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Evening star., 1960-06-11
Louis Bernhsimsr's Thsslsrs

nUTTTn DAMASCUS, ND.
VMVA~ TODAY THRU MON.
ROBERT MITCHUM. "HOME FROM
THE HILL" Shows, $40, 9.30.
Evening star., 1960-06-11

HOLLYWOOD (NANA). -
Big John Wayne put every
cent I've got into The Alamo
more than So million of my
own. It's got to be good" 1t
had better be. Wayne predicts
that three stars will emerge in
a huge way from his epic -
Laurence Harvey, Richard
Boone Of Have Gun, Will
Travel" fame, and frankie
Avalon.
Henry Silva put a down pay
ment on a Beverly Hills home
with his Cinderella" earnings,
paid for most of the rest with
what he made in Frank Sina-
tra'S Oceans H." And to
think" unused Henry, Il used
to live in a cold water walkup
in the village" 1t had to be
love. Dolores Michaels learned
Italian the Berlitz way to help
Don Murray when he visits the
DIP camps in Naples. Don goes
to Italy in August to star in
THE Hoodlum Priest"
Milton Berle claims to have
the thinnest watch in the
world, a wafer-thin platinum
Piquet. Cost $1,000. Uncle Milt
is almost as skinny since he
shed that excess weight. -. .
Talking Of slender people, it's
hard to believe that chic,
ethereal Merle OberOn will be
so years old next birthday. She
looks 20 years younger.
You don't have to spend mil
lions to get a good picture.
The SimOne SignOret-Laurence
Harvey Room at the Top"
winner cost a mere $3.50, 900,
which is very little in these
days of SIS million biggies. .
Which reminds me, Ben Hur,"
which hit the tape at $40 mil
lion-or was it 15?-was script
written backward by Christie
pher Fry. He started at the end
and worked toward the middle.
1t was obviously a good system.
y
Elizabeth Seal, who comes to
Broadway in the fall in Trina la
Douce," was told at the begin
ming of her attempt to be an
actress, You're too ugly" Other
big stars to get the same sem
tence are Bette Davis, Ingrid
Bergman.
Tony Curtis is painting 40
pictures-the kind you see on
Evening star., 1960-06-11

CRACK IN THE MIRROR" Twen.
tieth Century-Fox release OF a Dairy
Z. Zanuck production, directed by
Jarre, screenplay by Mark Canfield
from the novel by Marcel Haedrich
At Loew's CAPITOL Theatsr.
Evening star., 1960-06-11

