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Evening star., 1950-09-20
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Ambassador - "Sunset Boule-
vard"; 1:10. Sis. $40. T:25 and
9:35 pm.
Capitol Summer Stock: Ii
am. las. 4:30. tbs, 10 pm
Stage show, 1855, $40, 6:25 and
9:10 pm.
COIumbia-"The Black Rose;
1880 am, 12:45, 8. $40. T:35 and
9:55 pm.
Dupont-"Holy Year 1950":: /
1920, 5:45, $40 and 10:35 pm.
Keith's-"The Underworld Sto-
ry"; 11:15 am, /, 3:15. $50, 7:25
and $40 pm. Stage appearances:
2:30 and 1855 pm.
Little-"Fantasia":: 1925, 9:4S
5, 7:25 and 9:45 pm.
Metropolitan-"Cariboo Trail"::
11:40 am, 1:40, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45
and $50 pm.
National - Kind Hearts and
Coronets";; 11:05 am, 1855. 2:4o
4:35. 6:25, S:15 and 1905 pm.
Palace-Fancy Pants: 11:1t
am, 1:20, $3.50, 5:35. 7:40 and
9:45 pm.
Pix-"A French Scandel";; :, 4
6, 8 and 10 pm.
Playhouse - "No Way Out"
11:15 am. lis. $40. 5:25. T:3t
and $40 pm.
Plaza - Madness Of Love-;
II am, 1, sos, $40, T:15, S:2C
and 11:10 pm,
Trans-Lux - "Destinatior
Noon; 11:05 an, 1880. 2:40
4:35. 6:25, 8:15 and 1905 pm.
Warner - Sunset Boulevard"
11:15 am, 1:15, Sis, $40. TAO
and $40 pm.
Evening star., 1950-09-20
By Harry Macarthur

When Franchot Tone was pass
ing through here awhile back
helping to sell "The Man on the
Eiffel Tower" he was telling about
q sequence which had to be cut
from the Aim because it involved
one of those open-air convent
enceS which dot the streets and
boulevards of Paris. Might offend
American movie-goers. Now, as
q fair example of the difference in
attitude between American movie
makers and French movie-makers
there comes something called "A
French Scandal" which is devoted
entirely to the hullabaloo which
ensues when one of these Gallo
edifices is erected in the little vii
lage of Clochemerle.
"a French Scandal" which
opened yesterday at the Pix
shouldn't soil any minds which
aren't already noticeably tattle-
tale gray. 1t is bawdy. all right,
and seems to have been based gen.
orally on the theory that life is q
jest to be told at q stag party
A lot Of 1t also is genuinely funny,
largely because of a generous dis
play Of that delight the French
take in making loving fun of the
French character with wild ex-
aggeration.
Clochemerle, as seen here in the
days of its crisis some 80 odd years
ago, is scarcely a model French
village to be set before the young
and innocent as an example, but
1t is O. place where q spectator
might very easily get a laugh out
Of life. The men are improbably
grotesque comic types in wine
most Of the time, except for q few
who devote their lives to cuckold-
ing their friends. The women are
either beautiful, amoral and
happy or ugly, moral and mean
Even so. all seem to be getting
along happily until the mayor de-
cides to set up his monument tc
democracy. the public comfort
station.
There's a very funny sequence
detailing the unveiling of this
monument. a ceremony complete
with an ode by the local poet
and q pompous speech by the
native son who made good in ma
tional politics. The rift in Clich-
emerle develops along broadly
satirical lines. dragging in the
church and the government, the
latter in a fine bit of spoofing
Evening star., 1950-09-20

Second Man" alive all these years
and even now to make Jean
Dalrymple consider taking Tone
and the play back to Broadway
this season.
In this production, perhaps be-
cause of the injection of a new
member into the cast, it lacks
sheen and pace. For long stretches
the best dialogue in the play Is the
halting, stumbling speech Of the
honest young scientist who loves
the girl. This certainly is not as
it should be In a Behrman play,
even allowing for the authors
mastery of awkward. as well as
brilliant, speech.
AS the star Of the Olney exhibit,
who may go on to Broadway in its
revival, Tone gives the impression
of man whose mind is not exclu-
sively occupied by the novelist he
is playing. His performance is
knowing enough, but too broad
and busy to look like much more
than routine.
Most solid of the four players on
the stage last night was Walter
Brooke as the young scientist who
came off as a sound comedy figure
if not exactly the one Behrman
had in mind.
Neither Miss Peyton nor Miss
Lindsay. the former the girl and
the latter the rich widow. climbed
above summer stock performances
on the opening night Of Olney's
closing week.
S. Syrjala has designed the
single set, writer's second-rate
hotel suite. 1t is q first-rate Sec
ond-rate hotel suite.
Evening star., 1950-09-20

