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Four A MORNING STAS HA RUNGEN, TEXAS metday, January 30, 1951 FRANK SAYS: Take My Word For It How about the of such anti-, demi-, multi, People on the radio dem-eye etc. that ha correct? -N A No authority known to me sanctions or even lists the long aound in the four portant prefixes. anti-, demiand Hence it markable that so many otherwise careful speakers, and ministers, give to the words the erroneous PREMIER PLEVEN of trance has arrived in Washington to muit-eye, confer with President Truman on strategy to be used in dem-eye, the "cold-but-hot with Communtam. One of the assurances he seeks, according to news re- observes, the sound ports, is that the United States definitely will use the A-bomb varies considerably from against Russia in the event the Reds invade France. cultured Amsri- Well, some of our idealists may raise the roof at the very idea, but somehow M.

attitude makes good realistic the long of ifcLLEY orning tar Published morning by the valley publishing company 218 South Second Street, Harlingen, Texas Leo E. Owens Publisher Archibald MacPhaU Associate Publisher Edwin W. Pryor Editor Kntereri 10 th, lttt, foil under Aet Con at J. MtMnra or raiss Awoeuttd entitled to vm tor ei local printed ln will ail AP upon or nl perioa or win be cheerfully corrected upon being brought to (he attention at pub laMT. iBhserletien and Snnday SuMcripuon Satw.

Morning and Sundar By Carrier in Rio Orande Valley. 40 week. By Mall la advance) On tl FD Routet in Valley £0 year; In Valley excepting art) year: OuUlde Valley In Onlted jti! Detailed Mall on Clatelfted Realistic M. Pleven Mister Breger By Dave Breger CONSTANTIN! BROWN SAYS; sense to us. Everyone knows that Russia can be impressed only by might.

History shows that quite definitely. So. what more sensible than to use our utmost the Russia if a nee or any other of the countries in the Atlantic Pact? "tt A MATTER OF FACT, there is a growing sentiment in this country to extend such assurance to cover much more territory than just France, or the other nations of the Atlantic Pact. More than one military leader, more than one senator, the pronunciation of the word "bade," past tense of "hid We'll take your word for it. -M Answer; and rhymes with Also, for- In the following correct pronunciations.

I am using the aound in order to emphasize the Incorrectness of etc. speakers do, especially in New England. AN-tee multi- MULL-tee demi- DEM-ee semi SEM-ee Dayton: We cannot agree on Nehru Over-Estimates India's Importance In World Picture, Is Due for Rude Shock BROWN Now he can get his OWN glass of water at WESTBROOK PEGIER SAYS: Democrats Have Hamstrung Anti-American Committee (Capyrtftit Syndicate, Ini PEGLER has urged that Moscow be put on notice that any new aggres sions by her, or by her puppets, will bring A-bomb retalia tion, not against the satellite, but against Russia herself. Inhuman to use the A-bomb? Perhaps. But it was inhuman to use the machine gun when it was first invented, too.

It killed a lot more people readergtathat 0 a lot faster than did the rifle. In bureaucracy? -Mrs. G.F.W. It was inhuman to use the airplane, too. It struck at Answer: Sorry; best American defenseless peoples on the ground.

It did not differentiate usage bew-ROCK-ruh-see ah between troops, civilians, women, and children, but killed indiscriminately. Ogden: Please define and pro- The A-bomb is but a refinement, a development of earlier nounce the word weapons. It kills a lot more people a lot faster than do Answer: it means "the con- laf" as of a book. The first syllable rhymes with "by, my," ..................1................ Say: FY-niss.

I Li JL-The troublesome rOUr-Lane lonwoy construction is discussed in de. cr.r. om.m i tRil in Mr- Colby's leaflet C-24, THE STATE Highway department district which also Klvej, tor engineer, J. F. Snyder of Pharr, has suggested that using pronouns.

For a copy, send Cameron countv get started promptly on acquiring right-of- Ccf.r/. way to make highway 77, from San Benito to Brownsville, a four-lane trafficway. Snyder freely admits that he know when the state will have the money to widen that highway, but adds that more buildings are going up along the route all the time and that delays in obtaining rights-of-way will mean prohibitive costs later. His point is well taken, should be given serious consideration by the court. IT IS OBVIOUS that the highway between San Benito and Brownsville needs widening.

