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Evening star., 1949-03-07

20, Mistress Mine" road play. tc
spend a day with the child. Now
Hedy's youngest child, Tony, has
the flu.
I was talking to Ethel Barry
more on the set of THAT Mid
night Kiss" and she can't wait
to get her teeth into the nun role
in Red Danube" Playing a
nun comes easy to me-" says Miss
Barrymore, Il was reared in a
convent" She is sticking to her
plan of sticking to pictures only.
Kathryn Grayson, in the same
picture, tells me, when I'm in
London I will make some records
for MGM with the London Phil
harmonic Orchestra. Katie was
recently offered the top pay, 1920
a performance, to appear in opera
in this country.
Speaking of records, I hear that
Bing Crosby cleared $750,000 last
year from the sales of his. But
my source couldn't say how much
Bing was able to keep.
Vic Mature never gives up when
he has a good idea. With Dana
Andrews out of paradise Lost"
Vic-who would give an eyetooth
to make the picture in Italy
is putting in another pitch to 60.
Robert Cummings, an expert
craftsman goes to sleep with a
drafting board nearby, in case he
gets new ideas for his new house.
Joan Caulfield, William Holden
Evening star., 1949-03-07
Hollywood:
Adam and Eve
Film to Wait
Ingrid's Return
By Sheiloh Grohom

When Ingrid Bergman returns
from Italy, she will confer with
Leo McCarey, who still wants her
to play Eve in his Adam and
Eve" which, he tells me. is the
first of his pictures on the new
deal at Paramount. Ingrid's hus-
band, DR.. Peter Lindstrom,. will
spend part of the summer with
her in Italy.
Jimmy Stewart. back at Metro
making "Malaya," tells me that
he had a narrow squeak on his
flight back to Hollywood from
Chicago. "One of the engines
conked out" Jimmy tells me. An
emergency landing was made. But
I slept through it all. First I knew
Of it was when I was awakened
and told to get into another
plane" What a clear conscience
Jimmy must have!
Virginia Van Upp SWears that
she will have Valentino" in pro-
duction within go days. And
Ginny is a gal who usually means
what she says.
Loretta Young, one of the bet
ter-living women of our town, has
cute custom with all her radio
earnings. She gives everything to
the Los Angeles st. Anne's Mater
nifty Hospital.
Philip Dorm, the excellent actor
from Holland, joins John Wayne
in Eagles in Exile" with Vera
Ralston and Marie Windsor
Johns wife. incidentally, has been
laid up with a mysterious malady
since Christmas. The doctors
have been unable to diagnose it.
But every night Mrs. Wayne runs
a high temperature.
Louis Hayward and Fritz Lang
are cooking up a picture to be
released through Republic. Louis
is still in Italy making Pirates
of Capri"
Wnen HeQ SKeltOn appears at
San Francisco he gets a $4,000
guarantee for the week plus so
per cent of the profits. Il was
offered $4,000 a day to play the
auditorium circuit" Red tells me.
but I refused because it would
have meant adding that extra
time to my present contract at
Metro" Red will be free of this
movie tieup in 18 months.
Hedy Lamar is sending daugh-
ter Denise to live for spell with
ex-husband John Loder. The child
has a terrific crush on her father,
and, during her recent flu and
measles, John flew here from his
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ings in the preliminaries. will be
held on April 8.
Preliminary judges will be Capt
Gerald Cameron, Mitchell Mey.
ers, and Mrs. May Redmond
Smith. Decision in the finals will
be rendered by the four loca
drama critics, Richard Coe, Oscar
Davis, Ernie Schier and this one
All performances will be giver
in Roosevelt High School audi
torium, with curtain time at 8:1s
pm.
March will be a busy month
for the college drama groups as
we'll as those in the one-act tourn-
ament.
Howard University's players
will undertake one of their most
ambitious offerings tonight wher
they offer the first performance
of Eugene O'Neill's THE Great
God Brown at Spaulding Hall.
Mikolai Gogol's "The Inspec-
tor-General" will be presented by
the George Washington Univer-
sity Players on Friday and Sat-
urday nights at Lisner Auditor
ium. The play, written in 1885
is a sardonically witty farce based
upon the life of the famous Rus
sian, Pushkin. It is one of the
most widely translated and pop
ular of the Russian dramas.
Andrew Miles, speech staff
member at the university. is di-
recting "The Inspector General.
X 4 X Il
Farce-fantasy gives way to
straight farce at the National The
ater on Wednesday when Slightly
French" succeeds ''The Return Of
October" on the screen of the F
street house. Dorothy Lamoul
and Don Ameche (who seems tt
have been out of work lately. ex.
cept for radio) are the stars Of
the theater's new offering.
X x X X
Even before yesterday morn.
ing's bland weather whispered it.
hints of spring, this was the day
set aside for the Olney Theater'i
revelation of its plans for the
coming season. In town for the
disclosure is Richard Skinner
managing director of the popu.
lar Maryland summer house. Skin.
ner will play host to the loca
drama departments at the Raj
eigh.
Tentatively on tap as one o1
Olney's major offerings is Ham.
let" with Jose Ferrer in the title
role.
Ferrer, one of Olney's most
profitable and popular stars last
season, keeps thinking this is the
year in which he will have tt
get around to playing the Mel.
ancholy Dane on the summer
theater circuit. That will depend
of course, upon what the Theatel
Guild has in mind for the sum.
mer for THE Silver WHISTLE" the
current Broadway hit whose sue.
cess is attributed primarily to the
presence of Ferrer in the princi.
pal role.
A summer layoff. and an au.
tumn road tour for The Silver
Whistle" is not unlikely.
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LANCER whose major Identification
with the theater is that of co-ad-
minister of the Theater Guild.
The themes of these Is offerings
are almost as varied as their
authors, the dominant one that OF
love in its several guiSeS. Since
serious thinkers seldom regard the
one-act play as a suitable form
for expressing their chagrin for
the world and their advice to it,
the major motif of the tourna-
ment entries is on the light side.
Audiences will be entertained,
not exhorted.
X u y
AS listed by the District OF Co.
iumbia Recreation Department,
the play schedule follows:
March 29-"The Pot Boiler" ,"
by Alice Gerstenberg, the Jewish
Lions Club; Period Period Period, -
by Leonard Living. the Lancers;
"The Two Pierrots or the White
Supper" by Edmond Rostand,
Southeast Dramatics Association.
March 31-'Tscape by Moon
light" by Kenneth Crotty, the Lit
Evening star., 1949-03-07

