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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-07-01

Wayne, are here visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Midget.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Payne spent
the week end in Norfolk with their
daughter, Mrs. Marvin Toler and
family.
Miss Joyce Midget of Norfolk
spent the week end here with her
mother, Mrs. Ersie Midget.
Mrs. Laura Scarborough return
ed to Norfolk this week after visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
W. Midget and children, Johnny
and Horatio.
DR.. and Mrs. E. B. Macon and
daughter Mary Edith Macon and
General and Mrs. Robert C. Macon
from California, Maryland, are
here at Mirlo Beach Lodge.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-07-01
WAVES PERSONALS

Mrs. A. H. Gray, A. H. Gray,
Jr., Mrs. B. w. Williams and chill
dren, Mrs w. w. Edwards and chill
dren and Jackie Farrow visited
Elizabeth City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Midget
visited at Avon with w. B. Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Maddrey of
Norfolk visited Mr.. and Mrs. D. A.
Midget.
Avner Midget of Norfolk visit
ed his mother, Mrs. Aston Mid
gett.
Mrs. Clarence Hayes and chill
dren of Broad Creek Village are
visiting her mother, Mrs. Clarence
Midget.
Aston Midget of Great Bridge
visited his family.
Ernie Foster of Hatteras is
visiting his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. A. Midget.
Maj. B. w. Williams of Fort
Story spent the week end with his
family. Mrs. Williams and children
accompanied him to Norfolk where
they will make their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tazwell O'Neal
spent Monday in Norfolk.
Mrs. D. A. Midget is visiting
her mother, Mrs. Mollie Midget
in Norfolk, who is i'll.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Austin
and Barry of Hatteras visited rel.
atives here Sunday. Barry return
ed home Tuesday.
Harold Whitley of Plymouth
visited Mrs. Rowena O'Neal Sun.
day.
Her children visiting Mrs
Lucretia Midget during this week
are Alvey Midget of Norfolk, Mr.
and Mrs. Palmer Midget of Nag:
Head and Mr.. and Mrs. Dan C
Midget of Manteo.
Visiting in Manteo, were Mrs
Calvin Midget with Mrs. Castor
Midget; and Jackie Farrow, who
is now employed at the Roanoke
Inn.
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RODANTHE PERSONALS

Capt. and Mrs. C. L. Sullivan
of Jacksonville Beach, Florida anc
Mrs. Margaret Old from Arizona
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Julian L
Gray.
M/Sgt. Wiley w. Gray, para
trooper, stationed at Fort Camp
bell, KY. is here with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian L. Gray
Also Mr.. and Mrs. Allen E. Ora.
and children, Gail Eileen ant
Linda Dawn spent the week enc
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Road
cap and children, Anita Dale ane
Kathy Elizabeth, spent the weel
end here with Mrs. Roadcap's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Her.
bert.
Herbert K. Midget, Jr., USCG
spent the week end here with his
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Herbert
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian L. Gray, Mrs
Lurania Midget, Mr.. and Mrs
Fred O'Neal, Mrs. Louise Midget
and Mrs. Olive Patrick attended
the Golden Wedding Anniversary
of Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius L
Jackson, Elizabeth City, June &c
Miss Myrna Brazell arrived here
Monday from New Orleans to visit
her grandmother, Mrs. Luranis
Midget.
Mrs. Louie Midget and children
Tena and Connie of Conn.,, Mrs
Cynthia Williams and children
Gene, Martha and Jerry, of Eliza.
beth City, Mr.. and Mrs. Jessie
Patrick and daughter Judy of Nor.
folk and Arville O'Neal spent the
week. end here with Mr.. and Mrs
Fred O'Neal.
Mrs. Ethel R. O'Neal and chill
dren, Ronnie, Brinda and Gary
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-07-01
OFFICERS TRAINING DAY
FOR BUXTON M. E. CHURCH

