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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26

rights by Q President in
generations.
Our Attorney General de.
serves great credit, too.
Mrs. Geneva M. Waugh.
It Is my sad conclusion
that the present racial un-
rest that besets our land is
leading, inevitably, to q
downgrading in the real po-
sition that our fellow Negro
citizens have earned in our
society.
Americans resent threats,
resist the brainwashing Of
newspapers and television,
and prefer to form their ideas
based on their individual ex-
periences. They believe in
stinctively in the equality Of
all people before the law;
but, they question the right
Of any group to demand that
social privileges and customs
become proper subjects for
judicial determination and
Federal enforcement.
The American Negro Is al
lowing himself to be the
pawn In the hands Of the
cynical manipulators Of po-
htical power and personal
gain to the detriment of all
Of our citizens. Those Of us
who would deal with our
Negro fellow citizens with
courtesy and respect are be-
ing forced to choose between
the Negro and our ideas Of
what our constitutional Re-
public was meant to be. The
choice is inevitable-it must
be in favor Of the rights Of
all the people, both black
and white, that are threat
ened by lawlessneSs and
power politics. The people
are the ever-present rudder
under the ship Of state.
Arthur ]. williams.
Burtonsville. Md.
&RR
Equality" Of the races ap-
parently means to the Ken
nedy brothers the supremacy
OF the black race, for In re-
cent promotions in civil serv-
ice Negroes have been pro-
NOTED in place of whites en-
titled thereto. The whole In.
tent Of course is to agitate
the Negroes and place them
In position to vote in the 1854
elections. What inks the
Kennedys Is the lack Of fast
action and the need of con-
tinued agitation by labelling
the movement as one OF
equality rights.
Joseph N. Nielsen.
Just who Is running the
Government The people
elected to do 50 or the Negro
leaders? Recently I've been
hearing some very threaten
ing statements made to the
effect that "this or that"
must be done, or elsel The
latest statement by Martin
Luther King is that he will
call for a nationwide march
on Washington II the Presi-
dents civil rights bill Is fill
clustered. Just who is calling
the turns?
+. d. williams.
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Answers to Questions
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Did the gin rickey get
its name from a member Of
Congress2-H. v.
A. Joe Hickey. for whom
II Is said 10 be named, was
not q Congressman, but was
at one time q lobbyist in
Washington. Albert Stevens
Crockett In his book "Old
Waldorf Bar Days" says that
the gin rickey was devised
by q barkeeper at Shoe
makers. q famous drinking
place In Washington. Col.
Hickey was one Of It's favor
lite patrons and the first 10
try the new drink. A he
liked II immensely. the bar
keeper named IL for him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26

In this summer Of O sur
passing ugliness-where ra-
cial strife tears at the vitals
Of the United States and the
filthiest scandal of the CEN
fury blackens Britain's his
toric honor--a single cool,
clean note is heard In all the
West.
Though the news from
Washington Is unhappy and
the news from London-and
Rome, too-is grim, q fresh
breeze Of hope and healing
blows in from Vatican City.
Against the earnest warn
ings Of even their best polit-
zeal friends, Negro leaders
continue to insist upon
mounting in Washington q
m assive demonstration"
openly intended to intimi-
date Congress into passing
civil rights legislation in pre-
cisely the form they demand
and in rejection Of the whole
spirit Of wise elaboration and
fair discussion.
This can only bedevil and
inflame an issue deeply re-
curing the most earnest and
orderly examination-as 1t
can only result in less rather
than more true concern for
just minority grievances.
In London, the political life
Of an able and gallant man,
Prime Minister Harold Mac
milan. Is slipping away into
the cutters made by the
crudely immoral and incred-
IDLY irresponsible personal
conduct Of q privileged min
lister Of the Crown, John Pro-
fumo. All that Mr.. Macmillan
has meant in four decades Of
giant service, first against
naziism and now against
communism, Is being thrown
away because an undeniable
rot lying tragically deep in
British society is being unde-
niably exposed.
In Rome, o moderate anti
Communist government lies
in ruins, victim not merely Of
the Communists but also Of
the raging materialism Of an
Italian way Of life where the
anti Communists themselves
are infected with the taste
less, lustful search, the eter-
nal grabbing for Number One,
Of this age.
A Message of Faith
Alone among the great
capitals Of the Western world
Vatican City sends to West
ern mankind some message
Of faith for a return, one day,
to a world Of some taste, some
decency, some order, and at
least some spirit Of self
sacrifice In the common cause
of a better life.
The new Roman Catholic
Pope, Paul VI, announces his
firm resolve TO press on to the
end with that great move
ment toward the reunion of
Christianity, bringing an end
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26
LETTERS TO THE STAR

