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Page - The Abilene, Texos, Reporter-News
Wednesday Evening, April 26, 1950
The Postman Rings But Once—
ROBERT S. ALLEN
EDITOR I A LS
If we desire to secure peace ... It must be
known that we are at all times ready for war
George Washington to Congress, 1793
Intercollegiate Rodeo
Abilene's own special rodeo opens
Thursday at the new $10,000 arena at
Hardin-Simmons University and will
continue through Thursday, Friday and
Saturday before what we hope will be
capacity crowds, for the college boys and
girls who are staging this show deserve a
great big hand and great big crowd
H-SU has been a leader in the national
Intercollegiate Rodeo Association thanks
to the leadership of the late Carl Myers,
in whose memory the new arena is
named. H-SU’s sons and daughters have
taken part in many intercollegiate rodeos
in the Southwest, and they put on a
corking good show here last year.
Reflecting the national character of
the show, and emphasizing the interest
taken in it by the collegiate riders, ropers,
bulldoggers and exponents of expert
horsemanship, performers will be here
from many parts of Texas and from
Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming and
Colorado The host school will be rep-
resented also.
Around fifteen colleges and universities
will send contestants to the three-day
show. In addition to the feats of skill
and courage, there will be other rodeo
attractions, including student clown acts
This is strictly a student enterprise,
one that may grow into a major attraction
in West Texas, a rodeo that will attract
thousands of visitors to Abilene every
year. Proper and adequate encourage-
ment from the people of Abilene will go
a long way toward building it into a
major event. The best encouragement is
to attend the show, and we hope they have
to hang out the S.R.O. sign at the Carl
Myers Arena at every performance.
out any Red, if proof were brought for-
ward.
That there have been Reds in govern-
ment departments is not denied There
may be some now; it is conceivable that
they might have covered their tracks so
successfully that the loyalty boards and
the FBI have overlooked them.
But if that is true, if that is subject to
proof, there is something wrong with the
system devised to ferret them out, and
a better one should be devised
The recent hullabaloo over Communists
in government stemmed from incidents
and individuals in the past, not the pre-
sent. When Gen Marshall became secre-
tary of state he issued an order that led
to a purging of the department of Reds
and homosexuals. That was over three
years ago.
JOHN Q
OTIZEN
Mr. Truman’s Report
It is President Truman's contention,
outlined in a radio talk, that all Com-
munists have been driven from govern-
ment employ, that there is no area in
American life in which the Communist
The Struggle to Grow
Few weeks ago Lake Abilene was
thrown open to fishing, not because re-
cent rains had replenished the dwindling
water resources there, but because they
hadn’t. It was better to let fishermen
thin out the fish than to see them all die
as the water got shallower and shallower.
This week Sweetwater was busily sein-
ing out Lake Trammell's fish population
for transfer elsewhere, for the same rea-
son. Fortunately, both Abilene and Sweet-
water have other resources to fall back
on, and both have taken steps to enlarge
their supplies still more
It isn't surprising that the ex-presidents
of the Abilene Chamber of Commerce,
meeting in annual session this week, felt
almost to a man that Abilene’s No. 1 proj-
ect this year, as it was last year, is more
water. In a very real sense, that will al-
WASHINGTON CALLING
Senator Pepper Hard Pressed
ways be true of every community in semi-
arid West Texas. No growing community 's
water problem is ever solved, except tem-
porarily—and then only with the help of
timely and adequate rains. The only town
without a water problem, either pressing
or potential, is the town that isn't grow-
ing and has no intention or desire to grow
Abilene's program, approved in a bond
issue earlier this month, will relieve the
strain and the constant fear of water
•y MARQUIS CHILDS
WASHINGTON, Next week, pri-
mary elections are being held in
Florida and Alabama that will be
watched as closely as the national
election in the fall. The outcome
can mean almoat as much for 1952
as the result of the congressional
contest in November
The hottest primary is in Flori-
da, where Senator Claude Pepper
is in a fight for his political life.
