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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-22
kinu Cobrss

Detroit-A sentence OF one to
five years in the Detroit House of
Correction was imposed Wednes-
day on Mrs. Veronica Fedderson,
S6-year old mother OF two children.
who was convicted of negligent
homicide. Police said the woman
was driving an automobile that
killed David Rausch. IS, last Sep
TENDER.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-22
Rough Riders
Will Compete

This past season is the first that
Roosevelt has not had a swimming
team. Now. however. with basket
ball nearly over, a squad Of splash
ers have been working out under
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-22
Mosquitos

r. Todd 433, ]. Breiel 81. F.
Hunter 399, r. Elliott 1886, R. Geib
(capt) 430. Won 0, lost 8.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-22

Bowling Scores
WILLOW RUN RIVERSIDE
LEAGUE

WILLOW RUN RIVERSIDE
LEAGUE
yellow
Mona Weber 2S6, Catherine
Nemec 372, Moreno Oliver 339,
Lillian Schenider 293. Betty Nc
Carthy 3S1. Won 2. lost /.
Central Speciality
Virginia King 1888, Ashrdluhrd
Pipin 2SS, Bertha Mild 279, Lillian
Mild 29S, Mary Saitto 1894; handi-
cap 162 Won l, lost 2.
Local 1865
Jean Sharkey 459, Marian Rich
ards 1893, Pat Mitchell 374, Marion
Mosolf 321, Kay Joyce 296; handi-
cap IS. Won 2, lost 1.
Ford Local 94o
Anna Forester 1886, lola Smith
394, Juanita Blystone 1913, Nina
Wise 337, Gena Ozzelle S54. Won
l, lost ..
Local so
Ellen Drake 25S, Irene Trzcinski
34G. Joanna Fleming 273, Ann
Holal 296, Donna Mather 1863. Won
0, lost 3.
Michigan Bell Telephone
Doris Holly 1872, Mary Monaghan
34S, Doris Langworthy 41S, Mary
Long 291. Irma Holley 1924; handi-
cap 49,. Won 3, lost 0.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-22
Ring Decisions
nv the Associated Pressl

IBy the ASSOCIATED Prebsl
Buffalo, n. Y.-Johnny Green
1872, Lackawanna. y. T.. outpoint
ed Bobby Lakin. 14s, Worcester,
Mass. 10; Jim Rizzo, 1873, Hamil
ton, Ont. T.K.O. Charles Hall, 1871
Buffalo, s.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-22
REMOVE AN EXIT CARD

WHEN YOU are playing a suit
contract. and see that you must
give the lead to the opponents at
some late stage in the hand, It Is
we'll to remove all chance for them
to make a return which will be Of
some use to them. Ruffing out the
last card in some side suit may
place them in a position where
they can't do anything except help
you with their return.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-22
Fine Points in Bndqe

which saved a trick-the ruff OF
the dummys last diamond with
the club ]. That left trumps in
each hand.
Three top hearts were run,
stripping both North and South Of
red cards. The spade 3 was then
led. West took It with the ]. He
cashed his A to set the contract
one, the spade K then being good.
II West had returned a diamond
or a heart In case he had one
South could have ruffed 1t while
discarding from dummy to get the
same result.
But il South had neglected to
ruff out the dummys last dia-
mond, West would have been able
to return a diamond and so COM
pei South to lead spades to him a
second time. That would have re-
suited in West getting three spade
tricks instead Of two, ard would
have beaten the contract another
trick,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-22
YPSILANTI MEMS CLUB
BOWLING LEAGUE

