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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
BROADWAY
By WARD MOREHOUSE

ANOANh FAAAA~AA~ah ANN"9fNf~A NAAAeAN~
NEW YORK.-Lorna Lewis
is the only girl in Luther, 3"
John Osborne'S hit drama at
the st. James Theater. Her
fellow players include %
men, two boys, three Russian
wolfhounds, and two hawks, a
large and diversified COM
pany.
AS the wife Of Martin Luther
she is on stage about five min
utes altogether, during the
last Is minutes of the play.
Her salary is not outSized, but
she said, my father figures
that minute for minute I'm
making more than he is"
Has her only-girl status pre-
scented any problems?
81 suppose a few Of the men
have made passes, but Albert
Finney-a brilliant performer
in the title role-hasn't, I'm
sorry to say. He did send red
roses on opening night, adj
dressed to My leading lady,
Able is a perfectly marvel
GUS actor. He gives every
thing he has at every per-
Torrance"
Born in England
Lorna was born in Surrey,
England, but has lived in this
country since 1913 and calls it
home. She is an attractive
green-eyed blond, % years old,
and S feet 815 inches tall;
measurements, 36-25-38. She
lives with her parents in an
East Fifty-seventh street
apartment, loves to cook and
is mad about walking.
81 always walk to the thea
ter on matinee days-15 or
20 blocks is nothing to me.
At night l use the subway, be-
cause my mother thinks it's
safer"
Lorna'S mother is Irish and
her father English. "He works
for Westinghouse International,
in finance. Acting was always
my goal, but my father
thought l should be prepared
to teach, just in case, so l
attended Teachers College in
New Paltz, N. Y" She also is
a graduate of England's Roy
al Academy of Dramatic Arts.
"After l left RADA l got a
job with the Leicester Roper
tory Company. At first l was
stage manager, then l had
acting roles. My salary was
only $50 a week, but one can
live nicely on that in Leices-
ter. My room cost just Sc a
week, which meant l had lots
left over. l always save 10 per
cent Of my salary. My father
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
THE PASSING SHOW

Of opposing American teams,
lined up facing each other
across a green no mans land.
One reason for this is that
the game officials cannot
possibly see what goes on
within the rugby circle.
What goes on in the key
scene of ''This Sporting Life"
is a savage punch in the
teeth Of the main male char
acter, which leaves him look
ing as if he had just duelled
with a pile driver. Beyond
the gore and the missing
teeth, on which the camera
fingers as if hypnotized, Actor
Richard Harris face looks
like a crumpled piece Of
harshly used Kleenex.
A Farther Target
Following him through the
agony of the subsequent den
tiStry, the spectator gets the
impression that someone other
than the chap who slugged
poor Harris has it in for "this
sporting ife." And that this
someone is out to get pro-
feSSional body contact sports
as savagely as his opponent
got Harris.
This is true but only in
cidentally. "ThiS Sporting
Life" which has a great deal
of further detailed uglineSSes
about professional sports to
reveal has a larger target.
The picture is the most mer-
CHESS of England's "angry
young mems" indictments Of
the country's social system.
This system, the furious young
writers and moviemakers
keep saying, is rotten, rotten,
rotten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
lie FASSTTNG S7UW
Pro S ports Take Drubbing
In an Angry British Film

