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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-06-03
WSU Enrolment Cut
For First Time

For TIT first time in the his
tory of the University we Will
be forced to turn away fully quail.
fled applicants" said Or Cha
renee B. IIilbcrry. Wayne State
president
Hilbcrry's statement was made
at the meeting Of the University 5
Board Of Governors recently.
rollment restrictions and drastic
budget curtailmcnts.
The action was taken as a re.
sub of cut in state appropria.
tons The Legislature recon-
mendcd that the University re-
cciNc $4,000 less in next year S
budget than il is receiving now
iiiIberry told the board that
the University will need $3.50, 900
more in the next fiscal year
Simply TO exist at present levels. -
Several hundred high school
seniors will be refused admission
TO WAYNE State next year. In
addition, SIX per cent across
the board reduction has hccn
ordered in all University budgets.
The six per cent curtailmcnt
represents approximately the
sum the University would need
to operate as it did this year
keeping in mind that this VA,
below the level we felt necessary
to maintain and improve the
kind Of quality Of education we
believe our students are entitled
to." IIilbcrry noted.
Our expenditures must be re-
duecd so that income covers our
costs AS result some students
Who want to come here will not
find the opportunity to do so.
DETROIT TRIBUNE SATJl
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-06-03

DETROIT TRIBUNE SATURDAY JUNE 8. 1861
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-04-16

R6A0
Duty "a Hours OoY Coll Collect within 75ne Rod
cont coII-WRTE Electric Work insfolsd by Licensed o.
EIeefueon. Plumbing Work insfoDsd by Registered
Plumber Atonies Code OF Business Ethics and rigid ps
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25
Keith Me0endon Head
Freedom fund Dinner

Two prominent Detroit citizens
have been selected To head the
9th Annual 500 Fight for Free
dom Dinner Detroit Branch Ma
tlonal Association for the Adj.
Nanccment of Colorcd People.
Chairman Of the 1861 Dinner is
Damon }. Keith. lawyer. third
yicc-prcsldcnl Of the Detroit
Branch NAACP and President Of
The Detroit Housing Commission.
Serving as Co-Chairman of the
Dinner is Or. James }. Meclendon.
a National Board member Of the
NAACP and a onc.lme president
OF the local Branch
The Freedom Dinner viii be
held on Sunday. April 9, 1861 at
pm. in cobo Hall. The Officers
of the Dinner have expressed a
confident hope that this year 5
Dinner attendance will exceed
the 100 persons who participant.
ed last year.
In an effort 10 strengthen the
base of the Dinner program and
TO insure the Embarrassing goal
this year a total of IS persons
have accepted membership on
the Dinner Committee.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25

WHARTON'S road TO an am
bassadorship has been the hard
way. His first State Department
job in 1925 was as law clerk
al Sl,860 year.
Three years ago, President
Dwight D. Eisenhower named him
minister 10 Bucharest. Prior TO
that appointment, Wharton had
been consul general at MsrseiIIe,
France.
In going up the ladder TO his
consul generals post, Wharton
served at such points as Monrovla,
Liberia; Las PalmaS, Canary Is
lands; Tananarivc, Madagascar,
Ponta Dclgada, Azores; and Lis
bon, Portugal
Wharton was born i'll Baltimore
May IL, 1899.
lie attended Boston University,
received a law degree there in
1920 and practiccd law in Boston
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25
CORE Wires Atty General;
s. {. Police Halt Attacks

