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Evening star., 1960-01-12

for World War I, dreams of a
Messiah, sane or mad, who
will give it a hope to live and
the wherewithal of living.
/ The plot path of Aren't We
Wonderful" is one made IA
miliar by uncounted Hollywood
pictures in the pre-war and
World War II periods. 1t leads
from the smokey, noisy beer
caves and gardens, through
the darkened. ! German city
streets with their hob-nailed,
gooSe-steping echoes, to the
high-ceilinged rooms of the
baroque palaces where the
Nazis finally perched.
The life encountered along
the way is equally familiar, a
tapestry of brutality, fanati-
ciSm, degeneration and horror.
Nevertheless. there is a dra-
matte difference in both the
landscape and the actors upon
it, namely that the guides to
both are Germans this time.
This is the story of Hitler told
from the German angle, hor-
ror tale ripped out of the con-
science of the nation which
perpetrated it.
Aren't We Wonderful" does
not attempt to explain, even
less to expiate. 1t shows. 1t is
acted with an awareness that
gives the picture a freezing
fascination.
There is a fine clinical chill
in the performance of Hans
jorg Felmy as the student who
remained icily aloof from the
movement but never realized
the inhuman depths into which
it was to lead his fatherland.
Playing Gretel to Felmy's Han
sci, the two Of them lost in a
political forest. is Johanna Won
Koczian. Hers is warm and
touching portrait Of the non-
political coed, in nice contrast
to the poignant one by Vera
Frydtberg as Hans first sweet
heart.
The symbolically evil figure, a
muscular misfit climbing over
his intellectual and moral bet
ters, is played by Robert Graf
with aspects missed by nom
German actors who have as
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Semitism is again rearing its
inhuman face, the production
is imbued with an especially
dramatic dimension.
Actually, Aren't We Won
derful" is in need of no extra
flip from today's newspaper
headlines. 1t is prepared to
stand on its own two feet, ar
tiStically and technically, as a
remorSeleSS echo of a shame be-
yond expiation. Moreover, in
its expression of German guilt,
It is honest enough to imply a
doubt that the national con-
science has been purged of
the impulses that f1owered so
evilly from 1888 to 1945.
=
Hugo Hartune's novel, "Wir
Wunderkinder." is the inSpira-
tion of the film produced and
directed by Kurt Hoffman.
Its setting is Munich, its
flavor is savage, its key figure
a non-political university stu
dent, and its narrative sweep
both utterly inclusive and con-
elusive.
AS the story opens. Hans
Boeckel is a Munich university
student, on the threshold of
his doctorate in philosophy
and a career as a teacher. But
young Boeckel'S Germany is
one wallowing in economic
misery and self-pity. 1t has
long before forgotten its guilt
Evening star., 1960-01-12
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage
Arena Stage-"The Cherry
Orchard; $3.50 pm.
National - The World of
suzie Wong" $50 pm.
Screen
Ambassador - The Mir
acle;" lao. AIS. $50 and 9:lO
pm.
Capitol - Never So Few"
1l:40 am, 2:lO, 4:40. 7:1O and
$40 pm.
DupOnt-"Arent We Won
derful?"; lis, 3:20, 5:25, 7:3O
and 9:35 pm.
Keith's - "On the Beach,"
1O:15 am, 1890, 2;5O, sos,
7:25 and GAS pm.
Macarthur - The Mouse
That Roared;" 6:15, sos and
9:55 pm.
Metropolitan - The Mir
acle;" 11:50 am, ais, 4:40,
7:05 and $50 pm.
Ontario - Happy Anniver-
sary;;" l. 2:45. 4:3O.. 6:15, S:O5
and 9:55 pm.
Palace - Solomon and
Sheba;" 1925 am, 1855, 4:3O,
Z and 9:35 pm.
Playhouse "The 400
Blows" II. 2. 4, 6. 8 and 9:4O
pm.
PlaZa-"The Lovers" 1I:45
am, ITO. 2:45, 4:2O. sos, 1855
and 9:40 pm.
Town - Lii Abner::" 1905,
2:05, 4:05, 6:O5, sos, 1905
pm.
Trans-Lux - The Gene
Krupa Story" l1:45 am, las,
$40. $40. TAO and 9::35 pm.
Warner - Operation Pet
ticoat;" II am, los, 3:l5.
5:25. 7:35 and $40 pm.
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One Of his bookings was in a
Chicago cafe, where he received
minor billing in the newspaper
ads. Many readers thought
that the pianist in the cafe
was Jules Stein, head Of MICA
An agency man soon was sent
to the pianist-compoSer's room
and assured him that the name
Jules Stein" lacked billing
imagination. walk toward
the closet" said the agent,
open the door, look in the
mirror and I'll tell you your
new name" He looked, and
heard: DICK FORD"
The pianist-composer shook
his head. He couldn't see him
self as Dick Ford" But to
avoid future conflict with
Jules Stein of MICA, he agreed
to become "Jule Styne."
THE CHANCE: Rex VIII
liamS was offered a $5OO-a-
week role III THE Good Soup "
Carson Kanin's new show. The
rehearsals were to start before
Williams could finish Sap
pho" the off-Broadway show
he co-authored and is produc-
ing and directing. He there
See LYONS, Page B-7
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THE LYONS DEN
Nobody Knows Why
By LEONARD LYONS

