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Evening star., 1960-01-31
GREEN
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by producers who want him
as soon as he is ready to
step on stage.
Green, a dean of Savoyard
matters after almost 80 years
with the renowned D'Oyly
Carte Opera Company, has
no desire to resume portrayal
of the famous roles from
which he retired eight years
ago.
Since then he has con-
centrated on seeking dra-
matte assignments far from
the operetta sector of show
business. There have been
several New York and tour
workouts, ranging from Shaw
classics to the latter-day
comedy hit, Visit to a Small
Planet"
Enjoyed the Change
1--WE enjoyed the eight
year change completely" says
60-year-old Green. There
has been progress.
Il want to do dramatic
works - and that includes
comedy. I won't shun musi-
Gals, but I don't want to be
Evening star., 1960-01-31
stylized as a Gilbert and Sui

Stylized as a Gilbert and Sui
Ivan actor.
"Of course every actor is
stylized in one way or an
other. But I've always been
Of the opinion that any actor
should be able to adapt to
any style.
When I'm termed a Gill
bert and Sullivan performer
by someone, I usually find out
that what is really meant is
that all my words can be
heard"
Found New Interest
The Green withdrawal
from the D'Oyly Carte group,
he now explains, was caused
both because Of contract dis
agreement and a realization
that the years were passing.
The example of a fading
associate made him decide
that I'd much rather be re-
membered as I was in a part
than continuing on too long"
There was something else,
a point touched on in the
Green, autobiography of a
couple of years ago. In it he
cited a colleagues prescrip-
ton for enthusiasm.
My eliXer," Green quoted
Evening star., 1960-01-31
Meet q New ChevoIier:
He's Discovered Video

is more for talk and for the
interviews because the artist
is at a disadvantage when he
performs on a stage in front
of the TV camera. Television
is for somebody to do some
thing that goes to your
throat, when your heart and
your soul are laid out on the
table.
Il have been a performer
since I was IL, and I am sure
that ] have worked we'll in
many shows. But I made
more friends with that one
Person to Person show than
by anything ever did. The
camera shows what is true,
there is a kind of direct
rapport-and that is more
important than the singing
of songs"
Artist VS.. Man
Chevalier beams comfort
ABLY. THAT makes me happy.
For me, at my time of life, it
it wonderful to be considered
more than an artist, a per-
former, a singer of songs. For
this part of my career, I
would rather have people say
that I am a nice man than
that I am a clever man, you
see? If I have to choose now
whether to be estimated as
a man or admired as an art
ist. ! would rather be esti-
mated as a man."
Chevalier, despite his
youthful appearance, good
health and boundless energy,
is doing a lot OF thinking
about the aging process.
II hope that now I can
help other people to grow old
gently, to grow old properly"
he continues. ITO me, it is
very wonderful to know that
as I touch 70, it Is going to
be my biggest year in show
business. To feel that at 70
you are going to have the
biggest year Of your life is
something, you see, with rec
ords, television, the films and
stage"
A Full Schedule
After Thursday night, Che
Waller goes to San Francisco
for seven performances of his
one-man show, then on to
Evening star., 1960-01-31

is a dangerous thing, mar
riage. ! think very few
married people are really
happy. Most Of them are Just
dragging on a minority,
really, are happy. Anyway,
Evening star., 1960-01-31

his friend "is a simple rem
edy. to be taken neat at mid
die age-find a new interest" 4"
The star looks up from the
book.
AT that time added I
think he was right. I'm try
ing 1t myself" He pauses,
peers thoughtfully, smiles as
he slaps his knee.
We'll, I'm really trying 1t
now"
Evening star., 1960-01-31

