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...Sons (by Arthur Miller; produced by Harold Clurman, Elia Kazan & Walter Fried, in association with Herbert H. Harris) has a theatrical force that covers a multitude of sins. Playwright Miller (best known for his novel, Focus) tends to overload his plot and overheat his atmosphere. His writing is uneven, some of his main characters are sometimes unreal, and most of his minor characters are at all times unnecessary. But he combines enough purposefulness with enough power to make him the most interesting of Broadway's new serious playwrights-few of whom, unfortunately, are interesting...
Prime Minister Clement Attiee told a silent, disappointed meeting that nationalization of industry (see below) must not be pushed too fast ("We must not overload the legislative and administrative machine...
...fiction, 2) a pounding, repetitious style which, in 363 pages, develops considerable force, and 3) a genuine mastery of hillbilly dialogue. Readers who note how well Author Pennell pictures his plain soldiers, and how successful he is when he is not melodramatic, may wonder why he felt compelled to overload his book with lurid details, hope he will go easier next time...
Last week ICC proposed to do something about the worst ailment that, throughout the depression, made U.S. railroads one of the sickest of sick industries. When business fell off, many a road collapsed under the monstrous overload of fixed charges represented by interest on its bonded debt. In its 57th annual report to Congress, ICC hinted that it may soon ask for legislation to convert all railroad fixed-or contingent-interest mortgage bonds into income bonds when earnings slump. Thus bondholders, like stockholders, would be paid only when earnings warranted, and the carriers would not be dragged into bankruptcy courts...
...underlining the responsibility of creditors, Keynes is doing no more than applying to international affairs the daily practice of the salesman who prudently refuses to overload his weak or greedy customers. In treating gold not as a bag of coin to be flung on the counter every time there is a balance to be squared, but as a reserve and measuring rod, Keynes is simply applying internationally the practice of domestic banking systems as exemplified by the U.S. Federal Reserve System...