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Evening star., 1962-05-27
First LodyIs French

One of your readers has
questioned the grammatical
accuracy of the French used
by Mrs. Kennedy when she
christened the submarine
Lafayette: "Je tie baptise
Lafayette" He mentioned
that any first-year French
scholar would surely know
that "vous" should have been
used instead of "te."
1t is a long time since I
was a first-year French
scholar but I think I am in
a position to state, without
a shadow of doubt, that the
sentence used by the First
Lady is precisely the one in
official use IN France for
such ceremonies.
Herve Alphand.
French Ambassador to the
United States.
k& -
Tom Moore criticized our
First Lady by innuendo for
using French while christen-
ing our nuclear powered Po-
lariS submarine Lafayette,
and in specific for her choice
of a particular French pro-
noun form. Having been in
on the initial staff action
of naming the Lafayette, I
have a personal interest in
the matter.
Our First Lady endeared
herself to many Latin Amer
leans in South America last
year. when she made a little
speech in Spanish. I have OBJ
served in visits to various
countries that my efforts to
speak the language. no mat
ter how ineptly, are always
appreciated. 1t Is the ges-
ture that counts. Consider
ing the fact that Lafayette,
a Frenchman, was made an
American citizen by Act of
Congress, and that this ship
rekindles the old flame of
affection between France and
the United States personified
by the Marquis de La Fayette,
the use of French in the
ceremony was polite in the
noblest sense of the word. II
might add that tradition
holds that a ship will be bad
luck for those who sail her,
if the sponsor fails to break
the champagne bottle. Our
First Lady smacked the La
fayette in fullest measure.
POW! Well Done0
Concerning the use Of the
personal form, te, in place
of the impersonal, vous, let's
talk Navy. I resent the al
legation that a ship is an
inanimate object. A ship is
always referred to as she"
not cit" She acquires a per-
sonality, beginning. like a
person. about the time Of
christening. In fact, I find
myself unable to impart an
adequate description of the
personal relationship we de-
velop with the ships in which
we sail. The adventure in
wolves a mutual exchange of
personality between ship and
men. 1t appears that the
First Lady's French was en-
tirely correct.
Paul Crutchfield.
Commander, United States
Navy, Head, Nuclear Power
Section office, Chief of
Naval Operations.
My admiration for Mrs.
Kennedy is such that I could
not bear to have her French
misinterpreted. Having stud
led French for six years, I
feel that I know some little
thing about it. Jackie" was
100 per cent correct in her
usage of the pronoun "te"
in the phrase, "Je te baptise
Lafayette" Maybe a first
year French scholar would
use the word "vous" but a
poliShed d linguist like
Jackie" would use "te."
Mr.. Moore unwittingly
translated, "Je tie baptise La
fayette," as, Il christen you
Lafayette" when he should
have translated, "I christen
thee Lafayette"
Evening star., 1962-05-27
Tnsurqent Sweep

