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Evening star., 1954-01-10
By Russell Brines

Vice President Nixon Is re-
ported to be advising top admin
istration officials against any
change IN the United States
policy of non-recognition of Red
China.
Informed sources said yester-
day that Mr.. Nixon has told
Government leaders that recog-
nizing the Peiping regime or
granting it a United Nations seat
would geopardize efforts to con-
tain Chinese communism.
Mr.. Nixon stressed this point
in briefing 40 top State De-
partment officials Friday on his
5,O0O-mile fact-finding trip to
Asia as President Eisenhower's
personal envoy.
Indian Leaders Opposed.
Mr.. Nixon's views contrast
with those of British and Indian
leaders. They repeatedly told
Mr.. Nixon during the trip that
recognition of Peiping is in
evitable. They indicated that In
their view the Korean truce
would increase the advisability
of extending some form Of recog-
milton as a means of trying to
WOO Peiping from MOSCOW.
A few months ago. some Amer
ican officials expressed the belief
privately that allied pressure for
recognizing Red China might be-
come too strong for Washington
to resist. But apparently Mr..
Nixon's flrst-hand report has
strengthened opposition, in and
out of Congress, to any change
in present policy.
Mr.. Nixon also has opposed any
relaxation of present restrictions
on trade with Red China as long
as negotiations for q Korean
peace are under way or remain
incomplete, the sources said. This
is another sore point with the
British and Indians, and to some
extent the japanese. all Of whom
want to enlarge their business
with the Chinese.
The United States has banned
all American trade with the Chi
neSe Communists, and most al
lied nations have suspended ship
ments of strategic war materials.
The law requires that American
aid funds be withheld from ma
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Senator'S Want UN
To Probe Atrocities
Fatal 10 5000 POW,

A Senate subcommittee rec
commended yesterday that the
Senate adopt a resolution re-
questing the United Nations to
investigate atrocities committed
by North Korean and Chinese
Communists, which the Subcom-
mittee said caused the deaths
of more than 5000 American
prisoners of war.
The report, fled with the Gov
ernment Operations Committee
by Senator Potter. Republican,
of Michigan asked that the Sen
ate express its grave concern
over these atrocities.
1t recommended that the res
olution also ask the United
States delegation to the U. N.
to seek appointment Of a COM
mission by the world organiza-
ton to inquire into the facts
land the means of Subjecting
the criminals responsible to just
and lawful punishment"
Senator Potter, who conducted
Evening star., 1954-01-10

the first cartoon effort-and GER
tainly is Mr.. Hosmer's first try
at drawing for publication.
The 11rst-term Representative
got a lot Of advice from his wife,
Marian, and their two children
six-year-old Jane and three
year-old Larkin. He had to
please them all.
Professional artists wanted
me to fatten up my Congress
men," he said, "but my wife
persuaded me to keep them just
the way I drew them first. What
does it matter if most Of them
do look like Kilroy?"
Evening star., 1954-01-10
College Head Gets Post

The Commission on Intergov-
ernmental Relations has ap-
pointed DIR. George c. S. Benson
president of Claremont Mems
College. Claremont. Calf, as its
research director. The commits
sion headed by Clarence Manion
was set up to recommend a bet
ter division of functions between
Federal. State and local govern
mentS,
Evening star., 1954-01-10
Teetor Appoints Aide

Lothair Teetor, Assistant Sec
retary of Commerce. has ap-
pointed John K. Koepf. a native
of Fort Wayne, Ind, as his spe.
cial assistant. For the past two
years Mr.. Koepf has been infor-
nation officer of the Treasury's
United States savings bond di.
vision.
Evening star., 1954-01-10
10000 Electricians
Plan flash Strikes
Throughout Britain
By tho A,,eelatsd Press

