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Show . . PHIUJPS Letter for Special Delivery "Mr. Averell llarrlman, Secretary of Commerce, Washington, 1). C. "My Dear Mr. Ilarriman The papers pa-pers say that the Committee of Nineteen which is to look Into this country's capacity to do all our foreign for-eign lending and underwriting has started on the Job in a big way and thai it will 'make a study unmatched un-matched in history.' Fine and dandy! Some such study to find out where the bottom of the barrel is, what's between it and the top, how big the bunghole should be and whether multiple spigots are advisable ad-visable is certainly overdue, bub. And it will comfort most Americans to feel for the first time in many years that 'Stop, look and listen' is replacing the slogan 'Shoot the works, let the poorhouse come when it may.' " Bill Powell Is reported the Hollywood choice to play llueod Dowd in the movie of "Harvey." We can't Imagine him as even close to the type, and the actor we think would he a scream In It would he Barry Fitzgerald. He is the only performer on stage or screen who could touch Frank Fay. Why not, by the way, Fay for the picture version. ver-sion. Too much as the author Intended, eh? It is our guess that Hollywood Holly-wood will put the rabbit into the play, visually. And that, were John Bunny alive, he would get the part. "So far as this airplane business Is concerned I have been in it 13 years and lost $14,000,(100." Howard How-ard Hughes. "Is that good?" It seems to its, reatiing about ihost gay parties as an MMlfalJ interlude in the nar contracts routine, that there ibould hare been a "Miss $200 of |