Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1930, Page 22

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D C., ~MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1930. RUSSAN LUMBER BXCLUSON SOUGHT Convict-Made Products Are' | Illegal Imports, Letter j “Holds. i The National Lumber Manufacturcrs' Association *has “4sked the Treasur, | Department to exclude from this coun- try lumber which has been turned out | by_convicts in Russia. Wilson Comptzn, manager of the association, said in a letter to Secre- | tary Mellon that section 307 of the tariff act prohibits importation of convict- made merchandise, but that the Trea ury Department had not issued regul tisns to make this clause effective. Law Js Cited. T2 letter, made public by Compton, | ~rae.. that the accociation understcod | the Treasury had hestitated to enforce | vtus section “because of the difficulty of | proving conclusively, as to each parcel | of lumber imported, that convict labor | “Abraham Lincoln” at National Reaches High Level of Art. \/OICES of the past, brought to the present by a chosen few of America’s fiim colony, are heard with something more than mere in- terest. D. W. Grimith's “Abra- ham Lincoln” is projected on the screen. The pro- gram Announces “the story of a man,” and the story is told with a proper under- standing of the fact that it was a man who thought in terms of what the mod- ern calls “public welfare” rather than the common type of men who live to achieve personal fame, In that respect the world is fortunate that it was the sympathetic artist Griffith, who undertook and com- pleted the task Walter Huston. strategy of moving, fighting u and cries to discouraged and envious politicians, “The Unfon must be preserved.” Conceptions which have been in the minds of the people of the republic are here made to take & form which approaches reality. To & generution which has nessed the widespread devastation of the World War, tue story of Lincoln, Grant and Lee is far different from the more recent battles of massed national armies in trench warfare, with occasional outbursts of p.-sonai valor to vary the monotony of shells, polson gas and machine guns. The Iapse of nearly three-quarters of & century, however, has not obliterated the thought that when men face each other in war and give their best to the struggle, at any period, there is a supreme demand for human qualities. Lincoln's face is one of the tests of this picture. It is made the subject of discussion_between its_possessor and Ann Rutledge. The Iatter probably expresses the judgment of all when she voices her admiration. But for the actor there must be the earnest attempt to harmonize it with words, expression and bear- ing. Such faces as that of Lincoln are products of struggle, bearing the evidence of experience, with lines that only understanding can chisel. It is only fair to Walter .Huston, chief member of the cast, to that such a face cannot be duplicated. The stage has attempted it with only approximate results. Robust and buoyant dignitaries can be shown with some fidelity to truth, but the thought and sym- pathy of Lincoln are elusive. Never- theless. Huston's Lincoln is creditable throughout, with perhaps a touch of the dramatic which would not hLave been approved by the Great War President if he were living. but which is demanded for cinema effect. The story of Lincoln's life is told in vivid pictures. going back to the time of his birth and taking him through boyhood and mature years to political life and his fight for the preservation of the Union. The act of John Wilkes Booth, which ended a career, is represented with telling effect. Sheridan's ride with its victorious climax is one of the strong features of the film. ‘The eall to arms at the beginning of the war takes the observer into North- ern and Southern communities with their marching soldiers. Interested audiences give impartial applause to leaders of both sections of the country. Miss Una Merkel as Ann Rutledge makes an outstanding cont~tbution to the photoplay's success, while Kay Hammond as Mary Todd Lincoln presents effectively the vigor and driving qualities said to have been possessed by that occupant of the White House. Fred Warren as Gen. Grant, Frank Campeau as Gen. Sheridan, and Hobart Bosworth- as Gen. Lee offer exccllent character- izations. The cast is large and gen- erally effective. D. C.C. “Novelties of 19 New Revue at Gayety. HE new revue at the Gayety is a light, breezy, typically fem- inine exhibition entitled “‘Novelties of 1930." Although the novelties are not, quite as much in evidence as they might be, the sum total is | pleasant enough entertainment. Chief among the burlesque Jumi- naries of the week are Helen Carl- son, who seemed not to have enough to 'do; Jean Bodine, familiar to these shores, and some vaudevillians by name of Kayton Sisters and Ash EanAsr Furnace Tools Fries, Beall & Sharp 734 10th St. N.W. NA. 1964 Helen and Mildred, who twirled and did their mumbers with vim and vigor. The humor of the revue is left to Claxx and Lloyd. and Harry Myers attends to the more s cated moments also, incidentally a dance number that is better than As @ finishing touch. the ladies of | the ensemble, more nimble than at | the beginning of the season, execute | one or two steps and sing. In a slow-motoring race, in which the competitors were compelled to keep | moving. up the hill at Montmartre, in | Paris, recently, M. Ulrich won by taking | |1 hour, 50 minutes, the longes ever required to cover the 800 yards, time | Burchell’s Famous Bouquet Coffee A Superior Blend N. W. Burchell 817-19 Fourteenth St. Automobile Calls for Help. Tests of an “unstealable” automobile | in Cologne, Germany, recently are re- ported to have been successful. Thf\ machin® contains a device which links up the brake, coupling and lighting, so | that the car cannot be moved. It emits a Joud “Yyell” if any of the parts con- nected are touched. £"’;:5W4§a ready and will look the part. We feature Landers \Washade shade fabric. dollars. Samples and estimates gladly sent. A. C. MOSES MOTOR €O., 1437 Irving St. N.W. ORDER YOUR WINDOW SHAD For Winter ... NO Order your window shades now, so that when new drapes and Tay vour new rugs, your window | mEmovar sare: EveRYTHIN CUT TO BALF ORIGINAL COS on hang vour shades will be .the super-quality washable Our factory prices on made-to-order Washade will save you had been used in its production.” | “Irrespective of the degree of diffi- | culty of proof,” the letter continued, “the statutory mandate still remain: which imposes upcn the Secretary of the Treasury the explicit duty to pre- scribe such regulations as may be neces- sary to secure the exclusion of convict- | made products. This has not been done. | Convict-made Russian Jumber continues | to have access to American markets. - Ask Tarift Increase. Compton asserted that the “lumber | and its related Wflodaus‘i’rlx laxdcu&l)l"”hs in| the United States and the 1,000. men who are dependent upon them for their | lant world statesman from the employment and their families for their | backwoods hovers over their simple livelihood, in asking the exclusion of | ——m——— - convict-made lumber, are merely ask- ing that the law be enforced.” | The request also was made that addi- | #lonal tariffs be imposed on lumber im- | ported from Russia cn the ground that “free raw material, free plants and equipment, free transportation and in effect, subsidized labor” were used in its manufacture. 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