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Evening star., 1952-05-30
Hollywood Diary
Betty Hutton Plans "
Series Stortinq in FoH
SeTIeS St0rting IN FC
By SheiIoh Grohom

blond and very beautiful Mary
Costa. 20. who can sing and dance
like mad. But she's asking a for
tune-and this may kill the deal.
Ann Miller has q new guy,
Randolph Hill, from San Fran
cisco. And George JesseI has a
new doll. 20th-Fox starlet Anne
Bancroft. John CAROLS
Farmer Takes a Wife" picture
with Betty Cradle carries an
Ieight-week work guarantee, plus
three days of to make q big test
in color at Metro, his old studio.
Stewart Granger usually comes
into the MGM coInmissary with
u his shirt unbuttoned to the waist.
So Kirk Douglas, trying to be
funny. opened his shirt to the
waist while visiting Granger's
Prisoner Of enda" set. The. joke
misfired, however; Stewie asked to
have the set cleared! :. Spotted
Bing Crosby buying wife Dixie
some mentionables and sllnmen-
tionableS last week at Juel Parks
lingerie stand in Beverly Hills.
Marjorie Main Is thinking of ac-
cepting summer stock dates in
Massachusetts,. She tells me she
wanted to do night club dates in
Las Vegas with Percy Kilbride
her pa in the MA and Pa Kettle
series. But Percy decided he die
not want to stay up that late.
Universal would like Greg Peck
for Somerset Maugham's "Ashen-
den" to be made in London
Margaret Sullavan flew to London
for one night to catch the new
Terrence Rattigan play. ''The Deer
Blue Sea-" because she plays the
Peggy Ashcroft lead on Broadway
next. season.
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Evening star., 1952-05-30

he is one of Hollywood.s more
adept comics but in a role as
hackneyed as this one, there is
virtually nothing he can do but
tumble through it all.
h X 4 **
One Of the seasons happiest
pieces Of reading from this weeks
Variety:
"Click Of Walter F. Kerr as
drama critic Of the New York
Herald Tribune is regarded in
Broadway circles as one of the
notable developments of the 1852
season. His reliability and obvious
authority. it's generally acknowl-
edged, quickly established Kerr as
one of the top legit reviewers,
bringing a stimulating new view
point to the New York theater.
"The general feeling is that
Kerr provided a challenge to the
entrenched dominance of Brooks
Atkinson of the Times for a
healthy influence on Broadway,
besides giving a needed hypo to
the Herald Tribune's entire
amusement section. A profess
sional playwright and director,
Kerr's knowledge of stage tech
nique won him an immediate fol-
lowing in the trade, and, with his
other critical assets, is repeatedly
building leadership in the general
public.
ALREADY the critic for Common
veal. when he joined the Trib,
Kerr has retained the spot for
the Catholic magazine. His con-
tract with the HIT also gives him
the right to take a leave of
absence for legit writing and di-
recting assignments, and he is
continuing his lecture appear
ances. Until about three years
ago. Kerr was head associate,
actually Of Catholic University
drama department. His most
recent Broadway author -stager
credit is Touch and Co." a revue
which he wrote in collaboration
with his wife, Jean Kerr, and di-
rected under George Abbott's
management during the 1949-50
season." II:
It could not be said about a
nicer guy, or a more intelligent
and, worthy one.
Criticism was not Walters tar
get In the theater but no one ever
hit it more perfectly for a bulls
eye.
Evening star., 1952-05-30
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time Of Showing

