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Evening star., 1951-02-02
By Harry Macarthur

The pleasure of sitting and look
ing at Loretta Young is dimmed
in Cause for Alarm" at the Capt.
tol, by the fact that she is i'm
personating a woman who is some
what less than a mental giant.
Cause for Alarm" is one of those
melodramas which, if the central
figure had acted at the proper
time with the normal intelligence
of a three-year-old ape. would
have been left without any story
at all to tell.
Miss Young plays a woman
whose husband Barry Sullivan -,
bedded with a heart ailment and
ridden by tremors of the mind,
writes a long letter to the district
attorney outlining an imagined
plot of hers to do him in. He gets
the letter into the mail. tells her
what it contains, produces a re-
volver and says, Il am going to
kill you, Ellen in self defense. ?"
This disturbs her somewhat, but
1t disturbs him more apparently,
since he is taken with fatal seiz-
ure before he can fire shot.
Ellen. at this point, demonstrates
herself to be a true blue dimwit.
She makes hysterical sounds of
falsehood when she tells the drug
ist the truth aboat why she needs
prescription refilled so soon.
She runs across town in the hot
sun to catch the postman and
makes a scene about getting the
letter back. She comes back. takes
the gun out of her dead husbands S
hand, shoots a hole in the floor and
clumsily hides the weapon.
You never saw a woman do a
more thorough job of making her.
self look so guilty they would
have thrown away the key if they
didn't stick her head in the gas
box. Director Tay Garnett man
ages to get some sense of panic
into Ellen's hysterical afternoon.
put IL is hard to feel much real
concern for woman with no more
sense than this. even if she does
resemble Loretta Young. which is
no coincidence, of course.
You may dredge some enjoyment
out of Cause for Alarm" by
wondering just what in the world
Ellen does plan to do about her
husband lying stone cold dead in
the bedroom. There's real piece
Of circumstantial evidence to worry
a girl and it was a disappointment
when the film ended before Ellen
had to cope with it.
Kay Starr. the popular singing
favorite. contributes lyrical
musical note as the headliner of
the Capitols stage show. The rest
Of the bill includes the ventrilo-
quism of Clifford Guest. the har-
monica arrangements of the Don
Henry Trio and the dancing of
the Burns Twins and Evelyn.
Evening star., 1951-02-02

BORN YESTERDAY" Co. Arnbia pic
ture. produced by S. Sylvan Simon. di-
rected by George Cukor, screenplay by
Albert Mannheimer. from stage play by
Carson Kanin. At the Ambassador and
Warmer
Evening star., 1951-02-02

IN Washington, Miss Holiday be-
comes larger than life and four or
five times as funny. This is a
miracle but somehow no more
than was to be expected of anyone
so uproariously delightful as Miss
Holiday must have been from the
day she was born.
Kanin'S four season Broadway
hit, thanks to its feminine lead.
s,lculd be even more of triumph
on celluloid. Rarely has a stage
hit been translated with such
bright success as this one directed
by George Cukor, and with Brod-
erick Crawford and William
Holden as its principal male play
erS.
The screen script has even re-
tanned most of those treacher-
ously delicate stretches of dia-
logue, a virtue for which
moviegoers can thank Miss Holli-
Cay. No other actress, living or
dead. could utter these with the
redeeming innocence to save them
from the censorial scissors.
Miss Holiday, who may we'll
pick off an Academy award with
her first starring performance in
Born Yesterday" is obviously
Columbia Pictures most valuable
aceet from this time on.
Her Billie Dawn, the chorus girl
who becomes the fiancee and
travelling companion of gangster
business man Harry Brock, is a
work of sheer comedy genius. 1t
is somehow both bigger and better
for the fact that the picture gives
her more room to play in. On the
stage. she was limited to $235-a-
day Washington hotel suite. On
the screen, she gets all over town,
to the Capitol, Lincoln and Jeffer-
son Memorials, the National Gal
lcry of Art and to Watergate
concert.
No change was ever better for a
girl.
Cukor's good taste direction is
another factor in making it pos
sible to keep the original flavor of
Born Yesterday"
1t still is a play about ruthless
Junk baron who comes here to
work a deal through Congress and
who makes the fatal error of
bringing his fancy" Here,
breathing the air of democracy
under the tutelage of a decent
newspaperman, the girl Billie gets
an insight into honesty and re-
sponsibility that inspires her to
turn her junkman suitor over to
the proper corrective authorities
The message of the film is never
allowed to get in the way Of its
rich and racy comedy.
This centers in the girl played
by Misses Holiday. lustrous blond
who has never needed to have a
thought in her life. Simply by
being a smouldering bombshell
with small. screechy voice she
comes to Washington with every
thing she has wanted in the world
All this is represented by two mink
coats. two hotel suites (to conform
to the movie code) which cost
$4o0 a day, and clustering Harry
Brock as her personal purchasing
agent.
Until she meets the liberal.
idealistic newspaperman played by
Holden, it never has occurred to
her there were men unlike the
junk tycoon portrayed by Craw-
ford. At first meeting with the
Evening star., 1951-02-02
Drama News and Reviews
'Born Yesterday Rates
As TOP Screen Comedy
By Joy Cormody

