K t Vj 122,000 Communi:
more thon half cv
. them in ths U. f.
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176,000 Communnts,
, largest group in Cuba
V J 300,000 CommuniiM,
Iff' biggest colony in Brazil
V50,0O0 Cpmmtmistj,
4 "TpC principally in .
J Y . J' 'nnc and Italy
ZJ V 3,625,000 Communists
"j J. of whom an estimated
j-'i rr 1 3,500,000 ore in China
STALIN'S FIFTH COLUMNS Newschart above shows the num
ber of card-carrying Communists outiide the Iron CurUin, accord
in( to well-informed U. S. military ource. The estimate of Chinese
Communiit strength ii recent, but U others are baaed on October
information. These 'jdicate a, "fifth column" of nearly ,000,000
Communist party members, but military intelligence now aays this,
it too conservative tod has revised- its estimate to 12,000,000.
Movieland's Public Relations
At Lowest Point Since 1920s,
Many Thinking People Believe
By BOB THOMAS
HOLLYWOOD, .B Movie
land's public relations, in the opin
ion of many thinking people here,
are at their lowest point since
the black years of the early '20s.
Back in those days, the movie
industry was also threatened with
federal regulation. The narcotics
death of a star, a murder invol
ving two actresses and a man
slaughter charge against a come
dian brought down a torrent of pub
lic criticism. The scandals, plus a
cycle of loose moraled films, were
denounced on the floor of the U.
S. Senate.
Now it it 1950 and another Sen
ator Johnson of Colorado is
blasting Hollywood.
Back in the '20s, the movie in
dustry solved its problems by hir
ing Postmaster General Will Haya
from President Harding's cabinet.
Hays policed the movies, just as
Judge Landis whipped organized
baseball into shape after the Black
Sod scandal, in which Chicago
players were bribed to throw a
series.
Baseball has not had a major
candal since. But Hollywood has
And moviedom'i bad publicity has
mounted to an alarming degree
in the last two years,
H.llyweod Worried
Hollywood is worried. The town
is concerned not only about the
scandals, but about the nation's
attitude toward the movie indus
try as a whole. The reason for the
concern is simple enough theater
1 business is not good.
Hollywood believes its pictures
are as good as ever. Then what
is the reason for the falling-off
box-office? Television is part of
the answer. A larger part is pub
lic relations, many film men be
lieve. "Hollywood has never made an
attempt to sell itself to the pub
lic," a distinguished star told me.
"It has always been too concerned
with selling its Jane Russell.
"And it doesn't even know
how to sell stars and pictures any
more. It is still using the same
hoopla methods it used a quarter
of a century ago. All the other big
industries the soap concerns,
the department stores, for instance
have the latest surveys on what
Story Of The Firing Squad.
Tommy Atkins In First War
By Dewrrr msckenzie
AP Foreign Aifairs Analyst
It was midnignt and the resi
dents of this French town, in C-e
back area of the British world
war one tone, had long been snug
in their four-posters. The fighting
was way off to the east, and there
wasn't much to disturb the coun
try calm.
Only sentrv Smith it headquar
ters knew that not all was as
quiet as it seemed, and that there
was at least one burner of mid
night oil. The colonel in command
was still at work. At least he was
in his office, and the sentry could
see him pacing bark and forth
with hands clasped behind him and
chin on chest.
Had the sentry been blessed with
second sight he would have known
that the "Old Man" was in dis
tress. No, nothing to do with the
fighting up in the lines. Just one
of those smaller problems which
sometimes are more difficult than
the big ones.
Private Tommy Atkins was to be
shot at dawn. One of the colo
nel's boys. One of the lads he
loved like sons.
So the "Old Man" paced the
floor, and from lime to time
glanced anxiously towards the
mantle where the clock was rac
ing to meet the sunrise. Dash that
clock: why did it go so fast!
Just a few fleeting hours and
then dawn, a firing squd; a
pale faced' lad with appealing eyes:
a quick command; a crash of rifle
fire! Why must such things be!
Fait Like Murderer
The colonel brushed the mois
ture savagely from his eyes. He
felt like a murderer, for he him
self had concurred in the sentence
of death on Tommy. i
The "Old Man" had liked Tommy
from the first. The boy had a
cherry, winning smile. And he was
a good lad, on the whole. Per
haps he was a tiny bit lax about
morals occasionally, but morals
and war have little in common.
You can't order a soldier to bay-
is selling and how to aell it. But
the movies are still using anti
quated methods."
Industry Knows Little
It is true that the movie indus
try knows amazingly little about
itself. But it is finding out the
hard way.
A saying as old as Hollywood
goes: "Any publicity is good publi
city." People are beginning to
doubt this proverb The most not
able disproving of its haa been
"Stromboli."
Have you .heard "Stromboli"?
If you haven't, you must be deaf
and blind. It Is the most publicized
picture of all tiem, having been
splashed on front naees for al
most a year. All Hollywood ex
pected the film to show a lusty
profit.