Pen names may be used II
letters carry iDriters' correct
names and addresses. All let
tiers are subject to condensa-
ton. Those not used tDiu be
returned only iDhen accom-.
panied By self addressed,
stamped envelopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26
A MAN MUST CHOOSE. By

Eric Chou. 800 PIP. (Alfred
A. Knopf; So
Eric Chou Is q Chinese
journalist who In the late
'40s and early sos piled his
trade in Hong Kong. Then
In January, 1858, he was
lured into visiting the main
land while his wife and chill
dren remained behind in
Hong Kong.
He returned to Hong Kong
in January. 1857. The years
between were spent in a rich
assortment Of jails, hospitals,
and sanitaria, and all the
while Mr.. Chou's thought was
being remolded.
Throughout the entire
process, he tells US, his hate
for the Communists grew and
his sole aim was to appear
so ideologically correct that
he would be permitted to
leave Cor actually sent out
of mainland China. He in
tended to write a book about
his experiences.
The book Of course Is "a
Man Must Choose" II shall
always remember 8 March
1861" Mr.. Chou remarks, "for
that night ! managed to sit
before my typewriter and
actually start the writing at
long last. Once I got
started. scenes Of the past
10 years rose wildly before
my eyes, more real than
ever. I could still visualize
those prison cells, the faces
Of the guards, and the smiles
Of Director Ii. Sun Kang,
and Ten Haishan. 80.
THE urge to tell the truth
possessed me and I Just had
to write"
IN THE EARLY STAGES
Of thought remolding." Mr..
Chou was threatened with
active torture. II never ma
terialized. Food was bad,
cells were cold. prison rules
cruel and arbitrary; the ply
steal discomfort imposed was
great. But 1t appears that
It's purpose was essentially
psychological: To confuse the
victim, to deprive him Of his
inner and outer mental ref
erence points, and thus TO
make him amenable to sug-
gestion.
Amenability TO suggestion
was indeed Mr.. Chou's secret.
He was supposed TO confess
10 anti Communist activities
that he had never under
taken. He developed a sophis-
ticated technique OF elaborat-
ing suggestions made by his
interrogators. Objective veri-
fication has no place in this
strange world. IL Is obviously
impossible for anyone 10
prove that he Is not a spy.
False confessions are appar-
emily not checked In what
we would consider q normal
fashion. And II they were,
the absence Of evidence would
be proof OF the cleverness,
not OF the nonexistence, Of
the crime.
The mentality behind this
procedure ought not be hard
10 understand: we ourselves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-26

prosecution of the law will give assur-
ance that justice is fully satisfied in the
case of Medgar Evers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
SCREEN

AMBASSADOR-"Days Of Wine and Roses; a young
couples battle with alcoholism, not for the squeamsh
lis. 1925, 5;25 TAO and 9:45 pm.
APEX-"The Longest Day.; a great war picture; the
D-Day story; 200 and $3.50 pm.
CAPTTOL-"War and Peace Audrey Hepburn Mel Ferrer
in the screen version of Tolstoi's novel; l2:45 $780,
6:15 and 9.05 pm.
DUPONT-"Electra"; fine performances in a truly Greek
film version Of the Eurpides tragedy; l, 250, 7:15
and $3.50 pm.
KETTHS-"Come September; Rock Hudson romances
Gina Lolobrgida in this one; /, 4:4O and $40 pm.
Lover Come Back" and switches to Doris Day here
1850, $3.50 and 1910 pm
MacARTHUR-"Long Days Journey Into Night; top
flight film version Of ONells great play; l. 3:l5 $780,
7:45 and 9:55 pm.
METROPoLTTAN-"Da Of Wine and Roses: los 3:l5
5:25, 1880 and Gas pm.
ONTARIo-"Lawrence Of Arabia" motion picture of true
distinction with Peter OTooe the legendary hero
200 and 815 pm.
PALACE-"Courtship of Eddies Father romantic comedy
with Glenn Ford and Shirley Jones; $780, $3.50, 5:35i
7:35 and $40 pm
PLAYHoUSE-"David and Lisa" highly rated film based
on psychiatric history, winner of last years
Venice Film Festival; LAS, 3:35, $780, 1920 $40 pm
PLAzA-A Stranger Knocks United States showing
OF q suspense-shocker from Denmark 1880, $40 4:5O
$3.50, $40 and $3.50 pm. e.
TOWN-"To Kill Mockingbrd" a great movie from
Harper Lees Puitzer-Prize winning novel; a must to
see; /, $40, 5:25 TAO and 9:55 pm. 81
observation-disclosures Head; version of modern
Hawaii with Charlton Heston as an island autocrat;
l:l5 800. 525. 1880 and $3.50 pm. 80
UPTOWN-"How the West Was Won; Cinerama-sze
version Of Johnny Appeseeds story; and pm.
WARNER-"Mutny On the Bounty; classic has turned
into q spectacular; and pm co..
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dinavian parents moved from
Lafayette, MINI. to Minne-
apolis. which / dearly loved"
Her first ambition: ITO be q
great figure skater"
Hitchcock filmed The
Birds" at Bodega Bay on the
northern coast Of California.
In 1t more than 5000 trained
birds (sea gulls, ravens,
crows, finches) wage war
against people. "They bit the
trainer frequently. but not
the actors - didn't like the
taste Of them. / make
my films In California now.
/ don't understand why peo-
pie go abroad TO make pic
lures. On second thought, l
do. They want 10 get away
from their wives. As for me,
I like TO go home every
night"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31

