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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21
By the Associated Press

The Republican National
Committee today branded as
dishonest" q memorandum on
the record of the first session
of the Kennedy Congress which
it said White House staff mem
berS showed 80 Washington
newsmen at an off-the-record
briefing in a private home.
The committee in its publica-
ton Battle Line" said Theo-
dore C. Sorensen and Lawrence
F. O'Brien, aides to President
Kennedy, tried unsuccessfully
to convince the reporters that
Mr.. Kennedy had scored the
greatest first-year legislative
record in history, succeeding
with 80 major bills.
THE baSically dishonest
nature Of the White House
memorandum" said the COM
mittee, sis confirmed by the
fact that SorenSen and OBrien
did not have the courage to
list their names on it nor to
indicate In any way on the
document that 1t was prepared
by the White House."
Stamps "PrOpaganda"
The committee accompanied
an extensive reply to the mem
orandum with what it called
a copy of it, on the face of
which the committee stamped
the word propaganda"
The document is dishonest"
the committee said. Gin that it
implies all but one of the 80
major bills listed originated
with the Kennedy administra-
ton. Most are retreads that
have been kicking around the
hill for years. And many, such
as new judgeships, had been
proposed for years by the Eli
senhower administration"
The committee said the only
new" bill mentioned might be
the Peace Corps legislation. 1t
added even this "in reality is
merely a new name-package
for the old point w plan" and
went on to say:
Doubts Major" Tag
1.-THE document is dishonest
in that it pretends that JFK
bills which had their hearts
cut out by Congress are presi-
d entail Accomplishments"
Samples are the Quilted farm
bill, the denial of backdoor
spending for foreign aid. the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21
De GauIIe Set
To Share Rule

PARIS, Sept. 81 (AP)-
President Charles de Gaulle
has announced his decision to
abandon his near dictatorial
powers at the end Of the month.
The decision was widely
hailed today as a first step
toward a return to normal
functioning Of the state. But
doubts were expressed that
Gen. de Gaulle intends to share
much of the deciSion-making
in the important issues facing
France.
Gen. de Gaulle assumed the
special powers April % after
four retired generals attempted
a coup d'etat in Algiers. The
coup was quickly put down.
But Gen. de Gaulle did not
decide until yesterday that
conditions had improved suf-
ficiently to put an end to his
emergency authority.
Urges Firm Policy
Speaking today at the start
of a four-day graSsroots tour,
to sound out French opinion
Gen. de Gaulle said France and
the free world must not falter
before the threats and demands
of the Communist bloc.
If the West bends. the gen.
eral said, first you give up your
hat, then your jacket. then your
shirt, then your skin. Finally
you lose your SOUL"
Protests against Gen. de
Gaulle's continued exercise of
special powers rose to a climax
when he and his supporters
clamped down on a special seS-
sion of Parliament called to dis
cuss the farm problem. Gen. de
Gaulle ruled that the special
session was powerless to legis-
late.
Censure Rejected
Gaullist Assembly President
Jacque Chaban-Delmas threw
out a censure motion criticiZing
the government for its restric-
lions on Parliament.
The conservative Figaro said
in commenting on the De
Gaulle decision to abandon the
special powers September so:
I'VE want to think that
this is a step in the evolution
Of the fashion of governing
and the beginning Of a return
to q harmony of powers lex
ecutive and legislative) which
is more indispensable than
ever"
But Populaire, the organ of
the Socialist Party which had
been hammering hardest at
Gen. de Gaulle in recent days,
declared "the battle for the
Republic is far from
ended a profound change
in French policies is still
necessary"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21
USO to Honor
Catholic Aid

The USO will commemorate
the ninth anniversary of the
participation of the Catholic
Archdiocese of Washington m
its activities for members OF
the armed forces at S pm. Sum-
day, at the USO Club on
Lafayette Square.
Guests of honor will include
the Most Rev. Philip M.
Hannah, auxiliary bishop of
Washington, and Thomas D.
Hinton, executive secretary of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21

National Catholic Community
Service.
The women of Immaculate
Conception Church will serve
a special dinner to military
personnel and other guests fol-
lowing the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21
Cubo's Acts Have Cost
Its Rights, Prodo Says

President Manuel Prado ofPeru declared today
Fdel CastroS Cuba in position to claim the benefits of
the American doctrine of non-intervention.'
In a hard-hng address before g. joint session of Con-
gress Mr. Prado day state visit in Washington also
said communism must be driven of the Americas"
The Peruvian President called again for inter-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-21

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ABroinyMote A
Helps Singer
Get Ahead