LONDON, Jan. 9. - Britain.
Communicated electrical trade.
union called today for q serie.
of flash strikes for higher pay
The call threatens a climax in
the most serious industrial un-
rest to rock Britain since prewal
depression days.
Rejecting a government Offer
to arbitrate, Union Chief Frank
FoulkeS ordered his 10000 elec-
tricians to be ready for "guer-
rilla" action all next week.
About 1000 are slated to stage
one-day walkoutS against up to
90 contracting firms spotted
across the country. All 10000
will strike January 18.
About a fourth of Britain's
whole labor force now is fighting
for wage increases.
To Affect Atomic Plants.
Electrical union officials said
they plan strikes where lit will
hurt the employers the most
but not the country" National
electricity supplies are not ex-
pected to be affected. But the
strikes could slow down conStruc-
ton work at Britain's atomic and
guided missile projects. airportS.
oil refinerieS and steel works.
The Employers organization,
the National Federated Electrical
Association, has warned that
workers will be penalized by one
day of lockout for every day'they
strike.
The electricians demand pay
increases of up to II shillings
($1.54) a week. They have turned
down the employers counter
offer Of five shilling Go cents) ,
coupled with cuts in overtime
rates. Electricians now average
nine pounds, four shillings and
four pence ($25.80) a week.
Cite High Living Costs.
For the first time since the
1930s, the trade unions are re-
verting to old weapons in an
effort to win higher wages
threats of nationwide strikes,
one-day token walkouts, general
slowdowns.
The unions argue the high cost
Of living justif1es their demands,
even though the inflationary
spiral has eased. They are de-
manding. too. a bigger share of
company profits. e.
Management insists it cannot
meet the union claims without
endangering the country's ex-
port drive. They say higher
wages would mean higher pro-
duction costs, driving British
goods out of world markets.
Britain is meeting tough COM
petition from two former enc
mies-!Germany in the engineer
ing field and Japan in textiles.
Production costs in both coun-
tries are lower than in Britain.
Pay Averages SIG Weekly.
The cost-of- living index, on
which most union wage claims
are based. is 140 as against 1873
in January year ago. The aver
age weekly take-home pay of the
British worker stands at 8
pounds, S shillings, II pence
(roughly $3.50.
Recent arbitrated wage awards,
rejecting these factors and the
average annual increase since
1916 of around two per cent in
total productivity, have been on
a level of four shillings or less
q week. This compares with seven
or eight shillings a year ago. The
railway unions have called their
four-Shilling award an insult.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14
Dons Shy and Insecure as Well as Greatly Gifted Lad

the show with q wild aero
batic dance in the Deanna
Durbin picture, Something in
the Wind"
Then I didn't do a picture
for a year." he says. They
didn't know whether to keep
me or get rid of me-"
They kept him. and tossed
him into his biggest hit up to
that time-"Francis," a wacky
fable about a talking mule.
He was appearing in Bir-
mingham. England. when he
got the news of his next big
break. MGM wanted him to
co-star with Gene Kelly and
Debbie Reynolds in "Singin' in
the Rain" Donald hurried
home.
Discovered Again
He was a sensation. Mean
while he made his TV debut
with Jimmy Durante and was
hailed as "a brilliant new
find" That has been the story
OF Donald's life. Folks are al
ways discovering him.
Right now he is acting in
Francis Joins the WACS."
It's his fifth picture with the
voluble mule, and Donald says
it's his last.
In the future Donald plans
to concentrate more on TV.
He has one remaining film
commitment at his studio.
Universal-International.
In his rare moments of re-
Taxation, Donald thinkers with
his high-powered automobiles.
which are his one big luxury.
He Swims. plays tennis, skis
and reads a great deal. When
I talked with him, a copy Of
James Joyce's ulysses" was
on his dressing room table.
asked him If he ever re-
GREETED missing a normal boy
hood and schooling.
YES" he replied with UNI
usual Self-reflection. When
you're in the business from
childhood. you don't have the
chance to develop personally
as well as professionally. That's
why so many child actors have
emotional problems in later
years.
"And there's another thing.
Most people are allowed to set
tie their problems alone, by
themselves. Stars have to live
their lives in full view Of the
public. That's not easy"
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Todoy's Schedules