Liberators
J. Perry 1872. b. Harrison (capt)
500, ]. Snow 800. r. Rayham 299,
Wildman 312. Won 2. lost 1.
Flying Forts
]. Van Vactor 400, F. Jacobs 347,
A. Spearing 359, H. Thill 300, f.
Squier (capt) 1863. Won l, lost 2.
Mustangs
J. Palchow 367, r. Arnold 45S,
r. Baker (avgD 312, C. Hart, 423,
V. Welte (capt) 457, handicap 1872.
Won 2, lost l.
Black Widows
F. Butler 3S9, p. Grouse 435, F.
Jackson 4i0. II. Jens (capt) 42S,
NJ. Church 437. Won 1, lost 2.
Mosquitoes
A. Stewart 507, NJ. Petty 424, f.
Shaw 40, r. Cook (capt.) 355, o.
Stanchfield 439, handicap 81. Won
3 lost 0.
Piper Cubs
r. Todd 433, ]. Breiel 81, F.
Hunter 399, r. Elliott 1886, R. Gelb
(capt.) 430. Won 0, lost 8.
King Cobras
F. Long 357, r. Smith 312, H.
Miller 4S3, f. Howe 42S, T. Col
bert (captD 500. Won l, lost 2.
Thunderbolts
s. Butler 470. w Bonner 445, T.
Bird 406, o. Lee 454, L. Milbourne
(capt) 1894 Won ., lost l.
Evening star., 1945-09-28
TODAY'S NEIGHBORHOOD MOVIES
Buy War Bonds and Stamps at Any Local Theater
TheaterS Having Matinees

All Time Schedules Given in Warner
Bros Ads Indicate Time Feature IL
Evening star., 1945-09-28


happens to George Gershwin and
Robert Aida (the actor who i'm
personates Gershwin) in Rhapsody
in Blue" which opened at the Earle
yesterday.
Warner Bros, to be sure, are not
trapped with an altogether hopeless
hunk of celluloid on their hands, for
there are two things about "Rhap-
sody in Blue" which retrieve it to
some extent. They are:
l. Gershwin's varied and rather
wonderful music which constantly
diverts you from the life story on
which 1t Is strung, like collection
Of lovely pearls on piece of binder
twine.
2. A moral lesson to the effect If
genius is really like that it is much
more pleasant to go on being the
clod you are even though your take
home pay is so small you can't afford
home to take it to.
As Gershwin concert, a kind of
gigantic concert which includes the
best in the vast album of melody he
left behind, Rhapsody in Blue" is
quite a tribute to its subject. 1t
speaks of the mans feeling for the
native rhythmS and their meaning,
Of his personal quest for the singing
soul of the land, of his satisfaction
with the rewards that 1t brought
him and of the dissatisfaction with
which it left him through the sense
that he was not realizing himself
The eloquence of the Gershwin
music, however, is muted by the
biographical tale devised to 60 with
it, and the acting which animates
the latter. 1t constantly suggests
that it would have been better to
let Gershwin speak for himself in
his tunes than to have assigned
Howard Koch and Elliott Paul to
speak for him as scenarists. AS
rhapsodists, all the others associated
with the Earle's picture are inferior
to its hero.
That, too, despite the reverence
for him which inspired Warmers to
reinforce Aida, in the principal role
with such players as Joan Leslie,
Charles Coburn, Alexis Smith, Nor
ris Carnovsky and Albert Basserman.
Beyond these, lie such other per-
formers as Paul Whiteman, Oscar
Levant, Al Jolson, George White,
and several other contemporaries of
Gershwin. all of whom play them
selves. All except Jolson seem to be
a little self-conscious, Levant acutely.
Aida, who apparently was selected
to tmpersonate the eccentric and
egocentric hero ON the basis of a
vague physical resemblance, COM
pounds the confusion which was
Gershwin's chronic emotional con-
dition. He makes it seem entirely
fanciful that the young man would
be tolerated by society, much less
Evening star., 1945-09-28
By PATRICIA SIMMONS.