SUMTER, 5. C.-Attacks by po-
lice OH Negro CORE members
ended after CORE National Dl-
rector James Farmer wired AT.
torncy General Robert Kennedy
to ask for immediate federal in
tcrvcntl0n.
Farmers telegram read: sum
ter, South Carolina police have
today assaulted three students in
Guiding Clifford Sumner, chair
man of Sumter Student CORE.
1 his violation of civil rights ere
ating tense situation requiring
urgent federal attention. Affi-
davits will follow
CORE Field Director Gordon
r.. Carey flew to Sumter TO make
an on-thc.spot investigation.
Farmer acted after receiving
reports from the Doctor who had
treated the students in the all
and from CORE Field Secretary
James 7. Mccain. Mccain insisted
that a doctor be called after he
visited the students in Jail.
The next day the three stud
cnts who had been beaten elf
ford Sumner. David Rayon. Jr.
and Joshua PrielcaD were re-
leased on 500 bail provided by
CORE.
Two other Morris College stud
cnts arrested the previous day
on a sit-in remained in Jail. These
students are Herman X. Harris
and Ivor Moore. All of the CORE
members are scheduled TO be
uiod by Recorders Court Judge
Ramon Schwartz on February 81
Judge Schwartz recently said
that the White Citizens Council
should have been started not
five years ago but 20 years ago
Clifford Sumner said: "YcStcr-
day | was al the head of the
group marching downtown. a po-
liccman grabbed me by the seat
Of my pants and said. Boy didn't
I tell you 10 go back lie pushed
me into a car and Int me on the
size Of the head with his fist. As
Freddy Rayon and walked into
tho police station two cops hit
me from behind. After a while
they took my clothes off and
hit me again. When DR. Bultman
came he gave me pill for the
pain"
The day after the arrests more
'tss~ 7nn e"~.ssl-. s,~fsro rharifP.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25
Weaver Resigns
NAACP Position

NEW YORK, - The NAACP
national Board of Directors mas
accepted with regret the re-
slgnatlOn OF It's chairman, robert
4. weaver.
Dr. weaver resigned as head
Of the Association 43-memDcr
board on FEB. 10, a day before
nc took oath of office as Admin
strator OF the Housing and Home
FINANCE Agency which directs
the federal governments mani
moth housing program.
In a letter TO Arthur Splngarn,
read TO the Board of Directors
at it Feb. i4th meeting, DR..
Weaver said:
II need not tell you what a
privilege il has been for me to
serve as Chairman of the Board.
do appreciate the many eovrte-
sizes which you and the other
members Of the Board have ex-
tended 10 me and ! cherish the
cooperation Of the staff.
IL am confident that the work
of the Association, vital as it
is to the preservation and strcng-
thcning OF the democracy will be
accelerated in the years to come"
The January meeting of the
NAACP Board voted to fill the
vacancy caused by DR.. Viewers
anticipated resignation at the
next major policy meeting OF the
Board in April.
DR.. Weaver, was designated
u. S. housing chief by President
John +. Kennedy and he took
the oath of office during a White
House ceremony attended by the
President on Feb. IL.
A Harvard.traincd economist,
DR.. Weaver was formerly one Of
The three members Of New York
City's Housing and Rcdcvclop-
nssnf Jlnnrd
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25
Unemployment Topic
At NAACP Meeting

over 800 delegates are expect
cd to attend an NAACP-Sp0n-
sorcd leadership conference here.
March 1913. GloSlcr t. Current.
director of branches, announced
this week.
Mounting unemployment and
continuing problems of diScrlml-
nation in housing and in cduca-
ton will be among the chief is
sues confronting delegates, Mr.
Current said.
The cOntcrccS viii represent
the Associations Region Ill which
embraces the midwest
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25

deputies, the state highway pa
troll and members Of the civil
cefense ringed the Morris Col
icge campus. Students stood by
and laughed and ieered.
In a related development $50
students of Allen and Benedict
College in Columbus sat in al
i've lunch counters krcss. Me
Crory, SiIvcrs and Walgrccn
closed their counters and only
NColworth remained open All
lunch counters in Rock Hill have
closed since the recent demon
STATIONS which resulted IN road
gang sentences Tor nine CORE
member.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25
Rusk sIops Clause

