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WITCH-HUNT
AMERICAN COMMENTARY
IN HOLLYWOOD
すず all American films dis-
appear
British
overnight
from
einemus you
will
not have to Dalton:
blame Mr. Hugh
Laken
It will be because the Ameri- Can Government bas action to save you from subtle Communist propagandn.
clin-
You see, it has been covered — somewhat belatedly and unexpectedly-that Holly- wood is just a suburb of Mos cow and all these years it has been turning out wicked Com- munist propaganda pietures.
The deep, dark secret has Chaplin: One of the "suspects." been unearthed by that modern Sherlock Holmes, John Elliot
by ARTHUR WEBB
And what makes it so pain- ful is that Mr Iankin never even saw through the deep red plot when he went to the. It still cannot distinguish cinema.
Liberal from a Communist.. Almost every organisation that has fought for liberty at home. and abroad has been denounced.
·
follow-travellers,"
* Certainly it is a little hard to And
0
Shocked Congross HIS epes were opened only as Even humane Americans who the result of "information once contributed a few dollars received" from undisclosed
to provide food for Franco's sources when he wanted more victins have been pilloried us -money for his Committee. And although Congress was chip- ping pennies off vital national out exactly what the humourless projects it was so shocked that men of this Committee are trying to it gave Mr Rankin another accomplish nefond getting a lot of £12,000 for his prober
cheap publicity for themselves.
They do not stop Communista be- For years the Committee's ing Communists. Nor can they pre- listed activities have been under con- vent Communists from airing their from working in under- Kankin, the belligerent, white Shirley Temple as a Communist tant fire from quarters who ground movements.
have no love for Communists A committee of fair-minded men haired, loud-voiced Congress re supporter-slic
short either.
It has been called with Judiciał * qualifications presentative from Mississippi dresses at the time-and
now sinine and prejudiced. It has lave obtained a
Communist who in 1941 was demanding
line-up in the United it was to investigate Charlie been accused. of persecation States. that Britain should negotiate
Chaplin and a whole string of and vilification and lacking in peace with Ilitler.
impartiality and wisdom. script writers, netors and pro- It was the sume Mr Rankin ducers. It says that for years who in June that year told Con-
they have been employing press:
subtle techniques in "glority ing the Communist system and degrading the American."
little All Wall Street and a group of our international Jewish brethren are trying to plunge us into the European war unprepared.”
His Committee
once
was in
There have been attempts to have it abolished because it has done more to make Americans look ridiculous in the eyes of the world than any other body in the States.
#
Views of
might
clear idea of the
POCKET CARTOON
RADAR
SAUTOMATIC PILOT
"It's Just in the experi- mental stage--for checking up on my girl friend the nights I don't see her!"
BY THE
WAY.
by Beachcomber
TS it the Loch Ness Monster? For the past few days
cup-shaped objects have been
But a string of wild charges based observed in the sky in the Swindon. by neighbourhood of on unsubstantiated statements Irresponsible persons ins
his Committee at the respect of all say that three of them passed-
diprived Villagers of Sopping Overcote sober-minded' Americans,
Wanesses called before the Com-overhead at terrific speed. miller often complain that they Ind counsel. They Their Judges acting as prosecuting have been brow- beaten and vilified by members
Ly
if the
of
to
breakfast "They husked like big etus," akt Mes Burble, the baker's wife. "But whatever they were they
It
П WIS
Кая
the Commitee which not infrequent had handles." The Vicar of Bottle- Even writers and prodnéers
Wild charges
Issues "nen
reports whichhurst saw what he described as earning
and between £100
receive
fee-cup whizz by while he drculation, red
taking readings from his sundial in Committee continues £1,000 a week are said to have IT has become jusį
the vicarage garden. "As it pasa- function Anigricans of His big chance prevented the production of
the next he said, I could see that it was baiting organisation. It is
generation may And themselves in
comet. "good American films which not
not a meteor or a a bit concerned with the concentration camps merely on the blue, and the exact shape of a eup." glorify America" activities of the more dan- suspicion that they are harbouring NOW that Congress has ad- sought to
journed until January, Mr and to have contributed £600 gerous Fascist elements of the dangerous thoughts,"
A lot of Americans are alrendy And Rankin, who has never shunned a week "for years" to the Com- country.