Opposing him is Congressman
George A Smathers of Florida's
Party is making headway, that they are
a “noisy but small and universally _______________________.... .. ,
despised group," and that the real threat shortage; but it isn't a solution in the real Jeorge „ omatners or riorda
of communsm comes from abroad, “where sense of the word That is, it isn't if Fourth District What gives this
the center of its military and economic Abilene expects to grow and develop It mortal combat a special fillip of
strength lies." , is a step, a beginning, a necessary and ponxr that. Smathers was once
He called the government’s loyalty badly needed expansion, but that is all peppersteenmiquuri opehe
program an outstanding success. He said West Texas communities can be thank- binding
that “not a single person who has been ful for the incessant and nagging water
adjudged to be a Communist or otherwise problem, snd we are not kidding Each of
disloyal remains on the government psy- them hopes to become a better and hap-
roll today.” * . pier community. To reach that goal they
This, is in contrast with Senator Me- must stay forever on the job of keeping
Carthy s charge McCarthy originally the water supply up to demands. With-
charged that 208 card-carrying Commu- out that spur, some super-drouth of the
nists were in the State Department, later future might ruin them completely, and
reduced the number to 57, eventually put a blight upon them from which they
rested his whole case on a single individu- would never recover,
al, Owen J. Lattimore. In their experience, every boost in
The President’s claim that no Commu- water supplies has resulted in new growth
nist is now in any department of govern- and development The problem doesn’t
ment rests on pretty solid ground. The stay “solved” for long No sooner does a
various loyalty hoards — the two most community provide greater* water sup-
important ones are headed by Republi- plies than population and expanding bus-
cans of outstanding character and repute iness and industry absorb it West Texas
tion — end the FBI would be interested is a new country and the sky’s the limit
in having the facta in any given case, and if it keeps on battling the water problem
would make short ceremony in booting successfully.
CAPITAL COLUMN
Lobby Blasts
‘Socialism
9
By PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NEA) — National Association
of Electric Companies has thrown the switch
for ita second annual shock attack against pub-
lic power. The high voltage charge la-In a
flash—that "the public power trust" la "leading
the country into socialism.”
The transmission line for the public power
companies’ current illuminating remarks was
a press breakfast held in Washington. It was
presided over by Purcell L Smith, president
of N. A. E C. who admitted frankly right at
the start that he was ita registered lobbyist.
Less than a score of reporters showed up
for the ham and eggs. But there were a couple
hundred power company executives present to
see hear and applaud the sparks flying from In-
dustry spokesmen representing half a dozen
regions of the U. S.
J E Corett Jr, vice president of Montana
Power Co., spoke for the five-stat, Rocky Moun-
tain area He said the four major power com-
panies there were already servicing electricity
to 99 per cent of the population—Including 93
pec cent of the farms
But now, charged Mr Corette, the federal
government had a seven-year, 22.000 #00 000
program which would duplicate all the existing
private power resources, with 63 generating
plants and 8000 miles of transmission lines.
What the private power companies in the
area wanted was only the right to buy this pow.
er on long-term contracts, and sell it without
competition from public power
SAYS NEW ENGLAND WANTS NONE OF IT
Albert A. Cree, president of Central Vermont
Public Service Corp. said “True New England-
era want nothing to do with this threatened pub-
lic power invasion."
Public power advocates, he said, were trying
to force 300,000 kilowatts peak load hydro-elec-
tric power capacity on New England although
private business Iinterests had estimated there
were only 420,000 kw. capacity now unde-
veloped in New England
. Robert H. Gendes, general counsel for Pacif-
C Gas and Electric Co., spoke on California’s
Central Valley development. He charged that
the government’s Bureau „f Reclamation was
building an $80,000,000 system to go into the
power business in competition with P. G. & E.
John Dierdorff, vice president of Pacific Pow.
er and Light, serving the Northwest, had a
somewhat different story to tell This area has
a power shortage, thouth it has available,all
the power developed at Bonneville and Grand
Coulee government dams.
"It is obvious that thia region must have
more power to support Ita growth,” said Mr.
Dierdorff. "That la why we of the private elec-
trie companies of Oregon and Was hintton have
been coming back here to Washington from
year to year, urging the Appropriations Com-
mittees to keep the government’s power plant
program on the Columbia going forward on
schedule... on something like a partnership
basis. It has been a little difficult for some of
our associates in the electric industry to un-
derstand our position.” ,
Louis V Sutton, president of Carolina Power
and Light and president-designate of Edison
Electric Institute, spoke for the Southeast. He
charged government expansion in the electric
utility field with ‘‘a campaign of deception over
a long period of years."
