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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-08-28
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Evening star., 1951-04-29
NEW YORK.

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Collaborations on Broadway
shows are not designed in heaven,
but they frequently pay of with
a dividend which has angelic
qualities.
Howard Lindsay and Russell
Grouse have collaborated to pro-
duce highly profitable stage fare
for many years, and George S.
Kaufman and Moss Hart have
teamed up in writing and direct
ing many hit shows since they
first did the musical revue, "Once
in a Lifetime" in 1880. They met
when kaufman was drama
editor and Hart was a theatrical
manager.
It was tragedy which brought
Grouse and Lindsay together in
1884. Lindsay had written a
musical comedy based upon q
cruise ship which was going on
a happy journey to the Caribbean.
Just as Lindsay finished the book
for the original musical, the S. S.
Moro Castle caught fire anc
burned off the New Jersey coast.
Lindsay was lamenting that the
tragedy ruined his chances for
the musical.
Neysa to the Rescue.
| When he told his troubles to
Neysa McMein, the noted woman
artist, she suggested it could be
turned into a humorous story by
a friend of hers, Russell Grouse,
then conducting column on the
New York Evening Post.
Miss McMein called Grouse. in
trcduced him to Lindsay, and the
two changed bon Voyage" into
the hit musical Anything Goes
They have been collaborators ever
since, including their Life With
Father"
Undoubtedly Broadway's two
top-fight collaborators at the mo-
ment are Richard Rodgers and
Oscar Hammerstein, I'd, respon-
sible for South Pacific" and THE
King and l." Both are extraor-
dinarily good musicals which
have librettos to match the high
quality of their musical scores,
but the two authors were nervous
when they first began their col
laborations. Like Gilbert and
Sullivan, they questioned one an
others work when they first
met.
In their beginning, Gilbert and
Sullivan wrote an operetta called
1.-THE Gods Grow Old" which was
not a success but Impresario
Richard D'Oyly Carte convinced
the two that they should continue
as collaborators.
Pirates Everywhere.
The next trial effort of Gil
bert and Sullivan was their sue
tcessful Trial by Jury" and after
that came their many joint hits
headed by III. M. S. Pinafore." "
The latter, their first show pre-
sented in the United States, was
regarded as a bouncing success
because Immediately after it
opened on Broadway it was
pirated by practically every the
atrical manager in the leading
playshops of the United States.
Richard Rodgers collaborated
first with Lorenz Hart (who died
in 1942) and they wrote many
Evening star., 1951-04-29
Success in Pairs
Broadway Teens With Writing Teams
Whose Works Are Highly Profitable
By Mark Barron

song hits together including
Thou Swell" and others in their
musical Of 1927, "A Connecticut
Yankee"
Rodgers and Hammerstein be-
came collaborators through q
chance college acquaintance
When Rodgers was a freshman al
Columbia University he SUBJ
mitted a song for the varsity
show. Hammerstein was an up.
per classman. Only upper class
men were permitted to write fol
the varsity show. but Upperclass.
man Hammerstein insisted that
Freshman Rodgers music be used
Hammerstein won the argument
Rodgers and Hammerstein some
times write the music first anc
sometimes write the lyrics first
depending usually on which col
laborator gets an idea first. II
the case of '"The King and l.
Rodgers says he wrote the music
before he saw Hammerstein'
lyrics.
Rodgers says he usually com
poses his tunes while lying in bed
Hammerstein says he writes hi
lyrics while standing up. He ha!
a large. tall desk where he per
forms this task.
Il pace up and down so much
when I am writing lyrics" Ham.
merstein said, chat it isn't worth
while sitting down."
Evening star., 1951-04-29
By SheiIoh Grohom

usher at the New York Paramount
and, while there. met another IA
nous singing star. Perry Como.
Vic introduced himself to Perry
and made Como listen to him
sing. Perry advised: Get out Of
that usher's uniform, kid. You're
a great singer"
So Damone quit the Para
mount that day.. Gle has since
headlined at that theater several
times.) He won recognition on
an Arthur Godfrey Talent Scout
program and was on his way.
Had Smart Agent.
He arrived here in October.
1949. for his first West Coast
night club date as q virtual un-
'known-but he was smart enough
to hire an excellent press agent.
Louis B. Mayer attended the
opening at Mocambo. So did Dore
Schary. The next day the town
was talking about the young
singer. He met Elizabeth Taylor
at party given by Jane Powell
Evening star., 1951-04-29
Coming Attractions

