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Evening star., 1960-03-15

Look Homeward, Angel" does
not deny the Giants another
side. Eliza's acquistiveness has
it's amusing aspects. Father
Cant can be uproariously fun
ny in his own illustration and
the archness with which he
illustrates his wife. Even Gene.
fumbling through a shy, fur
tive first love or standing ap-
palled before the behavior Of
his family, is a figure of laugh
ter as well as pity.
The Giants, the earth's first
strangers in the life of young
Eugene, are an irresistible lot
deserving of their blue ribbons
from the Pulitzer play judges
and the New York Critics
Circle.
It is the fault of the syS-
tenn, certainly not Miss Hop
kins, that the travelling COM
pany lacks the high. bright
polish of the original. Her
Eliza is every trite word she
utters. every aggression she
commits with its saving touch
of misgiving, is the mother who
wants to be better but never
knows how.
Mr.. Green's Father Cant is
a spirited figure, and an anus
ingly touching one, in his deter
mination to show life no more
quarter than it has shown him
mercy.
Young Mr.. Ebert as Eugene
suggests a lad more callowly
and less intensely victim than
either of his predecessors in
the role, Anthony Perkins on
the stage, Wolfe as author of
the original novel. OF the 9TH
ers in a cast that invites the
estimate adequate" the stand
out is Lee Richardson as the
sensitive Brother Ben.
David Pressman directed the
production which could stand
a Tightening hand; John Boyt
designed the fittingly shabby
setting; and Motley, the suit
able period wardrobe.
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often and needlesSly the case,
but it has by no means lost the
ardor which made it so worthy
Of the novel from which it was
adapted.
1t is a successor cast which
has taken the play on its out
ward voyage, this one headed
by Miriam Hopkins in the role
Of Eliza Cant, Gilbert Green as
the father, and Michael Ebert
in the role of Eugene Cant, the
gangling boy who was Thomas
Wolfe. 1t is the first two who
give the play its closest resem-
blance to the haunting glow of
the original in which the Eu-
gene character was played
with a surer intensity by An
thony Perkins.
Nevertheless, in the more
than 80 years that have elapsed
since Wolfe's original novel, no
one has written more in an
guish of the experience of
growing up, in sorrow that sell
f1shness so painfully dilutes
family affection, nor wistful
wonder that life must be such
an adventure in loneliness.
AS the novel before it, Miss
Frings' play abounds in riches,
not the least of it a wryly hon.
est amusement of the follies
and foibles of the Gants of
North Carolina.
Wolfe. a tornado writer fru-
Strated in his own ambition to
be a playwright, is vividly
memorialized in Miss Frings'
work.
AS family portraiture, the
play version of Look Home
ward, Angel" not merely re-
tainS but condenses the es-
sence of Wolfe's first, and best,
novel.
All of the Giants are present,
at the peak of their ripeness
The boy Gene, II, a callow
poet, shy, curious, embarrassed
by his too small. castoff cloth
ing, and shocked by the fric-
tlonS that keep the Gants'
boarding house in a FRENZY.
Also Eliza. the mother, with
her sly greedineSs for property
in the inventory of which she
includes the members of her
household. And Father Cant a
roaring. drunken hedonist
whose dream of being a sculp-
tor ends up in a dusty work
shop where he carves less than
mediocre tombstones.
"Dixieland," ELIAS boarding
mouse is the principal setting
OF the three acts in which the
Giants rant and rage, lapse ex-
hausted and ashamed into
fugitive tendernesses, and COL
!ectlvely educate young Gene
In the rueful facts of life
What facts? The gamut
surely. Such as that mother
love is an emotion that is more
possessive and harshly exact
ing than sympathetic and en-
couraging. That romantic love
can be transmitted from a
morning radiance into some
thing soiled, shameful. and
Immortality sad. That the one
true, deep affection upon which
a lad can count, that of older
Brother Ben, dies cruelty with
its giver when one is too
young to bear the shock of
death.
Yet for all the harsh truth
Of its essential revelations,
Evening star., 1960-03-15

