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...since the present number of foreign actors in the United States is surely not so enormous as to hinder the possible employment of local talent now out of work. Even as a bit of private weaseling the bill is pitifully transparent. On the one hand, it is a sop to the actors who insist that something must be done for domestic incompetents now out of jobs, and in its magnanimous provision that the presence of distinguished foreign artists in America will be tolerated, it is a concession to producers who would probably not remain altogether silent at being forced...
...pound on cocoanut and sesame oil, partly for revenue, partly as a sop to U. S. lard and cottonseed producers...
...might be accomplished easily by limiting the lectures to plain discourses on elemental health problems and entirely eliminating the examination. Moreover, they should be given by Dr. Worcester, who because of his charm and lecturing ability is probably the only man who could make them worth hearing. As a sop to University Hall they could be made compulsory. The problem of sex hygiene could be handled far more adequately by a series of small conferences which might be very well held in each entry during the course of the year; or the present system of voluntary meetings might be continued...
Indications that the NRA in now beginning to face the realities of making a capitalist system work are given by the fact that labor has been denied its demand for representation on the committees which govern coded industries. As a sop the government may provide for boards of laborers and consumers to "observe." This is typical of the gradual way in which labor must be cased out of the picture, after having been put in with much idealistic fanfare...
...difficult transition from boards to celluloid has left O'Neill's "Emperor Jones" undamaged. The script of the short drama is used without change, with only a little prefatory matter added as a sop to Moronia. Since the additions are in the style of the original tragedy, since O'Neill's play as it stood opened too directly in medias res, and since the emendations take advantage of the wider possibilities of the camera, the changes are an improvement on the legitimate play. Photography and direction, and excellent suporting cast and good music aid Paul Robeson's magnificent interpretation...