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Evening star., 1950-06-22
Hollywood Diary
Shirley Temple Becomes Own Boss
By Bob Thonas

years and brought in millions for
the studio by doing what she was
told to do.
Her box office pull began to
drop when she outgrew the "cute
little girl" roles and in 1941 she
parted with the studio. After a
couple OF pictures for MGM and
Edward Small she signed with
Selznick.
The producer brought her back
to popularity, not as a moppet but
as a shapely young woman. I'm
like Ingrid Bergman. Joan Fon-
taine and some of the other re-
bellious Selznick stars. Shirley
seemed contented under the pro-
ducer's control. There were never
any public arguments and the
parting, said Shirley, was q
friendly one.
I asked her what kind of pic
lures she wants, now that she is
a free agent.
Anything with a good story"
she answered. II have found two
that like. One is on the Re
becca' side and the other is about
a young movie star. Both are for
major studios. And there is a
chance that I may play japanese
girl in picture for an inde-
pendent producer"
She disclosed that she had an
offer to sign a term contract with
Warmers. She turned 1t down.
Its more fun to make your own
decisions-if they are good ones, y
she remarked.
Shirley appeared to be enjoying
her romantic independence as we'll.
Her boy friend from Hawaii.
Charles Black. is in town and they
are still dating.
I'm very happy" she COM
mented, without elaboration.
Esther williams, back from fllm-
ing Pagan Love Song in Hawaii.
says she was surprised to find few
good swimmers among the island
girls.
1.-The boys swim like fish," she
observed, "but not the girls. The
reason might well be those long
swimming suits they wear. They
hang down to the knees and are
always getting wrapped around
your legs. I had to wear one in
the picture but then I cut mine
of.
They look like sarongs and are
just as unstable. The girls buy q
couple Of yards of bright material
and wrap 1t around themselves. I
wouldn't want to wear one in q
high wind"
Esther swims daily although she
is expecting her second child. II
think swimming is wonderful for
expectant mothers" she remarked.
When I was sick In the mornings
on location, ! would get up at $50
and take q swim. I was always
able to work after that"
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HOLLYWOOD


The long film career ef 22-year-
old Shirley Temple has passed
another milestone. She Is now
her own boss.
The former screen moppet end
ed her. contract with Producer
David o. Selznick and now will
make her own decisions. 1t is the
first time she has been able to
decide her film fate and she says
she's enjoying it immensely.
"I've read six scripts in two
weeks" she crowed. I'm having
a lot Of fun"
From the age of four, Shirley
has always had her scripts picked
for her. She reigned as the crown
princess of 20th-Fox for nine
Evening star., 1950-06-22
White Suits Barred

CLEVELAND, June % R.-Ex-
cept for white bathing suits.
Cleveland women can wear just
about anything respectable" they
wish on the city's four beaches
and nine pools. The white suits,
Capt. Hazel Witt of the police
women's bureau explained today,
will always be out because they
tend to become transparent in
water" ..
Evening star., 1950-06-22

EThTE THE BIG LITT." IS0NT-
InorS, - GoMERY Cliff. Paul
Evening star., 1950-01-29
By John CIoqett Proctor

| Occasionally native Washing
tonian enters Congress from one
of the several States and, on rare
occasions, he has been permitted
to add his voice to those of the
other Representatives in pleading
for national representation for
| the people of the District of
Columbia, or for other measures.
Henry Riggs .Rathbone, was
born in Washington. on February
IL, 1870. and served as Repre-
sentative from Illinois from March
4. 1923 till his death. July Is,
1928. and was never found wanting
when the question of national
representation for the District of
Columbia was before the House
of Representatives.
He was, indeed. a worthy son
and credit to the city Of his birth
and his passing was a distinct
loss for the principles for which
he fought.
Was in Lincoln Party
Mr.. Rathbone's father, Mai
Henry r. Rathbone. was in the
box with Mr.. Lincoln at Ford S
Theater on that fatal April IA
1855, when John Wilkes Booth
mortally wounded the martyr
President. He had accompanied
there, In the presidential party
his flancee, Miss Clara H. Harris
daughter Of Ira Harris, United
States Senator from New York
from 1861 to 1867. and in attempt
ing to hold the assassin was Sc
Evening star., 1950-01-29

Washington Loan Show
Staring incredulously at some
radically modern painting, many
a layman has asked me (and un-
Evening star., 1950-01-29
Chess
By DonoId H. Muuridoe