The filmmaker who Is most
eloquent on this subject is
Karl ReiSz, who first pre-
scented his case in Saturday
Night and Sunday Morning"
and almost surely must be
concluding it with This
Sporting Life"
Painful Insight
One speculates thus on the
premise that Reisz will never
find another "hero" to equal
Actor Harris man as symbol
of the victim in the stratified
society. This character, Ed
die Machin by name, is a per-
feet physical specimen, made
to be thrown into an arena
to fight for his living and his
life before a bloodthirsty mob.
For this, of course, Eddie
needs one other asset. This
is Just enough intelligence to
recognize himself for what he
is, a trainable animal capable
of feats Of speed, strength,
and durability beyond those
who pay to see him perform.
1t is his perception of this
difference between himself
and those whom the system
has treated more kindly that
makes him a rugby star,
which imbues him with the
furies that make his every
move on the field an act Of
vengeance against society.
This anger, of course, needs
a particular motivation. The
picture supplies it in the char
acter of the sensitive, intelli-
gent, attractive, youngish wild
ow who is Eddie'S involun-
tary landlady. He falls in
love with her and, although
her economic plight is worse
than his own, she diSdainS
him.
Thus, Involuntary, the
one other being who could give
him the love he needs and the
identification he wants most
in the world, is forced to es-
tabliSh herself as another Of
his "betters." This relation
ship, too, becomes almost as
savage as that between Eddie
and his opponents on the rug
by field, always painful and
sometimes brutal.
Film Fascinating
These are the elements Of
a film that is fascinating as
screen drama. 1t is also one
that virtually commands the
kind of powerful acting that
wins prizes, as "This Sporting
Life" has for both Harris and
Rachel Roberts, who plays the
patheticafly sensitive and
complex woman in his hollow,
narrowing life.
On second thought, maybe
neither the quarterbacks nor
their natural enemies, the
linemen, would fancy the pic
ture as having anything true
to say to them. It's title,
"This Sporting Life," implied
ly does claim too much. Much
too much, especially conSid-
ering that professional sports
are merely its incidental tar
get.
Actually, however, the rec
ommendation had nothing to
do with suggesting that the
average pro in football or any
other contact sport bears any
resemblance to the total Eddie.
Except, perhaps, in that
scene in which he has been
roughed up until he looks far
worse than Bart Starr or Sonny
Jurgensen who came out of
their 'scrumS" last Sunday
with merely bone damage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
TODAY'S SCHEDULES
STAGE

NATIoNAL-Dark. "StOp the World-I want to Get OFF,
resumes tomorrow.
ARENA-"The Devils; benefit preview, $3.50 pm.
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY-Dark William Congreves 1.-THE
Way Of the World" resumes tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-27
COMING ATTRACTIONS
STAGE
STAGE

NATIONAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Son. Sam Levene;
November H.
ARENA STAGE - John Writings "The Devils; opens
Wednesday.
SCREEN
AMBASSADOR-"Mary, Mary starts Wednesday.
APEX-Perre Etaix in 1.-THE Suitor"
EMBASSY-"Take Her, She's Mins' starts November TO-
KEITHS-'Iilies Of the Field' starts Wednesday.
MACARTHUR - Margaret Rutherford in Murder at the
Gallop"
OVERWHELMINGLY, Mary; starts Wednesday
ONTARI0-"Macbeth'; Maurice Evans starts Novem-
Der 49,
PALACE-"Twiight of Honor"
PLAYHOUSE-'Lord of the Flies"
TOWN-2OOOO Leagues Under the Sea- starts November 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-16
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Mississippi county cuts white voters off its rolls It's
Dxes The Kennedys may outlaw segregated cleo
ons-but let's see them try to State where they
don't vote at all.
The Daughters Of the American Revolution meet in
Washington Capsule OAR. policy statement our fore
fathers had it to do again. they shouldn't have.
Rockefeller will attend Embarrassing dinner In honor
Of Barry Godwater Rockys loyal party man. glad to do
anything he to elect Barry-to another term in the
Senate
English peace marchers riot after sO-mile walk It's
adding insult to injury They not only walked farther than
Bobby Kennedy-but strong enough to sock cop
the finish line.
United Nations household: The kids got German mea-
ses The wife has Asian fluand the lawn has japanese
beetles
Q-Why is the fellow who runs the Post Office gen.
era while the in charge Of foreign affairs only
Secretary? A-Thats good question-which than
you can say for some answers around here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-16
Increases Viewed as Acceptable
But Must Not Set Off a Spiral