Stage.
Arena-'The Importance Of Be-
ing Earnest: $3.50 pm.
National-"Call Me Madam;
2:30 and $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador - About Face:
1:20, $3.50, $50, 1885 and 9:40
pm.
Capitol-"Skirts Ahoy!";; II am.
las, 4:30. tbs and 10 pm. Stage:
1855, $40. 6:25 and 9:10 pm.
Columbia - "Singin' in the
Rain; II am, 1:10, 1920. $50,
7:4O and $50 pm.
Dupont-"Anything Can Hap
PEN; 100, 3:05. Sis. 7:25 and
9:35 pm:
Keith's - CLASH BY Night;
11:35 am, 1:40.S $40, 5:45, 7:50
and $50 pm.
Little The GaIloping Major;
1870. 300, 4:40, 6:25, 800 and
9:45 pm. -
Metropolitan "Loan Shark"
|11:15 am, Il 100, 2:45, ,s4:30, $40
sos and :9:55 pm.
OntariO-"My Som john; 2:35
500 and 1905 pm.
Palace ce-"Carbine Williams;
1880 am, 1885, $40, 5:45, 7:45
and $50 pm.
Pix-"Slaves of the Under
world; 1:55, 4:35, 7:10 and 9:5C
pm.
Playhouse-''Deadline U. S. AZ;
11:10 am, 1855, 2:40, 4:30, $40
$40 and 10 pm.
Plaza-"The Man in the White
Suit; 11:15 am, 1:10. 3:O5, 500
6:55, $3.50 and 10:45 pm.
TranS-Lux - Encore; Ills
am, 100, 2:50, 4:35, 6:35, 8:25
and 1915 pm.
Warner - About Face; 11:4C
am, lao. $40, $40, 7:45 and
9:45 pm.
Evening star., 1952-05-30

There is a brand of British
movie nonsense which demands
a certain special appetite. There
probably is nothing good or bad
about the possession or lack Of this
feeling for foolishnesS. If you do
have the appetite. however. you
know that it isn't satisfied too
often and you ought to welcome
THE Galloping Major" at the
Little.
This. with Basil Radford in a
leading role and a frolicsome
script by Producer Monja Danis-
chewsky and Director Henry Cor
nelius. has hardly a sensible mo-
ment. It gets along very well with
out same, too.
1.-THE Galloping Major" is de-
scribed in the foreword as a fairy
tale about horse racing and the
description is. as good as any. It
tells Of Major Hill and the people
of Lambs Green and their race
horse and the wild triumph Of all
in the Grand National.
n. ~ **
It all begins, because Major Hill,
an improyident pet shop owner,
has o. ven to own racehorse.
particularly a horse named Mon
tana Miss. It is only a vague
though. until he discovers
that his adolescent daughter and
% friends have formed a syndi-
cate to buy a bicycle, which each
girl can use once a month.
The majors way is clear and
before long everybody in Lamba
Green owns one pound interest
in a syndicate formed to buy
Montana Miss. The major and
the syndicate are both diScon-
certed somewhat when he goes
to the British version of a claim
ing race. and bids on the wrong
horse, a nag titled Fathers Folly.
There is nothing wrong with
Fathers Folly except that he is
nervous and afraid of airplanes
Turns out also when he is entered
in a race during which an air.
plane comes overhead. that he
is q jumper and no good for flat
racing. Discouraging? Not to the
major and the people of Lambs
Green. Theynrename the steed
The Galloping Major and start
grooming him for the Grand Ma
tional. .
This Is rather a thin Jest, Il
you come right down to it, to bass
la full-length movie on. 1.-THE
Galloping Major" it must be noted
bogs down now and then. Produce,
fDanischeWsky and Director Cor.
|nelius have kept it's comic Incl.
dent fairly lively. though, and they
do wind it up with a fast, furiou.
and foolishly funny finale. Thi.
involves both a wild cross-country
chase and the running of thu
Grand National itself. The manner
Iof the Galloping Majors triumph
lis something better seen than reac
about.
The cast of this frolic perform:
with a fine spirit Of high fun
Radford, who has been a favorite
ever since America discovered thai
movies were made in Britain, i.
excellent as the major who alway.
wanted a racehorse and winds up
to his surprise, riding, one in th'
Grand National. So is Janett,
Evening star., 1952-05-30
HOLLYWOOD.

-
Whoever started the story
Shelley Winters was standing in
for Gloria Grahame in "The Glass
Wall had better duck behind one.
Shes cunning for the guy. Shells
back picking up that $1,5OO-per-
week at Universal international,
"but I only know what pictures
I'm making by what I read in
the papers," she says.
Betty Hutton says she will film
her own television show, next
year, with husband Charlie O'Cur-
ran producing. Twenty Of
Goldwyn's ballet dancers from
Hans Christian Anderson" have
signed for four weeks with Bob
Hope and Bing Crosby in Road to
Bali" Is anyone here making q
picture without a ballet?
Marge and Cover Champion go
to Europe after their starring pic
OAACJ 6tCA y O11A1S Is. x1dVC xn
Yours" which is not to be con-
fused with Elizabeth Taylor's next
"The Girl Who Had Everything. .
y \ X X
Young Robert Wagner's tycoon
father, idle because Of the steel
strike, originally wanted Bob to
join him in the steel business.
When he visited his son on the
set Of STARS And Stripes Forever
the other day, the boy cracked,
I'm working"
The day before the big confia-
grafton at Warmers, George Jessel
met Harry Warner at Hollywood
Park and asked how business was.
Warner replied, MY boy, when
I'm at the race track, I don't care
If the studio burns down."
Walt Disney has a sleeping
beauty" under wraps for his up
coming featllre.lenpth Aim She's
Evening star., 1952-05-30