Dean Rusk. Secretary OF state
refused TO sign a realty deed with
a restrictive clause against selling
or leasing to Negroes or Jews
home recently bought in Wash
ingtons exclusive Spring Valley
section.
The Supreme Court rulcd in
1913 that such restrictions cannot
be enforced but deeds to Spring
Valley homes carry such clauses
as do homes in other sections Of
the Capitol City
Rusk demanded that the real
estate agent remove the clause
from the deed. The Secretary felt
very strongly about this, State
Department Spokesman said.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25

in that office.
Wharton has served in diplo-
matte posts for 80 years. He IS
now minister to Romania, his
present post As Ambassador to
Norway he will succeed Miss
Frances L. Willis.
AS ambassador at~OSlo, Whar-
ton will hold the highest rank
ever attained by a member of
his race as a United States career
Other Negroes have served as
ambassadors, but they held their
posts as political appointceS
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25

The suit filed hy Carl Fit.
patrick 81. Of 74l w Euclid
complained that his civil rights
were violated when nc was ar.
rested Dee 10 and held for 70
hours without sleep and not al.
lowed to communicate with his
wife or lawyer
Fitzpatrick also says that he
WAS beaten. threatened with a
gun and forced 10 take part in
showups as we'll as undo % scv.
cral lie tests
The suit came ore day after
the United States Supreme Court
ruled that individuals can sue To-
cal police for damages in FEEDER al
Court under an 1871 civil rights
law.
The ruling. made in a Chicago
case said that the suits must be
brought against individuals. not
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25
FREEDOM NOT DISORDER" IS CONGO HOPE

Therefore, while American Me-
groes may be no more clear on
many aspects OF the Congo sisvs-
ton than their white fellow eifi-
1ens, they are clear in their be-
lief that their country should
help the consoIese people 70 self
sustaining independence and that
Belgian eoloniIers should not be
replaced with Soviet Union col
cnizers."
Further. they DO not wish. MIR
wilkins said. for this country
TO do anything TO facilitate con-
troll of the Congo by any Euro
pcan nation, or by any African
nation or faction acting in be.
half Of a European power"
Register Now - Vote in April
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25
"J0BlEsS AID IS SPEEDED IN HOUSE"
HEARINGS END. BILL IS READIED"


WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-THE emergency vnempoy-
menf insurance extension that is the No. item President
kennedys recovery program appeared today TO be in line
Tor House consideration within the fortnight.
The House Ways and Means Committee completed
hearings on the schedule and prepared
in closed session Tuesday mark up final draft THE
COMMITTEE APPEARED DISPOSED TO APPROVE THE
ADMINISTRATIONS REQUEST FOR A so PER CENT Ex
TENSION IN THE DURATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS, BUT THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS THAT
IT MIGHT ACT TO CHANGE THE ENHANCING METHOD
ASKED BY THE PRESIDENT.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25

before entering government SER
vice.
SCOTT. So. is career empIoye
OF the postal service. who started
as a substitute clerk in the Los
Angeles office in 1923. He is now
superintendent Of outgoing mail
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25

NEW NORl<--lt IS nal
should protest the Congo de
murder of Patricc Lumumba
tive secretary. declared this
But the demonstrations at the
United Nations on Feb. ID do not
represent either the sentiment
on the tactics of American Ne
er0cs." Mr.. wilkins said
The press labelling of the dis
turbancc as activity of US. Ne.
crocS' has created a misleading
picture of the position of Amcri-
can Negro citizens" he declared
The truth. he asserted. is that
too many Of our citizens end pub
lie officials have failed 70 sppre-
ciaic the deep and warm feeling
American Negroes have iowsrd
Tho efforts az Africans 10 achieve
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25
LAW UNTO HIMSELF
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURES

C.S Sentinel 2-25
DETROIT Fourth church,; Florence Middsvgh, Church,
5240 w. Chicago Blvd PM, Friday, March TO-
WAYNE: Lola May AuItmsn, Benjamin Franklin Jun
Tor High School, Howell Rd and Annapolis 8 PM. sstur.
day, March H.
NO COLLECTIONS EVER
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25
Kennedy Names z
To High Fed. Posts

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Presdent Kennedy announced
the selection this week of Negro foreign
officer Clifton X. Wharton to be ambassador Norway
and nominated Christopher Columbus Scott deputy
ant postmaster general for transportation Both
highest position which Negro been named each
field
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25

