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The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-12-25

desk as often as they are on his
own at the Sun Times, spinned
Adlai around in weather-vane
fashion and reported this in the
wind:
There is much that Steven
son has promised that he will
not be able to do. But COM
promise is an accepted fact in
public service and Stevenson
will have to compromise"
And SO is born the problem:
Compromise between which and
whom?
After the votes were, counted,
Stevenson did restate clearly
for placing mine inspection
under civil service, very
meaningful act for deep-down-
staters who dig their livings
from the earth. He talked favor
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-12-25
The Dutch open fire

The unprovoked aggression by the Dutch in the East
Indies gives warning of of colonial imperial
ism which had been temporarily checked by enlightened
world opinion.
Demonstrating the usual treachery characteristic of
imperastc aggression the Dutch abruptly broke off
tiaons with the Indonesan representatives and without
warning opened military offensive against the republic
They gave the that terrorism rampant
in ndonesa that necessary for them to take police
action"
This pattern of aggression is duplication of the
of Ethiopia AS the Italian invasion the fOrerunner of
the world the occupation of the richest repub
Iican in central and Java may well be the
prelude o a third world holocaust.
Although formal appeal has been lodged by Indonesia
with the Security Council of the United Nations if any
passed all will be mild to amount
act approval of extension of Dutch colonial rule
The mild surprise expressed by the American and
British officials be interpreted opposition to the
Dutch military operation.
The United States is pursuing doubefaced policy. On
hand financing and supporting the Dutch with
Marshall aid the other, it is attempting to per-
right of the national movement to
promise with the Dutch. This would give America a
dominant voice both the Indonesians and the Dutch
The ultimate objective is domination of 1ndonesa by
Wall Street. which it expects to achieve whichever side of
this policy succeeds However this aggression by
the will to be signal for the oppressed colon
world to rise and fight their oppressors until
a day dawns.
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-12-25
How TO trade your
Ford for a Cadillac

remaining are working less than
40 hours. UE Local 1850 reports
another $50 layoffs in radio
parts plants.
CLIO Fur-Leather Union saws
800 luggage workers have been
pink-slipped, while 300 CLIO
Shoe Workers members have
been dismissed. Altofer (wash-
ing machines) plant in Peoria
bounced 400 in July and the
remaining 700 are working a
3-day week.
These layoffs are by no means
localized in Midwest. U. S. Com
merce Department says there
were 3 million fewer fulItime
workers on the Job last month
than in November of 1947-and
another half-million were not
working at all.
Chief layoff areas are con-
sumner goods industries, like
shoes, rubber goods, leather,
radio, electrical appliances, tex
tiles, home furnishings, mems
clothes, drugs.
Total number of layoffs may
not be great-yet. But they are
widespread enough to point
sharply to a trend. Looks like
we've reached the postwar en-
ployment peak and started the
down-hill slide.
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-12-25

swindle of their lives. Contracts forbid
leaking out names of top drawer showmen
who have promised to appear. Also plenty
free food and steady dancing at the York
ers Restaurant affair, 81 E. Chicago.
New York actor Frank Fay off on another
red-baiting spree against fellow show peo-
pie Quick action from Chicago casts of
Medea, Command Decision, Streetcar
Named Desire, Mr.. Roberts, High Button
Shoes, The Reiress and Brigadoon, protest
ing to Actors Equity Council. Best theatre
people in the world come to Chicago.
o.
VIC LUDWIG, the Fourth Ward 'peo-
pies landlord" arguing holly with a slum
owner who was defending his right to ask
for rent increases despite broken down
state of his tenement. The slum keeper,
rather pressed, finally blurted: "You show
me single modern building that has lasted
as long as one of my old ones'
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-12-25
..Z:Z=I::g

ready been contributed toward
$650,000 fund for next two
years activities. Idea is for each
AFLer to give 10 cents, but
some unions like the Transfers
are signing blanket checks to
cover entire membership IN ad-
vance. keenan,, who still holds
Secretary's post in Chicago
Federation of Labor, says both
a daily radio series and a week
ly newspaper are in the works.
Great!
AYOFF reports beginning to
l. snow ball. Illinois coal
mines are either shutting down
or cutting work week back to 4
or S days-first time since 1910.
OF $4,000 UNIV members in
the state $4,000 are on. a 4-day
basis, 1000 on 5-day-week,
whereas a year ago all were
working 6-days a week.
Hundreds of layoffs also hit
Danville area, with food pro-
cessing workers suffering most.
Chicago layoffs reached into
thousands in pre-C h r i S t m a S
weeks. Hurley division of Thor
washing machine firm closed
down altogether, tossing 1000
on the street at one crack.
Six plants represented by
United Electrical Workers (CIO)
Local 1144 have seen layoffs of
about 400-and many of those
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-12-25

