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Evening star., 1947-01-04
HOLLYWOOD.

Jennifer Jones is down for "Bri-
tannia News" at Twentieth Century
Fox, with James Mason penciled IN
for wonderful role. If Mason says
"no'-and no one has heard him
say s'yes" for ages George Sanders
will get the part. Sally Benson (of
Junior Miss" fame) is doing the
script.
Ingrid Bergman will not be going
to England in May to do Under
Capricorn" for Hitchcock because
Hitch has only just started "The
Paradine Case" and this won't be
finished until April or May. "Ingrid
and will make the picture in the
fall instead Hitch tells me. So, the
way ahead is now all clear for Ingrid
to take to Hollywood Joan of Lor-
raine," with Willie Wyler directing.
Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer are
selling their home in Beverly. Hills.
It's a beautiful place and they paid
$4,000 for it. Does this mean you
are giving up your contract in Holly
wood?" I asked Rex on the set of
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" NO."
but shall eventually be returning
to live in England for good-in about
five years and the house was too big
for us, anyway" replied Rex. His
Scarlet Pimpernel" picture in Eng
land is not a remake of Leslie How
ards version. It's pre-H Howard pic
ture episode in the life of the Pim-
pernel.
Henry Fonda, by the way, costars
with Lilli Palmer in 1.-THE White
Tower" for RKO and here's an ex-
citing angle: The entire picture will
be made in Switzerland. Be movie
star and see the world!
Gregory Peck as the late Thomas
Wolfe? This will be an actuality
when Greg washes up his present
picture deals in Hollywood. Then
I'm going to do one play a year on
Broadway and only one picture
year in Hollywood" says Greg, who
is currently owned by at least three
picture producers. The first play in
New York is from Wolfe,S book, "The
Web and the Rock" which, like all
of his books, is more or less an auto
biography of the novelist.
Robert Walkers best girl, Florence
Pritchett, caught the eye of Clar-
ence Brown when she was visiting
with Bob on "The Song of Love"
sound stage, and right there and
then he offered the beautiful news
paper gal screen test. Florence
couldn't be more pleased about any
thing. eff it works out, I'll give
up my job in New York and settle
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Bouquet of Roses,
Wild Irish Types
BY the Assoeiofed Press

HULL WOoO.
Dance Director Leroy Prinz re-
clined in his sumptuous Office to
announce the selection of eight lus-
cious lovelies for my Wild Irish
Rose"
Each one is an American beauty" 4"
he pronounced, with the air of a
man about to make a notable point,
"but we're calling them the wild
Irish roses!" There, he made it.
Oddly, for the movies, six of them
really are Irish. And even stranger,
five are from Los Angeles, which
produces many movies but few ac-
tors. Laura Lee Donnell, Phyllis
Rowan, Eilean Howe, Pat Walker
and Tyra Vaughn are the home
town girls; Lucille Barnes is from
Flint, Mich; Martha Pompender
from Dunkirk, N. Y; Dorothy Alb
bott from Kansas City.
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Egg and L Idea Man Gets
A Downright Hallucination
By Joy Cormody

Some day perhaps there viii be special asylum kind of velvet
lined pitt for movie who cracked 1t will
inhabited
having another promoting picture
such institution not be enough but
poor group
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time of Showing
Stage.
Stage.
National-"Up in Central Park
2::30 and $3.50 pm.

Stage.
National-"Up in Central Park;
2:30 and $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol - my Darling Clemen-
tine; 10 am, 12:45, $3.50, 6:15, 9
and 11:40 pm, Stage shows: 1850
am, 2::35, $40, sos and 1880 pm.
Columbia-'The Showoff";; IL
am, 12:45, 2:30, 4:2o, $40, 8 and
$50 pm. ,
Earle-"The Time, the Place and
the Girl; 10:30 am, 1880, $40,
$50, 7:50, 1910 pm. and 1890 am.
observation-disclosures Gentle
man; 2:05. 4, 6, 7:55 and $50 pm.
Keith's-"Song of the South; 9,
1885 am, 1915, 2:40, 4:35, $50,
8:25, 1905 pm. and 1910 am.
Little-"Henry the Fifth; 2::3O
and $50 pm.
Metropolitan-"Till the End of
Time; 11:25 am, 1870, 3:35, 5:35,
TAO, 9:45 and IL pm.
Palace-"Till the Clouds Roll By;
11:05 am, 1875, 4:05, $40, 9:1o and
11:45 pm.
Pix-"Johnny Come Lately; 1:15,
4:10, 7:10, 1910 pm. and 1885 am.
Trans-Lux News and shorts;
continuous from 1918 am,
Evening star., 1947-01-04