CLAIMS NATIONALIZATION IS THE GOAL
His example was the Santee-Cooper River
project. Originally it was to be a conservation
and navigation project, said Sutton Tei to 1942,
when the project was seeking to buy the Colum-
bis, S. C., electric company, government attor-
neys stated to a court petition that, “One of
these 'New Deel) policies was and is the bring-
Ing of the business, manufacture and sale of
electric power Into public ownership."
"'By indirection and subterfuge,” said Mr.
Button, “as illustrated by the example cited, na-
tionalization of the electric power industry la
being accomplished.”
Frank Wilkes, president of Southwestern Gas
and Electric Co., Shreveport La, charged that
the public power trust feels that it has com-
plete nationalization of the electric utility in.
dustry within ita grasp."
Basis for Wilkes' charge was that Rural Elec-
trification Administration, through 'super co-
ops, was loaning REA money for construction
of generating and transmission systems de.
signed and operated by Deportment of Interior
Wilkes declared that in Southwestern Power
Administration alone, “more than $100,000,000
will be diverted from REA to this illegitimate
construction of steam plants and transmission
What the advocates of public power author,
ties have to say about all this heavy amperage
of criticism will be reserved for a later piece
to an to give both sides of the story." *
Reports from Florida indicate
that the pupil now excels the mas-
ter. Smathers is leaning heavily on
charges he repeats in speeches
day after day that Pepper is a
Red and a friend of Communists.
Observers hesitate to guess the
outcome The belief here is that
Pepper’s fate turns on the sire of
the Negro vote. If as many as 85,-
000 negroes are registered and go
to the polls, most of them, it is
thought, will vote for Pepper and
supply the margin essential to win.
There la an irony in this, too. in-
asmuch as Pepper has been trying
hard to disclaim the Truman civil
rights program which Smathers
wants to tie around his neck The
Negro vole would presumably go to
Pepper on his Fair Deal voting
record and because he is less hos-
tile to equal rights than his oppo-
nent.
BRASS KNUCKLES
The campaign has moved into a
brass knuckles and long knives
phase exceptional even for the fer-
vor of a Southern political battle
The Smathers camp is circulating
widely a pamphlet entitled "The
Red Record of Senator Claude Pep-
On the red, white and black cov-
er is a news photograph of Pep-
per that makes him look like a
erosa between s startled alligator
and patent medicine salesman.
Spread across two pages is the
reproduction of a photograph of
Pepper with Paul Robeson, Negro
singer who has been one of the
chief advocates for the Communist
Party and Soviet Russia Another
photograph shows Henry Wallace
with his arm around Pepper
What gives this pamphlet special
Interest is the announcement on
the title page that reads, "Compiled
and published by Lloyd C Leemis.
attorney at law, (former special
agent Federal Bureau of Investi-
gation.” Pepper’s backers in Flori-
da are indignant at what they say
is a clear implication that the
FBI has a file on Pepper and that
these documents came out of the
file.
The FBI here says that no such
file exists Leemis went with the
bureau in 1942, was assigned to
the Miami office with headquarters
in Jacksonville in 1943 and re.
signed a year ago. The pamphlet
points out that all the documents
are a matter of public record. But
the compilation was obviously done
by, someone thoroughly familiar
with Peppers record, since many
of the photostats are from obscure
and dreary left-wing publications
that no ordinary person would know
about r he ah’ to incate
paigning hard to foil the Dixie-
crats. Hill used the argument that,
to defeat civil rights legislation,
it is essential to stay in the Dem-
neratie Party Senator Robert C.
Hendrickson (Republican) of New
Jersey promptly picked this up and
made excellent propaganda of it
in challenging the Democrats on
the sincerity of their desire to
enact civil rights legislation.
If the Dixiecrats are defeated in
Alabama, there are many who
believe it will be a blow that will
frustrate the organization generally
in the South. On the other band if
they win, it will he the signal for a
renewed organizat on drive in ev.
ate R» take are
Southern electors who in ‘52 might
throw sufficient votes to a Repub-
lican to decide the election.
