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Evening star., 1962-01-29

MOSCOW, Jan. % (AP).-
In an interview published today
in Pravda and Izvestia, Prime
Minister Fidel Castro said his
revolution in Cuba never could
have survived with Soviet help.
1--WE know that without the
Soviet Union, without the Soc
ialiSt camps assistance, a rev.
olution in such a small country
as Cuba would have been i'm
possible because of imperialiSt
aggression" Mr.. Castro said.
Tass news agency said the
interview was granted in Ha-
vana on January % to Pavel
Satyukov, chief editor Of the
Communist Party newspaper
Pravda, and AleXei Adzhubei,
Premier Khrushchev's Son-in-
law, who is chief editor of the
government newspaper Izvestia.
Mr.. Adzhubei interviewed
President Kennedy last Novem-
ber and is stopping off at the
White House tomorrow to see
the President en- route home
from the visit to Latin Amer
lea.
Latin Meeting Hit =
Mr.. Castro lashed out at
the meeting of foreign ministers
of the Organization of Amer
ican States assembled at Punta
del Este, Uruguay, to consider
measures to be taken against
Cuba.
The Prime Minister asserted
Cuba's policy with regard to
Latin America is one of peace,
land it is no fault of ours that
Imperialism seeks to isolate
Cuba from the other countries
of Latin America"
"The blame for the bad rela-
tions between Cuba and the
United States lies with the
Government of the United
States" he declared.
"A great theological struggle
is going on at the OAS Foreign
Ministers Conference in Punta
del Este between the right of
the peoples to self-determina-
>tion, to sovereignty and to
freely choose the system the
people consider necessary and
the pretensions of imperialism,
which demand the right to in
} terfere in the internal affairs
of Latin America"
Backs Soviet Policy
AS he has before, Mr.. Castro
indorsed the Soviet policy of
peaceful coexistence, saying it
is necessary to avoid nuclear
warfare at all costs.
He said the most important
gain of the revolution was that
Cuba has freed itself of con-
troll by American imperialists. "
Now Cuba benefits from it's
ASSOCIATION with Communist
nations, he continued, adding
1--WE have, for example, no
sugar surplus. All that we pro-
duce finds a market. This is
one of the tangible advantages
Of the fact that Cuba does not
have the problems which have
so far faced countries depend
ent on Imperialism. This is the
greatest evidence of the auvan-
tage. of trade with countries
of the socialist camp"
Sugar is Cuba's chief export
The United States used to buy
the bulk of the crop, paying q
premium above world market
prices. Communist nations now
buy the sugar at world market
prices, paying partly in cash
partly in goods.
The Soviet bloc under its
trade agreements furnishes
Mr.. Castro with arms, and the
Evening star., 1962-01-29

Soviet Russia or of any of the
Eastern Europe states.
There have been three crises
over Berlin-in 1948, 1858 anc
the present one, which dates
from the document Mr.. Khru.
shchev handed President Ken
nedy in Vienna last June 4.
The booklet said the West
is not prepared to sink the
prospect of German reunifica-
ton to get a Berlin settlement
1t explained:
Are NATO Allies
Britain and West Germany
are allies in the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization. This alli-
ance is not a one-sided affair
West Germany is defending
Britain's security, just as Brit
ain is defending West Germany
The Germans would regard il
as a betrayal of the alliance Il
Britain and the other Western
powers were to accept the divi-
sion of Germany as perma-
nent."
The booklet said the Soviet
out by the two German states
Proposal to leave the reunifica-
tion problem to be worked
themselves simply would not
work, and the Soviet govern
ment knows it,"
1t made this comment about
Mr.. KhruShchev'S proposal to
transform West Berlin into a
free city:
IF he really wants West Ber-
lin to be free in the western
sense of the word, then why
can't he leave it as it is now,
when it is genuinely free?"
Evening star., 1962-01-29
British Charge Soviets
Use Berlin as Lever

