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tons for laughter than these
two-before you see Trial and
Error" when you see it,
though, you'll find yourself
laughing your head off at
them. Well, the laughter may
not be that violent - there are
more chuckles than outlaws
but it will be frequent.
The stars of Trial and
Error" are Peter Sellers and
Richard Attenborough and they
bring off a brilliant duo tour de
force. Pierre Rouve has pro-
vided an amusing and original
screenplay adapted from a
novel by John Mortimer titled
"The Dock Brief"O and James
Hill has directed 1t with ina
gination.
A "dock brief" has something
to do with the way defense
lawyers are appointed for indi-
gent defendants In British
courts. Mr.. Morganhall (Sel-
lers) finally gets this one. after
going through the first decade
or so of ms career without a
case to try.
Here at last is his golden OPP
portunity and you can be sure
he is not going to let it slip by
Just because his client, a Mr..
Fowle (Attenborough), is ada
mant about admitting his guilt.
The wife-killer is an agreeable
man, though. and consents to
the barrister's attempt to
create a defense in his hope
less case.
So Trial and Error" leaps
cheerfully into series Of dizzy
flaShbacks and daffy flights of
the imagination Morgenhall
escorts his client back into the
past to show him how hard
and INCREASINGLY he labored to
get his vast education in the
law. The unlettered Mr.. Fowle
is impressed and takes his law
yer on a tour of his home life
just preceding his commission
Of the deed that has brought
him before the bar.
%&*
Sellers and Attenborough
match comedy skills in an act
ing duel the like of (which you
rarely see as the barrister
builds defenses only to have the
accused man knock holes in
them.
She was a mean and naging
wife, suggests Morgenhall of
the wife murderer'S victim. Not
50, says Fowle, she laughed all
day. And. he adds darkly, all
night. The demonstration of
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Head; 1870 am. las. $3.50,
5:35, 1885 and $40 pm.
Uptown - "The Wonderful
World Of the Brothers Grimm"
2 and $3.50 pm.
Warner - "Mutiny on the
Bounty; 2 and $3.50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-20

and a man resigned to paying
the penalty for doing in his
wife.
Offhand you could think Of
q number Of likelier inspira-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-20

PIaxa- Its Hot in Paradise
Has am, las, sos. 1850,
$3.50, $40 and 9:55 pm.
T0wn-"To Kill q Mocking-
bird; 1920. 2:55, $3.50, 8 and
1920 pm.
Trans-Lux - "Dia m on d
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hat down around his ears.

hat down around his ears.
They blend comedy styles
perfectly, too, and If they don't
repeat this sort Of thing it
will be the moviegoers' loss. On
the off chance that they won't
make a sequel, don't wait for
one. Trial and Error" is avail
able right now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-20

this, with Beryl Reid splendidly
playing the spouse with a con-
tinual bray that would send a
hyena running for cover, is a
horrifying delight.
Fowle recalls that he adj
vertised for a laughing board
er in the hope that something
compatible would come Of that
and bring him peace and quiet.
Aha, says Morgenhall, a crime
of passion. Sadly, Fowle disillu-
sions him with his account Of
the boarder's departure.
Mr.. Attenborough is a tragi-
cally comic spectacle you will
long remember in these pas
sages. He is the picture Of de-
jected resignation as he comes
solemnly home to face his
wife's inevitable greeting and
Solemnly dimes while she and
the radio blare at each other.
Discovering no possible de-
tense in the events leading UP
to this justifiable homicide,
Morgenhall decides he will
have to invent something. This
is no more successful than any
of his other gambits, but it
does get Sellers and Atten-
borough into another vastly
comic segment of Trial and
Error"
The barrister has worked
himself and his client up to
such a pitch now that they
start imagining the trial. Sell
ers' Morgenhall conducts a
brilliant defense, while Atten-
borough's Fowle turns up as
Judge and jury as well as de-
PENDANT in the dock.
There remains the actual
trial, to which Sellers barrister,
having waited so long for this
day. brings only a state of
shock. There's a proper ending.
too, inevitable, vastly comic
and one Of these things you
shouldn't be told about in adj
vance.
Both Sellers and Attenbor-
ough are exceedingly deft at
playing comedy without being !
athletic about it. Sellers can get
a roar of laughter simply with
the infinitesimal tilt of an eye
brow when his dignity is af-
fronted. Attenborough can do
the same with nothing more
than the expression of sad res
ignation in his eyes when his
raucous, braying wife pulls his
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The PASSING SHOW
Funny Team, Sellers
And Attenborouqh
BY HARRY MACARTHUR
Star staff Writer