OUR TOW #zEE::
BY Peter Williams

BY Peter Williams
HOT TIP that Rep. Ralph Church is
working to bring you back to boom days.
Here's sure fire-money- maker, guaran-
teed to free you from wage-slavery:
Buy up all the 1945 calendars you can
lay your hands on. Get a couple million
of them. Put them in a warehouse. Then
wait. If 1945 ever comes back, you'll
clean up.
DON'T SAY this column didn't warn you
Those who steer clear of Civil Rights Con.
gress shebang New Years Eve are in fol
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-12-25
Where is AdIoi going? -. by Bernie AsbeI

VAI1AT kind of chap is Adlai
" Systematically? w h a
kind of administration will he
really produce?
That has become a favorite
query to the background tin
king of coffee cups.
One of the men who is eager
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-12-25

% find the an
wer is A d | a i
Stevenson. He is
"a u G h t in be-
t w tx t and be-
c;uddled, or so it
on the
surface.
John Dreiske,
whose feet are
0 n SteVensOn's
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-12-25
The MllNols STANDARD. DECEMBER IS. 1919
at
BY Rod Holmgren

FELLOW got a new Ford and
] traded it with a dealer for
a new Mercury.
Then he took the Mercury to
a Buick dealer and traded even.
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-12-25

he traded the new Cadillac to a
used car dealer for a new Ford
plus $1,000 on the side.
Maybe it hasn't happened yet,
but the labor researchers tell
me it could any day now. It's
possible, of course, because a
new car dealer must sell a new
car at list price, but if he gets
a new-used car as trade-in he
can sell it as a used car for
what amounts to a black market
price.
And the NAM still says we
don't want price control back
because that would lead to black
markets.
Joe KEENAN,, director of
u AFL's League for Political
Education, says $125, 900 has al
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-12-25

He took the
B u i c k to a
Lincoln dealer
and traded even
again. Then he
traded his Lin
coin off to a
Cadillac dealer
for a new Cadn-
lac.
In the climax
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-04-02
Subscription $500 year In advance.
Entered as End class matter July u,
1881 at the postoffice at Browning.
Montana, under act OF March 3, 1870.
TEEN.AGE FILM CRITICS

What does Y Dung America
think about the movies? You'd
be surprised. At least, there are
a surprising number of thought
full and thought-provoking
answers to a poll on the subject
conducted among 1850 school
children in Lakewood, Ohio.
Lakewood is in upper-middle-
class suburban community, so the
results of the poll should perhaps
be presented as the opinions of
Young Suburbia.
Some 80 per cent of the senior
high school students think there
is too m u h liquor" in the
movies. AS one of t h e m said:
Cant they ever do anything
except take a drink or smoke in
a tense situation?" This is part
of their quarrel with the movies
for giving a warped" picture of
American life, being too "glam-
orous," too addicted to "pent-
house" standards of luxuary, too
prone to tear down marriage"
Many of them said in one way or
another: English pictures are
more true to life"
Not that these teen-agers are
dour young moraiists. Their taste
runs to action-packed westerns,
and their preference for hand
some but hard-slugging h 70
m kes Alan Ladd their over
whelming first C h o i among
stars. Most people will see this as
a normal, healthy t a ST e in the
young. But the student criticisms
show that beyond the normal de-
sire for entertainment there is
also a normal desire to have the
films interpret life more truly.
After all, they want to know
what the score is" and, frank
ly, Hollywood too seldom tells
them-Christian Science Monitor.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-04-02

