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Come on, Baby. you can make
1t if you tryl Daddy'S waiting
for you From that time on
Glare could swim.
Though she has no record or
recollection of formal swim
ming lessons. she eventually
became so expert that in 1920
she was on the Connecticut
swimming team that tried out
for the Olympics but she did
not quite make it.
Clare was about 10 years old,
and her brother David IL. when
her father left for good. That
was the time of real privation.
There was, in truth, not enough
food in the two-room apart
ment on Amsterdam avenue,
in New York.
Mrs. Boothe was close to deS-
peratlon. Her own hard life had
slightly blurred her beauty and
stiffened her muscles just en-
ough to make a return to the
theater impractical. So she
eyed her daughter Specula-
lively.
AT that supposedly awkward
age Clare was already an au-
thentic beauty. Her long, soft
~ curling hair was wheat-gold,
framing classically lovely
face-fair. glowing skin, small
coralline mouth, and clear blue
eyes that were almost startling
in their penetrating brilliance.
Studying her. Mrs. Boothe
decided that her idea was
worth a try. A friend with the
atrical connections. gave her
an Introduction to Mary Pick
ford, who was rehearsing in "A
Good Little Devil" under the
direction of David Belasco.
Taking her daughter by the
hand, Mrs. Boothe paid a call
backStage with the intention
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-11

ALSO A BEAUTY -
CIore's mother, Ann
Snyder Boothe, wos even
better looking than her
daughter.
graph Studio, She took her
daughter there to make a
screen test with Marie Doro
for over the Hill to the Poor
house. Clare was made up;
the simple sequence was ex-
planned to her: and as the
lights came on like a dazzling
blow. Marie Doro stepped out
Of the crowd.
Marie Doro was everything
that Clare would like to have
been. slender as a willow with
a heart-Shaped face. huge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-11

of a musical comedy. When
she was ID, she met Billy
Boothe and fell in love. Both
families were against 1t.
The old Baptist minister,
Billy's father, Numbered ira
ditionally about marriage with
a chorus girl. The Catholic
Snyders were even more vio-
lently agitated for young
Boothe had been divorced
from his first wife. The young
couple got married anyhow
and both families disowned
them
Clare'S memories of early
childhood are a hodgepodge.
This is because the BootheS
were always on the move.
Billy got series of JOBS play
ing in symphony orchestras.
and in hall a dozen years they
lived in Nashville. Tenn. Chi
cago; Memphis; Racine, Wis:
and DeS MoineS. Iowa. So the
locations OF the vlgnetteS on
Clare'S memory are largely
unidentified.
One is etched deep in bitter
ness. There was a dock extend
ing over dark, deep water.
Three-year-old Clare remem-
bers walking down it in a bath
ing suit with her father. Sud-
denly he scooped her up and
heaved her as far as he could.
She came up suffering 10 see
him standing there shouting,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-11

as a playwright. not an actress.
Clare Luce's next personal
stage appearance, which took
place more than 20 years later,
in August, l945, when she was
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is perfectly ridiculous" and
walked off the stage.
Clare decided then and
there that any future conncc-
ton with the stage would be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-11

still a CongresSwoman, was
even more frustrating.
1t began innocently enough
when the star of the SIAM
See HATCH, Page Bill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-11
BY ALDEN HATCH

Clare Boothe was born Ann
Clare Boothe on April 10,
1903, in a dismal apartment
house on Riverside Drive in
New York City. Billy Boothe,
her father, was a singularly
poor proVider Clare barely
remembers him. He dis
appeared from her life so long
ago that his influence was
purely negative. She saw him
but once after she was grown
up, and then only for 4 few
minutes, He was running
music school in Los Angeles.
Clale's mother was the key
stone of her life. Everyone who
knew her says that Ann Clare
Snyder was even more beauti-
full than her famous daugh-
ter: just as Glare was more
beautiful than her daughter,
Ann Clare Brokaw.
When Ann Glare Snyder was
II, she got a job in the chorus
Alden Hotch, outhor of Woodrow
Wilson" "Fronklin D. Roosevelt"
Generol Ike" and Red Corpet for
Monte, is we'll qualified to write
the story Of Glare Boothe Luce's
life He hos been q personal friend
OF hers since 1924 This is the
fourth Of 5 articles from his most
recent book. Ambassador Ex-
troordlnory"
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ference had helped them to
appreciate more fully the
value Of planning and express
ed the hope that the various
recommendations approved by
the Conference would prove
to be of great assistance to
their respective countries.
, 1956-11-28