The tournament to decide the
women's world chess champion
ship, recently concluded at Mos
COW, was as much of a triumph
for Soviet chess as it's masculine
counterpart held two years earlier
The new world champion is Mrs
Ludmilla Rudenko, factory
worker, who is At years old anc
whose four children all play
chess. She scored 111a-31a and
lost only one game. to an Amer
lean entry, Mrs. Gresser.
The next three places also went
to Russians: Olgo Rubsova "a
masseuse) was runnerup with
10la-4la, and Valentino Bielova
and Elizabeth Bykova just behind
with 1915 each. The bracket fol
fifth, sixth and seventh was filled
by the representative of England
France and Germany: Eileen
TRAINER. Edith Keller and Nine
de SLAMS. at 9l2-5R each. The
latter led for much of the second
half of the tourney, but fell be-
hind the Soviet quartet in the
final rounds.
The American entries, Mrs. Gil
sela K. Gresser and Miss May
karff.
The Washington Chess Divan
at its annual business meeting or
January IS. voted to make the
facilities Of the only full-time
chess club in Washington avail
able to a wider chess public by
reducing its annual dues from
$36 to $40.
In the District League the i'm
portant encounter between the
Bald Eagle and Federal Chess
Clubs took place. The score see
sawed throughout the evening
and finished at a perfect equality
with ia points each. The de-
tails, which show the glabrous
Eagles failing on the bottom
boards, follow: Naval Communi-
cations outclassed the Govern
ment Printing by 71a-21a-the
half point representing an un-
usual phenomenon, a mutual for
felt
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Russian espionage and sabotage
and sometimes they are un-
aware Of whom they are working
for-are spreading the good word
of pacifism at any price. We
have them in our own country
and few If any Of them can be
directly identified as tools Of the
Kremlin.
The disastrous defeat we suf-
fered in China-and those we are
likely to suffer in other vital spots
in the Far East in the near fu-
ture-merely confirm the conten-
ton that we are incapable of
fighting any military force Gin
spired by higher motives than
loot" Our diplomatic withdraw
ais. accompanied by our loss of
face, are placing powerful weap-
ons In the hands Of our enemies.
In the Pacific we have traced a
line of defense which runs to the
east of our actual strategic inter-
ests. Neither Korea, Formosa nor
Indo China - where the French
are fighting Moscow's puppets
with their backs to the wall-are
included in that line. We are
receiving serious slaps in the face
from Insignificant satellites like
Bulgaria. Our citizens are kicked
around, arrested and tried by
phony courts, as was recently the
case in Hungary. On orders from
Moscow our diplomats once
highly respected-are regarded as
spies and undesirable aliens and
are treated shamefully by the au-
thorities in Soviet satellite states.
Protests Scorned
The property of the American
Government. protected in the past
by international agreements, has
been confiscated by Moscow's
puppets in Peiping. The State
Departments notes Of protest are
scornfully ignored. In a moment
of Understandable weakness we
surrendered to the Russians such
European nations as Poland and
the Balkan states, as well as
China. Political expediency, we
are told by our policy-makers,
dictated such steps.
We in America may understand
these moves. But in Europe and
Asia, even today, our gestures Of
appeasement to Russia are inter-
preted merely as a sign of weak
ness and physical exhaustion.
The vacillating policies of our
Government have given the Krern-
lin the full diplomatic initiative.
We are on the defense everywhere
in the world. In Asia the Com
munist drive is bringing spec
tacular results. The British, by
their hasty action in Offering the
Peiping administration full reccg-
milton, have laid themselves wide
open to the slaps they are now
receiving.
The American Secretary of
State and some spokesmen for The
administration In Congress are
warning the Chinese Communists
that unless they change their tac-
tics toward the United States the
recognition Of their regime will
b long delayed. But no one
Evening star., 1950-01-29
Reds May Go A|I-Out