Hart, Detective Named
In $4,000 Civil Suit

The arrest of an eXconvct in the Maryn Donohue
murder has resulted in $4,000 suit against Police Com
missioner Herbert w Hart and Detective Charles Perry
in Federal Court
The slln flll ~ c.rl Eli, -a.a.n.t li1ln-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25

Homicide detectives picked up
Fitzpatrick on a up that he had
sought work IN the James CouzcnS
area where Miss Donohuc. a see
rotary. was stabbed to death on
Dec Z
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25

IVY W lihAAAos ANAlAhNA NHNNO-
week.
freedom from eoIoniaIism.
This emotion" Mr. wilkins
declared. is heightened as they
note the determinations and in
capabilities they themselves CON
tinuc to suffer 90 years after the
Emancipation Proclamation"
The result is that American
Negroes tend to identify them.
selves with the Africans. who
are struggling against the with
holding of freedom and human
dignity by white people. who
except for language. could be
Mississippians or Alabamians or
South Carolinians." he said.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25
CE0RCl ,GT0N
KEEP ALIVE >NsCIENcE

BY ANDREW F. FRUEHAUF, c.s ~
LABOR FOREVER TO KEEP ALIVE IN YOUR ICON
SCIOUSNESSl THAT LITTLE but MIcHryl spApx or
CELESTIAL FIRE - CONSCIENCE"
AND HOW THE FATHER" OF OUR COUNTRY =
PROTESTANT PRACTICED The POWER
- OF PRAYER!
AND WAS
LAW UNTO himself
ACCORDING TO HIS HIGHEST CONCEPT OF THE CHRIST
LINCOLN LET HIS WIFE TALK HIM INTO GOING
TO The THEATRE - VS.. HIS WILL THAT LAST
NIGHT!
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25
DEVIL TAKES re. DUPE. SUCKER
FOR SO YEARS Plus

JAMES D. CHISHOLM. 10. SON OF A VcE-PREsI-
DENT OF NATIONAL BANK OF DETROIT.
INJURED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT JAN.
DIED SUNDAY, JAN. n, IN A ST. JOSEPH. MCH
GAN HOSPITAL, TWO WEEKS TRIAL OF SATAN
BOUND" WoULDBE FRIENDS
See DEVIL TAKES re-. Page 2
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25
BABY BOY DIES IN GUN ACCIDENT"

Free Press l.28
Kenny MeEroy
TRAGIC MYTH OF MONO CHRIST SCIENTIST
PARENTS. CHURCH. EDUCATION!
IMPURE ENTERTAINMENT, FOLLIES OF REcREA-
TON WHICH 'REcS' BUT DOES NOT DIvlNELY REcRE-
ATE
Free Press l-28-"A 61a-monh-oId boy shot to
death accidentally when shotgun his brothers and a
neieibor boy playing with discharged. Dead on
arrival at Receiving Hospital was Kenny McEIroy -.
SATAN, VIA "HEART ATTACK" = THINKING
SUFFOCATION : TAKES R0SEvILLE HIGH
SCHOOL TEACHER FOR 40 YEARS!
DEVILS mo BUSINESS like
SHOW BUSINESS" :
SPIRITUAL MALPRACTICE. TOGETHER WITH
SATAN BOUND" EUROPEAN RELIGIOUS CRIPPLESI
AND IMPURE. NON-cHRIST SCIENTIST THERA-
PEUTIcS PUT ON SACK CLOTH AND ASHES!
News LIS - "TEAcHER STRICKEN WHILE ACTING,
DIES"
-. while rehearsing his role in play J. Douglas
Hughes 80 teacher Roseve High School, English, died
of heart attack
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25
SEE BACK PACE FOR REVELATIONS OF

SEE BACK PAGE FOR REVELATIONS OF
EXCLUSIVE REALITY : ETERNAL PERFECTION
OF GODS CREATION YOUR TRUE BEING =
AND EXPOSURE OF THE MYTHS = DEVIL.
HELL, SIN, BIRTHS. DISEASE. DEATH. WARS.
MATTER T! ADAM-EvE. NUMEROUS CAIN.
JUDAS : "CHAsTlY FARCE" : FOOTING sAULs
OF TARsUs, 90 YEARS PLUS RIP VAN WRINKLE.
N0N-CHRIsT SCIENTIST CLERGY LAYMEN.
TEnnCue nACEre1
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25

