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MUCH NEW TALENT

From "Strivers Row came such
players as Helen Martin who was
later picked by Orson welles for the
role Of Bigger's sister in Native
Son" In the cast of Three Is A
Family" are such talented young
sterS as Fred O'Neal, one of the
founders Of the American Negro
Theatre and company manager of
the group since it was organized.
Geraldine Policeman, a product
of Hampton, played in run Little
Chillun" and others. Hilda Sinms
has had roles in You Can't Take It
With YOU "Cavalcade', and kiss
the Boys Goodbye" Paul Suggs has
played IN such shows as winter
set, 1.-THE Male Animal and the
Gilbert and Sullivan opera, III. M.
s., Melvin Greene was in the origi-
nal version of "Porgy'' both here
and abroad and was in the Pulitzer
Prize play, In Abraham's Bosom y
Some day concerted drive will
De launched and adequate funds
raised TO purchase or lease small
theatre for couple of years or
more and the house turned over to
such a theatre group as the Ameri-
can Negro Theatre outfit and give
our future thespians the background
necessary for successful careers in
the theatre. Until this is done, how
ever, our youngsters will nave to
struggle along making the most of
what they have. And that is what
the ANT is doing and well with
Three Is A Family
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-12-04
Neqro Film AXE
S 156 Million

HOLLYWOOD, CaL-(SNS)-The yearly amount
pent by Negroes for motion pictures was estimated at
156000000 from analysis of recently released Treas
Try Dept tax figures made by Philip NJ Carter Director
4 the only Negro Public Relations firm in Hollywood
aid Carter:
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-12-04

ward from Lionel's last Broad
way theatre booking at Loewzs,
where he scored a resoundlng MT
a few months back.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-12-04

films paid for by them outright
should include story material
illustrating the hopes and aspira-
tions. struggles, and finer quail
ties of the race.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-12-04
Three IsA
Family" Farce
Al The Liberty
Abe Hill Finds
Friendship With
John Goldenpays
BY DON DeLEIGHBUR

NEW YORK - The American Me-
gro Theatre fell heir to theatrical
windfall when the director, affable
young Abram Hill. got permission
from the veteran Broadway produ-
Ger and Snowman, John Golden, to
present the famous comedy, There
Is A Family" in Harlem with an
all-colored cast while the play is
still running at the Longacre The
atre on Broadway with its original
white cast.
The American Negro Theatre, "a
permanent cooperative acting COM
pany, co-ordinating and perfecting
the related arts of the theatre" ac-
cording to Hill, has hopes of "eyen-
tually deriving it's own theatre craft
and acting style by combining all
standard forms and putting to art
full use the fluency and rhythm that
lies in the Negroes special gifts"
The group has been professionally
trained for the past three years and
has presented several notable prod
uctionS.
UPROARIOUS COMEDY
Three Is A Family" is uproari-
Gus comedy and the way the young
sters of the American Negro The
atre attacked it in the premiere of
the play at the Library Theatre here
in Harlem last week compared IA
vorably with the professional treat
ment it receives downtown. The ex-
pertinent of Golden in attempting to
prove the theatrical adage that "a
good play can be successfully in
terpreted by people of any race or
language" seems on the way to alb
solute proof by the merit of the per-
formances every Thursday, Friday
and Saturday evening at the Libra
ry Theatre,
The American Negro Theatre
Arthur Pollack, one of New York S
| top critics, declared: Looks like it
could amount to something very i'm
portant in the theatrical life of
New York City. 1t is a city long in
need of first rate Negro Theatre.
And this perhaps is that Negro The
atre. The group will have the world
beating path to it's door if it con-
tinues as it has begun"
Perhaps "On Striyers Row is the
most famous presentation by the
American Negro Theatre. Other
plays have been put on, but none
carried the impact of ''On Strivers
( Row.
Evening star., 1943-02-17