more thoroughly earned the rlgnt
to a comfortable old insanity.
Latest evidence of what the movie
press agent is exposed to in his
work-a-day routine comes from
Universal international Studios. The
hero of this particular case is the
one who was assigned to "The Egg
and T." the screen adaptation of
Betty MacDonald's best seller.
Charged with the task of coming
up with an idea that would bring
this cinema project to the attention
of any one who might conceivably
have missed it, the man made good
True, his notion is not calculated
to drive Bilbo, world peace and the
Republican tax program off the
front page. On a busy day, it
might not even get into the paper.
But that does not mean that 1.-The
Egg and T. man has not come UP
with an idea that never occurred
to any movie press agent before.
Or, if it did occur to them, the
others either shot themselves or
went out and got drunk and never
came back.
U.-I.'s crafty fellow carries
through. What he is carrying
through on is inducing the Poultry
and Egg National Board-whatever
that is-to institute a Nationwide
search for 1.-The most beautiful hen
in America"
The poultry and egg people, it
seems, have taken to the notion
like q duck to water. 1t has ap-
pointed a committee headed by
Glenn H. Campbell of Cleveland
which will work with State leaders
of the association in a barnyard
beauty contest that will run until
March 10.
The winner Of this contest will be
crowned" guess what?
That's right, Miss Slick Chick of
1947."
X X u
On the off chance that some
reader of this column may have a
glamorous hen, it might not be
amiss to go into the rules of the
contest. These rules are special
and have nothing to do with the
prosaic standards of hen judging
which have to do with production
On the contrary, Chairman
Campbell says without so much as
an embarrassed cackle, contest hens
will be judged on the basis of
charm, personality and sex appeal.
Coquettishness of eyes, contour of
figure and sweep of tail. will help"
Five Miss Chicks" will be select
ed, one from each geographic region,
Of which this probably is the South
Atlantic.
The winners and their owners will
be guests of Fred MacMurray and
Claudette Colbert, stars of the pic
ture, at its world premiere in New
York.
If the press agent is half the man
we expect him to be, be will know
what to do with any casual eggs
laid that night by the bevy of
ylamorous chicks. ... +.
- \: X X X
One by one, the movies get around
TO turning their cameras on popular
radio shows. In view of the fact
that the radio is constantly turning
is microphones on movie stars, this
S M moro thon fair - -s..,
The point of mentioning the
natter here is not it's fairness or
but to introduce the
announcement that the latest radio
movie serial "Mr. District Attor-
Evening star., 1947-01-04

ney," will move into the Metro
politan Theater on Tuesday. The
district attorney is a suave one in
the movies, played as he is by
Adolphe Menjou.
He probably is suave one on
the radio, too, for all we know.
A faithful operative of this de-
partment reports the last-minute
news of Paul Robson whom he
encountered the other night in the
line of duty. On RobeSon's sched-
ule, but indefinite as to time, is
the starring role in the film version
OF Howard Fast'S Freedom Road" )"
which, Robson says, may be pro-
duced in the East.
Another of the stars contem-
plated projects is to make a pro-
fessional visit to London. For this
purpose, he would like to find a
vehicle that WOULD make a suitable
supplement to his "Othello." The
latter role, Robson says, is on the
heavy side physically and, feeling
an occasional twinge of departing
youth. he would like a more restful
part. L
Should he run across anything
of the sort, he will divide the eight
performance week in London half
and-half between "Othello" and the
other play.
There is nothing so fixed about
the London venture that it might
not fall through, in~which case
Robson might coWe to Washington
in the summer for a Water Gate
concert appearance.
Our operative though W would
like to know this, which we did.
We liked it so much VIC thought
you would like to know it, too.
Evening star., 1947-01-04
Big Happy Family
BY the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
It's all one big happy family
around Jack Wrather's movie set.
Wrather, whose millions come
from the Texas oil fields around
Kilgore Git all sounds a bit like
Howard Hughes), is producing his
first film, 1.-The Guilty"
For the feminine star he chose
Bonita Granville. She's his fiancee.
For the male lead he picked Dor
Castle. They were roommates at
Texas U. Associate producer is Jim
Jordan, son of the Fibber McGees,
who roomed with Castle when both
played stock. Wally Carsell, an air
forces buddy of Castle and neigh
Dor of Jordan, has the second male
lead.
For that matter, the place is
groaning with veterans, although a
bit topheavy with rank. The cast
and crew includes three former lieu
tenant colonels, two majors, brace
of captains (Wrather among them
and lieutenants, nine sergeants and
one lone private, first class.
Evening star., 1947-01-04

