Evening star., 1955-05-30

That was her nome the person
her business" her domain. A
knew it. t
BY now. Bess Truman's "hot
Art Carney's "Va-Va-Voom
Margaret, who looked mighty
pretty in Edward r. Murrow's
chair, asked her dad a question
about Mrs. T.'s contributions as
a First Lady to his years in the
White House.
Before Harry could open his
mouth, Bess had hooted.
Later on in the show, Mar
garet asked her mother if she
had any advice to give her.
Bess hooted.
Then added cagily:
"Thdt's q loaded question"
At another point, the camera
focused on a favorite painting
in one of the rooms.
Hooted Bess:
"Strictly mine. No museum
or no library is going to get
that"
Margaret did extremely well
considering this was her first at
tempt at the basically awkward
coaxial interview. There were
moments when the interview
appeared strained and Margaret's
replies and observations seemed
too forced COR rehearced. but
Bess, bless her heart. moved in
to break it up at just the right
instant.
If you saw the show. you know
what I mean.
The ex-President and Mrs. T.
were moving through the house
when "Mommy," in the van,
spotted something on the table
that didn't belong.
She scooped it up in one
graceful, housekeeping gesture,
grunting:
''NotU I Donder ,Dho in the
the uorld Mould leaue some
thing like this here"
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Mr.. Truman, by the way, re-
vealed that he had been twice
awakened in his sleep at the
White House by ghostly rapping
at the door. He had also once
planned to play a joke on the
Truman ladies who were sleep
ing in the Lincoln room. He ar
ranged to have one of the tall
White House aides make up like
Lincoln but, at the last moment,
the President lost his nerve.
Artificial as such an interview
had to be. the half hour proved
quite revealing. Here, in this
rambling barn of a house, behind
a protective fence, were a per-
fectly typical Midwest couple.
That they should still seem so
after their historic experiences
is simply amazing.
Minute Review: Traffic
Court" Thursdays. WNIAL-D, is
an admirable attempt to focus
public attention on one of the
great crimes of our times-the
senseless traffic slaughter on the
streets.
Actual court cases are drama
tized. with the help of actors
and Judge George D. Nelson
was presiding at the session
caught.
The thought that struck me
was that the majority of defend
ants. arrested for a variety Of
reasons. appeared to need a
psychiatrist more than anything
else.
Then, the fact that actors are
being employed somehow lessons
the impact of the half hour. This
is probably due to production
problems more than anything
else. On a network basis. for ex-
ample, the cases might be illus
trated with film f1ashbacks re-
enactine the particular offense.
That would take money, though
AS do most suggestions for i'm
proving no-budget local pro-
grams.
On the Run:
John Hayes. WTOP's boss
man, announces formation of q
committee by the Washington
Post to develop fresh approaches
and new ideas for radio and TV
programs, with particular en-
phasis on public service shows.
VOL will broadcast the In
dianapolis Speedway classic to-
day from HAS am. to approx
mately AIS pm.
This is the week when ABC-7
gets the fights and CBS-9 inau-
gurates a full-hour drama series
in the Wednesday 10 to IL pm.
time segment. ABC got a bad
break when lightweight champ
Jimmy Carter's title defense was
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