Catherine Payne, MerIyn Purdy,
Lynn Wood, Darrell Stewart
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nWIIIN DAMASCUS, ND.
~@~A~ TODAY THRU WE'D
EDWARD G ROBINSON, THE SEVEN
THIEVES" Shows, 1880, p:26.
Evening star., 1960-03-15
Films of More Than Routine Merit

rims or More ] han Routine Merit
ANATOMY OF MURDER"-James Stewart and Lee Re-
mick in a candid, SuspenSefuI courtroom drama
ASK ANY GIRL"-Shrey MacLaine's Cannes award per-
formance sparkles in lively funny romantic comedy.
THE LAST ANGRY MAN"-PauI MUM bids for an Academy
Award as fame resisting family doctor.
LII ABNER-Peter Palmer Stubby of girls
in wheeling, foolish musical froc
THE MOUSE THAT ROARED'-The vastly funny account
of tiny duchy's against the United States
ROOM AT THE TOP"-SimOne SgnOret, Laurence Harvey
In the soaring story Of a ruthless success seeker.
SAPPHIRE"-YvOnne Mitchell Nigel Patrick in first
rate British whOdunit, tidy and suspensefu.
SOME LIKE 1T HOT'-Jack Lennon and Tony Curtis as
pair OF spurious girls Maryn Monroe a real one,
highly comic caper of speakeasy days.
Evening star., 1960-03-15
THE PASSING SHOW
WoIfe's Angel Here;
But Less Vivocious
BY JAY CARMODY
Drama Critic of The Star

Although tardy in arrival Ketti Frngs' dramatizaton
Thomas Wofes Look Homeward, Angel" will be the
tional theater's tenant for the next fortnight
The double prize-winner Pulitzer and Critics Circle
Travelled widely since collecting its handsomely deserved
garlands It shows the effects former which so
Evening star., 1960-10-09
Dense Corridors

Four to six heavily developed
corridors. following natural
growth patterns already evi-
dent along major transit routes.
would be the key to this plan.
Each corridor would be sew
eral miles wide and extending
straight out about 20 to Is
miles from the present Metro
community. 1t would mean the
entire growth would be closely
tied to a strong central core.
Between these thickly de-
Veloped "spokes," open spaces
could be saved for parks and
farms as we'll as small COM
munities similar to Manassas.
This plan is the one NCPC
staff members appear to favor.
They note that development in
Montgomery County, for in
stance, is moving in this man
ner already and that future
highway and subway plans
would tend to accelerate this
kind OF growth throughout the
region.
A population Of S million by
the year 2O00-which is one of
the predictions being made
could be accommodated in the
corridor plan and in the sprawl
and London-type concepts. The
next two plans are based on a
relatively stable rate of Federal
employment growth.
Evening star., 1960-10-09
Planned Sprawl

This plan calls for a develop
ment that is more or less an
extension of what is already
taking place-the sprawl and
haphazard leap frogging of
suburban subdivisions. shopping
centers and communities.
Under this concept, the
"metro-center"-that area of
the District roughly bounded
by the Potomac River. Florida
avenue, the Anacostia River
and Rock Creek-would tend to
lose its vitality, the planners
say.
"Sub-centers" such as Silver
Spring and others that will
grow stronger would become
increasingly important.
More highways would be
needed. Improved radial routes
as well as another outer loop,
in addition to the Circumferen-
Evening star., 1960-10-09
By GILBERT GIMBLE
Star staR Writer

The members of the National
Capital Planning Commission
are wrestling with a problem
that only a time machine can
solve satisfactorily.
They're trying to figure out
how the Washington region
should look in the year 1000.
The planning staff has mar
rowed the possibilities down
to six broad alternatives. In
the next few weeks, the COM
mission members will choose
one of these, and the staff will
will proceed to draw detailed
plans.
BY early next year, the
NCPC will be ready with a firm
guideline for development Of
the Washington regional COM
munity. projecting its growth
through the remainder of this
century.
The final choice of how
things should go rests pri-
marily on a basic policy ques-
tion: Should the Federal
establishment continue to grow
in the Nations Capital?
If Federal employment
jumps, a development boom
will follow. If Federal employ
ment remains stable, there will
be a certain amount of growth
anyway. but probably not as
great as it would be otherwise
These are the six alterna-
fiuoc.
Evening star., 1960-10-09
Arlington Seeks
Pay Equity Plan