Hedy Lamar is sending daugh-
ter Denise to live for a spell with
ex-husband John Loder. The child
has a terrific crush on her father,
and, during her recent flu and
measles, John flew here from his
Evening star., 1949-03-07

and Mona Freeman are feeling
high these days. Their Para
mount bosses have given them the
pleasant information that Dear
Wife" is even better than Dear
Ruth" and that was good!
Kirk Douglas stars in High
Noon" for Stanley Kramer. Kinks
career is really in high gear as a
result of 'The Champion"
Released by North American Newspaper
Alliance, Inc.
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thing more than debts and depleted
natural resources 1t must be realized
that private enterprise must utilize its
property in ways that are not inconsistent
with public welfare"
The fact that this opinion has been
backed up by our highest court has Nation
wide significance as long step forward
in the fight against the wasteful exploita-
ton not merely of timber but of other
types of renewable wealth in our soil. As
interpreted by Fairfield Osborn, president
Of the New York Geological Society and
one of our foremost conservationists, it
adds up to totally new concept" for
most Americans-"th concept of trustee
ship for the general good on the part of
owners, whether large or small, of natural
resources"
It is difficult to see how such concept
can be regarded as anything but common
sense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
An Essential Trusteeship

Last Monday, in decision that attracted
little attention in these parts, the Supreme
Court struck good and significant blow
for the conservation Of the country's
natural resources.
A mere two-line order, the decision in
effect upheld ruling handed down by
the Supreme Court Of the State Of Wash
ington against the owner Of 800 acres Of
timberland. The substance Of the ruling
was that people engaged in commercial
logging operations could be compelled by
government authority to re-seed or re-
stock their cut-over areas in order to MAIN
tain sufficient forest reserves. The owner
had contended that he could use his prop
erty as he saw fit and that law to the
contrary was unconstitutional.
In answer to this, the Washington court
declared: I'VE do not think "a State Is
required under the Constitution Of the
United States to stand idly by while its
natural resources are depleted y. Edmund
Burke Once said that a great unwritten
compact exists between the dead, the
living and the unborn p. We leave to
the unborn q colossal financial debt, per-
habs unacceptable, but incurred, Ilonethe-
less, In our time and for our Immediate
benefit. Such an inviolate colnpact re-
duires that We leave TO the unh b sorne-
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The Orchard Boat