"SuI9eHt SWSeP
7 was appalled, by your re-
cent editorial, "Insurgent n
Sweep" relating to the DEM
ocratic primary in Prince
Georges County. You stated
"the issue of good govern
ment" was squarely before
the voters and therefore the
"reformistS we're victorious
over the old-line organiza-
ton" AS a defeated candi-
date for the House Of Dele
gates ON the Organization
ticket. I believe your state
ments warrant an explana-
ton from an honest and en-
lightened press.
In order to defeat public
apathy against reapportion-
ment. l had organized and
served as first president of
the Prince Georges chapter
of the Maryland Committee
for Fair Representation,
and I am vice president of
the State committee that in
Stituted and is continuing
the court battle for reappor-
tionment. I served as an Of
ficer of the League o. Women
Voters. organized a civic as
sociation. had served as a
delegate to the Civic Fedora
ton and had served as chair
man of legislative and pro-
gram committees of local
PTAs. My husband, Irwin A.
Lavine, a D. c. patent attor-
ney, who has never practiced
law in Maryland, had been
awarded The Evening Star
trophy in 1858 for his civic
work. l thought the Lavines
had always worked for, and
not just talked about, the
principles of good govern
ment.
Your editorial stated "the
issues of bossism, pinball ma
chimes, conflict of interest
and laissez faire politics were
the determining factors in
the primary" In 1854, al
though a Prince Georges resi-
dent for only three years, I
was elected Judge of the Or
phans (Probate) Court, on
the Democratic Organization
ticket. I served eight years
in that position for an av-
erage salary of approximate
ly $l,400 per annum, and
barred myself from any legal
practice to avoid conflict of
interest" Strangely enough
the issues you allege to have
been determining factors" in
the campaign did not defeat
six out of the eight incum-
bent courthouse officials who
were seeking reelection on
the Organization ticket and
who would have been in
the position to assume re-
sponsibility for such charges.
Because of the many fine
people who did support my
candidacy, I want it to be
noted that I will not be sub
jected to the stigma raised
by such charges. nor were
such charges leveled against
me during the entire cam
paign. The people of Prince
Georges County are wonder
full to serve and I intend to
continue to work for good
SONCl llIIlCllO.
BeSS B. Lavine.
Editors Note: Mrs. Lavine
has a point. Our comment
on the outcome of the pri-
mary. however, neither ap-
plauded the defeat of indiv-
idual members of the Or
ganization ticket nor in
dorSed the candidacy of
every Independent Democrat
who was nominated. Unfor-
tunately, in such "insurgent
sweeps" the good sometimes
are swept out with the badJ
Evening star., 1962-05-27
so Years Ago

Wilbur Wright, one of ali
atoms pioneers, died so years
ago, The Star of May 80, 1912,
said the noted flyer had Sue
cumbed during the night to
typhoid fever at his home in
Dayton, Ohio. This paper
said: Wilbur was the elder
of the brother inventors and
it is to be suspected that he
was the leader in designing
and laboratory work. .
Possibly Orville was the more
skillful aviator of the two,
but there was little to choose
between them in this
point. :"
The Indianapolis $780,"
then called the Annual 500
Mile international Sweep
stakes. was run for the sec
ond time so years ago. The
winner was Joe Dawson, driv-t
ing a National" He covered
the long grind in 6 hours and
81 minutes. averaging 1872
miles per hour. The Star of
May 81, 1912, reporting the
results of the race the day
before, said Teddy Tetzlaff,
in a Fiat, finished second,
followed by Hughie Hughes,
in a Mercer. Hard luck dogged
Ralph de Palma whose Ger
man Mercedes led for 400
miles, only to have his en-
gine conk out with one lap to
go. The winners purse was
$4,000.
Motorcycle and auto racing
also were popular here so
years ago, with the Benning
Race Track packing in 10000
spectators to see the sport
on May 80. 1912. The feature
race, a 20-mile event for
autos, was won by Cleveland
c. Campbell. driving a Cole.
Campbell covered the course
in % minutes and 81 Sec
onds, winning a trophy
warded by The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-28
D. G. Court Bans
Suit Seeking to
Aid Tshombe Visu

A District Court judge today
dismissed a suit brought by a
right-wing group seeking to
force Secretary of State Rusk
to take action on a visa ap-
plication made by Katanga
Premier Moishe Tshombe.
Chief Judge Matthew F. Nc
CURE Soted that Mr.. Tshombe
was attempting to enter this
country to speak at a Young
Americans for Freedom rally in
New York on March 7. But,
the jurist said, the organization
does not have standing to sue
the Secretary of State. He said
that to allow the complaint to
be heard would be IAN intru-
sion in the political aspects of
government in which the jul
liciary has no right to enter
the picture at ALL"
Inough the State Depart
ment has not taken action one
way or the other on the
Tshombe visa application, it
has said that a visit to the
United States by Mr.. Tshombe
at this time would interrupt
and jeopardise progress" to-
ward reusification of the Congo.
The YAF today had merely
asked for a quick hearing on
its complaint, but the judge at
the request of Special Assistant
United States Attorney Gil
zimmerman went ahead and
dismissed the complaint, thus
forestalling any hearing at any
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-28