Register Now = Vote in April
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-02-25

atural that American Negroes
developments which led to the
Ia, Roy Wilkins, NAACP exccu-
, 1,,ool
Evening star., 1961-03-26

Tax-sGVer Why is The Federal
Government feeling kindly towuvd piz5a
PieS2
Big demand for this dish has saved
the government from buying cheese
under dairy-support program. Cheese
is one of the main ingredients of pizza
pies. MS, INDIANAPOLIS
No doY-dreomins? . What scientific
experiment in classroom construction MiN
be made next year in a California school
near Palm Springs?
Students will attend classes in win
dowless building to test effects on heat
ing, cooling, control of dust, pollen and
whether there will be any psychological
drawbacks, such as claustrOphobia.
Mill, GLENDALE, CALF.
Stomp act What stamp brought
record price of $4,000 at Il recent Net0
York auction?
A24-cent airmail with the airplane in
the center upside down. Only one sheet
of 100 was sold before being recalled by
the Post Office Department in 1918, and
the whereabouts of all but nine is known
p. L. LAS CRUCES, N. M.
Top ten -. Recent population data from
the -four corners Of the globe has resulted
Evening star., 1961-03-26

in some noteworthy changes in the lineup
of the wOrLdS ten largest cities. What
city has replaced Lmdom as Mc biggest
metropolis
Tokyo, with total of 9, ,l02, ,029 pco-
pie. London is now in second place, with
New York third.
Debut H. Rem Japanese mOrie,
''Bndge To The Sum-" mhat role WiW be
portrayed by an actor for The first time in
history
That of the Emperor of Japan. The
Japanese royal household recently
granted permission.
-M.K.S., MT. VERNON, N. Y.
Thirsty HOIC long tcOuLd it take an
acreage nOtOTiSt to consume as much fuel
as does BOeing 7O7 jet diriiner on a
I45-minute flight from Miami to NeW
York?
Seven years of driving. according to
airline officials. The 707 swallows 5000
gallons of fuel, while motorist Us
miles gallon) can drive $4,000 miles on
that amount. M.A.W., SPOKANE, WASH.
NOTE We will poV IS Tor question ond used this
column Questions based news ond clipping c.
WEEK. ASS lexington Avenue New Yo w. NJ Y Unoccepted
contributions counot be acknowledged returned.
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2. Umlaut:: (a) East German
soldier; Cd side dish for
knockwurst; Co German &C.
cent mark.
3. Usury: (a) lending money
at high rates of interest; CD
refurbishing used furniture:
Co careful economy.
4. Vacuous: (a) airless; 90
without tenants; Co without
intelligence.
5. Vagary: ca tramp; CD
caprice: (c) loss of memory
6. Venal: ca recurring In
Springtime; (b) mercenary:
(c) bringing blood to arteries
7. Vendetta: (a) feud; (b)
Neapolitan oratorio; (c) Vene-
tan folk dance.
8. Vintner: (a) one who
paints vints; (b) wine mer-
chant; Cc) tender Of vines.
9. Vireo: (a) wall-size TV:
CD waspish woman; Co small
songbird.
10. VicariouS. (a) flibberty-
gibberty; CD living as vicar
Co performed by another.
Answers: lib; &c; ga; 4-c:
5-b; 6-b; Ia; 8-b; &C; lO-c.
4 4
Do you know the most COM
errors of grammar and usage
and how to avoid them? For
a list of common mistakes and
advice on how to improve your
speech and writing, send a self
addressed, stamped envelope
plus 10 cents to cover handling
to William Morris, Good
Grammar" in care of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-06
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
KERRY DRAKE
JULIET JONES
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