seems to realize that the Chinese
Communists have not asked for
American recognition. Nobody
knows what conditions they might
impose before starting diplomatic
negotiations leading to such rec
ognition.
u. S. Only Barrier
According to some sources re-
Gently returned from China it
seems quite probable that they
will demand participation in the
peace treaty with Japan. They
will insist that Okinawa be evac-
uated by the American Air Force
and that our air and naval bases
in the Philippines and other Pa
cif1c islands also be abandoned.
Our diplomatic action. in fact,
seems paralyzed. Hence we must
resume a hand-to-mouth foreign
policy and attempt to stop gaps
through which the Soviets are
inf1ltrating.
America now Is considered an
enemy No. by the Kremlin. But
this fact is seldom stated by our
policy makers, who still think in
terms of protecting the threat
ened nations Of Europe and Asia.
In World Wars I and II the en-
nifty of both the Central Powers
and the Axis were directed at
Britain and France. It Is appar-
ent from available historical doc
uments that both the Kaiser and
Hitler hoped to keep America out
of the European conflict. The
authors of both wars hoped to
gain substantial physical advan-
tages in Russia and in the Far
East after the Western Allies had
been defeated.
Our Intervention stopped their
ambitions. Today we are the only
barrier to the Kremlin's imperial
ist ambitions, which stretch much
further than those of the Kaiser,
Hitler and the Japanese war lords.
We are in Russia's way and the
kremlin has shown clearly that 1t
wants US eliminated from the pic
ture by force, if her present cold
war methods are unsuccessful. We
have become the main target of
that imperialist power.
They know that today we are
probably less prepared to meet
a threat against our own terri
tory than we were in 1941. They
know that our limited combat
ground and air forces are dis
persed all over the world--in Ger
many, Austria, Trieste, Japan and
some Of the islands of the Pacific
Ocean, thousands of miles away
from home.
The administration is aware of
this situation and of the ability
of the Russians to estimate cor
rectly our inadequate defense sys
tenn. But In an election year, &
a time when economy is the
watchword of both parties, 1t il
difficult to make any positive
moves to remedy this lack OF
preparation. Hence the State De-
partment must try to counterac
Russia's initiative in both diplo-
matte and military fields by pull
ing rabbits out Of the silk hats
LOT t''7 Secretary Of stAts and our
arnbassadors abroad.
Evening star., 1950-01-29
doubtedly every other art critic
in the country, Does anyone
actually buy these things?'

doubtedly every other art critic
in the country, Does anyone
actually buy these things?'
A modest answer to that peren.
nial question is provided In the
Current exhibition at United Ma.
tions Club, comprising 2S paint.
ings. drawings and prints, by mod.
ern artists, more than half of then
active contemporaries. With one
exception, the works are loans
from private collectors in the
Washington area. They will re.
main on view through February
10.
Fifteen Of the % are avant-
garde. and of the remainder only
few can be considered tradi-
tional. Here. then, is demon
stration that private citizens dc
purchase, frame and hang in theil
homes, radical works of art.
Among those which I suspect
would be coveted by almost every
visitor. are Manet's delicate little
outline profile drawing of Eva
Gonzales. a wash drawing BY
Rodin and Picasso's Les Saltim-
banques. a miniature ink anc
wash in color; also Edward Bruce's
beautiful oil, Street In Asquins.
two appealing water-color land.
scapes by Eilshemius, "Dryads" BY
Arthur B. Davies and the painting
of horse by Vaughan Flannery.
Younger contemporary artist.
/ of many schools are represented
with paintings, drawings anc
prints in modern idioms: Mexican
Orozco (recently deceased) anc
Tamayo, the Brazilian Portinari
French Lurcat and Mason, Eng.
lish John Piper and Germans Ma,
Beckmann and George Grosz.
1t is an interesting, revealing
and varied show.
Evening star., 1950-01-29
u. S.-Conodo Air DISPUTE