If you are reasonably young and
romantic, or can still pretend you
are, you won't be disappointed in
the picture at the Capitol, this week.
Otherwise, Is may be only a charm
ing tale diluted with too little music
and not nearly enough humor
Being reasonably young and ro-
mantle. however, we always appre-
ciate stories that begin-once upon
a time. s.9
And surely, once upon a time,
there lived just such a beautiful
princess as Hedy Lamar. And why
shouldn't she sail away from her
palace to find the man she loved
in a strange and wonderful land
called New York City? And then,
as if by magic, when the princess
found happiness every one else in
the story finds 1t, too.
Its important to remember, of
course, that each time we mention
a certain .good-looking bellboy,
naturally, we mean a handsome
coachnan. And when referring to
pretty June Allyson as the cripple
in love with the bellboy, its under
stood that she's also a princess re-
quiring but a kiss from the hand
some coachman to make her well
and strong again. Before she gets
that kiss, however, some pretty fan
tastic things happen. Even down.
right unorthodox ones unless you
remember its all a fairy tale.
For instance the princess gets
called "Toots" by one Rags Ragland.
This is excusable because Rags mis-
takes her for a chambermaid. But
this time the princess thinks she's
making some headway in the vo-
cabulary department, but along
comes bellhop Robert Walker to add
to her confusion with such tender
Technology as Angel Puss" and
Baby" Frankly, we suspect the
princess knew what they meant all
along. Anyway, she soon learns to
indulge in such nonroyal pastimes
as eating hot dogs in Central Park
and blowing a joint" That is ex-
cept one time when the joint in
question wasn't blown soon enough
and her highness lands in the clink.
Meanwhile, cupid's been working
overtime and the bellboy has fallen
hopelessly under Hedy's magic spell.
This is unfortunate because all
along you know it can't last. When
princess wakes up in the morning,
and before she so much as stretches
once, calls for the morning paper
to read her favorite columnist you
know something's up.
It's not long before you're given
to believe that at some previous
time (you know how correspond
ents get around) the princess and
the newspaperman must have car
ried on a mild form of Irritation.
Sure enough, the princess decides
she would rather marry a journalist
than be a queen any old day. Now
guess what? The bellboy suddenly
realizes he's been in love with June
Evening star., 1945-09-28

become its idol. Particularly the
idol Of TYP such otherwise intelli-
gent femaies as Miss Leslie and Miss
Smith. who represent a couple of
charming lasses who broke their
hearts on Gershwin's flinty devo-
ton to the musical muse. Miss
Leslie, by the way, goes through
most of the picture in period cos
tunes which look as if they had
been devised by wicked witch.
That would not be so bad except
that no such things happen to Miss
Smith, who clearly was of the same
period and whose only advantage
in the story is that she is divorce.
When 1t is not being a colorful,
dramatic resume of Gershwin's
work, Rhapsody in Blue pecks at
the high lights of his life from his
boyhood fascination with mechan-
ical piano to his sudden death from
a brain tumor while playing one of
his own compositions.
1t says, as all such tales of genius
say. that it is no easy art to break
into, this music, and that it's lucky
Wy Will al al OOlSUll 1lhtS your
"Swanee," and a fellow like Max
Dreyfus of the Harms Music Pub
fishing Co. takes you as a protege.
Triumphs followed then in rapid
succession, all the George White
Scandals" shows, the American in
Paris" composition, the scores of
hits between and finally the sensa-
tional "Porgy and Bess," in which
G. G. realized his dream of compos-
ing a folk opera. "Embraceable
YOU" Summertime" and a score
Of other Gershwin hits which are
unfaillngly appealing thread their
way through these sequences to give
them life and movement they would
not have had otherwise.
There are some downright Ia
mentally bad spots in Rhapsody In
Blue" which not even the music can
gloss over. One to close your eyes
on is that In which Miss Leslie, her
heart breaking, sings "Embraceable
You" to Gershwin's accompaniment.
II you don't close your eyes, you
will laugh at the wrong place. or Is
1t a right placep
Evening star., 1945-09-28
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
ond Time Of Showing
Stage.
National-"Polonaise':: $50 pm