farce. Brother Rat" it is no more
inspired than the dialogue. Most
stressed of the running gags calcu-
lated to keep the audience in an
uproar is the one in which one
military cadet or another loses
his trousers. Yesterdays first
audience feeling cheerful about
the up-coming holiday, neverthe-
less managed to stop short of an
uproar.
About Face" whose exuberant
cast is headed by Gordon MacRae
and Eddie Bracken, is a musical
version of life at VMI as told IS
years ago by John Monks jr., and
Fred Finklehoffe. If memory
serves. Bracken was a member of
the original cast and his reappear-
ance is dubious commentary on
the scholastic standards of War
ner Bros. And, of course, Bracken
himself.
The one notable freshness of
"About Face" is concentrated I'M
the girls who make VMI look like
an attractive country club. These
are such newcomers as Virginia
Gibson, Phyllis Kirk and Aileen
Stanley. jr., Director Roy Del Ruth
obviously told them just to be
themselves. This is sound advice
to vibrant girls confronted by al
plot as sagging as this one.
They inject authentic youth
fulness into their flirting, singing
and dancing. This is more than
anyone else connected with About
Face" was able to do with his
contribution to it.
X X X
The inspiration for this musi-
cal remake of the old military
school fable is graduation time,
no doubt. Commencement is the
period dealth with in about
Face" In spite of baccalaureate
and commencement speakers.
there are other things than the
grimness of final exams and life
on the minds Of even military
school seniors.
Three such upper classmen are
represented by MacRae, Bracken
and Dick Wesson. What they are
concerned with is girls, the COM
mencement week baseball game
with North Carolina, and getting
commissions-in that order. Mac
Rae and Wesson play the stand
ard brash comics. Bracken the one
who is kind of fall guy for every
rough notion fate might have.
About Face" would have been
a better screen musical with more
music and less stress on antique
plot. It errs in its assumption
that MacRae is a clown as well
as singer. He makes his sturdiesti
showing in such vocal bits as the
ballad. IF Someone Had Told
Me-" and such spirited tunes as
Piano, Bass and Drums" and
wooden Indian"
AS for Bracken in about Face, ,"l
Evening star., 1952-05-30

Scott, who Is a most appealing
sub-teen daughter. So is A. E
Matthews. as a cfusty old codger
from the majors club. who lends
financial and inspirational back
ing to the Lambs Green enterprise.
So are Rene Ray Jimmy Hanley
High Grifith, Joyce Grenfell
Charles Victor and, a lot of other
people.
II British nonsense is your dish
"Thes 'GaIloping Major is what
you've been waiting for.
Evening star., 1952-05-30

ABOUT FACE" q Warner Brothers
picture. produced by William Jacobs,
directed by Roy Del Ruth. screenplay
Brother Rat by John Monks, jr.,
and Fred F. Finklehoffe. At the AM
basSador and the Warner.
THE rACT
Evening star., 1952-05-30
The Posing Show
High Spirits, If Little Else,
Mark Warmers Musical
BY Jay Cormody
"I'l try to act dumb ,
",JllSt he notllra1o

I'll try to dumb"
Just be natural"
This is virtually perfect dialogue "About
Face the Technicoo at
Warner and Ambassador theaters
AS for the incident Of this tunefu adaptation sage
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-18
TRINITY

