Of Space, Time, and the Professor
RORTY, JAMES
Of Space, Time, and the Professor By JAMES RORTY TBW AWtMTISlNQ SMtOK* SCREEN, By sink* Clark. Htrnor n .a If » lard to see there had to be another Rollo book about the ad eertisini...
...Very able advertising men tor* told me thi* morn than once— neatly, it ia true, when they were drunk, which is not seldom, and for good reason...
...He e»*d to be a professor of English...
...2, 8 p. m . in the home of Itzkowitt, 169 Riverside Drive...
...Htrnor n .a If » lard to see there had to be another Rollo book about the ad eertisini buaineea, but here it ia...
...but as Tom tells his story, we shift to the eastern island and watch...
...they kill an officer, seize medicine and a walkie-talkie...
...A marine from Bataan, after three weeks on a Jap-held island, escapes to a smaller island, where Tom, two other navy men, a native girl, and three army fliers are marooned...
...u - "At...
...4, 8:30 p. m , at 3976 Sedgwick Ave...
...It wss regarded a* a little •n the nervy side...
...Thia is no play in which to expect subtleties of character growth, and the one woman (pleasantly played by Jeanne Cagney) ia not deeply shown...
...Thia bnnga a submarine to their rescue...
...the marine, knowing the land, leads them—presumably to his death...
...Angaat < laeaaena speaka on "Full Employment in the Postwar," Friday, D*c...
...Clark's point of view...
...10, in the Forward Building, 175 East Broad-way...
...by accident or and thews is very little to be fens about U within the present frame-warfc of our American economy and eul-lare...
...the new forces plan to wipe out the Japs on the island...
...The annual report on membership will be compiled on January 1st, and it should show tha increas* in membership obtained during tha year— if every financial *eer«tary gate on tbe job...
...S2-2t 24...
...Hs teJIa us how that wonderful Federal Trad* Commission caught the Journal of th* A rntruxtn Mtdteal Association selling th* honor of a greet profusion at so ¦aeh a bead to the Philip Morria Cigarette Company...
...For at least a year before that all the govern meat agencies involved must have known all about it because On one occasion I wss asked to go to Washington at government avpanm and tell on* of them, which I did...
...Preiented by John C. Wilton at Henry Miller* Theatre...
...but there is no need to believe more than we see...
...but the surface realities are well caught, and the tension well sustained...
...It is th* point of view of an earnest and forward-looking citizen, a professor of English who doesn't hsppen to know much about the sdvertising business, or to be either a good reporter or a competent economist By chiding the naughtier cigarette, toothpaste, laxative and vitamin advertisers for being naughty, he has performed a useful service to tha advertising business, which has to take time out every now snd then to cherish the Golden Goose...
...But he has not helped you or me either to understand the advertising business or to change and deflate it...
...That is clear enough, even though it takes some believing...
...12, 9 p. m , at Mrs...
...Midtewn Cutters Branch meets Monday, Dec...
...D*l*gatee will bo p^***rU from and Connecticut...
...Clark came right out with it in the Rtndtr't Digeit and made something of a sensation, although he left out all the juicier parts...
...Despite loud and completely empty threats of libel suits I published a fragment of tbe atery in th* Nation that fall, and th* following spring and summer, I published full details in the Psginii of the American Association for Social Security, Common»tn*t and The Ntw Lander...
...At least, so it seems to old Tom Jelks, Chief Pharmacist's Mate in the Navy—in Laurence Stallings' play of the present wsr, "The Streets Are Guarded...
...Colonel White, in a Washington hospital, is fronted by Tom Jelks...
...Clark wouldn't know about that...
...National Oetoe: All state, local and branch secretaries of the 8.D.F...
...Of Space, Time, and the Professor By JAMES RORTY TBW AWtMTISlNQ SMtOK* SCREEN, By sink* Clark...
...they have to be taunted—to be stung—into action...
...If tht Army and tht S'avy . . Ever look on Htavtn't scenes, I hey will find tht ttreett are guarded By United Stattt Marine...
...In the spring of 1939 I published "American Medicine Mobilizes," a ihapier of which provided an even more carefully documented version...
...During this whole period the Philip Morria Company continued to us* diethylene glycol as a moistener, although one of our most distinguished American physiologists has asserted publicly that it should be forbidden...
...4, 8 p. m , at th* Manhattan Center...
...22, at the Rand School, arranged by the member* of the City Central, City Executive Committee* and branch officer...
...for he makes them quite believable men...
...he might juat a* well have read my book in th* public library...
...Upper Weat Side Branch: William Karlin speaks on •Labor in tha Recent Elections" Tuesday, D*c...
...About the Theatre By JOSEPH T. SHIPLEY DARE DEVIL DOINGS 'THE STREETS ARE Gl'ARDED...
...Sophie Turbow's home, 161 West 76th St., New York City...