Looking
WASHINGTON, April 26.—It is
still too early to say what will
come of the flurry of Administra-
tion moves to re-establish bi-parti-
san-ship In foreign policy, but on
the basis of the initial talks, the
outlook appears encouraging
The private parleys President
Truman and Secretary of State
Dean Acheson have had with Re-
• publican Congressional leaders
have been amicable, frank, and,
apparently, well-intentioned on
both Rides Neither hss indulged in
phony rhetoric, or made any pre-
tense of personal affection for the
other.
The exchange have been strictly
business The Administration had
come to the conclusion that its bat-
tered foreign policy needed bul-
warking. and the GOP, whose criti-
cal fire had become Increasingly
painful, evinced willingness to col-
laborate—provided it was more
than window dressing.
That key question still remains
to be answered. It won't be an easy
one to solve, because personal,
partisan and other differences are
numerous and pronounced. But the
significant thing is that a start has
been made on trying to get together
on the handling of the gravest pro-
blems facing the country.
Illustrative of the promising na-
ture of this start was the candid
talk that Senator Styles Bridges
(R N H' had with the President
and Acheson
BRIDGES' TERMS
Second ranking Republican Sen-
ator in length of service. Bridges
has been a leading gadfly on for-
eign policy Recently, the President
mm elf replied in kind by blasting
Bridges as a Kremlin asset." The
White House included him in the
bi-partisan overtures only because
of necessity. Bridges knows that,
and the former made no attempt to
deny it.
It was on that basis the meet-
ing was conducted. ’
The President opened the dis-
cussion by referring to a private
talk several days previous be-
tween Bridges and Acheson.
"I asked you to come in today
for a general review of the bi-
partisan plan.” the President said.
My thought is not to discuss spe-
cific policies at this meeting but
to go over ideas on how we can
best work together on foreign pol-
i,
I appreciate ′ your invitation
very much," Bridges said, even
’Em Over
though you called me some
\
un-
you
complimentary names while
were down in Key West."
"In partisan warfare, you've sot
to expect that," the President
laughed.
"I guess so,” smiled Bridges,
”but 1 want to make it clear that
when anybody whales me. I
whale right back."
"That's fair," replied Truman.
"But we have something else in
mind today. We want to talk to
you about working out a practical
and sound basis for consultation
on foreign policy."
BRIDGES VIEWS
"My views on that are very defi-
nite," said Bridges. "To be ef-
fective, consultation with the Re-
publican party in the Senate will
require getting the views of a
cross-section of the 42 Senate Re-
publicans. including the younger
members. We have differences of
opinion within our group, and
those who differ with the leaders
must be consulted. We are not
a one-man show."
“If that’s the way you want to
do it," replied Truman, “that is
satisfactory to me. I'll be very
glad to cooperate with you on that
basis through the State Depart-
ment."
"On our part, Mr. President."
replied Bridges, well co-operate
as long as we know what is being
considered by the State Depart-
ment I want to emphasize that.
We don't want to be consulted aft-
er a policy has been launched.
Me don't consider that bi partisan
collaboration. It’s not being told
that has caused the current dif-
ficulties between us. We are very
sincere in our desire to cooperate
in every way to formulate a strong
foreign policy.”
"That’s what I want, too," re-
plied the President.
Acheson, who had said nothing
up to this point, concluded the
meeting with. "The State Depart-
ment is arranging to consult with
the leaders of both parties. Me
want that liaison and we have
taken a number of steps to put
it into practice."
Note: The following day
Bridges gave the Senate Republi-
can Policy Committee a detailed
report of hia talk On the basis of
his account, the Committee voted
unanimously to support the pro-
gram he outlined at the White
House.
