1w
Top Tensleep 6204; cemented 624
feet finch casing.
PEDRO-Weston County
Bing-Jackson No. 2
NV NWA NWA 6-45N- 62W
Shut down 515.
SALT CREEK-Natrona County
Standolind- Unit No. ST
G NWA sW1z 26-4ON-79w
Drilling 200
SEGMENT DIsT.-Natrona County
Lakota Oil & Gas No.
@ NWH 4-36N-s1W
Drilling $500.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-05-15
Elk Basin Reserves May Be
As Much As 100. 000. 600 Bbl.

cAsPERThe next important test in Wyoming win be well the upper
drilled by Sandohnd Fol
discovery of oil feet below the Of the Madison at FFan standOn
determined also lime in Elk
gogs Dbl, conservative believe
field
1O0Oo0O0O barrels As it
development the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-05-15

MinneIusa- Zimmerman No.
NE NEA sen 34-9s-2sE (MOnt.)
Drilling 1900.
Minnelusa- Henderson No.
NE sen NEA 31-5sN-e9w
Drilling 900.
Minnslusa oil-Henderson No. 2
NE NWA NEA s1-5SN-
Completion, Tensleep, 100 bbL per hr.
Uhio-Mack OPC No.
NE NEA NWA 31-5sN 99W
Drilling 1894.
Ohio oiI-Elk oPC No. "a
NE SEX sEN 24-5s-99W
Drilling 1908.
Ohio oil-Elk oPU No. 25
NE NEA sen 24-57N-1O0W
Drilling with spudder 40.
Ohio ofl-woods oPC No. 10
NE NWh seq 3O-5sN -99W
Drilling with spudder 1913.
Yale oil-Watson No. /
NE NEA. SEX 36-5sN-1O0W
Drilling 1858.
standolind- Dengler No.
G SWA NEA 35-9S-23E (Mont.).
Drilling 3400.
FOSSIL FIELD-Lincoln County
Harris-Govt. No.
Sc NWA NWA 23-21N-117w
Drilling 1913.
FRANNR FIELD-Park County
Kirk oil No. 5-M
Sc swA swA 24-5sN-9sW
Oil Madison lime, 3250-3270; lime
contact, $3.50.
GARLAND DOME - Big Horn County
Ketchersid ct aI-AFann No.
sW swA swA 11-55N-97w
Shut down 625.
GOoSEBERRY--Paxk County
General Petroleum-Govt. No. /
NV sWA NWA 2s-47N-100W
Shut down for winter. 5991 feet.
HAT CREEK-Niobrara County
H. D. MOore-Berggren No. Il
NV sen NWA 23-35N
Shut down 1854.
HORN VALLEY - Carbon County
Swartout-Horn No.
NE NwA sWA 22-22N-7sw
Shut down 1900.
HORSE CREEK-Lsaremte County
General Pet.-Saltgaver No. 80
SW SWH SW5z 32-17N-6sW
Location.
JEWELL sPRNGs-PlatteC County
Glenby Exploration No.
NE SEA NEH 1s-30N-67W
Drilling 1910.
LANCE CREEK-Niobrara County
Continental-Apex No.
NV NWA NEA 36-36N- 65W
Drilling 5217.
Continental Rodeo No.
Sc sWA sWA 26-36N- 65W
Drilling 1874.
Superior oil-Ong No.
C SEA swA 31-36N -65W
Drilling 1855.
LOST SOLDTERr-sweetw Count.
Sinclair Wyoming No. 10S
NV NEA SWA 11-26N-90W
Drilling 3456.
Sinclair Wyoming "A'' No. 1866
NV SEA SEA 3-26N cow. Diggin
cellar First report).
Do You Want to
BUILD A RIG
SKID A DERRICK
r,TfsrsY mr.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-05-15

