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...sound bill and an essential one; every other President has tried to reform the executive branch, and none of them have gotten to first base," William Y. Elliott, professor of Government and a member of the President's Business Advisory Council said yesterday as he discussed the Byrnes Bill in an interview...
...before income tax deductions. This makes it a choice business property, but North American Aviation found possession embarrassing because the Air Mail Act of 1934 forbids one company both to have airmail contracts and to manufacture airplanes. North American is the only U. S. concern to have gotten away with this since the act passed (by building military planes exclusively) and the Government has been scowling at the situation. Since North American's manufacturing division has a backlog of $9,300,000 in orders, anticipates many more and made a profit of $460,000 before taxes last year...
Henceforth, invitations will be by means of guest cards which can only be gotten by permission of the presidents of each fraternity...
Shoemakers' plots are mightily involved even though the play has been cut to about half its length. One thread of plot entangles Rowland Lacy (Joseph Gotten) who, instead of going to war in France, disguises himself as a journeyman in order to woo his lady. Other plotters are Vincent Price and Edith Barrett, whose contributions to the high cockalorum are good, but occasionally strained. The real heroes are the shoemakers themselves, and the best of these jackanapes in droopy drawers and flapping codpieces is Hiram Sherman. His finegrained playing of low comedy won him a first-night ovation...
...Frankie: "Thanks for your reply to our letter. It confirmed our worst fears about you. "... We note that you say labor is 'under control' in your city. Knowing something about your methods of operation we're not surprised that you think it is. You've gotten away so long with profitable conniving between your machine and corporate industrial and financial interests that you can't imagine your 'control' ever coming...