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Evening star., 1946-12-18

Il certainly was not in my right
mind when brought the little girl
to Los Angeles" Hon asserted. he
said he had no intention Of harm
ing her.
Mr.. johnson said he allowed his
daughter to leave the tavern with
a stranger for q visit to nearby
amusement zone. He said the man
and his daughter had vanished
when he went to the zone q halt
hour later to look for them.
Hoff was brought to San Diego
last night and booked on suspicion
Of kidnapping.
Hoff's wife said her husband suf-
fered a skull fracture and eye IN
juries in plane crash at Cherry
Point, N. c., while he was in the
Marine Corps and spent two and
half years in hospitals undergoing
four operations. She told newsn,en
doctors warned her he might suffer
possible lapse Of memory" on oc-
caSionS.
Evening star., 1946-12-18

pay for the work which will be done
during the 60-day period.
Mr.. Usilton said the boards work
had been virtually completed and
that the additional time is needed
primarily for statistical purposes.
After working nine months the
board in October announced tenta-
tive real estate assessments totaling
approximately Sill, 900 900. an in
crease Of approximately $45 ,000. 900
The new valuations are not effective
for tax purposes until next year and,
under the current tax rate Of So per
500 valuation, would yield approx
imately S1.350,000 annually.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
Mrs. Truman to Leuve
Soon for independence

Mrs. Truman and Miss Margaret
Truman will leave in a day or SO
for the family home in Independ-
ence, Mo-, to spend Christmas, White
House Press Secretary Charles G.
Ross said today.
They will be joined later by the
President, but his travel plans still
are uncertain.
Evening star., 1946-12-18
60-Day Extension Given
Reassessmenf Board

The Arlington County Reassess-
ment Board has been granted a 60
day extension in which to complete
Its work Of reassessing real estate, it
was announced yesterday.
The extension beyond December 81
was granted by Circuit Court Judge
Walter T. Mccarthy on petition Of
E. L. Usilton, board chairman.
The County Board some time ago
appropriated an additional $5 900 to
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-16
Nv T. ER !

poletje in jesen lie redkokdai
treznega.
Okna SO bila odprta, stopnice
pred vrati pa polne otrok. Igrali
SO Sc in vrescali, to Sc pravi, vre-
Scala so najvec deteca, XII SO jih
pet do desetletne mamice pow
jale in polagale V vozicke. Zdaj-
ci je vse utihnilo. In nato:
"Skrijmo Sc. Pomagaj mi
-. Hitro, nitro! Calamity Ge-
orge' prihaja 49,"
Pc par trenotkih Sc je yes
drobiz pobral, pa S svojimi igra-
egami vred izginil "a grmicev-
jem onostran ceste.
Medtem Sc je George Nezgo-
da re majal sem prek ceste cd
druge strani. StraSno ga je Ia
naSalo. Velik, ne vec mlad, pre-
cej teak in neroden je krilil z
rokami in Sc ocividno kregal
morda sam S seboj, ali pa Z ne
kom, Xxi je ostal V pivnici.
Zadel Sc je S cevljem oh rob
plocnika in klecnil ma kolena,
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-16