If the does set the British empire you be
certain that group Of Brons will get together Immediately
make movie comedy Of the catastrophe. Nothing else
sacred to British mmakers of comic intent In Trial and
Error which opens tonight the Macarthur Theater the
figures of fun barrister who has miserable failure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10
Scientists, Go Roam!

Some concern has recently been
expressed on Capitol Hill about what we
may be losing by permitting our scien-
lists to devote so much Of their time and
our money to outer space.
After considering some Of the recent
efforts Of our scientists we are impelled
to the conclusion that the more remote
the object of their attentions, the better
off we are.
The trouble with scientists is that
they don't know when to leave we'll
enough alone.
Consider the simple matter Of the
tin can. Science found way to con-
centrate and freeze orange Juice and to
can 1t so that we may all have fresh
frozen" orange juice the year around.
The cans we're a convenient size and
easy to use.
But then some genius tried to i'm
prove them. He replaced the steel top
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10
Culture by Confiscotion

If Congress decided to buy or sub
sidize Keith's and Loew's Capitol thea
tiers until the proposed National Cultural
Center is built, that would make a good
deal Of sense. 1t would preserve two fine
theaterS now threatened with demolition
because they are more valuable to their
owners for other uses under the profit
system Of private enterprise. Too many
Washington theaters have been aban-
doned as losing operations, creating
deplorsble deficits Of another sort in
the cultural life of the Nations Capital.
But instead Of pursuing that forth
right course, the House Of Representa-
tiVeS, without dissent, has approved a
bill that In effect confiscates private
property without compensation. It at
tempts to enjoin the Commissioners
from issuing the necessary construction
permits until at least 90 days after next
February Is. In the meantime the
Commissioners are supposed to come up
with feasible plans for financing and
acquiring the theaters for municipal use.
No such plans are feasible without cash
on the barrellhead-such cash being
conSpicuouSly unavailable.
Members OF the House who approved
by their silence this strange measure
must have done so with tongue in cheek,
taking 1t for granted that the Senate
would never act and that anyway, II
challenged, the legislation would not
survive test in the courts. So at best
the House bill is a cynical II otherwise
meaningless gesture.
We regret the threatened loss Of
the theaters as much as anybody. But
we regret even more ruthless disregard
OF private property rights in the name Of
culture and the fine arts by those who
make our laws AS regrettable as the
circumstances may be, the Commission
ers should issue the necessary permits,
when and II they are applied for, unless
prepared to furnish or otherwise dig up
the money to compensate private owners
for their losses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10
America in Finland

Vice President Johnson'S goodwill
visit to Scandinavia has been a huge
success, especially in Finland. The
people Of that country, in Helsinh
and elsewhere, have virtually mobbed
him with their friendlinesS-a remark
able outpouring of warmth and bon
homie that must be viewed with con-
siderable interest across the border in
the Soviet Union.
Actually, according to Richard Sep
pala, Finnish ambassador to the United
States, the reception accorded Mr.. John
son and his wife and daughter has been
the most rouSing ever given by the Firms
to any visitor in the past three decades.
And this, of course, is not just because
the Vice President happens to be an
attractive Texan. There is something
more involved. 1t is the uniquely friendly
quality that has long characterized
Finnish relations.
KhruShchev g. Company may glover
at this, but the free Finnish people
even though they are in range Of So
Wet guns and always feel the Kremlin's
hot breath on their necks-have a de-
sire not to be pushed around. And here
probably is the reason why they have
been at pains to greet Mr.. Johnson, as
If greeting America itself, with special
verve and intensity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10
WoNoce's Rebellion