many years ago I learned
that marriage was not for
me. Instead I have put all
my pleasure and Joy, In life
into trying to bring happi-
ness to many people,"
Evening star., 1960-01-31
BY CYNTHIA LOWRY
Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK. -Mauric e
Chevalier has been turning up
on the home screens regularly
during the past few years
but he has just discovered
televiSion.
1t happened a couple Of
months back when CBS's
Person to Person" crew Wis
listed the 72-year-old enter
tainer in his home in a Paris
suburb. Subsequently, Ameri-,
can audiences were treated to
80 minutes of what the vet
eran performer now calls
Chevalier the man. This, he
is now convinced, is very diff
ferent from Chevalier the
artist, the performer.
Smiling, jaunty and eager
and about his CHS show next
Thursday night, "A Bouquet
From Maurice Chevalier,"
the Frenchman is full of his
new discovery.
There are three ways to
project an artist, you see?"
he explains seriously. THE
first of the ways is the stage.
Then you the artist - are
there, and the people are
there, and you are all trying
to exchange. you see?
Too Big to be Real
"Then there is the screen
and on the big screen, the
artist is shown infinitely big
ger-too big to be real.
And then there is tele-
vision-where the same artist
becomes much smaller-this
same fellow is a tiny man. So
I think the T'V screen is the
most dangerous because it
makes the artist look smaller.
Therefore I think television
Evening star., 1960-01-31
A Full Schedule

After Thursday night, Che
Waller goes to San Francisco
for seven performances of his
one-man show, then on to
Evening star., 1960-05-11
To Make 1t Trustworthy

The Russians have already agreed,
even though reluctantly" with the
Anglo-American view that underground
nuclear explosions must be part of the
research program needed to work out a
trustworthy test ban. The explosions,
despite the fact that they conceivably
could contribute to the development of
weapons, would be essentially nonmili-
tary in character. That is, they would
be experiments designed specifically, as
President Eisenhower has said in his
weekend statement, to bring about "a
full understanding of both the capa-
bilitieS of the presently proposed detec-
ton system and the potential for
Improvements in this system"
There is no doubt that improvements
are very much needed. This has been
made abundantly clear in the scientific
testimony heard recently by the Joint
Congressional Atomic Committee. For
the testimony has shown that the
policing methods thus far contemplated
would offer only woefully inadequate
safeguards against the danger of clan
deStine violations or evaSionS of a ban
agreement. That is why Representative
Chet Holifield, one of the committees
most knowledgeable members, has
warned that "for the next several years
at least it will not be possible to detect
and Identify either (D non-muffled
underground detonations in ranges be-
low the equivalent of &c, 900 tons of INT
or (2) muffled detonationS equivalent to
upwards of 100000 tons of TINT set off
in deep underground cavities
1t is because of all this that it has
become imperative to conduct further
studies and experiments in an effort to
devise genuinely effective guarantees
against teSt-ban cheating. Accordingly,
as the President has just announced, the
United States in fiscal 1861 will spend
$66 million (as against $40 million in
fiscal 1960) on greatly expanded pro-
gram of research and development "di-
rected toward an improved capability
to detect and identify underground
nuclear explosions" Based on recon-
mendations made last year by a group
of experts headed by DR.. Lloyd Berkner,
the program-called Project Vela-Will
strive for such things as reliable seismic
detecting instruments, and it will in
volve a series of both conventional and
atomic detonations of various sizes, in
differing types of geological formations.
Of course, in the present context of
events, with Nikita Khrushchev making
the most of our country'S acute current
embarrassment in the field of espionage,
Mr.. EiSenhOwer'S announcement of the
projected underground explosions may
receive harsh treatment from the Soviet
Union. Yet, if they are to be conducted
without secrecy and in coordination
with related British and Russian expert
mentation, the Kremlin will have no
reason to criticize them. In any case,
they should be carried out, and if they
prove the undetectability of certain types
OF detonationS, our country should insist
that the test ban-if one is ever agreed
upon-be limited accordingly.
Evening star., 1960-05-11
Back to City Hall

Commissioner Mclaughlin wonders
why the old Courthouse in Judiciary
Square should not be taken back as a
"city half to house top District officials.
Why not indeed? There is nothing
wrong with a touch of stateliness-of
the type evident in other world capitals
to distinguish the seat of local govern
ment from the monotony of modern"
office buildings, and there are other
pertinent arguments which also lend
merit to the suggestion.
First is the fact that the old Court
house on Indiana avenue was built in
1920 to house the municipal government,
and did so until the Federal courts
needed the space in 1873 For several
years, however, the courts have been
comfortably ensconced in their new
edifice on Pennsylvania avenue. 1t is
the District, now, which desperately
Evening star., 1960-05-11
Nomination Bound