bas side- it
wondering if it Will become a tracked any investigations into criminal offence to question the in- the limelight, has a real chance munist funds.
the Ku Klux Klan.
fallibility of Mr Rankin, of having the whole battery turned on him by conducting a full-scale Hollywood witch- hunt.
His notorious Un-American Activities Committee is work- ing overlime probing the American film industry, which, he claims, is a hotbed of Com- munism.
of
It is a very and story.
B
BRITAIN WILL BE SHORT
OF YEAR'S COAL TARGET
RITISH miners almost cer- tainly will fail to produce
the 200,000,000 tons of coal wanted by the Labour Govern- ment in 1947,
•
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by TOM WILLIAM S
CL
Strabismus on the flying
DR STRABISMUS
cups
(Whom God
Preserve) of Utrecht, when ask- ed his opinion of these flying cups, said: "It would no doubt be possible to fit cups with engines and launch them into the air with remote con- Snaddle trol. But the claim of Mr
to have seen a cup and saucer, with spoon in the latter, skimming over hedges, is another matter. Whole breakfast sels might be seen by wish- ful thinkers."
Tibetan Moonflower' Maka
(VII)
The shortage, accompanied by unusually cold weather, might bring on another late winter fuel crisis, despite great improvement in The The Committee doesn't have
distribution of existing coal stocks, anything to do with checking
In setting its 1947 target,
INGI-POOS cared about as much espionage. That is looked after
above production for the same period government said that was the mini- for the British waterproof type- by the Federal Bureau of In-
mum amount that would protect the This conclusion, borne out by in 1946-admittedly a
writer covers, which Egham succeed- disappoint-
recurrence of lasted in mentioning at the eighth in-. vestigation and the
counter-i all statistics at hand, is con- ment, not only to the British Govern. hallon against
winter's breakdown, when millions turview, as she cared for the snouts intelligence agents. Its self-
a spokesman for the ment, but to American economic ex- suffered in unhented homes and
sald firmed by
of rocking-horses. In fact, she imposed task is to prevent the Ministry of Fuel and Power who perts, who frequently have voiced large part of industry was thrown Irritably: "Didn't your Government
be into tleness,
that
types Communists seizing control
we don't use the opinion that Britain should
tell you acknowledged:
writers?" "Then what are we.here the United States.
producing upwards of 220,000,000
Summing up the situation, or cried the exasperated Mr D. "It is extremely doubtful that we tons annually.
government spokesman said: "On the J. Mince. Dingi-Poos tilted her head For all we know there may will get enough coal to reach Dur be Stalin-inspired
Weekly production so far this year it's much better than last year."
lighter side, is the stocking position; sideways and regarded him with lan scenes inį target.
Huid
That's not for me has averaged 3,001,075 tons, a figure
amusement. Following the pattern of previous sny, she answered with
mock which, if maintained through the years, the fuel stockpile will have en
11 schoolgiri modesty, "Even wc Christmas holidays, would leave the dwindled to almost rockbuttom by wanted the covers," she continued, year's total output more than next March, when there wit be dan-yo 8,000,000 tons short of the goal,
want the beans. "you wouldn't ger of the nation reverting to the They're Inedible. We use them
le-to-furnace basis of last win- fuel" "Couldn't we From January 1 to October 4, the Production lost during the year ter's crisis. first- nine months of nationalised through strikes and holidays....was
fuel?" asked Egham. This," asid operation, the miners dug 147,670,200 0,778,210 tons-enough to more than Foresecing the danger of another Dingi-Poos, pleking a speck of dust tons. This was only 4,500,000 tons close the gap.
breakdown, Minister of National Inuff his ear, "is a food conference, not R fuel conference." She spoke s0 surance James Grimths has warned softly that Egham leaned involun-
"The Egg and I" and "Duel in the Sun"
"Less than 12 weeks remain to close the gap of more than 52,000,000 tons," he pointed out, "and 50,000,000 tons of it must come from the deep allnines, where production is slower.