LONDON, Jan. 20 (AP).-
Britain charged today that Pre-
mier Khrushchev created the
Berlin crisis Ito force the
Western powers to recognize
the division of Germany az
permanent"
The Soviet leader, Britain
said. is using "the exposed al
lied position in Berlin as a
lever" to bring about Western
recognition of the Communist
East German regime.
These charges were contained
in a 24-page booklet entitled
1.-THE Meaning of Berlin" 1t
was prepared by the Foreign
Office and issued by Prime
Minister Macmillan's govern
ment.
Diplomatic sources said the
booklet contains nothing basi-
cally new, but is designed as
plain mans guide.
Stresses Purpose
Written in question: -and-an-
swer form, the booklet stresses
that the Berlin crisis was de
liberately manufactured by So
Wet Russia"
"The position in West Berlin
itself gives no cause for an
international crisis" it said.
mo one in West Berlin is being
prosecuted or oppressed. The
people are governed in a demo-
cratic way by the administra-
ton which they have freely
elected.
There is a garrison of about
10000 British, American and
French troops in West Berlin
for purely defensive purposes.
-. West Berlin is no conceiv-
able threat to the security of
Evening star., 1962-01-29
Castro Acknowledges
Help Of Soviet Camp

prime minister had this to say
about his armed forces:
with each passing day, our
armed forces are becoming
more experienced and disci-
plined."
Evening star., 1962-01-29
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Times of Showing

Stage
National Theater-"Bye Bye
Birdie; $3.50 pm.
Arena THE Misalliance",
$3.50 pm.
Howard - Bobby Bland. 2
4:45, 1880 and 10 pm.
Washington Theater Club
"A Country Scandal; $40 pm
Screen
Ambassador - ct hun d e I
Road; lis. 5:35 and 1905
pm. 1.-THE Big Country; $50
and 1920 pm.
Apex-'La Belle Americaine";;
1:25. $3.50. 5:35. TAO and Gas
pm.
Capitol-"Four Horsemen Of
the Apocalypse; II am, 1880
4:05. 6:45 and 9:25 pm.
Dupont-"One, Two, Three;
1:20, 1928, $50. 7:35. $40 pm
Keith's-"Sergeants 81; l1:25
am, 1880. 1885. $40. 7:45 and
$3.50 pm.
Macarthur - Murder She
Said" $3.50, sos and $50 pm.
Metropolitan - THE Big
Country; 10:45 am. 8, TBS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

F. Cowles Strickland, play director of inter-
nationally high repute who recently departed
Arena Stage after some memorable produc-
tiOns, has already set his return to WASH
ington. 1t will be-after some prior commit
ments are fulfilled-as teacher and director
of drama at American University
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

Of the international nature OF
Washington;
5. To serve as a center foi
the indignation of the fine
arts, and
6. To utilize the facilities to
the greatest extent possible by
serving as a host for touring
college productions as well as
programs by various perform
ing artists not normally served
by existing facilities within
the Nations Capitol.
The Observation-Disclosures OBJ
jectivity of American Univer-
sity's program when it's COM
pletion becomes financially
possible is summed up:
I'm no way should it be con-
strued that the existence of
t h e a ters and auditoriums
would be competitive with pro-
fessional facilities in the city
of Washington"
At the moment, the program
is proceeding on the sound
and modest theory that the
art precedes the facility.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

Films of More Than Routine Merit
BABES IN TOYLAND"-The long popular operetta in a
shiny new Disney film version for the younger SET
"EXODUS"-Otto Preminger popuates Israel More note
worthy for its size than for its dramatic depth.
"THE HUSTLER"-Pool sharks Jackie Gleason and Paul
Newman duel realistically for Director Robert Rossen
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM"-The Edgar Allan Poe
classic well made for the scare-move addicts
"THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE"-Lackluster, but
saved by fine fading actress performance by Viven
Leigh
1.-TWO WOMEN'-Sophia Loren dramatic a mother
trying to bring daughter safely through World War H.
"X-15"-The hgh-flying actor Of the makes
dramatic thing of mans ventures into spaces fringes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

to-play basis, its first five pro-
auctions divided between three
such. Under this arrangement,
Mr.. Strickland remained long
enough to stage "Madwoman Of
Chaillot" and Moon in the
Yellow River" leaving before
the current "Misalliance" for a
teaching-director post on the
staff Of the University of
Kansas.
This latter and other COM
mitments will keep Mr.. Strick-
land from active association
with American University until
the autumn Of 1868, although
he will formally go on its
roster next September.
y
In it's long range vision Of
the place Of the university in
the educational-cultural struc-
ture of the Nations Capital,
American has projected two
major arts production facil-
tiles. One Of these is an audi
forum suitable for a full
program of drama, opera,
dance. concerts. films and spe-
cial lectures as an extension
of the educational program in
these fields"
The other is an arena thea
ter, seating from $50 to $50
persons, both to be elements of
the campus Fine Arts Center.
Goals set for the Center's
production facilities are spe-
Gifted as:
/. To be an educational thea
ter in the truest sense, capable
of presenting the finest and
most typical program of the
performing arts in the aca-
demic setting;
2. To provide the cultural
climate which only academic
theater can stimulate in terms
of an educational and cultural
force;
8. To draw from the great
body of dramatic literature of
the past and to examine new
forms, thus serving a dual
function of preserving the
heritage of man in the per-
forming arts as we'll as explor-
ing new directions;
4. To be a forum for the
university, the community, and
to degree, the nation in terms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

