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 are down. Those among us who defend Russia or Communism are enemies of freedom and traitors to the United Nations and the United States."

The onetime pinko Screen Writers' Guild was a shade less forthright. The Guild wanted the boys in Korea to know that it was behind them foursquare. Last week, the Writers Executive Board approved a resolution upholding U.S. intervention in Korea on behalf of the U.N. But it shelved a motion proposing a mandatory anti-Communist loyalty oath for all new members and Guild executives.

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