Sergeant" yet while its mood
and flavor are the same, its
effect is not. A quite able
cast, including a number of
pretty girls in nurses uniforms,
gives the impression of trying
to be funny rather than actu-
ally accomplishing it.
This is not true of all ele-
ments of Norman Hudis SCREEN
script, but of rather too many.
Least of all is it a fair estimate
of a late sequence in which
the male patients, Spilled on
champagne. decide to perform
a do-it-yourself operation on
a patient anxious to get away
on a relaxed country tour with
a girl he knows.
1t is a male ward in which
the action of Garry On, Nurse"
occurs. Very sensibly, the
administration of the hospital
supplies this with a staff of
perilously attractive nurses, the
sort that would fill the sickest
patient with a hope Of getting
we'll.
Those involved here are not
even very i'll. Indeed. one after
another. they go virilely
through the heavily stressed
anatomical comedy assigned to
them. Moreover, never do they
miss an infection that puts
precisely the intended one upon
dialogue bits whose meanings
are nearly always double.
OF the wide variety of bed
ridden males, the best perform
ance in the farce is that of
Wilfrid Hyde White. He plays
an elderly colonel who occu-
pies a private room, spends
his days playing horses, and
occasionally just to vary the
monotony of hospital routine,
pinching student nurses.
Also impressive in the cast
are Shirley Eaton, as the pref
tiest nurse, and among the
patients, Terence Longdon,
Kenneth Connor, and Charles
Hawtry. They get the most, if
not quite enough, out of the
material provided them.
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acquaintance of Mr.. Zanuck's; !;
Orson Welles, an actor of stat
ure (both physical and tech
nicaD, and Bradford Dillman,
a more slender actor (both
physically and technically
They are put through their
PAGES by Director Richard
Fleischer and Mark Canfield's
screenplay. from a novel by
Marcel Haedrich. gives them
quite an assortment of PAGES.
Each of the starring trio
plays two roles. This not only
holds down the budget but it
also gives Crack in the Mir
ror" a sort of allegorical
irony. The three of them turn
out to be a really sordid sextet
before they are through.
Miss Greco No. is a poor
Parisienne who is a loving
mother (in fact, Just plain low
ing) who is somewhat short on
moral values. She wishes to do
away with her old, fat lover
(Welles No. - to take up with
a new and younger one DILL
man No. u. So, one night she
and the new man around the
house trade passionate half
nelson's for awhile, then do in
the old boy who is sleeping in
the kitchen.
While this is getting under
way, we are taken across town
to find Miss Greco No. 2 living
in the lap of luxury as the
wife Of a highly successful at
torney (WelleS No. q. She is
also living somewhere else part
Of the time. namely the apart
ment of a bright young man
CDillman No. p in her hus-
bands Office.
You'd never guess, not in less
than the next three seconds,
what hGppeEs next. Dillman
No. 2 is appointed by the court
to defend Miss Greco No. /,
At long last Mr.. Zanuck's movie
gets around to a point where
it arouses interest beyond idle
curiosity about what in the
world is going on around here.
Will the guillotine get Miss
Greco No. /? Will Welles No. 2
find out about his wife and
what will happen when he does?
Will Mr.. Fleischer ever get to
the point?
The Paris backgrounds give
Crack in the Mirror" a bit of
authenticity and it is we'll
played, especially by Mr.. Welles.
He offers two contrasting sam
pies of his art. in fact-chewing
upon the scenery as the slob
in the kitchen and displaying
restraint as we'll as power as
the attorney. But these three
are such an unsavory six people
that you couldn't care less what
becomes of them.
Evening star., 1960-06-11
Films of More Than Routine Merit

ALIAS JESSE JAMES"-BOb Hope as the addIe-pated
agent who insures the bandits precarious life
"A NIGHT TO REMEMBER"-Dramatic account of the
tragic nrst and last voyage of the ill-fated Titanic
FOUh MAN IN HAVANA"-Alec Guinness in a rolIickinx
SpO0f OF the ways Of international espionage
PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES"-DOris Day in a comic
domestic caper based on Jean Kerr's best-seIer
run SILENT RUN DEEP"-Submariners Clark Gable and
Burt Lancaster in Suspensefu er-water conflict
'SAPPHIRE"-YvOnne Mitchell and Nigel Patrick in a
superior British whedunt tidy and suspensefuI
SEVEN THiEVES-Edward G. Robinson, Rod Steiger and
others plot daring robbery of a gambling casino
THEY CAME TO CORDURA"-Rita Hayworth Gary Cooper
ana van Helm are desertbaked in adventure
Evening star., 1960-06-11
DRIVEN THEATERS