So you think you're a whiz
with words? Well here are 10
slightly ont of the ordinary
words and the guess here is
that some of them will stump
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-06

you. At any rate, you'll find
them a challenge. Simply try
to find which Of the lettered
phrases "a, b, G. is closest in
meaning to each numbered
word. When you have checked
the answers against the key al
the bottom you'll know how
bright you are today. 100 is
excellent; 10 is only fair.
/. Ubiquitous: (a) tempes-
tuous; (b) in all places at
once; Co lonely.
Evening star., 1961-08-09
New York-Moscow, by Air

Reciprocal Russian American COM
mercial air service between New York
and Moscow has come a long step
closer with announcement by our State
Department that inter- governmental
negotiations under way here during the
past three weeks have come to point
Of basic agreement. Formal signing of
the agreement, it was announced, awaits
only the settlement OF a few minor
technical details.
At that point, however, a new level
of conversations will get under way
directly between Pan American World
Always, the certificated United States
carrier, and Aeroflot, the Soviet state
airline, on such matters as terminal
and navigational facilities, maintenance
services, passenger handling, advertising
and so forth. Service is not expected
to begin over the 5,0O0-n1ile route,
probably nonstop, before next spring.
In operation, 1t will represent direct
competition between an American
private enterprise facility and
government-owned carrier that is un-
concerned about profit-and-los eco
nonnics. In a sense, the civil airways
will then be an expanded battle-ground
in the economic warfare that Premier
Khrushchev has pledged against the
West in general and the United States
in particular.
1t is noteworthy that the govern
mental negotiations here have been
described as lacking in pickering or
tension. For reasons of their own,
after backing off several other efforts
in recent years to reach an agreement
on Russian-American service, the Soviet
authorities decided at this time they
were ready and willing. Aeroflot already
flies into most West European capitals,
with reciprocal rights to Moscow exer-
cised by the flagships of Britain, France,
Belgium, Holland and the Scandinavian
countries.
Whether the tourist traffic between
New York and Moscow will be high, in
either direction, is yet to be seen. 1t
appears, however, to be in the long term
interest of international communica-s
tions, and aperhaps of International
relations, to have such an air service.
Evening star., 1961-08-09

Q. Please give the religious
symbolism that has been
connected with the shell Of
the sand dollar.-w. B.
A. The types of sea tirchins
which have flat shells are
called sand dollars; their
shells differ somewhat in
shape and in markings, and
therefore in symbolism. When
abraded by sand and bleach
ed BY sun, however, all are q
smooth, cleaning white
symbolic Of purity. On top
of each is an outline Of an
Easter lily, with comb-like
edges symbolic Of the Crown
OF Thorns. The center Of the
lily forms a five-pointed star.
representative Of the Star of
Bethlehem. Certain Sits and
holes which appear in each
shell are. said to represent
the wounds Of the Crucifix-
ion.
Evening star., 1961-08-09
Bad Time at the Met

: It's hard to believe that New York's
World-fannous Metropolitan Opera is
going to be closed for the 1862 season
or that its annual spring tour of
America is to be cancelled Rudolph
Bing, the Nets celebrated general man
ager, says he can see no hope of escaping
such action, but there are some patrons
Of the arts who take a more or less
optimistic view Of the situation.
This optimism is based on the fact
that in recent years, because of labor
disputes, there have been two similar
announced shutdowns of the Met, but
neither of these actually occurred. So
there is hopeful feeling, at least in
some quarters, that Mr.. Bing and Local
802 of the American Federation of
Musicians will settle their differences
in time to avert the threatened closing
and cancellation-a thing that would
be viewed as a kind of disaster In the
world of music-lovers, excepting those,
of course, who may agree with Charles
Lambs bitter observation: Il have sat
through an Italian opera till, for sheer
pain, and ineXplicable anguish, have
rushed out into the noisiest places of
the crowded streets to solace myself
with sounds that was not obliged to
follow.
Anyhow, Soprano Rise Stevens has
telegraphed an exhortation to President
Kennedy suggesting that he deal as
firmly with the Met as with Berlin. 1t
may be doubted, however, that the
White House needs to do so. After all,
If Emusic hath charms to soothe a
savage breast/To soften rocks, or bend
a knotted oak," it ought also to be