schools to the Gardner School
of Business. 1905 FcntoE street,
Silver Spring, must be post
marked by March Is.
Application forms may be
obtained from school guidance
counselors or from the business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-28

where his mother was. He was
raised by a grandmother.
A number of witnesses told
the jury that Stewart did not
r e m e m Der doing strange
things later. II just don't think
my brother was in his right
mind" a sister testified.
One pSychiatrist, put on the
stand earlier by Assistant
United States Attorney Alfred
Hartman, testified that Ste
wart appeared perfectly nor
NAL" when examined after his
arrest. ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-28

school. and should be sent on
completion to John r. Steel
man, chairman. Business Edu-
cation Scholarship Committee,
8505 Dixon avenue. Silver
Spring, Md. Testing viii take
place at $3.50 pm. March q.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-28
Sales U p, Profit Shown
By Goodwill Industries

executive director, Richard A
Nelson, a retired California bus
inessman and former volunteer
president of Goodwill Industries
Of America. Mr.. Nelson took
over last March. Goodwill sales
were $884.000 in 1861. $4,000
more than the previous year,
Mr.. England said.
The new executive director
was greeted by 100000 in I'M
paid December and January
bills, with $10,446 anticipated
for February, Mr.. England said.
February's expenses were $780,
600 over income. There was
81, 100 in the bank.
Pm not quite sure how Mr..
Nelson did it," Mr.. England dis
closed.
BY trial and error, Mr.. Mel
son said. 1--WE had some sue
cess and some failures"
Picks Up Everything
For example, he had to back
away" from a decision not to
pick up goods he knew would
end up in the trash. After
coping with a phone that rang
all day with complaints, Mr..
Nelson conceded defeat. 1--WE
pick up everything now" he
said.
He defended layoffs in staff
on the grounds that, 1--WE have
a budget. When we don't have
the money we don't pay any,
thing. We don't borrow from
the next month";"
Mr.. Nelson said in general
he has tried to improve pro-
duction, display and sales pro-
motion. He has tried to apply
business methods.
Goodwill isn't in business to
make money, Mr.. Nelson noted.
But it must be solvent.
-Four physically handicapped
employees with a combined total
OF los years of working expert
ence at Goodwill were honored
with awards of merit.
They are Miss Kathleen
Mathews, Edward H. Lyles.
John Croft, and George Purks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-28
Two SecreturiuI
Scholarships Offered

Applications for two secre-
tarial scholarships available tc
graduating seniors of area pub
lie, private or parochial high
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-28
Witnesses Tell
OF Stewards
Odd Behavior
BY DANA BULLEN
Star Staff Writer

The defense today was ex.
pected to wind up efforts tt
show Willie Lee Stewart was
insane in 1858 when grocer
Harry Honikman was muir.
dered.
Defense attorney Charles B
Murray, chief of the Districts
Legal Aid Agency, called a psy.
chiatrist who examined Stew
art after the shooting.
The psychiatrist, DR.. E. Y
Williams of Howard University
testified that he thought Stew
art was mentally i'll at the time
the grocer was killed. The psy-
chiatrist said Stewart was men,
tally deficient.
On cross examination, DR.
Williams said Stewart had been
unco-operative at an interview
in 1858. The prosecution said
the doctor testified at an ear
lier proceeding that the exam
nation had been given up after
a "fruitless" two-hour period.
Faces Death
Stewart, whose three earlier
convictions on the murder
charge were reversed by appel
late courts, faces death in the
electric chair if he is convicted
of the Staying.
Mr.. Honikman was shot in
front of his wife and daughter
nine years ago in his southeast
Washington grocery. There is
no controversy over whether
Stewart killed the grocer.
Mr.. Murray, instead, is rely
ing entirely on an insanity de-
tense. He has put on the stand
a number of relatives and &C
quaintances to testify about
Stewards behavior.
Stewards wife has told the
jury that her husband, who was
a window washer, once took a
shot at her and another time
tried to stuff their infant child
into a burning stove.
Whipped His Wife
Witnesses testified yesterday
that Stewart whipped his wife,
that his children had fits, that
he never got past the first
grade, and that he once bat
tered a refrigerator with his
fists.
One relative told the jury
that Stewart used to throw his
food on the floor, refuse to eat,
cut up his clothes and ask
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-28