Tribal Council and the Indian
Agency have been contacted TO;
support of the drive.
All funds derived from the
community will be matched by
the State Fish and Game De-
partment, who will give us twice
the amount we can raise here
for bounty alone.
Let's really get together and
eliminate lot of these crows
and magpies. Turn your feet
into Marvin Sparrell at Buttreys
meat department and collect
your bounty. Bounty will be
payable from April first on.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-04-02

more than a nuisance because
they eat lots of grain and kill
some Of our pet game birds and
many other things. They are
just no good,
All over the country there are
many campaigns each summer to
reduce the number of t h e
birds. If it weren't for these
| campaigns put on by local clubs
and the State Fish and Game
Department we would be over
run by them in no time at all.
It is the cooperation and work
ing together of all the various
clubs and communities, which
make these campaigns effective.
With all this in mind, t h e
Browning Rod and Gun Club has
decided that this year we would
undertake a similar campaign to
help rid the country of these
scavengers.
1t was decided that instead of
limiting the bounty to those of
school age, everyone would be
eligible to receive that 10 cents
for any pair of crow or maybe
feet.
We hope the people in this
community will see the need for
the reduction Of these pests and
will support the drive as much as
possible.
Other agencies such as the
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-04-02
Grow, Maybe
Campaign Again
Will Be Waged
BY Walter Trerise

A famous general once said:
The best defense is a good Of
Tense"
The young folks in this CON-
munity have proven that state
ment by killing more than 500
crows and magpies during last
summers campaign. T h e S e
crows are migratory birds going
south in the fall and returning
in the spring. They are not par
ticular what they eat or what
they kill or get into. They are
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-04-02
Early Mineral Water
Mineral waters were used by the
Greeks and Romans as remedial
agents.
Kneeling OF Pilxriuns

Grooves in the stone steps of the
Cathedral at Canterbury, where
Thomas A. Beckett was slain, have
been caused by the kneeling Of Pill
grims who have prayed there for
hundreds Of years.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-04-02
Assembly of God

Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Worship at II a. m.
Evening revival hour at 8.
Tuesday Bible study at 8 p. m.
Cordial invitation to everyone.
Mrs. Tessie Nelson, pastor.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-04-02
Call For Special Stockholders Meeting
OF the Sherburne Mercantile Co.

To: The stockholders of the
Sherburne Mercantile Company.
l, the undersigned, secretary
of the said corporation. do here
by call a special meeting of the
stockholders of said Sherburne
Mercantile Company to be held
at the office of the Sherburne
Mercantile Company at Brown
ing. Montana, on the 18th day of
April, l94S, at 7:30 O'Clock P. M.
for the purpose of electing dir
ectors of the Sherburne Mercan-
tile Company and for the tran
saction of any and all other bust
ness that may arise, and l do
hereby notify each of the stock
holders of said corporation, of
such meeting in accordance with
the provisions of the laws of the
State of Montana and the by
laws of the Sherburne Mercan-
tile Company.
Faithe S. Bercovich, Secretary
of the Sherburne Mere. Co.
First publication April 2, 1913.
Last publication April 9, 1913.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-04-02
Mailing Up Plaster

When the occasion to hammer a
nail into plaster arises, put the nail
IN boiling water for few minutes.
It will stop the plaster from chip
ping.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-04-02
Methodist Church

Starr School Rummage S a | e
all day Friday.
The Library is opened Saturday
at 2 to 4 p. m.
Sunday Services
Hol y Communion at Glacier
Park Sunday at Ga. m.
Church School Browning a
9:45 a. m.
Morning Worship at Browning
at II a. m.
The sacrament of Holy Com
munion Sermon by Pastor The
Cross In Faith"
Youth Choir will meet Monday
at I p. m.
intermediate MYF will meet
with Mrs. S m lit h Thursday at
4:l5 p. m.
Edgar B. Smith, Pastor.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-04-02

Large Phosphate Deposit
Beds OF phosphate rock along the
eastern tier of Idaho contain the
worlds largest phosphate deposits,
estimated at more than five million
metric tons.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31

beautiful music together, albeit
off key.
l didn't stay to find out what
happened-after all, how much
can mere flesh and blood stand?
but I'll bet everything turned
out swell and his wife had died
of indigestion induced by watch
ing Taylor act.
DUDLEY NICHOLS and John
Ford are-or should I say "were'
"a couple of really hing class citi-
zens who have had lot to dc
with making what few con-
tributions to American culture
and art that Hollywood has made.
Their collaboration produced, for
instance, films like "The In
former" and "The Long Voyage
Home"
All of which makes it all the
sadder to report that in "The
Fugitive" they missed the boat
and badly. IT'S easy to forgive ar
ordinary miss; but this isn't ar
ordinary miss. I think that in
''The Fugitive" Nichols and Ford
have concocted not only a poor
film, but one of the. most viciously
anti-democratic ones I've ever
seen.
Based on a story by Grahame
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31

