Letters

...nr also Roosevelt'* is abundantly rletr, and Wallace has proved more than itet that the exigencies of politics, raitS eftea worked against bias, did not ,s*ke for * moment his loyalty to his ikjef snd to the cause for which they «er* both fighting...

...kat it leaps right out of *m average into good entertain-l**et in the awift fun of its lines, and into thoughful drams in its conflict of war ways and civilians...

...The fate of Wallace will be the teat of how far President Truman intend* to follow in the course his late, greet predecessor charted...

...And sny but the most myopic self-seeker must sense that what we need above all at this moment is a visionary in the Rooseveltian tradition...

...the other two, more serious fliers, are played by Kichani Widmark (Crewson) and Richard Davis...

...In spite of its obvious and stringy plot, there's fun and insight in this play—and the women at least are likely to echo its title: "Kiss Them For Me...

...Stage Pictorial is a rapid-fire, immediate account of the theatre that'* fun to look through, and valuable to save...

...In person Charlie Spivak and his orchestra head a show which features Jo Stafford, radio singer, and I tee u Murphy, world renowned *a-tirist...

...This sounds like a lot »t play* and stories—job yea takes your choice...

...Voters who have followed the Roosevelt career closely know perfectly well who bis intimate advisere were, and they know Truman waa not one of them...

...There'll be no fuller or better report to save, as a current history of the theatre...

...flying heroes on a four--•e...

...Prominently featured in the cast is Stanley Clements who scored so heavily as the tough kid in "Going My Way...

...LIVELY STAGE RECORD The new issue of Nat Dm fman's Stage Pictorial, now on the stands...

...that issue is settled...

...Attempts by papers like the New York //?uhl Tribune to picture Truman and Roosevelt seated amiably together in shirtsleeves should not tool too many people...

...They gang up on the owner of the ? bo»t yards...

...No man yet singled out for the new President's approval comes near to enjoying the admiration and' prestige that Wallace does, from China to Latin America, And of almost no one else in Washington officialdom at the moment can it be said that he ia a true fiduciary, committed to no narrow group, committed to no lesser cause than the ultimate welfare of the Commonwealth...

...but we come •way with a better understanding of what the boys in the service, as they come back, are likely to think of many of our home-life ways...

...Being directed by Hermsn Shum-lin, it runs smoothly snd swiftly, taking advantage of every turn of thought snd mood...

...Vialeri, conviction, and courage were neeuVd for that Wallace aas aft three, and if they are not nut to use in the service of the nation, ere and the countries everywhere that look to ue for guidance will he the losers...

...But the "paper navy" on shore wants them to go to the hospital for a check-up...

...Jimmy Saunders, Irene Daye and Alvin Stoller...

...UNHAPPY HEROES "i'Sp THEM FOR ME...

...William I tema rest who pleased audiences in "Miracle of Morgan's ('reek" end "Hail the Conquering Hero," is also featured...

...But the comedy is ooth more effective and more suggestive when it is balanced against the shore folk...

...There is Burns Mantle's matter-of-fact record of the season, dry, unstimulating...

...Baaed en tke novel "Shore Lease" by Fraderie Wekeinnn...

...J.T.S...

...Truman can be counted on to carry out the mandate* of the Congress...

...She makes this a high spot in the season's comedy...

...they want to stay in the hotel their whole leave, and let the world come to them...

...Thus Judy Holliday (who will say "Thank you, I'm sure" in a sweet piping voice, for these words) gives a delightful performance as the war-worker who goes "all out" for the heroes...

...By Less er Davie...

...At the ?-o Theatre...

...Letters Wallace's Fate and Truman's Policy from ISABEL CARY To the Editor HENRY WALLACE'S followcri luve never bets counted, but ft would be e mistake to under-lakm'i tbeir numbers, or the strength j tbeir devotion to him end to hie .reoed '"' th" country That hie [>t...

...He plays the role of a irresponsible wise-cracking jockey...

...This does not mention the extra bits, glimpses of stars or critics, the "battle of ballet"—the Metropolitan vs "On the Town" end other lively items...

...That Wallace, until the eleventh hour, waa destined for the place now occupied by President Truman is no longer relevant...

...When paper permits it, he adds casta, opening snd closing dates, and the like...

...It is, of course, the liveliest and quickest way of keeping in touch with the plays along Broadway...

...The tenor of re-parts from Washington is thua extremely disquieting__ Recalling bitterly certain pre-election Cassandras, notably Walter Lippmann, who viewed with alarm the prospect of letting a "visionary" inherit the presidential mantle, it must occur to us all, now that we have lost him, that in Roosevelt we had the greatest visionary of our time...

...The world, as (hey fancy it, consists of liquor snd girls...

...increases our idea of its usefulness...

...These boys have hsd their belly full of fighting...

...In bhaf plot and organisation this is •sjaore than a run-of-the-mill »strimeri...

...But it also bids fair to become the best record of the season in the t heat re...

...The adventures of the three fliers ashore give us »n evening of laughs...

...Others in person include Tip, Tap and Toe...

...Nat Dorf-man has it here in pictures, summaries, comments...

...It is with more than a >dgh of relief that they make their final getaway back to their carrier...

...Proton ted by John Motet and Mark Hanna...

...Directed by Herman Shu-mlm...

...Roosevelt, in his dealings with Congress, was carrying out the mandate of the (leople of the United States snd of the world...

...In "Salty O'Rourke" Ladd goes gunning again after he has been put on the spot by a crooked gambling ring...

...Now Georg* Jean Nathan has leapt into the breach, culling his high personal reviews, flavored with esoteric irrelevanries, a record of the season...

...Salty O'Rourke", Alan Ladd at Paramount ' RACETRACK DRAMA OPENS.' CHARLIE SPfVAK AND BAND ON STAGE The cry "They're Off" will be hesrd for the first time this spring when "Salty O'Rourke," with Alan I .add in the title role starts unwinding today on the New York Paramount screen, l-add co-stars with Gail Russell in this pounding story with a racetrack background...

...The question before the world is: What use will Truman make ef Wallace's exceptional experience ? Few men, I think, understood Roosevelt or saw eye to eye with him as did Wallace ee issue* affecting th* United States as a nation and as a member of the'community of nations...

...J.T.H...

...Dennis King, Jr., is another comic figure, as "Mis sissip...

...The device will certainly net fool anyone who can recall another classic parallel in which Stalin was pictured oa intimate terms with Lenin...