first King of the English" 828 AID,
onward
Certainly, the functions Of the
Chief Executive of the United States
and those of His Majesty differ IN
theory and practice. Mr.. Roosevelt
has powers which King George VI
never will have. Yet basicalIy there
is considerable resemblance between
the two positions and the two re-
sponsibilitieS. Mr. Woodward prob
ably does not realize it fully but he
might we'll have been referring to
the President when he wrote: The
King exists; he is a man, and not a
divinity. His work might be i'll per-
formed or neglected. This work re-
quires qualities which are not easily
found, and tend to be found least of
all among those who have always had
to struggle for poWer-a wide per-
Sonal sympathy, an unSelfishneSS and
tagain, in spite of the external pub
licity) large measure of self -efface-
ment, a quick but sure judgment of
men, tact, friendliness and. in mod
ern conditions, very great industry"
Such words, obviously could not
be applied to Hitler or MusSolini or
the Emperor of Japan.
Evening star., 1943-02-17

the court affirmed the judgment Of
District Court on the ground that
the issue involved a labor dispute,
and that under the circumstances
Issuance of an injunction was for
bldden by the Norris-La Guardia Act.
The Justice Department has an
other injunction suit pending against
the musicians union, but even
though a slightly different approach
is being taken, the outcome hardly
can be said to be in doubt. The re-
peatedly expressed philosophy of the
Supreme Court is that activities de-
signed to advance the economic in
terestS of labor are beyond the reach
of existing law, and the tribunal has
set exceedingly liberal standards for
such activities. The disposition Of
the Petrillo case simply demonstrates
once more that a change can come
only through act of Congress.
Evening star., 1943-02-17
Tropped

To jail in Salt Lake City went a
woman social worker on a periodic
visit to check conditions. AS all
scientists know, cell life is rather dull
and simple. but social scientists try
to do something about it. She would
report later on whether or not this
particular jug was up to standard. In
the midst of her visit. however, the
jailer went out to lunch, neglecting
to inform his relief Of the presence
of voluntary guest. The inspection
completed, the lady. from the depths
Of a cell. politely asked for an exit
visa. That's what they all want"
remarked the assistant jailer, yaWn-
ing sadly. Our customers are never
satisfied. No dice, lady" Not until
an hour later. upon the return of a
well-fed jailer, was she at liberty to
make her report. If honest, it may
have included mild criticism of the
janitor service, but a fervent admis-
sion that in its primary function OF
OBTAINING the unsocial, the Jail was
a brilliant success and an outstand-
ing example Of unsocial security.
Evening star., 1943-02-17
King and President

The January issue Of the magazine
Britain Today contains an article by
E. L. Woodward which many Amer
leans will be interested to read. It's
theme is the British monarchy, and
the author attempts to explain the
modern meaning of the phrase "the
Kings Most Excellent Majesty" THE
styles and titles of the reigning
sovereign" he says, "are, in the first
place, link between the immediate
present and the long past of our
nation. Kingship in England
calls up more than a thousand years
of political development-a thousand
years during which the English,
through methods of trial and error,
have established for themselves the
rule of law. The Kings and Queens
of England, the ancestors of King
George VI, have been linked with
this development for the greater part
Of ten centuries. They have been the
center of conflict of wills; the will
Of the King, enforcing the subjection
of the 'unruly subject compelling
the turbulent feudal nobility to
recognize the Kings peace and later
the will of the people, enforcing the
King himself to submit his power to
their control. = There is no danger
that the King will trespass beyond
his recognized functions as head Of
the state, or that he will try by secret
means to Subvert to miSchievous ends
the political machinery of the state
Even if he wished to do any of these
things, he would find himself power
less before the authority of the
judges, the might Of Parliament and
the latent but never dying Watchful-
ness Of the English people to preserve
the civil liberties which they have
Won"
Thoughtful Americans. of course,
will appreciate in Mr.. Woodward's S
exposition the relation which British
countrymen since 1776. When the
thirteen Colonies declared themselves
independent Of the English crown
and set up a government headed by
an elected President rather than
a hereditary monarch, they did
| not-they could not-divorce them
| selves altogether from the great
flowing tide Of human events tracing
back to the earliest settlement of
Britain. 1t may seem contradictory,
yet it is true that Franklin D. Roose-
velt and all his predecessors from
George Washington onward have
been in a certain very real historic
sense the successors of George III
and his predecessors from Egbert,
Evening star., 1943-02-17
Undivided Control

