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Dial M is starred with fine scenes and good performances. Though played as contemporary melodrama, it somehow manages to reflect the gaslight magic of turn-of-the-century London. Murder is the plot, but everyone is extremely gentlemanly about the crime, from the Holmesian police inspector (John Williams) down to the caddish assassin (Anthony Dawson). The crime is conceived by quick-witted Ray Milland, who, losing his wife's love, decides to murder her for her money rather than wait for her to leave him. A solicitous sort who doesn't want to hurt anyone unnecessarily, Milland arranges...
...that, clearly, the best-dressed man "hanging on the wall at Burlington House" was pinstriped Winthrop W. Aldrich, U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, whose likeness in Savile Row finery was painted by famed British Portraitist James Gunn (TIME, May 10). Said Tailor: "If we reflect that our British reputation for fine clothes owes a great deal to a natural talent for wearing them properly, this being outworn by a foreigner has a significance to sober the apathetic...
...Manhattan social organization called the Church Club turned down the membership application of Negro Justice Hubert T. Delany, the Right Rev. Horace W. B. Donegan, Episcopal Bishop of New York, chided its members, reminded them that there is no room for race prejudice in Christianity, and urged them to "reflect on the church's teaching that all men are equal before...
Another aim of the rule is to keep irresponsible groups, which might reflect badly on the University, from appearing before large audiences. But, carried to the extreme, the prohibition is hardly airtight. Any student may appear on radio or television as a person. Even a large group, accidentally comprising the full membership of some organization, could theoretically appear on any show. Moreover, the blanket rule, in following the Administration's no-favorites policy, also sidelines groups which would add credit to the University...
...might, I think, reflect for one moment how we should feel ... if it was the Soviet government instead of the U.S. government which was carrying out this series ..." said he. "Before we come to anything else, let us all thank God for sparing us that...