take q passive view Of them.
II the move Is made, how
ever. with q sweeping blunt
ness that seems capable Of
reviving the inflationary
spiral, the pressure Of Gov
eminent win almost GER
tainly be applied In protest.
The insistence Of major
industry figures that Wheel
ing's announcement came as
q distinct and unwelcome
surprise Is not fully accepted
in Washington. which har-
bors q dark suspicion Of the
mechanism Of administered
prices. Officials found 1t easy
TO believe that the big COM
panies had picked q little one
TO break the trail for them.
But the surprise evinced by
the major steelmakers did
have a ring Of sincerity. par
ticularly on their point that
they would not have insulted
the President by advancing
the raise on the anniversary
OF the 1862 controversy. Big
companies exist In q COM
pick world In which life Is
difficult enough without gra-
tuitous slaps at the White
House.
In fact. most Of the COM
panies were not apparently
disposed 10 contemplate price
rises until after the pending
negotiations with the Steel
workers union had been
completed. This would clearly
have been q course OF better
timing.
But now that Wheeling has
raised the issue. q practical
reason exists for seeing II
through. II no further price
raises are made AZ this time.
purchasers Of steel win as
sumo that some are coming
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-16
DAVID LAWRENCE

There was almost universal
applause from many people
Of all faiths for the document
issued a few days ago by Pope
John XIII entitled peace
on Earth" This was prima-
rily because it called for the
establishment Of q better
world order and better moral
standards than prevail today.
Yet, due to the necessity OF
using abstract phrases. sew
eral parts Of the papal en-
cyclical did not receive as
wide q reading as they de-
served. nor was their signifi-
canoe fully appreciated.
What Pope John said about
the organization Of a politi-
cal community has a very
important bearing on the in
ternal problems today by
many countries which are
striving to improve what is
known as their political
society"
The moral decay Of gov
ernment-the readiness Of
the politicians to practice
deception. bribery and dis
tortion of the truth in order
to gain their ends-is now
adays one Of the most serious
barriers to honest govern
ment. Pope John wrote:
"a political society Is to
be considered well-ordered.
beneficial and in keeping
with human dignity II 1t is
grounded on truth.
1T is no less clear that
today. in traditionally Chris
tian nations. secular institu-
tons. although demonstrat-
ing q high degree Of
scientific and technical per-
lection, and efficiency in
achieving their respective
ends, not infrequently are
but slightly affected by
Christian motivation or in
spiration.
'It Is beyond question that
In the creation Of those in
stitutions many contributed
and continue to contribute
who were believed to be and
who considered themselves
Christians and without doubt.
in part at least, they were
and are.
How does one explain
this? II is our opinion that
the explanation is to be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-16
DORIS FLEESON

These Easter holidays were
never more beautiful in
washington but Senator
Frank Moss. Utah Democrat.
finds little time to relax. He
breakfasted Monday with
men interested In his CAM
paign for reelection next
year, lunched with o political
correspondent, and after
checking carefully with his
office to be sure all visiting
firemen from Utah were
happy here, arranged with
his wife to dine with some OF
them.
Far from complaining, he
is glad Of the chances such
schedules afford him to air
his problems and accom-
plishments. He had realized
the problems might be nu-
merous. Utah likes Repubi-
cans, too, and last year re-
elected Senator Wallace Ben
nett against the vigorous OPP
position Of former Represent
alive David King. It has o
Republican Governor, George
Clyde.
Then, too, Senator Moss
must run in q presidential
year and Senators, particu-
larry freshmen from small
States, tend to get lost in all
that glamour. Republicans
who ran with former Presi-
dent Eisenhower complained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-16
Pope John and Government

