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...United Artists' revenue went to Chaplin, Fairbanks and Pickford even when they made no pictures. Under the new terms, all will go to Producers Goldwyn & Korda but if any of the original members feels like making a picture, United Artists will distribute it. The deal does not affect producers like David Selznick and Walter Wanger who distribute through United Artists but are not partners. It gives Producer Goldwyn in Hollywood and Producer Korda in London a better chance to profit from their own enterprises. It also gives Producer Korda, who has been dissatisfied with U. S. exhibitors' handling...
...week pronounced the fate of a major New Deal law. Expecting a decision on the Social Security Act, Senators (among them Court Candidate Joseph T. Robinson), members of the Social Security Board and Government attorneys dotted the crowd in the court room. The political consequences of the decision would affect not only the Social Security program but the President's Court program. To many an ardent New Dealer there would have been a very silvery lining in a decision finding this New Deal law unconstitutional. That would have given them fresh proof that more Justices were needed to liberalize...
...should a clot of mustard lodged in the digestive apparatus of one splenetic old gentleman affect the well-being of millions...
...forceful speaker of the old knock-'em-down-&- drag-'em-out school. Since those days he has had a change of heart, believes now in plain speaking, but "the politician of today cannot afford to be a bore, and by the same token he cannot afford to affect the incomprehensible jargon of the professor." Maverick thinks Tugwell's fearful and wonderful vocabulary, plus his inability to jolly newshawks, had much to do with his unpopularity...
Obscured by all the bong and glitter of pre-Coronation, a quiet little scene took place in Britain's High Court last week which may vitally affect the future of Anglo-Italian relations, possibly the peace of Europe...