"a korporoeiie profit in dividende
stovkorie 90 nizonje prihronkov

Delavci, Xxi so bill uposleni pri korporaciji General Motors
so ma stavki re mad poldrugi mesec. Zahtevajo 800 zvisanja
podraziti avte. Unija trdi, da je zvisanje cen avtom nepotrebno,
ker SO profit G, M. re sedaj tolkSni, da bodo Sc zmerom zadost-
nj tudi ako zahtevi delavcev ugodi.
Drugace je z delavci. MIN vlada ne jamci nit brezposel-
nostne zavarovalnine, ako SO brez della "po svoji krivdi'.
Unija tudi nj zalozena z miljoni, da jh hi mogla zadostno
podpirati, pa je bilo treba stavkarjem seci V miznico pc vojne
bonde, ali til V banko pc gotovino, kdor 10 kaj ina.
Kompante Sc delavcem rogajo. Magnati korporacje Gene
raj Motors bodo vlekli cd sto tisoc do pol miljona dolarjev ma
leo place in vec neglede kako dolgo hi trajala stavka. V zvez-
mem kongresu majo Vc VpHVa kt vse canstvo unije avtnih
delavcev, kajti &c bi ga ne imeli, hi kongres ne stregel toliko
MIN temvec bi tudi ma koristi delavcev porajtal. Pa Sc zanie ia
ko malo zanlma, Sc mani pa, da bi sprejel Sc kk zakon v prid
MIN, da Sc je proti temu zapostavlanju delavcev oglasil prot
svou strank1, XII ina VecIno v obeh zbornicah, cello konservativni
Truman. Toda razrner njegov APPEL nj in jih ne DO spremenil
korporacije posedujejo V rezervah V svoUh blagajnah in V zvez-
mem davcnem uradu miliarde dolarjev, imajo casopisje, radio,
flmsko industrijo, gledsca in sploh vse je njihovo. In imajo
zvezno p~ostavodajo pod palcem.
Taxa je kapHalshcna demokracija. Predsednik korporacije
G. M. ina samo en- glas, enako tudi vsak stavkar lie pc en- glas.
Delavcev je velko, magnatov malo. Toda vzlic nasi politicni de-
mokraciji imajo magnati oblast V kongresu in v legislaturah. Zed.
drzave Sc edna industrialna drzava ma svetu, v kateri je organi-
zirano delavstvo brez zastopnika V vladi. Sploh ga v Mi Sc nj
n1koll lmelo, kvecjemu tn pa tam kakega "prijatelja", toda &c
bl Sc tax prjatelj osrnelil reel kaj proti sistemu, XII ga sedai
oznacujejo S "free enterprise" namesto "a brezvestni, monopo-
kongresni odsek "a presikovanje protameriskih aktivnosti hi ga
pozval ma zagovor.
KIDD je re bill, XII je rekel, da DO doba pc koncani vojni "sto-
letje navadnega cloveka"? Ne, to je Sc vedno doba kapitalizma in
kot ia list zmeron poudarja, dokler DO ia sistem obstoja1, bodo
vladai posedujoci in "navaden clovek" pa DO lahko ma vollne
dneve glasoval "a njihove candidate, ker 81 vsled svoie zavede-
nosti S kapitalisticno propaganda in vzgojo ne more misiti, da hi
lahko postal v zbornice svoje ljudi in 81 ustvaril tudi industrialno
demokraclJo. Brez ME, kadar 81 V stavkah, v brezposelnosti, v bo-
leznlh in brez sredstev, tudi politicna mic ne zaleze.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-16
KATKA ZUPANCIC:
Predmesfne m

Pred nekaj tedni so nasi To-
kalni listi prinesli vest, da je
umrl George N. - Padel da je
donna ma stopnicah in Sc pri tenn
smrtno pobil. Nesreca, XII Sc v
nash ostopnicenih ameriSkih hi
sab prav lahko in Sc ma zalost
tudi res po~gostokrat pripeti.
georgia N. nisem poznala. Pat
pa sem pc zunanjosti prav d.
bro poznala nekoga drugega, XII
SO mu otroci vzdeli ime Gala
nifty George. Leta in leta je do
malega vsak dan hodil tod mi
me poslednje case pa mic vec.
In &c me slutnja ne vara, Sc je
p~reselil tia, cd koder nj vrnitve.
Use boil Sc mi MANFRED dozdeva,
da je bill Calamity George in
George N. ena in ista oseba.
In &c je tako, KIDD We, ali Sc lie
cd tega nasega skusnjav polne-
ga sveta locil - trezen. Kaiti
videli smo ga zlasti skozi zadnie
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-16
TopoWi kopitolistiene in votikonske
propaganda obrnjeni no JugosIaviio

