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Evening star., 1962-09-12

INTERPRETATION
Russia Seems Wary
OF Berlin Showdown

in high quarters here that he
might very well go ahead with
the treaty this fall, though
leaving some loopholes in his
commitment to the East Ger
man regime so that he would
not be compelled to get into an
open struggle with the Western
powers over their Berlin supply
lines or their position in the
city.
No Response to SOundings
One development which bore
out this diplomatic estimate of
the situation was that Soviet
representatives tried to find
out whether various neutral
governments would support the
proposed peace treaty and for
mally recognize the German
Red regime. So far as is known
here, these soundings in neutral
capitals evoked little or no
enthusiasm. This also may have
had a dampening effect on Mr..
Khrushchev's plan.
Another development bearing
on the situation is that Soviet
officials are understood to have
told Westerners recently that,
while Mr.. Khrushchev would
not attend the forthcoming
q. N. General Assembly in its
opening phase, they were rot
sure about his plans for No
vember and December. In
other words, Mr.. Khrushchev
has ruled out a trip to New
York this month or next but
has left open the possibility
that he might show up there
in November, after the United
States elections.
Thus, while tensions over
Berlin wall incidents and irri-
tations in operation of the
Berlin supply lines are expected
to continue, the chances for a
major East-West crisis built
a Soviet German peace
treaty seemed to have declined
for the time being.
Serious trouble in Berlin
could still arise in the next
two or three months, however,
if the Soviets undertook, as
some United States officials
believe they will, to exercise
their rights to military traver
into West Berlin while trying
to reduce similar Western
rights in East Berlin.
Evening star., 1962-09-12

himself postponed because Of
an impending trial In Texas.
the subcommittee headed by
Senator Mcclellan. Democrat
of Arkansas. hoped to recess by
this week end for an indefinite
period. --s...-=
Evening star., 1962-09-12
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Close Vote Predicted Tomorrow
. In Race for Presidency of NFFE

Mr.. Owens supporters point
to the fact that he has solved
the tangled financial condition
the organization was in when
he took office and has put it
into the black.
They also stress that Mr..
Owen has Strengthened out the
unions administrative prob
lens and has given the NFFE
a well-run and efficient organi-
zation.
Mr.. Owens age is also o fac
tor in the election. He is 70
and Mr.. Griffiths' supporters
contend that this is too old
for a president of a union. Mr..
Owens supporters reply that he
is in excellent health and as
active as ever and that his ex-
perience should not be dis
carded.
Macy Speaks
Meanwhile, Civil Service Com
mission Chairman John Macy,
addressing the delegates today,
denied the charges made by
Mr.. Owen at the opening seS-
sion that the new Government
labor management program
could result in strikes by Fed
eral employe unions, picketing,
compulsory union membership,
etc.
Mr.. Macy declared: "U n d e r
the new employe-management
program, there can be no union
shop or closed shop, no forced
membership or dues collection
and no interference with an
employees choice of organiza-
ton, and no strikes or similar
actions against the Govern
ment either by independent ac-
ton on the part of an employe
organization or by pressure
from outside the Government.
Mr.. Macy pointed out that
President Kennedy's executive
order and the subsequent reg
ulationS by the Civil Service
Commission and the Labor De-
partment specifically ban
strikes, picketing, slowdowns
compulsory membership in
unions, etc.
Evening star., 1962-09-12
G. p. MAVERICKS
BACK PAT BROWN
FOR GOVERNOR