II there is any truth in the notion
that the politicians like winner Sena-
tor Kennedy, after his spectacular West
Virginia triumph, is going to be mighty
hard man to stop. In fact, barring a
minor miracle, the Democratic nomina-
tion is safely in his grasp.
good many people thought Sena-
tor Humphrey would win in West Vir-
ginia. Senator Kennedy, although we
don't think he really believed it, was
saying he would consider himself lucky
If he got better than 40 per cent of the
vote. Instead, with more than half the
vote counted, he had about so per cent.
This can be explained away in part
by pointing to the Kennedy money and
the much superior Kennedy organiza-
tion. To an extent it can be attributed
to what Senator Humphrey, not with
out some justification, called gutter"
politics. In thanking the West Virginia
voters, Senator Kennedy said he had
been confident they would vote on the
basis of the issues" and not on the
basis of his religion. This is fine senti-
ment, but what were the issues? Actu-
ally, there weren't any worth mention
ing.
The truth of the matter, we think,
is that the Massachusetts, Senator has
way with the voters. 1t is an intangi-
BILE thing, but Senator Kennedy has it.
Perhaps the remaining hopefuls (Sena-
tor Humphrey has withdrawn) have it,
too. But they haven't proved that they
have it, and Senator Kennedy has
in New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and now
In West Virginia. This is going to be
mighty important point when the Dem
ocratic delegates start balloting in Los
Angeles two months from now.
Evening star., 1960-05-11
Chicken Coops'?

A recent issue of your
paper carried a picture of
two "Airwayte" units being
installed at National Airport
to provide small rooms in
which passengers can relax
between planes. They looked
like trailers raised of the
ground on a central support.
Wondering if these eyesores
could be as revolving as they
appeared in the photograph,
my wife and I drove over
and looked at them. We were
Mortified, to put it mildly.
Even in this day of poor
design, it is not often that
such architectural monstroS-
tiles creep into public view.
1t is hard to believe repu-
table companies would pro-
mote such glorified chicken
coopS. We are informed that
these units are the first of
their kind in the Nation. Our
only hope is that those who
have control of the installa-
ton elsewhere of facilities Of
this type will have enough
good taste left to prevent
these particular structures
from spreading like the
plague over our fair land.
w. S. H.
Evening star., 1960-05-11
Perfectinq the Amendment

The care taken by the House Judi
ciary Committee with the language of
the constitutional amendment to grant
WaShingtonianS national suffrage is all
to the good, and the committee is to be
complimented for it's determination to
clarity the precise purposes and effects
of the amendment.
This, essentially, is what the COM
mittee is doing in the pertinent ques-
tionS it has raised in regard to the elec-
ton of Delegates to represent the Dis
trict.in the House. 1t is only natural that
members of the House should want to
know what effects these Delegates will
have on such matters as the apportion-
ment of House seats, and that they
should want assurance that Congress,
after the amendment is ratified, will re-
tain full rights to define the status and
powers of the Delegates, including the
question of whether they should enjoy
voting privileges.
1t has been understood generally
that the sole purpose of the amendment
is to grant Congress the authority to
make these decisions by separate legiS-
lation later. Indeed, no exercise of suf-
frage here can occur until such legiSla-
ton is passed. A constitutional amend
ment, nevertheless, by the permanence
of its nature, should be as letter-perfect
as possible. 1t is well, therefore, that
these legal questions are being discussed.
If notifications are desirable in the
form of the amendment as approved by
the Senate and by a House Judiciary
Subcommittee, the Celler committee is
eminently qualified to make them.
We are gratihed, of course, that
there is no apparent disagreement with
in the committee on the other half of
the amendment-granting District resi-
dents the right to vote for President and
Vice President. But this is only part of
the need. We hope that the Judiciary
Committee will not consider eliminating
the constitutional authorization for a
meaningful representation in the House
as well.
All WaShingtonianS should be en-
couraged by the statements of Chairman
Celler and Representative McCulloch of
Ohio, the ranking Republican member,
that there is a determination to report
an amendment, and that it will be the
FIRST order of business" when the COM
mittee meets next week. During the half
century in which the,diSgrace of District
diSfranchiSement has been actively be-
fore Congress, it never has received such
conscientious consideration. 1t would be
worse than tragic if so much progress
were to be lost at this late date.
Evening star., 1960-05-11
We're Sorry

