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Ike Asked TO
Free Howard From
Dixie Chain Gang

The intervention of President
Dwight d. Eisenhower in the
case of Negro civic and union
header now serving a six-month
conviction on an Alabama chain
gang for ordering a poster por-
traying a Negro praying to God
for help TO win equal rights, was
demanded here by civic. union
and religious leaders,
The chain anging of Asbury
Howard, president of the Besse-
mer Voters League and interna-
tional vice. president of the Mine,
Mill and Smelter Workers came
promptly after his appeal for a
new trial was turned down by
Jefferson county, superior court.
In a telegram to the president,
Raymond Dennis executive board
member of the union declared
that leach day we allow Asbury
Howard to remain chained on the
streets of Alabama for the crime
Of having a poster painted which
portrayed his faith in Gods fair
ness to all men makes our procla-
nations for freedom and democ-
racy abroad a sham in the eyes
OF other nations. To stand idly
by IN face of such a shocking vio-
1ation of civil liberties is to en-
danger the freedom of us ALL
Dennis said that the presidents
Intervention in securing justice
for the southern Negro leader was
''as important to the welfare and
status of our nation as your in
PREVENTION to uphold the rights Of
Arkansas State press., 1959-03-06

Negro children to attend school
in Little Rock, Arkansas on a
non-segregated basis"
The now-famous prayer poster
case which saw the 52-year old
Howard and his son brutally
beaten inside the Bessemer court
house by an anti-Negro mob
while city policemen looked on,
was regarded here by civic lead
ers as desperate attempt by poll
tax leaders Of the south to de-
feat the growing voting strength
of Negro citizens and to head off
demands for Negro representation
Howard, long regarded as Bes
semers outstanding Negro civic
leader, was vice-president of Bes-
semer's National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie until that organization was
forced to cease operations.
He had been under intense Klu-
Klux Khan attack for several
years because of his leadership
in the campaign to increase the
number of eligible Negro voters
in Bessemer.
Meanwhile, the Chicago Afro
American Heritage Association
joined with the American Civil
Liberties Union in demanding
fullscale federal probe of Ho-
wards attack and conviction.
Leo F. Sparks, president of the
Association reported that a ma
tional campaign had been launch
ed by that organization to reverse
Towards conviction and declar-
ed that the freeing of the South
ern leader was one of "the most
significant struggle for the ach
ievement of democracy and the
establishment of civil liberties in
Arkansas State press., 1959-03-06

the Howard arrest by Bessemer
Police Chief George W, Barron
had been confiscated from local
white artist whom the Negro lead
er had hired for the poster
Based on a cartoon from a mid
west Negro weekly, (the Kansas
City CalD it portrayed a Negro
youth kneeling in prayer and ask
ing for God to help all Ameri-
cans to see that You intended HUI
man beings everywhere to have
the same rights"
Charged with violating a Bes-
semer city ordnance against OBJ
scene. lewd nuee scurrilous libe-
lous" publication, both Howard
and the white artist had been
sentenced by Judge James Ham
mond to sos fine and six months
in Jail pending appeal to the JEFF
ferson county supreme court.
Among those southern leaders
and organizations protesting the
Arkansas State press., 1959-03-06
Miss Smith


are the result Of drinking.
In Delaware, where special
attention has been given to
the problem of the drinking
driver, blood tests, police re-
ports and intOximeter tests
show that 40.6 percent of all
drivers involved in traffic fa-
taIities had been drinking.
A test Of so volunteers, re-
ported by the Council, revealed
that drinking seriously impairs
both Judgment and reaction
time.
After the 35 men and Is
women volunteers had first been
tested for driving ability, each
drank an ounce Of whiskey for
every 80 pounds of body weight.
TN other words, a $50 pound
man consumed five drinks.)
Forty-fve minutes later, the
volunteers were retested with
these results:
Nearly all suffered loss of
visual sharpness. Thirty per-
cent showed a significant drop
In depth perception. More
than half were unable to
Judge distances well and over
30 percent were affected adj
versely by headlight glare.
When quick thinking is vital,
Council officials stress, the
drinking driver is severely
handicapped.
Arkansas State press., 1959-03-06
LEADERSHIP TRAINING
CONFERENCES SCHEDULED
BY NAACP FOR SPRING