Stage.
ARENA STAGE-"Eummer and Smoke: 2:3O and $3.50 pm.
Screen.
ANdBASSADOR-"New Faces: 1:l5. 1920. 525, 1880 and
9:35 pm
cAPITO1-Hel and High Water 1905 s:15 $685. TAO and
$50 pm.
COLUMBIAThe Long Long Trailer: l40 345. 545. 745
and $3.50 pm.
DUPONT-"Julius Caesar" 3:15 $780, 745 and 10 pm.
KETTHS-Glenn Miller Story: 10, $780, $3.50. TAO and
9:45 pm.
LTTTLE-"LiN": 1925 $685. 4:50 $685. 8:l5 and 10 pm.
Observation-Disclosures on Monday" 2:25, 415, 6:05 and
955 pm.
METRoPoLITAN-"N Faces" lis. $500. $685. 7:35 and
9:45 pm.
oNTAR1o-'F $780, $780, 5s5, 7:s5 and GAS pm
PALACE-"Ac Of Love-" l, $40, 500, 7:35 and GAS pm
RELATIONSHIPS Man Between" 1920 1925, $780, TAO and
945 pm.
PLAzA-"Conquest of Everest: $780, $780, 45O $780, $40
and,9:55 pm
SILVER sPRNG-"11are du Port" 1885, s:s5 and s:4o pm
49, $40, sos, $780, 1885 and
1920 pm.
wARNER-This Is cinerama" 1880. $50 and $40 pm.
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The Passing Show

If the United States Navy
would like to coddle Holly
wood, there's q way.
It might simply grant to the
movie makers the right to use
a paraphrase Of the old re-
cruiting slogan: Join the
Navy and see the world" The
conversion job would read,
"Go to the movies and see the
world"
There is not a great deal Of
the world. including one hair
raising glimpse behind the
Iron Curtain, that one cannot
see by going to the movies now
being shown on Washington
theater screens. Virtually all
of Western Europe. for in
stance, is visible in various
size slices of England. France,
and Germany. Also a pair of
sensational slabs Of Asia
Mounts Everest and Anna
purna-are to be seen in ter
rifying close-ups In movies
that make. lowlands look like
Paradise.
Mocoo Is Synthetic
Moviegoers are given . view
Of Portuguese Macao In still
another movie, but this isNsyn-
thetic and does not count. All
the others are what they pur-
port to be, the Mccoy.
Hollywood's craft unions may
not be happy-and aren't
about all this location shoot
ing. It takes work out Of their
hands, hands that have built
acceptable imitation Alps,
AlaSkas, Canadas, or whatever
the picture called for. This
correspondent saw his first.
and last, Alp in Hollywood
more than a decade ago. 1t
was on an MGM sound stage
and looked realistic as any
thing towering above Joan
Crawford who was waiting In
front of it for a train.
Another sample of the scene
builders art that stays 'ividly
in memory is a Canada. the
one built for Cecil B. De Miles
Northwest Mounted Police"
It was a beautiful indoor
Canada. blue and gold and
lovely and we might have de-
cided to settle there if Paulette
Goddard had not suggested go
ing somewhere for a drink.
Set Drinks Phoney
The drinks in the De Mile
Canadian saloons were phoney.
However, to return to the
authentic geography of most
of today's movies. its realism
is an impressive element Of
the dramatic impact Of these.
Indeed anything less than the
real thing in most cases would
be profoundly fiat.
There is, for instance, the
case of Carol Reeds thriller
at the Playhouse. 1.-THE Man
Between" Its setting had to
be Berlin. a city whose atmos-
phere of nightmarish blend of
terror. suspicion, and soul
lessness could not conceivably
be initiated. The whole an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14
Sensational Young Comic, Dancer, Singer
Will Specialize Awhile in TeIevision
By Bob Thomos

in q family vaudeville act
when Donald was expected.
She cut her routine down to
piano playing a few days be-
fore he arrived on August %,
1925. Three days later she was
back onstage.
The O'ConnorS were like
that. Show business was in
their blood. Donald made his
debut in the act at 13 months.
For the next decade. he spent
most of his time in theaters.
taking his schooling from
tutors. When he was appear
ing in Los Angeles in 1888.
a Paramount talent scout
tabled him for a contract.
He did IL pictures in his
one year at Paramount. Only
one-"Sing You Sinners" with
Bling Crosby and Fred Mac
Murray-waS a musical.
"They put me into a lot Of
dramas" Donald recalls. II
was always playing some star
as a boy"
Then a skinny 5-foot-7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14
HOLLYWOOD.