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Henry McLemore
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51 787; E O French. Sw
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Rotan 42.345 Mrs. Eugen
80.772 Rosa Bentley 1001
Colleen Burkett, Grosv
Earl Calhoun Russell
000 Mrs Orpha Neal, Bu
Mrs Avid Walls Brown
Walls, 53, Mi Ovid E W
G. A. Collins, 401 Peach
W D Pursley 1041 Peca
Pursley, 55.222 L
Pecan, 53.060 L ee
ley 1150 Blair 54.221 Mri
60,491; Mrs H C Stanle
Stanley 58,328; Mrs R
Pecan 59 559; E W Lin
wood, 51.250; Martha Lina
Lewis, Lampasas,
Lewis 55,000: Mrs
Chestnut, 63 210
Bert Berry 2125
I. Mills, Long Islar
Mills, 51 000; Betty 1
50 435; Ray Howe 1
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C H Massie, 52.692; 3
Orange, 48.708 Mrs J. A
Claude E. Hudson, Aspern
Claude E. Hudson 51,313; 1
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L B White. 53.219: Billie
1326 Marshall, 59,078; Ra
son 58 023; F F. Adams
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pital 54.310; Mrs D T
16th, 50.002; D T Travi
Nell Travis 50.052: H
North 1st 58 200 Mrs Ji
Victoria 56 M2. Mary St
Mrs Ollie Yarbro, 1442 N
Cecil Thompson Baird 51
son. 51,249; Mrs Bonnie T
Mrs. Frank Butler Roby
Allie Beth Rosson 1241
Thomas Ramsey, 633 Cypri
Scouller, 1225 North 19th
James R Neely 1702 Me
James R Neely, 47.973; Jer
George McDaniel Ward
56 445; Mrs Lavinia War
M W. Gullaham 1833 Of
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nee, 1217 Beech, IT 625: St
53,755; William R Bravene
Cabeness, Sylvester, 82 530;
ness, Cisco, 52,801; Wallis
City. 12 345; Wendell D Gre
BT 760; Florida Barnts 8
Doris Early Roby 48 0
Rose 2117 Simmons 53 670
Stamford, 45.250 Mrs A
South 5th 63 313; Mrs L
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James A Polk, 52 199; Ji
Tuscola, 63.339,
Mary Frances Fannin. 1!5
M Alexander Chaney, R
C T. Chaney, 75,000; Mrs.
COURTED BY REDS
Most of the record is from the
years after the war when Pepper
was bitten with the presidential
bug and was bring courted by left.
Wing groups These groups found
—that he could almost always be
counted on for Madison Square
Garden rallies where salvos of
cheers and applause, carefully en-
gineered greeted the senator from
Florida Part of the record is the
outgrowth of Pepper's wartime ef-
fort for Russian war relief, efforts
backed by a number of highly
respectable citizens who could
never be accused of being Red or
pro-Communist.
The campaign In Alabama is not
so spectacular, but it is none the
less Important Senator Lister Hill
l» expected to win easily over his
opponent, a Birmingham real
estate man named Lawrence Mc-
Neil. a newcomer to politics
The real struggle is over elec-
tion of- the State Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee Seventy-two
members in all are to be elected
The Dixiecrat organization with
the backing of powerful financial
interest, both North and South,
is seeking to control the commit-
tee.
Both Hill and Alabama's other
senator, John Sparkman, are cam-
Answer to Previous Pu.. .
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By OSWALD JACOBY
Written for NEA Service
South knew that his partner’s
bid of four diamonds showed the
ace of that suit. He was also
pretty sure that his partner would
not have bothered to show an ace
If in original raise of two he ris
had been a 'stretch So South
counted on his partner to show up
with the king of hearts and the
ace of diamonds. Little else was
necessary to give him a good play
for a grand slam.
West opened the king of spades,
and South ruffed Declarer looked
over the dummy carefully and saw
I am a man who is not easily
puzzled. 1 hold the world’s record
for completing a jig-saw puzzle
showing birds and mermaids over
the dome of the Capitol in
Washington. I did it in 536 working
hours.
I did a cross-word puzzle in only
one more hour than I did the jig-
saw puzzle, which means that I
did it in 537 hours. And it was not ■
an easy cross-word puzzle. There
were such exotic words in it as
“ca ." ' ra 'ant." and “the "
So when I admit there ia some-
thing that puzzles me you can he
sure it is an earthquaking an-
nouncement. particularly if you
live in a portion of the world that
is subject to earthquakes.
This is what puzzles me. Nearly
every person in the world wants to
live to a ripe old age, and nearly
every person in the world tries not
to look old
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that If each opponent had two
trump, the hand would be easy.