40 Je Jugoslavja nastala, je Sc lea potem nj povprecen
ameriski citatelj mic poznal. Zamenjavali so 10 cello v velikih
hst1h Ia Jugo-slovakijo ali pa smatrali, da je cehoslovaska in
JugoslavJa emo in isto. In pa da je to nekje ma Balkanu, kier je
ogromen sod smodnika in pod MIN vedno drzi KIDD uzigalnico, da
hi ga sprawl v eksplozijo.
Pravzaprav Srbi V zatetku sploh pustili MISC, da Sc hi dr.
Java menovala Jugoslavija, kr SO hotel svoje ime V osprediu.
cato SO dali novi DRAW ime "Kraljevina Srba, Hrvata Slovena-
Ca "A ob enem so smatrali, da je to v bistvu lie "Velika Srbiia",
kar Je tudi bila. Pozneje, ko je posebno kralj uvidel, da drzave
ne more spravti v red, so 10 uradno prekrstiIi V Jugoslaviio, to-
ola v blstvu je ostala to kr je bia pref. Tudi poitika Radiceve
hrvatske seljacke stranke nj bia konstruktivna, temvec hrvatsko
naclonalisticna in protsrbska. Slovenska ljudska stranka pa lie
bla carsiji, razen kratkega presledka, ko SO DIR. Korosca inter
nirai (seveda ne tako kot SO to znali Nemci v minuli voini) we'd
no ma uslugo.
Ameriski porocevalci, XII so obiskavali to "drzavo smodnika"
SO v svoje liste pisai kot da je to nekak Tibet, ali dezela il Tisoc
in enc noci.
koncno je kralj proglasl diktaturo. Use napredne in delav-
Ske polltlcne organlzaclje so bile razpuScene in v delavske ter
' druge lJudske knjiznice so priSi vladni cenzorji. Odbrali so v
Nth ve knjige, XII jim je diktatura prepovedala. Ovili so ih z
lepenko, prltSnili mamie zig in odSli. Knjiznicarji so ia zig $500
stovah, oziroma Sc ga bali in cato nj tshh lepenk nihce odmo-
laval Kajti vladni Inspector Sc je oglasil tn in tam ter pogle-
dial, ako je vse v redu.
DovolJena Je blla samo ena stranka. Parliament lie bill re-
akclonaren, S srednjevesko miselnostjo, XII je carsiii potrdil vse.
kar Je hotela. In dvorjani pa so zajemali z veiko zico in ziveli
fazkosno kot da SO ma bivsem ruskem dvoru.
Ali Sc spominjate, &c je bio takrat kai pedestrians nroti
ukinjenju demokraticnih ~svobodscin v Jugoslaviii, dasi iih v nil
dostl n1koll nj bio? Ne, nj bmo v demokratcnih kapitalisti6nih
dezelah krika proti diktaturi V Beogradu, pc cato ne, ker lie dr.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-16

Pueblo, Colo. " nedelio 20.
januarja oh 2. pop. Sc DO vrsila
V Narodnem domu seja tukai-
snje p~odruznice SANSa. Zastop-
Mkt druStev in klubov ter clan
stvo vseh organizacij je vablie-
no, da Sc je udelezi.
PrejSnja seja Sc je vrsila dine
30. decembra minulega leta V
dvorani sv. Jozefa, a udelezba
.je bila tako majhna, da niti 3D.
bora nismo izvolili. In cato lie
bio potrebno sklicati novo seio.
Skoro visa pisma il starega
kraja porocajo o SLIM revScini,
Xxi 10 je povzrocila vojna in ma
ciiska-fasisticna okupacija, ka-
ko primanjkuje hrane cello "a
otroke, obleke in vsega.
Sedaj je V teku kampanja "a
nabiranje obleke in zivil. V ne
1aterih krajih SO ma celu relif-
1ih organizacij odlicne osebe,
n. pr. pri AmeriSkem odboru "a
jugoslovansko pomoc Mrs. Ele-
amor Roosevelt, Mr.. Morgenthau
in drugi TAXI, XII MISC z Jugoslo-
vani mic V sorodu, a Jim vendar
zele pomagati. Ali nam ne bi BIZ
10 V ponizanje, &c Sc hi tudi nj
sami ne zavzeli "a cimizdatnei-
SO pomoc staremu kraju, XII je
moral skozi Stiri leta brutalne
vojne, sedaj pa ga tare glad, po-
manjkanje ziveza, kurjave in
obleke. Torej Slovenci in drugi
Jugoslovani, pomagajmol
John M. Stonich, predsednik.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-16