for what she has herself.
After all there are all types
OF bloncs. Jean Harlow was a
blond. Marilyn Monroe was a
blond and Grace Is q blond.
but each Is quite different.
When Mary Pickford was a
great star. the studios were
always introducing some new
actress as Another Mary
Pickford.' But they didn't get
away with II because there
was only one Mary Pickford."
Refused Film Bids
Hitchcock. London = born.
rudy and shaped like a rain
drop. prowled his flower
laden 81. Regis sitting room
as he rumbled forth Olym-
plan announcements. paus-
ing TO issue this crisp COM
mand TO a subordinate:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
It's Small World
With Those Jets

HOLLYWOOD (AP).-
Movie Composer Dimitri
Tiomkin says runaway pro-
duction will continue.
1.-THE jet airplane shrunk
this small world" the macs
tro says. Motion pictures
always were worldwide In
their market.
Now the whole world is
our location. Nobody can
turn back the clock"
Tiomkin is about to score
and co-produce Five Pianos, -
which will be shot in five
countries with five different
native and American casts.
How do you shoot that
on a Hollywood back lot?"
he asks. II even have to
write five kinds Of music for
the score"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
Jennifer's Route
Was q Long One

HOLLYWOOD (AP) .-Jen-
infer Cryer. a British stage
actress, took a roundabout
way Of making the grade in
Hollywood movies.
The red haired actress
came 10 America 10 work In
the British Embassy in
Washington. There, a LOS
Angeles businessman liked
her efficiency and hired her
as his private secretary.
Three months ago, she
started doing some little the
alter work around Hollywood
10 occupy herself nights.
Director John Rich saw her
and now shes doing 4
comedy role In wives and
Lovers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
BY WARD MOREHoUsE


NEW YORK.-Grace Kelly
won an Academy Award be-
fore she became the Princess
Of Monaco. But she was not
a fully developed actress when
she left Hollywood. says Al
fred Hitchcock, who directed
her in two pictures and al
most coaxed her from the
palace for a third.
Grace hadn't achieved the
final-not In my book" said
Hitchcock. she was Just get
ting started. She showed po-
tential in Dial M for Muir
DER but Rear Window was
the first picture that really
brought her out. She had Just
begun TO get somewhere when
she quit"
Comparison DepIOred
The master Of the macabre
was In New York for the pre-
miere OF bis new suspense
picture. "The Birds" a Uni
versal release which co-stars
his latest discovery. 'Tippi'
Hedren (who spells her first
name with single quotes) Be-
cause she possesses the cool.
blond elegance that distin-
cuisines Princess Grace, Miss
Hedren Is being described as
THE New Grace Kelly" a
development holly depiored
by Hitchcock.
II deprecate that sort OF
thing" he said. Il think It's
wrong. 'Tippi stands entirely
on her own. She doesn't re-
late 10 Grace at all. She has
her own individuality. her
own personality, and the
American public are going 10
be very grateful we gave her
10 them.
she has 10 be accepted
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HOLLYWOOD
Fabulous WheeIer-DeaI