'"Stromboli" appears destined to
show a deficit. Although the cur
ious flooded the Uteaters on the
first day of its showing, people
stayed away in large crowds
thereafter.
This turn of the public mind has
Hollywood scratching its head.
The filmstert have learned that
bad publicity can mean bad busi
ness at the theaters.
onet a fellow being, and then con
demn your man for kissing a pretty
face. Tommy may have been
thoughtless at times, but he never
had been really bad up to this
point.
Now Tommy had been convicted
of rape one of the unpardon
able sins. He had been condemned
on charges preferred by a girl of
tne village, it naa Deen ner wora
against his, with no eye witnesses.
And thev alwava give the eirl
the benefit of the doubt. Besides
Tommy had to admit that he had
been in the girl's company.
The colonel had seen this girl.
She was of the flashy type. He
didn't trust her. and he did trust
Tommy. The "Old Man" felt in
his heart that she had lied, prob
ably for spite. But there was no
proof. And the clock was racing
to meet the dawn.
Came a tap at the colonel'! door.
He threw it open and there, blink
ing in the unaccustomed light,
stood Father Bon, the village
priest.
The colonel knew him well. In
deed, every soldier in the place
had a speaking acquaintance with
this benevolent old gentleman in
the black robe and the funny flat
hat which someway achieved dig
nity because of the mane of white
hair that fell to his shoulders. Fa
ther Bon was a beloved figure.
Priest Welcomed
"Come in, Father," welcomed
the colonel. "You are abroad late
tonight. What can I do for you?"
The little man dropped his shovel
hat in a chair, and stood
before the towering frame of the
colonel. For a bit the priest stood
in silence, clenching and unclench
ing nis hands in obvious mental
anguish. Then, with sudden reso
lution he said:
"It's about Tommy Atkins, colo
nel. All this night I have prayed
on my knees for guidance, and
I have it. I have come to tell
you something. It is hard, for in
a sense I am violating a confi
dence. Never before have I done
this, but it is my duty now.
"I know this girl, and her mode
ot life. 1 have heard her confes
sions. By putting two and two to
gether I can see the truth about
Tommy Atkins. The lad cannot
possibly be guilty."
The priest picked up hs hat and
turned towards the door. But the
colonel held him for a moment
with a hand-clasp and a "God bless
You, Father."
Alone again, the colonel crossed
the room and with whimsical
smile addressed the racing clock:
"You wicked little liar. Run as
fast as you want, but there'll be no
10 CAM! PACIS EXTINCTION
WASHINGTON A number
of apeciea of big game are near
extinction, says the National Geo-
grapnic society. In North America,
the moose, caribou and grizzly
bear are rare. The bison and ara
otter grow in number, but there
are tew ot tnem. The trumpeter
swan, the whoooine crane and the
California condor are rare birds.
lne Alaskan brown bear is' be
ing killed oft rapidly. Whales,
making their last stand in the
Antarctic, are declining in numbers.
The orangoutang of Borneo and
Sumatra, India's one-horned rhino
ceros, the Asiatic lion, the Arabian
ostrich and the bush elephant also
snow aecuning numbers.
firing squad at dawn."
And the "Old Man" buried his
head in his arm (gainst the
mantle.
Vivien Kellemj
Asks Nomination
For U. S. Senate
HARTFORD. Conn., April 13 -(.
Vivien Kellems, who thinks
the men ought to move over and
make room for women in politics,
wants Connecticut Republicans to
nominate her for the U. S. Senate.
Miss Kellems, t cable grip manu
facturer who has made a part-time
career of heckling the Truman ad
ministration, flung her spring hat
into the ring yesterday.
Miss Kellems has flirted with
politics before. In 1942, she waged
a spirited campaign for the Re
publican nomination for Congress
in Connecticut's fourth (Fairfield
county) district. She lost out, how
ever, to Clare Boothe Luce, play-
Thur., April 13, 1950 The Newt-Review, Reseburg, Ore. S
wright-wife of publisher Henry R.
Luce, who went on to win the elec
tion and serve two terms in the
House,
Miss Kellems made plain her low
opinion of males in the Republican
party in a recent speech here.
She predicted Democr ts would
nominate Eleanor Roosevelt for
vice president in 1952. and said Re
publicans better get busy and find
an "Eleanor" of their own to fol
low suit.
Women had a great opportunity,
she asserted, because Republican
men are "bereft of hope, helplcis
and utterly devoid of inspiration
or plan."
Miss Kellems will be up against
a couple of males in her fight for
the Republican senatorial nomina
tion. Prescott S. Bush, Greenwich fi
nancier, and former U. S. Rep.
Joseph P. lalbot of Naugatuck,
have already announced their can
didacies. U. S. Rep. John Davis
Lodge (R) also haa been mentioned
as i possibility for the nomination.
Captain Samuel Nicholas, first
Continental marine officer in 1775
instructed recruiting officers to ac
cept no candidatea for the marine
corps except those "of dependable
and religioua nature combined with
proper robustness of body."
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