nato Sc ma komolce. Tako ie
nekaj casa 'pocivaT, pa godel in
klel "svinje, XII SO TAX zanic plo-
cnik zgradile'- z veliko tezavo
Sc je nazadnie vendarle spet
zmohotal kvisku, Ali namesto,
da bi sci dale, je jezno sunil z
nogo OBJ phoenix, pa zgubil spet
ravnotezje in telebnil pc tleh,
kakor je bill dolg in Sirok.
Tako je zopet 'pocival', dokler
nj prisel neki moski, pa mu do
brodusno pomagal ma noge. Sc
klobuk .ie pobral in mu ga posa-
dill ma glavo. ma, pa smo zopet
ma podplatih, kaj!?" in ga je pr
tenn prijateljski udaril pc pie
cih. Ali &c ga ne hi bill z drugo
roko magic p~restregel, hi ga mo-
raj znova pobirati S tai.
PA nekoliko umazali smo Sc
tudi 49," in je opitemu motovi-
III otepal prah z rokava.
ooh, pusti, kar pusti!" Sc ie
mrgodil George in Sc zopet opa-
sno pozibal. "Kaj cato, &c sem
svinja? Sal je tudi moja zena
s~vinja in vsi ljudje so SWINE!
Tako ii povem, vsi!!"
INA, ma! Tho, tho =. Pa do
NOV, spat 49," ga je miril oni in
Sc nitro odpravljal ma svoio pot.
"Ti -. Ii tudi 81 svinja! Hui
Sa in grSa cd meme! LIE bezi! &c
ne, bi ii plumb V obraz, ii 49,"
in je rabbi besedo, XII je ne kaze
zapisati.
Dobre cetrt ure je trajalo.
preden Sc je Nezgoda toliko Cd
daljil, da so Sc otroci upali IL
skrivaliSca. Stojec V vrsti so gle
dali "a MIN, eta, ia je veliko
hujsi, nego je Stormy joe. Ka-
dar je Stormy joe pijan, mu
lahko kazes i jerk, pa ne DO vi
del ne tebe, ne jezika."
I'm on tudi nikdar ne pade,
ceprav Sc zaletava in 49,"
Lei Calamity George je
spet ma tleh," smejali SO Sc in
najmlajse je veselo tleskalo Z
rokami.
mic Sc ne giblje = morda Sc
je ubil -"
ooh, kaj Sc! Pijanci Sc nikdar
ne ubijejo! Nikdar!"
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-01-16
JOSKO OVEN:


domov hvalijo hence ter sovra-
zijo Francoze. Isto tako ie z ia
ponsko. Razumemo, da naSi liu-
die Sloveniji nimajo radi tie
okupacijske armada zaveznikov,
kateri SO zasedli slovensko zem-
ljo, osvobojeno V potokih krvi
cd slovenskih bojevnikov, in
katera Sc je zarila kot noz med
Trstom in zalednim Primoriem.
Mi tudi razumemo trpkost in
razocaranje nash ljudi, ko vi
dijo bratenje tako zvanih priia-
teljev S sovraznikom. Kot piSe
Mecklin, nazivajo naSi ameriSki
vojaki jugoslovansko armada
Jugs, in to ma isti nacin kot
SO nazivali Nemce "Krauts'.
Oficirji pa rabijo navadno be-
sedo kot thugs, bandits, ruff
fans, ali pa Sc slabSe izraze. o
kakSnem bratenju med tema ar
madame nj govora. V drugem
clanku omenja, da skuSa naSa
(ameriska) armada dopovedati
vojakom politicen polozaj, kate
ri zahteva okupacijo tega ozem-
liza ter omenja slucaj razgovora
med ameriSkim generalom in
vojakom: "Then the general
pointed to a Yugoslav roadblock
and asked, You know who they
are?' Yes, sir, they are Yugo-
slavs," said the soldier. What
are their politics over there?2'
said the general. I don't know
said the boy. Come, now said
the general, You know better
than that = they're Commun-
ist, aren't they?' Yes, sir said
the soldier" To je tisto razla-
game, katerega dale svojemu
vojastvu ameriSko vojno powell
stvo o jugoslovanski ,osvobodil-
nj armadi, dasi je polozila en-
million s~eststotitoc zrtev ma OIL
tar borbe proti faSizmu in ne "a
hteVa nicesar drugega kot Same
svojo lastno zemljo.
Upati je, da Sc vpraSanje me-
ia resi- ko nitro mogoce, &c ne,
Sc lahko dogodi nekaj kar ne DO
nikomur V korist. Cete, katere
so V zakopih polnem bojnem
razpolozenju, SO tam samo "a
emo stvar in to je BOZ Use to pa
kaze, kako potrebujemo naso
noliticno skupino grupirano V
SANSu, "a p~obijanje sovrazne
propaganda, katera dnevno ma
raSca.
Drugace SO novice il Jugosla-
vie zelo povoljne, Ljudje, Sc
posebno mladina, della, in vse
kaze, da DO nova Jugoslavija z
naSo Slovenijo prednjacila ne
samo ma Balkanu, ampak V Ev-
ropi. Sal njena ustava kaze to.
PR a
Iu V Chicago nI1amo zopet
nov V resnici tolovajski umor.
To pot je bila zrtev maio Sest-
letno dekletce, katerega je mo-
rilec zadavil in nato razrezal ma
kose, potem pa jih raznesel ma
razne kraje mesta. Policija je
kOt naVadnO - ma delu.
Pobiranje obleke "a stare do
movino, katero DO trajalo do Is.
januarja, kaze lep uspeh. Tu V
Clarendon Hillsu je posebno pri-
dina naSa Stara znanka sodrugi-
MIA Mary Aucin; nabrala je re
Veliko zavojev dobre obleke. So
(Konec ma 3. strani.)
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JOSKO OVEN:

PfVl tenn v nOVem letu SO
naSli naso novo domovino v zelo
cazburkanem ~polozaju. Ne sa-
mo, da Sc nj ma industrijalnem
polju izboljsal, ampak p~ostaja
Cd 'dne do dine boil kriticen.
Predsednika Trumana radiiski
govor menda nj nasel veliko cd
meva V javnosti. Sal tako hi BIZ
10 razvidno IL casopisja. Kon-
gres, kateri pricne z delom V
bliznji b~odocnosti in kateri ie
do sedaj samo pocival, DO incl
dovolj prilike "a delo.
Tudi drugace SO razmere sill
no napete. Ljudje govore O
atomski bombi in 0 vojni z Ru-
Sijo kot da bi bio vse to samo
igraca. Ma drugi strani Sc sliSi
V nebo donece fraze O bratski
ljubezni in demokraciji. In yes
ia cas- pa narasca draginja, Sc
manjsajo place - in Sc OBJ enem
govori, da je treba nazaj V nor
malnost, to Sc pravi, odpraviti
vse nadzorstvo mad cenami Ii
vii, oDleke in pohistva.
V Detroitu so Sc oglasili neki
"SentinelS', neki strazniki, va
ruhi svobode, kateri zahtevajo
nazaj tiste stare dobre case, kot
SO bill "a casa Hardinga, Kulica
in Hooverja. Delavstvu vzeti
vse, kar 81 je pridobilo V zad-
Nth dvanajstih letih, pa DO 20
pet zavladal nebeSki mir in bla-
gostanje V tel dezeli. Da SO ii ter
podobni sentinel V zvezi z Ge-
neral Motors, nj potreba Sc po-
sebej omenjati.
Pc SVetu -
V Londonu Sc je zacelo prVo
zborOVanje move zveze narodoV.
Koliko DO ia nova liga narodov
koristila V zldanju trajnega mi
ri ma vsej zemlji, je tezko. napo-
vedati, ali della in snovi "a deIo
DO imela dovolj. Yes utrujen,
miru zeljan svet il zeli uspeha.
Kot izgleda, je prislo med BOZ
mimi frakcijami ma Kitajskem
do nekakega premirja in pobo-
tanja. Mislimo, da je pri tenn
zelo vcliko zalegla in pomagala
ostra beseda V Moskvi in V
Washingtonu in pa odpoklic po-
slanika Hurleyja,
V Evropi Sc razmere MISC do
sti izboljsale. Negotovost novih
mel V juzni Evropi ter vojna
okupacija, katera lei kot mora,
mad re tako fizicno izcrpano Ev-
ropo, je re tako neznosne raz-
mere Sc boil poslabsala. Poloza.j
V Franc1J1 Sc polagOma izboljSu-
je, V Italiji lezejo S pomocjo "a
veznikov nazaj start faSisti, ka-
teri so Sc oh polomu Min Wade
poskrili, sedaj pa Sc znova vra-
cajo ma povrSje = kajpada vsa
"a vero in V BOZ proti komuni-
Emu. Il Belgije in Holandske Sc
boil malo slisi. Slednja je precej
V skrbeh "a svoj imperij V Indo-
~neziji. V spaniji je Sc vedno
caudillo ma krmilu, ker naSe de-
mokraticne sile Sc MISC storile
potrebnih korakov "a odstrani-
tev tega velikega kristjana. In
kajpada, process proti nacijski
hierarhiji V Nurenbergu Sc Sc
vedno nadaljuje.
Ju~gOslavija
ze dostikrat sem omeniaI tn
moth UrSticah ia ca ia bOi
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JugOslavija