An Officers Training Day for
the Woman's Society of Christian
Service was held Thursday at the
Buxton Methodist Church.
All lines of work was very eff
GENTLY presented and discussed by
Mrs. Rena Tillett, District Secre-
tary of Status of Women; Mrs. j.
w. Davis, District Recording
Secretary; and Mrs. Arnold Dan
iels, District Secretary of Chill
dren's work, all of Wanchese. They
were assisted by Mrs. L. L. Gibbs,
Conference Secretary of Litera-
ture and Publications. Other
guests present were Mrs. Dan C.
Meadows, Mrs. Ulysses Peele and
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Mrs. Carlos Peele of Hatteras.
Mrs. Richard Daley, president
of Buxton Woman's Society of
Christian Service, was in charge OF
the meeting. Members of the host
society served lunch to all present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04

than potential consumer de-
mand.
At the outset. the support:
were modest compared to Later
standards. The range was onl,
So to rs per cent of parity. tPar.
lily is the figure designed to brint
farm income in line with pro-
duction costs.)
With the coming of Worle
War II. support levels generally
were increased as a production
incentive. A mandatory 80 pei
cent floor was set for the six
basics-cotton, wheat, corn. rice
tobacco and peanuts. This was
to be effective until two year,
after the official ending Of hos
tilities.
At the same time. the Sec
Rotary of Agriculture was di.
Irected to apply the 80 per cent
figure to other crops, and at one
point some 20 commodities hac
this protection.
Flexible Plan In l948
High-level supports were con-
ltinued across the board, ever
after the end Of the war. But
in l948, the Republican-con-
trolled 80th Congress adopted
the flexible plan, which incor'
Iporated a scale Of so to 90 pei
cent for the basics.
Back in the saddle again after
President Humans upset re-
ELECTION in l948, the Democrats
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continued the flexible principle
but raised the level for the
baSics to 1890. Actually. the
parity figure was frozen at 81
per cent and supports on non
basic commodities were KEPT
CORRESPONDENCE high.
The continuing need for over.
seas help. plus the Korean war
STAYED of a developing surplus
problem for the moment. but
there was growing evidence Of
trouble ahead. The incoming
Eisenhower administration ap.
piled the brakes.
The basics were "unfrozen'
and ticketed back to the flexible
standards effective January /
1855. This legislation, warmly
supported by President Eisen.
hover. also revised the parity
base downward.
Dairy Products Cut
Dairy products, for which NJ
new law was needed. were GU
from so to rs per cent of part.
on April /. 1854. Some 1876.
field crops also were shaved, bu
the big reduction was made or
this years output.
The result shows up in a com
pariSon of the 1858 supports
fixed under the Truman admin
istration and those prevailing
today.
Wheat has gone from 1921 {
bushel to $2.08 and will be $1.8l
next year when the parity fig
ure drops from 82.5 to rs PEI
cent. Corn is down from SIX tt
I$l.58; barley. $l.24 to $.94; oats
$50 to $.61: rye, SLAB to $1.18,
grain sorghum. S2.43 to $1.78;
lsoybeans. $2.56 to $2.04; butter.
fat. s.673 to $500 a pound. ant
manufacturing milk, $3.74 tcwtl
to $3.15.
Lower supports are reflected
in lower cash prices. In time
Iof a slumping market, such al
the farm industry now is ex'
Iperiencing, high supports act al
a brake. When the supports arr
lowered. the "braking" power l.
Ilessened correspondingly.
Cheap Feed Has Effect
Low grain prices also have {
tendency to stir trouble of theil
own. Cheap feed grains invari'
ably increase hog and cattle pro-
duction, and livestock price
eventually are depressed.
AS of November /, the Govern
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ends, including butter and beans,
The Agriculture Department
encounters both legislative and
diplomatic stumbling blocks In
its disposal campaign. The ex-
tent to which these pinches can
be eased will be something for
the congressional farm bloc to
think about.
To protect domestic markets
against dumping" Congress has
provided that storable basic COM
modities cannot be sold at
less than los per cent Of the
current support level, plus rea-
sonable storage charges.
Foreign Field Complex
In the foreign field, things are
much more complex. This Gov
eminent recognizes the impor-
lance of steering away from any
course that might disrupt friend
ly relations, and the State De-
partment is particularly touchy
on the subject Of trade compe-
tition.
Frank C. Daniels. who is d.
recting the Government sales
effort as general sales manager
for the Commodity Sterilization
Service. is convinced that there
must be some arm's-length dis
cussion with foreign govern
ments with which the United
States completes for world mar
Ikets, in an effort to work out a
sales and trade program that
will help Uncle Sam to clear the
shelves of his "big store"
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ment's surplus investment to
tailed 1886 billion. The total L
texpected to go up in the mex
few months, as growers now are
borrowing on this years harvest
Storage charges on the inven.
tory holdings, already are cost
ling 81 million daily. .
Wheat and cotton comprise
the Governments biggest hold
Iings-and are the biggest head.
aches.
Warehouse space long ago was
Exhausted for the billion bushel:
of old wheat in storage, plus the
1885 crop.
The holds Of 400 ships in the
Maritime Commissions laid-ur
deet from Hampton Roads tt
Puget Sound got the overflow
There is enough wheat on hanc
now to supply domestic anc
foreign needs for 2 years.
Another drug on the market
is about 1.5 billion pounds Of
rice, and nearly $4,000 worth
Of cheese. The Agriculture De-
partment sees small hope Of
getting rid Of these stocks or
a cash basis.
Corn Can Become Meat
The corn surplus also approx.
mates a billion bushels. But
corn always is translatable into
meat. and the total represents
only about a three-month supply
| Nor are other feed grains both.
ersome, and the department Il
simply trying to do the best Il
can with the rest Of the odds anc
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a losing one, with the crops of
succeeding years adding to the
pile-up.
The department long has real
lzed that q new approach was
needed. and for the past six
months has had a sales expert
making a global canvass for new
outlets. The administration ex-
poets to have further plans in
shape for the next Congress.
The Senate Agriculture Com
Imittee also is giving surplus dis
posal high priority. Expansion
of the school-lunch program
and a food stamp plan for the
aged needy are suggested meas
ures.
The administrations efforts to
get at the roots of the surplus
problem were responsible for the
support cuts which have brought
widespread dissatisfaction and
promise to be dominant cleo
tiop issue next year.
There are indications that the
cuts, just now taking a good
hold. have had some effect. They
also have been self-defeating in
some areas because they en-
Icouraged increased production,
Ieven though the Government
had applied acreage restrictions
on major crops.
Prices Supported Since 1888
The Government has been
supporting farm prices under
the present system since 1898 as
10 part Of the search for a
formula to balance the prosper
lily of field and factory. In re-
cent years, the system has
turned into an economic crazy
quilt, with farmers unrealistical-
Ily gearing production to the
Governments bounty rather
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04