All unused laughter during the last six neurotc months
find outlet at the Warner theater
starting yesterday Judy Holiday occupies the
the equally amusing
Judy Holiday the version play.
adapon Of Kanns
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Crawford Reassignment
10 Aberdeen Announced

Brig. Gen. David j. Crawford
who last month was reprimanded
and relieved of his duties as COM
mander of the Detroit Tank Ar
Senal. has been assigned to duty
at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds
in Maryland.
The Army disclosed this today.
Just about a week after it had
Cancelled orders for the general
Tor duty with the European com,
mand in Germany.
No explanation of the cancella-
tlon or the new assignment was
offered by the Army, but Sena-
tor Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia.
sharply criticized the Army's in
tention of sending Gen. Crawford
to Germany.
Gen. Crawford was relieved
from his Detroit post by Army
Secretary Pace. after a report
from the Army Inspector General
said he had violated Army regu-
lations in accepting, without
charge. a hotel suite at the Con-
gressional Hotel in Washington
several days last June, which he
knew to be rented by a repre-
of firms which were ne
gotiating for contracts with the
Tank Arsenal.
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Truman Again Calls for Action
On Home Rule Bill for District
Has Sought Such Legislation for II Yeors
He Says Of Senote's Compromise PIon

back seat to major bills still be-
fore the Senate.
While it was hoped to sandwich
the home rule measure between
other business, one Capitol Hill
source said today it did not ap-
pear that there will be a long
enough time between the major
bills still pending. Ee said indi-
cations were more likely that it
would be taken up while House
Senate conferences were under
way on other bills.
No home rule action is scheduled
in the House.
The revised Senate bill calls for
a non-voting delegate in the
House and Mayor appointed by
the President. 1t also provides
for an all-elected city council OF
is members, nominated by wards,
but elected by city-Wide voting,
and an elected five member school
board.
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Does Milk Make s.. Boys Soft?
Briton and OverhoIser Clash

Here, here, Heath Oracle!
Watch your language.
He says milk is making cream
puffs out of boys-especially
American boys.
But he got his comeuppance
right back this morning from DR..
Winfred Overholser, superintend-
ent of st. Elizabeths Hospital and
one of the Nations outstanding
psychiatriSts.
Heath Gracie-G. H. Heath
Oracle. that is, choirmaster of
Derby Cathedral in Birmingham,
England-expounded his milk-is-
evil theory at an organists' as
sociation meeting, the Associated
Press reported.
Milk drinking prclongs the
period Of infancy, h& said, and
Evening star., 1951-08-30
BY the Associated Press