NEW YORK. - A note d
Broadway figure sat in the
Colony the other day, dis
cussing the speculation about
the split-up of his ideal mar
riage." Such speculation, he
said, is vain and foolish: "In
these cases nobody can ever
know the reasons. In fact, the
principals themselves don't
know the reasons. That's why
we pay SIS an hour to psyche
analysts, to tell U.S."
THE DEFENSE: Nathan Leo
pOld is suing Meyer Levin and
Simon & Schuster, the author
and publishers of "Compul-
sion" - the thinly disguised
novel about the Leopold and
Loeb murder case. The de-
PENDANTS reply is about to be
filed. 1t will allege that Leopold
suffered no loss; that the novel
helped win his parole; and,
finally, that a criminal has no
literary proprietorship in his
crime.
THE NAMES: Jules Stein,
head of the multi-million dol
lar MICA agency, dined at LIE
Pavilion. then made a note in
a memo-pad about the bill he'd
signed. He has to keep these
records, Stein explained, be-
cause he gets bills for tabs
signed by julie Styne, the
Gypsy" composer. The
story really began about Is
ears ago when the pianist-com-
poser. whose name was Jules
Stein, asked the then-new MICA
agency in Chicago to book him.
The deal was made.
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tors Of drama In the Washing
ton area.
That is a high-powered cast
that will play Lillian Hellman's
Toys in the Attic" starting in
February. Maureen Staple.
ton and Irene Worth will have
the feminine leads. opposite
Jason Robards, jr. WASH
ington will see Carson Kanin's
THE Good Soup' in mid
February prior to its Broadway
opening. Included in the
company which will visit the
National Theater here are Mil
dred Natwick, Nicola Lubitscn
and Dorothy Whitney.
Evening star., 1960-01-12

AREN'T WE WONDERFUL" A
ConStantin-Film release, produced
and directed by Kurt Hoffman. music
Pauck and Gunther Neumann from
the Hugo Hsrtune novel, at the Du-
pont Theater.
The Cast
Kristen Johanna Won Koczian
Hans Boeckel ------ Hsnsjorg Felmy
Vera --- Vera Frydtberg
Bruno TicheS Robert Graf
Elizabeth Flickenschildt, Ingrid Pan,
lngrid van Bergen, Jurgen Goslar,
Tatlana Sais. Liesl KarlStadt,
Michl Lang
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Films of More Than Routine Merit