Nothing could be more phony than
Governor Wallaces latest performance
in Alabama.
He represents himself as the I'M
faltering champion of the principle"
of segregation. Yet for reasons which
have not been explained he has acqui-
esced in public school deSegregation in
Huntsville. At the same time, he has
used State troopers to bar Negro chill
dren from schools in Birmingham,
TuSkegee and Mobile-Schools which
had been ordered by the Federal courts
to desegregate.
School officials were ready to obey
the orders. Birmingham authorities
had asked the Governor to stay out,
asserting that they were quite capable
of handling the situation with city
police. Doubtless they were. But the
Governor, claiming he was acting to
preserve law and order, nevertheless
sent in the State police to bar the Negro
children.
Faced with this, the Department of
Justice obtained the assent Of the Fed
eral District judges in Alabama to an
injunction directing the Governor not
to interfere. Mr.. Wallace countered by
ordering Alabama national guardsmen
to chase Federal marShals from the
State capitol grounds in Montgomery
and by surrounding himself with
guardSmen and troopers as he left the
capitol building. Thus, 1t became physi-
cally impossible to serve him with legal
notice Of the Federal court action.
This amounted to a kind of comic
opera instruction. But it also was a
defiance and a challenge which the
President could not ignore. He was left
with no choice except to invoke the legal
actions and the force necessary to ef-
fectuate the order of the courts.
Many people in Alabama must be
getting sick and tired of "Wallace's re-
bellion." 1t should be perfectly evident
to them that the Governor, far from
preserving law and order, is deliberately
fomenting disorder for the purpose Of
forcing the President to take Federal
action against him. He may think this
will promote his personal political am
billions. 1t ought to discredit him in the
eyes Of his own people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10

This two-way RESPONSE
bility." Anderson states. ere
quires wisdom, respect, and
understanding from BIO h
sides" He deplores the
abrupt reversals Of military
recommendations with out
interim consultation and dis
cussions; reversals typified
by the Skybolt, VSTOL. and
Tx decisions. He is saying
that neither civilian special
lists nor military men are
infallible. and that there
should be communication,
rather than isolation. when
viewpoints differ. The real
debate should center around
whether we now have a deci-
sion-making process which
relies on unexamined and
unopposed assumptions due
to the discouraging Of dissent
and the retaliation against
dissenters. AS Anderson
points out, the Pearl Harbor
disaster was made possible
because those. like Admiral
Richardson, wv o dissented
were not heard"
James ii. Mcbride.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10

Of the can with an aluminium top. The
aluminium top is easy to pierce with a
beer can opener, but it is obviously i'm
possible to squeeze frozen orange juice
out of the hole made by such an opener
The can has to be opened with stand
ard can opener-but the aluminium lid
won't stick to the magnet on the can
opener and has to be fished out of the
concentrate.
The beer can, on the other hand,
was significantly improved by the alum
mum top, which can be easily pierced,
even with dull opener. But now, this
top has been replaced with the self
opening can, which creates sharp
edged hole ideal for gashing the upper
lip. What's more, the removable tab on
the new-Style cans, which fairly cries to
be thrown away when it has been re-
moved, is adding a new dimension to
the litter along our highways.
AS far as we're concerned, the Scien-
lists can put things back the way they
were before the effort at improvement"
was made-and then blast off.
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Admiral Anderson's Views on Pentogon

Richard Fryklund's article
In The Star on September 5,
concerning Admiral An Ter
sons Press Club speech,
seems TO focus on issues DIFF
ferent from those in the An
derson speech, which / read
In the Congressional Record.
Fryklund says that the issues
are "computers VS.. military
Judgment, Leadership VS..
management. and GOODNESS
VS.. warmth. He says that
military men want more
judgment, leadership and ex-
Fermentation; the civilians
want more analysis, manage
m ent, and efficiency" An
derson's big point, 1t seems TO
me, is that there has been q
lack OF internal consultation
between the military chiefs
and the civilian heads Of the
Department OF Defense. He
does not suggest that the
military men should always
predominant. but he does be-
lieve that their views should
be heard and given careful
consideration. He does not
want TO fire the whiz-kids, but
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wants them to work on the
same level as the military. To
quote Admiral Anderson:
Military men have no crys-
tai ball that can guarantee
infallible decisions, bu t
neither do scientists, ana
lysts, engineers, businessmen.
lawyers, or for that matter,
computers {. which must rely
on human assumptions for
inputs. All of us must shun
reasoning based on unques-
toned assumptions that be-
come self-deceptions. Time
and time again such self
receptions are a preamble to
defeat Port Arthur .
Singapore Maginot line
E. Pearl Harbor."
Anderson, far from calling
for the elimination of all
MacNamara's reforms, as one
might gather from the Fryk-
lund article. praises some Of
them. In asking for the re-
direction Of existing trends"
he suggests that the conf
dence and trust between the
civilian and military echelons
OF the DOD are inadequate
for their common objective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10
THE POLITICAL MILL
G. 0. p. Looks at Test Ban Treaty
By GOULD LINCOLN

