Books and Writers

ROLLER, ARNOLD

Books and Writers Unmasking a Fifth Column By ARNOLD ROLLER FALANGE. THE AXIS SECRET ARMY IN THE AMERICAS. By Alten Chate. G. P. ???????. 326 pemjee. $3.00. ¦LlAZI and other Fascist agents...

...but the costumes are colorful and the ensembles pleasant...
...Probably our conception of constitutional liberty, even tor those who want to stab us in the back, aa well ss our respect fit* the sympathies of the Catholie Church, which cooperste* with the Faiange wherever it ia established, readers a* helplees against Hitler's neutral and thus untouchable auxiliaries...
...John Chamberlain, author, "New York Times" book reviewer...
...Napoleon referred to spies as "unofficial ambassadors...
...War time is sentimental time, and we have had a season of rich revives...
...Morris Milgram, National Secretary, Workers Defense League...
...The series which opens this year or Sunday afternoon...
...played not a* opera but as good theatre, and called "Roealtade," R runs gsily across two seasons...
...Niebuhr said, "woman, of Mrs...
...Indeed, for sheer comedy minutes R top* them all, with the performance of Doug Leavitt aa Kranz, the crown jeweler He...
...Willen, the State Executive Committee stated that the designation was baaed on her broad' background in the welfare field which eminently qualified her to serve as' a proponent of necessary social measures in the City Council...
...IN FIFTH WEEK Ernst Lubitech's "HstVet CR Wait" will begin its ftfta a2 at the Roxy Theatre...
...Franco-Spain and Faiange are as much one and indivisible as Hitler-Germany and Nazism, and the Faiange ia nothing else but the branch and child of Nazism conceived in Berlin and transplanted to Spain for the main purpose of spreading Ha control across the oceans to the Americas and the Philippines...
...With the mounting problems which bear so heavily on the home front in New York City...
...Ia indorsing Mrs...
...Julius Hochman, Vice-President ILGWU...
...Trade Union Council, American Labor Party of New York State...
...L the Mure Hall's r-eat swan «2 be a mammoth "Mrmtrsl Sastf produced by Russell Marhsnwa f.t:tmgr» tv Nut Karton...
...The story, if it matters, is a musket John A Men-Miles Staadiah tale...
...Roger N. Baldwin, Director, American Civil Liberties ? ¦ m Union...
...They bad good reason to rejoice In the chapter "What really happened ia Mania" Chase shows to what extent the Spanish Falangists in the Philippiner prepared the ground far the Japanese with the assistance of the Chief of the National Delegation of the Spanish Faiange Exterior, who was appointed Consul General of Spain and admitted without protest, thus recognized peroona grata by the U. S. State Department...
...The new group takes its name from Richard B. Harrison, "de Lawd" of "Green Pastures," and should provide a focus for the rich Negro talent that has so often lent vitality to our theatre...
...Sergeant Levy, a former organizer for the Int'l Ladies Garment Workers Union, is serving four month* at hard ' labor in the Lincoln Air Base guardhouse after having been demoted to a private for protesting the discriminatory treatment the Negro troops received...
...Mitei and Fritzi and Kitz...
...hs* a tipsy scene the best in several seasons...
...Though Argentina ia now ruled by a fascist military dictatorship, compared with which the regime of its conservative predecessor Castillo, waa radically liberal, the present regrime lit has suppressed all labor unions and even aba mildest liberal newspapers and associations) will undoubtedly be received with open arms in the "family of democratic nations" as soon as auch break is announced...
...After that—we should presume—this continent will be entirely free of Axis spies operating under diplomatic protection, and we shall be able to breath a sigh of relief...
...And the world geht the "Unfinished Symphony...
...January .Pick and Pat), ? rah Minevtch's Harrsesas la cab...
...Ted ??*** ? «oev and Dr ?. ? CtoaV j Accomparymg the new fits...
...LlAZI and other Fascist agents in'the Assericas, ('' openly functioning under protection ef diplomatic immunity, have been expelled from all countries of this hemisphere except from Argentina...
...Harry Fleisehmsn, secretary, Socialist Party, U.S.A...
...National Urban League...
...Daniel Bell, Managing Editor, ifisw Leader...
...Samuel H. Friedman, editor, "The Call...
...The Merry Widow...
...Norman Thomas, chairman, Post-War World Council ;Noah ? A. Walter, Jr., Chairman, N. Y. State Committee Against Race Discrimination, CIO...
...Alfred Baker Lewis, Union for Democratic Action...
...The freshness ef the Schubert music snd—despite the composer's sadness—the re arm rial gaiety of this Viennese operetta, make this a welcome revival...
...Liberals Protest Levy Court Martial in Army Protesting the courtmsrtialing of Sergeant Alton Levy of the Lincoln, Nebraska Air Base for his expressed disapproval of the Army's treatment of Negro troops stationed there, a score of leading liberals urged that President Roosevelt and high Army circles conduct s thorough review of the esse...
...the ptctsre hat, tmsruished cast that hsBSBt Gec-gt Reeves, Sonny Barbara Prittcm...
...William M. Agar, Director, Freedom House...
...November 7, at...
...George K. Hun ton, New York CKy...