materialize at all, and econo-
mic goals may themselves be
highly jeopardized. Referring
to the progressive deteriora-
ton Of urban environment in.
the economically under-deve-
Iloped countries and the ply
steal and social hazards to
which millions Of human be-
ings belonging to the lower
income groups continue to be
exposed, Mr.. Weisman spoke
Of the activities Of the United
Nations. Against this back
ground Of i'll and potential re-
needles, he said, the United
Nations and the specialized
agencies are considering the
complex Of processes and pro
blems of economic and social
development in their totality.
Industrialization, urbanizar
ton community development
and regional planning are
closely linked problems of
theory and practice which
may, together provide some
answers to. a more balanced
growth Of industry and agri-
culture, to a more desirable ur
ban-rural relationship, and to
a better use of the peoples
own resources, skills and en-
thusiasms.
In conclusion, Mr.. Weisman
expressed to the Caribbean
Commission and the confer
ence the good wishes of the
Secretary General Of the Unit
ed Nations. Members Of var
ious delegations expressed
their appreciation of the OPP
portunity afforded them to
discuss their common prob
lens and to learn from the
experience of their fellow
workers in the Caribbean
They all agreed that the Con
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Ernest Weis1non Of
u. N. Addresses
Corib. Comm. Meetg

PORT OF SPAIN Nov. 70
Holding its final plenary ses-
sion this morning, the ten
day conference on Town and
Country Development Plan
ming, sponsored by the Carib-
bean Commission approved
its report and mi
tions.
Ernest Weisman, Assistant
Director. Bureau Of Social Al
fairs, United Nations, deliver
cd an address to the meeting.
1.-The recognized purpose Of
national development, he
said, is the Improvement OF
mans level of living. At the
same time, experience shows
that social progress is not an
inevitable consequence OF
economic development. AS
did the nineteenth century IN
dustrial revolution in Europe
and North America, SO does
the current industrialization
encourage the age-old process
Of rural urban migration
which tends to produce social
maladjustment and q stub
born malignancy Of slums &
blight in cities, old and new.
Nevertheless, he went on to
say the social setting in which
the development process
starts, and the resulting social
and cultural changes are sell
considered at the outset Of a
development programme. But
unless this setting as well as
the changes in the physical
environment are anticipated
and planned for, the full mea-
sure of social gain may never
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-22
Personal Diplomacy

President Eisenhower has made 1t
clear that he has no sympathy with the
critics of Secretary of State Dulles and
his personal diplomacy"
These critics, who seldom find any
thing good to say about Mr.. Dulles, have
been raking him over the Goals for spend
ing too much time abroad and too little
at home. They say he ought to stay in
Washington and make decisions on what
we are going to do about the problems OF
other countries.
Mr.. Eisenhower diSagreeS. Trips such
as that from which Mr. Dulles returned
last evening are onerous burdens, accord
ing to the President, "but we have found
them extremely worthwhile. The per-
sonal contact with leaders of other coun-
tries is something that we have tried to
bring about and sustain, and we find that
through it we gain better understanding
of common problems than we do merely
by trusting to the normal diplomatic
exchanges"
This makes sense. And it may be
worth noting that prominent figures in
other countries-Winston Churchill, An
thony Eden, Prime Minister Nehru and
Messrs. Khrushchev and Bulganin, to
mention but few-also seem to believe
In the usefulness of personal contacts.
Of course, one man cannot be in two
places-Mr. Dulles cannot stay home and
make decisions and also go out and meet
the leaders of countries which will be
affected by whatever decisions are made.
But when all considerations are balanced,
the scales seem decisively tilted In favor
of the personal contacts and flrst-hand
examination of foreign problems. An
argument might be made against this
view If 1t could be demonstrated that the
administrative work of the State Depart
ment goes to pot while Mr.. Dulles is
away. Bat his critics have not yet been
able to make any such showing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-22
Auditorium Setback