In conjunction with his dismissal
Of Ferdinand EberStadt as a vice
chairman of the War Production
Board, Donald M. Nelson has an
nounced a functional plan for WPB
which is based upon the principle
of undivided control, and which
seems to be sound.
Neither Mr. Nelson's statement nor
that issued in his own behalf by
Mr.. Eberstadt makes wholly clear the
reasons underlying the summary
manner Of the latter's removal from
office. The giSt of Mr.. Eberstadt's
statement is that he gave the best
that was in him to the Job and that
he is at loss to understand why he
was ouSted. Mr.. Nelson, while allud-
ing to juriSdictional difficulties and
expressing regret at "the circum-
stances" which made it necessary for
him to remove Mr.. Eberstadt, stops
short of saying precisely what these
circumstances we're. From the stand
point of getting on with the job of
war production, however, the more
important consideration is that Mr..
Nelson at last has set up within the
WPB a single plan of operation to be
carried out under the direction of
one man-Charles E. Wilson. former
head of the General Electric Com
pany.
Heretofore, Mr.. Wilson has been in
charge of production and Mr. Eber-
stadt in control of materials. That
was an arrangement which never
promised to be successful and it has
been corrected by placing Mr.. Wilson
IN full charge of both functions. AS
Mr.. Nelson put it, because the total
war program has become more closely
integrated it follows that the man in
charge of production cannot dis
charge his duties adequately unless
he also controls the flow of materials
into production channels. In other
words, materials control and produc-
ton control today are all one inte-
grated job. They cannot be con-
sidered separately. They must be
directed as one job, not two
That is a statement which makes
sense. 1t is regrettable that man
of Mr.. Eberstadts capabilities should
be lost to the Government service at
a time like this, but it would be more
regrettable to have the war produc-
ton program bog down because OF
Inability to agree upon program
and the man to direct it.
After protracted consideration, Mr..
Nelson has made his decision, and it
seems to be sound. 1t is to be hoped
that every one, including those in the
armed forces, will get behind the new
setup in an earnest effort to make it
work.
Evening star., 1943-02-17
The PetriIIo Case

It is coincidental that final effort
by the Government to employ the
Sherman Antitrust Act to deal with
labor restraints should be nullifed by
the Supreme Court as Assistant At
torney General Thurman Arnold
prepares to give up the direction of
the Antitrust Division of the Justice
Department to go on the Court of
Appeals.
Undeterred by continued rebuffs in
labor cases by the Supreme Court,
Mr.. Arnold engaged James Caesar
Petrillo head of the American
Federation Of Musicians, in what
amounted to a laSt-ditch action,
seeking to end the ban applied by
the union leader on the production
Of musical recordings by union mu-
sicians. Denied an injunction by a
Federal District Court in Chicago,
which was guided by earlier decisions
Of the Supreme Court in similar pro-
ceedingS, Mr.. Arnold once more ap-
pealed to the high tribunal-With
the usual result. In a few sentences,
Evening star., 1943-02-17
Perfect Sureness

They do not change-the wondrous
stars OF heauen.
From spring to summer, tall and
,ointer time,
They shine forever in their blue do
minion,
In cadent calmneSs OF their t,rin-
king rhyme.
Always they seem to say, BE braue:
keep hopeful.
The stretch OF time IN years and
centuries
Is spelled uith patience for the
hearts endurance,
The teets firm sandals, strength
for feeble knees"
Why should euer tear7 Why ever
talter?
Though all around are cliffs OF
grim despair;
Above me I can see the constant
heavens,
And IN the blacklist night knop
stars are there.
ROSE MYRA PHILLIPS.
Evening star., 1943-02-17

mortgage? Or shall 7 just reduce the
diet of the family to the danger point,
so that the families of union laborers
may have luxuries to eat and wear that
they never had before?
1t IS my theory that to impose further
tax or savings burdens on the country
Unfortunately, without some method
of alleviating the burden on the middle
class, and without spreading fair share
Of the burden over the fantastically paid
union men, will cause a social if not
political revolution when the war Is
over
Out OF the fine-sounding distractions
as to what we are fighting for arises the
growing conviction that we q speak for
the middle class are fighting to raise
union labor to level that 1t doesn't de-
serve and which it is not willing to pay
for. VETERAN.
Evening star., 1943-02-17
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. Trdce1peU.