...The amazing revelations in this book are, hoaever, not so much the reports af Faiange activities aad propaganda he Latin America, which are more or leas known, aa the revelations of the an hampered activities «f Hitler's Spanish "neutral" front, the Falangist in this country, and its territories...
...Members of the Busch, Budapest and Kolisch Quartets will play four string tries and the string quintet...
...And the biggest hit ef the new musical*, 'Oklahoma" is in ita mood a sort of "Old Heidelberg of the Prairie...
...Mrs...
...In the open letter to the President, Secretary Stimson, Army Chief of Staff Marshall and Judge Advocate General Cramer, the liberal group pointed to the dangerous reaction upon army and civilian morale resulting from the persecution of those who believe in democracy and equality between races...
...Dr...
...Producer, arid directed kym| Sandrich...
...The Roxy Ftag* srsaashssm headlining Ilona Mattay, BJ Rave ano Naidi aad bass Roccg, aiso starts a fifth w*sk...
...Noting that racial tensions in the nation were already "great," the President snd Army chiefs were warned against penalizing "those who seek to establish better relationships between the races," and urged immediate action on the case...
...Lotte Lehmann sings an entire Beethoven Program, including the cycle "An die ferne Geliebte" and a group of 'Radar...
...Pops and Louie and Jack Marshall, comedian, is an extra added attraction...
...The scenery looks as though it were out of the warehouse...
...There should be ample material and a huge audience far the new "Hsjvtaon Thoatra," 'a as saw organised ·' for "the prnrhisrian ,by Negro actors, dancert and singers of suitable theatrical material...
...These who signed included: Irving Abrsmson, President, New Jersey State CIO...
...SB...
...display* of beauty in dance and song, "Blossom Time" has come for s Pleasant stay...
...NAACP...
...Anne Mercer, Negro playwright, it Managing Director ef the project, of which Daaied Reed is President and Producing Director...
...Wittens campaign...
...and Roy Cropper as 'the Baron is a harmonious full to the mote somber Alexander Gray as Franz Schubert...
...This Week on the Stage By Joseph T. SHIPLEY Mr...
...LETS FACi IT" ST*ITS SIXTH WECK "Let's Face It," co-starring Bab Hope and Betty Hutten, starts a sixth snd final week at the New York Paramount Theatre...
...jaarttts, The tea sonata* for piano and violin will be played by Claudio Arrau and iaaaph Ssigeti...
...Ged*mrd*and vtSl^L -So Proudly We ??1)??1 mount 's drama about the « band of American aamtt^m performed sc heroically ait...
...Monroe M. Sweetland, National Director, CIO War Relief Committee...
...former Municipal Court Justice, are co-chairmen of the Committee...
...OESTRO Ff t," STARRING EDW4Rt) ». »Ofi/NSOW, HELD OPER "Destroyer," Columbia Pictures' smashing drama of these fightingest ships of the Navy, will be held over a second week at Loew's Criterion Theatre, after playing to capacity audiences since its opening but week...
...The Student Prince...
...Heeder Opens of 55#h Sr...
...Union for Democratic Action...
...and Corregidor, opened ? Radio City Music Hau...
...Nevertheless, hundreds ef American sailors of the torpedoed boats ia the Caribbean, the Atlantic and the Pacific, may here resented it, if, before drowning they had the time to meditate over the,fact Ihel lafsiawlisa tl Ma German or Japanese U-bosts csme throagh Spain, where it was received from Falangiats in Puerto Rico, or in the diplomatic pouches from the Spanish emhasay ¦ Wsehitarton ¦ *> '«*> That the Spanish Baabaaty in Washington put up a sign on its building reading: "? ckarpt of Japanese interett*," immediately after "Pearl Harbor, may be in accordance with itipiamalir usage, as often neutral countries take over, en request of the dosed embassies the affair* of that country...
...And even that country's government may |n expectation of Uncle Sam's persuasive LendLease dollars, aoon become convinced that hemisphere solidarity is more ethical and, particularly, more profitable, and expel the official spies by severing diplomatic relatione with the Axis Bowers...
...New Freiends of Music Announce Program for 1943-1944 The New ftieJhfa of Music, whose series each year has been devoted to the chamber music of two or three composers, will concentrate ali of the programs ef ita eighth fBBBBBg 1943-1944, «? the works of Ludwig von Beethoven...
...Nathaniel M. MinBoard, ILGWU, AFL...
...This book of a reporter who has been collecting material for several years on Franco's Fifth Column in the' America*, is replete with concrete information about the activities, the plots and intrigues of Franco's official party the Faiange Espahula, the ruling and only permitted party in Spain...
...WUheVs stature are needed in the City Council...
...Sidney Hertoberg, editor, "Common Sense...
...Over at the Metropolitan Opera House, "Die Fledermaus" gains an occasion* performance...
...Holding over for a sixth week in person is Benny Goodman and his orchestra in a stage show featuring: Ray Dorey...
...Daniel Reed ia remembered as dramatist of "Black April" snd "Scarlet Sister Mary" (for Ethel Barry more)he is well-known as a director...
...Harry Lorin Binsse, Editor, "Commonweal...