pm. Thunder Road; 1870,
$3.50 and 1910 pm.
Ontario-"A View From the
Bridge; /, $40, 5:25, 7:35 and
$50 pm.
Palace - "Pinocchio";; 1880
am, 1885, $40. 5:45, 7:50 and
9:55 pm.
Playhouse - Lies Liaisons
Dangereuses'; IL, 2. 4, 6, 8 and
9:55 pm.
CHARACTERIZATION" l1:45
am, 1880, $40, $40, 7:45 and
9:45 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

will be joining the American
University art faculty, headed
by DR.. Jack Yocum, next sea-
son.
He will teach and direct in
a program which looks to CIV
ing Washington a significantly
enlarged lively arts asset in the
fashionable. growing, North
west section with its adjacent
Maryland and Virginia sub
urbs. Like Catholic Univer-
sity's 24-year old. information
ally known drama department
in Northeast Washington. and
Arena Stage in the Southwest
section, it is American Univer-
sity's intention, of course, to
serve the entire Metropolitan
Area.
In Mr.. Strickland, it adds a
faculty member with an inter-
national reputation in all as
poets of theater, including
grand opera, and the author
ship of one of the most widely
used textbooks on acting and
its teaching. Internationally,
Prof. Strickland is the product
Of Connecticut's ivied Wesley
an, Northwestern and Yale
University graduate drama
schools.
Professionally, after Broad
way and the famed Berkshire
Playhouse. the newest member
of the A. U. staff spent 10
years as a member of the Lee
land Stanford faculty, followed
by two years as teacher and
director in Finland's model ma
tional theater in Helsinki, and
his two highly successful sea-
sons at Arena Stage.
Among his more memorable
hits at the latter were Felicien
Marceau's 1.-THE Egg" a bril-
liant Major Barbara" by
Shaw, O'Neill'S 1.-THE Iceman
Cometh," THE Game Mutiny
Court Martial" and works by
Fry, Anouilh, and Giraudoux.
Despite the great success of
its resident director program
during Mr.. Strickland's two
years, Arena Stage this year
reverted to its previous policy
of hiring directors on a play
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27

Town-"Lover Come Back;
1915. 2:15. 4:15, 6:15. 8:15
and 1915 pm.
Enthusiastically On The
Wild Side; 11:l0 am. ITO,
1920, $50. 7:35 and $40 pm.
Uptown-"West Side Story;
$3.50 pm.
Warner-"Judgment at Nu-
remberg"; 2, Sis and $3.50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
Tryouts Tonight

Readings for the Chevy
Chase Players version of 1.-THE
Mousetrap" will be held at 8
o'clock tonight at the Chevy
Chase Community Center, 5601
Connecticut avenue. The
Agatha Christie mystery will be
staged in late March by Oakie
Hemler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-27
THE PASSING SHOW
Strickland to Join
American u. Faculty
BY JAY CARMODY
Drama Critic of The Star

Thanks to its expanding Speech Arts program which
visages theatermusc CENTER American University will
reunte Washington theagoers and Director Cowes Srck
land.
The resident director of Arena Stage during its two tri
umphan which led to its and home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-26
ANOTHER BIG TEXAN
Hamburger Man Gets
Free Trip to Ranch