Stage.
A r ENA - "Mr. Arcularis,"
with Lester Rawlins, start
ing May 8. .s+
NEW GAYETY-"Mr. Rob-
erts." with Todd Andrews,
starting May Z.
Screen.
AMBASSADOR - IRA ton
Pass" with Patricia Neal,
starting Thursday.
CAPITOL-"Inside Straight, :"
with Arlene Dahl. starting
Thursday.
COLUMBIA-Father's Little
Dividend" with Elizabeth
Taylor, starting Saturday.
DUPONT-"Border Street." a
Polish film with all-Polish
cast.
KEITH'S-"Tokyo File 212,""
with Florence Marty, start
ing wednesday.
METROPOLITAN-"The Red
head and the Cowboy" with
Rhonda Fleming, starting
Saturday.
NATIONAL-The Matin &
Season." with Gene Tierney.
PALACE-"I Can Get It for
You Wholesale" with Susan
Hayward, starting Thurs
day.
PLAzA-"Oh, Amelia" with
Danielle Darrieux.
TRANS-LUX-"The Magnet, I"
with Kay Walsh.
WARNER-Raton Pass" with
Patricia Neal, starting
Thursday.
Evening star., 1951-04-29
Don0oneWonts oBeBuckPrivote
Not q Singer, After He Is Drafted
Successful Crooner Thinks He Owes Country Too Much
To Ask Any Breaks Once He Is CoLLed to Army

The next night Vic had a date
with Liz. In fact. he had q date
with her every night for the next
month!
Then Joe Pasternak, the pro-
ducer who originally talked Mo-
cambo's Charlie Morrison into
signing Damone, arranged a
screen test. Next day. Damone
was signed to a long-term Metro
contract.
Vic is an expert in cooking
Italian dishes, particularly Ia
sagna.
In Hollywood. Vic lived in a
small. ultramodern apartment
alone. His idea of a wonderful
evening was to invite a few friends
over and cook dinner for them.
Rabid Movie Fan.
Vic is a rabid movie fan and
reads all the new movie magazines.
Vic has four sisters and he is
devoted to them and his mother.
His professional name of Damone
is her maiden name. Also. al
though his father. Rocco Farinola,
has a fine varitone voice, his
mother "a piano and singing
teacher) is responsible for his
singing career. It was she who
found the money for the early
lessons; it was she who made him
practice. ut was my mother who
encouraged me-" says Vic. For
her last birthday he realized a
long time ambition by buying her
a mink coat.
Vic neither smokes nor drinks
and prefers dates who don't either.
He's generous and energetic,
friendly and respectful. Always
calls me Miss Graham. Still calls
his producer "Mr. Pasternak."
When the draft board knocked
on his door. young Vic was max
ing $4,000 q week. "I stiIl believe
this is all a fantasy. Being able
to live in a place I always wanted
to see as a kid and being able to
do the things I've always wanted
to do. seems completely incredible
in my mind. All my life, too,
he says. ave wanted to trave'
abroad. Now it looks like Tn
going to get a trip-with the Gov
ernment footing the expenses!'
(Released by NANA)
Evening star., 1951-04-29
HOLLYWOOD.

