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Lipscon7b-Snow
Ceremony Held

Miss Claudia Snow. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Snow
OF Chevy Chase, was married
August II to Mr.. Bernard Ro-
land Lpscomb Of Chevy Chase.
Chaplain Merlin A. Ditmer. IT.,
performed the ceremony. which
took place In the Navy Chapel.
A reception followed ct the home
Of the bride.
After Q wedding trip 10 the
Eastern Shore the couple win
make their home In Bethesda.
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At Mion7i Beach

DR.. and Mrs. T. David Gates
and their daughter Claire were
guests ct the Biltmore Terrace
Hotel. Miami Beach. for q few
days after q trip by plane TO
Newton. Miss. and New Orleans,
La,
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AAW to Meet

The Alexandria Branch AAUw
win have q general meeting at
3 pm. September Il. ct Lee
Camp Hall. sos Prince street. At
3 pm, September 20 the Alex.
andria Branch win have an
executive meeting.
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chestra that played the Eroica
symphony last year, and
played it on both its Wednes-
day and Thursday concerts.
the Eroica would tally one. II
the National Symphony played
it once and Baltimore played
1t once it would tally two.
The National Music Council
does not say how many diff
ferent pieces were played by
all American symphony or
chestras. My guess is not
more than 250,l
This represents the lowest
percentage for the born Amer
leans since 1889, the year the
National Music Council In
augurated its surveys. Sixty
eight composers of this cate
CORY were represented, about
half well known, half with
regulations only in special
circles. Most are either liv-
ing or recently dead--Mac-
Dowell and Paine are the only
names that are associated in
my mind with another era.
National Symphony's Showing
OF the 70 compositions
played by the National Sym
phony last year So were by
foreigners, nine by born Amer
leans and three by foreign
born composers living in the
United States, whether or not
naturalized Ca classification
that I will henceforth term,
inaccurately but handily,
"visitorS'').
The National is tied for
third place, together with
Cincinnati, Oklahoma and
Utah in the number of per-
formed works by born Ameri-
cans. It's number 60 is sur
passed only by Cleveland CID
and New York (10) and while
Cleveland played only a few
more works in all categories
than we did here, New York
had more than three times
as many.
When we come to the COM
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and Jimmy . little over ten
years ago tBell lo43, 1861 and
l064).
WebIey Edwards-EdWard's
famous Hawaii Calls" Singers
On the pretty '.Lani" and Ma.
puana" Capitol F2907).
Ella Fitzgerald Wonderful
ssElla- Songs in q Mellow Mood
Up presents. relaxed Fitzger-
aid vocals on such tunes as
please Be Kind. Star Dust"
MY Heart Belongs to Daddy"
and nine others Oecca DE-
8068l.
Elliott Brothers = The band
Jumps on both sides as they do
Lonesome Polecat" from
M-G-M's Seven Brides for
Seven Brothers" and "Hindu-
stan" fM-G-M K11804).
Mitch Miller = Lovely title
tune of Paramount's "Sa-
brina," and catchy Wooden
Shoes and Happy Hearts" by
Mitch's ork and chorus (Co-
lumbia 4-40302l.
Billy Daniels "A topnotch
single disc as Billy pairs a fine
"Smile" with the terrific
"Mom-E-Le,s an inspiring side
showcasing his vocal flexibility.
His Love Me or Leave Me" LIP
is an outstanding set display.
ing the Daniels showmanship-
and dynamic personality at its
best. Included are such mum.
bers as MY Funny Valentine"
Imagination" "It's Easy To
Remember" 'Bewitched," the
title tune, and others (Mer.
curry 70431x45 & MG-2004D.
Margaret Whiting - Maggie
has good sides in her Can
This Be Love" from her film
Fresh From Paris" and AN
There Is and Then Some"
Capitol F2913).
Barry Frank - Another new
singer who neatly handles IF
! Give My Heart To You" and
"Smile" CBell 1059).
Vic DamOne Vic has two
fine. sides in "Onee and Only
Once" and ''In My Own Quiet
Way" Mercury 70436x45).
Rosemary Clo0ney - Rosie
has a pleasant LIP in her
while We're Young" set. It
contains such numbers as
Young At Heart" TOO
Young" etc. columbia CL-
6297.
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Tops in Pops
Pop LP's Going Pinch;
Reviews Of New Discs
By Bob WaIioms