SAN FRANCISCO (AP).
- Maverick Republicans
who support Democratic
Gov. Edmund G. (Pat)
Brown in his reelection bid
against Richard M. Nixon
have opened an office here.
A sign outside reads in
large letters, Republican
headquarters"
Inside, they boost Pat
Brown.
This is a clear case Of
Misrepresentation" pro-
tested Alan H. Nicholas,
chairman of the local Nixon
for Governor Committee to
Brown campaign leaders.
They're considering the
matter.
Evening star., 1962-09-12
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

sPHOENIX, Sept. IL. - The
contest for the presidency of
the National Federation of
Federal Employees has developed
into an extremely close race,
with the outcome Of tomorrow's
election in doubt.
Robert Griffiths of Rome,
" Y, is given a definite chance
hS observers here to defeat
Vaux Owen, who has headed
the NFFE for the past half
dezen years.
Both sides are claiming VIC
terry, but actually the contest
is so close that both sides are
doing furious last-minute cam
paigning to swing the result in
their favor.
,sMr. Griffiths, As, who is an
NFFE vice president and who
is deputy management chief Of
TIE Griffiss Air Force Base, is
Conducting his campaign on the
argument that the NFFE is
going downhill under what he
charges are the ultra -conServa-
tive policies of Mr.. Owen.
Griffiths Pledges
sMr. Griffiths pledges that If
elected he will give the NFFE
progressive and aggressive lead
etship and will wage an in
tensive campaign to organize
Federal employees.
.sMr. Griffiths has hammered
sway at the fact that NFFE's
membership has steadily de-
ciined during the last 8 years,
while that of the rival AFL-CIO
American Federation of Govern
Inent Employees has increased
Whereas the NFFE in the past
had the largest membership,
the AFGE now has a member
ship double the size of the
NFFE, he emphasizes to the
delegates.
I'm 1854, NFFE's membership
was 72,000. At the groups last
convention two years ago, il
had declined to 54,614. The
membership has further de-
clined to its present figure oi
49,92S.
Evening star., 1962-09-12
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
Associated Press Writer

Aoa0eA4sga EACeo WAAt@A
Although Soviet Premier
Khrushchev evidently intends
to maintain East-West tensions
at a high level, he now seems
to be very reluctant to force an
early showdown on the future
Of West Berlin.
This point stands out sharply
in the blustery Soviet warning
to the United States yesterday
against any attack on Cuba
lest 1t plunge the world into
nuclear war.
Sandwiched in among the
long, propaganda -packed para
graphs asserting strong Soviet
support for the Castro regime
was q reference to the Berlin
situation, which struck officials
here as extremely interesting
and probably very significant.
u. s. Elections Noted
In this brief section, the So
Wet government said cnce again
that the United States, Britain
and France must abandon their
occupation position in West
Berlin. This position shall be
liquidated," Russia declared
emphatically.
The statement then noted
that United States congress
sional elections win be held in
November and that United
States-Soviet talks on Berlin
recently came to a pause. With
the elections coming up, the
statement said, it is difficult
for the United States ito con-
duct negotiations on a German
treaty" and the Soviet govern
ment sis prepared to take this
into consideration"
Thus, Mr.. Khrushchev seemed
to be backing away from a
showdown, using the argument
that negotiations would be
difficult for the United States
in an unsettled prediction
atmosphere.
See No Election Link
However, officials here see
no connection between the
elections and United States
Soviet discussion on Berlin.
For one thing, no one expects
the Kennedy administrations
attitude to be any different
after the elections from what
it is now.
Moreover, preliminary dis
cussions with Moscow ground
TO q halt when the Russians
rebuffed all efforts by Secre-
tary Of State Rusk to turn the
talks to specified issues.
Continued negotiations along
the line he proposed might
have led to compromise solu-
tions on some Of the Berlin
problems but would have re-
quired that Russia recognize
the right Of the Western
powers to maintain their troops
in Western Berlin indefinitely.
This Russia is unwilling to do.
Some Of the best-informed
authorities here think Mr..
KhruShchev now understands
that the United States, Britain
and France do not intend to
sign any treaty or make any
deal which would destroy the
basis of their present right,
dating back TO the allied VIC
tory over Germany in 1945. to
be in Berlin.
There is speculation in Wash
ington that Mr.. Khrushchev's
apparent change Of pace might
stem from President Kennedy's
request to Congress for power
to call up 100000 military Re-
servists If that should prove
necessary.
One diplomatic effect of the
request, officials here note, was
to give the Soviets a clear sig
nal that the United States is
determined to meet force with
force over Berlin if compelled
to do so.
Mr.. KhruShchev has been
threatening a separate peace
treaty with Communist East
Germany for so long-since
1958-that he finds himself in
somewhat of a dilemma.
Various recent statements he
has made led to the impression
Evening star., 1962-09-12
] British Reject Protests
On Common Market