After IS minutes, the CONVEX
Sation ended and the amiable
Texan departed with an invi-
tation to his host to visit him
sometime. Mr.. Meadows said
he would, but soon afterward
the episode slipped his mind.
About 10 am. on August Is,
the telephone in the diner rang.
It was a long-distance call
from Mr.. Wells in Houston.
He was calling, he casually
Informed Mr.. Meadows. to in
vite him to "a little get-togeth-
er" at his ranch.
When the shock wore off, the
39-year-old Riverdale resident
regained enough composure to
reply that he would love to
drop by but didn't see how he
could afford it.
Mr.. Wells told him round
trip ticket on a jet airliner
would be reserved for him at
Delta Air Lines. The tab was
picked up by the Westerner.
Mr.. Meadows, who left yes
terday for a week end on the
cattle ranch, said he still is not
sure how it all happened. But
he had no doubts on one point
Those Texans certainly do
things big"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-26
BY DAN GREENE
star Staff Writer

Those sceptics who scott at
stories about how Texans do
things on a larger scale than
non-Texans should heed LEON
ard B. Meadows recent expert
ence.
1t seems Mr.. Meadows, who
manages the White Tower Din
er at 6136 Baltimore avenue,
Riverdale, Md, likes to chat
with customers on slow days.
One afternoon about two
months ago, he recalls, a tall,
middle-aged man wearing a
"10-gallon hat you could have
used for an umbrella"-stopped
at the diner for a snack.
The hat slim la t e d Mr.,
Meadows curiosity and a con-
versation ensued. The man
Identified himself as James
Wells, a Texas cattle rancher,
and spoke of "a little spread
near Houston.
Mr.. Wells said he had driven
alone to New York and was re-
turning home via Washington
Mr.. Meadows, a West Vir-
ginian who has never set foot
in Texas, listened intently and
remarked that he would like to
see q cattle ranch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-26

no public discussion, no real
feeling of general tragedy, very
little. even of group RESPONSE
bility.
No one, at this point, is pro-
posing any basic changes in
Germany's drug law. Even mild
suggestions that new drugs
should require prescriptions
have been turned down. There
is no legal obligation to report
cases of deformed babies, and
all estimates Of the total num-
Der are highly theoretical.
Though abortion is illegal in
the Federal Republic, many
have been performed, in the
opinion of qualified doctors.
over the last six months. There
have also, undoubtedly, been
See THALIDOMIDE, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-26
Ben Bella Out
In New Crisis
Guerrilla Officers
Grab Control

ALGIERS, Aug. Is (AP)-
A Junta Of Guerrilla Colonies
formed Alarmed Ben Bella's
Political Bureau out Of power
today and Mr.. Ben Bella was
reported planning to file e
AlgierS.
Thus only % days after the
leftist deputy premier wrested
control from Provisional Pre-
mier Ben Youssef Ben Khedda,
the eight-week-old natio n
faced a new and dangerous
crisis.
All available reports in
dictated Mr.. Ben Bella and a
handful Of followers were
planning to leave the capital
Some reports said they would
go to Oran, others to Tlemcer
in Western Algeria.
The Colonel's Junta, consist
ing of the general staff Of the
Guerrilla wilaya (zone) No. 4
which occupies Algiers, had nc
political program and the ex.
tent of its influence elsewhere
in Algeria was unclear.
But it was strong enough tt
force the Political Bureau, in
a dramatic announcement tt
the Algerian people, to declare
See ALGERIA, Page A-1C
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-26
Leader Tells of Roid,
Saws u. S. Had No Part

dark. The smaller boat (S1-
foot CRUISER moved within 200
yards of the coast.
THE PIT boat stood watch
farther away with its Is men
ready for action"
Mr.. Salvat said no opposition
was encountered upon arrival,
although we could see a lot Of
lights and numerous vessels as
we approached Havana.
However, when we started
back, a Cuban vessel followed
us. 1t seemed as if some other
vessels were trying to form a
circle around us, but it was
really too dark to tell"
The State Department has
ordered an investigation Of the
incident because it could
mean prosecution under the
United States Neutrality Law
1OrDlQQlng private armed eX-
petitions against countries not
at war with the United States. "
Not Florida Based
To this. Mr.. Salvant said, Il
don't feel we have violated any
law of any country" Mr.. Salvat,
who declined to say where the
ships were based, said it was not
in Florida or the United States.
Mr.. Salvat denied reports
that fire was returned.
He listed the following men
as members of the raiding
See RAIDERS, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-26
u. S. COULD TURN
TO SLAVE STATE,
GOLDWATER SAYS