Those from this community who
picnicked at Lewes Beach on Sun
day afternoon were Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. John
Hastings and children, Jack and
jeanne, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Erie
del and sons, Clarence and Kenneth,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Warrington
and children, Everett, Joyce and
Janice, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Carey,
Miss Betty Ann Carey, Robert Lee
Carey and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Seeley and daughter Barbara.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Russell and
children spent Sunday evening
with relatives near Reliance.
Master frankie Kelly of Sails
bury is spending some time with
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
EnOs Nichols.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Hastings, Mrs
John Hastings and children, Jack
and jeanne, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Nit
chell and daughter Susan, Mr. and
Mrs. EnOs Nichols and grandson
Frankie Kelly, attended the Gilbert
family reunion at Trappe Pond on
Saturday.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-18

Miss Carol Friedel is spending
some time with her sister, Mrs.
irwin Knauer and Mr.. Knauer at
Cambridge, Md.
Miss Barbara Morris of Bridge
vile spent last week with Miss
Carol Russell.
Mrs. James Dill and Mrs. Roland
Russell spent Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. Dill's sister, Mrs. Chas.
Smith.
Albert Willoughby of near
GalestOwn, has been spending some
time with his grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Willoughby. Both
are quite i'll at this time
About fifty persons attended the
community beach party at Reho-
both on Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl WalstOn and
son Henry, Mrs. Harry Walston and
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl White spent Sun
day evening at RehObOth.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-18
MAGNOLIA
By Mrs. Frances Hart
Phone Frederick 42S1

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Carey had as
guests on Sunday, the formers son,
Mr.. Arthur Roach, of COllingswOOd,
N. j., and her daughter, Mrs. Will
liam F. Keba, of Woodbury.. Other
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. John
Lindale, of Glendale, and Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Orvis.
MIR. and Mrs. Edward Richards
and Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hill join
ed Mr. and Mrs. Kensil Cook, of
Wyoming, at Rochester on Sunday
where they took boat trip across
to Baltimore.
Rev. and Mrs. Richard Odgers, OF
Harrisburg, Pa. have been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Attix. Mrs
Odgers is one of the members OF
the Happy Four Quartet" and also
Mrs. Attix. They sang a duet num-
ber entitled THE Savior For Me"
at the morning church service and
on Sunday evening they went tC
Houston where they took a music
al part in the program there.
Mr.. William Minner accompanied
his daughter, Mrs Carrie MuncOy
of Wyoming, and his gTanddaugh,
ter, Mrs. Henry Martin. and Mr.
Martin, of Connecticut, to Oak Or
chard on Monday. and on Tuesday
he accompanied them to be dinner
guests Of another granddaughter
in Denton.
Peggy and Patsy Altwein, o
Metuchin, N. j., have been visiting
their aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Mcdonald.
Doyle WoOtten left on Tuesda!
for the Navy. He enlisted and il
undergoing his boot training a
cambridge, Md.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-18

Mrs. May Gilmore, of Phila., has
been spending the past two weeks
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Davis.
Mrs. Ida Lindale, who recently
returned to her home from the
Kent General Hospital, was remov-
ed to Webb's Nursing Home, in
Frederick, on Friday.
During the severe electrical and
rain storm on Wednesday evening,
the barn en- the Dunning farm was
struck by lightning and destroyed,
along with some livestock and sew
eral hundred bushels of wheat. The
Magnolia Fire Company responded
to the alarm but the building was
too far gone when they arrived to
save it but they fought To save the
adjoining buildings.
! Mrs. Kathryn Knight, Mrs Edna
Davis, Miss Eleanor Davis and Col
Inns Davis accompanied the for
mer's son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Byron Knight, of Will
mingtOn, to spend Saturday eve
ming in RehOboth.
Judy Bess and Peggy Ann ROsen-
berger, of Wilmington, have re-
turned to their home after spend
ing part of last week with their
aunt, Mrs. Hubert Dill and Mr. Dill
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Reynolds, OF
Fullerton, Md, spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Homer Wright.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Hart and
children, accompanied by Mrs. J
M. Parvis and children, of Houston
visited Mrs. Harry Cats, the for
mer Miss Helen Smith, and Mrs
Lyman Gaby, in Seaford, on Mon
day.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-18