Re dostikrat sem omenjal tn
V moth vrsticah ,da Sc je boj
prot tel mali r%epubliki Sele pri~
eel. Ne samo, Peter in niegovi
tovarisi V Londonu, ampak tn
V ozadju je nekaj vec, tn je boi
zapada prot vzhcdu, kajti kot
sedaj tolmacijo nasi general,
kateri naceljujejo okupacijski
vojski v Julijski Beneciji (slo-
venski zemljD, je jugoslovanska
osvobodilna armada Same ko-
munisticna predstraza Soviet
ske Rustic.
John M. Mecklin, casnikarski
porocevalec dnevnika Chicago
Sun, XII Sc sedaj nahaja V tenn
delu Primorja (pise IL Trsta), je
priobcil vec clankov, kateri ia.
sno kazejo zelo napete razmere
med zavezniki (Amerikanci in
Anglezl) ter jugoslovansko vol
sko. Njegova tolmacenja SO "a
opazovalca ma lieu mesta, kakor
je on, zelo pristranska, S popol.
MIN neumevanjem tamoSnjih
razmer. Ali IL teh clankov lahko
posnameS psihozo in razumeva-
ME polozaja tie okupacijske ar
made, katera Sc nahaja, kot pri-
znava ia porocevalec ma cisto
slovenski zemlji = ter Sc obna-
sa kot sovrazna armada, mako
njena ne Jugoslovanom, kateri
so zavezniki, ampak Italijanom,
kateri SO spadali k osiScu. To je
tiSto, cesar smo Sc vsi bali. Vsak
dan citas mnenja nash vojakov
in castnikov, kateri oo dohodu
Evening star., 1946-09-28
Hughes Mishap Suits Due
By SheIioh Grohom