ATRpnRT DRIVEN
OF 4.5loo
2ool Jeff. ooVis Hwy, Arlington
Just Over the 18th Street Bride.
-FOUR FAST GUNS" JAMES
Satfi scHvENdERSs;'t" s. S;t'' vTNc'E n, "THE Ebs
w R D s, at 1920. No. 3,
TERROR Is A MAN" FRAN
CHS LEDERER, at ll:45. Car
toon. Box Once Opens at s.
Evening star., 1960-06-11
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Screen
Al b bassador "The Rat
Race; 1870, 3.35, $40, 7:5C
and 10 pm.
Apex - illicit Interlude";;
$50 and 9:55 pm. Naked
Night; $50 and $50 pm.
Capitol - Crack in the Mir
ror";; 1850 am, 1:50. $50
5:45, 7:45, 9:45 and 11:45 pm
DupOnt-"A Lesson in Love-;
/, 2:45, 4:40, $50, 8:25 1920
and IL pm.
Battle Cry; 1920
4:20 and $3.50 pm. "Sayonara";;
las, GAS and 11:45 pm.
Macarthur - Garry On
Nurse!" 2, 1855, 5:55, 7:55 ano
9:55 pm.
Metropolitan - "The Rat
Race: 11:45 am, 1850, 1855
6, sos and 9:55 pm.
Ontario - Battle Of the
Sexes; 1870, 3:15, 5, 6:45, $3.50
and 1915 pm.
Palace-"Flame Over India;
11:25 am. 1850, AIS, 6:45
9:10 and 1880 pm.
Playhouse - "ExpresSo Bon
co.; IL, 1855, S:55. 6. 8 and
10 pm.
Plaza - Career Girl"; IL,
1870, 2:55, 4:20, 5:45, 7:10,
$3.50, 9:55 and 1920 pm.
Town - Head of a Tyrant";;
1880, 4:35, 7:4O and 1880 pm.
TOO Soon to Love-; IL, 3:05,
$40, $40 pm. and 1925 am.
Trans-Lux Man on a
String; 11:15 am, los, 3, S,
6:55, 1855 and 10:45 pm.
Uptown - "Can-Can";; 2 and
$3.50 pm.
Misunderstanding; 2 and
g pm.
Evening star., 1960-06-11

CAPITOL HILL a, =; = 7.s,.a 32.' Sc
Last Last. psy 2Tiv Big Bis, Features No al 4
1000, No. ., RORY CALHOUN, RAW
sReE so6i NC col9r %s5teER voopoo i;SS %oMaS 3sS
3:5h, 745. Extra. LII RAsCALs, at
335 Only.
Evening star., 1960-06-11
THE PASSING SHOW
M'Arthur Gets Farce;
Capitol a MeIodromo
BY JAY CARMODY

The British, who, among the
English speaking makers of
movies, are the most deft at
sheer nonsense, come up with
another specimen in Garry On,
Nurse" new screen attraction
at the Macarthur.
AS its title implies, this one
is a sequel to Garry On,
Evening star., 1960-01-28
FHqht Insurance

AS one who is constantly
travelling by air in this coun-
try and abroad, I recall that
in former years, the insur-
ance policies available right
at the airports were original
ly limited to $62,500.00 per
person. They were subse-
quently raised to $125,000.00
and recently again to a total
of $187, 10000. AS far as I
am concerned. I am, of
course, very happy to be in a
position to protect my fam
lily for such a large amount
Of money, and in fact, will
do so again in a day or two.
On the other hand, however,
it would seem to me that
such a large amount of in
surance, which can be had
without any investigation
whatsoever of the insured. is
much too high not to offer
an inducement to certain
people to cash in regardless
of the consequences to 9TH
ers, and therefore, it might
perhaps be advisable to limit
the amount Of such insur-
ance to a reasonable level.
Eric w. KresS.
Evening star., 1960-01-28
Curbinq q Crime Trend

In view Of the rise in crime IN
washington, the Commissioners request
1or 100 additional policemen is both
reaIlStlc and reasonable. Police Chief
murray undoubtedly could make good
use OF even more officers-in fact he
nao said that a recent survey indicated
Inat ABOUT 544 more men would he
required to cover all beats "adeouatelv ="
But, JudiciouSly used, an increment of
lou policemen could materially strength
en- the departments coverage in the
more troublesome areas and thus helm
10 halt the upward trend of lawlessness
here.
A tabulation of crimes for 1859
showed an increase of 16 per cent over
Cne year before. There was a steady
rise IN serious offenses every month
curing the past year-in contrast to the
leVellng-off period which the city had
enjoyed more than a year ago while
the national crime rate was increasing
The local rate now exceeds the national
aVerage-a development of much con-
Germ to Chief Murray and his men.
since oudgetary limitations necessarily
must restrict the personnel increases
sought by many District departments,
not excepting the police, the number
OF adolt1onal policemen approved by the
commissioners and the President must
be l1mited-and properly so. However.
tne assignment of even $50 more police
men to street patrol and stake outs"
would be bad news to the yokers,
burglars, holdup men and other GRIM
lnals who have been sending the local
CRIME statistics into an alarming in
f1ation spiral.
Evening star., 1960-01-28
Read the Directions