Recent callers at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Martin are Mr..
and Mrs. o. w. Handy of Federals-
burg, J. A. Lowe and LinwOod
Lowe of near Wilmington, Mrs.
Ruth Martin, Harrington; Mrs. Wal
ter Hoch, Mrs. Edith Nelson and
Mr.. and Mrs. walter Belts of
Bridgeville.
Mrs. Frank Galloway and grand
daughter, Miss Joyce Smith of
Wachaprague, Va, Mrs. Earl Nor
ris and small son of FELTON,. Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Workman of Sea-
ford, Mrs. Edward Schiff and son
of Harmony spent Wednesday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hastings. Mrs.
Will Russell spent Sunday evening
with them.
Trinity Sunday School will hold
its annual picnic at Trappe Pond
on Wednesday, July 80.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-18
FELTON,
By Mrs.
Elizabeth Gleason
Phone
FELTON, 4649

Quite a number of people in our
town are planning to attend, the
Kent and Sussex Fair held at Har-
ringtOn Fair Grounds.
Misses Frances and Patsy Jensen
of Milton, are spending a few days
with their grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ashton Jester.
Mrs Norman Burton spent the
weekend with her sister and hus-
band, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Diefen-
derfer at their cottage at RehO-
both Beach.
Edward Ross spent the weekend
with his aunt at Milford.
Miss Marie Birmingham, daugh-
ter of the late Mrs. FRAME Wander
grift and Mr.. Harry Sipple, Jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sipple of
near FELTON,, were married Satur-
day night. July 18th, at Green's
boro, Md A reception was held
Cor them following the wedding
at he Community Hall, FELTON,.
They are both well known here.
Miss Brittingham was a graduate
from the FELTON, High School in
June of this year. Mr.. Sipple is en-
ployed at Lynn Torbert store in
FELTON,. Their many friends wish
them a happy married life.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Bell received
word from their son, Pvt. Joseph
Bell, that he has been sent tO
Camp Pickett. Va, where he will
be stationed for his training.
We are glad to report that Mrs
William A. Berry is slowly i'm
proving and is able to use her arm
a little. She is still unable to be
out and around, but her many
friends are hoping to see her soon
Miss Maria BiIlingsley is i'll ant
confined to her home this weel
with tOnsilitis. We hope she will
soon be we'll.
We are being visited by another
hot wave.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-18

Pa, Mrs. Robert Hickman Of Fed
seralsburg, Rev. and Mrs. Alden
Hopkins of Lewes, Mrs. Amelia Or
endorf, MISS Betsy Lord, Ira Lewis
and Miss Sally Ann Lewis, Mrs.
Granville Morris and Miss Emma
Morris.
Mrs. .Maude LOockerman is spend
ing the week with Mrs. Glenna Ad-
ans.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth West and
Mrs. Leon Smith and children at
tended hot dog roast with a group
at Rehoboth on Saturday evening.
Harry Tull of near fredericksburg
was a Sunday dinner guest OF Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth West.
CIaesifiad Ado oot ,osuIfo
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-18
EPWORTH
By Mrs. Reuben Riley
Phone 5ridReVllle S424

Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Smith and
family, Mrs. Leon Smith and chill
dren and Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Ad-
ans and daughter Betty were Lewes
Beach visitors on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Smith and
daughter Janet called on Mr.. and
Mrs. c. J. Smith on Saturday eve
ming.
Recent callers at the home Of Mr.
and Mrs. J. c. LOOckerman and
daughter have been Mrs. Lester Ad-
ans and children of West Chester
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-18
Baked Annles

To heighten the flavor Of baked
apples, bake them in either grape
fruit or orange juice, basting them
occasionally during the process.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-18
sweeten Grapefruit

You can sweeten your breakfast
grapefruit by adding a spoonful Of
strawberry, raspberry. or cherry
preserves instead of plain sugar.
Evening star., 1952-12-05
FOUND.

FOUND.
BOXER, pure-bred; found In Northwest
section. Call ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE.
n o st. NV. H'
COCKER SPANIEL, female, black and
white. Call UN 0SS7 or WA. 1855.
COLLIE. brown. male, 1851 D. C. tag
VIC. Bethesda. 81. 51S3 before 5 pm
COLLIE, black and white, mixed; in Be-
theSda. Call 81. 51S3.
COLLIE, purebred found in Northwest
section; Call WASHINGTON ANIMAL
-RESGOE LEAGUE. u Q st. NV.
18th and L sts. NV. WA. 7O62. o-
GREAT DANE, pure-bred; found in North.
west section. Call ANIMAL RESCUE
LEAGUE, II o st. NV.
SETTER TYPE. male. black; vic. Bethesda-
NUv:; 20. owner or new home. 81,
Evening star., 1952-12-05
BY the Assoeiassd Press