LONDON Sept. IL (AP)-The British government spread
word today it will with its bid to join Europes Com
mon Market despite the of practically the whole Com
uonwealth
Prime Minister Macmillan called special cabinet talks
tor this week next-evdently to win the formal ap
Evening star., 1962-01-28
TODAY

CAPITAL UNIVERSITY CHAPEL
CHOIR Of Columbus, Ohio, Ellis
Emanuel Snyder, conductor. Christ
Lutheran Church, SOIL Old George
town road, Bethesda, 3 pm. Program
HERNDoN HIGH HORNET BAND,
Fritz Velke, conductor: Herndon High
School Auditorium, Herndon. Vir-
ginia, 3 pm. Soloists: Katharine
Rogers, trumpet; Johnny Smith,
piano. Program Of light and popular
WAsH1NGToN CATHEDRAL CHOIR
OF MEN AND BOYS, Paul Galloway,
organist and conductor. Washington
Cathedral. 4 pm. Toceata. Adago &
Williams; Eternal Father. Hoist:
Senex Puerum Portabat. Byrd; Pres
entation of Christ in the Temple,
Eccard: Behold, the Tabernacle Of
God, william; Give Unto the Lord,
5!ear; Fantasia q Fugue in G Minor,
FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB
ST1DENT GROUP. Barker Hall,
NV. pm; Program not available
lips Collection, 5 pm. Sonata quasi
una fantasia, Finney: Sonata in A
Flat, Op. 11O, Beethoven: Goldberg
Variations, Bach.
PAWh WIi,iRi ERICSSON son bsEitone; pSI, Edmund
ehuroh SEsaS s5 df5rfstSEe street. IW IPTSsDyteran
Cantata No. 81, Ich habe genug,
Bach; Three Psalms, Sowerby.
HOWARD COLLEGE CHOIR of Bir-
mingham, Ala, George W. Koski,
conductor. Metropolitan Baptist
Church, A and Sixth streets NE,
I:15 pm. Program not available.
hOHON STRING QUARTET (Harold
kohOn, Raymond Kunicki, violins:
Bernard Zaslav, viola; Heinrich
Joachim, cellol. National Gallery of
Art, 8 pm. Quartet in A Minor, OBJ,
Al No. !. Schumann; Quartet in F,
Cp Al No. 2. Schumann Quartet in
A, Op. Al No. 3, Schumann.
CAPITAL UNIVERSITY CHAPEL
CHOIR of Columbus, Ohio, Ellis
Emanuel Snyder, conductor. Faith
Lutheran Church, Arlington boule-
ward at Jackson street, Arlington, 8
pm. Program not available,
Evening star., 1962-01-28

on Friday, February 16, with
a repeat on the following
night. Richmond is the only
other city where Eugene
Ormandy and the Philadel-
phianS will play the work this
season New York: Guest
conductor Thomas Schippers
this week leads the New
York Philharmonic in q con-
cert version of the first act
of Rossini's "Conte D'Ory."
Also programmed is the
Symphony No. 3 of Peter
Mennin InterlOchen,
Mich: Van Cliburn will join
the faculty of the National
Music Camp here next sum-
mer to teach a short-term
master course for advanced
students.
4 4 Il 4
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Syracuse University: $3.50
for an orchestral work suit
able for high school and COL
legiate performance. Dead
line: March /. Details: DR..
Earl George, Syracuse Uni
versity, Syracuse 10, N. Y.
KOsciuszkO Foundation:
$1,000 to a young pianist be-
tween the ages of Is and 81.
Deadline: March /. Details:
Kosciuszko Foundation, Is
E. 65th ST., New York 81,
N. Y. Michaels Memorial
Music Award: $1,000 to a
vocalist, string player, or
pianist between the ages of
l8 and 80. Deadline: March
is. Details: Ravinia Festival
Association, 108 N. State St.,
Chicago 2, Ill. . American
Opera Additions: An operatic
debut in Italy to singers be-
tween the ages of 81 and "a.
Deadline: March 81. Details:
American Opera Additions,
Evening star., 1962-01-28
TODAY'S RADIO
HIGHLIGHTS