HOLLYWOOD (AP).-H
you're an actor and singer,
marry a girl with a business
head.
That's what John Conte
did. Conte for years was
host of TVS Matinee Theater,
but he actually started as a
singer.
His greatest fan, naturally,
was his wife, Ruth. A former
actress, she made a pile of
money in real estate and in
terror decorating.
II was going to save it for
the children" she says, "but
then I decided that it would
be better to invest it in my
husband. After all, he's the
breadwinner Of the family"
Ruth took the money and
formed Chattahoochee Rec
ordS. She put Conte under
contract-even sent him to a
vocal coach to change his
style of singing.
So far, the label has cut
two sides with Conte. They
are selling. One, your Lips
Are Tender" has made some
Of the disc jockey charts.
Now she has put arrangers
and composers under con-
tract-even other singers.
The label, named after a
river in her native Atlanta,
is growing.
But" means Conte, "she
signed me to a straight SAL
ary. I get no royalties from
the business. She's a tough
boss"
Evening star., 1961-06-18
RODGERS
Continued From Page d.

Continued From rage D-1
in the accents Of their ma
tive music and language.
Aside from the songs, the
developing maturity of the
books has contributed to this
artistic status, and so has
the close integration Opera
dances and story.
Some important musicals
have already been mentioned.
Others during the 30S and
early 40s exemplify the un-
usual themes that were used:
The depression driving Ber-
Inns Face the Music"), the
Presidency (Hart'S and my
I'D Rather Be Right" with
George kaufman and Moss
Hart), the history Of early
New York (Kurt WELLS and
Maxwell Anderson'S "Knick-
erbocker HolidayD, psychi-
airy CWeill's and Ira Gersh-
Evening star., 1961-06-18
BY BONNIE AIKMAN
Star staff Writer

Picnic" is the seasonal
choice of the Carrollton
Players this week for their
second public production.
However, as many of us will
recall, it's far from a festive
outing that Playwright Will
liam Inge conducts.
Participants in the three
day excursion are Hugh
Davis, Joan Montfort, Eu-
genia Sorgnit, June Rein
king, Helen Hurley, Jan
Gorow, Lou Harper, Sylvia
Dewey, Jay Owens, Roger Will
namS and Bart Trusale.
Harry Williams is director
for the group, which got
started officially in March of
this year with its version of
ssThe White Sheep of the
Family"
:. Performances of the Inge
play are set for $3.50 pm,
Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day at the Duval Senior High
School in Prince Georges
County.
LESS STARK: To say the
utmost least, is Thornton
Wilder's Skin of Our Teeth"
The Hamsters, Of the Ma
'tional Institutes Of Health,
will stage their version at
$3.50 pm, Thursday, Friday
land Saturday at the air.
conditioned NTH Clinical Gen.
ter. Representing the Antro-
bus family here are Frank
'and Alice Barnhardt, Walter
Clark and Greta Albrecht.
Paul Blank directs.
. AREA NOTE: This Tues
day will mark the opening Of
AN 11-week season by the
Mountain Theater at Brad
dock Heights, Md. The pre-
'miere production is Maxwell
.Anderson's Joan of Lor-
-raine," featuring Beverly
Canning as Joan, Eugene Van
Heckle, Mozelle Cavalier, Ed
Bordo, Daryle Fuller, Bing
Thompson, Wanda Davila,
Dick Smoke and chuck
Rhodes. Cliff Goodwin di-
rectS.
Next up for Mountain The
ater, based a few miles be-
yond Frederick, Nd, is the
Joan Van Druten comedy,
Bell, Book and Candle" A
total of IL plays are set for
the season, running Tuesday
through Sunday with an $3.50
pm. curtain.
WINDING UP: The final
pair of performances of
"Brigadoon" by the Ameri-
can Light Opera Company
will move from Georgetown'S
Trinity Theater to Cramton
Auditorium at Howard Uni
versity. Curtain time for the
Evening star., 1961-06-18

YAIPYAY Fuirfax, Va. CIR. 3-299S
SS SA Free Parking
Evening star., 1961-06-18
Dorothy's Big
In Indonesiu