DES MONIES, Aug. 3O.-Her-
bert Hoover declared today this
Nation is experiencing "a can
cerous growth of intellectual dis
honesty in public life which is
mostly beyond the law"
These evils" the country's only
living former President warned in
a belated birthday address, have
defeated nations many times in
human history. The redemption
of mankind by America will de-
pend upon our ability to cope
with these evils right here at
home.
In its Illustration, the Con-
gress is cropping for some sort of
code of ethics which might pro-
tect the citizen from his own Off
cials. Much as Congress has my
good wishes. something stronger
than new code of ethics is needed
in America.
Congress can well widen the
laws so as to clutch the new kinds
of bribes and benefits they have
But Congress cannot
reach intellectual dishonors."
But, he told residents of his
native State in accepting an
award. right will triumph "be-
cause I know America is turning
it's face away from the maudlin
Iiftisms and the spread of un-
truths of the past two decades.
1--WE sense the frauds of mems
minds and morals. Moral indig-
nation is on the march again. I
Evening star., 1951-08-30
BY The Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 30.-Gov.
Dewey. back from a tour of the
Far East. says the United States
should draw a line and let the
Communists know what we will do
if they cross it."
He says Southeast Asia is "the
natural target for the Com
munists' next drive"
Our immediate and critical
necessity" he says, "is to build a
total policy for a free world of
Asia"
The Republican standard bear
er contends that in order to main
tain free Asia the United States
must build a strong and firm
policy with every ally we can 1T,
Evening star., 1951-08-30
intellectual Dishonesty Rising
In Public Life, Hoover Charges
Refers to Mink Goats and Per Centers
And Fovoritism in Government Looms

cannot but feel there is strength
in character and truth and decent
living. And it will triumph"
Mr.. Hoover this year deferred
his customary birthday address
until today. He had said it would
contain his thoughts for his 77th
birthday. August 10.
Mr.. Hoover's remarks were
made to thousands of Iowans
assembled at the State Fair.
Preceding his address he accepted
THE Iowa Award" It was the
f1rst plaque and scroll presented
by the Iowa Centennial Memorial
Commission for distinguished
citizenship.
In following the theme Con
corning Honor in Public Life" the
former Republican President did
not specifically mention the DEM
ocratic administrations which fol-
lowed his own. Although he cited
numerous happenings since he
left the White House, he said
near the start:
Let me say at once that honor
is not the exclusive property of
any political party"
Mr.. Hoover reviewed many in
cidents. then commented re-
peatedly Think about it." He
said: Our greatest danger is not
from invasion by foreign armies.
Our dangers are that we may
commit suicide from within by
complaisance with evil. Or by
public tolerance Of scandalous
(See HOOVER, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1951-08-30

President Truman today urged
Congress to establish home rule
for the District.
Asked at his news conference
about the new compromise plan
awaiting Senate action, Mr.. Tru-
man said he has been fighting for
home rule for II years and that
he hoped the city gets it.
The President consistently has
voiced his support of home rule
legislation. He included it in a
to Congress last Novem-
ber. listing bills he wanted put
into effect.
The current Senate measure.
co-sponSored by % Senators, has
been reported by the Senate Dis
trict Committee, and sponsors
have assurances from Majority
Leader Mcfarland that it would
be considered before Congress ad-
journs. But no date has been set,
and its consideration will take a
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Dewey Says U. S. Should Draw
Line for Communists in Asia

to see that there are no more
losses to the free world"
The Governor. who visited
Korea, said I'VE invited the at
tack on Korea by announcing
that it was not in our defense
perimeter. and withdrawing our
troops. We lost China to the
free world"
The United States has mo
policy as a whole in the Pacific" "
he added. and Americas allies are
in violent disagreement" con-
corning issues in that area.
Commenting on the breakdown
Of Korean truce talks, he said !:
Personally, I think the Commu-
nists want a truce because they
need it. They have taken a terri
BILE beating" But, he added, mo-
body knows what the Communists
will do"
Evening star., 1951-08-30

cited the United States as an
example.
"One finds there" he told the
organistS, IAN abnormally high
proportion of adults who are still
in some ways adolescent. Cows
milk pumped into our youth at an
ever increasing rate may possibly
have an effect not fully discernible
by ordinary logic of the analytic
chemist and dietitian."
Not so. said DR.. Overholser.
"One might say it's equally dam
gerous to eat steer meat" he
chuckled.
Not so, said DR.. Overholser.
There are lot of adolescent
adults in the world, but they don't
get that way drinking milk, he de-
clared, and added:
THE silly season Is here, !
guess"
Evening star., 1951-08-30
People of japan Did Not
Approve Pact, New Delhi
Parliament Informed
BY the AsSocioied Press