him Ipple for his initials
which are attached to virtu-
ally every item of clothing
he owns lis known to his
friends as Swiftly" q most
appropriate nickname. His
secretary, Susan Foster, who
has been with him for the
last is years, says, Hes al
ways on the move; that's
probably how he got tagged
with it," Also, in those Is
years, Swiftly Lazar's cable
address at his Beverly Hills
office has been, ironically
Lazy-a word that has never,
to anyone's recollection, been
applied to the man. Com
pared to LaZar, to borrow a
phrase from another speedy
American, Journalist Richard
Gehman, jets are languid.
Besides his enormous rep
utation as q deal-making
agent who operates single
handedly in defiance of the
big agencies, such as MICA
and William Morris, and
often as not beats them at
their own game, Lazar is
himself a dazzling operation
to watch. Before his mar
rage last year in Las Vegas
to a beautiful model named
Mary Van Nuys-a New York
girl despite the California
sound - Swiftly was invariably
seen, wherever he landed long
enough to go social, with
very tall and very beautiful
women. There are those who
insist that Lazar used to
carry a personal telephone
file neatly categorized: Girls,
New York; Girls, London;
Girls. Los Angeles and so on.
Actually, his marriage
came as a surprise to his
friends who, like his client
list, comprise those in the
top strata Of the business.
Lauren Bacall once gave
what many considered at the
time to be the last word on
the subject. Swiftly is so
Clean" she said. II Just don't
think he'll ever get married.
Where could he find a girl
neat enough for him2"
A HypOchOndriac. Too
Swiftly is the epitome not
only Of neatness and cleanli-
ness, but is a hypochondriac
to boot. He is a pill carrier
and q disinfectant sprayer.
There is q rumor, and friends
Of his will verify it, that he
once got into a modified
fistfight" with the manager
Of the Hotel George v In
Paris because the hotel man
agement looked darkly on
LaZar's insistence that
enough towels be dispatched
to his room to provide a car
pet from his bed TO the bath
room. He is said, moreover, to
insist that his own car IA
Cadillac) be sprayed with a
perfumed antiseptec before
he dips his small frame past
the door. He also abhors us
ing q towel more than once.
George Axelrod (another
Lazar CLIENT, VINO penned
the comedy "Will Success
Spoil Rock Hunter?" included
In the cast Of characters a
devil sent up In the image.
as II were, Of Irving Paul
Lazar. So there viii be no
mistaking the reference. he
is known as Irving "Sneaky"
LaSalle. Lazar regarded the
burlesque as a compliment;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
BY JOHN RONLUND
North American Newspaper AlIianc

Nortn American Newspaper Alliance
HOLLYWOOD They call
him the Fabulous" Irving
Lazar. And fabulous is the
word for this 5 foot, 3 inch
Hollywood giant whose pro-
fession may be described as
literary agent but whose
actual scope Of operation is
conducted on such a rari-
fled plain as to make ''lit-
erary" seem a family effete
adjective and "agent" Alto
gether mundane.
A dynamo on the run,
Lazar each year sells at least
SIS million worth Of literary
that is, dramatic or mu-
steal - works and assorted
talent from the stage to the
movies, q fantastic total by
any yardstick.
His client list is literally
a who's-anybody in the pro-
ductive end Of show business
and includes, for starters,
such celebrated names as Cole
Porter, Richard Rodgers,
Johnny Mercer, Vladimir Ma
bokov, author of Lolita;
Roman Gary, Harold Arlen,
Zip Harburg, Frank Loesser
and on and on.
High-Priced Hits
Lazar is a wheefer-dealer
whose track record embraces
a number Of contractual ar
rangements deals, that is
which have all embossed the
Eazar legend. For instance,
he sold the movie rights for
Alan Lerner and Frederick
Loewe's "Camelot" to Warner
Brothers for $1.250,000. He
settled for the same figure
in his sale Of Rodgers and
Hammerstein's Sound of
Music" to Goth Century-Fox.
Before that, he had a fine,
skillful hand in selling an
other Lerner-Loewe hit, MY
Fair Lady," to Hollywood for
a walloping SIS million. Once
in Paris, Lazar bumped into
the late Buddy Adler, the
movie producer, and promptly
sold him Cole Porter's Can
Cam" a smash Broadway mu-
steal, for $750,OO0.
In person. scrupulously
well-dressed and shod in the
most elegant London-m q d e
shoes - there's q suspicion
that his height is bolstered
by lifts-Lazar is formidable
enough as q dealer; put a
telephone In his hands and
his possessive skill with that
instrument Of communica-
ton will convince you that
I. Lazar. not Don Ameche or
an obscure fellow named Bell,
invented the thing. In a given
year. Lazar's phone bill will
range upwards of $40, 900.
On the other hand, his
reputation as a master OF
the telephone can backfire
as 1t did one day several
years ago when q hotel in
Switzerland held back its
hospitality as Lazar APP
preached the desk. The man.
ager remembered all too
warily Lazar's previous stay
when. dealing furiously as al
ways, he kept the no.
tells switchboard continually
swamped with his calls, TO
the evaporation Of the other
guests.
Irving Paul Lazar - the
late Humphrey Bogart called
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'Tipp1 Is Not The New Grace Kelly