A House Appropriations subcomn1t-
tee has administered a severe and unfair
blow to the commission which 1t created
last year to plan national auditorium
in Washington. The subcommittee has
rejected request for $4,000 to reimburse
members of the commission and consult
ants for administrative work and surveys
already done. The commission was crit
icized for spending money in advance of
actual appropriations.
1t is true that the commission has
spent nearly $4,000 to date in an effort
to comply with congressional mandate
to prepare plans and recommendations
within specified period. But the money
did not come out of the Treasury It
came out of the pockets of public-spirited
members of the commission, whose sole
desire was to get on with their job, despite
the failure of Congress to provide any
funds for the commissions task An
appropriation of S25, 900 had been author
ICED last year, but the necessary appro-
priation was not Forthcoming. Under the
circumstances, the commission, which in
cludes several members of Congress, was
justified in believing that Congress would
reimburse the commissioners who ad-
vanced their own funds for this public
purpose.
The subcommittee disapproval of
the appropriation request leaves the COM
mission without money and hence without
the means of completing the planning
assignment which Congress directed it to
do. The subcommittee stand may be
warranted on strictly legal grounds, but
a sense. of justice requires appropriation
of the full amount authorized, so that
commission members may be repaid for
their voluntary financial aid. Any other
course would be inconsistent with the
action of the House District Committee
in recommending extension of the COM
MISSIONS life and the appropriation Of
whatever funds are needed to complete
the job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-22
Pro and Con

Intelligence reaching this newspaper
concerning the effect of televisions
Richard III" is, like most intelligence,
indecisive.
We hear the characteristic report OF
the 14-year-old daughter of newsman
who, a few nights after the telecast,
asked if the family library included "this
Shakespeare" Informed that it con-
tanned the complete works, she took the
first steps that have since led to addiction.
AS addictions go, there is much that
is admirable about this one, and its vic
Tins are to be chalked up to the credit
of television's three-hour adventure
week ago last Sunday.
There is another side to the story,
however. This Is the one voiced by Sir
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-22
Boycott Background

To thousands of defense
workers who were employed
during the war in Montgomery,
Ala, the way the transit boy
colt there is being treated by
authorities is shocking. With
no intention of intensifying
the already bitter dispute, I
recall instances, witnessed by
many in Montgomery. where
half-empty buses rolled by
without picking up Negroes
patiently waiting at stops,
often in driving rain. We often
tried to help those people by
standing at the stops, know
ing the race-conscious bus
driver would not dare pass
up white people. For such
kindness we were often brutal
iy bawled out by drivers. as
well as by diversified police
men. Now that Negroes are
using the same tactics, they
are prosecuted.
Prof. F. J.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-22
Blow to Discipline

The Commissioners remarkable &C
ton In the case of Police Private Mover
was almost as disruptive of good order
and discipline in the Police Department
as the incident that gave rise to the two
to-one decision. That incident, which
occurred last New Years eve, involved
the alleged drunken misconduct of Po-
liceman Austin A. Meyer while on duty
at downtown street corner. Although
Deputy Police Chief Covell, who witnessed
part of the disorder after being sum-
moned to the scene, told the Commits
sioners that the policeman was rearing
and ranting like a wild man" after
threatening group of citizens on the
sidewalk, Commissioners Mclaughlin and
Lane voted to override Trial Board YER
dict for'd dismissal. Instead, the convicted
officer will be restored to duty, after pay
ment of $500 fine and loss of pay during
his three-month suspension.
Testimony before the Trial Board
showed that Policeman Meyer, while
drunk, sought to arrest group of citizens
after one of them had greeted him with
a Happy New Year, officer" 1t was
alleged that he roughly handled a man
and his wife and made a threatening
gesture toward his gun holster. call
for help brought two other policemen,
who overpowered Meyer with difficulty.
The testimony showed that he wreStled
with the officers all the way to the First
Precinct station and inside it. All of
Private Meyers superiors, from his pre-
cinct commander to Chief Murray, rec
commended dismissal. But only Com
missioner Spencer upheld the view of
Chief Murray that Private Meyer had
forfeited his right to be policeman.
Coming SO close after the Civil Serv
ice reversal of the firing of another,
policeman convicted of drunkenness, the
Meyer decision makes one wonder how
Chief Murray can be expected to main
tain good order and discipline in his de-
partment If such blows to efficient police
administration are to continue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-22
Reason to Register
I am happy to see, |