Films OF More Than Routine Merit
ASK ANY GIRL"Shirley MacLaineS Cannes award per-
formance Sparkles in slick funny romantic comedy
THE BLUE ANGEL"-Dramatic study in degradation with
May Britt the cause Curt Jurgens the affected
THE FBI STORY-ThrOugh the years James Stewart
as a crack crime buster for Mr. HOover's bureau
THE LAST ANGRY MAN"-Paul in splendid portrait
of fame resisting family doctor.
THE NUNS STORY"-Audrey Hepburn glOws as a nursing
sister tormented by to leave the convent.
PILLOW TALK-DOris Day, Rock Hudson, comedy damour.
PORK CHOP HILL"-An honest look at wars futity
THE SCAPEGOAT"-Slick tale of mistaken identity with
Alec Guinness playing a good and evil dual role
"TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON"-GIenn Ford and
democracy cOmicaly meet Oknawan impasSe
Evening star., 1960-01-26
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity - In
creasing cloudiness tonight:
low, %. Cloudy and colder to-
morrow.
Virginia - Increasing cloudi-
ness tonight; low, 80 on the
coast and in the 2Os elsewhere.
Cloudy and colder tomorrow
with a chance of rain or snow
in the mountains.
Maryland - Fair tonight,
colder in the mountains; low,
1920 in the mountains and in
the 20s elsewhere. Mostly
cloudy tomorrow with snow in
Garrett County; high in the 30s.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Variable winds Of
10 miles per hour or less to-
night becoming easterly at
about IS miles per hour to-
morrow. Cloudy tonight and
tomorrow. Visibility Clio miles
except "a miles in haze to-
morrow morning.
Road Conditions-AAA
West: District Of Columbia to Penn
sylyania turnpike, clear. Pennsylvania
turnpike, clear; Ohio turnpike. clear;
U. 8. 40 west to Ohio, clear: U. 8. so
vest to Ohio, clear.
South. II s To Richmond clear
Evening star., 1960-01-26
Man Indicted
In Robbery Of
Ex-Judge

Walter Bullock, charged with
robbing a former Municipal
Court judge. yesterday was in
dicted with 81 other persons by
a District Court grand jury.
Bullock. "a, of no fixed ad-
dress, was accused of snatching
a pocketbook containing $3.50
from Mrs. Grace M. Stewart,
of 4545 Connecticut avenue,
NV. Mrs. Stewart is a former
Municipal Court judge.
The grand jury indicted Ed
ward S. Gibson, 81; of the 400
block Of K street, NV, on two
counts of robbery and charges
Of assault with intent to COM
nit robbery and carrying a
dangerous weapon.
Gibson was accused of TAX
ing $50 from DR.. Henley B.
Johnson July II in the phySi-
clans Office at 2482 Alabama
avenue, Sc. and $l43 from a
patient at the office.
The indictment further
charged Gibson with assault
ing the Rev. Jacob Green. As.
Of 222 v street, NV. last De-
cember l8 in the waiting room
of another physician. DR.. John
Perry, 302 Virginia avenue,
Sc. Gibson was carrying a
pistol without a license at the
Evening star., 1960-01-26

cent anti-Semitic outbreaks in
Germany.
But he added that it is i'm
possible for German adults not
to realize what atrocities were
committed during World War
I1-even if they did not find
out until hostilities were over.
The total senselessness of
war, he told a news conference,
is a favorite theme of German
writer's today. Only a smal
group of intellectuals. he added.
really appreciate what hap
.pened to the country under
Hitler. Most Of the people suf-
fered so much themselves dur
ing the war that they blame
everything on the Nazis and
feel no personal involvement.
The postwar years. he said,
have not seen the introduction
of any new literary movements
in Germany. The important
traditions are still those of so
years ago, although the actual
subject matter is different.
The younger German writer's,
he explained at a press con-
ference. are very furious" just
like their counterpafts in other
countries. Society is charmed
with their bad manners" he
noted. ..t
DR.. Holthusen lectured on
modern writer's in Germany at
the Library of Congress last
night, under the auspices of the
Gertrude Clarke Whittal Poetry
and Literature Fund.
Evening star., 1960-01-26

they and four other crew mem
bers made their way for two
weeks through enemy lines
back to the Flying Tiger base
at Kuelin.
Now, said Mr.. Doyle, Russell
had a job awaiting him that
would give him enough money
to take some more psychiatric
treatment.
The judge granted Russell an
unconditional release and As
sistant United States Attorney
Oscar Altschuler said that
meant the judge had to find
Hospital Supt. Winfred Over
holser arbitrary and capricious.
If that was required, answered
the judge, he would so find.
Judge Walsh granted a "a
hour stay while the Govern
ment took the. case to the
United States Court of Ap-
peals.
Evening star., 1960-01-26