responsibility Of feeding the two young
birds-and often carrying delicacies to
Wendy, too.
One day in particular, while she was
on the window sill eating sunhower seed.
Peter flew in beside her with a bill full
of greens and appeared to say Just YOU
try some of these delicious greens with
your seedl
"Wendy very graciously accepted them.
Several times I have read discussions
in your column about whether cardinals
do or do not bathe in the bird pools.
Il have seen Mr.. and Mrs. Cardinal
bathe many times. But one in particular
I shall never forget was the time Peter
fed Wendy while she was waiting her
turn to take a bath.
Mr.. Robin was OVERRIDING his shower
for lined up on small bush close at
hand were three other birds waiting
their turn. The center one was Wendy,
and while she patiently waited her turn,
Peter carried food to her. And much
to my amazement Wendy was the second
bird to take a bath after Mr.. Robin
for after all she was second in line
Now that 1 am living in the suburbs,
I have an entirely different Wendy and
Peter. Peter is handsome fellow but
very arrogant and he has such a nasty
disposition. Regardless of when or how
Wendy arrives, he flies at her in perfect
rage.
She quietly retireS to a safe distance
and meekly waits her turn to get seed
when Peter finally flies off by himself
If he should ever carry dencacies to
Wendy, I am sure both Wendy and /
would swoon.
The other day when Peter sang his
first spring song I almost loved him,
but I do hope Wendy doesn't forgive
him too quickly for chasing her around
the tree trunk all winter.
THE latest visitor I cannot Identify
| he is little fellow who seems to be a
very small copy of the nuthatch, but
with much shorter tail and a solid
colored light orange breast.
There Is black stripe across his eyes.
He is very agile and is equally at home
! upside down. He is the only one which
can successfully rush the sparrows off the
| coconut she'll
will you kindly tell me how to hang
or place birdhouses? Should they face
any particular direction-be in the shade
or sun, up high in the tree? Should
they be suspended by wire or nailed
securely to the tree trunk, or does 1t
matter?
Thanking you in advance for any
advice, and also for the great deal OF
pleasure have had reading your column
I am Yours very truly B. B."
The small bird which resembles the
usual white breasted nuthatch is the
rarer one, the red-breasted nuthatch
Birdhouses are best hung in the
shade, with the entrance to the South
The confined space grows very hot ir
the summer. Houses faced West are
| often drenched inside in summer tnun-
derstorms. The height for houses de-
pends upon the species. Wrenhouses
can be suspended, but most others should
| be nailed securely.
Evening star., 1943-02-17
Work Report Condemned
AS Unfair" and "MeaningIess,"

To the Editor Of The Star:
Monthly paydays would be hardship
only on intellectual children, and it is
time they should grow up Substantial
saving could be accomplished by the
adoption of the suggestion offered by
Cecil Barnes. jr.
But much greater savings would
result from the abolition of the daily
work report. These reports are unfair
and misleading. That is proven by the
fact that a clerk often works as hard
to turn out 20 units one day as he does
to score 100 units the next
No herman can spend his time keeping
such meaningless record without sur
rendering his self-respect. In order to
produce an accurate report each clerk
should have a private timekeeper If
the report Is not accurate, one mans
guess is as good as another's.
ELMER c. HELM.
Evening star., 1943-02-17
Shortage of Help
Creates Problem for Hospitals.

To the Editor OF The STAR
There has been a great deal OF pub
licity given to the serious dearth of
registered nurses to care for the sick,
but little mention has been made of
the equally serious lack of practical
nurses, orderlies and domestic servants
in our institutions. At the Home for
1ncurables we have had successful
school of practical nursing, but now
most OF the intelligent young women on
whom we relied as students are taking
Government jobs. Many of the members
Of the board in the emergency are VOL
unteering to go to the home in the
morning to make beds, scrub basins,
dust rooms, etc, in order to relieve the
strain on the nurses we have. But the
board members are busy women doing
important volunteer work elsewhere and
have neither the time nor the strength
We have also been helped enormously
by the Red Cross Nurses Aides and
Grey Ladies and by many friends of
the board.
The servant situation really is des-
perate. We have 200 patients, almost
all Of whom are completely helpless.
This means that we must have not only
women for cooking cleaning and laun-
dry work, but also male orderlies for
lifting the patients and other heavy
duties. In spite of raising all wages
it is impossible for us to compete with
the Governmental wage standard, and
as a result our domestic workers are
frequently changing, irregular in at
tendance and less responsible All of
this throws a heavier burden than ever
on our already overworked and consci-
entious nurses
We do not need to tell you that the
Home for Incurables is doing a fine and
indispensable work, Our situation is
typical Of hospitals and institutions
throughout Washington. 1t is serious
now and growing daily more difficult.
MRS. EDWARD r. FINKENSTAEDT
President OF the Board,
Washington Home for Incurables.
Evening star., 1943-02-17
FALLS CHURCH, Va.