1ne november cranberry scare"
provided good example of the dangers
which can come from failure to read or
heed the directions on the labels of
insecticides, fungicides, weed killers and
similar crop-control chemicals. In the
case OF the contaminated cranberries.
the trouble Stemmed from improper use
OF weed-killer. If the directions had
been followed by all cranberry raisers
there would have been no scare. The
Department of Agriculture justif1ably is
intensifying its efforts to educate farm
ers in the safe use of the many new
chemicals designed to protect vegetables
from pests of all kinds.
In recent statement on Chemicals
and Foods" Secretary Benson pointed
out that the chemical industry has been
OF great help to agriculture in the war
on insects, fungi and weeds. The chem
fcals available today are considered safe
II used strictly in accordance with the
manufacturers directions. Other chem
icalS are being withheld from the public
until 1t can be determined whether they
may be used safely on food and, If so,
in what amounts.
To acquaint farmers and small
gardeners, too, with the perils as we'll
as the value of chemical sprays and
duStS, the Department of Agriculture is
preparing a, special series of pamphlets
for wide distribution among growers and
handlers of foodStuffS Meanwhile the
department is giving some very good
advice in slogan form: use chemicals
Safely-follow label directions" Those
who adopt this sensible suggestion are
assured that they need have no fear
of any of the approved crop control
products on the market.
Evening star., 1960-01-28
No Adequate Alternative

state Senator Harry F. Byrd, jr., Is
UNDERSTANDABLE concerned over the pros
pect of sales tax superimposed on Vir-
ginia'S already substantial tax burden.
Most Of the States taxpayers also view
Governor Almonds per cent sales levy
proposal with something less than en-
thusiasm. Senator Byrd, in statement
at Richmond, has said that the Almond
program would make Virginia the fifth
highest State Gin terms of direct State
levieS on the individual taxpayer"
The State Senator's attitude reflects
the established attitude of his father
and the Byrd organization in general on
tax-and-Spend legislation. Although he
did not actually say he would fight the
sales tax plan, State Senator Byrd served
notice that he intended to study the
proposal very carefully in relation to
spending proposals in the Governors
budget, recently submitted to the Gen.
eral Assembly.
All the legislators should give the
problem the same sort of objective, nom
political consideration. If they do they
will find what Governor Almond and his
staff have found, namely, that If Vir-
ginians expect to get from the State and
the local governments the kind of serv-
ices and public works they have been
demanding, they must expect to dig
deeper into their pocketbooks to paw for
them. And long study by the States
nScal experts has convinced them that
the only practical and the least painful
way to pay the bill is to adopt tax on
retail sales.
The alternative is to slash the "min-
lmum" budget now before the Legisla-
ture-a move that would be vigorously
resisted by those affected by the reduc-
especially school, hospital and
welfare authorities. But Virginia AL
ready is tagging in many fields of public
service. The State can i'll afford to slim
backward in its efforts to keep pace with
the needs Of its counties, cities and
towns And neither Senator Byrd nor
anyone else has offered an ADEQUATE
substitute for reasonably distributed
safes tax, cushioned, perhaps, by mod
crate reduction of income or other Ievies
Evening star., 1960-01-28
Civil War Pensions

Even though I, as a South
erner Cnative of South Caro-
lina), shared the indignation
of Virginia H. Mckee. Nancy
McClelland and Lloyd E.
Kelly at the slurs Of Harold
Randall against Robert E.
Lee and the Confederacy, I
feel that these reflections on
the character Of the great
Robert E. Lee have been
answered.
What I desire to do is to
set the record straight as to
pensions to Confederate vet
eranS and their widows. I
had hoped before now that
this would be covered by one
of your usual able and fair
editorials.
Not until 1858 we're these
pensions paid out Of the Fed
eral Treasury. Early In Sec
ond session of 85th Congress.
Repres sent tative Barrett
O'Hara (second Illinois dis
trict introduced H.R. 358
which after proper reference
to the Veterans Committees
of both Houses and passage
through both chambers was
on May %, 1858, approved
and became Public Law
85-425.
The pertinent part Of this
law is Section 4l0 reading:
THE Administrator (of Vet
erans administration shall
pay to each person who
served in the military or
naval forces Of the Confed-
Evening star., 1960-01-28
Bornyord Politics