NEW DELHI, India, Aug. 30
In a hard-hitting note to the
United States, India today de-
Tended her refusal to attend the
Japanese peace conference In
San Francisco.
At the same time Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru pledged his
government not to sign a separate
pact with Japan whose terms
would contradict provisions of the
American-sponSored treaty.
The Indian note was in reply
to one from the State Department
August 26 expressing displeasure
with India's decision to boycott
the San Francisco conference. It
was made public in Parliament
here.
The note asserted that, con-
trary to American claims, the
people of Japan did not approve
of the treaty. 1t insisted that the
treaty should contain a declara-
ton reaffirming that Formosa
would be turned over to China and
called on the United States to
hand the Ryukyus (Okinawa)
back to Japan.
Yalta Agreement Blamed.
The United States note had
chided India for insisting on the
return of the Ryukyus to Japan
by the United States while as
senting to continued Russian con-
troll of the Kuriles. The Kuriles
are a group of islands between
Japan proper and Siberia.
India'S reply today said this
arrangement was worked out at
Yalta and "the government of
India cannot be held responsible
for an inconsistency which is a
result of the Yalta agreement.
While vigorously defending In
dia'S stand, the note appealed to
the United States not to let diff
ferences over the treaty affect
friendly relations between the two
countries.
American officials have let it be
known that India's attitude might
bring about a tougher American
policy toward India.
The Indian note claimed that
the United States and India
shared a unity of outlook in many
vital matters and that the "dif-
ferences that exist between them
are differences of method and
approach. Such Emergencies of
opinion are bound to occur even
among the friendliest nations and
should not be allowed to cause re-
sentiment that might come in the
way Of mutual understanding and
a community of effort"
High Points of Note.
High points Of the Indian note:
i. "A declaration that Formosa
should be returned to China
by which India means Communist
China-would promote peace in
the Far East. But, the note said.
India "has at no time insisted
(coo TDEATu nor
Evening star., 1951-08-30
0atis Case Not Closed
Until He Is Freed,
Truman Declares
Comments in Wake
Of Czech Enjoys
Statement on Newsmun

President Truman said today
the case of William N. Oats will
never be closed until the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent gets
out of jail in Czechoslovakia.
The President made this COM
ment at news conference when
told that the new Czech Ambas-
sador. VLADIMIR Prochazka, had
described sthe case as closed"
from "the juridical point of view. :"
Mr.. Truman said he didn't
think the, Oats case would ever
be closed-at least in this coun-
try-until Mr.. Oats gets out of
Jail
The Ambassadors remarks also
got sharp reaction in Congress.
Senator Jenner, Republican, of
Indiana said Mr.. Prochazka was
"defying" the United States. He
demanded that this Government
take "all proper steps" to effect
the release of Mr.. Oats, who has
been jailed on trumped-up espion-
age charges.
AT the same time, Senator Ben
ton, Democrat. of Connecticut
described as "a very unhappy and
tragic impasse" the attitude of
the Czech government in the case.
Mr.. Oatis has been given a five
to-ten-year sentence.
Senator Jenner's blast came
after the new Czech envoy's as
sertion yesterday that Communist
Czechoslovakia will not yield" to
American economic, political or
propaganda pressure to free the
neWSman.
Defiance of u. S. Charged.
The envoy's declaration to re-
porterS after a cold 30-minute
conversation with Secretary of
State Acheson led to the conclu-
sion, the Indiana Senator said,
that Mr.. Prochazka's evident re-
fusal to discuss the case freely
with officials here amounted to a
defiance of the United States Gov
ernment.
The Ambassador, beseiged by
reporters in a stormy scene as he
left the State Department, de-
clared that from a juridicial
point of view the case is closed"
Earlier he had said that the
matter had been disposed of by
the Czech courts.
He refused to answer when
asked if that meant there was no
chance Of freeing Mr.. Oats. He
Continued on Page Az, Col. -
Evening star., 1951-08-30
George BiddIe Resigns
From Arts Commission

The White House today an
nounced the resignation of George
Biddle of Truro, Mass, a member
of the Fine Arts Commission.
In resigning. Mr.. Biddle, a
painter, told President Truman
that he had been invited to spend
a year in the American Academy
in Rome. His resignation will be
effective September IS.
No successor was appointed.
Evening star., 1951-08-30
WeIker Denounces
General Accusation
OF Police Dishonesty
Replies to Wiley Charge
Of Puyoffs us Hearings
Open on Crime Bill
By Miriam Ottenberq

