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Evening star., 1957-12-24
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current TheateF Attractions
and Time Of Showing


Arena---Dark. brother Rat"
resumes tomorrow.
NationaI--Dark. Middle Of
the Night" starts December 80.
Screen
Ambassador - "Jamboree"::
i:40. 3:3S. 5:S5. 1880 and $3.50
lp.m.
Apex - Dark. ~The Black
Tent" starts tomorrow.
Capitol--"Don't Co Near the
Water; 1880 am. 1885. 3:35.
$40. 7:45 and D:4b pm.
| Columbia - April Love-:
i1:40 am. i:4O. $40. 5:45, 7:45
and Gas pm.
Dup0nt--"The Bakers Wife:
q. 4:i0. TAO and 1890 pm.
| Kelth's-"Sad Sack: 1880
am. l:35, 3:35. $40. 7:46 and
$3.50 pm.
| MacArthur-Dark. The Ship
Was Loaded" starts tomorrow.
Metropolitan - "Jamboree"::
1i:l5 am. 1, 2:45. 4:30. Sis.
8 and 9:45 pm.
Ontarie-Dark. "Persuit Of
the Graf Spec" starts tomorrow.
Palace - ''Peyton Place:
II an, l:4O. 4:20. z and 9:45
pm.
Playhouse-"Nights Of Ca
biria":: li:i5 am. i:i5, 3:20.
5:25. 1880 and o;3s pm.
Plaza - And God Created
Woman: 1880 am, 1880. 3:35.
5:35. 7:45 and $3.50 pm.
Trans ; Lux - pal joey;
ii:40 am. lao. $40, $40.
TAO and $40 pm.
Upt0wn-"Around the World
In 80 Days: $3.50 pm.
Warner-"Seven Wonders Of
the World; $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1957-12-24

derson. I heard the order
given: do not bring Miss Dou-
gan 20 the TV cameras" The
Vicki back is revealed a bit low
for family viewing.
Handsome Canadian actor
Lee Patterson - he was very
good in THE Story OF Esther
Costello"--is due in Hollywood
for three days, en- route to his
home In Vancouver. There is a
TV show cooking for Lee In
January.
Jimmy woolf's movie version
of The Mouse Trap" cannot
be shown until the play in Lon
don completes the run. The
Agatha Christie murder story
has been running tive years
and is expected to continue to
1860.
MGM star Taina Elg tried
to visit q pal at Paramount. But
the gate guard had not seen
her in lies Girls"-in fact.
never heard Of her. And the
elegantly attired Miss Elg re-
tired like any other would-be
gate crasher.
Pier Angel is ecstatic be-
cause. "for the FIRST time since
our three years Of marriage
Vic DamOne) will spen d
Christmas with me-" Vic opens
at the Moulin Rouge here on
Christmas Day. Pier has three
pictures coming up-one with
Van johnson, another for Kirk
Douglas. The third takes her TO
Italy - but not until next
spring.
Jose Ferrer will ny 5000
miles here and back for his
Christmas dinner-all on one
day. Ferrer, now In New York
preparing %. Captain" for
Broadway. reaches home early
Christmas Day. holds "open
house" for. friends, and flies
back TO New York the same
evening.
Itll be q gay Christmas Day
In London Town--they hope
for a large continent Of Holly
wood personalities. Film stars
planning TO celebrate the holi-
day in British style include
leslie Caron and husband Peter
Nall, Gena RowIands, and hus-
band yohn Cassavetes, Julis
London and wobby Troup, the
Wan 1Dhnsons, Lana WurnGH
Fand Russ TambIyrA
Evening star., 1957-12-24
Ed SULLiV AN
LITTEe OLD NEW YORK
An Apt Christmas Gard