Gaggle, an old word with
current political meaning,
deserves a spotlight. "A flock
of geese. To express with
gaggling or chattering; to
babble." Shorter oxford
English Dictionary. Applica-
ton here is to the speakers
at the recent Democratic
fund raising dinner, and the
torrents of pre-campaign ora
tory, I'VE Don't Like Ike"
Presented below, the gag
gle of Democratic candi-
dates, including the Avowed.
the Almost, and the Maybe
Lightning Will -Strike-Me.
Morse kicked by a horse
and switchedD Humphrey
always in the gaggle, in
terminably gabblingD Ken
nedy (Member of the True
Minority: He Doesn't Like
Ike.D Symington Not in.
not out. In a Stu, stewing.
The MugWump0 Williams
(Soapy? Clear him with
wa Cd ter.) Brown "a door
ajar as better men collided0
Stevenson (The Added Ad-
lai who knows all but how
Meyner Remember him?
Seems like yes, somewhere,
somehow johnson Sunk.
with his 1859 Cabinet"
and his state Of the Un-
ion"
May they babble happily
in their gaggle, as they wad-
die toward political oblivion.
r.. II. REYNOLDS.
Evening star., 1960-01-28
Home Rule Plan

I suggest the following
solution to the home rule
problem:
Let there be a new District
of Columbia Commission in
the Department of Interior
with authority to manage
national affairs in D. C. at
the expense Of the United
States Government.
Let there be a new Dis
trict Government solely res
ponsible to the people Of
D. C. with authority to
manage local affairs at the
expense of the people of
D. c This government can
be created via Senator
Morse'S charter commission
plan, which provides that
the people of D. c. and not
Congress will write the pro-
posed city charter. This
method is slow and may re-
quire as much as two years
to produce an acceptable
city charter; however, it
should be written carefully
If 1t is to be permanent.
Let us forget Congress hav-
ing exclusive legislative au-
thority over D. c. AS long
as the principle Of eminent
domain prevails, Congress
really has exclusive legisla-
tive authority over all
United States cities when
the national interest is at
stake and it is unnecessary
to write additional legisla-
tion for D. C. to. give Con-
greSs a power they already
possess.
And let us not be in too
much of a hurry to do the
job wrong.
William A. Albaugh,
Evening star., 1960-01-28

ThlS time, there was no
indication where the cat had
gone.
Il finally heard a noise in
the bottom part of the re-
frigerator, and opening the
bottom, where the machinery
Is, there was James.
He came out with cob
webs on his whiskers, and q
great look of satisfaction on
his furry face.
Sincerely, M. L."
The fixes these small ami
mails can get into have led
to the saying Curiosity
killed the cat"
Who knows whether it IL
curiosity or not?
Perhaps it is just a spirit
Of investigation. Where the
cat gets into trouble is that
he has no forethought.
Sometimes people fail in
the same way.
Everyone has seen fine
looking people totally with
out forethought, caution,
discretion, whatever you call
it.
They may be very fine
people, but they seem to lack
ordinary common sense, as
some say.
They plunge right in,
without taking into consid-
GRAFTON the chances of fail
ure. If they succeed, they are
judged wonderful people.
Many of mankind's heroes
were of this sort. If they had
1alled, nobody would ever
have heard of them again.
They would not have been
classed with the heroic fail
ures Of history. They simply
would have disappeared.
=
Although our correspon-
dent did not say so, the cat
concerned probably settled
down the next day and did
nothing to attract human at
tention.
Men and animals have
these fairs. and ordinarily
they are followed by a sedate
period. Humans may use such
rest periods for study, but the
cat can do nothing but sleep.
When it comes to sleeping,
the houSecat is the envy Of
many a sleepless human
being. Most cats can drop to
sleep in the twinkling of an
eye, and in the Queerest
poses.
Evening star., 1960-01-28