and expressive score by Paul
Smith. columbia CL-6332)
Les Baxter - Baxter's or
chestra and chorus give us q
pretty side In when You're
in Love-" from M-G-M's "Sev-
en- Brides for Seven Brothers"
The pairing is the tantalizing
new Romantic Rio" Capitol
F29f8l
Charlie De Forrest - This
promising new singer does q
nice "If / Didn't Care" and
I'm q Fool to Care, = ably sup
ported by Larry Clinton's band.
(Bell i056)
Billy EckstineBilly has q
smooth disc in the oldie you
Leave Me Breathless" and the
exciting "Olay, Olay." His II
Let a Song Go Out of My
Heart" LIP is terrific, as he
sings eight Duke Ellington
tunes. Included are such items
as Prelude to a Kiss" Mood
Indigo" 81 Got It Bad" " "Soli-
tude" and the title tune.
(M-G-M K11803 g. E-25D
Harry James - The James
band swings on the title tune
of Warmers 1.-THE High and
the Mighty" However. it's
the reverse side that really
clicks, as Kitty Kallen sings
a fine "Still You'd Break My
Heart" Note the sax work
during Kitty's vocal (Colum-
bia 4-40298).
Herb Jeffries-Lovely eau
tumn in Rome" from the film
'Indiscretion of an American
Wife" displays a sensitive
Jeffries vocal. The coupling
of "The One I Love" gives
Herb and The Hi-Lo's vocal
group a smart pump side.
Band honors go to the great
Jerry Fielding ork (Trend
45-77).
Dorsey Brothers-The Dor
seys are really turning out
some bright sides these days.
Bill Raymond does a smooth
vocal job on the beautiful
Lost in loneliness" from the
show "The Girl in Pink
Tights" and the new ballad
mot as a Stranger" Lynn
Roberts sings 4 fine ut Hap
pens to Be Me" and the wild
Papa Loves Mambo." Bill
also does "Who," and then
combines with Lynn on "Tan-
gerine." The last two songs
were made famous by Tommy
Evening star., 1954-11-07
Reviewing Records

Bing Crosby by-The e fabu-
1ous "Bing" set (5-12" LPs)
presents 20 years of the famous
Crosby voice, with all its
warmth and mellowness. 1t
also includes q few of the great
sides he made with Mary Mar
tin, Judy Garland, the An
drews Sisters, Bob Hope and
others. Beautifully packaged,
including a booklet, it contains
SO songs, with many taken
from the original discs. Bing's
running commentary between
tunes adds much to the enjoy
ment. (Decca DX-15D
"The Vanishing Prairie
Here's an excellent LIP of the
sound track of, Disney's new
film. It features q charming
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necessity, a sine qua non. The
orchestra was in the hands of
those who knew this to be
so. not in the hands of pub
lie for whom music is a won-.
derful and perfect thing, as
clearly associated with recol-
lection as Proust's madeleine
and tea.
Role of the Contemporary
The composer is no less a
necessity today, although the
truth of this statement is less
clear. Never before in the his
tory of art, it has often been
pointed out, has the past been
of such great interest as it is
now.
The general knowledge of
history, small though it may
be, is much greater than it
was fifty years ago, and the
conscious sense of interaction
between past and present is a
distinguishing characteristic Of
our times. Shakespeare, Rabe-
lais and Goethe, Freud, Joyce
and Schweitzer, all depend on
one another. Bach, Handel.
and Mendelssohn, and Bartok,
Honegger and Barber are mu-
tual necessities.
Without the contemporary
composer, the music of the
past would become uninterest-
ing and soon die. We had bet
ter tolerate him. therefore.
Speak to him in a stern voice.
but make sure that he keeps
on composing, ,..4 as...,
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Music and Musicians
Symphony Places High
In Use Of Native Scores
Music and Musicians
By Day Thorpe