...Algernon L*e answers questions on current issues evei y Saturday evening at 9:15 o'clock over Station WEVD...
...Th* convent*** will open with a ***** mooting in Chelsea, Mass., oa Dec...
...sections of th* city...
...White's son, a marine, has been reported dead at Bataan...
...The commercial made the familiar claims about medical endorsement aad concluded: "No other company can make these claims...
...In short, the deal is still oh, and it'a still an exclusive, which of 'Course is what mskes it such s good—or bad— deal, depending upon your point of view...
...and J 8 V are urged to purchase and »• II tho maximum amount of dues stamps during December and get every mem be i in good standing...
...and these men are not volunteering for self-sacrifice...
...He also (peak* at Liberal Party Clubs: 10th A. D., N*w York, Noy...
...Uib-s honegt advertising hag a role of inegtimable value to niav i. the life of the agrafe American consumer ..writes Mr Clark What makea wailing men such civilfced and attractive people on the whole is that they rarely utter this classic stupidity except at public ^^Z^r&^llZ;^ ^ PerCent °f the « • Mrpoa* and aa a rule, net...
...O NCE in a while a marine comes down from heaven...
...Comparison with the Ander-ami Stallings play of the last war, "What Price Glory," is inevitable: the two pieces follow the same pattern of sentimentality under hard-boiled talk...
...The rough-and-tumble tone of the group on the island is quite natural...
...But the cream of the jest is still to come...
...But three men in a war have slipped into enemy lines...
...it continued to feature Ha bought and paid for medical testimonials ia ite *dv«rtU»ng which never skipped a beat ia tb* official saedi-eel press aad te make woaitei hut still effective claims of medical endorsement in ite advertising to th* laity...
...The marine leads a party back to the Japs...
...Rand School Workshop for the manufacture nPapiothing for war aufferers is open daily from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m from Monday through Thursday and on Wednesday evening...
...There is no need to grant him more...
...The actual chronology of that buoyant and indestructible scsndal is ss fellows: In 19S7, in the aftermath of the sulfa salindds-diethylen* glycol deatha, the present writer dug up the facts of thst deal, which had then been on for about a year aad waa well known in advertising trad* circles...
...just home from the South Pacific...
...Fishbein had alwaya been on the nervy side...
...Wsshington Heights Brsnrh: Social gathering Saturday, Dec...
...Downtown Branch: The B. C. Vladerk Forum opens Sunday morning, Dec...
...The pharmacist's mate is sure he was sent by heaven, and the daily re-viewera call the play misty or myatir...
...A great play of the war may be written some years after it: SDF NEWS NATIONAL NtJ""*' Ka9|*^w*aw • Tina*} Wg^T *w»wmJfawVe%**i aavtA reau ef the J.S.V...
...But if time has wakened us to ths weakness of Stallings' drama as art, it remains spirited theatrical fare and lively entertainment...
...and we may grant the .playwright his heroes...
...S.D.F...
...By l.awience Stalling...
...This will be a festive occasion in c»t*br*tton of the groat victory on Nov...
...but then, ss an admen—end the advertising profession sever think* of him as anything else Dr...
...7th, to which Our branch** contributed splendidly in tha reelection of President Reo*ev*lt aad pro-labor candidate* to public etnoe in New England...
...Branch forums and educational work in progress in sever...
...Th* November salee of dues stamp* to members has brought In ov*r $1,000, which i* the best record to date...
...Whst is Mr...
...6, 8:30 p. m., at 7 East 16th St...
...nationally prominent Social Pamnirata will ale* attend...
...Christ mas Party, Dec...
...The present play adds the religious vision of old Tom, who in both wars is sure that heaven has leaned from the sky at his praying...
...Directed by John Haggott...
...3rd A. D . N*w York, Dec 4; 12th A. D„ Bronx, Dec...
...St and do** with a banquet to the aolagatu and visitor* on Doe...
...Soma two years later th* Commission issued a complaint against the Philip Morris Company, and about a year after that, when the very squirrels in Central Park had forgotten the taste of that chestnut, Mr...
...will bote Ha annual fOwiT^a%wioii in O&asa^eMA, *w**ft*M>i **»n 0*i*f...
...NEW YORK CITY t City Control Committee moot* Wednesday, Dec...
...It is the visible ami audible sign ef tb* internal rot oar land of tho fro* -dp die of if we're not careful, and it i* fte mt Heelf...
...8, 8:30 p. m., at the New Era Club, 274 East Broadway...
...Branch in the Amalgamated Houa**, Bronx: Judge Samuel Orr speak* on "Child Delinquency and Other Wrong* Treated in the Magistrates' Courts," Monday, Dec...
...This *v*» niag I turned on the "It Pay* to Be Ignorant" program, which is now, and appropriately enough, sponsored by tha Philip Morris Company...
...In 1940 a representstive of the Federal Trade Commission called on me...
Vol. 27 • December 1944 • No. 49
