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Evening star., 1962-05-15
Wotergote Towne
Gets New Heorinq
By Arts Officials
BY ROBERT J. LEWIS
STAR staff Writer

After another closed session
on the design of the contro-
versial $50 million Watergate
Towne development, the Fine
Arts Commission today Sched-
uled q second meeting to be
held in New York on Friday.
David E. Finley, chairman of
the commission, said the New
York meeting was arranged at
the request Of the italian firm
sponsoring the project.
The new conference also viii,
be closed to the public. Only
Iarchitect members will attend
for the commission, and only
architects representing the
builders win be present for the
sponsor.
Moretti Defends Plan
At today's session, Luigi Mo-
retti, professor Of architecture
at the University Of Rome and
the principal architect Of the
proposed Foggy Bottom devel-
opment, exchanged opinions"
with members of the arts COM
mission, which has been fight
ing the design.
Objections center on the cur
vilinear character Of the apart
ments, hotel and office build
ings, and against a proposed
130-foot height.
After spending two hours be-
fore the commission today,
Prof. Moretu said:
I'VE believe the meeting Fri
day win be Of much impor-
tance, in that finally II will be
possible to explain q very COM
plex project so that members
of the commission may be able
to appraise 1t in full knowledge
Of the spirit in which It Is be-
ing undertaken"
Today's session was closed to
the public as Q result Of q de-
cision by the commission.
Height Cut Discussed
During the meeting, officials
Of Societa Generate Immo-
biliare, the developer. were re-
portedly asked whether they
could undertake the project II
the building height was kept
to 90 feet.
They were reported to have
said they could not do so.
In what appeared to be q
concession, however, they were
reported to have said that in
case Prof. Moretti and the
three architect members Of the
commission could agree to q
solution that would reduce
the height Of some buildings
Evening star., 1962-05-15
The
Rambler
a.. Checks
Titunic Story
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

ny GEOks1E AENNEDL
Saw q re-run Of the old
Titanic movie with Clifton
Webb and Barbara Stanwyck
on Saturday night.
That sent the Rambler into
The Star files Of so years ago.
Senate hearings have been
dramatic In our time, but
never more than the investi-
cation Of the greatest mari
time catastrophe.
Senators william Alden
Smith Of Michigan and Fran
els 9. NewIands Of Nevada
1.-THE man who developed
Chevy Chase went to New
York on Thursday, Septem-
Der 1s, 1912, to take testi-
tnony.
The accident had occurred
about midnight, Sunday,
April IA. The ship went down
at 2:2O an. Monday. The
world learned few details Of
the tragedy until the Car
pathia landed In New York
on Wednesday.
It carried all the survivors
about 700.
Evening star., 1962-05-15

HE WAS in the wireless
room when the Titanic side
swiped the iceberg. It sliced
the side Of the ship below the
water line, opening all Of the
water tight compartments
that were thought to make
1t unsuitable.
But he and Phillips, the
chief wireless operator, never
felt the shock.
The first they knew Of the
accident was when Capt.
Smith put his head in the
door of the wireless room,
told them what had hap
pened and ordered them to
ask for help.
They were going down by
the bow.
'"The humor Of the situa-
tion appealed to me-" young
Bride said. ''T asked Phillips
what he was sending" He
said, &c Q D."
81 said, Why don't you try
as o So" That's the new sig
nal and it's probably the only
time you viii have a chance
to use it,"
The band was still playing
when a wave washed young
Bride over the side.
He remembered they had
been playing q ragtime num-
Der but he couldn't remem-
ber the name Of it. But he
distinctly remembered what
they were playing as the ship
went under. It was q number
called Autumn"
Evening star., 1962-05-15