Box scores and statistics are
a fascination, I suppose, be-
cause they make it easy to
know something without un-
derstanding it.
One of the most interesting
box scores that has come in
recently is from the National
Music Council. Its subject is
the breakdown of works per-
formed by the 80 major SYM
phony orchestras in the United
States last season. Its three
categories include pieces by
native Americans, by foreign
ers, and by foreign born COM
posers living in the United
States whether or not natu-
rallied.
The performances Of works
by Americans is a subject ar
gued with great heat by its
advocates and detractors.
Both groups are highly articu-
late, but the two together are
by. no means SO large as the
rest Of the audience for or
chestra1 concerts.
The average concert-goer
probably is Indifferent to the
source Of the music so long as
it is either familiar or not
greatly unorthodox. His in
difference makes him a fair
critic; his resistance to the
.ilnorthodox is a difficulty hard
TO surmount by the modern
composer, whether American
sOr foreign.
~ Pct. by Born Americans
There were 1895 different
works played by the major
1 symphonies last season, OF
T. which 86 per cent were written
by foreigners, 7 per cent by
born Americans and7 per cent
by foreigners living here or
naturalized.
(The figure 1895 refers, OF
e course, to the aggregate num-
ber of different pieces played
.by each individual orchestra.
! For example, If the National
s Symphony was the only or
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TODAY.

ST. MARGARETS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
CHOIR, Robert Ruckman, organ and
choirmaster. Soloists: CAROLYN Ny
is n YsPS pnD As Ratss s csanch ssnSh
4 pm. Requiem. Gabriel Fanre.
CHORAL VESPERS. Soloists: Katha.
rine HanseI, soprano; Rachel Koerner,
fieId swift. swift esh baritone: s Theodore sc6ae-
fer, organ and choirmaster. National
Presbyterian Church. 5 pm. Jesu
Dulcfs Memoria. Goffredo Petrassi; TIE
Lucis Ante Terminum, Petrassi; Abra-
aam saa isa coDsad ps0 saefe
Can't Sacri Alfredo casella.
RIcHNER, plane. Phillips
fFalsssy Fansasy II pm minor M9zaft e Tsp prosea% Fonao
In minor. K. 5ii: sonata in B fiat.
NATIONAL GALLERY ORCHESTRA,
Richard Bales, conductor: Church Of
the Reformation Cantata Choir. julie
zsSawa soprsaS Rs 1Sss Roas
mezzo-Soprano; julie Zabawa, baritone;
Rev. Edmund jennings Lee. speaker.
hati0na ~ yyadssea dasrs Si Art Ts confsd aSsaa
eracy, cantata. Bales.
VIRGINIE BIANCHINI. organ. WASH
ington Cathedral, pm. Death and
Resurrection. Langlais: st. Niklaus
cons LsnSsi sstass1 nsss ana lsnsas e
Messisen: Bird songs. Messiaen: Two
Dances, Alain; Litanies. Alain.
VIVIAN McMAHILL. piano. Arlington
Academy Of Music. 4 pm. Toccata in
D. minor, Bach: Sonata In d minor,
Opus 81, No. 2. Beethoven; Inn
promptu No /, in A nat, Chopin;
Bailade in D minor, Opus 10, No. I;
Brahms: witches, Dance, MacDowell:
Rhapsody in g. No. 3. Dohnanyi.
TOMORROW.
LECTURE by Margaret Deneke, Phillips
Gallery. $50 pm. "Some Aspects Of
Bach
TUESDAY.
WILLIAM WATKINS, organ. New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, $40
pm. Rigaudon, Campra: Two Plain
song Settings, Tails; Allegro viyace,
Sammartini-E -Edmundson; Fantasy and
Fugue in C minor, Bach: Dorian Pre-
lude on the Dies Irae. Simonds: Aria,
Peeters; Three Preludes on Welsh
HYMNS; Vaughan Williams; Paean.
NATIONAL lIICiais sYMpHoNY ORCHESTRA.
Howard Mitchell, conductor, Solcist:
Robert Casadesuss piano. Lyric The
ater, Baltimore, $3.50 pm. Roman
Carnival Overture. Berlioz; Pelleas
and Melisande. Faure. Concerto for
Left Hand. Ravel;s Concerto No. 4,
saint-Saens; Baccl1us and Artadne.
Roussel.
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Programs of the Week
WEnNESDAY.