At the vigorous age Of %.
Donald O'Connor is well into
his third career and It's his
biggest to date.
And there's no end in sight
for this multi-talented dy-
namo.
His admirers claim there is
nothing he can't do. and the
record shows they might be
right. In the past IL months
he has appeared in three
money-making movies, made
records, broken records in Las
Vegas and starred on a TV
show that won him the tele-
vision academy's Emmy as
the top male star. Now he's
been tapped for one of his
towns top honors-master of
ceremonies Of the annual
academy Oscar awards a week
from next Thursday.
A Quiet Guy
What manner of man is this
O'Connor? Since he has spent
virtually his whole life in show
business. you might expect him
to be q braSSy braggart. He is
not. He is generally the quiet
est, most inconspicuous person
on a Aim set.
He is soft-spoken, almost
shy. Even his best friends say
they have never heard him
raise his voice. He is hard
working and intent. with
theatrical wisdom far beyond
his years. His timing sends
oldtime performers into rhap-
Sodies.
He is a VIGOROUSLY poor in
terviewee for Hollywood's cor
respondents. He seems uneasy
talking about himself. espe-
cially his personal life.
He is exceptionally modest.
He was out nightclubbing
when the Emmy awards were
presented. He didn't attend
the award ceremonies because
he was sure he wouldn't win.
Shoken by Rift
He is not a very secure per-
son. He was badly shaken by
the breakup with his wife
Gwen. He has undergone an
alysis in an effort to find
peace Of mind.
Believers in prenatal In
fiuence would have q solid case
with Donald O'Connor. His
mother sang, danced. played
the piano and did acrobatics
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14

Donald ended his first career
and headed back to vaudeville
"a has-been at IA.
Donald and the family were
playing the Stratford Theater
in Chicago two years later
when another call came from
Hollywood. He appeared in
the musical, Whats Cook
ing?" Then he hit the road
again. The studio caught up
with him in San Francisco.
In his second career he
breezed through some fast.
low-budget musicals, often
teaming with Peggy Ryan. He
was building into something
big when the Army brought
an abrupt halt. He was draft
ed, assigned to the Air Force
in early 1914 and performed
in more than 5000 service
shows as a Pfc.
Two years later, he was
back in Hollywood to start
all over again. He. stopped
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On the Air
cCorthy and the Law
FEC Is Neither Policeman Nor Censor,
Communications Act Makes 1t Clear
On the Air
BY Harry Macarthur

It is not necessary to delve
into the politics Of the most
recent hysteria over who's run
ming the Republican Party to
suggest that somebody has
flunked the high school civics
course. It Is appalling, really.
that q United States Senator
should demonstrate himself to
be so abyssmally ignorant Of
the relationship between
broadcasting and government
in q free democracy.
Early last week Senator Nc
Carthy was threatening to
have the law on the Columbia
Broadcasting System and the
National Broadcasting Com
pany. Later, having discovered
no law. he took to limiting
darby that the rules would
have to be. changed.
This must have caused some
sardonic laughter around the
chambers of the Federal Com
munications Commission. Lack
Of awareness on Capitol Hill Of
the commissions function Is
ii
nothing new to the commits
sioners.
Cont Give Orders
No sensitive instruments are
needed In that building at
Twelfth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue to measure an
almost continuous pressure
from the eastward. Somebody
around Congress is always mis-
taking the FEC for q body Of
policemen Or cerlsors or both.
The commissioners have
been urged to approve color
TV post haste without wasting
= lot Of time on foolish hear
ingA. It has been suggested
that the FEC ought to get
those shimmy dancers. on tele-
vision. And always there Is
somebody who wants the FEC
to order q network to give him
time.
The blunt fact is, as every
Senate page must know If
every Senator doesn't, that the
FEC is not in a position to
give many orders. That rela-
tionship between free broad
casting and government in q
democracy Is a delicate one.
It is governed by the Commu-
nications Act Of 1894 an by
the FEC rules for applying it.
The men who framed the act
were well aware Of their di-
lemma. What they had to do
was provide for government
control Of broadcasting with
out government control Of that
which Is broadcast. The for
mer is necessary because Of the
physical limitations Of the
medium. There Is room for
only a certain number of radio
and television stations in the
broadcast spectrum and they
cannot be permitted to roam
the airwayS at will or all will
be confusion in our ears.
No Censorship
The control must end there,
however. No democracy can
permit government control Of
radio-program content without
becoming less a democracy.
The trainers of the law were
aware Of this and made Ger
tain that no such government
control would sneak in, at
least while the act was on the
books.
Section 326 of the Commune
cations Act declares: Moth
ing in this act shall be under
stood to give the commission
the power Of censorship over
the radio communications or
signals transmitted by any
radio station :" It adds,
land no regulation or condi-
ton shall be promulgated or
fixed by the commission which
shall interfere with the right of
free speech by means Of radio
communications"
In other words the FEC has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14
as
Disney's Poverty
Long Since Gone