9:15, WMAL-Over the Gar
den Gate. Landscape and
garden instruction by DR..
Betty Bradford Bloom.
1890, WMAL-Broadway Mel
odies. The original cast al
bum of Carnival" is fea-
tured.
1880, WEAM-Army Hour. A
report on the training of the
4th Infantry Division from
Fort Lewis, Washington.
12:05, WAVA-Northern Vir-
ginia Meets the Nation. An
drew Barr leads a panel dis
cussion by Arlington citi-
ZenS.
100, WAVA-Milt Grant Teen
Show. Music, news, fashion.
humor and sports for the
areas teens.
2:00, WQMR-Sing Along. An
hour of old favorites fea-
turing the Mitch Miller
chorus.
$3.50, WRC-Meet the Press,
Representative Chet Holi-
field is guest.
6:35, WAMU-FM 1855 McD
Panorama of the Lively
Arts. Cultural reports from
Germany, France, Japan,
Italy and England.
7:05, WTOP-Capitol Cloak
room. Senator Saltonstall,
Republican of Massachu-
sets, is interviewed about
military appropriations in
light of the Presidents new
budget.
500, WWDC-District Round
table "The Juvenile Court
in Jeopardy" Guest is John
E. Powell, vice chairman of
IIle juvenile court ADVISORY
Committee.
1O:O0, WMAL - Issues and
Answers. Chester Bowles,
special presidential repre-
sentative for Asia, Africa
and Latin America, is guest.
1880, WTOP-City Side. An
interview with David L. Ca
hoon, chairman of the
Montgomery County Coun-
Gil.
1880, WMAL - Comment.
college Education: Is 1t
Necessary"
Evening star., 1962-01-28
FRIDAY

FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB.
John Wesley Powell Auditorium, Cos
mos club. Il am; Mary Mckay
No. j Brahms; 1ntermeEzo, op. 1l99
No: /, Brahms. Lola Faust; soprano;
Emery, piano: FuoE di Periglio, from
Floridante: Handel: Una Motto a
Napoli, Brignoli; La Gavotte de Puy-
loli, Massenet; Tarentelle, Faure.
Carol Tatian and Mimi NiccOlS, vio-
Inns; Barbara Grzesnikowski. viola !;
Jean Robbins, cello: String Quartet
in D, Op. 18 No. 3, Beethoven.
DI ROMA (Arrigo Pei
liccia, violin; Franco AntOniOni,
VIOLA. Massimo Amfitheatrof, cello;
Ornella Santoliauido, piano.. Library
Of .Congress, $50 pm. Quartet No
in Minor, Op. 2. Mendelssohn:
quartet No. /. Ghedini; Quartet in
Flat, Op. 81. Dvorak
United STATES NAVY BAND, CWO
Donald W. Stauffer, conductor. Solo
lists: Roger Thorstenberg, cornet;
Ronald Barnett, marimba. Depart
mental Auditorium, $3.50 pm. over
ture: The Magic Flute, Mozart: Five
Miniatures, White: lst Movement,
symphony No. in B Minor, Schu-
bert; La Mandolinata, Bellstedt:
Andrea Chenier selection, Giordano;
AmaZonas, Salutari: Little Fugue in
g Minor, Bach; Adagio, from Moon
light Sonata, Beethoven; Hungarian
Dance No. l. Brahms; CZardas, Koff;
Die Fledermaus selection, Strauss,
Evening star., 1962-01-28
NEWS OF MUSIC
NEWS OF MUSIC
Further Reflections on English Opera
By IRVING LOWENS
Star Music Critic