Traffic is increasing idmiiritaiion win PUh. over that stretch of road constantly, and the defense program 11 pfpsomiiiiii fir iinfiotts mailer undoubtedly will cause it to be even more heavily traveled trarr 10 in the near future. The present two-lane highway frequently is badly congested, and presents a definite traffic hazard. To widen it to Highway 83 is three- lane, and we all know how bloody it has become. this paper, P.O.

Box 99, StaUon New York 19, N.Y. Letters To The Editor The Valley Morning Star frnm column a public forum for the and of all. be kept WASHINGTON The leadership of the Democratic party at last has accomplished the common purpose of the party, Harry S. Truman. Eleanor Roosevelt, and all the Communist Quislings.

This common purpose was to destroy the use- fulness of House Committee on Un-Amerlean activities, done by means of a ruse which, in con junction with certail election returns, has reduced the committee to nothing. Starting with the organization of the 81st Congress, the one which ratified a flagrant, tax-free grait of $50,000 for the most spectacular lncom- etent since U. S. Grant, the H'emocratic party sabotaged the anti-Communist investigation. Speaker Pvaybum, a Texan, decided that all members who were not lawyers should be replaced by lawyers.

In particular, this trick was devised to get rid of F. Edward Hebert, of Louisiana. Hebert, a former newspaper re- pnhllrllT wlft he paMHherf of VERY GREAT NEED' Editor, The I read your editorial of Janti- arv 26th on "Drunken Driving" save money by acquiring the rights-of-way now. with a good deal of interest and And save lives widening it to a four-lane, safety- a great amount of appreciation. hiohwav 1 felt constrained to engineered nignway.

so adylse and to BUggeBt that there arc many who concur wholeheartedly with your stand. There is a very great need for the very action suggested in Leave It To The Kids! A ST LOUIS ICE CREAM manufacturer recently upped his wholesale price to the point where retailers had to ing person could question a single rrpam anri hars at siv rpnts instead nf fivp statement you made. We need to sell his ice cream cups and bars at six cents instead of five So reports the Associated Press, the kids quit buying those cups and bars. Instead, they spent their nickles for candy and other commodities. Now, the manufacturer has cancelled that increase.

Maybe we adults can learn from the youngsters in this matter of fighting inflation. JAY FRANKLIN SAYS: Why Wait for UN To Make Our Decision on Far East Crisis? FRANKLIN WASHINGTON The current crisis in the U. N. seems to boil down to a question of whether we will have chop suey and red caviar, along with the British or chow mein and soy bean sauce with Dean Acheson. The British are willing, as always, to settle foi chop suey and caviar in the form of trade with Red China and do not worry too much about the legalities or technicalities.

We are determined to hold out for the dish we ordered when we went into Korea aiul are becoming almost hysterical when we find that quite a few people don't see much difference between chow mein a la Dean Acheson and chop suey a la Clement Atlee. So we are plunging ahead with our proposal to have the U. N. political committee declare that Red China is an aggressor, as is of course the truth, while Britain, India and the Arab-Asian yroup of nations insist that the revised cease-fire proposals from Mao offer a new opportunity to discuss peace. Why we should rely upon the United Nations to save us the trouble of making our own decisions in the Far East is a diplomatic mystery.

If we wish to impose sanctions economic or military on the Red Chinese, we need the permission of Lake Success All we need do is to permit Chiang Kai-shek's government in Formosa tc resume Its sea blockade of the South China coast and of Shanghai and set up a sea blockade of our own in the waters of the Yellow Sea. If we want to drop bombs on Red Chinese military installations in Manchuria or elsewhere, all need to do ls issue orders to the Air Force and announce that the action ls required to save American and U. N. lives in Korea. If we want to start guerrilla warfare in China or to subsidize a Chinese underground, we have to have the whole plan blueprinted for us and for the enemy by the diplomats at Lake Success.

No doubt such action would cause the British some commercial inconvenience and might exasperate Nehru but it would be better than all the bitterness, controversy and name- calling that seems to have been borrowed by the State department from the methods of Soviet diplomacy. In the meantime, we could continue to talk suavely at the Unit- edNations and, while continuing to be tough, adopt a baffling attitude of sweet reasonableness to- all and sundry. Major Mistake It would appear to be a major diplomatic mistake for us to insist, as Washington comment has insisted, that "no tickee, no wash- ee" be adopted as our principle in forcing European nations vote that China is an aggressor, under pain of being cut off from economic aid if they refuse to follow our lead. Such an attitude suggests a pampered rich old lady who wants, not friends, but paid companions to do her will. No free sovereign nations relishes being forced into such compliance, unless of its own judgment to the wisdomand efficacy of the proposed action.