right on to q boat for the Bahamas.
But you told me that after Dead
Reckoning and again after Desert
Fury" I remind Liz. I'm Going to
The Bahamas" reiterated Misa
Scott, with sort of desperate in
sistence.
X X x 4
/. Van Johnson has mad a long time
passion for Carlo. He's seen every
one of her pictures at least twice.
AT party recently, before he took
Off for Idaho, Van opened the door
Evening star., 1947-01-04

for a guest. Yes, it was Garbo. The
boy is still babbling.
Betty Cradle sings a song in "The
Shocking Miss Pilgrim" titled.
Aren't You Glad We Did?" And
the lyrics, when you hear them
without seeing the movie II did, are
very naughty. For this reason the
song has been banned on the net
work. Say, I have an idea! Tele-
vision.
Released by
North American Newspaper Alliance,
Evening star., 1947-01-04
It Grows Eerier
HOLLYWOOD.

14O1l1I w VN1O1s
A new type of movie makeup
which makes faces and hands visible
m dim light is being tried out by
Phillip Terry, Jacqueline White,
Eduardo Ciannelli and Margaret
Lindsay in Seven Keys to Bald
pate" Makeup will enhance eerie
effects of mystery thrillers.
Montana labor news., 1947-12-25
LITTLE LUTHER

Son" announced Mr.. Dilworth.
I've made a New Years resolution
not to argue with you any more"
Afraid you might get licked?" Lit
tie Luther inquired.
Now, now said Mr.. Dilworth. mo
use trying to provoke me, son.. I'm
too full of peace and good will toward
all men,"
This might lead to something" said
Little Luther thoughtfully. How
much is this good will worth to you,
Pop?'
Luther, let us not talk Of such
sordid things as money and disturb
the tranquility of my soul"
"All right. let's talk about the tran
guilty of your employees down at the
Dimity Diaper works. How can they
90 around full of peace and good will
toward the butcher. the baker, the
grocer and everybody else with prices
so high and wages so low"
Luther, how many times have |
told you to stop harping on the sub
ject of money? Poverty, you know,
can be a noble thing"
If you're speaking of poverty of
tho mind, Pop, consider yourself
crowned"
BE careful. son, or I'll crown YOU"
"Uh, uh, pop, remember your reso-
luton
Il forgot to tell you. Luther said
Mr.. Dilworth, with a dangerous CLINT
in his eyes. that resolution applies
only to New Years day. Meet me
in the woodshed at dawn tomorrow
Montana labor news., 1947-12-25
REAL TAX REDUCTION
BILL INTRODUCED
BY DINeELL|N HOUSE

Washington-FP-The average tax
payer would get a big break in the
unlikely event that the Republican,
dominated, S0th Congress should pass
a federal tax reduction bill HR 47OS,
introduced December II by Rep. John
Dingell 3D.. Mich.).
The Detroit liberals measure would
slash about 50 billion from the annual
amount paid by the public in the form
OF income taxes. commonly known as
hidden sales taxes" 1t would also
increase personal exemptions by 500
which would bring a cut Of about $40
yearly for most taxpayers.
The Dingell nov beat the expected
introduction of a tax slash measu
by Rep. Harold Knutson CR., Mimi
who will base his bill on percentage in
come tax cuts, which favor the rich.
His 194S version, however, will prob
ably be given some minor sugar coat
ing to make it less obnoxious to low
income groups.
Taxes on tires, tubes, trucks, cars
and auto parts and accessories would
be lowered under the Dingell plan,
and wartime rates on transportation
tickets. admissions and drug store
items would be repealed. The bill
would also wipe out the federal tax
on oleomargarine, which takes in So
million yearly. Its a tax on the
spread on the poor mans bread" said
Dingell.
Montana labor news., 1947-12-25
By NJ. |. THOMPSON