Senator Welker. Republican, OF
Idaho today criticized a general
accusation Of dishonesty in the
Washington Police Department as
a Senate District subcommittee
opened hearings on the House
passed bill to curb crime here.
Senator Welker obviously was
referring to the statement of a
Witness Linked to Nelson Heed by 6rone
Jury. Poee B.
Republican colleague. Senator
Wiley of Wisconsin, who charged
last week there are payoffs to law
enforcement officers "all down the
line"
Senator Wiley is a member OF
the Senate Crime Investigating
Committee, which has announced
it will call for a District crime
probe in it's final report this week
end.
Delayed by Lack of Funds.
Senator Welker is a member OF
the special Senate District sub
committee set up to make a Dis
trict crime investigation. So fan
that group hasn't started work
due to lack of funds but the
chances are considered good that
the money will be Forthcoming
next week. The Idaho legislator
is also on the Judiciary Subcom-
mittee of the Senate District
Committee which is holding hear
ings on the big crime bill that
came out of the District crime in
vestigation last year.
Representative Davis, Democrat.
of South Carolina, headed a House
(See CRIME, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Featured Reading
Inside Todoy's Star

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moth ond folks in Washington hov.
token up the fod Of flying the rebel
bonner. Stor Reporter Glenn H. Snyder
tells the story on pose B-l
PAYING THROUGH THE NOSE
American toxpoyers ore financing on
orchole industrial and soeioI system in
Europe, according TO Senator Blair Moody
who analyses whot we ore getting for
AS.
Evening star., 1951-08-30
Some Price Rise
Bound 10 Occur,
'DiSaI|e Testifies
Joins With Wilson
In Urging Stronger
Controls Measure
By Cecil HoIlond

Prince Stabilizer Michael V. Di-
Sale said today some price in
creaSes are bound to occur" even
with a stronger control law sought
by President Truman.
He made the statement in testi-
mony prepared for the Senate
Banking Committee urging the
repeal of three provisions of the
new price-wage law that went into
effect August /.
Mr.. Disable said the changes
sought by the administration
would provide legislation under
which we can move forward with
a sound and workable stabilization
program.
Economic Mobilizer Charles E.
Wilson also testified in support
of the changes and warned that
with the expanding defense pro-
gram new and serious problems
of shortages, allocations. conser-
vation and stabilization will arise"
Strong Law Urged.
In my opinion" Mr.. Wilson
added. I'VE must do our best to
hold the existing price and wage
line. To do this we need the
strongest and most effective law
you can give us"
The administration is seeking
repeal of provisions in the new
law which Cd ban Federally-
imposed slaughter quotas; CD al
low seller to pass on to consum-
ers all cost increases between the
start of the Korean war and July
rs, 1851; and 60 prohibit a price
ceiling on any item which does
not allow wholesalers and retail
ers the same percentage of profit
they earned before the Korean
fighting began.
Mr.. Disable emphasized the
need particularly for slaughtering
quotas and said that without them
"our efforts to maintain effective
price controls on meat will be
made vastly more difficult" He
added that ''it may we'll be that
the issue presented to Congress
is whether we shall have meat
price controls or whether we shall
not"
G. o. P. Voices Criticism.
Before the two officials testified
some sharp Republican criticism
was directed at President Truman
for seeking changes in a control
law that has been on the books
for less than a month. Mr.. Di-
Sales testimony was held up
until an afternoon session, but his
statement was released ahead OF
time.
Senator Bricker, Republican. OF
'Ohlo. a member of the Banking
Committee, charged that Mr.. Tru-
man had sent "a political mes
sage" to Congress. He added that
1t would be better for the country
and better for the relations be-
tween Congress and the Executive
II efforts were made to admin
ister the law first before asking
for changes.
Chairman Maybank, Democrat.
OF South Carolina forecast
lengthy hearings on the question
OF repeating the disputed provi-
slons of the law. He added that
the hearings would be recessed
tomorrow until September 10 and
probably could not be concluded
before the last week in September
owing to a long list of witnesses
VINO desired to be heard.
Senator Maybank suggested that
Congress might get somewhere"
with clariflcation amendments
rather than outright repeal of the
provisions as sought by the ad-
ministration.
In statement to the commits
'See CONTROLS, Page A-5)