However, both the Truman Administration and the 82nd Congress have nailed the flag to the mast, so far as Red China is concerned, and so we face the alternatives of a diplomatic humiliation at the United Nations or a growing alienation and isolation of ourselves from the rest of the free world. Maybe we will have to fall flat on our face before we learn that it is necessary to watch our step. use every available means to stir lackadaisical citizens to action and see that the laws governing this crime now extant are fully, strictly and IMPARTIALLY enforced. And. when that is accomplished, we need also to have the courts handling such cases fully aware of the seriousness of the crime in order that those guilty may not escape with such trivial sentences and fines as are now the order of the day.

I have never seen a case of drunken driving that, in my estimation, possessed a single mitigating circumstance! My convictions were not weakened as I assisted In burying the Richey couple I am still remembering your fine spirit of cooperation, manifest on so many occasions while I was connected with the FBI. I trust you have initiated a campaign that will be persisted in until corrective measures are taken. Jack L. Mackey Preacher Church of Christ, Weslaco BRACERO BONDS Editor, The Star; Commenting on the article in the Star "Prospect of Major Changes In Bracero Pact Declared This article quotes Scott Toothacker; "He cites the $25 In another place it refers to "The present $25 bond, required of employers of contract braceros on each alien laborer they Those statements are very misleading. The requirements are the posting of a $500 bond if you so much as want one Mexican.

You might contract 20 aliens for the $500. But if you want any less number you still have to po.st the $500.00 bond. Not just $25.00 per marr as you state, but $500.00 per man should you want only one. Over $100.00 per man if you Ret the deal my husband got just recently. He was to contract eight men.

Posted the $500.00 bond and all the other complicated, expensive obligations for them. Then because four of the eight men had not been ILLEGALLY in this Country over two months the officers on our side of the border refused to let them be contracted. So one of the requirements is to be able to have Mexicans that can dodge our officers successfully for two months. If anyone can make any reason out of a rigid restriction like that one like to know what it is! L. I.

Rrng Mrs. D. C. Ring, Alamo so relentlessly that the party and the President couldn't take him any more. After all, most of them were New Deal traitors.

Not only was he not a lawyer but he was a Dixicrat. For this defection in the campaign of 1948, when Truman lost the Solid South, Truman and Rayburn tried to read him out of the party. And Young Actually, he ran on the Democrat ticket whereas in New York, Franklin Roosevelt, ran against the regular Democratic nominee. But honesty has never embarrassed the party management so Hebert became an outcast and young Roosevelt was forgiven. Franklin.

was causing them no trouble. Hebert was showing up pro-Soviet treachery day by day. Congressman Mundt, a Republican. who had helped expose treason in the State department, where Dean Acheson had been markedly ineffective against the plotters, was elected to the Senate. Last fall.

Congressman Richard Nixon, also Republican, another of the fine anti-Communist effectives, defeated Helen gan Douglas in a contest for the Senate and thus also was lost to the committee. He beat the personal and political protege of the Dowager Empress Eleanor, who made a campaign trip to California. In this excursion, La Boca Grande made a characteristic appeal for the election of La Gahagan, pronounced Goggan, and of her son, Jimmy, of the dynasty. Jimmy was running for governor and was disclosed in fascinating relations with the Mills Novelty company, the leading manufacturer of one-armed bandits. wound up more like the historic sick chicken of the N.

R. A. than the eaget of an imperial line. No Longer Trustworthy The House Committee on Un- American Activities no longer is trustworthy. Citizens who put information in its hands run a risk that they will be secretly exposed to their enemies and that their evidence will be suppressed.

It has become a white-washing agency partly engaged in persons who had been listed in the records with their dubious or guilty associations written against their names. The purpose of a congressional inquiry is to obtain information of value to Congress as guidance ii. parsing legislation. In this case, the legislation was to be designed to prevent treason, catch traitors and foreign spies, prescribe punishments and plug loopholes in the old laws. No congressional committee ever was intended to aame set either confessed that they had joined the Communist party or invoked their constitutional right againat self-incrimination.

Spectacular Decline The ataff of the committee is uneasy, suspicious, discouraged and almost demoralized. There is a lack of confidence in the capacity or determination of John Wood, of Georgia, the chairman. The decline of the committee since it was turned over to Wood has been spectacular. Leaks are standard routine rather than prominent mishaps. A statesman of the Democratic aide who has been fighting the Communist treachery for years expressed the speculative thought that booze was a factor in the decline of the committee in one quarter.

