The Theater: Girls & Action

No national defense job has been slower than the supplying of professional shows to U.S. Army camps, but last week, after six months of confusion and lack of funds, the Government began to get somewhere with it. The job had been given to a single group—the semi-official Citizens Committee for the Army & Navy, Inc., headed by smart President Thomas John ("THINK") Watson of International Business Machines Corp. Under Chairman Watson was a theatrical subcommittee headed by Broadway Producer Vinton Freedley (Anything Goes, Red, Hot and Blue!).

Last fortnight the Citizens Committee learned...

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