...Dean Alfange, former ALP nominee for Governor, and Dorothy ? en ? on...
...snd with Roy Cropper diaguUed as a detective there is some side-spHttmg foolery that stops the show...
...B^om^r%^!uS,' A^WUhJr^o^d H*Re%kor7...
...This is the British Technicolor production starring Wilfrid Lawson aa Handel, the music for which, drawn exclusively from the scores of the great composer, is played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, climaxed with a performance of "The Messish," Handel's masterwork...
...The few liberal countries in Latin America did mach more to Cheek the activities of the Falangi*ts in their countries than the UaRed States did in Puerto Rico and the Philippines...
...A. Philip Randolph, President, Brotherhood ef BltoPhtg Car porters, AFL...
...Lester Granger, secretary...
...Dress Joint dent...
...Weyhes« A gsls American premiere took place of "The Great Mr...
...Reinhold Niebuhr, Preeikoff, Secretary-Treasurer, N.Y...
...Shjpley reviews each play on its opening night ever / WBYD at 11:50 p. sb...
...F-s-k E-ooks, Jack fitoeh and F-s-k Condo» will bt fa JE cast of the sh...
...feystaS Bomber* manly /seat the aiettdfat of From* gefiebert...
...Directed by William A. Setter, the picture stars Edward G. Robinson with Marguerite Chapman, Gleen Ford and Edgar Buchanan...
...Into this company of joyous and usee leafs...
...Father William C. Kern an, Director, Christian American Institute for Democracy...
...As in the past, the concerts v/Hl run for sixteen consecutive Sunday afternoons, with a recess of three weeks for the Christmas holidays...
...CIO...
...The Bench Trie, whose members include Rudolf Serkin, Adolf Busch and Hermann Busch, will offer Beethoven's six piano trios, two sets of variations and—with the assistance of Victor Polatachek— the clarinet trio...
...Goddert:I and...
...Pietthtod eg ate kdirt Shnbert at th* Ambenomior Theatre...
...La vie Lane, columnist, "New York Age...
...How this Franco neutrality is functioning to the joy and advantage of Germany and Japan, at the cost of thousands of American lives, is described with a wealth of details in Allen Chase's book...
...The Greet Mr...
...Harry W. Laidler...
...Willen is endorsed by the Citizens Union...
...Chsrles S. Zimmerman, chairman...
...Though it is possible that some cynics will not be fully convinced'of the above, this will be the official attitude of the Governments of this hemisphere—ours included—so long as we maintain friendly relations with Franco Spain, and as Jong as the policy of our government consists in carefully avoiding anything which might displease Hitler's Spanish Gauleiter Franco, or hurt the susceptibilities, or—God forbid—hamper the activities of his Falangist representatives and emissaries...
...Leon Dennen, editor, "Voice of the Unconquered," Jewish Labor Committee...
...Hail, will present in cycle form Beethoven's sixteen string quartets aad the <?????¦ JUMP» to be performed, by the Busch amd awsfinpest...
...Only a few tickets are still available at the office of the New Friends of Music, lac, 15 West 44th Street...
...former N. Y. Councilman, Executive Director, League for Industrial Democracy...
...Wale» ?? Marv Servess...
...Handel" at the 55th Street Playhouse hut Thursday evening...
...are a refreshing trio, with Barbara Scully aa the first of them, a fetching lass...
...Reinhold Niebuhr is Chairman of the Committee, which will conduct Mrs...
...In all likelihood it will he ignored by those people who need most to benefit by it...
...Ann Arnold Hedgeman, Brooklyn...
...But how perfectly appropriate this saga is on the neutral Spanish Embassy in Washington appears from a sentence in Franco's official organ Arriba ef Janusry 2. 1942 (iwCBad in Chase's book) a sentence which should net he forgotten: "The ancient aad renowned carters ef the magnificent Oriental Empire, aad ita exceptional human values are shown in the important victories that have won for Japan the sdmliatawi of the world...
...It seems to be part of the superior wisdom of our rulers, that this attitude is absolutely necessary to insure the neutrality of the Great Caudillo, the offspring of the obscene union af Hitler and Mussolini, made legitimate by the blessing of the Pope and our State Department...
...The shy composer easts the bold baron to woo Mitsi in bar behalf, and "Speak for vourseif, John" the baron gate the girl...
...Carol Kay, Jess Stacy, Hymie Shertzer, Benny Goodman's Famous Sextet and Lee Costaldo...
...Despite the increased cost of many factors that go into concert giving, the same low scale of prices for the sixteen concerts on s subscription basis is maintained—every seat less than a dollar per concert...
...The supreme irony is that the only progress the world has made, apparently, is to give them official recognition, status and immunity as" sucht State ALP Endorses Pearl Willen for Council The State Executive Committee of the American Labor Party announced this week its unanimous indorsement of Pearl L. Willen, Chairman, Women's Division, ALP, as a candidate for the City Council from Manhattan...
...Lawrence Regln, educational director, Textile Workers Union ef America...
...This is an exciting and useful book...

Vol. 26 • September 1943 • No. 37


 
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