Davis Memorial Goodwill In
dustries is out of the red, Rich
ard England, president, told the
annual meeting yesterday.
"Amen!" sighed a member at
the luncheon at 1918 New
Hampshire avenue NV. wnen
Mr.. England announced that
an audited income deficit of
$67, 900 in 1860 had been turned
into a profit of 81 1881 in 1861.
The mortgage on the new
building is down to $4,000,
which is $4,000 below the ORR
ginal figure of three years ago,
he said.
Sales Up $4,000
But Goodwill's overall debt
structure" still is pretty close
to 81 Million" Mr.. England
warned. This includes a Sec
ond mortgage that Goodwill
borrowed from its own gift fund.
Mr.. England save the credit
for the new look to its new
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18
BOY MEETS SOME GIRLS WILD, TOO

Laurence Harvey Jane
several stars of Walk the
Agrens novel, due Wednesday at the
will recognize the Knoll sketch Barbara Sanwyck Cpuc
Tin the background Anne Baxter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18
TODAY'S SCHEDULES
STAGE

ARENA-"The Moon in the Yellow River; 7:3O pm.
NATIONAL-Dark. Bye Bye Birdie" resumes tomorrow
HOWARD-Glora Lynn 43O, 7:30 and 10 pm.
SHDEEA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18

Hollywood and niue
Goldwyn changed her per-
sonality from a dark, exotic
figure to that of a fresh,
modern young woman in
1.-The Dark Angel" Her per-
Torrance in These Three"
won her an Academy Award
nomination in 1888.
She married Korda in 1899
in Antilles, France. But six
years later they got, a Mexi-
can divorce, and she married
Cinematographer Lucien
Ballard the same year in a
proxy ceremony in Mexico.
They, too, were divorced.
Inactive Since 1856
Some of her films were
"Follies Bergere," LYDIA"
"'Til We Meet Again." Be
loved Enemy" "A Song to
Remember" "This Love Is
Ours" "A Night in Paradise"
Night Song" Forever and
a Day"
Her last, made In 1856, was
"The Price of Fear" for Uni
versal-International. Shortly
afterwards she married
Bruno Pagliai, and has been
inactive in film circles since.
Miss Oberon is considered
one of the best-dressed
women in the world and is
still trim and youthful
enuogh looking to be taken
for a woman in the 3Os.
She is 5-feet-2 and weighs
less than ITO pounds.
The challenging" role In
the new movie is a sharp de-
parture from any previous
part she has played, she says.
1t is that of a nymphomaniac
in a Freudian-type plot.
You'll see a new Merle
Oberon," says Stoloff conf.
IDENTIFY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18
SCREEN
BY JACK RUTEEDGE
Associated Press Writer