NEW YORK.-Bruce CabOt's
Christmas card, from Rome. Is
unusually apt. On the cover is
q drawing OF the Church OF
Santa Susanna, Via Venti Set
tembre. Rome. burial place OF
the patron saint Of all In the
theatrical profession. Sc. Gene
sius. foremost European come
dian Of his day. The Emperor
Diocletian. seeking to enlist the
great stars Of the theater In
ridiculing Christianity, COM
missioned Genesius to make q
public mockeFy Of the sacra-
ment Of baptism. The come
dian. eager to do this bril-
liantly. made an exhaustive
study Of religion. AS a result
he became q convert. and wa;
tortured and killed by the en-
ragged emperor when he refused
to deny his new-found faith
Pastor Of Santa Susa n n
Church is a Californian. pro-
curator general Of the Paulist
Fathers. bESgr. James z. Cum
ninghAni. Cab0ts friend.
New York store staffs COM
pleteiy exhausted after the
Christmas rush. sharpened by
the subway strike. Immediately
after Christmas the staffs take
another beating as customers
rush to exchange presents; fol-
lowing that. most stores stage
their annual sales followed by
the inventory process. Until
then. store staffs win be run
ragged. -. Inger Stevens big
deal Is Marine Capt. Robert
Glenn. Pokef-fnced kim
Novak a cineh to star IN The
Jean Harlow Story Elyis
Presley. urged TO abandon his
snake-hips routine. continues
to squirm. It's proof Of the old
Dutch saying: I'VE grow too
soon old. too late smart.
The Bobby Olympic starr
Morrows named the twins Vicki
and Ron. 4. There's going
to be a big shakehp az colum-
bia Pictures. Tie Jack
Palances have parted again.
/. =. Metro sent Bling Crosby
the script Of "The Ponder
Evening star., 1957-12-24

Heart" Billy Martin seri-
Gus about airline stewardess
Gertrude Winkler. A boy
for Carmel Shows daughter,
Mrs. Peter Flanagan. Jerry
Lewis bought the late Hum
phrey Bogart's home. . Lew
Burdette rushed back from Ha-
vana to his ailing wife. /.
Harry Wismer escorting Lila
King. Laughton to play
Churchill in film biography.
Frank Walker moves from
MGM Records to Loew's Inc.
AFL-CIo's George Meany,
after dining at Lindy's. was
asked by the chef to meet the
kitchen stan. Meany spent IS
minutes with them.
Evening star., 1957-12-24


Allgood. Una O'Connor. Barry
Fitzgerald, Arthur Shields and
the others to this country.
Her impact on Broadway has
been such indeed that she has
received approximately the
same volume Of attention as
once was given TO the Abbey
when it came TO this country.
1t was these considerations
that made Miss McKenna q
subject of major interest on
this correspondents latest trip
to Broadway. Since THE
Chalk Garden" three seasons
ago, she and New York theater-
goers have had q dazzling af-
fair. Were she less ferociously
Irish and loyal. Miss McKenna
might be thought to have be-
come an American actress. In
stead Of the actress most IN de-
mand in America.
Now. we have had dinner
with Miss McKenna at the
Ahsinthe House across the street
from the Cort Theater where
she is starring in THE Rope
Dancers"
Well. she is an awesome one.
all right. In q charmingly Irish
way. Across q dinner table. she
is the actress who can carry an
Eve-like guilt in The Rope
Dancers" but also q woman Of
sharp intelligence and q private
attractiveness. With her large.
wide-set dark eyes in q classic.
sculptured Celtic face. she looks
like nobody else in the theater.
The impression she gives is
that at the level Of what would
be unbearable tension for any
one else, she IS relaxed. Of
duty and socially disposed. In
such q mood. she is as prepared
to talk about her new duplex
house within a house" on
Washington Square. her 9-year-
old son and his school in Ire
land. how she spends here time
or art with q capital "A"
To say it another way. she
has not learned the deep. dark.
hidden meanings Of life at the
expense Of the small ones so
visible on the surface.
Item. as q mother, she can
say: The kind Of school !
want for my son is not so
much one that struggles to
teach him something as one
that viii make him anxious to
know everything"
She thinks. by the way, she
has found 1t, which could start
a wild back-to-Ireland move
ment among Irish-American
parents Of school-age children.
-
Miss McKenna's interest In
acting as revelation, she thinks.
began in childhood. "As q child
in Galway where her father
teaches math in the university
We had an empty loft Of dis
eaFded furniture, she says. 1T
was a natural theater for chill
dren and we used II with fer
vor. We made up our own plays
and acted them. I always had
to be the villain. or at least the
one whose personality had the
most. and the most furious, Of
meaning"
Thus. one gathers. was born
the actress who played Joan
Of Arc and Hamlet consecu-
lively on Broadway last sea-
son.
In her Abbey theater days,
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Evening star., 1957-12-24