He built the boat beyond his door,
Ten strides from. breakfast; blossoms teu
Upon his hands, dried ledves, as ,oell,
Frost-loosened from the Dough, before
He'd finished; apples thumped along
The cabin-deck and dosoelIed beams,
And ,Dhile he caulked the ttght-lpped
seams,
The school boys listened to the song
OF ,oooden mallet hdn,naering
The coiling snakes OF cotton strips;
By autumn, men 1pith shouts and tohtps,
Teamed t,oenty orep IN string,
70 hau, the land-buit orchard boat
Along the rntted, country road
& A,pktDard and lnrching, alien load,
Dopn to the Cope, tptere she Mould float
After sloio passage ouer stones
Her bon reared high aboDe the backs
OF Straining cattle: pistol-cracks
OF raaohide split the afr /. and cones
Were shaken from loto-branclted spruce
TO cabin deck, ,seDer again
TO taste edrth's blessing only Tdtn,
And all the oceans salt abuse;
But boats, must come altue at sea,
And rs di6 she and so, did she!
MARTHA BANNING THOMAS.
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Labor and the Church

Judging from what has been published
in this country, there is little If any excuse
for the reaction Of Labor Party politicians
in Britain to comments by Church of
England leaders.
DR.. Cyril F. Garbett, Archbishop of
York, recently warned that ruin is un-
avoidable" unless British industry can pro-
duce more and cheaper goods to sell over
seas. He called on the government to
make the facts of the economic crisis
known to all, and suggested that leaders
OF all political parties should join in
statement on the extreme gravity of
Britain's position. Several other church
leaders have expressed similar sentiments.
The reaction Of Labor political leaders
has been quick, and, from this distance,
rather astonishing. War Minister shinwell
accuses DR.. Garbett OF political bias. Re-
ferring to the ruin is-unavoidabl state
ment as "a most deplorable example" Mr..
Shinwell said that he has great respect
for DR.. Garbett as high church dignitary,
but added that II decline to follow that
gentleman, however exalted, when he en-
barks on disquisition relating either to
economic or political policy"
This is an adnonition to churchmen to
remain silent in the face Of the contin-
uing crisis in Britain. It certainly Is true,
and Mr.. Shinwell does not deny, that eco
nomic ruin awaits Britain unless British
industry can produce more and cheaper
goods to sell for dollars. Yet he does not
want church spokesman to state what is
self-evident fact, presumably because 1t
carries with it an implied criticism OF
the Labor regime. This may be under
standable as human reaction. But 1t is
not an attitude that is calculated to help
extricate Britain from her economic
vryiIdernacS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
The Muddy Monocucy

e. The Interstate Commission on the Po-
tomac River Basin has estimated that
more than 10000 tons of silt are carried
past Washington by the Potomac every
year. This silt complexities the problem
of purifying Washington's water supply,
changes channels and interferes with use
of the river for swimming In otherwise
non-polluted stretches. And the presence
of this mud in the Potomac means that
valuable farmland farther up the valley
of the river and its tributaries is being
destroyed by erosion.
Muddiest of the Potomac's tributaries
is the Monocacy River, which drains por-
tions of Frederick, Carroll and Montgomery
Counties in Maryland, and Adams and
Franklin Counties in Pennsylvania. Be-
cause the Monocacy is the worst offender
in the basin, the Interstate Commission
logically has selected it for demonstra-
ton of soil conservation on broad scale.
Significantly, Carroll County farmer,
Solomon L. Hoke, has been chosen to head
the newly organized Monocacy River
Watershed Council III
This council, composed of repre-
sentative farming. forestry, conservation
and civic groups In the Monocacy Valley,
has wonderful opportunity to show what
organized warfare against soil erosion can
do, both for agriculture and for river
publication. II the plans of the new
council bear fruit, the cargo Of soil an
nually carried down the Potomac should
be sharply reduced and the destruction
OF productive farmland in the once-rich
garden of the Monocacy Basin will be
arrested. The Monocacy experiment will
be watched with interest by farmers and
conservationists throughout the Potomac
region, where soil erosion continues to be
a major problem in the broad efforts to
clean up the whole watershed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
The Philippine Election