After some thought he saw that
he could make the contract
against a 3-1 trump break if he
simply imagined that his partner
were playing the hand in other
words, he would not try to trump
his own losing diamond in dum-
my instead he would try to ruff
all of dummy’s losing spades in
his own hand.
At the second trick, therefore
South led a low trump to dum-
my's eight He returned a spade
from dummy and ruffed with the
lack He next led another low
trump to dummy’s ten, noting that
a trump was still out against him
Declarer continued by leading
dummy's third spade and ruffinn
with the queen of heart. South
got to dummy again with a low
club to the lack and ruffed out
dummy’s last spade with the ace
of hearts.
Now South could lead a diamond
to dummy’s ace and draw West’s
last trump with dummy’s king.
By this time South was out of
trumps himself, so he could dis-
eard his losing diamond on dum-
my’s last trump!
After this remarkable trick.
South took the rest with his king
of diamonds and top clubs. He
had made the trend siam by what
experts call a "dummy reversal"
— or by imagining that his partner
was playing the hand.
off. Which is quite wrong. If they
kept themselves completely cover-
ed in mud. they wouldn’t look as
awful as they do when it's off.
Why don t men and women ac-
cept the one great truth, namely
that no one can keep on having
birthdays without getting old’ It
stands to reason that a man or wo-
man of 38. or 47. or 63 rant look
like a boy or girl who has just dis-
covered that the greatest excite-
ment in the world is the basketball
game which their high school wins.
I feel so strongly about what I'm
writing that just ss soon as I can
finish this story I'm going to a
plastic surgeon and have perhaps
the most complete overhauling job
done to one man Phooey on those
chaps who are satisfied by removal
of sagging jowls or a nose they
don’t care for. 1 want my head cut
off and new one put on 1 want
to be sawed in two and swapped
with Van Johnson I want every
hardened artery I hare in my body
taken out and replaced with arter-
ies that do not snap at night like
a 95 cent garter.
In other words, I want to be
young again And if any of you
who are reading this don’t wani to
be young again, I must draw one
definite conclusion — you are
young.
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Men visit their dentists every
live or six months. Men go to their
doctors for physical check-ups
yearly. They do this because they
want to live to be old On the
same day they go to see their
dentists and their doctors they
spend money in an effort to make
themselves look young They buy
dye for their moustaches They go
through the horrors of s health in-
stitute to remove s second or third
chin end a second or third paunch,
both of which are signs of age.
— Women see about nineteen times
worse in this direction than men.
Ask any woman of your acquaint-
ance if she wants to die and it is
a cinch she will tell you she
doesn’t.
But what do women do when
they start getting old? This is go-
ing to make me nearly 111 to tell
you, but it’s the truth When they
are 52, they start buying dresses
thst can only be distinguished from
rompers because they look more
childish Their hsir starts turning
grsy snd they do everything except
go to • shipy ad and be launched by
being struck over the head with a
bottle of grapejuice to make their
hair purple or any other color that
has no resemblance to the natural
color of anybody’s hair . . musicals received divided notices
Now that they have decked them- Critic Atkinson of the Times
selves ,ou in dresses that make brushed off the flop. Cry of the
them look ridiculous and have Peacock” two nights), with this
changed their hair to * shade "Very likely the play isn t as had
which is as unnatural as a base- as it appears to be.” Huh" Try-
ball player who tips more than out Town sentinels report that
fifteen cento, they are still dis- "Tickets, Please" could be a click,
satisfied but that it needs polishing before
They go to beauty parlors and lighting up a Broadway marquee
pay their husbands yet-to-be earn- Variety’s deputy in Pasadena
ed money for mud packs to put on buried J B. Priestley’s "Home Is
their faces. Then as soon as the Sorrow" with this epitaph "Tod-
mud packs are set, they take them ious, cliche-filled script”
WALTER WINCHELL
Broadway
The Broadway Lights Although
“The Cocktail Party" is a Main
Stemint 'it was crowned with the
N Y. Critics' Circle's annual
hale), author T. S Eliot continues
editing it He has revised the 3rd
Act almost completely since the
premiere Eliot keeps rewriting
the hit albeit three reviewers
called it “A Masterpiece"' Quite
a criticism of critics Three of
the five longest running Broadway
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