Arlington yesterday author
lied a $14,500 study of the de-
STABILITY of establishing new
pay plans for County govern
ment and school employees.
The County Board agreed to
engage a consulting firm, j. l..
Jacobs and Co., to recommend
a new system of job classifica-
tion and methods of assuring
equal pay to county and school
board personnel who do COM
parable work.
Alleged inequities have been
an annual source of controversy
when the county has consid-
cred past budgets.
Evening star., 1960-10-09
D. G. RESIDENTS
REMINDED ON
ABSENTEE VOTES

District residents who
are eligible to cast absentee
ballots were reminded yes
terday that registration
ends tomorrow in Indiana,
New Mexico and Michigan.
In Delaware, where reg
istration must be in person,
the last day is next Satur-
day.
Those seeking informa-
tion about absentee voting
can contact the Absentee
Voting Service of the
League of Women Voters
of the District in the lobby
of the Raleigh Hotel,
Twelfth and Pennsylvania
avenue NV, or by tele-
phoninig District 7-5667.
The service is open for in
quiries from 10 am. to 8
pm. Monday through Fri
day and from 10 am. to 8
pm. on Saturdays.
Evening star., 1960-10-09

slipped coffee and was so
friendly that the pledge pin
soon was his.
Exposing his one fault, a fra
ternity brother. James Shar-
ratt said: He is quite vocally
inclined. We're next to the Ro-
nance language department
and they COMPLAIN occasionally
of the noise"
He added bit ruefully: He
also likes girls and he's a big
hit with them"
Lately, Sigmund's lack of in
tereSt in studies is more and
more noticeable. He doesn't 60
to French class any more. He
sleeps all morning.
He rebelliously eats his pref
zels and thinks nothing of
skipping classes to swim in a
tub in the backyard.
Moral: You can lead a duck
to school, but you can't make
him think.
Evening star., 1960-10-09
Litterbug Fined
$3.50 and Told to
Clean Up Mess

GOOCHLAND, Va, Oct. 9
(AP).-A Richmond man was
fined $3.50 in County Court yes
terday for dumping trash by
the side Of the road.
Involved was the property of
Mrs, r. C. Power, legislative
chairman Of the Virginia Fed
Grafton of Garden Clubs. an
organization dedicated to keep
ing the highways clean.
Mrs. Power did some dstec-
tive work, found names and
addresses scattered in the
trash, and called the police.
William Stanley Harris, jr.
10, was ordered to clean UP
three piles of trash dumped on
the road. The cleanup was
in addition to his fine.
Evening star., 1960-10-09
String Of Beuds

In this concept, Federal
control Of the countryside
again would be required to
provide a 10-mile-wide belt
Of open space around the pres
ent Metro area.
But, instead of far-hung
Federal dispersal. a ring of
satellite towns would be de-
veloped on the far perimeter
of the open space belt, giving
the appearance Of a string of
beads.
Each town would be linked
to the center by radial roads
or some system of rapid tran
sit.
This would tend to save the
setting of the Capital and at
the same time allow for growth
of the Federal establishment.
The ring of towns would pro-
vide the living space for
the increased population that
would result.
Evening star., 1960-10-09
DRAKE's PROGRESS
'Quock' GNU Scholar
Ducks Study for Tub

Everyone's known a class
mate like Sigmund Nelson
Ducke. Party boy. All charm
and friendliness. Steals your
best girl. No interest in
classes.
Sigmund. a foreign student
freshman of undetermined age,
was not one to conform when
he wandered into George
Washington University life.
Ignoring the ground rules of
good craftsmanship. he started
hanging around the Sigma Nu
fraternity house. 1923 G street
NV. long before official rush
season.
There was something about
Sigmund the members liked.
They thought they'd pledge
him but first they let him en-
roll for rush season. He was
the pleasant recipient of two
other fraternity bids and the
unpleasant recipient of United
States Air Force recruitment
mail. But he was true blue
to Sigma M.
He thrived on a balanced
diet of dog food, pretzels ano
beer, and the companionship OF
his fraternity brothers. In the
cafeteria he ate doughnuts and
Evening star., 1960-10-09
Wireiniun Drops
Write-In' Plans