Although returns from remote districts
are not yet fully tabulated, it appears GER
tain that President Elpidio Quirino has
been elected by substantial majority.
This assures the continuance OF his Liberal
Party administration and its policy of close
and friendly cooperation with the United
States, together with strong stand
against Communist pressure in the Far
East.
The election itself and the campaign
which preceded it were, however, not with
out disquieting features. It was three
cornered affair, the other candidates being
Jose P. Laurel, puppet President under the
Japanese occupation, and Jose Avelino,
who headed a dissident fragment of the
Liberal Party as the outcome of bitter
quarrel between himself and Quirino. This
split had no significance beyond personal
and factional differences, although the.
minor Avelino vote cut down Quirino's
lead.
The Laurel candidacy, by contrast, repre-
sented genuine clash of ideas and policies.
Laurel's political comeback since the war
is, in itself, a surprising phenomenon, only
in part applicable by his undoubted bril-
lance and oratorical appeal. His "Nacion-
alista" party is compound of various mall
contents, ranging from critics Of the Gov
ernment's actions to opponents of close
relations with the United States and even
agitators of radical unrest. Laurel himself,
while neither pro- Communist nor specif-
ically anti-American, believes in the
"Asiatic destiny" of the Philippines and
wants to avoid too intimate commitments
with either America or the West in gen.
eral He therefore emphasizes national
ism which, under certain circumstances,
could lessen effective cooperation with us
and weaken resistance to Communist
pressure. The fact that he could run so
strongly despite his theology and the
handicap Of his wartime record is not re-
assuring for the future. Other disquieting
factors in the election were the partisan
bitterness displayed in the campaign, and
the violence and irregularities accompany
ing the election itself. It is to be hoped
that Laurel and his followers will accept
the verdict of the polls in truly demo-
cratic spirit, although this is not yet to be
taken for granted. -.
The most satisfactory outcome of the
election is what appears to be the decisive
control gained by the administration over
the next Congress. It should be understood
that, as with us, this electoral contest was
not only for the Presidency, but also for
one-third Of the Senate and the entire
House. Some doubts had been felt that,
out Of this three-way contest. the admin
istration could obtain command Of the
legislature. However, the Liberal congres-
sional candidates seem to have run more
strongly than the head Of the ticket, and
a Liberal legislative majority is clearly in
dicated.ZThis means legislative backing
for the.Administration@ tn It's domestic
program and foreign policy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
Virqiniu Copes With Strikes

A timely editorial in the Arlington sun
reminds Virginians generally and critics
of the so-called Byrd machine" In par
ticular that there is reason why trans
portation and coal strikes-actual or
threatened-are not bothering them. The
reason is the unique State law by which
Governor Tuck has prevented public serV-
ice Interruptions caused by labor troubles.
The editorial is timely because 1t sug-
gests that this on-denounced leglsia-
tive product of Governor Tuck and his
advisers was a factor in the recent State
wide victory of Byrd organization nom
inees for State Offices. It is impossible to
measure accurately, OF course, the laws
influence on the election results, but there
can be no doubt that most Virginians ap-
prove this legislation which saves Them
from the inconvenience and possible
chaos of public service shutdowns.
The sponsored law authorizes
state seizure and operation Of any public
utility during strike or lockout. National
interest In the plan was first aroused
in 1s47, when it was invoked to prevent
interruption of telephone service IN VIZ
sinia during Nationwide strike. Before
that it had averted Statewide power
blackout. OF special local interest, more
recently, has been its application to threat
ened bus strikes in nearby Virginia, pend
ing efforts to settle ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
disputes on two lines. The law has oper-
ated so smoothly, as a matter of fact,
that bus riders of Alexandria, Arlington
and Fairfax are inclined to take 1or
granted the continued operation OF the
washington, Virginia & Maryland Coach
Company and of the Alexandria lines. Both
of these main transportation systems be-
tween Washington and adjacent Virginia
communities undoubtedly would have been
shut down but for State operation under
the Tuck law And several weeks ago the
law enabled the State to supply hospitals,
public utilities and other essential cen
sumers with soft coal from John i. Lewis.
struck mines.
The record shows that the much-lam-
basted Virginia law really works. Small
wonder that other States are taking notice
and that newspaper and magazine writer's
are coming into the State to tell the
story far and wide. The Richmond Times
Dispatch recently commented that this IN
hux of correspondents is tribute, in ef-
feet, to success of the law in action and
to Governor Tuck's foresight and courage
in enforcing plan which union spokes-
men have denounced violently as "anti-
labor" The paper said the law can be
more accurately described as propublic."
That description is merited on the basis OF
what the law has accomplished for the
public welfare in the few years that it
has been on the books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
Costa Rico Returns to Normal