HOLLYWOOD (AP).-
Dorothy cambridge knows
President Sukarno of 1ndo-
nesia was not kidding when
he told her he was a fan
of hers.
When the Asian leader
visited here last April, he met
Miss cambridge at a party
and told her he had played
Carmen Jones" seven times
at the Palace in Jakarta.
She writes from Sydney.
Australia, where she is doing
a nightclub appearance, that
she has been invited for a
state visist in Indonesia. She
plans on visiting Sukarno on
her way back to the United
States.
Evening star., 1961-06-18

that is the very keynote
of our growing lyric theater.
"West Side Story" is a per-
feet example of this, and so is
MY Fair Lady"
The distinctive form that
has developed in our musical
theater is not, of course.
grand opera in the tradi-
tional sense.
1t is rather a musico-dra
matte expression particularly
native to us; to borrow a
term from industry, it is the
product of American know
how. This implies a marriage,
not only of the arts but also
of the technical aspects Of
modern stagecraft.
The labels don't matter at
all.
Evening star., 1961-06-18
LOCAL DRAMA GROUPS
CorroIIton Players
Stage Inge's Picnic

Lerner and Loewe musical is
at $3.50 pm. Saturday, 2::30
pm. next Sunday.
"CRY" SUBSIDIES: The
Washington Theater Club
offers the final performance
today of Lonny Chapman's
Cry Of the Raindrop." It's
set for 2::30 pm. at 1882 o
street NV.
Following the current Selec-
ton will be four more sum-
mer productions. Arnold
Perls "Tevya and His Daugh-
ters" is set for June 81
through July g; Michael
Shurtleff's Call Me by My
Rightful Name" takes over
July IL through %, Jack
Richardson's "Gallows HUI
NOR" runs July IS through
August 6 and ONeill's "A
Touch of the Poet" winds up
the season August 8 through
20.
The Shurtleff play, Incl
dentally, a frank look at
Negro-white relationships, is
based on a novel by Shirley
Pfoutz, English instructor at
American University. 1t was
one of off-Broadway's more
provocative entries earlier
this season.
EXTRA NOTE: Washing
tons Summer Shakespeare
Festival, set to open with
Twelfth Night" on July /,
is in need of two male extras.
One of these roles, we're
tcld, is a small speaking part.
If, interested, contact Mrs.
Sumner Katz of Arlington or
write to Box 4944, Washing
ton 8, D. c.
Evening star., 1961-06-18
Story Value Proved


Though innovational, eSpe-
cially in its stagecraft, and
generally well received. cal
legro" did not enjoy the sue
cess of oklahoma" or
"Carousel." Hammerstein
frequently spoke of revising
it and trying it again, for
he was as fond of it as I.
The American musical the
ater has produced other sue
cesses-"Bloomer Girl" "An-
ME Get Your Gun" kiss
Me, Kate" South Pacific"
Guys and Dolls" THE King
and l." Gypsy" THE Sound
p of Music "Fiorello!" all
proving the value of the ma
ture story set to music.
The rejection of pat form
ula exemplifies a reaching out
for new subjects and ideas
Evening star., 1961-06-18

in allegro" he came the
closest he had ever come to
autobiography.
Evening star., 1961-06-18

wins Lady in the Dark"),
and that hard look at the
world of the night-club, pal
joey"
Evening star., 1961-06-18
But 1t Succeeded


joey"
But It Succeeded
In "Oklahoma!" (1934 the
songs and dances flowed ma
turally out of the story while
remaining natural to the per-
sonalities of our characters.
Had it failed, "Oklahoma!"
would possibly have been dis
missed as too experimental,
but since it succeeded it is
called innovational. The very
elements that contributed to
it's simple charm were those
that brought objections from
Those Who Know.
"Carousel" Q945), the
next production with Oscar
Hammerstein, was based on
Ferenc Molnar'S "Llllom." We
had the complication of a
European setting and Strug-
gled with that for a long
time until one day the happy
thought came to me to set it
in New England.
We went even farther in
allegro" (194D; the setting
is contemporary and COM
pletely American. For "Al-
legro," Hammerstein supplied
the first original book of our
partnershiu-and it was a
book that meant a great deal
to both Of us personally.
Hammerstein admitted that
Evening star., 1961-07-09
ALL AT SEA
Atlantic Plans 34-Doy
Mediterranean Cruise

getting some support from Joe.
Villefranche and Barcelona. She
returns to New York March Is.
The Greek Lines Olympia
sails from New York January
80 on a 14-day West Indies
cruise which will include stops
at San Juan, st. Thomas,
Bridgetown, st. Georges, Port
Of Spain, La Guaira and VIII
lemstad.
The Santa Maria-now bill
ing itself as the pirate ship
has set one-way fares beginning
at $217.50 for its trips between
Port Everglades and Portugal.
She makes the trip each 80
days, with calls on the way back
at La Guaira, Curaco and San
Juan.
A 33,500-ton liner, with q
cruising speed of "a knots. will
be built in Italy for Home
Lines, Inc. The ship is ex-
pected to enter service In
August of 1868.
81
The SIS Canberra, with the
worlds largest passenger ca
pacity, will make maiden voy-
age calls at North American
ports this month, beginning
with a stop at Vancouver next
Saturday. She win call at San
Francisco July 20 and at Los
Angeles July %. The liner has
a capacity of 2,23S passengers
in two classes, first and tourist
4 y =
Moore -McC Cormack Lines has
launched its SIS Mormaccove
seventh in a series of cargo
passenger liners in the firms
ship replacement program.
Evening star., 1961-07-09
By JACK JONAS
star Travel Editor