ever have been ratified by the
United States Senate" he told
them. The Senators looked pleased
and left the impression that If
this signed agreement were be-
fore them for consideration as
treaty, they would either recon-
mend against its ratification or
would make substantial amend
ments and send it back for rene
gotiation.
Next day, the committee voted
favorably on an amendment to
the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1888
by Senator McCarran, Democrat,
OF Nevada. that no such agree
ments shall be entered into "ex-
cept by treaty" Three years ago
the Attorney General ruled that
the State Department and the
CAB have the right under the
Civil Aeronautics Act to negotiate
and sign these agreements, with
the approval of the President,
and as such they are not con-
s1dered treaties.
Victorious in the Senate, Mr..
Janas then went to work on CAB.
In series of legal maneuvers
and contests before the District
courts, resulting in victory and
a loss each for Colonial and the
CAB, he fought all the way to the
Supreme Court of the United
States. There it becomes mat
ter of heavy constitutional law,
concerning such things as the
powers granted the President by
the Congress to regulate foreign
commerce and his right to dele
gate such powers to the State
Department and the CAB without
the necessity of having to clear
the results of their work with the
Senate as treaties-if the Court
does not decline jurisdiction.
Permit Blocked
Should the Supreme Court hold
that section of the Civil Aero
nautics Act giving the President
power to issue permits to foreign
airlines is unconstitutional. then
every permit issued by CAB with
his approval probably would be
invalid. However, Colonial plans
to petition the court respectfully
to rule only on the Ottawa agree
ment and exempt all past bilat-
erals, thus hoping to hold down
chaos in international aviation
diplomacy to a minimum.
These legal maneuvers by CO.
lonial have prevented CAB from
going ahead with the recommen-
dation to the President that he
issue an American permit to
Trans-Canada Airlines to operate
Montreal-New York and they also
prevented Colonial from losing its
Canadian license to fly New York
Montreal. as the Air Transport
Board in Ottawa threatened to
suspend it for blocking Trans
Canada into New York. But both
Canadian and American govern
ments, while not agreeing with
Mr.. Janas' reasoning, nevertheless
defended his right to go into the
courts to protect what he regards
as a devastating" injury to his
business, stockholders and en-
ployes. Therefore that part Of the
agreement dealing with TEA go
ing down to New York. and one
or two other lesser provisions,
remain imperative. The recogni-
tion of Mr.. Janas' rights by the
two governments indicates no re-
prisals from either party to the
agreement, despite all the trou-
BILE and delay he has caused them.
First of tDo Sunday articles
| on U. S.-Cnndda air controUersy.)
Evening star., 1950-01-29
Library Double.Header

Only two more days remain II
see the Central Public Library
two January exhibitions, which
are something of a departure from
its regular programs. In tn,
exhibition cases of the secone
floor lobby is a large group O.
photographs from the collection.
of the Columbia Historical Society
which illustrate many phases o.
the growth of the Nations Capita
and were selected especially te
inaugurate Washington's .Sesqui.
centennial celebration.
The show has many views Of
Washington's earlier appearance
and glimpses Of handsome build
ings since torn down to make way
for more profitable but generally
commonplace and boresome struc-
lures. One of the earliest build
ings represented is the David
Burnes cottage. surmised to have
been built about 1748 and demol-
ished In 1894. The photographs
also include such quaint subjects
as the horse-drawn streetcars OF
1870 and later; the old canal, and
of course. many distinguished
landmarks still giving Washington
historic glamour: st. Johns
Church. Decatur House, Tudo,
Place and numerous others.
The Public Library's fine art.
division is showing, in its readins
room, O collection of water color.
painted by Ellsworth D. Opie o1
Washington, a Pullman conductor
on the Pennsylvania Railroad
This display demonstrates a use
OF the library as an art school, fol
all Of Mr.. Opie's art education was
derived from books there, which
he has studied for three years
Firman Wilson, head of the fine
arts division, helped him with
criticism and suggestions.
Mr.. Opie is on the regular rur
between Washington and Harris.
burg, and during his layovei
time, visits public libraries In bott
cities. He expects to retire in a few
years. and says. wives don't like
idle husbands getting in their way
around the house." so his hobby
will enable him to have something
to do most Of the time.
| Mr.. Opie's achievement is ir
line with the themes of number
of books published in the past few
years--"Anyone Can Paint" "Yo,
Are an Artist. etc. His subject.
are pleasant landscapes. quite 6
few having railroad trains, covered
bridges. snow-clad hills and kin.
dred amenities, and they ar,
neatly and carefully painted.
~ ~
Eminent British Lecturer
Sir Leigh Ashton, director ant
secretary Of the Victoria and Al.
bert Museum. London, will bt
guest lecturer at the Nationa
Gallery this afternoon at 4 o'clock
on an unusual subject: "Ths
Country House as an Adjunct X
the Museum"
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still is conducting an investigation
into the airline subsidy problem
with the view to separating sub
sidy from payment made for fly
ing the mail, and setting them
out in two separate amounts.
Chairman Edwin C. Johnson,
Democrat, of Colorado had called
officials of the State Department
and the CAB before the commit
tee to give information about the
agreement which he personally
thought was illegal" Other
members of the committee, Sem
ators Brewster, Capehart, McFar-
land and Bricker, Joined the
chairman in providing a most un-
pleasant afternoon for the Off
cials. The Senators made it look
like the United States certainly
had entered into a bad deal and
friendly Canada was pictured as
a shrewd, tough horse-trader
with ultimatums and clubs
"high- handed tactics by friend
| ly country" said Senator Bricker.
Hit Senate Weak Spot
Chairman Joseph j. O'Connell
jr., of the Civil Aeronautics Board
though not participant in the
bilateral agreement negotiations
stanchly backed up the Ameri-
can delegations work and even
braved the wrath of the commit
tee by declaring that when the
American delegation went to New
York, where the negotiations
were held, it was obvious to it and
to every airline operator "that
it would be very difficult If not
impossible to conclude an all
transportation agreement with
the Canadians without giving
them Montreal and New York,
in competition with Colonial.
Then MI. O'Connell was asked
by Senator Mcfarland, Democrat
of Arizona: What will you do II
Colonial folds up? Will you just
let that go by the board or will
you try to negotiate and get an
other route in place of it, or
what will be the effect?"
Mr.. O'Connell replied: TT is
pretty difficult to speak with toe
much precision as to what this
will mean in terms of Colonial's S
future. Obviously 1t will hurt
them. If the Canadians put the
route in operation. it will divert
a substantial amount of traffic
from the most profitable portion
of Colonial's routes and Colonial
will become increasingly a prob
lem. They are relatively an ex-
pensive carrier at the moment
and will, if nothing else happens,
become more So"
To this Mr.. Janas says his pro-
gram is before the CAB and If
the board will act. the success
ful fulflllment OF that expansion
program will take us off the
dole
Mr.. Janas had found the Sena-
tors Achilles heel when he ad-
vanced his claim that more than
81 10000 would be added to the
airline subsidy bill annually be-
cause Of the agreement and that
the State Department and CAB
had 'usurped the prerogatives of
the Senate" in executing inter-
national agreements relating to
trade and commerce that should
be treaties. II cannot imagine
that bargaining of this type, which
was in truth no bargaining but
simply. a grant to the Canadians
of whatever they asked, would
Evening star., 1950-01-29
Art and Artists
Bookotz, Darlington, Herb|ock Exhibitions;
Loan Show Offers Contemporary Work
By Florence S. Berrymon