THE PRINCIPAL witness
on the first day was J. Bruce
Ismay, the managing direc-
tor Of the White Star Line
who got into one Of the life
boats and was saved while
the skipper, Capt. Smith,
true to the tradition Of the
sea, went down with his ship.
The Senators were not
hard on Mr.. Ismay but the
public was. The rest Of his
life was tragedy. He became
q recluse and ended his days
in embittered loneliness.
Alongside the account of
the hearing on Page / of The
Star on Friday, April 10, were
stories on how Maj. Archie
Butt, President Taft's mill
tary aide, had nobly stood
sSide in obedience to the rule
- women and children
first!"
Another told how Col. Ar
chibald Oracle jumped from
the top deck and miracu-
lously was uninjured. He
swan through the sub-freez-
ing water to q cork raft that
had been thrown overheard.
He pulled a number of men
from the water onto the raft
and all were saved.
The Star also carried one
of the most rem arkable
stories ever to appear in the
world press, the personal ac-
, count of Harold Bride, q o.
year-old Englishman who
had been assistant radio
operator Of the Titanic. It
had appeared in the New
York Times that morning.
Bride had an eye and q
memory for detail. He would
have made q top reporter.
Although his feet had been
broken in leaving the Titanic
he was summoned to man
the wireless key on the Car
pathia, the rescue ship, when
the regular operator became
worn out.
Then he told all he remer1-
bered about the sinking Of
the Titanic. The following
will be only q few paragraphs
of a three-column story in
the tiny type Of that day.
Evening star., 1962-01-29
THE PASSING SHOW .
Gu Players Updote
Old Aristophones
BY HARRY MACARTHUR
Star staff Writer

The scholars of Catholic Unverstys speech and drama
department faced squarely up old literary riddle
Did Arstophanes in THE Clouds" intend to beat Socrates
brains with sapstck merely spool him gently if
politely?
You may as we'll know right away that student pro-
Evening star., 1962-01-29

Not the Song; 1880 am, 2,
4:30, 7 and $50 pm.
OntariO-"Queen of Spades, u
Bolshoi Opera; /, $40, $40,
7:30 and 9:45 pm.
Palace - knights of the
Roundtable";; 1850 am, 3:45
and TAO pm. "Ivanhoe";; 1:5O,
5:45 and 9:35 pm.
Playhouse - Les LiaiSons
Dangereuses'; IL, 2, 4, 6, 8 and
9:55 pm.
Plaza THE Savage Eye;
1880, Ais, 7 and 9:45. pm.
"Tailor's Maid: IL, 2:40, 5:25
and $40 pm.
TOwn-"The Roman Spring
Of Mrs. Stone; IL, Q, 4, 6, 8,
and 10 pm.
Trans-Lux - THE Inno-
cents; II am, 1880, 2:40,
4:30, $40, $40 and 9:55 pm,
Uptown-"West Side Story;
$3.50 pm.
Warner - King of Kings;
$3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1962-01-29
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Times of Showing

Stage
Arena-Dark. 1.-THE Moon in
the Yellow River" resumes to-
morrow.
National Theater-Dark. The
Old Vic in Saint Joan" starts
tomorrow.
Catholic University -" "The
Clouds; $3.50 pm.
Screen
Ambassador - "The Singer
Not the Song; lao, AIS. $50
and $3.50 pm.
Apex Purple Moon; /
3:05, Sis, 7:30 and 9:40 pm.
Capitol - Sail a Crooked
Ship; ll:55 am, 1855, $50
$3.50, 7.45 and 9:45 pm.
Dup0nt-"One, Two, Three;
1:20, 1925, $50, 1885, 9:40 pm
Keiths - Happy Thieves;
11:40 am, lao, $40, $40
TAO and 9:40 pm.
Macarthur - mo Love fol
Johnnie; 7:2O and $50 pm
Metropolitan - THE Singer
Evening star., 1962-01-29