The debate on the Anglo
American Soviet nuclear
test-ban treaty Is underway
at last with strong bi-parti-
san support-so strong that
it appears today Senate con-
firmation by more than the
necessary two-thirds vote is
bound to happen. The Re
publican leadership in the
Senate is committed to sup
port the treaty, unless some
unforeseen contingency
arises. 1t now appears def
mite that Senator Dirksen of
Illinois, the minority leader;
Senator Hickenlooper Of
Iowa, chairman of the Re-
publican Policy Committee;
Senator Saltonstall Of Mass
achusettS, chairman Of the
Republican Conference, and
Senator Kuchel of Califor-
MIA, Republican whip and
assistant leader, all will vote
for ratification. The prin-
cipal Republican holdout is
the only COP Senator re-
garded as a leading candi-
date for the 1864 presidential
nomination-Senator Barry
Goldwater of Arizona. He
may be joined later by other
Republican Senators who
have made 1t clear they still
want to hear all the argu-
ments pro and con the treaty
before they decide how they
will vote.
COP Platform Of 1860
The Republican Party in
its 1860 national platform
gives solid ground for the
decision of the Republican
Senators ready to vote AYE"
on ratification-so they say.
The platforms plank relat-
ing to nuclear test banning
says: I'VE are similarly
ready to negotiate and to
institute realistic methods
and safeguards for disarma-
ment and for the suspension
of nuclear tests. We advo-
cate an early agreement by
all nations to forego nuclear
tests in the atmosphere, and
the suspension Of other tests
as verification techniques
permit. We support the
President in any decision he
may make to re-evaluate the
question of resumption of
underground nuclear explo-
sives testing If the Geneva
Conference fails to produce a
satisfactory agreement. We
have deep concern about the
mounting nuclear arms race.
This concern leads us to
seek disarmament and nu-
clear agreements. And an
equal concern to protect all
peoples from nuclear danger
leads us to insist that such
agreements have adequate
safeguards" This language
followed a declaration that
the Republicans were ready
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10
Rights and Wrongs of Civil Rights Bill

Community Relations Serv-
ice would establish still an
other Federal agency Ito pro-
vide assistance to communi-
ties and persons therein in
resolving disputes. disagree
ments, or difficulties relating
to discriminatory practices" "
This has been termed a "Civ-
il Rights Peace Corps" and
would be a questionable way
for Mr.. Kennedy to reduce
Federal spending. AS for tt
tie VI, Nondiscrimination in
Federally Assisted Programs,
it includes such power of life
or death over banking insti-
tutions, among a multitude
of other things, without even
a notice Of a hearing. that
Mr.. Kennedy himself on
April II said he would think
it would probably be unwise
to give the President that
kind Of power" Now, in ask
ing Congress to pass his
civil rights bill, he is asking
that he be given the power
Of an absolute dictator.
Would those who sincerely
want fair and equal treat
ment for all really be will
ing to hand over more Of
their precious freedom to a
power hungry Administration
in return for the Federally
guaranteed right to eat at
each and every Federally po-
Iced ptomaine inn in Amer
lea?
Minnie Fullerton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10