- -
NATIONAL, SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
Howard Mitchell, conductor. Eastern
Hiph school. Q pm, Roman Carni-
val Overture, Berlioz; Suite No.
i, from Carmen, Biaet; Unfinished
Symphony (first movement. Schu-
bert; Pop Goes the Weasel, Cailliet;
Capriccio Espagnole tmovements one'
two and hve). Rimsky-korsakov.
NATIONAL, SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
f1owaTd MiteheIl conductor. Consti-
tntion Hail, S.3O nm. Repeating
sTnasdav,s coneert
ANsS.'
THURSDAY.
.,.rro,r.y cvnspuoNy ORCHESTRA.
ma iawsra MitcheIi. co1,duetor, Ritchie
Soylseuaot Sav's noncert er2o Pm HepeA'Ak iee
FRIDAY.
NATIONAL, SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
Howard Mitchell. conductor GeoIge
mason SnorsHeioi a4n TS,a 11,sr r,crnsne o con.
a:I' aart, pom.n Tsrnivsi 0vet,ire Rer.
S;a1 r,c,e rsnas tha Massei raijiiet:
peeiuda IL At Three. Iohengriii' Wag-
ner. MACE of the TOYS. Herbert:
March from Love of Three Oranges,
Prokofieff: Redskins March, Grifith-
Breeskin
NATTONAr sydpH0NY ORCHESTRA.
NA aa.7 A5;..haIi M ro,,d,,ctor T:enrcs
Mn enr1 Iunfor .caninf High School.
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bination Of works by born
Americans and the visitors we
find that the National and
four other orchestras played
IL, Cleveland and Los Angeles
16 and New York rs.
The National Symphony
thus stands very high on the
list of 80 orchestras in the
amount of American music it
programs, and while I will not
cite the similar statistics in
terms of the ratio of born
American and visitor works to
foreign, these results put the
National in about the same
place on the ladder.
Judgment by Conductors
OF course, these tallies do
not indicate the position Of
teams in competition-there is
no first and second division.
They show rather how much
American music each of 80
conductors thinks is the proper
leaven for a season primarily
drawn from the classics, or
how much American music he
individually wants to produce.
Actually, they show the result
of an unscientific mixture of
these two reasons for the play
ing of American music, and no
table can discriminate between
heart and head.
Howard Mitchell is sensitive
to the tastes of his audience.
He knows it likes most of all
the time tested leadings works
of famous composers of the
past. These were virtually all :
foreigners, for the American
symphonic composer has more
success than years of apprecia-
tion to his credit. But DR..
Mitchell (possibly because his
musical training has been en-
tirely native American) is ex-
tremely receptive to the goals
and achievements of the
American musician, and cham
pions his works not because of
duty or a nicely defined policy,
but because of enthusiasm.
Sees Reflection Of People
DR.. Mitchell is very much
alive to the feeling of nation
alism in music, not in any
chauvinistic sense. but in that
music means more to him than
a mathematical arrangement
OF sound. He sees in it not only
the individuality of the COM
poser but a reflection of the
people among whom the COM
poser lives.
The position of, the Ameri-
can composer cannot be neatly
summed up in one article. He
is at two disadvantages to his
colleague of $50 years ago.
Then the symphony orches-
ira was new, there was no
great backlog Of pieces the
public loved-and, also, there
was no public.
Secondly, pieces were writ
ten by musicians to be played
by orchestras underwritten by
people just to hear those very
pieces. The composer was a
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uncle to the general, makes
another documentary contri-
button by reading Lees fare-
well order (thereby defying,
but not damagingly so, the
fact that the famous order
actually was never spoken).
Worked in GolIery Court
The chorus. Bales orchestra
and the capable soloists, Flor
ence Kopleff and Thomas Pyle,
made these discs in one of the
National Gallery'S cavernous
garden courts, and it is sur
prising how well Columbia's
engineers have managed. They
have actually succeeded in
making the echoing marble
something of an asset, for the
sound has a pleasantly spac-
ious character without being
entirely indistinct as, might
ahaye happened. Ifs quite
hi-d. too.
h OF hand one might suppose
essays and pictures, however
nice, rather superf1uous. How
ever, Historian Cation, in an
article on "The Confederate
Legend" sheds some useful
illumination on the place of
the music in the harried life
of the Confederate fighting
man, painting a quite eloquent
character picture in the proc
ess. And Clifford DoWdey, who
wrote Jasmine Street" and
other Southern novels, con-
tributes a piece on Lee which
can hardly fail to leave even
a Northerner with a feeling of
sympathy and admiration.
AS for the illustrations, for
which several museums and
libraries were secured, includ-
ing some here, it will suffice to
say that they are copious and
intelligently chosen.
Altogether, The Confeder-
acy" serves admirably to add
a warmingly human note to
some still not too distant his
tory. y ***
Impressive Messiah
However often one hears
"The Messiah" Handeps most
popular masterpiece seems al
ways to retain its freshness.
Angel has produced a new re-
cording of the great oratorio
under Sir Malcolm Sargent
which once more underlines
the majesty and lofty inspira-
ton of this music.
Among other prepossessing
attributes the new set is SUI
perbly recorded. For once, for
example, the pipe organ really
sounds.
The special glory Of this set,
however, is the truly lovely
choral singing, which is by the
Huddersfield Choral Society.
The human voice in multiples,
properly guided, has a unique
power to tingle the spinal
cord, and there are countless
places in which this power is
demonstrated in this record
ing. Sir Malcolm, in an in
teresting essay, argues against
the currently popular efforts
to emulate the small-scale first
performance Gas Scherchen
did in a recent recording) J.
He takes the Beecham- like
stand that Handel would have
relished the most sizable pres
entation possible. The sound
of the Sargent choir makes
one understand his leaning,
whether or not it compels
agreement.
Seven numbers about Is
minutes worth Of music are
omitted, including the bass
air. Thou Art Gone Up on
High" the duet, 20 Death,
Where Is Thy Sting 2 the So
prano aria. IF God Be for Us,
Then Who Can Be Against
Us" and two choruses. Sir
Malcolm's essay doesn't offer
any explanation. but it's prob
ably that Beecham's set re-
quired four discs, while An
gels takes only three.
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TurntobIe Tolk
TurntobIe Talk
Thot Confederate Yell
is Heard on d Record
By james 6. Deone