I am happy to see, that regis
tration by District citizens for
the coming primary election
has picked up considerably.
I am especially happy be-
cause, only recently, an i'm
portant member of a House
District Subcommittee was
quoted as saying, in effect, that
members of this subcommittee
were cycling the registration as
an indication of the true in
terest Westinghouse have in
obtaining the right to vote
and that so far they have not
been favorably impressed.
AS a District citizen, I would
like to say that I am most
appreciative of this oppor-
tunity to vote we are now
being given-limited as it is.
But the fact that I maintain
absentee voting rights in Illi-
nois prevents me from particle
pating, in spite of my sincere
desire to take part in this
historic event. I feel sure there
are many thousands of other
ivic-minded Washingtonians
in the same frustrating posi-
ton. If we register to vote in
the District primary, we will
lose the right to vote in the
elections next November.
l think your newspaper could
perform a service-not only by
doing everything possible to
get out the vote-but also by
remembering in your articles
on this subject the large num-
bers of us who are prevented
from voting in this primary
election. just as am. Then
when the final tally is made
and the members of that
House District Subcommittee
and other watchful officials
offer their judgments on our
interest in the right to vote
an important segment of Dis
trict citizenry will not have
been left out of the count.
Shirley G. Rudney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-22
"HILLCREST HEIGHTS, Md.
Dear Sir:

11AbNLLO I1G1Gt1 10, MQ.
Dear Sir:
1--WE never written you be-
fore but I feel I must do so.
THE robins have been here
a week or two now and I'm
afraid they have built a nest
in a neighbours tree, which
was blown down in the last
wind storm.
Since they are not the out
door type, they can't move
the tree. but may decide to do
so when the weather gets
warmer, and I'm afraid they
won't notice the robins nest;
but watched the birds gath
erlng material from our old
flower bed and carrying it
over there, and I hate to
think that something might
happen to them.
Il particularly like your ref
erences to reading. I'm glad
some one enjoys reading for
the pure pleasure and not to
see how fast he can learn to
read.
What really prompted me
to write this letter was your
recent reference to bay WIN
doWS.
For a long time I've liked
bay windows in a house, and
at one time had planned to
have one when we finally built
our house.
Then styles changed and
ramblers came along with fiat
picture windows, so that is
what we have.
only recently, though, as
stood on a streetcar plat
form in front of an old house
with a bay window, I remarked
to my husband how much
always liked them and how
they somewhat resembled a
big picture window.
Back home in Kentucky
where l lived as a young girl,
we had a bay window, but it
didn't have a window seat, as
you m n toned. I often
dreamed of having one,
though
Back there as a youngster
I liked to sit in my little rock
ing chair or lie on the floor
before the gas crate to read
in winter. and in summer to
sit out in the porch swing.
X X X
THE main point of this
letter is to mention the roman
tic connection the bay window,
with It's seat, has for me,
Soon after coming to Wash
ingten, I went to a small dance
class in one of the old-fash-
Toned houses here.
There l met the one who
is now my husband.
ION st. Patrick's night we
had both attended the class,
which was a st. Patrick's day
affair, with balloons for favors,
and green shamrock ice cream
for the guests.
"At intermission I sat down
in the seat of the bay window,
and there my new-found friend
brought m e shamrock ice
cream, and we sat and ate to-
gether.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-22
THE POLITICAL MILL
Who Is Going to Stop Kefouver?
By GOULD LINCOLN