gram dating back to the early
days of the New Deal.
"All" that he has to do is come
up with something that will sat
isfy everybody and salvage as
much as possible of the SIS bill
lion investment. That's the total
carried on the books of the Com
modify Credit Corp. as the result
Of direct purchases and de-
faulted loans.
Mountains Of Some Foods
That means getting rid Of 9
long list Of commodities ranging
from q few barrels of turpentine
to mountains of wheat. cotton
butter. cheese, rice, corn ano
tobacco. without disrupting do
nestle or foreign markets. Al
the same time. the aim is to keer
losses as nearly as possible at the
present level approximating $2.5
Dillon,
Everybody concerned realizes
that farm belt woes stem largely
from SURPRISES which overhane
the market and depress prices
They know these must be re-
duced to manageable proportions
before any farm program has q
real chance of success.
War. politics and the farmers
themselves have contributed to
this situation.
The Agriculture Department
has made some inroads in these
stocks in the last two years by
discount sales and "give-away'
programs.
Fight . Losing One
The extent Of the task, how
ever. is illustrated by the fact
that corn which was moved had
been on hand as far back as
1913. Over all, the fight has been
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Piles Of Farm SurpIuses
Benson's Bio Puzzle
By JOSEPH A. FOX

Secretary Of Agriculture Benson is working multi
million dollar puzzle.
The prosperity of the American farmer hinges the
The harassed Agriculture boss is looking for dispose
Of the vast store of farm products accumulated by
Evening star., 1955-03-15
ARCADE PONTIAC

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PONTIAC '55 Catalina; r. h.. Hydra
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Nd. ~: 9-4500. -
light coupe; heater; seat covers and
And 81 VS. Starlight coupe, 81 ,695.
AKERS OLDSMOBILE-C CADILLAC
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

STUDEBAKER '54 Champion de Luxe
5-paSs- coupe; sreen. overdLiEs, 7
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STUDEBAKER '52 Commander hard
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all leather interior. q beauty: Ss95.
BELL MOTORS. SOLO Wis. ave. nv,
WO. 6-S9OO -I6
sTUDEBAKER 81 Commander 4-dr. :;
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STUDEBAKER So Champion REGAL T.
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LEE D. BUTLER, INC, 4030 Wis
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STUDEBAKER Isl VS. convert: r
and h.. automatic shift: $685.. SIL-
YER SPRING MOTOR CO.. INC,
lOO2 E--W. hwy. tat Ga. ave1, Sill
Spg.. Md, JU. 9-4500.
81 Champion starlitt
coupe: heater; very clean; S595
Car No; 252-A. MONROE FORD
800 Wis. ave. NV, WO. $4,000
Open ewes It'll q.
Evening star., 1955-03-15
AUToAosILEs FOR SALE