Another prominent member of Congress had heard the common gossip that the Hollywood movie industry, the guiltiest of all our industries, with the exception of radio, had trapped a prominent member of the Democratic side with both a loan or bribe and some idiotic photographs. A man who formerly occupied an important Job with the committee said these photographs did exist and were being used as a threat, cr, he said they were not WASHINGTON, D. Five ago Herbert Hoover undertook, at the request of President Truman, to survey world economic conditions, particularly in countries threatened with famine. He arrived in Bangalore, India, in April. where he received the Indian governor of Madras, a man of great prominence who was convinced of I i importance i World affairs.

The governor opened the con- i a ion by mentioning to Mr. Hoover an article written by Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt in which she said that famine was America's As Mr. Hoover did not react immediately to Mrs. contention, but asked for facts and figures, the governor proceeded with a lengthy oration in which he repeatedly said: "I should tell you that unless food for India is provided immediately, the peoples of India will hate America Mr. Hoover listened patiently, puffing his pipe, as the governor repeated this statement, with its underlying threat.

Finally, Mr. Hoover broke in to say; I should tell you. Your Excellency, that if India decides to hate America forever my country won't give a damn, and, moreover, nobody will notice This incident reflects the tality of the Indian leaders who believe that because of its large population the sun rises and seta in the Asiatic subcontinent. Not only the Indian leaders, but also until recently the American Government, were convinced that no Asiatic problem could be solved without a nod from New Delhi. Since the North Korean aggression began some practical steps to strengthen our military farces in that area have been rejected because State department policy-makers feared that India might be offended.

Prime Minister Attlee himself frequently concealed his readiness to cooperate with us. because, he said, Nehru would not concur. When last fall Pakistan offered a full I i a I desperately needed in Korea, on condition that the New Delhi government pledge itself to refrain from any hasty action in regard to Kashmir, the Indian prime minister refused to give that simple assurance. United Nations forces were deprived of a valuable fighting contingent of about 000 experienced fighters. Unlike Pakistan, the military potential of starvation-ridden India is negligible.

This may be one of the unstated reasons why Mr. Nehru is playing the Communist game. He hopes that by playing into Moscow hands in the he may avoid pressure on his own country In the near future. Since the tactics of the Indian prime minister until very recently were smiled on by the American Government, Mr. Nehru believed that he could become Moscow's "outside without losing anything.

He, like a number of others in the U. N. did not believe that the American people through their elected representatives In Congress, could upset the International applecart. But they did. India is suffering a serious famine at present.

Famine Is endemic in that country. It has been worse than the plague since India won its Independence. The new Delhi administration is inexperienced and inefficient. Russia has vast surpluses of wheat and other cereals. But the Moscow regime, unlike our "rotten capitalistic believes only in cash and carry.

The fact that India has complied with the wishes by jamming the U. N. machinery has not persuaded the Red dictators to offer a helping hand. Famines produce rebellions, which are fertile ground for Communist conspirators. Mr.

Nehru, made confident by the State department's past acquiescence in his attitude, has asked for $200 million worth of food grains, to be paid for by the American taxpayer. He and his advisers believed that the American Government could not see people go hungry because of the Indian anti-American behavior. Mr. Nehni remembered that in 1920 we helped the Bolshevik government, which we had not recognized, to stave off famine In Russia. With that precedent in mind, he felt he could obstruct the machinery of the U.

and still obtatn whatever he needed from the United States. The Senate Foreign Relations committee's shelving of the Indian request should be an eye- opener to Mr. Nehru. INTERPRETING THE NEWS Britain and France Hurrying To Prove To U.S. They Will Help Defend Europe dirty pictures in the usual manner of such blackmail.

He said one of the brothers got pickled on a junket to Hollywood and was lured into an asinine incident which w-as photographed and kept in reserve. Meanwhile, the Investigation of the Communist treason, has been taken over by the senate. Joe McCarthy took up where committee laid down. Senator Pat McCarran, of Nevada. chairman of the Judiciary committee, has an anti-Comniu- nist majority and is rearing to go.

The Communists beat him over the head for years for opposing mass immigration without strict examination to exclude Communist spies, and for demanding recognition of anti-Communist Spain. He has won both fronts of these fights. He has become an expert in the duty that the House committee has defaulted. Senator Soaper Views the News By H. V.