Dear Sir:
Your column is one of my Evening
Star favorites, and a week ago last Sat-
urday I especially enjoyed it-for you
identified my newest friends-namely,
purple finches and fox sparrows-which
seemed to have arrived together.
Il was calling the former my straw
berry blonds for lack Of a proper name
but after seeing them in the bright
sunlight, I realize they are really rich,
royal purple.
For the past week or 10 days have
had six purple finches and eight fox
sparroWs at my feeding station. They
enjoy eating at the base of my twin
oak few feet from the door with the
rest of the crowd-but appear to be
fascinated by the coconut shell filled with
seed in the tree above them.
Usually the titmice, nuthatches and
chickades fly on and off the shell like
planes coming in and taking off at the
National Airport. not a wasted second
or motion. After several days of
quiet observation, the fnches and fox
sparroWs finally solved their problem
by perching on top of the shell and
leaning over each time for seed.
After all. they don't need to fly up
into the tree, grasp the seed in their
claws and pound their heads nearly off
cracking it open-they merely crack it
open in their bill. However, their perch
ing on the shell, completely unnerves
the old timers that try rushing them of q,
to no avail.
After observing the quick and express
sive chickadees, nuthatches and tit
mice all winter, the visitors appear to
me to have dead pan expression and
always seem to be moving in slow motion.
Any incident they become involved in
therefore seems twice as humorous be-
cause of this lack of expression.
"Mr. Fox Sparrow was perched on top
of the shell refusing to be rushed. So
Mr., Purple Finch thought up a new idea.
He spread his feet wide apart on the
wire leading down to the coconut, and
slowly but surely slid awkwardly down.
when he came within reaching dis
tance, Mr.. Fox Sparrow calmly reached
over and pecked him on his exposed
stomach.
Then again, Mr.. Purple Finch flew
back to the coconut just as Foxie' had
peeled a seed. So it was unfortunate
that when he reached over to peck Mr..
Purple Finch again, the kernel was
promptly seized from his bill and con-
sumed. I am sure all the birds laughed
with me.
Il am anxiously waiting to hear them
warble. Are the fox sparrows songsters,
too?
II am always amused at the tempera-
ments of the birds.
It, too, have had several Peters and
Wendies as correspondent called
cardinals.
"One pair in Northwest Washington
was an adorable couple, Wendy taking
every advantage of her feminine charm
and Peter playing up to it to the nth
degree.
so much so that he assumed full
Evening star., 1943-02-17
ROSE ARNOLD POWELL.
Union Labor Held Responsible
For Distress of Middle Glass.

For Distress of Middle Class.
To the Editor OF The Star:
Since the Bureau OF Foreign and
Domestic Commerce first began measur-
ing national income, we have heard over
and over again Of our increasing income
and the danger of imitation therefrom.
This warning has come not only from
the Department of Commerce, but from
the many economists and would-be eco
nomists who have rediscovered the bu-
reaus data In all of this discussion of
national income and its dangers, there
is ore fallacy which seems to me to have
been overlooked
Several millions of working men, in
industrial trades, admittedly are getting
most of this money through union pres
sure. They represent only fraction Of
the total working population. OF this
latter group most have had their salaries
fixed and they have not been aided by
the unions. They, in fact, are paying the
bill to give the unions more money. But
compulsory saving bears with undue
severity on those OF us whose remunera-
ton is fixed
NV own case is I believe, typical. I
gave up good-salaried job to take less
money in the armed services, as many
others have done. The Government
doesn't have to force me to save in order
to siphon off my surplus. There is no
surplus, but there Is a growing deficit.
If more of my salary is siphoned off,
what can I neglect? Shall I abandon
my insurance, both life and accident,
which have paid 50 much on all these
years? Shall I give up payments on the