is a thing OF beauty. The girls
are lovely to look on and their
lifting choral speech, thanks to
DR.. Callan's wizardry IN this
field, is most beguilingly melo-
dious. When the accent is on
the comedy, Mr.. Brady makes
the most of it almost all of
the time. He is a great one for
noise and movement, an un-
abashed employer of the slap
stick when all else fails and
clearly believes that comedy
must be seen and heard to be
laughed at.
The generally aple cast is
headed by Raynold Gideon, as
a properly bemused Strepsi-
AIDES; James Christy, comically
slack -witted as his son, and
Richard Bauer, as Socrates.
Mr.. Bauer's daffy impersona-
ton, had it been seen in the
423 BIC. original, might have
changed the course of history
by melting Socrates to murder
Aristophanes in the green room.
Before the final curtain.
Il y n
OPENING TOMORROW:
The concluding week of the
Old Vic's repertory program at
the National Theater, with
Barbara Jefford playing Bern
ard Shaw's Saint JOAN"
Romeo and Juliet" will con-
clude the engagement with
performances on Friday night
and Saturday afternoon and
evening.
Singer Marion Marlowe in
the Blue Room at the Shore
ham Hotel, along with Jack
Incl, xylophonist-tap dancer
from Lawrence Welk's TV
show, for two weeks.
Evening star., 1962-01-29


You may as well know rig
duction of the play now on view
at the campus theater only
faces up to the riddle though.
1t does not answer it. Instead
it goes along with the Aristo-
phanes gag, whatever it was.
Socrates emerges as a bumbl-
ing, mincing old nincompoop
prattling foolishly about soph-
istry, the ancient Greek science
of lifemanship, dedicated to
enjoying life even If that re-
quires proving that wrong is
right.
You will be happy to know
(unless you are Greek scholar
or a Sophist) that the version
of "The Clouds" offered here
is much more in tune with
modern audiences than the
original. This is not merely be-
cause. the original, offered
when Aristophanes was q IN
423 BIC, was in Greek. 1t also
is because the translation used
is a new colloquial one by Will
liam Arrowsmith, with some
cuts alterations and additions
insnired at the university.
Aristophanes, wherever he is,
would be happy to know that
"The Clouds" has not been
turned into a sophisticated
comedy. 1t is broad, elemental,
earthly (even though laundered
at CUD and slapstick. The
Virtue of the new adaptation is
that it puts its ancient jests
into a modern frame OF refer
ence.
A sample, though it is some
what less than riotously funny
in print, is Sweepstakes answer
when a creditor duns him for
money borrowed to buy horse.
in Aristophanes it translates:
"A horse? Do you not hear?
I, whom you all know hate
horsemanship." In Arrowsmith
it comes out: "a horse? Every
body knows I'm allergic to
horses"
This sort of thing does knock
the dust off something that de-
serves to be enjoyed for its
buffoonery rather than revered
for it's age.
Unfortunately, the updating
is not an unqualified success.
1t lapses at times into self
conscious awareness that a
fifth century B. c. Greek is
cracking wise in the idiom Of
a goth century daytime TV
quizmaster. At these moments
it has the sound of what might
have happened when a group
of undergraduates wearied Of
translating an ancient classic
and decided to visit some soph-
omoric humor upon it.
Painful as these moments
are, however, they are neither
painful enough nor numerous
enough to dilute the fun of
this updated Aristophanes
1.-The Clouds" still is a rowdy,
comic caper about a fellow
named Sweepstakes, who seeks
the aid of Socrates in learning
the Sophists' art of specious
debate, so he can confound his
creditors. In the end he be-
comes incenSed and sets fire to
Socrates thinking-shop, melo-
dramatically underscoring Aris-
tophanes' opinion of the Soph-
lists, whatever he really thought
about Socrates.
y y Il
At Catholic University this
modern romp on the tomb of a
classic comedy has been en-
trusted to the able directorial
care of Leo Brady ard jose
phine McGarry Callan. This
gives it a somewhat curious
Standardization but not
at all unpleasant.
When DR.. Callan's coed
chorus of clouds is in focus, ii
Evening star., 1962-01-29