governments is analogous to
grabbing a dollar from a
child and. when he cries.
handing him as cents in ap-
peasement! How ridiculous
and insulting to the intelli-
gence of even our most slow
witted tax payer! Should
Gov Almond put across this
proposed sales tax, all public
servants of Virginia, bene-
flciaries and free loading
political log-rollers should
certainly present him a great
big Oscar!
This writer, a retiree on a
fixed income, is fast being
driven from his home by
taxes after residing in Arling-
ton since 1909. Every addi-
tional day I stay here I feel
more and more like a Su-
preme sucker. Needless to say
I am emphatically opposed
not only to the proposed sales
tax but also to any other
additional taxes including the
one cent a gallon additional
gasoline tax just proposed by
one of our spending minded
legislators.
II the Governor and our
Legislature would practice
economy instead of taxing
and spending pursuant to the
desires of the Parent Teacher
Association and their fellow
travellers, the ever-expanding
State and county agencies, So
called "civic" organizations,
"do-gooders" and other or
ganized minorities of free
Evening star., 1960-01-28
Footnote

There is touch Of irony in the fact
that obituary notices on John ]. O'Con-
nor, former New York City Congressman
who died here this week, featured his
removal from public life rather than his
record in it. His custer from public life,
however, was part of dramatic event
in which a President of the United
States tried and largely failed to dictate
to voters what they should do at the
polls.
Mr. O'Connor was one of group
of Democratic Senators and Represent
atives prescribed by the late President
Franklin Roosevelt in the 1888 elections.
All otherS-including such well-known
figures as Senator's George of Georgia
and TydingS of Maryland-survived In
New York City, the Tammany Hall or
ganization, which Mr.. O'Connor had so
often represented, responded to White
House pressure and denied him a return
to Office.
During sixteen years in the House,
Evening star., 1960-01-28
Free-Swinging Stand Against Virginia Sales Tax

Your paper Of January %
states that the Governor Of
Virginia. looking at his thick
slab Of roast beef, while
dining as a guest Of the
Northern Virginia area, could
not resist commenting, "if we
could just put a 3 per cent
sales tax on this sumptuous
feed"
1t is wondered whether the
Governors above remark gave
him a sour stomach as it
did the writer when thinking
of the poor in this tax
ridden State who, as a regular
thing, enjoy none-too-sump-
tuous meals! Three cents on
each sales dollar is three
cents to them!
In addition to adding to
the imitation spiral, driving
appreciable business away
from the merchants of North
ern Virginia and discouraging
the opening of new business
throughout the State, the
proposed Virginia sales tax is
vicious, hitting hardest at the
poor and run-of-the- mill tax
payers who, as a matter of
absolute necessity. have to
eat, buy clothes, medicine
and homes, bury their dead
and purchase other hundreds
Of items essential to decent
living and dying. Speaking of
rendering a louise for its fat
this surely takes the cake
The Governors proposal to
give back As per cent OF the
sales tag "swag" to local
Evening star., 1960-01-28

leaders" we could actually
enjoy cuts in our taxes and
build up healthy reserves in
our treasury.
To Virginia taxpayers at
large, I say: If we continue to
allow our Legislature, our
State, county and city off,
cials to simpose additional
taxes upon us without direct
referenda by the people. we
are indeed supremely stupid.
as all officialdom appears to.
be dedicated to taxing and
spending, or, at best, Suscep-
tible to compromise their con-
stituents as a matter of politi-
cal expediency, with utter
disregard for the laws of
economics. Let's do something
about this-write your State
Senators and Delegates.
One bone to pick with you,
Star. AS a long time sub
scriber, I greatly resent your
editorials in favor of the
proposed Virginia sales tax
and those which have en-
couraged, aided and abetted
eXtravagant expenditures in
the insane public school sys-
tenn of Arlington County.
Your subscriber would ap-
preciate your confining your
editorial endeavors along
these lines to the northern
bank of the Potomac. You
should keep quite busy edi-
torially Strengthening out the
economic and other messes
in the jungle of Washington!
H. A. DAILY.