HOLLYWOOD.


Walt Disney has come q long
way from the days when he
turned out Mickey Mouse
cartoons for a few thousand
dollars.
His latest movie, 40, 900
Leagues Under The Sea-" has
q budget Of five million dollars.
The story is from the old Jules
Verne fantasy and stars Kirk
Douglas. James Mason. Peter
Lore and Paul Lukas.
incidentally, most people
think Of the 20.000-League fig
ure as being depth under water.
It's actually the distance trav-
eled by the mythical subma-
rine under the oceans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14
The Passing Show
Want to See the World?
Even Glance Behind Iron Curtain Given
In Current Movies Geography Lesson
By Jay cormondy

St"Ott0y
guished, neurotic essence of
Reeds film is embraced in its
authentic locale, that mid
Berlin where communism and
freedom meet daily in such
perilous neighborlineSS.
Reed. one Of the two or
three most sensitive film
makers alive. raises not the
slightest impediment-and not
always to the advantage of
clarity In his story-to the
dominance Ct the atmospheric
element In THE Man Be-
tween" Shattered Berlin, he
knows, is the worlds capital
city Of suspense.
Tronsfer Is Loeieol
Down the street and around
a corner. Paris is equally in
dispensable to the Palace
theater's Act of Love-"
Granted, the French capital
was not the original setting of
Alfred Hayes romantic story,
THE Girl on the Via Fla
minia." Hayes wrote his tense
and tender idyll against the
background Of an Italian city
but 1t transfers logically to
Paris. the capital Of romance
as wen as France.
It is Paris, after all, that is
the most memorable city in
all Of this country's foreign
wars. from the Place Pigalle
to the bridges Of the Seine.
Anatole Litvak has crowded as
much as possible Of 1t into
Act Of Love-" o kind Of sup
Elemental act of love on his
part that wildly enhances the
impact Of the film.
The most spectacular geog-
raphy, Of course, Is that to be
seen in the climbing Of the
mountains, Everest and Anna
purna at the Plaza and Trans
Lux theaters.
There is a lot Of predatory
travel on the part Of the Brit
ish and French teams, re-
spectively, on their way to
their mountains. It leads
through some Of the earth,s
most remote places. inhabited
by humans who. to the western
mind. are the most inscrutable
Of beings. If they did no more
than introduce the millions Of
American moviegoers to the
brave and interchangeable Sher-,
pas-especially Tensing who
topped Mount EvereSt-both
pictures would be fascinating.
They Tower
But, dealing as they do
mainly with the worlds most
spectacular mountains, they
are the most impressive Of the
cinema's contemporary course
In geography. -
England. rural and urban,
and always lovely to look at.
is rampant always on movie
screens. It is even evident. for
all the effort to conceal it. In
Julius Caesar"
And, Of course. the supply of
English landscape is infinite at
least In the movies. It is
coming up soon again in
"Genevieve." in q stretch that
extends all the way from Lon
don to Brighton. Also in the
ofhng, is more Of Germany in
Night People," which is an
other story Of the interzonal
peril between the forces Of the
West and East.
Not to be forgotten is the
most wildly photographed of
all foreign scenes, those In
Cinerama. One could swim
the entire network Of Venice's
canals and feel less acquainted
with them than after seeing
the ancient city through the
lens Of the largest. sharpest
camera.
Patiently, for an approximate
$40. the movies are making it
possible for q man to see the
world. including that one ter
rified glimpse behind the Iron
Curtain.