THE CLOUDS" by Aristophanes,
translated by William Arrowsmith.
directed by Leo Brady, choral inter-
probation by Josephine McGarry
Callan, setting and lighting by
James d. Waring, costumes by
Joseph Lewis, presented by the
speech and drama department Of
Catholic University. At the Uni
versity Theater.
The Cast
Aristophanes Thomas Karaty
Clowns Dennis Gallagher,
David Sabin. Horst Vollmer
Sweepstakes -------- Raynold Gideon
Xanthias ------ Roger Ault
Pheidippides ------- Jan. James IS christy rty
Student-Porter Robert Moulthrop
Students - Michael Carton, Joseph
Coleman, Joseph Mott,
Joseph Palmieri, John
10th, Paul zakdZewski
Sophistry Alan JorgenSon
Philosophy - Michael Flanagan
Pasias ------- Dennis Gallagher
witness ---------- h0Ist Noilmsr
Amynias David Sabin
Chairephon ~ Joseph Coleman
THE CLOUDS
Sara Bannin, Mary Olive Brady,
Doris Bucher, Carol Churas, Frances
Kilroy, Mahalla Lenzi. Marian Nc
Donnell, Mary 10 McKenna, Sylvia
Pegis, Ann Marie Shea, Susanna
Strickland, Pamela Taylor, Halo
Wines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17

situations that some way the
role Of Mr.. Taylor in the Mer-
rywood affair was improper
and that he shouldn't be deal
ing in real estate so long as he
is sheriff, anyway.
While lecturing to law stu
dents recently. Mr.. Gibson was
asked if in retrospect he did
not think it was a mistake to
have invited the sheriff into
the deal.
1T definitely was not a mis-
take. 1t was big help" he
answered.
How"
Politically, that's how. He
was able to communicate with
the board members"
Gibson Explains
Mr.. Gibson emphasized that
the Board Of Supervisors is a
legislative rather than a Judi
cial body.
Although it manifestly would
be improper for an advocate to
approach a Judge before whom
he was pleading, he said, it is
entirely democratic and proper
to urge ones views upon cleo
tive officials.
He pointed out. too, that the
supervisors certainly were con-
tacted by those trying to
scuttle the project.
Sheriff Taylor reports that
he discussed the rezoning with
only two supervisors - Mr..
DeBell and Mr.. Parrish - both
of whom he asked ito keep an
open mind"
He never consulted Mr.. Leigh,
he says, adding:
Frankly, I was shocked by
his vote. We thought we had a
case that would win on its
merits and we hoped for four,
maybe five votes. But we did
not count on his. I remembered
sitting on the platforms in the
1859 campaign and hearing him
say again and again that he'd
never let apartments in. When
he made the motion, was alb
solutely shocked"
Whatever may be said of Mr..
Leigh's performance, the action
If the four other supervisors
Who voted for the rezoning was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
Hidden Razor Blade
Sent to Eichmunn

TEL AVN, Israel, June Is
(AP).-Attorney General Gid
con Hausner told a public
meeting here last night some
Germans sent Adolf Eichmann
a razor blade. concealed under
the stamps on a postcard from
Australia, to enable him to
commit suicide before his trial.
Mr.. HauSner said the senders
Eichmann have a
good look at the stamps-but
police examined them first.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
- --I INTERPRETIVE REPORT
French Hit on Atomic PoIicv

White House and the State De-
partment'S diplomats.
What might the hard mill
tary realities be?
France now has a compare
lively small number of nucleaI
weapons, still in the early de-
velopment stage. Whether she
can produce in quantity de.
ponds on how much she car
afford to invest.
The wealthy United States
has put tens Of billions Of dol
lars into perfection and pro-
duction of a wide variety and
massive quantity of nuclear
weapons.
The weapons with which
France is experimenting are
relatively low yield, in the kilo-
ton range. The United States,
Russia and Britain have multi
megaton weapons in their
arsenals. A kiloton is the
equivalent of l 900 tons of TINT
while a megaton equals a mil
lion tons of TINT.
France presumably lacks the
quantity and variety Of delivery
systems possessed by the other
powers - long-range missiles,
heavy bombers, missile firing
submarines.
Mr.. Mcnamara mentions the
factor Of vulnerability. For an
Independent French nuclear
force, that could be critical.
Highly hardened bases must
be provided, especially because
of the geographic position of
France in relation to Russia
and some of her satellites. Be-
cause there might be relatively
few nuclear weapons, an enemy
could concentrate heavy fire on
their launching bases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17