It's going to be 'Buck Pvt" in
stead of "Crooner" Vic Damone!
Before reporting to Uncle Sam, he
reported to your reporter saying:
II owe far too much to this
country to try to stay out of the
Army. MY father came to America
as an immigrant. Where else
would he and my mother have
received the wonderful opportu-
mites which they received in this
land? 1t may sound corny but,
believe me, I'm glad to be able to
serve my country"
The cute-looking 22-year- -old
Brooklyn baritone. who is under
contract to MGM for seven years,
has made two pictures in Holly
wood-"Rich. Young and Pretty"
Ico-starring with Jane Powell. and
1.-The Strip" an all-star Metro
musical. He is scheduled to be-
Il gin his third film. Skirts Ahoy,"
and will. If the draft board gives
an okay. but that is doubtful.
Joan Benny His Girl.
The hardest part of being
drafted is for Damone to say good
/ by to Joan Benny, 18-year-old
daughter of Mary and Jack Benny
Although neither of us plans to
get married for several years, I'm
more fond of Joan than of any
| girl I've ever dated" Vic isn't
kidding. In fact, he never does
Vic has just composed his first
song. ballad titled "Joannie. ;"
What's more. he made it into a
record before donning uniform to
give Joannie something to re-
member him by.
Talking of uniforms, Damone
started in show business in an
uSher's uniform. It was at the
De Luxe Theater in Brooklyn.
Later. be graduated to being an
Evening star., 1951-04-29
Try Silver Dust
For Dinner Glow
By The Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD.
Here's a beauty tip for bru-
nettes from Actress Linda Darne1l:
Sprinkle a little silver dust on
you hair before you 60 out for q
big evening.
She learned the trick from a
movie cameraman who told her
that her black hair absorbed lisht
instead of rejecting it. Dusting
it with silver powder. he said,
would provide attractive high
lights. It must be used sparnagly
of course.
Linda says she likes the effect
so well she now powders her hair
before going to premieres and
personal appearances. -
Evening star., 1951-04-29
Todoy's Schedules

OOSA/ > ~ S0O'S0
Stage.
ARENA-"The Playboy Of the
Western World: $50 pm.
Screen.
AMBASSADOR-"The Fight
ing Coast Guard: 1:25.
$3.50, $50. 1885 and 9:40
pm.
CAPTToL-4Soldiers Three:
1:4O. s4:25, 7:1o and 9:55
pm. Stage shows: $40,
6::25 and 9:10 pm.
COLUMBIA -- Royal We'd
ding: 1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45
and 9:45 pm.
DUPONT Lady Paname"::
1:10, 500, 5:25, 7:35 and
9:45 pm.
KEITH'S-"Operation Disas-
ter: 1:20. 4::35 and 7:50
pm.
LITTLE-"Kind Hearts and
Coronets": 2:30. Cos and
9:45 pm.
METROPOLITAN - 1.-THE
Lemon Drop Kid: lao,
3:35. 5::35, 1880 and $40
pm.
NATIONAL - Three Guys
Named Nike: 1:10, 2::55,
4:40. 6:25. $40 and 9:55
pm.
PALACE-"Up Front: 1870.
3:35, $40, 7:40 and 9:45
pm.
PIX-"The Miracle Story:
2::20, 5:55 and $3.50 pm.
PLAYHOUSE - "Tales Of
Hoffman,: 2:30. $50 and
$3.50 pm.
PLAZA-"The Mudlark":: 1:10,
3:20, $50, TAO and $50
pm.
TRANS-LUX - "The Second
Woman: /. 2:45, Abs, 6:25,
$40 and 10 pm.
WARNER - THE Fighting
Coast Guard: 1885, 3::35.
$40, 7:45 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1951-12-09

more, that there is no alembic in
which the truth or falsity of ideas
can be finally measured, as can,
for example. the toxic effect of
benzoate of soda.
This principle assumes, finally,
that each individual is, in the
realm of ideas. the final judge, and
that final judgements will CORE
spond accordingly to the level Of
intelligence and cultivation which
guides the individual conduct of
the citizens of the nation.
Thus. freedom of communica-
ton of ideas is tied intimately to
a system of education in which
the prospective citizen must be
taught to observe. discriminate,
criticize, and apply the touch
stones of individual and commu-
nifty value. and not to one in which
he is merely indoctrinated for au-
tomato acceptance and passive
obedience.
Advocacy of ideas is the citadel,
the essential liberty which is most
in jeopardy in the current form of
attack on books. 1t is by compari-
son easier-at least in this country
to get at the facts, though even
Evening star., 1951-12-09
The Individual Reader
Is the Final Judee, ST..