A secret group OF ~billionaires repre-
senting IL top corporations in Amer
lea Is pulling the strings IN the cur
rent drive against union labor. Sena-
tor Ebert u. Thomas. progressive
democrat of Utah. charged in the US
Senate recently.
The Millionaire brain trust Is the
special conference committee. the
same group which was exposed sever
al years ago by the Senate Civil Lib.
critics committee. Of which Senator
Thomas was a member. as the direct.
ing force in industry's shooting war
against labor unions in the '30s.
Senator Thomas revelations came
during the debate of the Hartley-Taft
slave labor bill which not only kills
the Wagner act. but is similar to in
itial anti labor measures taken by
Mussoline and Hitler when they came
to power. Thomas charged that the
Millionaire group was again secretly
active" and was the efficient labora-
tory which devised a great many OF
the legalistic traps to ~entaugle union
ISM"
Activities of the group were reluct-
antly revealed to an in Fact report
er by the spokesman. Edward S. Cow
drick. an industrial relations consult.
ant with offices at 80 Rockefeller
Plaza in New York.
Althouh Cowdrick denied that the
committee. as such. was still in exist
ence. he admitted that I'VE still have
meetings. sometimes individually and
sometimes as a group. but we are ne
longer organized. If hat distinction
means anything" The inner-circlt
group, he said. meets at some hotel
which he refused to name. and has dis
cussed current anti-labor legislation.
Cowdrick refused to anne the firm.
that now make up the group, but ad
mitted they were virtually the same
Montana labor news., 1947-12-25
Bi|Iionaires Fight Labor ..

vicious records of many of the big
business Spokesman who appeared at
the recent Senate hearings to ask for
restrictive labor legislation, naming
among others, Ira Mosher. former
board chairman OF the NAM, who he
accused of not having very clean
hands in labor relations matters.
His words evidently fell upon deaf
ears. because not only did his col
leagues vote GS-24 for these restric-
tons. but the reporters covering the
Senate failed to include Thomas re-
marks in the story.
Drawing upon his own experiences
in the Senate. however, Thomas warn
ed that passage of the anti labor bills
would mean a return to the days when
q single corporations had more weap-
ons in company arsenals than the Ma
tional Guard of the state in which they
were located. He reminded his col
leagues of these cold, official facts:
Republic Steel Corp. with $4,000
employees. purchased more thar 10
times as many gas guns and more
than pc times as many gas shells Il
gas projectiles as the entire police
force Of Chicago, with a population Of
almost 1000, 900.
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. had
s machine guns. 800 rifles. 1870 shot
guns. 454 revolvers, 600 rounds of ball
ammunition and 1850 rounds of shot
ammunition. as well as 100 gas guns
and over 5000 rounds of gas ammnni-
ton, a puny ammunition dump com
pared to Republics $4,000 rounds of
ball and shot ammunition.
In bloody Harlem County, Ky, he
said, there were 800 deputy sheriffs
appointed in two years. only three OF
whom appeared to have been paid
from public funds. Over 100 of them
had criminal records ranging from
murder to assault.
The greatest labor spy agency. the
Pinkertons, had 800 industrial clients.
Montana labor news., 1947-12-25
WORKERS. EDUCATION GOING AHEAD RAPIDLY IN
SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES

Workers education is being advanc-
ed in the Scandinavian countries by a
movement separately established. par
alleling and in many ways similar to
their trade union and cooperative
movements. The great mass of COM
mon people of the count = constitute
the membership OF these several org
anizations. The central agencies in
workers education serve the people
generally and are so well established
that public funds for adult education
are spent in considerable part through
the workers education associations.
AS there are local branches of the
labor and cooperative movements like
our central labor councils and local
branches OF the workers educa-
ton movement. They form a network
across the country and constitute a de-
vice in which members and officers
OF the trade unions and the co-opera-
tives are trained for more effective
operation OF the several peoples Or
g%anizatiOns. Their point of view COW
ers a wide range and their interests
are varied.
Subjects Studied Cover Wide Range
We incline to think OF workers edu-
cation as more or less limited to trade
union history, parliamentary proceed
ure. and a little something on eco
Monies. We stress short institutes
and lectures. In Sweden, workers
education covers a wide variety Of
subjects including such things as lit
erature. psychology, philosophy and
the arts, political science. foreign Ian
guages English attracts more than
all the others combined, mathemat-
les, taxation, photography, gardening,
cookery. industrial organization, and
gymnastics. l me several very young
Montana labor news., 1947-12-25

NAM PRAYER
May prices keep rising
AS profits keep pace
Let wages continue
Behind in the race.
Montana labor news., 1947-12-25
BY PRESS