Stage.
NatiOnal-"Polona $50 pm
Screen.
Capit0l-"Her HighneSs and the
Bellboy":: 1890 m. LIS, Ais, 7:lO
and 10 pm. Stage shows: l2;45, 335
$50 and 9:20 pm.
Columbia-"A Bell for Adano"::
II am. los, 3:l5, $40, 7:30 and
$40 pm.
Earle-"Rhapsody in Blue" 1885
am, 1:4o, 425, SIS and $50 pm
Hippodrome - Courageous Mr.
Penn: 2:30, 420, sos, 7:55 and
9:40 pm.
Keith's-"Wonder Man: 1l::35
am. l:35. 3:35, 535, 7;35 and 9.35
pm.
Little-"On APPROVAL II am,
l2:45, 2:30. AIS, 6, 7:50 and $40 pm.
Metropolitan-"Pride of the Ma
rines": HAS am, 2:25, 4:40, 7 and
$40 pm.
Palace-"Anchors Aweigh":: 1o:45
am, 1:25, 4:05, 6:45 and 9:25 pm.
Pix THE Phantom Speaks:
3:20, $40, 7:55 and 1915 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and Shorts,
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1945-09-28
ADVERTISEMENT.

|. That orange and blue Wheaties
! package is an invitation to grand
eating. Big fakes of nourishing
! whole wheat. Roasted and toasted.
Evening star., 1945-09-28
'kostelanetz Busy on
Tschaikowsky Tale
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
Andre Kostelanetz is the latest
to announce he is readying an
operetta based on the life of the
Russian composer, Tschaikowsky.
The famous conductor says he
will bring it to Broadway "as soon
as possible" and adds that it will
have approximately simultaneous
premieres in New York and Moscow.
Kostelanetz disclosed that he has
been working on the project for
three years. He hopes that his
wife, Opera Star Lily Pons, will be
able to play the role of Nadia Won
Neck, Tschaikowsky's patroness.
Sterling North has been associ-
ated with the musician in writing
and research. 1t thus far is with
out title.
Two others based on the same
general theme, were announced pre-
viously: THE Lonely Heart" to be
produced by the Shuberts, and
Song Without Words" scheduled
for presentation by Theodore Bach
enheimer.
Evening star., 1945-09-28
If You Believe in Fairies

HER HIGHNEss AND THE BELrRoy ,,
an MGM picture with Hedy Lamar Robert
walker, June Allyson, produced BY Joseph
Pasterpak, directed by Richard Thorps,
orisinal screenplay BY Richard Connell and
Gladys Lehman. At the Capitol.
Evening star., 1945-09-28

Allyson all along. And well, that's
all. Except, of course, every one
lives happily ever after.
~
You expect an acrobatic team to
be energetic, but wait until you see
the Remys. And on top of every
thing they joke about 1t. Beautiful
and blond Sara Ann McCabe lends
her voice to the currently popular
II I Loved You" Comedy spot on
stage, this week, goes to Tommy
Hanlon, jr., and a wise choice it
was. Yesterdays audience seemed
to agree. As for the Hermanos
Santos Trio, sufice 1t to say they
danced what was supposed to be an
acrobatic samba. Or was 1t a
rumba?
Evening star., 1945-09-28
Gershwin's Music Gives Zest
To Earle's Film Biography
BY JAY CARMODY.

with acting
comprehending
IS but
Evening star., 1945-09-28
All Compass Points
Covered in Names
By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
You won't believe this one, but
it's true. It had Sam Wood, who's
directing Ginger Rogers in Heart
beat" really confused. Henry East,
dog trainer, reported on the set with
two French poodles for parts in the
story. Henry West, chief wardrobe
man, was there to check extras cos
tunes for authenticity. Stanley
North was working as one of the
electrical crew. After Wood got his
bearings he announced he was 60
ing South as soon as the picture
finishes.
Evening star., 1945-09-28

RHAPSODY IN BLUE" Warner Bros.
Picture with Robert Aida and Joan Leslie.
produced by Jesse L. Lasky, directed by
Irving Raprer, screenplay by Howard Koch
and Elliott Paul from q story by Sonya
Levien. At the Earle.
Evening star., 1945-09-28

Coal Mines Reopened
Old coal mines in Britain are
being reopened to alleviate the fuel
shortage.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-14
Guy Gillette
Is Urged For
REA Director