Miss McIxenna recalls, II hated
only one thing. those occasions
when ! had 10 play what we
called the GIRL The Girl was
an expression Of contempt. II
referred 10 the heroine or SOU
brette. q pretty. romantic.
empty thing to whom life did
things instead Of the other way
around"
As the guilt-driven mother
OF a six-fingered child who she
regards as the symbol Of sullied
love. Miss McKenna has her
sort Of role in THE Rope
Dancers" 1t Is one Of contem-
porary flavor with enough Of
dramatic intensity to divert her
from the more ferocious
classics.
II read II two years ago"
she says, "and wanted to do It
but there were other commit
ments. Fortunately. Morton
Wishengrad wanted so much
for me to do 1t that he was
willing to wait. It Is q modern
sort Of play with an Old Testa-
ment sense Of sin. so full Of
meanings that had to do Il. +"
Miss McKenna whose per-
formance Is o major piece Of
spell-binding Of Broadway's
season has . surprise for the
critic who wants 10 know how
matinee audiences respond TO
The Rope Dancers" Matinee
audiences are regarded general
ly as magpie collections. des-
perately bent on being what
they call entertained" In the
theater.
IN a way. they are the plays
best audiences" Miss McKenna
says. Women dominate them.
as usual. but don't forget that
the play is dealing with a
woman's agonizing problem"
Washington's knowledge Of
Miss MeKenna Is one gained
through reading about her. II
IL is unhappy about this. so
is she. She would like to play
Washington. she says. which
must be a beautiful city" from
what she hears.
She got as close as Baltimore
when THE Rope Dancers" was
touring prior TO New York. Il
wanted to get over TO see
Washington" she says, "but We
were so busy working on the
play and ! am so afraid Of
clocks and being late for the
theater. It's a phohia."
She thinks it may have be-
gun when she was q young
actress in Ireland and was q
member Of a gay touring group
that dashed all over the land
In buses and trucks. with many
a hair's-breath brush with cur
tain times.
Time. Miss McKenna thinks.
Is everybody's major problem.
Between playing. sleeping. eat
ing. trying 70 keep her clothes
and apartment IN order. aud
reading which Is mostly pro-
fessional. she has far too little
time.
1t Is one Of the things that
makes her so cheerful about
her original language. Gaelic.
1t was spoken and written In
an era which was less rushed.
lived at q tempo more felicl-
tous for everything and every
body.
Evening star., 1957-12-24
THE PASSING SHOW
iShivown' Is Eire's
Drama in America
N Jay cARMoDY

NEW YoRK-on stage Siobhan McILenna gives the im-
preston that she quite competent 70 the tradition
Of the Irish drama IN this country sngle-handed.
In terms Of force. she is kind Of one-woman Abbey
theater the group bring Sarah
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-08
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Sunny,
dry and warm today. Clear to-
night, lowest In the upper SOS.
Mostly sunny, quite warm and
more humid tomorrow. highest
near 30. Winds, pm. today,
west-northwest, IL miles per
hour.
Maryland-Sunny and dry to-
day. Fair tonight. low near so
in the west. except for a low in
the 40s in the mountains and
valleys. and in the SOS in the
eastern sections. Mostly sunny,
quite warm and humid in the
east tomorrow and partly cloudy
with chance Of an evening
thundershower in the extreme
west.
Virginia - Sunny. dry and
warm today. Fair tonight, lowest
In the sos, except for a low in
the upper 40s in the mountains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-08
much more liberal Federal EN-.

much more liberal Federal EN-.
|pioye Life Insurance Act.
And in the case Of the $4,000
policies held In groups that al
ready have been taken over by
the CSC, the policies have been
saved. It's only the $4,000 nom
converted policies held IN pri-
vate beneficial associations that
are in jeopardy.
CONGRESSIONAL POLIO
|SHOTS-Members of Congress
and employees on Capitol Fill are
receiving polio shots in a mass
innoculation program. The
charge is 81 per shot of the
Salk vaccine. Since it costs the
Government only SO cents. a shot,
the remaining 81 cents for each
shot is being contributed to the
National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis.
The House Government OPP
erations Subcommittee, which
proposed similar mass iunocula-
ton programs for Government
employees. is hopeful the ex-
ample Of Congress will spur Fed
erai agencies here into action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-08

OF his mission in the countries
he did visit and on the possible
ties Of American aid for STABILIZE
ing the area in the economic
military and political fields.
There Is some talk In ofiicial
quarters that Mr.. Richards will
also report to congressional COM
mittees and may make a Ma
tion-wide speech on the results
Of his tour.
One Of the concrete steps de-
veloped in connection with the
trip was the United States de.
cision to join the military com.
mittee Of the antiCommunist
Baghdad Pact. The members
OF the alliance are Iraq, Turkey
Pakistan. Iran and Britain.
The alliance council, which
will meet June 8 at Karachi
Pakistan. is expected to issue q
formal invitation for the United
States to join the military com.
mittee. President Eisenhowe,
announced during the Bermuds
conference in late March that
II and when such an invitation
was received 1t would be &C.
cepted.
Apart from the Middle East
members Of the Baghdad Pact
the countries which Mr.. Rich
ards visited across North Africa
and into Southwestern Asia in
cluded Libya. the Sudan, Saudi
Arabia. Israel. Lebanon. Afghan
istan, Ethiopia. Tunisia, Mo-
rocco. Greece and Yemen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-08