SEOUL. Dec. 5.-Gen. Eisen-
hower's itinerary in Korea, where
he stayed exactly three days and
4 minutes (all times Korean
deduct IA hours for EST.
Tuesday, December 2.
7:57 p.m.-Arrived at an air.
base near Seoul.
1888 p.m.--Arrived at 9th Army
headquarters compound, Seoul.
Wednesday, December 3.
1903 p.m.-Left 9th Army head
quarters.
1920 p.m.-Left Seoul race
track. an air strip for light planes
12:45 p.m.-Arrived airbase
near Seoul.
1855 p.m.-ViSited 67th Tao
tical Reconnaissance Wing.
1:40 p.m.-Left airfleld near
Seoul.
1850 p.m.-Arrived American
1st Marine Division.
2:38 p.m.-Left, Marines.
2:58 p.m.-Arrived Corps.
4:10 p.m.-Left I Corps.
1925 p.m.-Arrived 9th Army
compound.
Thursday, December 4.
500 a.m.-Left 9th Army Head
quarters.
sos a.m.-Left race track.
$3.50 a.m.-Arrived British Com
monwealth Division.
9:05 a.m.-Left Commonwealth
$40 a.m.-Arrived forward air.
strip.
$3.50 a.m.-Visited Mobile Arny
Surgical Hospital 8055.
9:45 a.m.-Left hospital.
1000 a.m.-Arrived 1st ROK
Division.
1925 a.m.-Left RoK.
1926 a.m.-Arrived American
I'd Division.
1880 am.-Left I'd Division by
jeep.
1915 p.m.-Arrived American
Sd Division.
1890 p.m.-Lunched with 1st
Battalion, 18th Regiment, Sd Di-
vision.
1:30 p.m.-Left airstrip.
p.m.-Arrived ROK Capitol
Evening star., 1952-12-05
Newspapermen Differ
On Genera|'s S Wisdom
i'm Refusing Questions
By WiIIiom c. Bernard

1
SEOUL. Dec. 5.-President-elect
Eisenhower told a crowd of 125
newspaper, radio and magazine
correspondents today he had no
quick cure for ending the Korean
war.
He made it plain that he had
come to Korea to study the situa-
ton. He permitted no questions
at the news conference. Because
of this, many newspapermen ex-
pressed disappointment.
Reaction was mixed on whether
he was wise in not sounding off"
on Korean problems after only a
brief inspection or whether he
should have exposed himself
freely to reporters questions.
The general, grinning at news
men of many nations, strobe into
the big, plain, war room at 9th
Army headquarters at 10 am. He
talked, rapidly and seriously, for
10 minutes-and that was that.
Reporters Are Let Down.
Reporters, loaded with questions
and itching to ask them as the
zero hour of his departure from
Korea loomed, got a let down when
the general said:
Nov. all of you people know,
that have been with me in the
past. 1t Is my common practice to
ask for questions after such a
conference. This, I am not going
to do today for the very specific
reason it is a large conference
and I could not possible get around
and time that I have is limited" 4"
A moment later, he was gone.
With him went the hopes of mur-
muring scores of correspondents
who had hoped to interrogate him
closely.
Feelings ranged from regrat to
nettled hostility.
A newsman from foreign land
remarked: "Well-I don't like Ike
anymore"
HSmy Spokesman Pleased.
Another non-American said: II
think the general took an awk-
ward way out of what-for him
might have been an embarrassing
situation. I'm grim about this"
But many newsmen felt only
that it was too bad Gen. Eisen-
hower's time was limited and
pocketed their pencils with a shrug
OF resignation. And some corre-
Spondents had not expected a
question-and-ansWer period.
One of the latter explained: IT
would have been surprised if he
had answered questions about his
plans in Korea when he had only
been here three days and obviously
had not had time to digest all the
information he had received. Any
reply that he might have made to
questions could have been mislead-
ing under these circumstances and
the Korean situation is certainly
not one to be discussed by a Pre-. =
dent-elect with off -the-cuff haste"
And an 9Th Army spokesman de-
Tended Gen. Eisenhower: 1T shows
Ike is a big man." he said. "one
who is not going to make snap
decisions. He wants time to weigh
the things he has learned. Some
people have come out here on