Goose room service" Unlike
his television image. he
smiled frequently and be-
nignly. Miss Hedren sat
nearby. listening with mod
est amazement as he talked
Of her.
Carries the Story
mo newcomer has ever
had a part OF the size that
'Tippi' plays In The Birds. :"
he said. she carries the
weight Of this personal story,
starting as q shallow person
and ending as q girl who
has gone through fire. The
change is so gradual I'm
afraid 1t will float by the
audience"
Miss Hedren said her
father called her Tippi al
most at first sight. and that
Hitchcock supplied the sin
gle quotes for her first name.
I'm always looking for
something different" he &C
knowledged. He -ound her In
q television commercial on
MICS Today show and signed
her 10 a contract without
meeting her.
she was chosen by me as
a potential" he said. what
she did In that commercial
had no great content-it was
hardly more than q turn OF
the head. But she seemed 10
have that ie ne sails quot that
lies behind the shadow on a
screen. When I directed her
in a test I found she was a
natural actress"
Miss Hedren spent eight
years In New York as a
highly paid fashion model.
refusing several film bids be-
cause Il was making more
than they offered" She was
a child Of 4 when her Scan
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A Macabre Touch

The macabre note, delight
fully macabre If one is capa-
BILE Of a slight malevolence
toward his fellow man, will
be introduced in Olney's third
play. This one will be Fred
erick Duerrenmatt's at h e
VISIT" a superb study Of the
fury of a woman scorned.
The Lunts played 1t daz-
zlingly at the National q few
seasons ago, but too briefly
to supply the demand for
this, the first sample Of
Swiss Playwright Duerren-
mats curdled candor.
"The Visit" will play the
interval July 9-28, when the
days have begun to shorten
enough that one will have to
go earlier in order to make
sure of seeing Eric on the
way out to Olney.
Jean Anouilh, apparently
an immortal favorite Of Oh
ney's discriminating au-
diences, is back on the the
ater's schedule again this
summer. The play is his
Time Remembered" It Is
one that finds its author in
one of his wryly amused
moods and which Helen
Hayes played on its prior-to-
Broadway tour at the Ma
tional Theater here.
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In the pre-World War II
years, Lazar worked his way
upward in the agency busi-
ness with his philosophy of
"a handshake is contract
enough" earning q reputa-
ton for scrupulous honesty
and fair dealing in a profess
sion not celebrated in song
and story for those qualities.
In 1912 Lazar enlisted in the
Army and was soon accept
ed for Air Force administra-
tive officer candidate school.
He became the smallest man
In his class and the smallest
ever to graduate as second
lieutenant.
For a man of his organic
ing talents. he stepped into
or, perhaps. created-a ripe
situation. The Army Air
Force. he heard. was hopeful
of putting together a show
that would be the equal Of
the Army hit, This Is the
Army" Consequently, Lazar
typed out a memo to the Air
Force outlining his plans for
a mammoth service show
that would have sketches by
Moss Hart and George s.
Kaufman, songs by Rodgers
and Hammerstein, stars such
as Clark Gable and James
Stewart. Irving was unde-
TERED by the bald fact that
he knew none of these peo-
pie, but the Air Force was
duly impressed and he was
told to proceed. with Swiftly,
1t was unnecessary to add at
full speedy
He did just that, becom-
ing a captain in the process
prevailing upon the late
Moss Hart, who later became
a client, to write the show,
which became known as
Winged Victory. 1t was one
Of the big hits Of the war,
a memorable dramatic We
hicle whose list Of stars in
cluded such names-some I'M
known then-as Red But
tons, Mario LAMA, Don Tay-
Tor, Edmond O'Brien, Keith
Andes. David Rose, Peter
Lind Hayes. joey Bushkin.
First on the stage and then
as a movie. Winged Victory"
raised over IS million for Air
Force relief.