candidate-on April "a. The
next test will be against Ke-
fauver in Florida May 20, and
a third and final test-so far
as primaries are concerned
in California June 5. Steven
son will have his work cut
out for him in both Florida
and California. Kefauver lost
the Florida primary to Senator
Russell of Georgia in 1852, but
he won the California primary
that year against the most
popular Democrat in the
State-Attorney General Pat
Brown.
In California. Kefauver will
have against him most of the
Democratic leaders just as he
had in Minnesota.
Stevenson's great danger lies
in the fact he is not develop
ing strength as a vote-getter
in these primaries-even in
his own party. That, and the
fact that Stevenson is a once
defeated candidate in his try
for the presidency.
The claim is made by Ste
venson's supporters that Re-
publicans crossed over in the
Minnesota primary and gave
Kefauver a victory. Just how
many Republicans did vote in
that primary is only a guess
and also the reason for their
doing so. One argument is
that the Republicans wished
to put a crimp in the Steven
son candidacy-and also that
they wished to discredit the
Democratic Farmer Labor
Party organization. headed by
Senator Humphrey and Gov.
Freeman. Another is that
many Republicans. resentful
because of the low farm prices
and the Eisenhower Benson
farm policies. have decided to
go Democratic this year. The
fact remains that for what
ever reason-Republican votes
or otherwise-Stevenson took
a bad licking in Minnesota
and a great loss in prestige.
Jolt to Republicans
The primary in Minnesota
has given the Republicans
something to think about -
and seriously. Eisenhower, al
though there was no real con-
test against him to get the
Republican vote to the polls
received less votes in the pri-
mary than did Kefauver alone
and the Stevenson vote add
ed to that given Kefauver
helps to make the Eisenhower
showing still worse. While
many observers contend that
because of his great personal
popularity President Eisen-
hover will carry Minnesota
again next November, it must
be remembered that he won
there in 1852 with a lead OF
only 150,000-in a State which
cast more than 100000 votes
in the general election.
If the Stevenson drive has
been materially slowed and
other Democratic "possibili-
ties" now come forward, the
prospects for bitter struggle
in the Democratic National
Convention will grow stronger
from now on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-22
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

Nov on St. Patrick's day
we both think back to those
romantic days.
Wishing you every success,
I am,
Yours very truly, G. w. C.
"P. S.-This letter is like my
house, a rambler"
x X
Pleasant rambling!
OF all life's every day pleas
ures, surely few are better than
thinking over the pleasant
things of the past.
Time is a mystery, but we
can tame it somewhat by
keeping in mind the past part
OF it, just as now and then we
look to the future part.
Time past, present, and to
These are life, and in them
are many facets.
Some shine like diamonds.
others suffuse us with warmth
as the sun, still others leave
us cold and helpless.
To think. now and then, Of
the sunny times, is to keep the
record true. to ramble with q
happy purpose.
One of the important func-
tons of reading, now on the
decline. perhaps, is to make
sure that we remember.
Backward, turn backward, oh
Time, in thy fight,
Make me a child again, Just
for tonight"
We can think of other
things we had rather be than
a child.
A child has to have its ears
washed, and nasty medicine
thrust down its protesting
throat.
A child must, or at least he
had to, sit stifflegged in the
parlor, while old Aunt Marie
drools on endlessly, or SO it
seems.
A child has to put on the
face of innocence when mother
finds those big black smudges
on the hall wallpaper. Some
how, 1t is always the hall
paper.
Happy is the oldster who.
thinking back. remembers best
the happy times. the romantic
times, the golden light of all
the years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-22

Laurence Olivier, the creative artist most
personally involved In Richard III" With
an obiectivity unusual under the circum-
stances, Sir Laurence refuses to judge
the effect of the telecast beyond the
statement that the picture was not made
to be shown on the small television screen.
In other words, Richard III" is one
thing as movie, quite another as tele-
vision film In view of Shakespeare's
eternal freshness, the ideal way to see it
would be both ways.