To me, one Of the most
astonishing things about the
Opera Society's notable
Ravel-Stravinsky twin bill
last week was the way in
which the audience reacted
to "L'Heure Espagnole."
The plot of this delicious
opera is standard French
bedroom farce, but the genius
of Ravel's score raises the
whole to the level Of genuine
art.
Especially admirable is the
way in which the transparent
music allows the text to shine
through. AS enunciated by
the first-class cast, the
French was quite compre-
hensible even to me, and I
can boast no special COM
petence in the language.
But despite the witty lib
retto, enchanting singing, and
excellent pronunciation, the
audience reacted-on open
ing night, at least-as if
"Parsifal" were on display.
3 Laughs? Virtually none.
It was perfectly plain that
very few people in the audi
ence understood enough
French to take in the humor,
and as a consequence much
of the operas impact was
thoroughly vitiated.
I am willing to concede
that "L'Heure Espagnole" in
English translation, no mat
ter how excellent, would not
be so perfect as it is in the
original French, and it would
be ridiculous to mount such
q production before a French
audience. But we in Wash
ington are not French, and
Evening star., 1962-01-28

H. Auden and Chester Kali
man, one Of the most sue
cessful productions of the
.NBC Opera Company, will be
repeated this afternoon on
WRC-TV (Channel ~ at 2:3O
pm. The color show runs to
5 pm. The Sonata
Quasi una Fantasia" by Ross
Lee Finney programmed by
William D0ppman in his re-
cital at the Phillips Collection
today was commissioned for
him by the Quincy (Illinois)
Fine Arts Council The
Bartok violin concerto to be
played by Isaac Stern with
the National Symphony Or
chestra this week is a newly
discovered early work which
he introduced with the
Philadelphia Orchestra last
season If you missed the
concert by the excellent
Netherlands Chamber Choir
last Thursday at the Corco-
ran Gallery, you can still
hear it by delayed broadcast
over WGMS Wednesday at
9:05 pm. George Wash
ingtOn University has an
nounced a six-concert spring
series in Lisner Auditorium
beginning February "a
Charles Peckham has joined
the staff of the Arlington
Music Theater as stage di-
rector for their forthcoming
production of "Cosi Fan
Tutte." The caption de-
scribing the sketch of "Oed-
ipus Rex" in Sundays music
page enormously identified
the narrator as Robert Craft.
The narrator was, in fact,
the gifted English actor
John Westbrook, who is per-
haps best known to Wash
ingtonianS for his portrayal
of the role of Jack Wales in
the British film Room at the
Top" Mr.. Craft conducted
the Ravel "L'Heure Espang-
MOLE"
NEWS FROM THERE -
Baltimore: HardwOrking By
ron Janis plays with the
Baltimore Symphony this
week, offering the Schu-
mann concerto and the Rach-
maninoff Rhapsody on a
Theme of Paganini" with the
orchestra Philadelphia:
The eagerly-awaited first
performance in the Western
Hemisphere of the recently
reconstructed TchaikOvsky
Seventh Symphony is sched-
uled to take place at 2 pm.
Evening star., 1962-01-28