Hollywood films takes place. to
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31
Movie beat
The High Wall is
not high enough

Green, prominent EnglSn Catn-
olic, called "The Labyrinthine
Ways" the movie is aimed at
turning the clock in Latin Amer
lea back a hundred years; to once
again imposing the yoke of the
church on our good Neighbors.
The good old days were when the
church ran the show-and please
don't quibble and say that the
people then lived in ignorance
and squalor to support bloated
and corrupt church and its attend
ant structure of toadying politi-
clans. What's a little dirt between
friends if a mans soul is pure?
And hard, honest work never
killed anyone-really keeps peo-
pie out of trouble. :,
The separation of church and
state is basic tenet of the demo-
cratic idea. That philosophy was
an integral part of the American
and French revolutions. If we're
really sincere about exporting
democracy via our films, we ought
to making movies like "Juarez,"
not like "The Fugitive"
Anyway, Green's novel is
about how an anticlerical govern
ment persecutes a priest in Cen
trail America. Nichols has tried to
broaden the tale to make it sort
of allegory with a Christ theme
In Nichols eyes, anything con-
nected with the church is, ipso
facto, good and anything con-
nected with the state is repre-
hensible-a not very plausible
thesis in the light of history and
facts.
The biggest and most danger
GUS lie is that all of the states
skullduggery is done in the name
of revolution. Nichols forgets one
little item-you can't have a
revolution without people, people
who want land and bread and
dignity.
Henry Fonda, as the priest, does
not help an already thankless role.
The rest of the cast is not in
Spired either.
THE THINGS people do for
The STAR 1 saw another
picture with an angel who comes
down to earth to straighten things
out. This one is called Heaven
Only Knows" and is set in the
Wild West in the good old days.
The angel is Robert Cummings
and the sinner Brian Donlevy and
even if you're an angel, you won't
have the patience to sit through
this one.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31

S>S1 Wdi1u Ip W thACIA
subject, but this one will do me
fine.
MGM made the High WALL"
on the OVERLOOKING cup theory.
They cooked up the shabbiest
kind of story-probably filched
cut of the reject basket at True
Confessions-and then, just to
make sure, gave the leading role
to that Sweetheart of the I'm
Americans, Robert Taylor. It's
like putting a stink bomb in
covered shoe box. The odor
fingers.
Taylor it seems has been hav-
ing trouble with, you'll pardon
the expression, his head. Strange
things going on. He thinks he's
killed.
The mean cops think so too,
but since he's palpably off base,
they put him in an asylum in
stead of a can. Anyone can figure
out the rest of the plot. He meets
a beautiful MISUNDERSTANDING
Totter-and they begin to make
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31
sCORECARD

excellent; a**Good; *sFair;
indifferent; None, stinker
Anthony Adverse
**** Best Years of Our Lives
- Black Narcissus
It Had To Be You
*** Body and Soul
**** Crossfire
= Daisy Kenyon
80 Deep Valley
Forever Amber
Foxes of Harrow
**** Gentleman's Agreement
*** Great Expectations
High Wall
Heaven Only Knows
Il Love Trouble
Black Gold
*** Kiss of Death
** Life With Father
*** Long Night
Lost Moment
*t*% Monsieur Verdoux
Miles Daughter
- Ride the Pink Horse
SIS Romance of Rosy Ridge
see Secret Life of Wal e r
NIFTY
~ The Senator Was Indiscreet
The Fugitive
*The Red Stallion
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31
Dole speaks on
otonnic enerqy

There is no reason to believe
that the United States can long
maintain its atomic bomb monop-
oily, DR.. Malcolm Dole, chemist,
warned in his lecture on the ''Pres-
ent State of the Atomic Energy
Problem" delivered Wednesday,
Jan, 81 at Curtiss Hall.
Introduced by DR.. Maud Syle,
chairman, DR.. Dole was the first
speaker in the series of five lee
lures being sponsored by the Hi
nois Pea Science Division.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31
lians' play,

Sam GoldwYn. Jr. producing a
play in London titled Move Over
the Downs" by Gordon Glennon
and Raymond Barton. Play will
open there February II and if
successful will probably come to
Broadway after the London run,
British cast and all. :.
Carmen Miranda wanted by Lee
Shubert for new Broadway
Paul Henreid now an Eagle-Lion
producer as well as star.
Vivian Romance. who clicked
here in the French film Carmen, y
now working On film in Mexico
City.
New York CitY's radio station
WNYC will soon start choosing
its announcers via Civil Service
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31