Chairman Johnston Of the Sen
ate Civil Service Committee has
scheduled a meeting Of his group
next Tuesday in a last-ditch
effort to save the life insurance
policies Of $4,000 present and
former Government workers.
These employees hold policies in
beneficial employee associations
being forced out Of business by
the Federal Emp,oye Life In
surance Act.
Despite the fact that Congress
authorized the Civil Service
Commission to take over the
original las. 900 policies and ap-
propriated enough money to al
low the conversion of $4,000
such policies. it has refused
funds to take over the remaining
95 900 policies. The main factor
in holding up funds is the House
Appropriations Committee.
Senator Johnston has spon-
sored a bill directing the csc to
convert the policies by using
funds from the civil service life
insurance funds. The cost would
only be 100000, a sum which
could easily be borne by the life
insurance system. The South
Carolinian predicts his commit
tee will approve the bill ION
Tuesday.
Incidentally. there Is some
confusion among employees about
these policies and some need
less apprehension. It does not
involve policies held. by Govern
ment employees under the Fed
eral Employe Life Insurance Act
of several years ago. It involves
only those policies taken out
years ago by employees In bene-
fetal associations that are being
forced out Of business bv the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-08

Thursday. some cloudiness, quite
warm and more humid with a
chance Of widely scattered after
noon or evening thundershowers
in the mountains.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-South to southwest
winds, 1920 miles per hour today
and tomorrow, slowing to 8 to
IL miles per hour tonight.
Weather fair. visibility good.
Five-Day Forecast for
Washington and Vicinity
Temperatures will probably av-
erage Z degrees above the WASH
ington normals OF 70 high and
SO low. There will be a rising
trend in the next few days,
then continued warm and humid.
Weather mostly fair with little
or no precipitation, but scattered
showers are possible by or over
the week end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-08
MoIIet Gets Authority
For Confidence Vote

PARIS. May 8 up. The
French cabinet has authorized
Socialist Premier Guy Mollet to
ask for a confidence vote during
the forthcoming parliamentary
debate on the nations financial
program.
The cabinet Is expected 70
come UP next week with definite
proposals aimed at hating in
fiation and stopping the decrease
of gold and dollar reserves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-08
BY the Associated Press

Rowing Ambassador James P.
Richards returns today to report
70 President Eisenhower that
Middle Eastern countries are
largely united in their determi-
nation to resist the spread of
Soviet communism.
Mr.. Richards has visited is
countries in that strategic area
during the last two months. He
headed a mission sent to explain
the Eisenhower program for
using force If necessary to OPP
pose any open aggression by
International communism, and
meanwhile TO strengthen the re-
gion with economic and military
assistance.
Before leaving Rabat. Morocco,
lest night en- route to the United
States, Mr.. Richards told news
men most of the countries &C.
cepted the principle of the Ell
senhower program. and he
added:
None Of the Is nations which
this mission has visited rejected
proposals Of American aid in the
framework Of the doctrine"
Sis Million Committed
He is understood to have COM
united about Sis million of
United States foreign aid funds
TO various countries during his
trip. Congress has authorized
use Of UP to 5000 million for the
program.
omcials here have said that
the mission was on the whole
highly successful in focusing at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-08

in the city and throughout Del
Vale Province.
The broadcast added military
courts would try violators.
In an effort to whip up a show
OF popular support for Mr.. Rojas,
the government was reported
planning big demonstration in
the central square. 1t was not
known, however. when the rally
would be held.
Meanwhile partial strikes dis
rupted business and industrial
activity in the capital. Only gov
ernment-operated banks were
open on normal schedule. A
government communique listed
the firms that were closed by
strike. 1t was estimated they
employ nearly 10000 persons.
Police and army units patrolled
the capital.
The violent disorders which
began last week protesting Mr..
Rojas' continuance in ONCE have
taken the lives Of at least two
students in Bogota. Arrests have
been widespread. but no an
nouncement has been made of
the number Of persons seized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-08
President Awaits Report
By Richards on Mideost