The basic fact. OF course, is that
all ideas are potentially danger
GUS: they all contain the possibil-
tiles Of changing our world, for
good or for bad. There are few
adults who do not have convic-
tionS as to the beneficent or male
f1cent character of many ideas.
and we would each Of us like to in
culcate those Of the former and
Danish those of the latter class.
But history has taught us. If it
has taught us anything. that no
individual and no group has ever
had monopoly of the truth; that
human progress has been most
assured where the traffic in ideas
was freest; and that suppression
of ideas is probably the least sue
cessful method of combating them.
For generations. the Russian
autarchy by Punishment and sup
preston attempted desperately to
purge the state of unorthodox
ideas only in the end to expose
much of Europe and of Asia to
the dominance of those ideas in
diseased and virulent form.
To condemn the opinion of an
other. and yet to be the first to
defend his right to express it, is
a sentiment attributed to Voltaire:
and this principle is indeed merely
the equivalent. with regard to the
expression of opinion. of the
Golden Rule-just as that is the
basis of every manifestation of
democracy as a way of human life
This principle assumes that peo-
pie can be trusted. Is there any
other principle to go on? This
principle assumes. too. with the
Bible. that great is truth and
will prevail: but adds. Thomas
Jefferson's words, IF left to her
self (and) unless disarmed Of her
natural weapons. free argument
and debate"
This principle assumes. further
Evening star., 1951-12-09

present, and stack one side against
the other.
The public library must be free
of slanting; it must present as
fully and fairly as possible all
relevant data and views on the
questions which it's readers wish
to investigate.
Because, in a free market, the
traffic in ideas may be counted
on to serve the cause of truth.
the only really bad ideas, in an
ultimate sense, are those which.
by undermining confidence and
breeding cynicism, inculcate de-
spair of ever finding the truth
and so destroy the individuals
ability and sense of responsibility
for ultimate judgments. And this
is exactly the effect of the great
lie, the perversion of history. and
the smear.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Aggressive Campaigns
Are Under Way

1t is consequently welcome news
that several of the groups which
are ordinarily on the defensive
when attacks on books are con-
cerned have decided to adopt an
aggressive rather than a merely
passive role. The National Educa-
ton Association has designated an
emergency committee for the de-
fense of the schools. The Ameri-
can Library Associations Com
mittee on Intellectual Freedom is
not only active in identifying
trouble-spots and in bringing sup
port to libraries under attack, but,
more usefully is promoting under
standing and adherence among
library boards and others for the
associations standards of book
selection. And the American Book
Publishers Council. through its
committee on reading develop
ment, has in it's turn adopted
positive campaign of education
and understanding in place Of
purely defensive tactic
These are welcome, more IS
needed. Most of all is needed
an understanding by every citi-
zen of the real basis and i'm
portance of the first amendment
to the Constitution, and realiza-
ton that this amendment does
not merely represent ancient his
tory, but a living principle for
the conduct of nations affairs.
This principle needs to be brought
to life in our schools and be
made there criterion of con-
duct. and not merely shibboleth
of self-gratulation.
We like to think of the stream of
truth as a deep, untroubled river
See BOOKS UNDER FIRE. Pg. 10.
Evening star., 1951-12-09

ton because it was learned that
its library contained several books
by Communist authors. We have
seen literary classics as well as
journals of opinion banned from
student reading lists because some
portions of them gave offense to
some organized group. Libra
ries and schools all over the coun-
try, where not already on the de-
fensive, are prepared to be put on
the defensive for permitting the
mere availability of works of au-
thors of unorthodox opinions or
simply Of assailed associations.
For the great majority of us
this question of the attack on
books is rendered more difficult to
see in a clear light because of the
fact that in spite of our pride in
free press we are in reality sur
rounded by censorship. Our
movies. our radio and television
operate under various industrial.
Federal or State codes. Postal
and customs regulations control
the dissemination of certain kinds
of literature Every editor, every
publisher, every vendor of liter
ary products and every librarian,
by the selection and emphasis of
what he offers. controls to some
extent its availability. We pro-
hibit the free sale of certain
drugs; why not similarly prohibit
the dissemination of certain
ideas? We doctor our drinking
water; why not doctor reading
matter?
This very confusion in our
thinking opens the way for the
attack on ideas by suppression.
Consequently I incline to well
come the recurrent attacks on
books as occasions for clariflca-
tions Of our ideas and for re-
minding ourselves. as we must be
reminded again and again and
again, that freedom OF speech and
Of the press is never, even in the
most favored societies. something
to be taken for granted: that these
are rights which we. hold only as
the result of the conviction and
courage which defied pillory and
jail and confiscation and banish-
ment: that all freedom has been
won and was not just passively
received.
Evening star., 1951-12-09

here we must be alert to assure an
honest and ever-aggressive press
to preserve the continuance of this
situation. But if advocacy of
opinion is to be suppressed-or
even hampered-because the opin-
ions may be unpalatable to various
groups. the final judge. the citi-
zen. will be deprived of the evi-
dence on which his judgement
must rest.
Where the Reader Makes
His Own Selection
At the innermost heart of the
system of communication of ideas
by which the individual citizen has
access to information stands the
public library Here he may 60 in
full confidence that, SO far as its
resources permit and as it is in
telligently organized, he can find
the information he wants. un-
slanted by any purpose, doctrine
or intent except the desire to in
form.
Here he may make his own Sc
lection. free from the dictation of
editors or commentators; here he
may compare the past with the
Evening star., 1951-12-09
A Method of Attack
Becoming More Rampant