PONTIAC 1884 Custom Star Chief 4
j.. dr.; beaut. 2-tone hnish; loaded
with equip.; low MI: positively Ike
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STAND ARD PONTIAC. 440I R /
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PONTIAC 1854 Catalina: beautiful
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EQUIP; low mileage; showroom ap-
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AUTOS. roR SALE tcea..l

FORD '52 Custom line sedan: fully
equipped. Excel. eond. Owner driven.
Call between 5 and $3.50 pm. AD.
4-4749. IL
FORD 81 4-dr.: b. and h.. Epotless
10 suit your budget. MCNEIL POM
TIAC, 1920 wis. ave. OIL. $4,000.
IA the heart Of Bethesda. lis
Evening star., 1955-03-15
,s3 STuDERAKER

green 4-dr.. equipped with heater,
matching covers exceptional value.
priced to sell quickly: Sl.2a5
Kenyon-Peck Chevrolet
26f6 Wilson Blvd. Arl.. Va.
IA. 2-9001 Open Til $3.50
Evening star., 1955-03-15
AUToMosILEs FOR SALE

PLYMOUTH 81 cranbrook club,
radio, heater. turn signals, seal
covers, original finish like new. i'm
maculate; low mileage: one owner
Worthwhile guarantee. SSs9.
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Evening star., 1955-03-15
AUToMosILks FOR SALE

drive: s1.sa5. SILVER sPRINd Pf NJ NO NO
TOR CO.. INC. i002 E.-W. hwy.
tat Ga aveJ, sn- spg, Nd, 10.
STUDEBAKER '5s VS. Landcruiser:
z, b.. auto; trans; looks and runs runs
your budget, MCNEIL PONTIAC.
s32O Wis. ave. OIL. $4,000. IN the
Heart of Bethesda is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
Hollywood
Powell Will Direct
Wife in Musical
-By Sheiloh Grohom

prize contractee, Tess 'Davy
Crockett" Parker. Fess appeared
Gin person" at the Beverly Hills
Cub Scouts meeting this week
and what a hit he was! Walt
discovered Tess in the movie,
Them" in which Parker played
a minor role as a pilot who went
insane after seeing giant ants.
Incidentally, you could have
knocked me down with Cub
Scout when Zsa ZSa Gabor
showed up at the meeting with
Franchot Tone. They made a
cute foursome-Franchot and
his son and Zsa Zsa and her
daughter.
Producer Sam Spiegel, in an
interview in London. doesn't
think much of Marion Brando's
Oscar-winning chances. He said
the star of his production, ION
the Waterfront" wouldn't win
because he won't be in Holly
wood" Sam gave" the Oscar
to Bing Crosby. He added,
"Brando is a boy who shoots his
mouth off about Hollywood. He
is a nonconformist. My expert
ence is that nonconformists like
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Now that Dick Powell has
called it day with Howard
Hughes. look for him to direct
June Allyson in the musical re-
make of ut Happened One
Night"
Ava Gardner is pleading with
Metro to let her do "Ziano" in
Spain this summer. The leading
man in this movie will probably
be Louis Dominguin, the great
bullfighter all the women-in-
Guiding Ava-swoon for.
Producer Howard Erskine Is
off to London to do his hit play,
1.-THE Desperate Hours" with
"Limey talk" Sight for sore
eyes: Jackie Gleason reading
How to Sell Yourself Into the
Big Money
I started something with my
item that Loretta Young's SO
films are the most for any &C
tress. 1t seems that Ginger
Rogers made SO movies and only
three of them didn't make
money.
Howard st. John, Broadway
actor now in THE Jagged Edge"
plans to make Hollywood his
home. Steve Cochran wrote
a story about Robert Alex
ander"- right name
and is selling it to a magazine.
Ethel Merman's was the only
call permitted to go through to
Mary Martin after her terrific
Peter Pan" on TV. But Mary
was too tired to talk. Con-
rad Hilton has the "Person-to-
Person" crew going crazy. He
has a 61-room mansion.
Lots of British temperament
flying backstage in England
where Anatole Litvak is filming
Deep Blue Sea" with Vivien
Leigh, Emlyn Williams and Ken
meth More. Vivien complained
that CinemaScope made her
look like a rather strange april
cot balloon"
X X X
| Walt Disney bought Light in
the Forest" in which to star his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18