A series of regional leadership
conferences of NAACP units will
be held during April. Gloster B.
Current, director of branches, an
nounced this week.
In addition to providing study
sessions on such aspects of the N
AACP program as political action,
employment housing and public
relations, the conferences will be
utilized to launch regional men,
bership end Freedom Fund drives.
The Association has set nation
al goal of 100000 members for
1859,
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the nation
THE winning of freedom for
Howard is essential to re-establish
reconstruction democracy in the
south. 1t is essential in breaking
the undue influence of southern
congressman and senator's on pub
lie policy in this land" Miss
Sparks stated.
Meanwhile Patrick Murphy Ma
lin, executive director of ACLU
made public a letter sent to At
torney General Rogers urging a
federal inquiry into the Howard
case.
The ACLU leader in supporting
the case declared that THE beat
ing of an American citizen by a
mob in the presence of the local
police is not only of importance
to the citizen under attack, but
to all Americans who believe in
the sanetity of the law and fair
treatment by Acknowledgement Of
ficials. Whenever necessary, the
federal government should act to
safeguard these principles"
Malin stated that "at least a de-
facto conspiracy had occurred
when, in violation of the federal
civil rights law, police officers
stood by as two citizens were as
saulted in the city Hall while
there under compulsory process. ;"
The painting which touched off
Arkansas State press., 1959-03-06

failing OF Howard were theRev-
erend DIR. Martin Luther King, of
Montgomery, Alabama, the Rever-
end F. L. Shuttlesworth of Birm-
ingham, Alabama leader of that
city's fight for civil rights along
with the Bessemer Ministerial AL
lance and the Baptist Ministers
Alliance in Bessemer.
Arkansas State press., 1959-03-06

u rging
drivers and
pedestrians
alike not to
mix alcoholic
spirits with
the Christ
mas spirit,
the Council
points out
TN a t more
than 25 per-
cent Of traf-
nr fatalities
Arkansas State press., 1959-03-06
alcohol And
accidents Go
Hand In Hand
By Jeanne Smith,
Dodge Safety Consultant

ESPECIALLY TIMELY at
the holiday season are some
statistics on the relationship of
alcohol and accidents released
by the National Safety Council.
Arkansas State press., 1959-03-06

LINCOLN DAY TRiBUTE-The Abraham
Lincoln Sesquicentennial dinner held in Spring
field H.. said to be the largest Lincoln Day
dinner ever staged had galaxy OF diplomats
statesmen and world leaders in attendance.
The guests included Ambassadors from II
countries, including Ernest BonhoWno from
Haiti. Seated at the speakers table Cleft to
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is three blocks in the Van
Mugs business district.
What's the secret of Macs
sex appeal at an age when
lots of women are out on the
front porch knitting in a
rocking chair?
Sex appeal" she says, "for
both men and women is age
less. I have always thought
that. I still get whistles from
sailors-and I don't have to
whistle first.
81 don't drink or smoke
and I'm careful what I eat.
I eat lots Of steak and plenty
of fresh vegetables. Some
times when I cook steak, I
cut it up in little pieces and
boil it. Then I drink the
broth. You gotta have those
natural juices. ! don't cook
them out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01
BY JIM MORSE

North American Newspaper Alliance
NEW YORK.-Four years
of working and waiting have
paid of 20-year-old Donna
Anderson in more ways than
she could ever have dreamed.
She makes her film debut
as the only unknown among
five principals in Stanley
Kramer's soon-to-be-released
ION the Beach," appearing
with Gregory Peck, Ava
Gardner. Fred Astaire and
Tony Perkins.
And she is currently pre-
pairing to begin rehearsals
for her co-starring role with
Fredric March, Spencer
Tracy, Gene Kelly and
Florence Eldridge in Inherit
the Wind" which Kramer is
producing and directing for
United Artists Corp.
Donna is still slightly be-
wildered by it all-and with
good reason.
She recently spent a hectic
three days here, subjected to
16 interviews, which must
have come close to setting a
record. Her reaction, while
understandable, was unusu-
ally frank. II have so much
to learn" she said. This is
all new to me-"
Kramer Was Impressed
Donna was a 15-year-old
dancing pupil in Hollywood
when she was first brought to
Kramer's attention. Kramer
was so impressed that he met
with her mother and grand
mother, counseling them to
arrange drama lessons for
Donna. When he learned
that the family didn't have
the money to follow his ad-
vice, he placed Donna under
contract, enabling her to
start training with Nina
Noise. Hollywood drama
coach, besides continuing
the dance studies.
That was 1855. Three
years later Kramer assigned
her to ION the Beach," al
though she had had no prior
professional experience.
After filming Inherit the
Wind" she would like to
combine her talents as an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01
BY JAY CARMODY
Drama Critic OF The Star