"sweeten" it by adding an
additional increase.
If the proposed increase is
Of modest proportions. perhaps
5 or 6 per cent, such a move
undoubtedly would be ap-
proved by Congress. And in all
likelihood such an increase
would be voted for classified
employees.
But some friendly legislators
are worried that if amendments
are offered to the bill in the
form of 10 or IL per cent pay
raises or more, then the whole
pay raise drive could collapse
then and there.
y y
PAY FEATURES Regard
less of the controversy over its
cost, the Morrison bill does
contain provisions for correct
ing some of the basic pay in
equities in both the classified
and postal pay systems.
Regarding classified en-
.ployes, the bill would increase
the size of the within steps
raises proportionate to the
range of salary an employe is
drawing. The within-step in
creases would range from $110
in grade l to $3.50 in grade 18.
The present within step
raises range from $95 to $240.
Also. all within-steps would
be given annually. At present,
only those below grade II get
their within-Steps annually
employees in the higher grades
now get their withn-steps every
18 months.
Four additional within-steps
would be added to the first four
grades to give employees in these
lower-paying jobs increases in
their salaries for four addi-
tional years. Several additional
within-steps would be added to
the middle and upper grades.
The present $17,500 pay ceiling
would be raised to $19,500.
Longevity pay steps would be
liberalized, adding one more
longevity pay step to the cur
rent three and liberalizing the
increases of all four steps. Also,
employees would only have to be
in the Government for 10 years
to get their first longevity, in
stead of having to have been in
the same grade for 10 years.
And supervisors who made less
money than the people they
supervised automatically would
be given a higher salary.
Evening star., 1960-01-26
Charges Dropped
In Purchase of
Machine Gun

United States Commissioner
James F. Splain yesterday dis
missed charges against a Wash
ington man who had been ac-
cused Of illegally buying a ma
chine gun.
The charge against John A.
Griggs. %, of the 1900 block
Of K street Sc, was dropped
after an assistant United States
attorney said apparently no
criminal intent was shown. He
also said the defense could con-
tend that entrapment was used
to arrest Mr.. Griggs.
Mr.. Griggs was seized in the
1400 block Of G street NV.
Evening star., 1960-01-26
Flyer Freed as Cured
OfBod Check Psychosis

1851 in Oregon and in 1856 in
Iowa on check charges, each
time after he had established
himself in community and
become a prosperous business
man.
THE pen is mightier than
the sword" said DR.. Robinson,
when asked if he believed Rus
sell was dangerous. The law
says that even though a man
may have recovered his sanity,
he may not be freed from the
mental hospital until he is
considered harmless.
Flew 40 Missions
DR.. Michael M. Miller, a psy-
chiatrist called to testify by
Russell, said he believed the
man was suffering from psy-
choneurotic reactions, but was
ready to prove himself to the
outside world. Continued asso-
citation with mentally ill peo-
pie at st. Elizabeths would be
harmful for him, he said.
RuSsell's war record was re-
lated by C. w. Doyle, bonn
bardier-navigator for Russell
during the China campaign,
and director of the 14th Air
Force Association. Russell had
been awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross, Bronze Star and
Air Medal after flying 40 mis-
sionS in a BIS. He shot down
three enemy aircraft and was
credited with sinking $4,000
tons of enemy shipping.
Mr.. Doyle was with him when
his plane was shot down near
Japanese-held Hankow and
Evening star., 1960-01-26

A lanky World War II fly
ing ace was freed from st.
ElizabethS Hospital yesterday
after the judge decided that
he was ready to prove himself
once more in society.
Robert s. Russell, now a
lined and weary 40, was conf
dent he could make a successful
new start-he had done so be-
fore several times since he left
China in 1945 suffering from
combat fatigue.
There were his old fly mates
from Gen. Claire Chennault's
Flying Tigers, the 14th Air
Force, ready to vouch for him
during the habeas corpus hear
ing.
Russell has been in st. Eliza
beths Hospital for IA months
and wanted his freedom from
the building where he was con-
fined with hundreds of other
men, many Of them psychotic.
Previous Cases
District Court Judge Leonard
P. Walsh decided he had re-
covered despite testimony from
st. Elizabeths psychiatrist Lu-
ther B. Robinson, who had
testified that Russell, while not
pSychotic, was perpetually
dangerous because he might
write some more bad checks.
Russell had been sent to the
hospital in October. 1858, after
he was found not guilty because
of insanity. Russell had ad-
mitted he had overdrawn his
bank account by $3.50.
He admitted convictions in
Evening star., 1960-01-26