On the theory that movie
goers may be fed up with strong,
silent Western characters, Kirk
Douglas plays flippant, noisy
one in Man Without a Star"
at the Capitol Theater.
It is not that his hero is weak.
understand, but bored with gum
play when a cowhand might be
out flirting with a fancy female
or twsnging banjo. The role.
with overtones of caricature. is
one that a lively fellow can at
tack with relish. Because Doug
las does so, Man Without a
Star" is rescued from the dull
ness that threatens to dart out
of the script at many a perilous
moment.
The laughing expression he
wears throughout the film is its
only real distinction. except for
some attractive photography
which is becoming a happy in
evitability in big-screen produc-
lions.
Douglas character is a fun
loving type, gleefully back from
a bankrupting spree when he
lands a job on a ranch owned
by Jeanne Grain. They take
an instant fancy to each other,
intensified on her part when he
replies you" to her question
what he expects to work on her
ranch.
It is price Miss Grain, a
would-be cattle baroness. is not
unwilling to pay. but she does
insist it be earned. This, Doug
las learns, is to involve him
again IN his old career of gun
fighter. or earning his pay the
hard way instead of by his wits
and his charm.
It would not be sporting. Of
course, to report the outcome
of this specific conflict but it
can be said there are number
of other conflicts to keep the
film moving, For one of these
Borden Chase. who wrote the
screenplay. has dipped into the
cliches for that old row of the
wire and anti-wire elements on
the range. He has found much
better one in the hero-worship-
ing relationship between young
William Campbell. an adolescent
with big gunman dreams, and
Douglas.
This latter plot thread turns
out to be droll way of getting
Man Without a Star" around
many an unpromising moment.
It has been a long time, since
1.-THE Big Sky" since Douglas
sat a saddle and twirled a gun,
but he enjoys being back. Au-
diences probably will. too.
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Dreams; /, $50, 4:40, 6:25, 8:15
and 9:45.p.m.
MacArthur-"The Little Kid
nappers": 6:05, 1855 and $3.50
pm.
Metropolitan - New York
Confidential: 11:15 am, 1855
2:4o. 4:25. 6:1o. 7:55 and GAS
pm.
Ontario - 1.-THE Bridges at
Toko-Ri";; /. 2::55, 1850, $50
$50 and l0:45 pm.
Palace "Untamed";; 10:45
am, /, $40, 5:25. TAO and
9:55 pm.
Playhduse-"Aida":: 1925 am.
1:25. $3.50, sos. TAO and e:4s
pm.
Plaza-"Tonight's the Night;
IL, 1:50. $40, SIS, 7:10, 1855 and
10:40 pm.
Trans-Lux - 1.-THE Country
Girl; 10:45 am. 1890, 2:25
4:20, 6:15, 8:15 and 1915 pm
This Is Cinerama"
l and $50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18

Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer,
a pair of Journalistic freshmen
with a formula for best sellers
land the first of the lot on the
screen in New York Confiden-
tial," now at the Metropolitan
The film, like the original
book, is a lot of sound and fury
signifying nothing mort than
that Confidential" is perhaps
the most saiable single word OF
the last decade.
The Warner Bros. productic-l
which it purports to describe
is an overblown melodrama con-
siderably less revealing of the
sordid facts of life than several
dozens which pretended to be
no more confidential than to-
days weather forecast. Blown
up to even old-fashioned screen
size, the hollowness of the writ
ing formula is virtually deafen-
ing, chiefly one suspects to
Broderick Crawford and Richard
Conte who head the cast.
That this effect is not to be
laid at the door of Hollywood
for once, at least-is to be found
in the producing auspices of the
film. The team behind it. sur
prisingly enough, is that of Clar-
ence Greene and Russell Rouse.
These are the two who made
such honest cinema productions
as 1.-The Well" and THE Thief"
before their literary tastes
slipped.
Big crime, the film at the Met
snarls, is trying to fool US by
donning the oxford gray or pin
stripe garb of big business. Let
it live in 100000 mansions on
Long Island, hob-nob with big
politicians here and speak cas-
ually of the White House. this
is just a disguise.
Look at Crawford, as natty in
his huge antiseptic Office as any
giant corporation head, but don't
be fooled by him. His gunner
are out moving down, pillaging,
and corrupting society like the
plague in a 10th century seaport.
Power, this man and his syn
dictate have. but not happiness.
Their old mothers. acutely
shamed, take to invalid beds and
their daughters are driven to
suicide. 1t is all there. this and
so much more, in New York
Confidential" but adding up to
no more than one more routine
Hollywood thriller into which
even the most earnest players
cannot get their hearts.
This estimate, of course, is
not confidential.