Slave Law Challenge: The National
Maritime Union challenged the con-
stitutionality of the Taft-Hartley law
when it filed suit in the L. S. Court
in the District of Columbia. Our court
action is a fighting action. But that
is only the beginning. All workers all
over the country must continue TO
join forces regardless of utilization
and insist hat unity OH the upper lev
els be brought about. We must fight
and fight NOW.-The PILOT. ClO.
ALL Executives Can Be Wrong: In
the light of the putrid performance of
Cong. j. Parnell Thomas. and his UNI
American Activities committee, it is
n%auseating to note that the AFL exec.
utive council in its report to the Goth
Convention in Frisco. reaffirmed its
endorsement of this lousy, witch-hunt-
ing crew Would it be considered
treason if we suggest that the rank
and file of the ALL evinces no love for
Mr.. Thomas un-American Committee?
If there's any doubt on that score.
why not ask them?-NEW JERSEY
LABOR HERALD. AL.
Tell Them The Score: 1t does little
real good for union members to sit
around among themselves and grippe
about the high cost of living, the Taft
Hartley law and failure of congress to
do anything constructive about the
housing shortage. The gripping should
be done to those who make the laws.
Montana labor news., 1947-12-25
Nam FINDS SUDDEN
m0DESTY

New York.-FP-Remember those
full-pape ads the Natl. Assn. etMan-
ufacturers ran throughout the U. S.
10 months ago promising that
"prices will quickly adjust them
selves to levels that IRE
willing to pay If oPA were killed?
The NAM would just as soon you
forgot about them. Addressing a
public relations panel December 6,
NAM Associate PR Dir. J. e. Drew
said: Sometimes we get a little too
enthusiastic about U work and
leave the impression that an ad is
responsible for OPA being dropped
or the Taft-HartIey bill passed. Let's
throw that idea out the window"
One reason for the MANS new un-
willingness to take credit for killing
Of price control may be that living
costs have gone up $50 since the
ad appeared.
Montana labor news., 1947-12-25
News of Great Falls
Building Trades

Meeting called to order at 7:40
pm. by President Davidson with all
officers present.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved as read.
Communications
Minutes Of the Cascade County
Trades & Labor Assembly read and
filed.
From the Carpenters local No. 2S6
advising that Mr.. Lyle VanGunten, a
former member Of the Carpenters
local and who refuses to square up,
is working around town.
They advise thae they have declared
Mr.. VanGunten unfair and request
that members OF other crafts pass the
word along in regard to his standing.
Motion made and carried that this
matter be carried in the minutes.
From the Montana State Federation
OF Labor in regard to the repeal of
the cigarette tax. Motion made and
carried to oncur in the action of the
state FeueTatlOu OF LABOR.
Roll Call
The roll was called and delegates
noted absent.
Reports Of Delegates
1t was reported that a party at No
~ 18th Street North was doing his
own work.
The Penwell case was discussed al
length. Delegates take note.
1t was brought to our attention
that donations were being accepted
for the christmas Ship. Motion
made and carried that we donate $l(
to this cause.
The Planning Board Committee re
port was given by Brother Yeager
He gave a very comprehensive report
on the future city planning and ad
vised that all progress possible is
being made on the paving project.
Unfinished Business
Motion made and carried that the
Painters check for $500 be returned
to them with letter of explanation, AND
that a note be carried in the minutes
requesting all organizations that have
not answered in regard to retaining
an attorney. do so Immediately sc
that proper action can be taken.
On motion the Secretary was in
structed to fill out form NLRB 1885
and send it in.
There being no further business the
meeting adjourned at 900 pm.
r. II. BRITTEN, Sec.-Treas
Montana labor news., 1947-12-25

companies that formerly comprised
the special committee. At the same
time il was exposed by the Senate
committee the industry group. which
represented an inner circle OF the Ma
tional Association Of Manufacturers.
included.
American Telephone & Telegraph
Company; bethlehem Steel Co. +. l..
dupont de Nemours, General Electric.
General Motors. Goodyear Tire x Rub
be-. International Harvester. Irving
Trust. Standard Oil Of New Jersey.
Us. Rubber and Westinghouse Elec-
trio.
Some idea of the power entrenched
in the special conference committee,
in FACT said in its May 20 issue, can
be CLEANED from published figures be-
fore the war which showed the mem
her corporations. excluding Irving
Trust, employed more than 100000
workers. paid wages and salaries Of
of S13i2 billion.
"Biu Business" Methods Exposed
OF all the suppressed speeches made
in Congress Of the United States and
there have been .lany on such import
ant subjects as labor legislation and
the loans to Greece and T~urkey-one
Of the most dynamite-laden was Sen.
Thomas expose OF the Special Confer
ence committee.
This speech Congressional Record
pages 4i01-441G) also revealed how
Or. Leo Wolman. a professor at Column
biz University. changed his entire out
lok on labor matters after attending
a session Of the secret committee. 1t
reviewed the sordid history Of big
business efforts to smash labor unions
via spies and bullets. During the de.
bate. instances Of industrialists having
their own plants dynamited and then
trying to frame union leaders for the
job were r%ecounted.
Senator Thomas also exposed the