annual and others, and Of %
awards bestowed upon his paint
ings in the last Is years. II have
been from local professional or
ganizations. His most recent was
the Saltz award in the 58th So
ciety of Washington Artists an
nual last month.
The current show comprises II
oils ranging from the lyrical little
Shenandoah Dawn" to the large
expressionistic still life, Summer
Things" I think the artist is at
his best in the former, also in
Village Store" "One Touch of
Spring" the prize winning Way
side Station" Sleeping Village"
(Ellicott City, and "Sea Fantasy"
Herblock's Third
The largest. best displayed and
most interesting one-man show Of
political cartoons by Herbert Block
of the Washington Post is on view
at the Corcoran Gallery Of Art
through February 10. Last Oc-
tober smaller display was held
at the American Veterans Com
mittee Clubhouse and, several
years ago, one at the Central
Public Library. Nearly 200 origi-
nal cartoons are hanging in
the upper atrium. Mounts of
different eolors add liveliness to
the black-and-white drawings.
The cartoons are hung in groups
by years, 1S46 through 40, and a
few Of 1850. The groups recall to
mind major happenings and pre-
occupations Of each year; at the
same time. one NOTICES that we
are still ridden today with
the same problems. One of the
funniest Of 1e46 could be published
tomorrow: "The Sacred Cow"
Chieh prices for dairy products.) J
So could one of John Lewis indus
triously shoveling coal on the fire
under Restrictive Legislation"
In the many issues dealt with
in 1947, my favorite cartoon is
another on high prices, embodied
as a member of the ancient
regime" in 18th century Paris, in
a silded coach. crushing "Purchas-
ing Power" under the wheels and
saying "Tut, tut. drive on"
The group for 194S has a large
proportion Of campaign cartoons,
but Mr.. Block has also made pene-
trating comments on other issues,
outstandingly on the art tastes of
Congress and the President, which
consigned the State Departments
travelling art shows to the trash
heap.
Herblock's exhibition was opened
with tea and preview for men,
bers of the Corcoran Art Gallery:
and last Tuesday, an afternoon
reception was given there in his
honor.