With the Inauguration OF President
Otilio Ulate, backed by friendly congress
and under the provisions of new consti-
tuition, the people of Costa Rica are looking
forward to four years OF peace and progress
after nearly two years of political turmoil,
including civil war and foreign inter-
vention. .+t
Such disturbances are only too common
In some of Costa Ricas neighbors, but in
Costa RIGA itself they were an unfortunate
exception to a normal existence OF peace
and order under truly democratic insti-
buttons. Throughout most of its history,
this small country in Central America has
been a model of liberty under law"
priding itself on its generalized well-being,
high level of education, and regard for
individual rights With fertile SOIL
healthful climate, and homogeneous
population mostly of Spanish colonial
stock, Costa RIGA has additionally led
tranquil national life.
The "late unpleasantness' began early
In 1948, when the opposition party won an
election but was virtually counted out by
the administration and its 'lame-duck"
congress. Infatuated by this barefaced
"steal," the opposition took up arms and,
defeated the government forces, the ad-
ninistration leaders fleeing the country.
Unfortunately the situation was compli-
Gated by the intrigues of small but mill
tant Communist faction, which had sup
ported the government for its own ends
Also, the exiled leaders had the support
of the neighboring government of Mica
ragua, which helped them to stage an
invasion. This incursion was checked by
the provisional government set >up after
the revolution, which likewise appealed to
the Council of the Organization Of Ameri-
can States, invoking the Rio de Janeiro
Treaty of Hemisphere Defense, under. the
terms of which all the signatories are
obligated to aid any one Of them who is
the victim of external aggression. These
successes strengthened the standing of the
provisional government and confirmed it
in the adherence of the bulk of public
opinion.
The losses and rancors of the civil war,
however, led to the conviction that
thorough political housekeeping was
needed before full return to normal.
Therefore, although Otilio Ulate was al
ready the legal President-elect, his formal
Inauguration twas postponed with his con-
sent until q new constitution had been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
Insists Fair Deal Resembles
Statism in European Countries
"a fha Hditor ~ The star.


Statism in European Countries
To the Editor Of The Star:
No one argues against contributing to the
general welfare Of the people The appear
ance Of that phrase In the Constitution has
no bearing on today's issue. which revolves
around the question Of whether we keep our
liberties or accept dictatorship.
The term welfare state" as 1t enormously
has been called, Is an ADVERTISEMENT. It
should have been properly labelled state
socialism" In Europe the state" Is the
national government; thus Estate socialism"
and "national socialism" are identical.
They had national socialism In Germany
and Italy, remember? And the present Labor
Government In Britain is patterned after the
same system.
AS evidence that the so-called Fair Deal
program runs along parallel lines, present
this definition from Webster's dictionary OF
1916: "State socialism: formsof socialism
prevalent In Germany and Great Britain
which advocates utilizing the power Of the
state to equalize income and opportunity
by measures such as progressive income and
inheritance taxes and compulsory insurance
against old age. unemployment. sickness and
accident. and by state administration OF
industries, public utilities, common carriers,
banking, housing and the like
Are we for or against free enterprise?
Under the free enterprise system this Ma
tion has prospered far beyond the compre-
hension Of European minds. Yet there are
forces which are working toward the de-
struction Of the American system. Why
should we gamble onAa government that
bestows its bounties "a Its own terms?
FRED YARDLEY.
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drawn up and ratified. His formal assump-
ton of the presidency indicates that all Is
now considered in order.
Costa Rica thus emerges successfully
from the longest and most costly ordeal in
its history The proverbial intelligence
and law-abiding character of the Costa
Rican people is the best guarantee that
their peaceful and orderly progress will
be resumed.