The Interior Department has
all but declared war on the
whole United States military
establishment and we would
like to enlist in Interiors
behalf.
The Nations newest National
Park-Haleakala Park on the
Hawaiian island of Maui-was
dedicated last week, and a Ma
tional Park Service official
pointed out the military wants
to put up a radar installation
and cut off a portion of the
summit to visitors.
This, he hinted, was a viola
tion of a spiritual sanctuary
as old as time.
We well remember Pearl
Harbor, but, as Assistant Park
Service Director Hillory A. Toll
son said, there must be equally
feasible sites for a radar in
Btallation which would not in
terfere with the soul-inspiring
view from the mountain.
We also well remember
'Haleakala-the House of the
(Sun"-and the twisting drive
through the clouds up the mar
row scenic road to the 10000
foot summit.
Our guide on that occasion
was Joe Holau, one of the few
tourist guides we have ever en-
countered whose heart was in
his work. The previous day he
had shown us the sheer walls
Of lao Valley and the rugged
beauty of, the Maui coast, but
he was saving the best for last.
Evening star., 1961-07-09
Virginia Beech Lotus
Fete Set July 22-29

festival week does not actually
begin until four days later.
The week will formally open
July % with a bah at the Alan
B. Shepard Convention Center
in Virginia Beach. One Of six
young women will be chosen
Lotus Queen and will reign
over the weeks events. Ad-
mission to the colorful crown
ing and dance will be S. per
couple.
The 50th Army Band from
Fort Monroe will present an
evening concert on the lawn
of the United States Coast
Guard Station on July "a. The
band has performed for the
public every year since the in
ception of the festival. Ad-
mission is free and guests will
seat themselves informally on
the grass py the ocean.
Maintenance Fund
Proceeds from the festival
are used by the woman's club
for scholarship and welfare
work as well as for mainte-
nance of the gardens
I'VE have q savings fund
in case of emergencies, such as
the need for drainage to pro-
tect. the flowers" Mrs. Hiteshew
said. I'VE also paid for an
historical marker we erected in
1856, describing the area and
the flowers"
People who came here some
times picked the flowers to use
as floral arrangements at
home" Mrs. Hiteshew said.
1.-THE situation was becoming
serious. Then our club talked
to the State conservation peo-
pie and had the lotus put on
the conservation list. Now it's
illegal to pick them"
Evening star., 1961-07-09
ALL Ar SEA

American Export Lines has
scheduled the IS Atlantic for
a 12,O0O-mile. 34-day "Sunliner
Cruise" to the Mediterranean
from New York October 6 and
from Port Everglades, Fla,
october 8.
The Atlantic will call twice
at Piraeus, Greece, and will
make a three-day stop at Haifa.
Other ports Of call are Lisbon,
Algeciras and Gibraltar, Naples,
and Palma.
The ship returns November
8, and the next day begins q
series of West Indies Cruises
under the New United States
policy of permitting subsidized
lines to divert ships from des-
ignated trade routes during Off
season.
IlC AG1dIIb1C 1ldS WCoO 41Lu1CC
cruises scheduled for November
10, November 80, December 8
and December 20.
. = I
The Cunard Line will send
its liner Mauretania on a Med
iterranean cruise for the first
time next February 8, with a
16-port itinerary for the 38-
day voyage. The ship will travel
1883 miles, and will cruise the
length Of the Mediterranean
Ports of call include Las Pal
mas, Madeira, Lisbon, Gibral-
tar, Tangier, Messina. Catania,
Malta, Athens, Rhodes, Lar
naca. Port Said, Haifa, Naples,
Evening star., 1961-07-09

appropriate use, merely because
it's easier, more convenient, or
cheaper to do a project here,
rather than elSwhere. lessons
its attractivenc=5 to visitors.
"Such facilities Gas q radar
installation erected high on
the skyline would be visible
from evey corner within the
crater, and for miles along the
approach road. According to
representatives Of the Air Ma
tional Guard, six acres-that
is the whole summit area
would be fenced, and, for safety
and security reasons, people
would have to be barred from
access to the finest view in
the park. -.
This is the highest summit.
I repeat, to deny unrestricted
access to this of all points, is
to deny visitors the right to
the grandest, most distant,
most complete vista on Maui.
AS a reward for his long trip
to the mountaintop. the visitor
will find himself up against a
fenced radar station. -"
We suspect Mr.. Tolson Is
Evening star., 1961-07-09
By JERRY KLINE
contributing Writer