tention in the area on the Com.
munist threat. It brought ex-
pressions by a dozen or more
governments of determination tc
oppose communism.
If there was failure in any
point it was in Mr.. Richards In
ability even to call on the lead
ers of Egypt. Syria and Jordan
In the case of Jordan. recently
racked by internal crisis, the
failure Is not considered signifi.
cant since King Hussein has put
down pro-Sovfet elements and
succeeded in orienting his coun-
try toward the West. He also
proclaimed that internationa,
communism was the enemy Of
Jordan.
Egypt Trip Falls Through
Prior to Mr.. Richards de.
parture on March IL authorities
here considered it possible that
he would be able to call on Presi-
dent Canal Abdel Nasser OF
Egypt and President Shukri Al
Kuwatly Of Syria and at least
have friendly talks with them To
explain the Eisenhower program.
This did not work out because
OF the strong pro-Soviet ties Of
Egypt and Syria.
Mr.. Eisenhower called his spe-
cial envoy home in time to at
tend a bipartisan meeting Of
congressional leaders at the
White House tomorrow morning.
On that occasion he will have
an opportunity to report on what
he Is said to consider the success
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-08

dents were reported arrested.
There were indications the sit
uation was even more serious in
Cali. Colombia's fourth largest
city 185 miles southwest Of b.
gotta, where Mr.. Rojas has ad-
mitted three students were killed
in disorders last week.
Like Bogota. Cali was under
military rule. A broadcast by
the provincial Governors office
said military authorities had i'm
posed a curfew, and banned
gatherings Of more than i've
persons and the sale Of alcohol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-08
New Stomp on Sole

JERUSALEM. May 8 N1.-The
FIRST days sale Of Israel's new in
dependence day stamp brought
in 3 million Israeli pounds (Sl,.
$50, 000)-enough to pay salaries
OF the country's 5000 postal
employees for one month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-08

crat Of Louisiana. and is aimee
lat dislodging the postal pay bill
from the House Civil Services
Committee where Chairman
Murray has declared he will moi
hold hearings on pay Legislation
this year
A total of 2l8 Signatures
majority Of the 435 House mem.
bers-is needed to discharge the
bill from the committee.
Although such discharge peti.
tons have succeeded four timei
previously in the last 10 years or
pay legislation. this one appears
doomed to failure.
There are several reasons fol-
this. First. the discharge petit
tons seeks action on a posta
pay bill to raise pay by at l.as'
81. 500. This is far too costly q
bill in this economy-minded Con.
gress. Second. the Democratic
leadership in Congress appears
cool to pay raises this year, moi
to mention the administration
strong opposition. Third, many
members Of Congress feel that
next year is the year for Federal
pay raises and not this year when
economy seems to be the watch
word not only in Congress but
among their constituents back
home.
ADMINISTRATIONS STAND
Meanwhile, as expected, the
administration has officially op.
posed pay raises for Government
classified and postal workers this
year. The administration main.
Ily justified its stand on the fact
that such pay raises would create
an "infiationary" wage trend n
industry. .
This reasoning is ridiculed BY
Federal employee leaders, who
point out that there has been 9
continuous round Of industry pay
raises the last few years and that
such increases are still going on
They declare the effect Of the
administrators stand would be
to deny Federal employees the
substantial pay boosts that are
being given industry workers.
In It's pay raise stand, the ad-
ministration did say there were
several special situations In
which may adjustments may well
be justified" and said appropriate
recommendations may soon be
sent to Congress.
This undoubtedly was a refer
lence to the 100000 Government
scientists and engineers.
However. its o political fact oil
life that Congress would moi
raise the salaries of Government
engineers and scientists without
raising the pay Of Federal postal
and classified employees.
Therefore. it's doubtful II the
administration will propose rails
ing the pay Of scientists and en-
Igineers until next year.
4 =
INSURANCE POLICIES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-08

the constitution preventing a
President from succeeding him.
self. Some Of the Presidents
conservative followers are divid-
Cd on the issue. but the walkout
Of 20 Assembly members last
pight was not expected to stall
the session today to name him
Tor q 1882 presidential term.
Student demonstrations against
Mr.. Rojas continued in Bogota
yesterday. Again they were put
down by police pouring streams
of dyed red-and-blue water on
the crowds. Hundreds of stu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-08
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Discharge Pay Move
Seems Due to Fail
BY JOSEPH YOUNG

The discharge petition drive action on postal
pay raise legislation seems doomed to failure
Government classified employees have vital the out.
since the chances Of classified raises have always
pended the failure Of postal legislation
The petition filed by Representative Thomson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-08
Boqoto Strikes Won't Bar
4 More Years for Roios

BoGoTA. Colombia, May Q1.-President Gustavo Rojas
F!nlas picked Constituent Assembly give
nm four more in Office today without election despite
cpntnung demonstrations strikes idng persons
Il Bogota.
The 90member Assembly already suspended articles Of