Word: comments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sirs: ... I must comment after reading an article of such surpassing and outstanding merit as that entitled "CiNcua" on p. 13 of the June 4 issue. Never has it been my pleasure to find such a peculiarly clear and understanding discussion of the Navy's war games, nor such sympathetic yet accurate treatment of members of its per sonnel as is contained in the article, mentioned. . . . R. S. PARR Lt. Comdr. U.S.N. (Retired) Cambridge, Md. Panhandle's Drought
This is an exceedingly flattering comment, and one can only suppose that our Mr. Cukor knows whereof he speaks, but to which Boston accent does he refor? Is it the long "a" of Beacon Street, the short "a" of Mattapan, the nasal "a" of Chelsea, or the various assorted inflections that are found from Newton to South Boston and from Milton to the Charlestown Navy Yard...
Congress received the message with a paean of approval. Most common Congressional comment was that the President had "portrayed exactly U. S. sentiment" -that is. he did not propose forgiving the debts. Only Democratic objector of consequence was Virginia's Senator Glass: "I have always been in favor of radical adjustment of the War Debts. We sold munitions of war to the Allies at unconscionable prices. It is asked that our Allies make 'substantial sacrifices to meet these debts.' Already the British bear a burden of taxation so great that a Congressman who suggested it in this...
...dreary may be due to the fact that cinemusicomedy demands more continuity of plot than Hollywood Party contains; that M-G-M instead of assigning a director to supervise the whole production, had bits made under different directors and assembled the parts when completed. Best line: Butterworth's comment on Durante's party: "This place is littered with movie celebrities - and that makes some litter." Channel Crossing (Gaumont British). A financier (Matheson Lang) with a Christ-like beard is threatened with ruin when a clerk (Anthony Bushell), in love with his secretary (Constance Cummings), overhears that some...
...affair is unfortunate. While the police have a presentable case on their handling of the riot, they and the courts carried their jobs to illogical extremes. Both of these latter developments should merit careful review. But there is one important indication which stands forth from the welter of confused comment; not only the police, but also the rieters must be taught to consider riots and freedom of speech in their proper perapective. Let the Committee use their findings to achieve this purpose...