1t could not have turned
out more happily for Wash
ington playgoers and Arena
Stage that the latter started
its 1959-60 season with a
holdover hit.
This year, its tenth, is one
Of climax for Arena. After a
decade Of lettering on the
brink of an apparently in
soluble housing dilemma, its
footing suddenly became as
fixed as the artistic standard
that has earned it the COM
munity's affection and ad-
miration.
A dream site. an Arena
on-Potomac location and the
money with which to erect
a modern theater designed
precisely to its needs be-
came simultaneously lively
prospects. And, fittingly,
Arena capped the drama of
this with a production of
Shaw's major Barbara" for
which a holdoyer fifth week
was dictated from opening
night on October 20.
The Playgoers Win
During its four years at
its present location, Twenty
sixth and D streets NV,
Mrs. Zelda Fichlander has
been firm about followers.
Not without temptation,
Arenas managing director
has resisted them as inimical
to the shape Of the repertory
theater's light-play. 36-week
seasons.
With major Barbara" the
public, with its nucleus Of
more than 1000 season sub
scribers, took charge. Exult-
antly Mrs. Fichlander rec
ognized she was palpably out
voted. Accordingly an extern
sion of the F. Cowles Strick-
land-directed hit was an
nounced in the middle of the
second week Of the normal
four-week run.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01
DONNAS STILL BEWILDERED
The Working and Waiting Pay Off

easy about her performance.
"I've seen it twice." she
said, land the first time I
couldn't enjoy it. I couldn't
take my eyes off myself and
I realized how much I still
had to learn about acting.
The second time, however, I
concentrated on the picture
and was thrilled, of course"
Donna prefers to talk
about her co-stars, particu-
larly Fred Astaire.
Co-Stars Helped
"This is his first non-danc-
ing role" she said, land peo-
pie who have seen pre-release
screenings in Hollywood are
already mentioning him for
an Academy award. More
than that, he was just mar
velous to me. He went out of
his way to be friendly. OF
course, Ava, Tony and Greg
DRY were marvellous to work
with, too. There I was, a girl
with absolutely no profess
sional background, and they
accepted me as one of them.
Without their help I'm sure
I wouldn't have made it."
Donna enjoyed her first
trip outside the continental
United States for ION the
Beach," flying from Los An
geles to Melbourne, Australia,
where Kramer produced the
film in the locales where
Nevil Shute set his best
seller. And her meet-the-
press trip to New York was
her first to the big town.
"Is it any wonder that I'm
bewildered?" she asked.
Sometimes I have to pinch
myself to realize that this is
really me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01
TODAY'S SCHEDULES
STAGE
ARENA STAGE-"Major Barbara; 7:3O pm.
SCREEN

SCREEN
AMBASSADOR-"FBI Story; James Stewart crime
through the years; lis, 3:45 $40 and pm.
CAPITOLFve Gates to He'll: melodrama in the Orient;
lao, 3:45. 5:45, 1850 and $50 pm.
'DUPONT-"The Horses Mouth" comedy with Alec
Guinness: 225, 535 and 8:45 pm.
KEITHS+"Samson and Deilah"; Biblical spectacle by
De Mile; 230, 6:10 and 9:45 pm
MacARTHUR-"The Mouse That Reared" imaginative
farce from England 225. AIS. 6:10, and 9:55 pm
METROPOLITAN-"FB Story" James Stewart crime
through the years: $780, 4:05, $40 and 9:15 pm.
ONTARIO-"Pillow Talk" Doris Day, Rock Hudson
amorous comedy; lis, $780, $50, 1885 and GAS pm.
PALACE-"Career"; Broadway behind the scenes; 1:2O.
$685. $50. 7:35 and $40 pm.
PLAYHOUSE-"The Scapegoat'; Alec Guinness plays two
chaps good and evil in slick tale of mistaken
identity; 1885. $685. 5:25, 7:25 and 800 pm.
PLAZA-'The Lovers; frank French look at adultery;
l:15 ESQ, ass 615, 1855 and $40 pm
TOWN-"Femae and the Flesh Brigitte Bardot a wife
in only: l. ESQ, 440, $3.50, 500 and 1910 pm.
TRANS-LUX-"They Came to Cordura"; desert-heated
suspense drama; /. g. sos, 720 and 9:25 pm.
WARNER-'The Big Fisherman; Biblical spectacle; and
$3.50 pm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01
THE PASSING SHOW
Arena Gives New Season
Its First 24-Corot Hit