Today this method of attack is
more rampant than usual. In
the past few months we have
seen one of our oldest and most
reputable publishing houses ap-
parently thrown into panic by
an attack which accused it OF
publishing books by authors some
of whom were never even on its
lists. We have heard two impor-
tant book-reviewing journals
solemnly charged with deliberately
slanting their reviews and so cor
rupting the public mind. We
have seen public librarian
of over 80 years service dis
charged because her shelves con-
tanned books unpalatable to a
self constituted body with no di-
rect responsibility for her super
vision We have seen school
system threatened with investiga-
Evening star., 1951-12-09

Books Under Fire
In Spite of Our Pride in a Free Press
We Are Surrounded by Censorship
By Luther H. Evuns
Librarian OF Congress

ALL know how 1735
established the freedom the Colonial
political criticism after
had been burnt by the had
been jailed ncommunicado criminal libel
Evening star., 1951-12-09


aprocryphal exclamation "Eppur s
of his theories at the very mo-
ment that he was accepting pen
ance and humiliation for enunci-
ating them. We all know how, by
an amazing, Single-handed and
onetime performance, Mr.. John
Milton forever eve believe) did
away with censorship of the press,
through the technicality of licens-
ing. in the Anglo Saxon world.
But these events eve are in
clined to thinkb were in the bad
old days. We can rest secure in
the liberties which our forefatherS
won for us and which are written
into our constitutions and our
laws. When suppression occurs,
as in Hitler's Germany or Stalin's
Russia. it is mark of barbar-
ism to which we are not suScep-
tible. 1t cannot happen here!
Groups of People Wish
To Destroy Books
Let us not be too sure. Ideas
are always under fire, and books.
which are their vehicles. are al
ways under fire At almost any
time, in any country. in many and
diverse circumstances, in almost
every kind of culture, there are
groups of people who wish to de-
availability.
The age-old Justification for
suppression is the maintenance of
public and private order. and de-
cency. To this is added, the pro-
lection of the people from ideas
or presentations of ideas which
would be harmful to them. Be-
hind these lofty attitudes. how
ever, often lurk much less es-
timable ambitions to maintain
in being a particular political or
economic situation which is profit
able to the suppresSorS, or to pro-
tect from attack particular Sys-
tenn of ideas which they have
adopted or are attempting to i'm
pose.
There is no doubt that fear is
an important compulsive to GEN.
sorship: we are all naturally fear
full of seeing the good things of
our way of life undermined by
what we consider inSidious at
tacks, and our first reaction is to
suppress the vehicle in which the
attack is conveyed. forgetting that
If the things we prize are really
valuable they can stand up to at
tack. and that the idea we hate,
IL it has any validity at all, cam
not be quenched by prohibition.
Among the most repellent Of the
attacks on books are those which
are accompanied by obvious desire
to seek or to hold public Office or
some other minor material ad-
vantage 1t is significant Of at
tacks of this kind that they are
rarely frontal attacks upon the
ideas involved but usually take
the form OF deliberate and
cynical attempt to confuse the
public mind. They seek to destroy
confidence by questioning the as
Sociations and motives Of the au-
thor of the ideas. by inSinuation
and imputation, and by the other
arts of the technique which has
become known in this country as
the smear but which Hitler uner-
ringly recognized as one OF the
arts of totalitarian government on
the ground that the public is more
thoroughly confused by big lie
than little one.
A Method of Attack
Becoming More Rampant
Today this method of attack is
more rampant than usual. In
the past few months we have
seen one of our oldest and most
reputable publishing houses ap-
parently thrown into panic by
an attack which accused it OF
publishing books by authors some
of whom were never even on its
lists. We have heard two impor-
tant book-reviewing journals