22.5 acres of his own land, sit
uated near Merrywood.
This is an amazing coinci-
dence. but that's all 1t is" he
explains.
| Because of need for funds
and desire to realize the maxi
mum value of his land, Mr..
Leigh wanted rezoning permit
ting construction of houses on
half-acre lots. However, he had
to acquire an adjoining 2.6
acres to provide access from
Kirby road to the subdivision
he contemplated.
In the spring, he asked the
Falls Church Bank, among
whose directors are Mr.. Glib
son and Mr.. Taylor, for a
$4,000 loan to help finance
the purchase.
Sheriff Taylor appraised the
2.6 acres and the bank con-
cluded it could not lend more
than $4,000. which was not
enough for Mr.. Leigh at the
time.
Last month, though, he sold
IL acres Of his property and
accepted the loan. Proceeds
from the sale together with the
borrowed money were enough
to enable him to buy the needed
&c acres.
To his enemies who argue
that he should not have sought
financial assistance from men
with an important interest in
a matter he was to help de-
eide, Mr.. Leigh says:
They can go straight to hell,
l can bank where I please"
Concerning the published re-
port that before the hearing. |
a real estate developer sug- /
gested to him that his property
would be far more valuable if |
Merrywood were zoned for
apartments. Mr.. Leigh says:
There were two or three de-
velopers over a period of years
who jestingly said, Wouldn't
1T be nice if your land were re-
zoned for apartments?' I in
jest agreed that it would be.
But it was all in the form of a
cocktail-party joke. Its ridic-
ulouS to think that apartments
ever could be put there"
There have been many in :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
Switch by Leigh Disconnected Rezoning Opponents

record Of opposition to apart
ments. They assert that before
he cast his vote. he expressly
had told them that he would
attempt to thwart the Merry
wood apartments as he had
others.
They were entitled to think
that from a conference they
had in my office a week before
the hearing" Mr.. Leigh con-
cedes.
Why didn't you tell them
you intended to vote for the
apartmentS?" he was asked.
My mind wasn't completely
made up at the time that was
going to do that"
When did you decide?"
Il really didn't make up my
mind until sometime during
the day when the case was
going on. 1 realized then
that the defense against the
proposition was pretty weak"
Limit to "TOuchdowns"
Mr.. Leigh also has stated
that he was driven to the con-
clusion that he could only
score so many touchdowns" and
that he no longer could keep
the DraneSville district wholly
free of apartments. BY allow
ing apartments on Merrywood.
he argues. he was relieving
pressure to thrust
them into more populous areas
around Mclean.
He acknowledges that he
asked Board Vice Chairman
Ann Wilkins if she could vote
for the project. but denies that
he urged her to do so or Of
fered her his vote on a future
issue if she would.
Mrs. wilkins report Of the
conversation with Mr.. Leigh
is different.
About 10 days before the
coming hearing. he approached
me and asked if I would vote
for it." she says.
Did Mr.. Leigh offer her his
vote on some future issue in
exchange for hers on Merry
wood?
He did" Mrs. Wilkins says. I
He made two mistakes. 1
was not interested in the case
On which he offered his vote,
and under no circumstances
anyway would I have changed
my vote on Norwood"
Had his private overture to
Mrs. wilkins succeeded in
shifting her vote, then Mr..
Leigh publicly could have voted |,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
Child Aid Group
To Pick Leaders