Reference is made to your
issue of May 6, page BIO, in
regard to Dutch Give Bell
Tower"
No doubt the mistake that
slipped in has already been
called to your attention.
However, the Ambassador of
the Netherlands wants to be
sure that his name is Van
Royen and not Wilhelmus
Van Nassouwe. The latter
happens to be the title of
one of the Dutch anthems in
honor of Willem Van Orange.
who gave his life for the
liberation of the Dutch from
the Spanish yoke. For your
further information, the title
of the main Dutch anthem is
Wien Neerlands Bloed in de
aderen vloeit," meaning ITO
those in whose veins may
flow Netherlands blood"
Be assured that the error
will not cause me to discon-
tinue my favorite newspaper.
I could not do without it.
c. G. Van ScheIven.
Evening star., 1960-05-11
Study for Freedom

The SovietS are starting a
program of granting 5000
scholarships to the brightest
youths of Africa. They will
be taught, indoctrinated and
trained in Soviet universities
to take the Soviet fanatical
philosophy back to their
homelands. At a cost of Is
or 20 million dollars a year,
the Soviets expect to take
over the entire dark conti-
nent.
We could counteract this
with a plan to bring these
bright youths to be taught
the profit motive and per-
sonal enterprise systems in
our universities. at a cost to
us of 40 million dollars a
year-an amount less than
foreign aid to some small ma
ton, the name of which few
of us have ever heard. A
study of all that has been
tried in constitutions would
help scores of small nations
to attain successful self-gov-
ernment.
HI. L. Hunt.
Dallas /, Texas.
Evening star., 1960-05-11
On Red China

For several years there
have been recurrent demands
by some that our Government
grant diplomatic recognition
to the Communist govern
ment of China. We are told
that if we recognize them
they might become a party
to nuclear agreements and
we won't have to fear them
any longer.
If the United States recog-
nizes Red China, we will ex-
change diplomats, thus OPEN
ing a new set of espionage
centers in this country; it
will further spread the ex-
tortion of money from
Chinese Americans with rel
atives in China; it will re-
place a friendly vote in the
United Nations with an enemy
vote. There are many more
disadvantages and it is hard
to find a single positive ad-
vantage accruing to the
United States from such an
action.
If the objective of our
foreign policy is to protect
our freedom and institutions,
such objective can hardly be
served by the recognition of
Red China under any circum-
stances.
G. FitzsimmOns.
NI1ArI@HHA
Evening star., 1960-05-11
First Step First

The indorSment given the White
House plan for protecting Washington'S
water supply against sewage has reached
across boundary lines-aS it should. 1t
is gratifying that such interjuriSdic-
tional agencies as the National Capital
Regional Planning Council and the
Water Supply and Pollution Abatement
Committee of the Metropolitan Regional
Conference have approved the general
program, with the understanding that
details will be worked out later.
In the discussions preceding the
adoption of resolutions supporting the
Chantilly interceptor proposal it was
brought out that some of the details may
call for considerable debate. But the
important first step is the passage by
Congress of legislation to authorize the
program in its broad aspects. To attempt
to debate details in advance of this
legislation would be both premature
and unfortunate. 1t will require strong
public support for the project to induce
Congress to act at this SeSSion-and If
action should be delayed the whole pro-
gram might be imperiled The airport
is scheduled to open sometime next sum-
mer and any poStponement of the plan
would complicate the problem of interim
disposal of the airport's sewage And
the proposal for converting the sewage
into fertilizer is essentially temporary
measure.
Once the necessary enabling legiS-
lation, backed by appropriations, is
adopted, the various Jurisdictions in
volved in the overall sewage collection
and disposal plan will want to get to-
gether to threSh out numerous problems.
We do not believe that any of these
questions are insuperable, once the
regional authorities appreciate the su-
preme opportunity that is at hand to
solve sanitation problems of the areas
Immediately above the water intake. It
is an opportunity that might never come
again.
Evening star., 1960-05-11
Outdoor Crib Case

1t appears that the child
sleeping in the open "cage"
on a Maryland farm was safe
from all hazards save prowl-
ing policemen and even they
required five minutes to
violate its security. They we're
armed with a warrant to
arrest a man. BY what au-
thority did they take child?
Must we always assume that
what we do not understand
is necessarily bad?
OF course the doctors found
nothing wrong with the child
when it was taken to the hos
pital. When we went camp
ing with our growing chill
dren, the six-month-old baby
slept in a crib slung from a
limb Of a tree and covered
Evening star., 1960-05-11
Uptown 'FoW'
Have you noticed the latest