Second Man." back in 1927. It
has remained so lively in the in
tervening two decades that only
bookworms realize its real age.
It's youthful characteristic is ap-
parent again on the Olney Thea
ter's premises, where this week it
rings down the curtain with Fran
chot Tone as the star who will
take the final bow next Sunday
afternoon.
The Second Man" actually is
one of the best plays Of the Olney's
summer. 1t is not one Of the
theater's best pieces of entertain
ment, however. Much of the cyni-
cal wit remains with it. yet this is
more to the credit of Behrman
than the company assembled in
support of Tone as 'The Second
Mans" main man.
The comedy is one that de-
mands a high luster. 1t should be
played with an easy grace by
actors who can take 1t for granted
that the authors clevernesS needs
no heavy underscoring on their
part. OF the four performers in
this production, Tone seems aware
of thsi fact. His colleagues, among
them a jewel-like young blond
named Barbara Peyton who ap-
parently joined the cast last night
for the first time, are far less well
informed on how well Behrman
does his own work.
X
Even improperly played, "The
Second Man" has its moments OF
high Sardonic humor and consid-'
erably more of intelligence than
usually comes under the head OF
comedy.
1t is q tale of life among the
artists, and the artists friends,
and the central character is an
object of intellectual interest. He
is a writer who knows he is Sec
ond rate, that he has the instincts
of a giggolo. and that he is an
amorous opportunist who has had
a lot Of opportunities. AS any
man might. he could be happy
with this degree of self-knowledge
save that he also has the remnant
of a nagging conscience.
Somewhere in the past, he had
heard there were things called
good and evil and he cannot for
get it.
What specifically is bothering
him is the need to choose between
the two women in his life. One
of these is a rich. world-weary
widow who has tried everything
else and would now like a 60 at
emotional tranquility. The other
is a fresh, reckless spirited and
beautiful young girl who is willing
to pay any price just to be around
any one who can talk as glibly as
the hero. Any price but money.
that is. This is the one thing
she lacks and it puts squarely up
to the writer the question of
choosing between love and money.
Being a Behrman hero -a and
after % years, it should not be
unsporting to say so-he ends up
choosing money. This he does on
the spiritual counsel of the inner
man, or the second one referred
to in the plays title.
X X
The action in Behrman plays
is mental. a singularly difficult
kind of movement to create even
for the most expert performers.
The four characters here-the
fourth one an inarticulate young
scientist who wants to marry the
girl for just love-are left largely
to talk over their problem.
The talk can be good. It has
been good enough to keep "The
Evening star., 1950-09-20
Mature Americans to Meet

Mature Americans, an organi-
1ation devoted to expanding en-
ployment opportunities for elderly
persons. will hold its first ami
versary meeting at 8 pm. tomor-
row in the Thomson School,
Twelfth and L streets NV.
Evening star., 1950-09-20
Jews Sponsor Dance

The Jewish Community Center
Of Washington will sponsor a spe-
cial dance in celebration of the
Jewish New Year at 9 pm. tomor-
row in the center, 1929 Sixteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1950-09-20
Drama News and Reviews
Note of Behnnnon Laughter
Ending OIney's Season
By Joy Cormody

S. NJ Behrman is playwright whom any theater
well count to end its note of laughter Many
drama has fancd himself like Behman but really is
Behrman from quite creature
wants half heaed to be godke failing that will settle for
being ahably comic scoundrel s.
first Behrman wrote
Evening star., 1950-09-20
Fun in
France
New Film at Pix,
Is q Bowdy One
But It's Funny

ga FRENCH SCANDAL" q siritzky re-
lease Of Cinema Productions production,
directed by Pierre Chenal, screenplay by
Gabriel Chevallier based on his novel.
At the Pix.
Evening star., 1950-04-05