STANDS NNE ELK basin discovery fdnhs "a
Rocky Mountain region in many years.
structurally, than the Minnelusa dis 4
eovery well. Accordingly, it win prove
up tremendous area, should it pro-
duce,
Following is a report of all active
drilling in Wyoming:
AIRPORT DIsTRICT-Natrona %.
Royal Oil-Nidert No.
Sw sWA swA 26-s5N-s0w
Drilling 1885.
BEAvER DoArE-weston County
Brorby No.
NV NEA NwH 13-44N-62w
Drilling s547.
BIG PNEY-subletts County
Howell No. /
C swM swA 27-3ON-11sw
Shut down Pass.
Wyoming Petroleum Corp. No.
NV NEA NwA s-2sN-11sW
shut down 1868.
BRENNnG BASIN Converse County
Ohio on-Boot No.
NE SEH NEA 11-32N-7SW
Location (first report).
bonanza ANTICLnTE - Big Horn
County
Carl Merz-Menger No.
Ne NEA sen 22-4sN-s1w
shut down SIS.
BYRON FTELD-Big Horn County
Mule Greek oil-Hoskins No.
Center Lot 2, 25-56N-97W
Drilling $500.
Ohio Mishler- Badger No. l.
Lot ia 5e-s7w
Testing production 551s. Total depth
55ss. Plugged back to 551s.
ohio-Anderson No.
Center Lot 8, Sec. 25-56N-97W
Drilling 1896.
BUNKER HTLI-Csxbon County
Superior Oil-Brimmer No.
CIVIL NwA NEN 32-27N-s9W
Shut down for winter 1918.
COLE CREEK FELD-Natrona County
General Pet.-state No. 4s
Sc SEA swA 1e-s5N-77W
Drilling 4543.
General Petroleum No. 73G
NV SEA NEA 21-35N-77W
Drilling 1850.
General Pet.-Govt. No. 6S
NV SWA NEA 21-35N-77W
Total depth 4539; 515-inch casing
eemented at 44s5.
General Pet.-Govt. No. 81
NwH Nw5< 22-35N-77W
Foundation completed.
DEWEY DIsTRICT-westOn County
". II. Connor-State No. i
NV SWA NEA 36-42N-61W
Drilling $500.
Western Oil Tr. No.
c NWh sen 24-44N-6sW
Drilling 1920.
EAST ROCK RIvER-AIbany County
Fuerst Oil Dev.-Bawlby No.
Nwh SEX 2s-21-76W
Drilling 500.
ELK BASIN FTELD-Park County
Continental-E-T Elk No.
NE sen NEM 2z-5s-1OO-w
Location First report).
MacKinnie-N P. No.
NE NWA NwA 5-57N-9eW
Drilling 1910.
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Evening star., 1943-10-24
By Jay Carmo ody

an incalculable number of man
hours now devoted by columnists
and commentators to inserting it in
the title. Even Paul McNutt prob
ably would laugh at such a saving
in man-hours, but it is an idea)
There's Another Thing.
If the elimination of the eXclama-
ton point fails to achieve the de-
sired effect of reducing them to
their logical proportions, our man
has more drastic remedy.
1t is promised upon the circum-
stance that Lynn Riggs, who wrote
."Green Grow the LilacS,' upon
which the Theater Guilds musical
play is based has not felt consist
emily that way about his fellow Ok
lahomans.
That never would be deducible
from "Oklahoma," of course. It's
people are wholesome, wholehearted
and altogether wonderful. Its men
and women alike are humans of al
together American proportions. They
live on Grant Wood landscapes. A
beautiful day inspires them to sing
it's praises. They are childlike in
their love of colors ana ornament
surreys with yellow wheels and
frlnges on the top. They are con-
fused by their emotions and one OF
their most beautiful girls becomes
! famous for her inability to say no tC
| the men who come a-COurtin'
They practice neighborlineSs to the
Evening star., 1943-10-24
Whittier the Wind Blows Goes John Boles
NEW YORK

NEW YORK.
The stage fright no longer bothers
John Boles, one of the stars of the
musical One Touch of Venus"
But there was a time when he
didn't know upstage from back
stage. That was q years ago when
he auditioned for the juvenile lead
in the musical comedy, Little Jesse
James"
Just back from Europe, where he
had studied voice, he was badly in
need of a job because he was fiat
broke.
Il was willing to take practically
anything. There was no harm in
trying for the part I was COM
pletely cold. I had had no acting
experience. What a day! A band
was blaring nearby, people We're run
ming around the stage and I was
attempting to keep the shakes out
of my singing
Despite the shakes" Boles got
the part and the then obscure young
man became an overnight success.
His singing of the hit song 4 Love
You became so famous that it was
picked the first tune to be broad
cast to England from the United
States.
Voice Was Regained.
After a few musicals, motion pic
lures were next on the list, when
Gloria Swanson picked Boles as her
leading man. In those early days
there were only silent films, so that
John Boles had to drop his singing
completely.
Nevertheless, I was glad when
Evening star., 1943-10-24