Have you noticed the latest
folly of the D. C. Motor
Vehicle Parking Agency? In
any other city, such an
agency uses the revenue from
parking meters to build
much-needed downtown
parking garages. But the D. c.
agency is sitting on an ever
growing pile of nickels and
dimes, and does practically
nothing to provide downtown
parking space, lest it offer a
little competition to the pri-
vate operators.
Now the agency has at last
thought Of something to do
with its money. On Connecti-
cut avenue, between Macomb
and Ordway streets, there
was a broad sidewalk, lined
with shops and restaurants,
along which the many people
living in nearby apartments
used to like to walk.
The parking agency has
conceived the idea of tearing
up this sidewalk and putting
in roadway parallel to Con-
necticut avenue for auto
mobiles to park in. This has
reduced the sidewalk to a
narrow catwalk, barely wide
enough for two people to
pass. This project will both
destroy the appearance of the
block and inconvenience the
many people who shop there.
Ironically, it won't provide as
much parking space as an
off-street garage like the one
that Sears Roebuck built off
Wisconsin avenue. Most i'm
portant, this project stands
as a landmark in the destruc-
ton of the city by the auto
mobile.
Unless the pedestrian,
homeowner>and transit rider
organize to fight back, they
will soon be as obsolete as
the dinosaur, replaced by a
new species, the dutomobiluS
rGmpantuS.
Uptown Citizen.
Evening star., 1960-05-11
PRAYERS for Summit

On May Is a few men will
be meeting together in Paris.
The eyes of the world will be
hopefully turned toward this
long-awaited summit confer
ence, which will bring togeth-
er some of the worlds leading
statesmen. For the few men
who meet on that day may
we'll hold in their hands the
destiny of the human race.
People everywhere are
gravely concerned about the
kind of world we are shaping
in this atomic age. And many
men and women are asking
themselves, What can we do
that will somehow help the
world to sanity, and enable
our children to live out their
lives in peace?"
For many years in some
countries it has been CUSTOM
airy to hold an annual two
minute silence to honor the
memory of those who died in
two world wars. Suppose that
at II am. on May Is, the or
binary people of the world.
united in their yearning for
peace, were to join together
in the observance of a two
minute silence - two minutes
of hope and prayer and faith
in the future, two minutes in
which people of all nations
would together concentrate
on their common desire to be
freed of the shadow of war
and atomic annihilation.
Then the statesmen meeting
in Paris could not fail us, but
would be inspired to save the
world for our children and
for generations yet to come.
Marion and Sydney Bacon.
T7ApOr,k~
Evening star., 1960-05-11
"ELKTON, Md.

'Dear Sir:
News around this berg is
scarce, as you might imagine.
ut is a good place for
bird watchers, but there's not
much more to be said for it.
"All sorts of warblers dis
turb the morning stiffness.
Our cats love to chatter at
them, but they don't do too
much for me.
Really, some of their calls
are fascinating, and wish I
could identify them.
Hope you are in the best
of health and knocking 'em
out on the old mill.
You're the greatest and
I think will go on forever.
Sincerely H. S."
y 4
The desire to know the
identity of ones bird singers
seems ingrained in the hu-
man breast, but actually it
is not necessary.
If their calls, whistles,
songs and roundelays are
taken. as music, which they
are, it is not really necessary
to know the identity.
Just as we accept an opera
singer for what she can do
with the aria, without ask
ing whether she is German,
French or American, so we
can accept the song birds as
singers, musicians.
We think too much stress is
put on knowing who's Who"
among the birds.
The creature there in the
yard is just the same crea-
ture, whether we know its
name or not.
&& -
There is something to sim
pie acceptance that defies
philosophy.
Perhaps it is philosophy, to
not want to care about names.
Simple acceptance does
something for the soul.
Just as the religious person
does not ask to know too
much at once - "one step
enough for. me"-so the per-
son interested in bird life may
increase his true happiness,
now and then, by giving over,
at least for a time, this in
ceSsant urge to know.
Knowing is wonderful, no
doubt of it; human progress
is based on knowing. This
dutiful bowling to the power