the Radio City Music Hall in New
York. But that's where it belongs.
. "Timberline," the novel by
Gene Fowler, still is on the shelf
at Metro. I wonder why they don't
dust 1t off and make 1t. Walter
Pidgeon or Spencer Tracy would be
great in the top role
Enrol Flynn, I'm told, definitely
will star in THE Hucksters" if Clark
Gable refuses the final script. And
in any case, Errol's next picture
when he returns from his present
cruise on his yachts for Metro.
But Enrol told me before he left that
he does not want to do The Huck-
sters." He may have to. Ella
RaineS is a smart gal. She was at
a party where Clark Gable was a
guest. He said he was going to the
valley premiere of Canyon Pas
sage" and he casually asked Ella If
she were going. She wasn't but she
said Yes and Clark said. why
don't we go together?" And that,
my friends, is how a new Hollywood
romance is born.
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Washington, the tickets are not let
tered and numbered. A certain
number of seats are reserved, not
many. The ushers are no more
professional than the audience, a
large proportion of which is very
young and has been brought up ir
movie palaces where any seat Is
grabbable. This results in quite a
lot of movement on the part of GUS
toners deciding another seat is
better than their first choice. II
sometimes results in non-reserved
seat holders getting into reserved
seats, which causes still further
movement.
70 This exciting agitation of the aud
ience being seated is an amazing
phenomenon to any one brought up
among the sophisticated snarling of
metropolitan theatergoers.
Here, incredibly, is an audience
made up of human beings who like
each other, who act like members
of the same species and have gath
cred for something thrilling.
Watching it, before the curtain
goes up, is to fill one with doubts
that Shakespeare can be equally
pleasant and dramatic to look upon
when the curtain rises.
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That question lasts only until Mr..
Porterfeld's group is lighted up, the
house lights are dimned and the play
gets under way. Frankly, Shake
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speare seems crazy notion In the
repertory of q group famous here
tofore as a summer theater. Or,
for any similar group.
Much Ado About Nothing" is only
few lines old, however, until even
the dull-witted professional reviewer
become aware that the Bard is a ma
tural for the summer players. In
Much Ado About Nothing" the
Barter players make it instantly
clear that Noel Coward's talent for
romantic persiflage is a lot more
derivatiye than his marshes critics
had suspected. Coward's Amandas
and Geoffreys, indeed. Hand-me-
downs. obviously, from Beatrice and
Benedick. Or variations of noble,
naive Claudio and sweet, simple
hearted Hero. One forgets, between
Much Ado About Nothings.' that
Shakespeare wrote not merely a roll
licking romance, but a double feature
what with his two pairs of so differ
ent lovers.
The Barter players make one re-
member all that over again, and what
a whiplash fellow the Bard was with
a wise-crack and how much more
he seemed to know about the sexes
than subsequent playwrights who
have been confronted by Freud.
1t is a cast of superbly talented
players which the Barter offers.
They not only illustrate what Shake
speare had in mind in Much Ado
About Nothing" they also illustrate
the difference between acting as
happy art and acting as an unre-
warding commerce.
A dozen individual performances
stand out, among them that of Joan
De Weese, as the saucy, pretty Bea-
trice; Robert as the youthful god
like Don Pedro; Herbert Nelson as
the aeidulous Benedick, and Tom
McDermott as Claudio.
Adequate" is a most inadequate
word for the others, but Shake
speare always ran to such large
casts.
There will be three other Barter
productions in Alexandria on sue
cessive Thursday nights, others in
Arlington and Fairfax.
Until the District Commissioners
can be prevailed upon to buy the
Barter Theater for Washington
institution, if Virginia could be pre-
vailed upon to sell it, try to catch one
of the performances yet to come.
If you can get a seat.
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that 1t appropriated for the dramatic
group headed by Robert Porterfield.
The Barter theater is something
to throw your hat in the air about.
Above all other things it is
THEATERi It is theater that is
easily competent to put to shame
scores of those costly, elaborate
slabs of commercial entertainment
that are to be seen in more sophis-
ticated-thats glossy, son-areas of
show business.
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A Barter performance. of which
there will be four weeks of such in
northern Virginia communities, does
not wait until the curtain rises to
become theater. 1t is exciting from
the moment the audience begins to
gather which is around 7:20. Cur
tain time is o'clock The audience
which ranges from 6 to 66, and is
full of wonderful excitement, is non
urban. The presumption is that it
goes to bed at a reasonable hour
and gets up at another reasonable
hour. Hence, the 8 o'clock curtain.
The audience at Barter perform
ance, of which the first in Alexan-
dria is typical is full of delightful
surprises before the really stunning
surprise of the evening which is the
high quality of the production of
Much Ado About Nothing"
Rows are lettered, but seats are
not numbered, in high school audi
toriums. Or, if they are at George