Cotton can be spun so fine that
one pound of it will make $50
yards of yarn.
Evening star., 1950-04-05

had 100 Federal troops disarmed
and lined up in surrender.
Aziz said he had issued an ulti-
matum to the federal troops
aboard the incoming ship Waikelo
not to land at Makassar
The rebel leader said if the
troops try to land we will shoot
them out"
His ultimatum was transmitted
to the ship by United States Air
Force Maj. j. A. Cartwright of
Abilene. Tex, a military observer
for the United Nations Commis-
sion for Indonesia.
Maj. Cartwright carried the
order to the ship in a motor
launch.
Trusted Negotiator.
The surprise arrest of Sultan
Hamid, who was one Of the trust
ed negotiators for IndoneSian in
dependence from Dutch rule. came
with shocking suddenness. The
government communiaue an
nouncing it appealed to the people
to remain calm.
Hamid. hereditary ruler Of West
Borneo. is an honorary aide de
camp to Hollands Queen Juliana
and was formerly a major gen.
eral in the Netherlands Indies
Army.
At his luxurious palace in the
jungle city of Pontianak the
handsome Sultan entertained in
regal splendor, with swing bands.
imported whisky. yelled girl at
tendants and native tom tom
beaters.
More than 1000 persons have
been rounded up on suspicion of
participating in the January up
rising. Two top Dutch officials
in the former Netherlands Infor-
nation Service here are among
those in Jail.
Asked what the next step would
be. United States of Indonesia
Army spokesman said he believed
the Makassar affair could be set
tied by negotiations.
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Shormon Reduces
Social Life for
Nurses Aide Job
By the Associated Pre<s

LONDON, April 5.-Sharman
Douglas, one of the brighter lights
of London society, said yesterday
that she is cutting down her social
activities to become a volunteer
nurses aide in a children's
hospital. ..., --,.
Good for you" was. the COM
ment Of her father, American
Ambassador Lewis w. Douglas
Her mother was more explicit.
This is a good start for Shar-
man." Mrs. Douglas said. when
we go back to the States maybe
she can take a full time job in a
hospital
Mrs. Douglas was a. hospital
nurse in World War I. .
The blond Sharman. confidante
OF party-loving Princess Margaret,
defined her hospital duties as "a
chief bottle-washer." She said
she would do things like taking
temperatures and would not be
paid for her work.
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Economic Assistance
For Peron Considered
ByU. s., Acheson Says

The United States is considering
economic assistance to Argentina.
Secretary Acheson said today.
He told . news conference the
Peron government in Argentina
has acted recently to put relations
with the United States on a much
more solid basis and said he IS
anxious that this Government do
its part IN that effort.
Steps are being taken by both
sides, he added. that normally
would lead TO loans or other
financial assistance to Argentina.
He said various suggestions are
being considered to help Argentina
overcome its dollar shortage.
Mr. AcheSon said he was en-
couraged by the activities here Of
Ramon Cereijo. Argentine treas
ury minister, now in Washington
for a meeting Of the Inter- Amer
lean Economic and Social Coun-
Gil. While here. Mr.. Cereijo has
conferred with Mr.. Acheson. As
Sistant Secretary Of State Edward
G, Miller. jr.; other Government
officials and groups OF business
men.
1t seems TO him. Mr. AcheSon
told reporters. that the Argentine
treasury minister has made con-
siderable progress in paving the
way for better economic relations.
Evening star., 1950-04-05

