Cinema: The Chips

Hollywood's biggest wheels got together for a pronouncement on Communism. In a two-page newspaper ad signed by Cecil B. DeMille, Sam Goldwyn, Darryl Zanuck, Joseph M. Schenck, the Warner Bros., and Louis B. Mayer, the moviemen said: ". . . One steady look at the Politburo makes it obvious to any American that he could not endure existence in that vast concentration camp which is Russia and her satellites . . . Weary of war though we are, it's better to fight . . . From now on, let us make no mistake about it: the war is on, the chips...

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