In view of the doubt it seems a logical step to withdraw American films until they can be censored by Mr Rankin and
his friends.
Scrap conscription!
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We have accepted conscription with good grace. But it is entirely foreign to our feelings and traditions
By Licut.-general
use them
S
us
he
domnestic and non-Industrial con- sumers that they must bear the brunt tarily towards her. "Tek, tek, tek,"
weni Mr Mince." of future fuel economies,
But, bigger cuts in fuel supplies to home owners are "practically cer- tain," said Sir Guy Nott-Bower, De- war it will be fought with rockets puty Secretary of the Ministry of and atom bombs, Highly trained Fuel and Power. technicians will be needed, not a manpower army.
We will still, of course, need
this. needed for
5
"The facts are slark and staring," Не declared. "The domestic sumer has got to help much
con- more
than he did last year. It is perfect-
the crisis cuts. It is therefore doubly important Sir Giffard Martel that the methods by which we raise and train this army AT 12 NOON.should he efficient. How can we
training establishments which take a fairly large and highly trained army large proportion of our Regulars to carry out police duties all over the between industry and domestle con- ly obvious that unless Co-operation incrense 2.40, 7.00
efficiency and carry as instructors. In addition the men wodd. Russian Iniltration tactics sumers takes place, we are going to out our full commitments in on foreign service have to be changed have made it more than ever neces-be in for another very bad winter. spite of the cuts?
constantly because of this short sur sary for us to have first-class troops Associated Press. vice and the expense of transport of for counter-inflation. But no re- drafts is greatly increased,
serve is
They should all be long-service men, be- Thus conscription in peace time is cause they must be ready to be used inelleient, expensive and costly in at any moment. There is, manpower. 1 sugest we should fore, no point in handicapping our- scrap it altogether in favour of selves with a short service in which Regular Army composed entirely of the only advantage lies in building long-service inen serving for say 30 up a reserve. years with the colours. By giving Arst- high rates of pay to attract class men, we could raise a splendid army on these live und large adventure is still is numbers of mun would
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and it is a serious handicap with our present shortage of manpower.
WE FAILED
THE necessity for it arose because we failed to fill the ranks of the Regular Army with volunteers. Ser- vice in the Regular Army is for five years with the colours and
on reserve.
In these days
seven man is
volunteer
MONEY SAVED
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SE of highly-trained troops would
bring a big saving. If an olleer is offered the choice of live long-
not prepared to volunteer for a per- if they were offered an interesting vice in which he is not certain of and exciting career for life with a service regulars or 10 short-service employment for more than five years. pension at the end of it and quarters Hence we had to fall back on con- which
build for their veriple.
The 12-months' conscript is of very little use to the Regular Army in the peace-time role of carrying out police
we would
families,
ATOM WAR
Notes in various parts of the world. ONE objection to this proposal is Nor will be, be of any great value that we would be unable to build
if he is called back from the reserve up any reserve.
t
men to carry out task he would certainly choose the former. Hence fewer men would be needed for these police dulles If we had long-service When and highly trained regulars. the cost of training one man for 30
of
years is compared with the cost training 30 men per year, the argu- But why do We ment la overwhelming.
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these
in, say, six years' time for mobilisa- want, this reserve? In the past. It By increasing efficiency in tion. At the same time the training has been needed to enable us to pro- ways we might well be able to make of this great number of short ser- duce a large army for use in a great cuts in Anance and manpower, and vice, men needs, Jorge and costly war. But if we have another great, yet carry out our full cornmitinents.
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