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fords. manta “Show Biz," by Abel Green an2_tee Laurie, dr., is to the theatrical aris what Churchill's memoirs are to international politics, No one can write history like the men who make It, and Variety has bad as much impact on the making of “showbiz” history as in the printing of it. ant # tet is an enormous secomplishn o } rn r4 *, nf mplishment to incerporate 30 years o the Amerlean Theatre authentically and authoritatively between the covers of a vastly entertaining book. It is even more difficult to cap- ture the imagination of vivid, pulsating, and changing institutions, from the nickelodeon to color television, in the same volume, but Abel Green and Joe Laurie, 3r., have acconiplished that miracle in “Show Biz.” The paced, straight-forward narrative style almost disguises ihe tremendous research and Incredible scholarship upon which the ex- elting document is as effectively shored as the anchorages of the George Washington Bridge. As racy as Belmont, as sparkling as Tiffany's, as sturdy as Manhattan's bedrock, this remarkable book will tower in the history of the American Theatre like the Empire State over the City’s skyline, “Show Biz” Is more than the annals Of ihe oldesi and most vivid ef the aris. Ii is x cardiograph of the Heart of the American people for the last fifty years. The Defense Dep’t's Anna Rosenberg (now in Korea) may re- n_in_ December.” She is slated { toe a Distinguished” Sérvice edal.., y-wanis—Clement;—Tohin wants Jonp Sub s_ Joe P, Kennedy...The disillusioning story behind the rejection o the Tist-tax Biltwas this: It raised taxes for Congressmen!...The Internal Revenue investigations are centering around a New York lawyer, Whose initials are J. H....The new tax bill adds up to a ter- tific impact on single women and bachelors... Communists onthe, fest Coast are plotting to picket General MacArthur when he visits = — eattle...'The first tip that at least six fop-ranking N, ¥. polic ould he Torred to resign was made over my microphone.sev- Pru] Weeks ago. That news was confirmed Saturday, .. Another big shot underworld leader in Greater N. Y. is scheduled for execution, His last initial Is “A",,.Headline: “Taxes Ralsed Almost 12 Per ,Cent”...Oh, li's only money! : ns rl ‘a 2 ptt lWivan, and @ Flynn wants Fitzpatrick to succeed Bill Boyle. The darkest hors em, «