The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-01-27
Congratulations

al heSeIVe bdnh,
To Odello Letter on being elected
president of the newly formed
Maryland Council of Retail Mer-
chants.
To C. William Ecton on being
again named president of the Wash
ington County Volunteer Firemen's
Association.
To George McElwain on his ap-
pointment to the District Agencies
Advisory Committee of the Pruden-
tial Insurance Company.
And to Ell Ellinger on being elect
ed president of the Hagerstown
Shrine Club of Ali Chan Temple
$50
Earl Steinhauer found out at the
Manufactures Bureau annual dinner
at the Hotel Alexander on Tuesday
night, that it doesn't pay to kid me
about this paper of mine-Thanks
for the two bucks, Earl.
And speaking of that dinner meet
ing, which drew the largest attend
ance since the Bureau was organized
three years ago, it again illustrated
a point | have commented on time
and again And that is, that address
es, such as the one given by Senator
Willard E. Tydings, the guest speak
er at the dinner, are not heard by
nearly enough people.
The Senator spoke on the part this
country, has played, and must con-
tinue to play, in bringing about
world security, and although every
word he spoke carried a message
of tremendous import to all of us,
the statement that impressed me
most was this-"If there is another
war, it will not be fought in 'front.'
line trenches, but little the lines
in the manufacturing centers where
the munitions of war are manufac-
tured."
And the speaker brought home
the terrible significance of his state
men, by stating that, by bomber
planes, Russia is only nine hours
from Chicago, New York, Detroit
or Hagerstown.
J. V. Jamison 3rd, retiring pres
ident of the Bureau, warned the
members that to survive in this
present-day economy, industry will
not only have to send out statesmen,
but the vice-presidents, the pres
idents, and the chairmen of the
boards, as well, to sell industry to
the people of the nation.
The much publicized local meet
ing at the Court House on Monday
afternoon, called by State Senator
Mclaughlin and the members of the
Washington County Delegation, was
in my book waste of time.
To begin with, the public were
invited to express their views on
Sunday movies and other forms of
recreation on the Sabbath without
being told what sort of Bill, if any,
was going to be introduced in the
State Legislature
The Court House was packed to
the doors, and those in attendance
were obviously anti-Sunday movies
by very large majority. This sur
prised me very much, as l thought
those in favor of Sunday movies
would be there in droves to plead
their cause.
However, I can't see that much
was accomplished, because it has
been perfectly obvious to me for
some time, and my opinion has not
been changed one iota by the meet
ing, that the demand for Sunday
movies in Hagerstown originated
with Warner Brothers, who operate
three of our four movie houses.
Several months ago l first heard
that an attempt was going to be
made at the next Session of the
State Legislature, to bring in Sum
day Movie Bill, and in going into
the matter at that time 1 was per-
fectly convinced that the original
idea came from the Warner Broth
ers interests and that the plan was
being spearheaded by a former State
Legislator At the meeting on Mon
day afternoon a representative of
Warner Brothers, Nat CHASER, stat
ed that as far as they were concern
ed they didn't want Sunday movies,
but they were fighting for them be-
cause of the demand from movie
goers in the city. Mr.. CHASER went
on to state that they lost money
when they had Sunday movies prior
to the city election in 1915, when
they were voted out But he only
told half the story, and here's the
other half.