MEXICO CITY. - Merle
Oberon is making a come
back in a movie she hopes
may launch her on a new
career.
It is THE Forsaken Gar
den," produced by Victor
Stoloff, directed by Richard
Rush, and featuring Curt
Jurgens, Steve Cochran and
John Agar.
II played Katherine in
"Wuthering Heights" and
Kathy in 1.-The Dark Angels"
my favorite pictures, and
I'm Katherine in this one.
It's a good omen," she said
at her palatial Mexico City
home.
Merle is happily married to
Bruno Pagliai, a wealthy
Italian-born financier who
has taken out Mexican citi-
zenship. They have two
adopted children, a boy 312
and a girl 21a.
When they we're married
five years ago, Pagliai said
he would not interfere with
a movie career if his wife
wanted to pursue it. But,
despite many good offers, she
has been idle until now.
When you've been in show
business all your life, you
can't quit it," she explained
after deciding on a come
back. cts in your blood, and
as long as 1t doesn't inter-
fere with our home life, I'm
going to give it a try.
A Real Challenge
1--WE turned down a lot of
offers, one by John Huston,
but this role is a real chal-
lenge.
Bruno has been wonder
fully sweet about it. He en-
courages me-"
But it must have been
something of a shock when
the enthusiastic Miss Oberon,
who will receive a percentage
of the profits of 1.-The For
saken Garden" loaned the
company their home for
shooting local scenes, in order
to cut costs.
II even have to shut the
bathroom windows to shave"
Pagliai complained good
naturedly one morning.
mo Hollywood budget
could afford such props" says
Stoloff, pointing to originals
by Van Dyke, and q dozen
other top painters, and to
the expensive furniture.
Another money-saver was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18
Movies First Peter Pan
Returns to Her Career
BY JAMES BACON
Associated Press Writer

HOLLYWOOD. - The big
stars like Dean Martin and
Lana Turner thought she was
just another actress hired for
a few days work.
But the old timers at Par
amount perked up when the
petite, gray haired woman
appeared on the set. From
those who remembered, she
got the star treatment.
For Betty Bronson, it was
the first return in 81 years
to the studio where she be-
came an overnight star as
the silent screens Peter Pan.
Picked by Barrie
Only IA at the time, Betty
was personally picked for the
role by Sir James Barrie,
author of the children's
classic. She was a Pasadena
schoolgirl with no previous
experience but she and the
movie scored.
Her career zoomed for the
next seven years. Even the
advent of sound presented no
challenge. She co-starred with
AL Jolson in one of the first
major talkies, 1.-THE Singing
Fool" and its sequel, Sonny
Boy"
In 1882 she made her last
movie and her first marriage.
She moved to ASheville, N. c.,
for a few years, and later
her husband, Ludwig Lauer-
haSs, became an executive
with a Pasadena pharma-
ceutical firm.
Now a Grandmother
II got so busy being a
mother, wife and clubwoman
that I really never missed
acting" she said. "Then my
son got married and now
I'm a grandmother.
"The old urge returned last
year so I did a few parts at
Pasadena Playhouse. An
agent saw me and here 1 am"
Director Daniel Mann, look
ing for a society matron type
to play a judges wife in the
Martin Turner film C"Who's
Got the Action?~, spotted
her name in the Paramount
casting office.
"She had given me so much
joy on the screen in my
YOUTH" said Mann, that I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18
THE PASSING SHOW
THE PASSING SHOW
Accused in 'Nuremberq'
Cool to Their Accuser