Washington, May l4-CAP) \
quiet boom for Guy NJ. Gillette TO
be rural ClcCtrItiCatIOn administrator
l. under way among Capitol Hlll
friends of the former Iowa Demo-
cratic senator.
Gillette is chairman of the sur
plus property board, which has the
job of diSposing of billions of col
lar" "'o"'h of unncedcd war goods
and plants. "'RfA
,.,- ...~.4ds believe he would wei
come an opportunity to get INTO d
field of aid to farmers. Coming from
4 big farm state, Gillette took a par
ticuIar interest in agricultural mat
tiers as a senator.
The REA Job carries a ten-ye1I
term at $4,000 a year, the same
salary as the Surplus Property
Board craftsmanship.
The only other name getting ml''I'
attention in capital speculation
about REA is that of ". }, Neal
deputy administrator. and arl'l's
head of the agency since harry
S.avtcry RESIGNED last December J..
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-14
Tire Ration
Increased 50 Pct.
In Month Of Man

WASHINGTON. MAY lt.-tAPD-
\ fifty percent increase IN pas
>cnacr car tire ration, for this
month was announced today by
the War Production Board,
Thi, will add 800 900 tires ct
the plumber to be distributed
by The ORA.
At WIPE it Gas stated that as
newly increased manufacturing
schedules go into 7cffcct, tires
will be released in increasing
numbers
The Improvement in rationN,
attributed directly to the lower
cd military demand in the wake
of victory in Europe. VIII pro-
vide civilian motorists with T.
SEQ 600 castings during the
ulvutn vi Hldy.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-14
Red Armies
Nazi Units
Four-Year Losses
OF Enemy In East
Exceed IL Millions

N,t
'"' H
! H' IdNt SlfldlI IR"|ht'lH 81 yer
man dlcAard assistance II
{ 'ZrchGSlnl1kiH and AuStri y
,,n,.n Loinr n,.or,.,n L,, Gov,
n, -
''''"| CIV
rHdio &nhpunG"d the
rounding up of 100000 addi-
\aZi tr0U,s in the past
h,,,r
.c,.. ,.ul ranau,.
''''
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-14
$500 Tens
Bombs Drop
Upon Nagoya

du>trial \agoya, ,Japan'N tlird
largest city, was piaSterrd with
1900 tons of fire bombs today
by a record fleet of $50 super
~fortrcSScS, and returning crew
men reported ~">Ncrping dcVaS-
tat!on OF the metropolis.
While there was no immediate
report on American losses. plane
commanders agreed they must
have been very light, and said
opposition wa surprisingly
small.
1t was the most concentrated
incendiary raid of the Pacific
var
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-14
Eden IS Believed
Arranging Farley
OF The Big Three

Washington, MAY l1.-(AP)-
British Foreign secretary An
thony Eden arranged al after
noon appointment at the Whit"
House today amid reports of an
early peace in Europe meeting
on t}lr hig three.
Reports from London last night
SAID that Eden was rNpectcd by
diplomatic circles there to dis
Cu>e with the President possible
dates and .ilc site for a meeting
of Mr.. Truman, Prime Minister
(hurchill and Premier Stain,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-14
~EAE Tier

FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Partly cloudy and warmer to-
dav. tonight and Tuesday. Scat
tered thu,dcrShoWcrS in west
portion Tuesday aud III m"un-
talns tins afternoon and tonight.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-05-14
Jap Resistance Greater
On Island OF Mil1danao
Wewak Is Captured
On New Guinea BY
Australian Forces

OkInaNa, May lt,--tAP}-
The tenth army trooI occupied
Tori Nhima, 80 miles We. OF
OkinaWa today without losses
and without opposition.
\ group Of soldiers reported
they had seen two japanese
fling themselves from a high
cliff into the sea, but officers
were Inclined to doubt this.
There were no indications the
island had been occupied re
Gently.
Late in the day two Japanese
planes were shot down over the
ISLAND Tori is Of little value
save as an observation post.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-23
House Bill Provides Plan
To Handle &c ntroI vuIIev