Thus, to the delight of resi-
dent, or do-it-yourself thea
ter fans, Arenas starless
company achieved what three
multistarred productions at
the National had failed to
do, namely, hit sellout level,
Among the name players in
the latter groups are Maui
rice Evans, Pamela Brown.
Diana VINEYARD, Kim STAN
ley. Wendy Hitler and Eric
Portman. distributed between
"Heartbreak House." "Cheri"
and 1.-THE Flowering Cherry"
To its credit Arena is much
too modest to make this COM
parison itself, but its viva
cious public is enthusiastically
willing to do so.
And a Lively "Shrew"
Incidentally (this is being
written just before the open
ing Of william Inge's "A
Loss Of Roses"D the Ma
tional's 10 days of darkness
was filled by other sellout
productions on the local
scene. Two of these were
one-nighters, Vieux Colom-
bier's "L'Otage" at Lisner
Auditorium and the Bette
Davis-Gary Merrill world
Of Carl Sandburg."
The third is Catholic Uni
versity's Tanning Of the
Shrew," first of five produc-
tons in its current seasons
Shakespearean Festival. A
lively "Shrew" it is, too.
Getting back to Arenas
Major Barbara" it is not
surprising that the Shaw
comedy should be one of the
great all-time productions
OF the resident company's
decade. Through the years,
Shaw and Arena have been
the happiest Of companions,
with seven of the masters
works, including one-acters,
in the record.
Never, however, has the
association between them
been as congenial, so con-
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actress and dancer. I'D love
to do a musical" she said,
but it would have to be on
film. not the stage. Why? I
can't carry a tune, not even
in the shower"
How did Donna feel when
Kramer told her she would
be in ION the Beach? She
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replied: my mother said I
was ridiculously blase about
the whole thing. But actu-
ally I was breaking apart
inside"
Now that she has her first
movie behind her and has
been signed for her second,
Donna is still somewhat I'M
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Everybody Rejoiced
But the Kovocs' Doc

these people made and read
ing about them. The songs
they sang are Enthusiastically
good. Blanche Ring lives not
far from me in California
and she has been a great
help. She's 80 but still full
of pep. Her skin is so flaw
less I asked her what she
used on it and she said,
lard"
Edith Adams of Kingston,
Pa, and Tenaf1y, N. j., made
her first appearance on a
New York stage in the hit
musical, Wonderful Town."
playing the lively and whole
some Eileen, a character
much like herself. She was
last seen on Broadway as
Daisy Mae in 'LiI Abner."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01
BY WARD MOREHOUSE

BY WARD MOREHOUSE
North American Newspaper Alliance
NEW YORK. There was
great happiness in the Edith
Adams-Ernie Kovacs house.
hold when their first child,
Mia Susan, arrived about
four months ago. Everybody
rejoiced except Pamela, the
Yorkshire terrier.
when the baby came,
Pamela got an allergy and
lost all her hair" Miss Adams
said. Jealousy made a psy-
Geological wreck out of her.
Betty and Kippy (Ernie's
daughters by a former mar
riage) have been wonderful.
They love the baby.
mia Susan is round and
she's adorable. She sings
she really sings. Ernie dis
covered it when he sang to
her and she began singing
back. She was five weeks late
getting here. I was supposed
to do the movie of Lii Alb
ner' and they waited as long
as they could but finally had
to go ahead without me-"
At the Plaza
Edith and the baby and the
baby's Norwegian nurse came
east from California about
six weeks ago. The beautifully
blond singer and actress has
just completed her third en-
gagement in the Persian
Room Of the Plaza Hotel
here.
I'VE gave up our New York
apartment about two years
ago." she said. II hated to do
1t. but Ernie'S work is on
the West Coast now. He
worked so hard here, 20 out
OF "a hours in radio and tele-
vision. Now he just works
when he feels like it. His next
picture is Strangers When
We Meet with Kim Novak."
Edith and Ernie have
bought a house in Coldwater
Canyon in Beverly Hills.
Misses the Theater
Frank (Sinatra) lives Just
down the road and Peggy Lee
is nearby" she said. "It's a
singing. swinging neighbour
hood. I like it out there, but
I miss the theater. I can't
sit by a pool. I just can't sit.
I'm dying to do a big musical
with a good book, good music,
good lyrics and a brilliant
director. I don't want much,
do I?
Ernie understands that I
have one more to do. I told
him that when we moved
West. I've done a lot of
television in the West, but
I love a live audience. That's
why I like night clubs. In
television you forget that
there are people out there.
You begin to get coy and
play to the crew and that's
dangerous"
Works on New Act
she is working on a new
night-club act in which she
VIII portray many of the
leading ladies of the Ameri-
can musical stage, beginning
with Lillian Russell and in
Guiding Blanche Ring.
Mar1yn Miller, Helen Morgan
and Fannie Brice.
I'm collecting the records
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01