Help for Retarded Children,
Inc, will elect officers at their
meeting at 8 pm. Wednesday
at Share Tefila Synagogue,
405 Riggs Road NE.
Renominated are Walter R.
McEwen, president. and Mrs.
Zelda Saposnekoo, treasurer.
Other nominees include: DR..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17

against the project without
jeopardizing it.
AS it developed, Mrs. wilkins
and Chairman Moss cast the
only dissenting votes.
Mr.. Leigh has been criti-
cized, too, for other reasons.
The same day he proposed
approval of the rezoning, he
filed application to subdivide
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17

y. w. Oberman. LIST vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Frances King. End
vice president: Mrs. L. M. Mar
shall, third vice president: and
Mrs. Constance S. McEwen,
secretary.
Special schooling for any
retarded child is provided by
the non-profit group, which is
a member Of the District
Chapter Of the National As
ISOLATION for retarded chill
dren.
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Continued From Page AL

NOhtinuco FROM rage Al
Iamble for very high stakes
hat its deliberately prepared
'ezoning appeal would be an
irresistible one.
With the filing of the recon-
ng application, Mclean resi-
Tents began pouring out their
Iwn money, talents and emo
ions in opposition to it. Lead
ms OF the Mclean Citizens As
ociation accumulated $500
lgnatures on a petition against
he project and hired experts
o amaSs arguments against it.
A basic argument made was
hat approval of the project
would constitute outrageous
pot coming which inevitably
would result in further develop
nent that would destroy the
natural beauty Of the Pail
AIDES.
In rebuttal, Mr.. Gibson con-
ended the apartments would
interfere with no ones view
because no one will be able to
zee them except someone
Ihooting the rapids in a canoe
" riding overhead in an air.
blame"
Confident Of Leigh
The day of the hearing, the
,eople of Mclean were insure
" what the board would do,
tut they were confident that
DIR. Leigh effectively would
champion their position.
For seven years, he had hon
red campaign pledges and
managed to repel all apartment
projects from his district, often
!nlisting the necessary support
rom fellow supervisors by
rading votes with them.
Though the practice seldom
S discussed publicly, it would
>e. as Mr.. Leigh puts it, I'm
correct and naive to assume
hat we don't swap votes"
Because each of the seven
Fairfax supervisors is elected
rom an individual district
'ather than at large, the coun-
" in effect consists of seven
Ieparate political fiefdoms.
A supervisor enjoys immu-
nifty from the will Of all voters
except those in his own dis
srict. Therefore, he not infre-
quently can secure a needed
vote on a question affecting
his district by allowing a COL
Ieague to dictate his vote on
ZONE future issue concerning
another district.
His constituents were reas-
Sured by more than Mr.. Leigh's
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By ELTON c. FAY
AP staff Writer

Secretary OF Defense Mcnamara described France tonight
without mentioning either the nation leader-as weak
nucear power whose goit-aone policy could be suicidal
An address Mr. Mcnamara prepared for university COM
mencement exercise in Michigan outspoken
Official comment by United States
agonzng issue which until had been kept largely off
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President de Gaulle has
launched France ON a program
for devising and producing her
own nuclear weapons and using
them in the manner which she
chooses, outside OF the system
of mutual, co-ordinated defense
under the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
Although Mr.. Mcnamara, with
the obvious approval of the
White House and State Depart
ment. spoke plainly about weak
atomic powers, he did use some
cautious language. He did not
name either France or Gen.
de Gaulle.
- Key Remarks
Did he mean to include Brit
aim behind the United States
and Russia in atomic strength,
In The category of relatively
weak national nuclear forces?
Probably not, because his re-
marks contain two words that
seem Of key importance-he
speaks critically of nuclear
nations operating independ-
entity"
Britain is firmly in the NATO
structure of mutual defense, OPP
Grating under unified and CO.
ordinated plans which, among
othhF things, include assign
ments of particular targets for
particular forces. Only France,
of the three Western powers,
is presently headed out on an
Independent program.
Mr., Mcnamara says the
NATO alliance has enough re-
serve power to cope with Rus
STA; that even if Russia struck
in massive, surprise attack, the
nuclear power of the alliance
could destroy an enemy So
ciety If driven to it."
Warning Sounded
But, he says. Relatively weak
national nuclear forces with en-
envy mites as their targets" are
to be adequate even