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.-The
lotus. . pale golden flower that
enchanted men in a mythical
land described by Homer in
"The Odyssey" continues even
today to enchant its viewers.
The seventh annual Lotus
Festival, scheduled this year
for July 1929, is inspired by
the impressive blooming this
month of the native American
lotus (nelumbo lutea), a frag-
rant, giant water lily that
grows in profusion a few miles
south Of Virginia Beach.
The 5 acres Of garden at
Sandbridge are believed to con-
tain the largest stand of the
native lilies remaining in the
Nation. More than q thousand
vacationistS at Virginia Beach
and many visitors to the area
view the flowers each year.
Highway marker signs will
be. erected to guide motorists
and the flowers can be seen
from the read. but visitors are
urged not to be satisfied with
a mere driving through view.
You can't really see them
and appreciate them unless you
| get in among them" said Mrs.
Leonard Hiteshew, general
chairman Of the festival. MO
torboat rides are available for
a small charge to take you on
a Smile trip through the gar
den"
Mrs. Hiteshew is a member
of the Cape Henry Woman's
Club, an active civic group that
sponsors the event with the CO.
operation Of the State Depart
ment of Conservation and Ec-
onomlc Development.
Conservation Plan
The club, concerned with a
threatened extinction Of the
lotus in 1854, presented a plan
to save the lotus to the State
conservation agency. The an
nual festival grew from that
plan and has become q major
tourist attraction.
The gardens are located ad-
jacent to historical Tabernacle
Methodist Church, where
luches will be served for visi-
tors from July IS although
1
Evening star., 1961-07-09
longtime Guide

so many words, it was evident
Joe loved Haleakala.
Long Time Guide
. He had been taking tourists
to the rim of the broad ashen
crater since long before the
Federal Govern ent got
around to building a road to
the summit.
I'm those days" he said, "it
was two days up, one day
back" That was by horseback
Now we were making the trip
in one brief. bright morning
by automobile.
Haleakala, the biologists say
is an extinct volcano, one OF
several which pushed up from
the ocean centuries ago to form
the island jewels that are
Hawaii.
Haleakala, the Hawaiian leg
end says, was an early home
of the fire goddess Pele. It was
here, the legend goes on. that
the sun was trapped and held
for several days, causing the
s5ared crater that is one oi
the 50th States great tourist
attractions.
The trip to the top is a bo-
tanical lesson. You leave the
warm, tropical sugar cane anc
pineapple lowlands, journey
through forests and hilly
meadows similar to those o1
southeastern Ohio, plunge into
the mountain-clinging clouds
and emerge into the scrubby
trees which herald the timber
line.
Evening star., 1961-07-09
GET UP AND GO!
House of the Sun Blazing Once More,
This Time Over Modern Controption

the crater, the Park Service
has planted a small crop of
silverswords near the Visitor
Center.
In his speech dedicating
Haleakala National Park -
since 1915 it had been part of
Hawaii National Park, split
between two islandS-Mr. Toll
son said:
"Haleakala is a most effec-
tive attraction for visitors from
other countries and the main
land. The desecration of Hal
eakala National Park by in
Evening star., 1961-07-09
PABLO cASALS TOP ARTIST
AT ISRAEL MUSIC FESTIVAL

Pablo Casals who will both play and conduct heads
group Of visiting artists who win take part in IEaels
first music festival, August 26-September 49,
The opening concert to be held in Jerusalem viii be
hghlghted by the premiere Of Bar Mtzvah Israel"
Darius Mihaud cantata for mixed choir and chamber
orchestra It especially commissioned for the festival
Visiting artists viii include Maureen Forester
Canadian conralto; Washingtons Budapest String
Quartet Rudolf Serkin and special trio composed of
Isaac Stern, Eugene Istomin and Leonard Rose.
Casals will participate in three concerts In the
concluding concert in Tel-Avv September 49, he will
conduct Beethoyen's Fantasy in c Minor for Piano.
Chorus and Orchestra" and the Mozart Symphony in
@ Minor"
In Jerusalem September 13, and in Tel-Aviv on
September 16, he will play the Beethoven Sonata in
Major for Cello and Piano with Rudolf Serkn and the
Schubert Quintet in Major for Strings" with the
Budapest String Quartet.