****Excellent; ***Good; STAIR;
Indifferent; None, stinker
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31

1AOlildo 1lildAIlS thidt CNCi WI D.
Rogers daughter Ginger was
hoodwinked into reading I'M
American lines" in this film. :.
OUR other critic raised more
basic point. He was incensed at
our thinking it was stupid of
the Balkan peoples to boycott
films played by actors who had
been friendly witnesses for the
un American committee. He
feels we are the stupid" one for
not directing our fire Eat those
who make films no progressive
minded person here or abroad can
stomach" This criticism, by D.
w. of San Francisco, hits where
it hurts.
II has been our policy TO de-
fend the progressive film indus
tries of all democratic countries.
and TO point out any anti-demo-
cratic elements IN any films that
came to our attention. whether
us. or foreign.
We cannot, however, fail to
continue to feel that it is the re-
dictionary content of films which
must be attacked and not the per-
sona1 views of the actors, direc-
tors or writers. Unless such ac-
ton as the latter is looked upon
merely as expedient retaliation,
it constitutes doing in reverse ex-
actly what the Thomas committee
is doing. r.
ALONG these lines, the Hunga-
rian government has announced
banning of films starring Robert
Taylor, Gary Cooper, Adolphe
Menjou, Allan Jones Chow did he
get in thereO, George Murphy
and Robert Montgomery. Why not
also Ronald Reagan and director
producers Sam Wood, Leo Nc
Carey, Walt Disney and SO on?
And how, then, rate the film
''The High Wall" (reviewed on
this page, which brings together
Taylor and Lester Cole?
Our verdict of medium" was
based on content. not on weigh
ing off a pro-labor writer against
an anti-1abor actor. And our
judgments will continue on the
same basis.
On the other hand, the Cana
dian Tribune has launched a
movement to boycott the an
nounced premiere north of the
border of "The Iron Curtain"
(which 20th-Fox is desperately
rushing to completion before the
protests become too violenD. We
heartily indorse any and all action
against phony films of this type,
based on generally disproved facts,
and aimed solely at wormongering
and running the peace of the
world. This has nothing to do with
the opinions of those involved
which in some cases are merely
confused, not vicious. Let's stop
their Iron Curtains, but let's moi
erect any of our own.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31
WHAT'S DOING

Rates: 7c per word, 3 lines mini
mum. Deadline Monday afternoon.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31

ing ut Had To Be YOU as Best Bet.
He "flabbergasted that this ilusory bit of
trpe could escape the most sccathng castgation We,
on the other hand, had found it as funny film as
we had seen in a long time.
On re-evaluation, ready to stand by our
guns. We greatly amused by Fosters reaction,
without denying his right to find the humor not to
his liking Though he feels Parne Thomas will lose
sleep over the subversive character of it's
most extreme lines we are looking forward Gf the
% content of Hollywood films ever takes place. to
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31

soul follows the
hollywood pat
tern; I can say
without fear of
C on t r a d lotion,
however, that it's
the worst of the
lot-so far. There
will probably be
lousier ones, as
the boys really
L. Al
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31
By BOB BENNETT

.eTT Ugh WALL" is the kind Of
III film that creates business
for psychiatrists. It's all about
psychiatry and enough to make
anyone slip his or her trolley.
This latest epic, number 765 1894,
I think, of exploration into the
furthest recesses of the human
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31

Desire" is being
o f f er e d by Ed
H 0 S t e t t e r .
He claims his two
new plays are
titled "a Bus
Named Frustra-
ton" a n d 6 A
Concrete Mixer
w h o S e Middle
Name Was Where
A., ToO
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31
Pea snorgasbord

The 48th ward PEA. will hold
an afternoon cocktail party and
smorgasbord on Sunday, Feb. 8,
at the home of DR.. Adolph Brown,
722 w. Junior tr.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31
Broadway
Producers to
team Danny
Kaye with Hedy
By BARNARD RUBIN

N AMY HAYES new produc-
u ers want Hedy Lamar to
play opposite him in his next film,
Happy Times" =.
Competition to Tennessee Will
liams' play, "a Streetcar Named
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-01-31
A film critic answers some
critics who put him on the pan
BY HAROLD J. sALEMsoN

1.-TWO readers of this column written taking exception
to judgments recently Hollywood
ent The first Laurence Foster of Los Angeles condemned