lack Of comprehension is a
heavy price to pay for
theoretical perfection.
Matter Of Definition
The answer to the question
OF to do or not to do opera
in English depends on the
way in which you define
opera" I define it as mu-
sical drama, as drama
through music. A text in an
unknown language destroys q
good part of an operas dra-
matte impact for me; a trans
lated text disturbs the works
musical integrity.
Something must give in
such a situation-you can't
have your cake and eat it.
1 prefer the latter compro-
mise as the lesser of two ad-
mitted evils.
I hasten to add that I can
see no point in listening to an
opera on records in any Ian
guage other than the original.
Even if Hungarian is Greek to
you. your eyes are not occu-
pied by watching action on a
stage. You can focus them
easily enough on a bilingual
libretto and thus cut the
Gordian knot.
You can't do this in a
theater, however-the words
must come to you over the
footlights.
There are ways to finesse
the matter. Stravinsky does
it in "Oedipus Rex" using a
narrator to tell the story in
English before it happens
while the opera itself is sung
in Latin. Oldtimers will re-
member the opera society's
first season "Entfuehrung"
with the recitative (Which
carries the plot along) in
English and the arias in Ger
man "a bold experiment
which has much to be said
for it.
But these are patiently fl
nesses and not solutions.
Tosconini Incident
Why do people argue so
vehemently against opera in
English? Samuel Chotzinoff,
producer of the NBC Opera
Co., thinks that it may be
sheer habit and cites an an
cedote about Arturo Toscanini
to illustrate the point.
when we first started our
NBC Opera Co., he was ap-
presensive about our doing
some of his cherished Italian
Evening star., 1962-01-28
WEDNESDAY

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
Howard Mitchell, conductor. Soloist
Isaac Stern, violin. Constitution Hall,
$40 pm. Program same as Tues
day,
UNITED STATES MARINE BAND,
Capt. James King, conductor. So
loists: David Flowers, cornet; Will
liam Montgomery, flute. Department
tai Auditorium, $3.50 pm. Triumpfal
March, from Quo Vadis, Rosza; Over
ture, lie Corsair, Berlioz: Cole Porter
Medley, Jolly: Andante & Scherzo,
Barat; Jericho. Gould; March Sound
Off, Sousa: Fanfare g. Allegro Will
liams Poem, Critics; Gold and Sill
yer Waltz, Lehar; Roumanian Rhap-
Sody No l. Enesco
Evening star., 1962-01-28
PROGRAMS OF THE WEEK

Tod das ist die Kuehle Nacht,
Brahms; Lindes Rauschen, Brahms;
Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen,
Brahms; ,Fruehlingstrost, Brahms;
La Cheyelure. from Chansons. de
Fetes Galantes, Debussy; Fleurs,
Poulenc: Air Vif, Poulenc: Siete
Canciones populares Espanolas, de
Falla; Sea-Snatch, Barber; The
Monk g.. His Cat, Barber: The
Praises Of God, Barber: Oh, Glory,
Johnson;, My Good Lord Done Been
Evening star., 1962-01-28
THURSDAY

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
Howard Mitchell, conductor. Soloist
Isaac Stern, violin. Lisner Audi
torium, pm. Repeating Tuesday s
program.
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE CHOIR. DR..
Arnold J. Running, Conductor Con-
stitution Hall, $50 pm. / Will
Praise the Lord, Schuetz: Lord, II
But Thee May Have, Schuetz;
Rsgem Natum, Gallus; o Lamb Of
GOO; Decius Hosanna To The Son
of John Donne, Heiden; A Cere-
mony OF Carols. Britten; Laud Him,
pepping; I VIII Be as the Dew,
Nystedt; Creator Of the stars, Boat
wright Glory to God in the High
est. Thompson.
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE, Richard Pitt
man, conductor; John Yard, bass;
Evening star., 1962-01-28
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Evening star., 1962-01-28

Ruth Wright, flute; william Wright,
clarinet and bass clarinet; Richard
Douse, alto saxophone. violin; Rich
Norma GaToa pah pRon hSs chs2rs
viola; Chester Wood, cello. Institute
OF Contemporary Arts, Meridian
House, 1880 Crescent place NV,
$3.50 pm. Quartet in D, K. 2S5,
Mozart: Quintet. Op. 46, Stout (pre-
miere); Jubilate Dec Omnis Terra,
Schuetz; Shade Pulsations. Gilbert
(premiere); Mein Herr Ist Bereit,
Buxtehude: Sextet, Bolcom.