weight and in percentage by
weight of the cigarettes, not only
as among the six different brands
but also as among the individual
cigarettes of the same brand"
Cites Variable Factors.
In other words, FTC said, be-
cause of many variable factors in
the growing, blending and proc
essing of cigarette tobacco, 1T is
impossible for a manufacturer to
produce a large volume of ciga-
rettes with a standard contents
of nicotine and throat irritants."
AS to Old Colds. FTC said:
"Lorillard is forbidden to repre-
sent that it's Old Gold brand, or
the smoke from these cigarettes,
contains less nicotine, or less tars
and resins, or is less irritating to
the throat than the cigarettes. or
the smoke therefrom, of any of
the other leading brands of ciga-
rettes."
FTC said regarding Camels:
The Reynolds firm is prohibit
ed from claiming that it's Camel
brand or the smoke from the ciga-
rettes, contains less nicotine than
do the cigarettes, or the smoke
therefrom, of any of the four
other largest selling brands of Gig
arettes, or that Camels or the
smoke therefrom will never harm
or irritate the throat"
r~ Bans Camel Claims.
FTC also banned advertising
claims by Camels that this cigar
cite is "either beneficial to or not
Injurious to particular bodily
system or some other part of the
body" Contrary to these repre-
sentations, FTC asserted:
THE record clearly shows that
Camels cigarettes are physiologi-
cally injurious when smoked to
excess and where the smoker is
diseased" ...
The commission branded as
deceptive" claims by Camels that
the cigarette would "soothe-the-
nerves" and that an athlete could
smoke Camels without expert
encing an adverse effect on en-
durance and energy.
The commission also said Loril-
lard has "misrepresented" it's ad-
vertising in claiming that Old
Colds had a lower percentage of
harmful substances in the tobac-
co and in the smoke" than other
cigarettes.
Evening star., 1950-04-05
.Acheson Considers
Cutting Diplomatic
Staffs in East Europe

Secretary Of State Acheson said
today the United States is con-
sidering reducing its diplomatic
staffs in Russias Eastern Eu-
ropean satellites because those
Communist countries are making
it increasingly difficult for Amer
lean officials to operate.
He told a news conference he
did not know whether the Com
munist leaders were trying to
force American representatives
out or just to make them un-
happy.
Various pressures and restric-
tions on American diplomatic mis-
sions in the satellite countries in
dicate that their Communist gov
ernments do not wish to main
/ tain relations with the United
States on a sound and helpful
basis. Mr.. Acheson said
Not Allowed to Be of Use.
At present, he said. most Amer
lean diplomats in Hungary, Ro-
mania. Poland and Czechoslovakia
are not permitted to perform use
full functions.
The Secretary said officials are
examining the situation in each
country to see what the embassy
and legation staffs can usefully do.
and then will decide how much to
reduce them.
Actually, other informants said,
a reduction of American diplo-
matte staffs in the satellite coun-
tries has gone on for more than
a year, and is being stepped up
now.
Hungarian Request Rejected.
The United States recently re-
Jected request of Hungary
Communist government to cut it's
personnel there, but indicated
there would be further staff reduc-
tions as result of limitations on
functions of the mission.
The recent closing of the United
States Information Office in Ro-
mania resulted in a large cut in
the staff there. The personnel in
Romania has been reduced by
attrition over a period of several
months because the Romanian
government has refused entrance
visas for requirements for trans
ferred employees.
| The State Department also has
been following general policy of
not replacing native employees in
the satellite countries who quit for
various reasons.
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Reynolds Officers Deny
Using False ADVERTISING

W1NSTON-SALEM, N. c., April
5 (P.-Officers of the R. j. Rey-
nolds Tobacco Co. declared TODAY
that they have never used anv
advertising themes for Camel
cigarettes known to be false.
The statement also said that all
OF the advertising themes COM
planned of by the commission
were discontinued more than five
years ago = ="
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Borneo Sultan Jailed
by Indonesia; Revolt
Breaks Out in CeIebes
By the Associoted Press