aI y = q e = - +
LOUISA. va Oct. s tAP) -
A 60-year-old Louisa County
tree farmer, who announced
he would be a write-in candi-
date for President, found the
legalities were too much, and
promptly withdrew.
There should be some way
out. It's restriction on free
DOM" said Paul Downing
Michelet.
Mr.. Michelet. a. 1923 West
Point graduate, said he was
dropping his candidacy because
Assistant Attorney General
Kenneth C. Patty said there's
no legal way of writing in a
presidential choice on the bal
lot.
Elections Board Secretary
Levin Mock Davis noted that
votes are not cast for individual
candidates but for their parties
and electors.
Mr.. Michelet formerly lived
in Washington.
Evening star., 1960-10-09

settled. At the earliest. the
case pending in U. S. Tax
Court would not come up be-
fore February.
Because there are so many
interested parties in the case,
frequent conferences have to
be held. Thus. representatives
of the estate. which must de-
eide what it thinks was Grace's
personal property, has met
with the church. These two
sides are trying to reach an
agreement, since they must
both face the Government in
separate matters. A decision
by the estate to agree with the
church that Daddy's income
was indeed small, would, law
yers concede. help the church's
case with the Government.
Under Daddy'S will, only
$4,000 is allocated to individ-
uals. the rest to the church.
Thus an agreement, for in
stance, that Daddy was person.
ally worth only $4,000. would
help the church in its aIsG
ment that Daddy did not con-
troll the millions. and would
also aid the estate in its tax
fight with the Government. Re
gardless of the value the es-
tate places on Daddy's prop
erty. the church is entitled to
everything above $4,000, after
the taxes are agreed upon.
An additional factor to be
considered, however, is what
the New Bedford court rules is
the role of Jane J. Lombard
Grace, who claims to be Dad
dy's widow. If she is adjudged
the widow, she would then be
entitled to dowry rights, which
would, of course, reduce the
church's portion.
Evening star., 1960-10-09
Barbecue Draws
400 Democrats

About 400 people attended
a barbecue sposored by the
Mems Democratic Club of
Montgomery County yesterday
despite rain which drizzled
through the afternoon.
The barbecue was held inside
the Agricultural Center in
Gaithersburg.
Speakers were Democratic
Representative Foley and Oscar
Chapman, former Secretary of
the Interior. Both attacked the
Republican Administration and
Vice President Nixon.
A barbecued prize-winning
baby beef supplied the main
dinner course. Profits from the
annual affair are turned over
to the campaign chests.
Evening star., 1960-10-09

the funds it is not an easy issue
to decide. The Government is
arguing that the money was
indeed Daddy Grace's personal
income and should have been
taxed as such.
In its suit asking for re-
lease of the seized funds, Bishop
Mccullough said that Daddy
Grace had no right, title, OF
interest individually in the
funds" because he was given it
in the name of the church.
Government Sued
Mr.. Mcclure. who is asking
District Court to depose Bishop
Mccullough as head of the
church, is also suing the Gov
ernment to give up its accounts.
He said in his bill of particulars
that the said offerings, tithes,
contributions and gifts were
not made for the personal beh-
eft or enrichment of the said
Bishop Grace or his agents, or
for that of any person. nor
were they received by anyone in
any capacity other than as
representative of and trustee for
the society"
A hearing date of October 27
has been set in the Mccullough
case, but it will probably be
continued to November. In
that case, the Government is
arguing that the District Court
here does not have proper juris-
diction.
This issue of whether or not
the bishops funds were for his
own use is a complex one, law
yers all agree. Most lawyers
feel. however, that the case may
never go to court but will be
Evening star., 1960-10-09
WHAT WAS REALLY HIS?
Daddy Groce's Millions Are Legal Puzzle

Tax Court arguing that the
Governments tax claims are
excessive.
In trying to collect his assets,
these administrators asked the
Probate Court here to recog-
nize them as collectors in the
District, but their request was
denied on a petition by the Dis
trict government. The District
claimed that if these admin
iStrators were recognized by
the court here, it would have
been tantamount to recogni-
tion of Massachusetts, as his
place of residence. The Dis
trict claims that Daddy made
his home here, and hopes to
collect estate and inheritance
taxes.
Accounts Blocked
The Probate Court refused
in August to state that Daddy
was a District resident, hold
ing that it was too "prema-
ture" to decide. The National
Bank of Washington as a dis
interested party was appoint
ed as collector in the District,
but the bank has been unable
to perform its duties because
all of Daddy's bank accounts
in the District are under seiz-
ure.
John J. Wilson, counsel for
the bank. has said that he
would ask the Probate Court
to allow the bank to resign as
collector since it cannot oper-
ate without any funds.
The key issue concerns how
much money was actually
Daddy's and how much was in
reality the church's. Since
Daddy had unlimited access tn
Evening star., 1960-10-09