German audiences, but per-
haps as emotionally involved
in the acrid unfolding of the
screenplay. more than COM
pensate Widmark for any
GOODNESS in his reception in
Berlin.
Yet these, too, in tesla
ment Of the effectiveness of
his prosecuting attorney,
think Of him as hating the
Germans"
"Of course, I DON'T" he
said in reply to a direct
question. II abhor what Hit
Ter did to the world. includ.
ing the German people. I
think everyone does, includ-
ing a large percentage Of the
German people"
An Intelligent Star
That is all, Mr.. Widmark
says.
Mr.. Widmark, one of the
quiet. intelligent stars of
Hollywood, indeed one of the
few who is a former college
teacher, is not surprised at
the varied reactions to MI
remberg," the most powerful
of a multitude of anti-Nazi
films.
He grants that there are
grounds for even the argu-
ment that it should not have
been made, their premise that
it is not politically expedi-
ent to recall Hitler's era to
a postwar Germany, a NATO
ally. But he does not agree.
He goes along rather with a
major point of the screen
play by Abby Mann, that the
politically expedient act can
be the morally debasing one,
and ultimately destructive of
humanity.
For all his objectivity, and
no actor can be more objec-
tive, he will not rate "Judg-
ment at Nuremberg" in the
upcoming Academy Award
competition. He thinks it a
brilliant achievement in film
making, overall and in most
of its details.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-18
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AMBASSADOR-"A Majority of One; Alec Guinness and
Rosand Russell less at than the original stars
of this film version of the Broadway play; 1926 405
6:45 and $50 pm.
APEx-"The DEVILS Eye; Ingmar Bergman in wittiy
CAPITOLThe Four Horsemen of the APOCALYPSE Yvette
Mimieux and Glenn Ford in spectacularly sized film
version of the novel; 20, 4, $40 and $40 pm.
DUPONT-"One, Two Three; four stars for this Billy
Wilder comedy 1:20, $685. $50, 7:35 and $40 pm
acknowledgements Three" The Clan in q comic wild
west adventure 1:25, $3.50, $685. TAO and 945 pm.
MacARTHUR-"No Love for Johnnie; politics and love
battle it out in this British entry starring Peter Finch;
g 1855, 555, 1855 and 9:55 pm.
INTERCOLLEGIATE Majority of One; rs, 4:05 6:45
and 9:25 pm.
ONTARIO-"A View From the Bridge" the screen grants
Arthur Miller his full artistic stature at last 115 1926
$685. TAO and $50 pm.
PALACE-Pinocchio' revival of Walt Disneys hit 80
1885, $40, 7:45 and $50 pm.
PLAYHOUSE-"Les Laisons Dangereuses"; outrageously
wel-nade film the subject of evil; shocker; 80
$3.50, $50, 7:30 and 9:25 pm.
PLAzA-"Temptation"; cheese-bated trap lis, 3:40
$40, 7:45 and 9:45 pm.
ToWN-"Lover Come Back" love and laughter with Doris
Day and Rock Hudson; l. 3, S. 7 and pm.
TRANs-LUx-"The Innocens'; the quintessence of the
eerie; l, 2:45, 4:35 615, sos and $50 pm.
UPTOWN-"West Side Story: Hollywood's camera adds
more delightful luster to Americas most be-
quilting stage musical; and $3.50 pm.
WARNER Judgment at Nuremberg; Stanley Kramers
star-packed drama of Naz judges trial for crimes
against humanity; @ Sis and $50 pm.
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He is particularly i'm
pressed with Author Mann's
screenplay. especially with
the fairness 1t achieved in
the building of Defense At
torney Schell's case with its
illusions to an American
sterilization law. to Hiroshima
as an offset to Eichmann's
gas furnaces, to the military's
hint of a soft compromise in
the final verdict.
High on Direction
These represent to him,
and to audiences who see Di-
rector Kramer's film, an ef-
fort to grant justice to those
who murdered justice in Nazi
Germany.
He is equally admiring OF
Mr.. Kramer's direction of the
film, it's capture of the in
credible evil atmosphere Of
the most incredible of crimes.
Mr.. Widmark also is eff
fortlessly generous in his ad-
miration of the multitude Of
shatteringly fine perform
ances in Judgment at Muir
emberg." Tactfully, he does
not rate these, although no
doubt he will do so on the
secret ballot he casts in the
Academy's voting later. One
gathers, with no hint from
Mr.. Widmark, that he will
have a hard time marking
best actor" as between
Tracy's judge and Schell's
defense attorney - his own
opposite NUMBER during the
trial.
He is most tactfully reti-
cent of all on the films Oscar
prospects. In this, one may
read a gracious mans con-
formity to the Academy's
rule against discussing, much
less electioneering for, a pic
ture. And possibly, too, one
can sense a memory that
Kramer films, while always
nominated. High Noon" and
1.-THE Defiant Ones" among
them, have yet to win an
Oscar.