CLINTON, Okla, (AP).
- Senator Goldwater. Re
publican Of Arizona, said
yesterday the United States
may wind up e slave state
by 1870 unless what he
called the socialistic pro-
poSalS Of the Kennedy
administration are beaten
down.
IF 1t isn't stopped, my
prophecy Is that the year
1870 might see us a slave
country instead Of q free
country" Senator Gold
water told a Republican
rally in this Western Okla
homa town.
Senator Goldwater dashed
out at both President
Kennedy and the men
around him. He said the
Kennedy farm bill was a
prime example of this adj
miniStration's attempt to
Socialize America.
The Kennedy farm bill
was defeated in the House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-26
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG
Star Staff Writer

In the present Juror over drugs reach
ing the American people, the story Of one
drug illustrates what can happen with too
little law, too much pressure and too much
responsibility resting on a single doctor.
The drug is MER/2s an agent to lower
the level of cholesterol, fatty substance
in the blood and suspected, though I'M
proven, cause of heart ailments.
A product Of Richardson-Merrell, Inc
the same company that tried and failed
to introduce thalidomide in this country
MER/29 was forced off the market last
April because of the risk Of cataracts and
other dangerous side effects.
MER/2s was cleared by the Food and
Drug Administration for public use in April,
1860.
In November, 1861, increasing reports
of harmful side effects from use of the
drug caused Government scientists to con-
clude MER/29 should be taken off the
market.
In April, 1852 Richardson-Merrellw with
drew the drug
The company 1t was learned, decided
to take the drug off the market two days
after an FDA medical officer paid sur
prise visit to the company plant and re-
viewed its research records.
By then MER/29 had been available in
drugstores by prescription for about two
years.
0 1t had been used by an estimated 100000
patients who had paid 1914 for each bottle
Of 80 capsules, months supply.
. Over 81 million had been spent promot-
ing the drug.
Richardson-M errell described MERI29 al
a major factor in an 10 per cent increase il
profits for the first year 1t was sold.
Earlier this month Deputy FDA Com
missioner John L. Harvey said publicl.
MER/29 should never have gone on thu
market. The drug is now the subject o.
investigations by Federal grand Jury anC
House subcommittee.
Except for trade journal reports ano
Mr. Harvey's speech to the American Bar
Association, where he cited MER/29 in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-26
THALDOANDES DARK SHADOW
West Germany Prefers to Forget Painful Episode

the end of July this year, Con-
tergan-otherwise known by its
generic name, thalidomide-is
believed to have been respon-
sible for cruel malformations of
5000 newborn babies in West
Germany alone.
Since July %, the theoretical
cutoff date, no new cases of
phocomelia-the peculiar NAL
formation which results in
stunted or nonexistent arms
and legs-have been reported.
Inevitably, there will be at
least a few more, since it is
known that some people con-
tinued using the drug even
after the alarm was sounded.
Nor is there any absolute proof
that thalidomide has been
alone responsible for the dis
aster.
Still, from all the evidence,
there is good reason to hope
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-26
FUSED Cannon, Rifles

Sey for keeping the drug out of
the country.
In France, which also escaped
by a fluke of bureaucratic luck,
newspaper readers avidly fol-
lowed the saga of Mrs. Sherri
Finkbine's quest for a Swedish
abortion.
In Britain, where about 800
cases of phocomelia have been
reported, there have been loud
public demands, ranging all
the way from legalized abor-
tons to mutual help societies
for afflicted families. The Bel
gian public has been deeply
stirred by the arrest and trial
of a mother in Liege for the
mercy-killing of her hopelessly
deformed baby.
In Germany, almost nothing
of the sort has happened. The
press has studiously played the
story down. There is almost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-26
Byrd Retains
Almond Silence
DoubIy Golden
Now, He Says
By ALEX r. PRESTON
star staff Writer

The golden silence" that
Senator Byrd has used so sue
cessfully to punish political
foes is "doubly golden now"
Virginia's senior Senator chuck
led when asked today about
former Gov. Almonds judicia
nomination.
His comment in response II
a reporters question was tht
Senator's first concerning
President Kennedy's appoint
ment Of j. Lindsay Almond, jr.,
to the United States Court of
Customs and Patent Appeals.
The nomination has never
gotten to the hearing stage, ap-
parently for lack of an approx
al slip from Senator Byrd or
his colleague, Senator Robert
son.
Asked at his annual picnic
for apple growers if he would
break his golden silence" on
the nomination of the man who
fell out Of his favor over school
desegregation, the Senator
quickly came back with the
See BYRD, Page AS