In the dispute between some senior
military men and the Mcnamara "whiz
kids" we side with the youngsters. This
does not take away any of the respect
that Admiral George W. Anderson and
his gray-haired colleagues have earned,
nor does it deny that their Illustrations
are real.
It means only that in the nuclear
age any responsible Secretary of Defense
will try to run things the whiz-kid way,
not the Anderson way.
The issue really is this: Should the
Secretary of Defense use more of the
authority that is legally his when the
limited defense budget is divided up or
should he rely more on the judgment
and recommendations of the Chiefs of
Staff?
We believe Congress was wise to give
great power to the Secretary Of Defense,
and we are glad that Mr.. Mcnamara is
using it. The So-called whiz kids, the
economists and scientists who supervise
analyses Of weapons and Strategies, are
merely tools at Mr.. McNamara's dispos-
al. He needs them.
) Without this help he could not sort
fact from fancy; he could not Judge the
interservice disputes that have plagued
the country since "unification" in 1913,
and he could not provide the positive
leadership Of the Defense Department
which was missed in the terms Of most
former Secretaries.
Admiral Anderson, who was dropped
August as Chief of Naval Operations
after single two-year term, said in
his Press Club speech that military ex-
perience and judgment are being pushed
aside by the technical studies Of the
whi1 kids The analysts are all right, he
said, but they should be the servants of
the officers, not the bosses. Well, of
course they are not the bosses. Mr..
Mcnamara is the boss. The analysts can
and do serve both military men and
civilian officials.
These technical studies may be
painful for military men, but senior Of
ficers must face the facts of 1853 De-
tense money, as always, is limited, but
the needs Of defense are great. The
service chiefs have demonstrated over
the past Is years that they cannot divvy
up the funds themselves in way that
best serves the United States. Some
superior must do it. That superior is,
by law, Mr. Mcnamara. He needs tech
meal advice in order to reduce the guess
work and judgment inherent in his Job.
The whiz kids help provide this advice.
Mr.. Mcnamara did not invent either
the problems or the tools of solution.
The cold war and a limited budget create
the problems, and he Is merely expand
ing management techniqueS developed
by past defense officials, particularly his
predecessor for one short year, Thomas
S. Gates. We believe Mr.. McNamara's
successors will continue to use whiz kids
and their studies. The days are gone
when the American military establish
ment can fly by the seat of its pants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10

OF the eight titles Of the
Administrations civil rights
bill. probably the one which
has received the least public
attention is Title ", which
would establish a Community
Relations Service to work
with State and local biracial
commissions land help es-
tablish them where they do
not exist in solving racial
disputes and, as the Presi-
dent stated in his message,
ito work quietly to improve
relations in any community
threatened or torn with
strife" This title, it has been
emphasized, is not a substi-
tute for effective legislative
action but seeks to supple
ment such action by working
toward the achievement of
civil and human rights
through Cancellation and CO.
operation.
The Community Relations
Service contemplated will
have a fertile field in which
to work. Not only do most of
the States and major cities
outside the South have bira-
cial commissions working for
racial accord but an ever
increasing number Of cities
and towns in the Deep South
more than so to date
have such commissions.
To be more effective, the
proposed Community Rela-
tons Service % should act
as an intergroup relations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-10
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Fat and Fot-Heodedness' in Foreiqn Aid

To top it off, in Yugosla-
via, crowds roared approval
every time Soviet Premier
Khrushchev, in a series of
speeches, ridiculed the United
States. He was given a wild
and spontaneous welcome
everywhere he went.
1t should be now crystal
clear even to the ra die a |
spenders that the billions OF
dollars given to Tito to win
his friendship, or to further
the break with Khrushchev,
has now gone for naught.
In last years border war"
between India and Red China,
it was America that came to
midas aid and is now bolster
ing it's defenses. Yet India
continues to follow a neutral
list" policy in foreign affairs.
Suspicion Of the United
States continues strong.
lndonesia is being cited as
another example that stirs
doubts in Congress about the
value Of foreign aid. In spite
of the fact that the United
States has put SIPS million
into that country, economic
growth is at a virtual stand
still. Complaints are h ar d
that much of the Unite d
States aid going to Indonesia
pays for the high living en-
joyed by President Sukarno
and his associateS-who lose
no chance to court the Com
munists at home and abroad.
1t is high time to end it all,
and give the United States
taxpayers a break.
Walter l.. IOyce.