WASHINGTON, Mar. %.
(UP)-Eep. j. Leroy John
son (R.) Stockton, CAL, Fri
day introduced a bill in con-
gress enabling California to
buy irrigation and power fa-
cilities of the Central Valley
project on a 40-year install
ment plan.
Johnson said he believed his bill
would answer congressional and
state advocates of greater local
autonomy for the vast project. AT
the same time his plan would over
come the obstacle of outright pur-
chase at $157 ,00C 900 already invest
ed by the federal government, john
son said.
Uncer the proposal the federal
government would retain response
bility for flood control navigation,
salinity control, wild life propaga-
tion and recreation phases of the
project. These, johnson said, prop
erly belong under u S. jurisdiction.
A Central Valley commission ap-
pointed by the President would
determine what proportion of the
total expenditure was used for irri-
cation and power.
Within five years after irrigation
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-23
Rundstedt Thouqht
Victim of Bombs

PARIS, March 90. (UP)-The sup
posed German headquarters for the
western front was destroyed in an
Allied air raid a week ago, it was
disclosed Friday, and speculation
grew that Marshal Karl Won Rund-
stedt may have been killed or
wounded.
Marshal Albert Kesselring re-
placed Rundstedt as supreme Ger
man commander in the west about
the time of the raid, German pris-
oners captured on the British 21st
Army Group front reported. The
prisoners did not know RundStedt' S
fate or whereabouts.
Allied fighter bombers were re-
vealed to have dropped their aux
iliary gasoline tanks on a clump of
buildings in Germany believed
headquarters for the whole western
front. The tanks exploded with a
terrific burst of flame that quickly
destroyed the central building and
a garage filled with 150 cars.
Rundstedt was known to have
been in supreme command as late
as March 13 and possibly later
German prisoners said Kesselring
lately in command of the Italian
front, was called to replace him.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-23
Officers Locate
Stolen Meter
On Canal Banks

Police Thursday had solved the
first Great Parking Meter Crime in
Ell Centro, but had not apprehended
the culprits who stole meter from
Fifth street recently. The purloined
meter, irreparably damaged and
robbed of its contents, was found
Wednesday at Drop 4, on the ALL
American Canal, near Yuma, where
il had been dumped. The loss set
the city back some $50, which was
it's installed cost.
Aroused by the act, the city
council has passed a resolution
Offering a reward of $10o for in
formation leading to the arrest and
conviction of any person or per-
sons stealing, damaging or tamper-
ing with parking meters or their
contents.
Meanwhile the remaining 299
meters are doing all right, accord
ing to E. Paul Ford, public works
director. Installed more than a
week ago, the first collections, taken
from l07 Thursday totalled more
than 5000 coins, mostly pennies.
The regular collection days will be
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fri
days.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-23
Thrust
PeriLS
Berlin
Russians Seize
Vital Defense
Post Across Oder

LONDON, March %. (UP)
The German radio said
Friday night that Marshal
Gregory K. Zhukov's assault
forces had smashed six miles
westward from the Oder
river citadel Of Kuestrin to
the village of Golzow, 80
miles east of Berlin.
Nazi broadcasters admitted that
crack troops of zuhkovs First White
Russian army had penetrated the
outer rings of Berlin's concentric
maze of defenses between the Oder
and the threatened capital.
NEAR TRUNK LINES
Golzow lies just north of Kues-
trim Berlin superhighway and trunk
railway. The village, local cross
roads, is one of the strong-points
in the Notifications studding the
approaches to Berlin.
The Nazi admission of the Soviet
penetration to Golzow followed a
German high command report that
Russian tanks and infantry had
attacked in the Kuestrin sector after
a strong artillery barrage and scor-
ed "Some minor successes"
A Moscow broadcast said that
Continued on Page 8 Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-23
Senafe Rejects
Williams as
Director Of REA

WASHINGTON, March 90. (UP)
The senate Friday rejected the
nomination of Aubrey Williams,
left-of center New Dealer. to be
rural electrification administrator.
The vote against Williams was
SO to SO.
The rejection was no surprise. 1t
had been foreshadowed two weeks
ago when the senate agriculture
committee voted II to 8 against the
nomination.
Williams supporters in the sem
ate futilely devoted most of the
week to speeches urging his confir.
mation. They denounced charges
that Williams leans toward a Com
munist philosophy. They cited his
record as deputy director of the
Works Projects Administration and
director of the National Youth Ac-
ministration as evidence of his abil-
ity.