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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1947
Hollywood Probe A Bruising Fracas
Washington—(UP)—It is bad to be one variety of cad. But as far as I can figure, when a fellow is two diametrically opposed kinds of villain at once, he can hold up his head without shame. As of now, I'm shameless.
B FREDERICK C. OTHMAN
United Press Staff Correspondent
This has been a grade-A production in glorious technicolor. There have been spotlights, glamour gals, classic-profiled heroes of the silver sheet, movie cameras, famous producers, angry congressmen, gavelpoundings, and cops giving the bum's rush to stubborn witnesses and arm-waving lawyers. These developments I have attempted to record faithfully in print.
Some people claim my items in the paper prove definitely that I am an old reactionary, who probably pours hot tar on liberal-minded people and sprinkles em with horse feathers. Others charge on the basis of the same dispatches that if I'm not a Communist, we only recently shaved off my whiskers.
Here lately I've been pounding out pieces about congress' first extravaganza of the fall season: The un-American activities committee's investigation into Communism in Hollywood.
These charges, fortunately for my own peace of mind, balance each other perfectly. Only trouble is that when a bitter lady yanks at my left arm because I am a Fascist and an exeited gentleman jerks at my right because I am a Communist—I get a sore back.
Grade 'A' Production
And if all factions and subfactions, no matter how sore they are at each other, will kindly quit attempting mayhem on me, I'll try to get along with my tale, which becomes more confusing by the minute:
Stars Worked Up:
The Hollywoodians, from Lauren Bacall to Gary Cooper to John Garfield, are worked up for a fact. Some claim that Hollywood is loaded with Communists, who ought to be sent to Russia. Others, more moderate, insist that Hollywood has done a pretty good job on its own of rooting out the Reds.
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Still others accuse the committee of labeling them Communists when they aren't. A subsection of these say they aren't pinkos, but they'll be dogged if they'll give the committee the satisfaction of saying so.
They may be a little too intense. John Howard Lawson, the screen writer, insisted on making speeches when asked whether he was a Communist. He got mad. The committee got madder still and John Howard—a large nosed citizen in a fuzzy tweed suit—g cited for contempt.
The issues involve free speech, how far congress can go in prying into the private affairs of a citizen, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and—I fear—artistic temperament. Everybody Sincere
It seems to me, at my perch under the chandelier which showers hot glass at intervals from the exploded spotlights of the news cameramen, that everybody involved, congressmen all included, are intensely sincere.
He strode out muttering about taking his case to the supreme court. So along came Eric Johnston, the disqualified president of the Motion Picture association, to tell the committeemen he didn't like their methods. He charged 'em with smearing Hollywood indiscriminately and hurting the movie business around the world.
KU Department Studies Job Needs
Job opportunities and requirements were discussed at the meeting of the advisory board of the University department of social work recently in Kansas City. The board consists of 22 social work leaders of Kansas.
Personnel are needed for trained case workers, group workers, administration and community organization projects.
J. H. Nelson, dean of the Graduate school, described the entrance requirements of the two-year course. They include an under-graduate degree with 30 hours of social science and psychology.
The department under the chairmanship of Esther Twente, associate professor of sociology, was formed in 1946. The advanced course in Kansas City was opened this fall. There are 49 students enrolled.
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