" lue- w ora PHOIO.
the crew approached her and be-
gan conversation.
DO you know If Ingrid Bergman
is Swedish?" he began. whats she
like? She's new here, but I under
stand she's very nice to work with >
Ingrid Bergman hastened to assure
him that Ingrid Bergman is Swedish
but that she is not at all nice to
work with, and then went on to re-
cite set of grievances against the
star under discussion. The man be-
came quite angry at the sharp catty
criticisms of Ingrid Bergman, and
walked away from her.
When she was working on Sara
toga Trunk" she went in to the
lunch room to be accoSted by one
of the stcnographers, who looked at
her and said, DO l know you? Are
you one of the hairdresSers?"
These encounters amuse the star
They happen because she has that
fresh scrubbed appearance of a kid
and her blond hair is the sort that
Scandinavians have, a soft dull color
with high lights which vary be-
tween a towheaded whiteness and a
light tan.
Her eyes, which appear large and
(see BERGMAN. Page C-lOJ
Evening star., 1943-10-24
By Frances Long.

talkiPS came in. I am very fond Of
music and it was good to sing once
again. Dressed Immediately in a
blue suit, he leaned back in his chair
comfortably as he remiuisCed. He
didn't mention that sound pictures
brought him into the big money
class of actors.
Boles never intended to be an
actor. He started out to be a doctor,
but money problems again inter-
ferred.
1T seemed that every time I
started something. I couldn't finish
1t because I was broke! So l de-
Cided to let fate take care Of me.
l have a motto which I follow.
Wherever the wind is strongest
that's where Boles will blow"
Blow on Broadway.
The wind appears to be strongest
at the moment on Broadway and in
particular, One Touch of Venus. "
which has become a big hi. De-
spite his many years in the movies
and theater, BOleS has not become
blase. He is just as eager as he
was years ago and puts enthusiasm
in his acting whether it is a role
of middle-aged business man or
that Of romantic lover, His pres
ent role of WhiitelaW Savory, the art
collector, gives him an opportunity
for this enthusiasm and allows him
to do some fine singing. His bari
tone voice has always been a pleas
ure to hear.
But behind this enthusiasm lies
another reason why BoleS is happy
Evening star., 1943-10-24

point of feeling honestly that the
coWman and farmer should be
friends and they hold box socials
in the interest of furthering such
friendship. Even their most villain
Gus character, chap who lives with
a gallery of Partisan post cards in a
Smokehouse, has the virtue of be-
ing capable of seeing his faults when
they are pointed out to him. All is
well, indeed, with these Oklahomans
who were found by Author Riggs
among his neighbors
Within the limits that current
Oklahomans shall not become un-
duly proud of themselves as a result
of this pretty picture of them, our
man IS content
II, however, they exceed those linn
its, he Is prepared to point out that
there is another side to the story.
Moreover, it was written by the
same Riggs.
Theme Was Unflattering.
Written many years after Green
Grow the Lilacs," and presumably
after Mr.. Riggs had grown UP and
grown more realistic and bitter, 1t
was a play dealing with almost un-
mentionable emotional and in
stinctiye twists which affect a too
contained community.
The Cream in the Well" Mr..
Riggs called his second work on the
Oklahoma situation. II was not
success as play AS a matter Of
fact, the critics pointed out harshly
/ that the same theme had been dealt
with more effectively by some of the
ancient Greeks, whose society was
troubled by the same disorders.
Even so, if conditions get too bad
among the Oklahomans, our man
saws, well just have that one set 10
music That will restore them to
/ their place III the American scene.
/ Their place, of course. is that Of just
some other people who are neither
better nor worse than their fellow
citizens"
+ To this department. knowledge,
!! no one else has even remembered
/ that Mr. Riggs wrote such sequel
to his admiring estimate of Okla
homans as that reflected in okla
hOms!' The Cream IN the Well"
reference to the tendency Of
cream to sour, was a play re-
markably designed to be quickly
/ forgotten. l. opened at the Ma
tional one Monday night, was con-
demred r0urdlv as an amateurlsh
bit Of writing, went on to New York
with small hopes Tor success, and
died there two of three Saturday
nights later.
But it survived long enough to
get into the record the fact that
Mr. Riggs found all kinds Of people
in Oklahoma. as any playwright can
fnd all kinds Of people anywhere
else.