vivial indeed, as in the ease
Of the comedy directed by
Mr.. Strickland.
In Major. Barbara" the
director and his cast headed
by Jeanette Cliff, Philip
Bosco and Michael Upton,
have set out to disabuse the
atergoers of any notion that
Shaw is merely an incredibly
polished, passionate polemi-
cist.. His wit is the wittier,
his wisdom the wiser for be-
ing presented as the work of
a humanist with a normal
human temperature of 98.6.
Identifiable Types
Unlike the Shotovers Of
"Heartbreak House." the IN
dershafts at Arena all man.
age to talk like Shaw with
out sounding like critics who
have just landed from outer
space. And who, from their
positions out there have con-
cluded that its inhabitants
are much too unworthy of
this planet.
They are of a sudden
Shavian creations with which
the rest of us can identify.
principally a tycoon father
who manufactures munitions
and a daughter who is
idealist paciflst so COM
pletely that she has become
a Salvation Army major.
Shaw, who had thought to
call his play Andrew Under
shafts Profession" as a Sc
quel to "MrS. Warren's Pro-
fession," provides the dra-
matte shock Of his play
by being on the munitions
tycoon's side. His selection
of Understand as his per-
sonal spokesman has nothing
to do with the latter'S deadly
occupation.
Andrews a Realist
Understand, brilliantly i'm
personated by Actor Bosco.
is Shaw's man not for what
he does but for the attitude
in which he does it. Andrew
is a realist whose vice Of
making deadly weapons is
less significant than his vir-
ture of attacking poverty and
human waste by providing
employment for men, decent
housing for their families,
and a practical welfare pro-
gram.
With regret for the hurt
he must inflict upon Daugh-
ter Barbara, he nevertheless
must teach her that her SEN
tim rental soul-saving ap
proach to the problem Of
human betterment is inferior
to his realistic one.
Thanks to Miss Cliff, Mr..
Bosco. Mr.. Upton as the
plays irreverent intellectual,
Harry Bergman as its be-
fuuddled villain, and the
others, Mr.. Strickland has
been able to shape Major
Barbara" as the seasons
major delight to date.
At the same time, it pre-
sents Shaw as never speak
ing more eloquently of what
talented, tasteful and in
spired resident theater can
do for a community as lively
minded as this one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01
Mae May Return-os Mae West

Had Nothing to Do With It."
One of them, Jerry Valid,
says he would have no one
but Mae play herself.
It's an amazing tribute to
Mae, who admits she is g..
AT that age she has perfect
teeth and the complexion of
a woman 80 years younger.
She's the first person in
the history of the TV show
Person to Person" who has
been banned for coming
across too sexy. Marilyn Mon
roe, Jayne Mansfield, Esther
Williams and other movie sex
symbols have been inter-
viewed on the show with no
complaints from the network.
With Mae, as always, it
wasn't what she said but the
way she said it. Sample:
"Are you interested in foreign
affairs?" Answer: 1--WE al
ways enjoyed my foreign
affairs"
She wasn't talking about
summit conferences.
Mae may even produce the
movie herself. She's well
fixed.
81 have always liked to
invest my money in things I
could watch-like real estate
and diamonds" she says.
Back in the 30s, she and a
real estate man were driving
through the San Fernando
Valley. She recalls:
81 looked out the back win
dow at some property and
said: That looks like a nice
place to build a house, Buy
it, We didn't even stop the
car"
Some Is years later the
land she bought 30 casually
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-01
BY JAMES BACON
Associated Press Writer

HOLLYW WOOD. - Mae
West, who hasn't made a
movie in years, may return
to the screen this year to
play Mae West.
Several Hollywood pro-
ducers have bid for her frank
autobiography, &c oodnes