last Friday by Treasury agents,
accompanied by Washington
police, after they were told of
a mythical plot to ship arms to
Argentina from Washington. In
Mr.. Griggs' home, they said, =
machine gun was found under
q sofa.
Wilton Kiefer, a group su-
pervisor of the Treasury Alco-
hol and Tobacco Tax Unit here,
said Mr.. Griggs was charged
with activating a deactivated
weapon because he failed to
pay a $500 transfer tax on 1t.
Mr.. Kiefer said reports of the
gm-running trip were q hoax
to help Mr.. Griggs sell a boat
on commission at the Anacos-
tia Marine Service, of which
he is owner. in the 100 block
of M street Sc.
Evening star., 1960-01-26

Temperatures In Various Cities
Below-zero temperatures preceded
by letter p
Evening star., 1960-01-26

time. the indictment alleged.
Willie Galbreath. jr.. 33, Of
the 100 block of Twenty first
street, NE, was indicted on q
charge of first degree murder
involving the fatal stabbing of
Pearl K. Brant, 35, Of the 2100
block of Maryland avenue,
NE. The victim was found with
her throat cut December %
at the Maryland avenue ad-
dress.
Evening star., 1960-01-26
German Hits
Soft Books
On Nuzis

The Nazi regime is treated
too leniently" in history text
books in Germany. a German
author and critic said yester-
day.
Work to improve our books
to talk more about national
socialism and the crimes COM
mitted under it-has to be
DONE, DR.. Hans E. Holthusen
said.
He suggested that the soft"
treatment of Hitler might be a
partial explanation for the re-
Evening star., 1960-01-26

was sponsored yesterday by
Representative Morrison, Dem
ocrat of Louisiana, second
ranking member of the House
Civil Service Committee.
But aside from Mr.. Morrison,
employe groups are not having
an easy time lining up other
influential sponsors for the leg
islation which would give an
average 12.5 per cent increase
orclassified workers and about
a 20 to % per cent raise to
postal employees.
Even on the Senate side,
where Federal pay raise legis-
lation action is usually initi-
ated on Capitol Hill, such
staunch Government and pos
tai employe champions as
Chairman Johnston of the
Senate Civil Service Commit
tee are disturbed over the
amounts requested by the en-
ploye groups.
Senator Johnston, who ira
ditionally has sponsored Fed
eral employe pay raise legiSla-
tion on the Senate side, has
not yet indicated what he will
do. The Senator is on record
as favoring some kind of a pay
raise, but he wants to hold it
down to modest size.
OF course, the Federal en-
ploye groups don't expect to get
the size of the pay raise they
are asking for. But they feel
that a satisfactory compromise
can only be achieved by aiming
high-at what they feel are le-
gitimate objectives. They have
nearly always been successful
in past pay-raise drives and
feel they are on the right track
this time.
However, some legislators
feel that employe groups would
do better to set their pay raise
sights lower and thus line up
more congressional support.
The Democratic leadership in
Congress in this election year is
sensitive to the charge leveled
at them by President Eisen-
hover that the Democratic
Party is the party of Spend
erS."
Also, in view Of the fact that
President Eisenhower has raised
the hope that the $4.2 billion
surplus he estimates for the
1851 fiscal year will bring about
tax cuts for Americans next
year, the Democrats in Con-
gress are leery about voting
any big Government pay raise
that could be blamed for dash
ing any tax cut possibility.
The fact also remains that
any siZable Government pay
raise bill would be almost sure
to be vetoed by President Eisen-
hover, and it is unlikely that
Congress could override.
Thus. 1t appears that only q
modest pay raise would have a
chance of securing the sig
nature of the President, who
already has announced his
opposition to any general Gov
ernment pay raise this year.
The best bet for Government
workers still remains the 2l2
per cent temporary portion of
the 1858 10 per cent postal-pay
raise. The az per cent is
due to expire at the end of
the year and thus Congress is
obliged to act on making it
permanent. In the process there
undoubtedly will be moves to
Evening star., 1960-01-26
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
81 Billion Pay Raise
CONGRESS Pause
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Stad Writer