Richard Bales, conductor
~impresario of the National
Gallery Of Art and an enthusi-
asst of Musica1 Americana, hit
.on the inspiration of marking
his 10th season at the gallery
last year by fashioning some
music of the Civil War into a
cantata called "The Confed-
eracy," which was performed
at the gallery with great sue
cess. Among other attributes
.of note, 1.-The Confederacy" is
climaxed by the tabled Rebel
yell.
!. 1.-The Confederacy" is now a
record. One might better call
it a production, for Columbia
not only has enshrined the
Bales cantata on discs Gin all
three speeds), but also has
wrapped it in a 32-page book
Of pictures, essays and notes
which amounts almost to a
capsule history of the WafY
from the Southern standpoint,
or at least of its musical and
certain important sentimental
aspects. Bruce Cation, the
historian, is one of the con-
tributors.
Highly Appealing Listening
Columbia expects "The Con-
federacy" to go great guns in
the South, and well it might,
for entirely apart from the
fancy trappings-and they're
handsome = the music makes
highly appealing listening.
Bales cantata amounts to
a collection of some of the
best Confederate songs, nine
of them, to be exact. Some of
them everybody knows, such
as Dixie" "Lorena" and,
perhaps, "The Yellow Rose Of
Texas" Others, such as "The
Bonnie Blue Flag" and the
touching Somebody's Darl-
ing" which undoubtedly are
well loved by many Southern
ers, deserve the acquaintance
Of Northerners, too.
The bitterness is far enough
in the past so that any one
can hear these songs with
pleasure now. General Lees
Grand March," a piece called
"For Bales" (about cotton,
not the composer). "The Con-
quered Banner" a sad vale
dictory. and "All Quiet Along
the Potomac" which the
: Yankees used to sing, too, are
the other pieces. Bales has
set them variously for or
chestra, chorus and soprano
and baritone soloists and has
done the task well.
Bosed on Freeman Version
Bales was enthusiastic
enough to seek out the late
Douglas Southall Freeman in
Richmond for an authoritative
demonstration Of how to per-
form the Rebel yell, and this
he communicated to julie
zabawa, whose Cantata Choir
Of the Lutheran Church of the
Reformation carries the choral
responsibilities of the disc. The
yell, which caps the conclud-
ing Dixie" is less terrifying
and perhaps more musical
than it was, reputedly, on the
battlefield. but it has consid-
erable documentary value.
The Rev. Edmund Jennings
Lee. q nameSake of whom was
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Musical Previews