JAKARTA. Indonesia. April 5.
The young Indonesian central
government. harassed by a new
revolt in a member state. rushed
Sultan Hamid II of West Borneo
of to jail today as the master
mind of a plot to overthrow the
Jakarta regime,
The latest uprising occurred in
Makassar. the Celebes. capital of
the state of East Indonesia, where
rebellious state police captured the
local federal garrison in a light
ming coup.
The colorful 37-year- -old Sultan
Hamid. a cabinet member in the
central government and President
of the state of West Borneo. was
arrested in Jakarta a few hours
before the flareup at Makassar.
The two developments brought
to a head the troubles boiling
up in the young United States
of 1ndonesia since it gained in
dependence from the Dutch last
December.
Linked to January Revolt.
Sultan Hamid was charged
with being the brains behind the
revolt in West Java last January
by Capt. R. P. P. (Turk) Wester-
ling.
There was no immediate evi-
dence that Hamid was directly
connected with the MakasSar up
rising, although the purpose be-
hind the Celebes and West Java
revolts was similar-to oppose
the strong central powers of the
U. S. I. government.
The early morning calm in
Makassar was shattered by ma
chine-gun fire as East Indonesian
state police and dissatisfied Indo-
nesian soldiers of the former
Royal Netherlands Indies Army
took over the harbor, the radio
station and control of the city
in a coup which lasted only about
IS minutes.
The action was aimed at halt
ing the arrival of 900 federal
troops. due in by ship this morn
ing. The troops had been dis
patched to Makassar in a move
by the central government to back
up its policy of bringing such
autonomous states as East In
donesia under a more centralized
control.
The Westerling uprising. in
which the former Dutch army
commando temporarily took over
the West Java city of Bandoeng
in guerrilla raid. was inspired
by the same principle of opposing
strong central rule. Westerling
fed to Singapore when the revolt
was nipped
10 Killed or Wounded.
The. .Makassar revolt today was
led by Capt. Andi Abdul Aziz, a
26-year-old native of the Celebes
who was trained with Westerling
as a paratrooper during the war.
Aziz said he, erected the coup
with only $50 men, although
other reports said the rebels num-
bered almost 800.
Ten persons were reported
killed or wounded in the street
fighting. Aziz said one of his men
was killed and four were wounded.
When Associated, Press Core
spondent Chris Scheffer arrived at
the scene Of the fighting shortly
after it started the rebels already
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Germany
Continued From First Page.)

Of Indiana, had accused the Sec
retary of following a pro-Com-
munist policy in the dismantling
of German industries. Senator
Jenner spoke in the Senate yes
terday.
Mr.. Acheson was told that Sen
ator Jenner had said that Ameri-
can High Commissioner John j.
McCloy had given secret testi-
mony to Congress which sup
ported Senator Jenner's accuse
tions.
Without being specific about
what Mr.. McCloy might have said
Mr.. Acheson said he would be
quite amazed if the American
high commissioner-Who takes
his orders from the President ano
Mr.. Acheson-had said what Sen
ator Jenner alleged.
In fact, Mr.. Acheson declared
Mr.. McCloy did not say it.
U. S. Favors Western Union.
The United States favors West.
ern European union, including
France, Britain and Germany, anc
feels that German participation i.
essential both to Germany and tc
its Western neighbors. But Brit
ish and French policy, rather thar
American, holds the key to future
developments.
:" Meanwhile, the German issue
was sharply pointed up last night
in a speech which the American
high commissioner for Germany
John j. McCloy, made in London
The speech reflected top policy
thinking in the State Department
here.
The fact is," Mr.. sMcUoy said
bluntly. I'VE cannot : solve the
German problem without fitting
it into the. larger context of a
united Europe" t
At another point he said: INC
friend of Britain. aware of her
problems. would dare urge any
step which might prejudice Brit
aims existence or impair her po-
sition as a leader of nations. The
United States. too. will have to
do its share"
Cites Population Problem.
Mr.. McCloy tackled the popu-
lation problem also.
Il hope we shall be successful
in our efforts to unite Germany
he said, but even with unity. in
order to support that population
Germany must rely on industrial
output even more heavily than
she did before the war.
Without the solution of these
basic economic problems, demo-
cratic forces may not be able to
retain power and exercise inf1u-
ence in Germany. 1t is essential
then to build an economy strong
enough to support it's larger pop
ulation."
In order to achieve that result
Mr.. McCloy said. Germany must
be made part of the larger COM
munity of Western Europe. At the
same time he emphasized the
continuing determination of the
Allied occupation in the West Ito
prohibit institutions and activities
dangerous to peace"
Evening star., 1950-04-05
FOUND.

DANE, male, fawn. white markings. vic
wash. and King sts., Alex. OY 4043.
DOG-Chihauhua. male. found in Uni
versity Park. Md. WA. 1922.
DOG-Black Scottie with reddish tint,
male. found at University of Nd, LO.