The size Of the raises being requested by many Of the
postal and classified employe unions has frightened of
the influential members of Congress who might join
backing such legislation
The AFL-CIO postal and classified empoye groups
seeking pay raises that would cost 81 billion year.
- Such combined postal-clased employe pay raise bill
Evening star., 1960-01-26
Gross to Run Aquin

Representative Gross, Repub-
lican of Iowa, said today he will
seek reelection for a seventh
term.
Evening star., 1960-01-26

Shirley highway virginia Route $500,
OF Columbia to Charlottesville. clear.
North and East: District of Colum-
bia to Deleware Memorial Bridge clear:
New Jersey turnpike, clear; New Eng
land, slippery spots and lowered speed
limits on the Massachusetts turnpike; /;
scattered slippery spots In Maine and
Vermont; District Of Columbia to Har-
risburg, Pa, clear.
RIVER REPORT
Potomac River clear at Harpers
Ferry and slightly muddy at Great
Falls. Shenandoah clear at Harpers
Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight ---- q Noon ------- 80
sam. - Il 8pm. - 35
Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest, ST. on January 10.
Lowest. 20. on January %.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States and
Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
Hish --------- 6:05 am. 7:06 am.
High ------- B:37 pm. 7;35 pm.
Low 1884 am. l5O pm.
For high and low tides at the fol
lowing points subtract times indicated
from above
Annapolis. G hours: Bloody Point
Light, 3 hours: Colonial Beach. 6A
hours: Dsale. 3 hours: solomons Is
land, 5 hours: Point Lookout, hours.
hours.
The Sun and Moon
Rises Sets
Sun today - ?l9a,m. b;22 pm.
Sun tomorrow 7:l9 am. 5:23 pm.
Automobile lights must be turned
IN one-half hour after Sunset
Evening star., 1960-07-12
Age Angle Studied

One Kennedy supporter
pointed out that Senator Sy-
mington, who is SO, would help
meet the objections to Senator
Kennedy's youthfulness and is
well placed geographically, be-
ing from the Midwest. The
same source noted that Senator
Symington had not antagonized
any Of the other contenders in
the pre-convention campaign.
The question of whether
Senator Symington would ac-
cept second place on the ticket
was another matter, however.
One of the Senator's closest
friends said he would not ac-
cept the vice presidential NOM
ination. He is still running for
the top spot, this source said.
But Cows. James T. Blair OF
Missouri and Michael v. Di-
Sale of Ohio thought Senator
Symington would accept. u
think he might take it." Gov.
Blair told the Associated Press,
Gov. David L. Lawrence Of
Pennsylvania said q Kennedy
Symington ticket would be the
strongest the Democrats could
offer.
Asked at his news conference
If Senator Johnson would be
considered for Vice President,
Evening star., 1960-07-12
SUFFRAGE

Continued From First Page
consistently have been stalled
in the House District Commit
tee. There is a slight chance
that a bill to establish a ter
ritorial form of government
could be pried from the House
committee in August with a
discharge petition. But the bill
probably will die with adjourn
ment Of the 86th Congress.
Congress cleared this session
the constitutional amendment
which would allow Washing
tonianS their first vote for
President and Vice President
in l60 years. Hawaii already
has ratified the suffrage resolu-
ton. Three-quarters of the
States, or 81 more, must follow
suit before the amendment be-
comes law.
Democrats today control 80
State Senates and 40 lower
houses. They have put "a DEM
ocrats in gubernatorial seats so
party leaders regard the Dis
trict plank. If accepted by the
convention. an almost binding
pledge of ratification.
Already, AZ Governors of 4S
polled by The Star have said
they favor the amendment CIV
ing Washington citizens the