WADE Recent instances have demonstrated that plane crashes are possible without mountains. Mountains only make them easier to explain. Gen. Ike is clearly not among those who have given up hope for Europe. And, after all, didn't the schooner Hesperus turn up safe following the poem? The truly marvelous things is that a word as short as no can be said in Chinese with a Russian accent.

By .1. M. ROBERTS, Foreign Affairs Analyst Britain and France are suddenly making strenuous efforts to get their defense programs going and to convince the United States they are in the fight to the end against Russian expansion. The British have just announced an upward revision of 30 percent in their rearmament program for three years, and France's premier is in Washington tq tell America that, when the roll is called, she'll be there. The French premier also is seeking assurances.

He wants to know, if France does go all-out for defense of Western Europe, thus running the risk that Russia will begin a war before the program is complete. that America will also be there, on the ground and ready. France has Just made her second great gesture looking toward unity in Western Europe by proposing establishment of an international army for General Eisenhower. in addition to the national units already envisioned for his command under the Atlantic Pact arrangements. The international army idea, in which citizens of all nations would wear one uniform, has been compared to the Schuman plan, by which France has sought to pool the coal and steel resources and thus reach a partnership with Germany.

The West German Republic is reported favorable to the army idea too. Both plans face many difficulties. It may be that the Franch army pian merely muddies the waters as unified defense gets going under Eisenhower. How'- ever It does, as its sponsors say, offer a means of mobilizing German manpower at what may be less risk of Russian retaliation than the proposed creation of a West German army. One thing Premier Pleven ls reported to want to know from President Truman is whether the atom bombers will head for Russia at the moment of any attack on France.

He ought to that already. Immediate bombing of key Russian token bombing, but extermination accepted here as first role under the Atlantic Pact if any of its allies are attacked. Pull Up A Chair By NEAL O'HARA This may not mean farewell to the word but the maker of a new type of mouth wash has registered with the U. S. Patent Office the term meaning bad breath.

And you'll see popping in advertisemen si in the months to1 come. a they toss them aiound, wor.der ao our government officials in Washington realize how' n.uch just one biilion dollars amounts to? Well, a stack of 208 crisp, new $1.000 oills would be one inch high. So. keep piling $1,000 bills on top of one another until the stack is 480 feet high (or only 75 feet short of the tip of Washington Monument! and that would amount to $1,000,000.000. That's what a mere ONE billion dollars amounts to in a stack of $1,000 bills.

Miracle of surgery as reported by this headline in the Richmond (Va.) Times-Disnatch: "Toys Replace 8 Dead Pups in Heart of Portsmouth Dog. Nostalgic: Rudy Vallee will celebrate his 50th birthday anniversary next July 28 favorite gag: OFFICE a half hour NEW OFFICE sir. The alarm clock went off all right, but the trouble is it went off while I was If meat consumption is the index of a well fed nation, as the UN Food and Agriculture Organization asserts, Argentina leads the world, consuming 260 pounds per capita annually. Australia, Uruguay and New Zealand follow. The United States is fifth with 156 pounds per capita.

Other top meat eating nations are Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, Canada, Norway and England. (Not a Soviet country in the whole bunch!) The good old Yankee game of rolling dice now receives a big play in the de luxe casinos of the French Riviera where the pastime is called "les Betting limit this season at the Monte Carlo Caaino is 20,000 francs (about w-ould bw rated as a game at the better Miami gaming spots. which caused their deaths. 2. A Hollywood actress once confided that her favorite weight-reducing method wras to scatter a deck of playing cards on the floor, then pick up the cards one by to stoop for them one by one.

It worked fine, she she looked it. 3. And for more extreme cases of overweight the same cinema gal recommended throwing a full box of toothpicks on the floor and following the same routine Not that a toothpick weighs more than a playing card, but there are more toothpick weighs more than a playing card, but there are more than 52 of them in a box. 4. seems in current popular usage as a synonym for a prophecy based on incomplete data.

Yeah, and now the highfalutin writers pontificate about Communism. It used to be called just plain stop Thoughts while shaving: 1. Up to about 30 years ago the United States had a hypocritical federal law that motion pictures of a prize fight could not be transported outside the state in which the fight took place a statute that was generally ignored. Today, thanks to television, Americans may view boxing matches in their homes. And, within the past year, set owners have seen two fighters given lethal punches Pretty soft for newsmen who cover the UN proceedings in that newj skyscrapper in midtown New York.