The gem concept would
leave open all the space out
side the District Metro Area.
At the same time. steps would
have to be taken for strong
controls to be sure that the
surrounding territory is not
swallowed up by continued
sprawl after the year 1000.
Much Of the land probably
would have to be purchased
by the Federal Government to
save it from sprawl develop
ment, the planners say.
Evening star., 1960-10-09

bank accounts in the District
worth about 81 million.
2. The District Government.
For many years, Daddy resided
at II Logan circle NV, and
the District is asking back in
come and personal property
taxes of $758,853.64.
3. House of Prayer. Since his
death, a power struggle for
control of Daddy's lucrative
church has been waged in Dis
trict Court. The church is now
under the leadership of Bishop
Walter Mccullough, but he
faces a challenge from a John
w. Mcclure, head of a splinter
group within the church. Last
week, Bishop Mccullough won
a Judgment against another
splinter group headed by
James Walton.
Seek Accounts
Both Bishop Mccullough and
Mr.. Mcclure have asked Dis
trict Court to order the Fed
eral Government to release
Daddy's accounts to the church,
which they both claim to rep
resent.
They each claim that the
money controlled by Daddy was
contributed by the members
not for Daddy's personal use
but for the good of the church.
4. The estate. Daddy left a
will in New Bedford, Mass,
that is being contested by a
woman, not mentioned in the
will, who says she is his widow.
The New Bedford court has
appointed two administrators
to collect and preserve his as
sets, and they have sued the
Government in United States
Evening star., 1960-10-09
Satellite Towns ,

Basically this plan is similar
to the sprawl scheme but it
also allows for individual iden-
tity among the smaller sub
urban communities or satellite
towns that would surround the
District area in a wide belt.
One hoped-for benefit from a
plan such as this-simllar to
the development of London-is
retention Of open space for
parks, small farms and recre-
alton areas.
The belt within which the
satellite towns would grow
would be about 10 to is miles
out, encircling the city and i'm
mediate suburbs.
Evening star., 1960-10-09
Limited Growth

Generally the pattern of the
city and region would remain
as it is now, with population
by the year 1000 at 3.5 million.
The current population for the
Metro Area is about 2 million.
In the plan, based on a policy
to halt expansion of the Fed
eral establishment, the growth
OF the area is automatically
limited.
That amount of growth
which still can be expected in
the next 40 years, even with
a halt in Federal expansion,
would be primarily along the
edge of the present Metro
region perimeter.
Evening star., 1960-10-09
BY BERNARD GWERTZMAN
Star star Writer


A many-Sided legal battle is
being waged here over millions
of dollars that Bishop Charles
M. (Sweet Daddy Grace con-
trolled at the time of his death
in January.
More than Is of Washing
tons top lawyers are involved
in the complex proceedings
which are being thrashed out
in United States Tax Court,
District Court, and Probate
Court, as well as in conference
rooms throughout the city.
Daddy was the spiritual
leader Of the House of Prayer
for All People, and as bishop,
he was also trustee of the
church's funds. The member
ship in the congregation has
been variously estimated as be-
tween several hundred thou
sand and 8 million, with loca-
tions in many. parts of the
country.
80 Bank Accounts
AS trustee he controlled over
80 bank accounts, with funds
ranging upward from Sc mil
lion. Since his death, several
groups have been struggling to
gain control of this money.
They are:
/. The Federal Government.
The Internal Revenue Service
claims that more than $6 mil
lion was controlled personally
by Daddy, and was taxable in
come that he did not report
from 1945 to 1856. 1t is claim
ing $50 million in back taxes,
fraud payments and interest.
The Government has seized his
Evening star., 1960-10-09
Capital Gem

Again, limiting the growth
Of the Federal establishment
in the Washington area, this
plan would preserve the Ma
tion's Capital as something of
a jewel placed in a pleasing
setting.
To provide additional Fed
Sral facilities, however, the
Government would sponsor
several completely new cities
located from so to IS miles
away. These could be tied to
the Washington area by inter-
state highways.