Woody Herman waxed Get
Out of Town" and Bob Who"
for future release on the
Capitol label. !. Epic Records
will issue an LIP of old Artie
Shaw sides. Columbia
teamed Tony Bennett and
frankie Laine for two sides.
Mercury will release a
sound track LIP of the Co
lumbia film Three for the
Show" "I'll Never Know"
cut for Coral by Film Star
Gina Lollobrigida. Capitol
had Frank Sinatra wax jazz
album in which he is backed
only by a rhythm section.
"Our Love Is Here to Stay"
sliced for Emarcy by Maynard
Ferguson. Il. Larry Clinton
cut three sides for Bell Rec
ords. i. my Funny Valen-
tine" etched by George Shear.
ing for a future M-G-M
record release. Decca will
issue q sound track LIP of
Universal international film
$50 This Is Paris"
Evening star., 1954-11-07
Tops in Pops

OF interest to the record
consumer Is the news that
RCA Victor plans to increase
its use of the Pinch disc for
popular LIP releases.
A comparison of the number
Of 10-inch VS.. l2-inch pop LIP
discs issued by RCA Victor
last. year, and releases out or
planned for this year. point up
the company's decided move
away from the use of the 10
inch long-playing record in
favor of the larger l2-inch
disc.
Last year 20 per cent Of all
pop category LIPS were 12-inch
packages. This year the cur
rent and planned catalog ad-
ditions win make the larger
LIP albums A per cent Of the
pop total. While it's true that
jazz packages win be q major
portion Of the 12-inch LIPS in
the pop category, the increase
in use of that size will also be
evident in show albums, mood
music and regular popular re-
leases.
Evening star., 1954-06-07
Save on
Water


For over q
years John G.
Webster has
sold, installed
and serviced
m ore Water
Heaters than
any one in
the Washing
ton area.
Evening star., 1954-06-07

like that at all and he hoped
on me pretty hard"
Mr.. Stevens added that per-
haps he would have to produce
Gen. Zwicker, commander of
Camp Kilmer, N. j., as a witness.
When Senator Mcclellan ad-
vised Mr.. Stevens to beat Senator
Mccarthy Ito the punch" the
Secretary commented that he
would be willing and delighted"
to appear if subpoenaed.
The following day - February
21-Mr. Stevens again called the
Senator Ito bring you up to date"
and declared:
II am not seeking to appear
before the committee but If they
desire me 1 will comply"
"Deliberate Lying"
AS the hearings entered their
28th day of testimony, with the
end not yet in sight, one of the
seven Judges" speculated that
deliberate lying" by witnesses
may have hopelessly hidden the
full truth.
Senator Potter, Republican, of
Michigan, one of the subcom-
mittee members, said yesterday
sharply conflicting testimony
received to date has convinced
him there is one area of
deliberate lying and a larger
area of misinterpretation" by
witnesses trying to cast a false
light on the actions of others.
II doubt that we'll ever be
able to find out who is telling the
truth in certain areas" Senator
Potter said in an interview with
the Associated Press.