They have access to a three-level underground garage in the building at only $7.50 a month for full parking privileges. Country editor speaking: "Girls are really animal lovers. Secretly, they are interested in wolves because they can lead to The Wall Street Journal now is published simultaneously in New York, Chicago, Dallas, and San Francisco. Bridegrooms of 80 and over figure currently in the news, raising again the still-moot question, at what point does the bachelor become confirmed? Lights of New York ir By I. t.

Stevenson This case for the nonmilitary military it be explained in one of those nonpolitical political speeches? A number of experts on Russia now come through with opinions that Stalin win. For one thing, among many, his bureaucracy is about as bad as ours. If managed to outstare a lion, in keeping with the naturalist's directions, here's another: wolf may be told from a dog by examining the pupils of the Master tailors complain that a bulging pocket rums the drape of vindicate accused or suspected the best-made garment. Wre be- persons. Nor did this committee ever engage in "smearing Eleanor Roosevelt smeared herself by adhering to the cause of Alger Hiss and trying to exert an influence on the first jury in his favor.

Justice Felix Frankfurter laid his reputation on the line and there was onlv one con- lieve this is corrected by the latest tax program of Our Harry, a dressy man himself. Brownsville Loses Juvenile Officer BROWNSVILLE George elusion to be drawn when eight nett, 24-vear-old Navy veteran who has been city juvenile officer second trial HuTwas comic ted for thc last nine months- has been and sentenced. The same con- called back to active duty in the elusion wras multiplied hen Leon Naval Reserve. Police Chief Gus Pressman, another of his cult. Krausse said his successor prob- Nathan Witt, another, and still ably will be selected from the other clever study-boys of the present police force.

NEW YORK Richard Conte, in New York in connection with the opening of his latest Universal International picture, "Under the Gun." told how he became an actor as we were lunching at When he was graduated Dickinson High school in his home town. Jersey City, the depression was making things mighty tough for youngsters who had to have jobs. He was lucky and land- STEVENSON ed a place as a page in Wall Street. The pay as small, however, and Conte was happy w'hen he found an opening in a department store. He also played piano in an obscure little orchestra.

Driving a truck five days a week promised more income so he turned to that. Saturdays. he worked as a "weekend salesman" in a chain shoe store. For selling from 14 to 16 hours, he was paid $3. That was back in 1035.

One Saturday in May, a fellow shoe salesman asked Conte how like to go away for the summer. "When do we asked Conte eagerly. His friend explained that the job was waiting table at the Pinebrook Country club in ConnecUcut. Conte knew nothing about waiting table. But that night, he went to his home and was tutored in the art of carrying a Uay on one hand and other essentials.

Thus equipped, he started on the job, Everything went along all right until the staff put on a musical comedy. Jonte was asked to take part. Instead of appealing to him, the prospect appalled him. He had no desire to be an actor. As a matter of fact, he never even had seen show.

But it was a case of either losing his job or acting and Conte acted. had a speech about the Sacco-Vanzetti contiued Conte whose hair and eyes are brown and who weighs 160 no matter how much or how little he eats. "I had never even heard of that case but the lines appealed to me. In spite of myself, I found myself becoming more and more interested. When the showr went on.

I wasn't nervous. I even conscious of an audience I just acted as I Felt. It chanced that Sanford Meisner, Robert Lewis and several other leaders of the Group Theater in New York were staying at the camp. They offered me a scholarship in the Neighborhood Playhouse, one of the top dramaUc schools in New York. I told them I had to make a living.

That could be arranged, they said. That fall, I began studying and kept it up for the next two first Broadway role w'as a bit in "My Heart's in the the first play of his friend, William Saroyan. The main benefit from that engagement, besides paying Contes rent, was the lead role in the road company of "Golden Boy." After playing a number of supporting roles, he was signed for a lead in in Eventually, he landed a good part in a successful play and one that brought Conte recognition. Then Uncle Sam entered into the picture and for the next nine months. Conte was ir the Army.

After his discharge he went into "The Family which do so well buf in which Conte achieved such personal success that he w-ent to Hollywood with a Twentieth Century-Fox contract. When Conte went to Hollywood seven years ago, he left behind a pretty little stage and radio actress. Ruth Strome, whom he had met at a party and on wrhose finger he had slipped a diamond. As soon as he was settled on the West Coast, Conte sent for aJld werc earned. With her wedding, Mrs Conte retired from the stage.

But recently, she starred in "Wnat Every Woman which had a very successful run in Los Angeles. So she is again lookint? toward the theater. 8.