blVC III JAlC CCOAAOA41AC AACAhg
and the right to work.
"Indissolubly linked with
those rights is the right to
working conditions in which
physical health Is not en-
dangered. morals are safe
guarded and young peoples
normal development is not
impaired. =.
1.-THE right to private prop
erty, even Of productive
goods, also derives from the
nature Of man. This right.
as we have elsewhere de-
clared, is a suitable means
for safeguarding the dignity
of the human person and for
the exercise Of responsibility
in all fields; 1t strengthens
and gives serenity to family
life, thereby increasing the
peace and prosperity Of the
state"
Perhaps the most signifi-
cant portion OF the papal
encyclical was the reference
to totalitarianism. and yet
the word "totalitarian" was
not used anywhere in the
document. The Pope wrote:
Where the civil authority
uses as its only or its chief
means, either threats and
fear Of punishment or prom
Uses Of rewards, 1t cannot
effectively move men to pro-
mote the common good OF
all. Even If 1t did so move
them, this would be alto
gether opposed to their dig
nifty as men, endowed with
reason and free will.
"As authority is chiefly
concerned with moral force,
it follows that civil author
ity must appeal primarily
to the consciences Of indi-
vidual citizens, that is, to
each ones duty to collab-
crate readily for the common
good of all. Since by nature
all men are equal in human
dignity, it follows that no one
may be coerced to perform
interior acts"
This papal encyclical was
utterly unlike most of the
Vatican's announcements Of
the past in the sense that
very little was devoted to a
particular faith. In fact, 1t
was more q declaration Of
constitutional principles that
could govern q free world. 1t
will take Its place as one Of
the most outstanding ency-
clicals ever issued by the
Pope at Rome.
Copyright, 1851
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-16
America and the Greece of Old

ence. More than one harsh
rule of empire has lasted for
centuries. What seems more
likely is that the Athenian
rule was an inconsistent mix
ture of hardness and softness,
like the British and French
empires OF the last couple of
generations. One cannot es-
cape the thought that the
Athenians, bred in the con-
cept of citizen" could not
really accept and administer
the concept Of subject"
They simply did not have the
knack of ruling others.
We modern Americans are
akin to them, In this failing,
If 1t be a failing. We con-
quered Mexico, the Philippines
and Cuba and prepared al
most immediately to hand
them back to their rightfu1
possessors. Like the Athe~
Man We never knew how to
go about the. business Of en-
pire. In this. at least. we are
closer to ancient Athens than
to ancient Rome, however
much European intellectuals
may categorize America as
the Boosting. brassy Rome OF
the goth century.
We are now involved In the
affairs of 80 or 30 foreign
societies, but 1t is only an
empire OF, intentions, en-
forced only by money. per-
suasion and, we hope, ex-
ample. It was an ancient
Greek, Xenophon. who said
the only real way to Con-
quer" a country was by gen.
crosby. Essentially that is
what we are trying to do. To
read now, from distinguished
pens, that we lose friends
around the world because we
are not "humble" enough is
an astonishing experience.
standing history on its head.
(All Rights Reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-16

fecting' II counties and the city
Of Baltimore, goes into effect
June !.
1t requires that equal service
be provided in hotels, motels
and restaurants to all persons,
regardless Of race, creed or
color. except at places serving
alcoholic beverages.
Mr.. Dodson said the State
wide goal for signatures is
$4,000 and declared this would
give the people Of Maryland a
chance to vote their convic-
tons on the law. The drive to
put the issue to a referendum
vote is being aided by the Ref
erendum Committee Of Mary
land with headquarters at
Easton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-16
CHARLES BARTLETT
SteeIPriceRise Walks High Wire

in the months ahead and be-
gin heavy stockpile buying
at present prices. A great deal
Of this buying has occurred
already because Of the pos
sibility Of q steel strike. and
the companies do not like II.
Raising the price Of steel
has become as self-conscious
an exercise as the mating
rites Of long-legged birds and
the big remaining question
Is whether II can be done
with sufficient grace to avoid
stirring the spiral and the
wrath Of the Government.
One promising factor exists
now which did not exist In
1904 tenuous line Of COM
munication between the Gov
eminent and the industry.
When the President moved
TO warn the steel companies
against raising prices In
September OF 1861. several
advisers urged him 10 invite
the comrscy presidents In 10
discuss the matter. But he
rejected this course In favor
Of q public letter which fatty
asserted that the industry
could look forward 10 good
profits without an increase
In prices" In the same spirit
six months later, Roger
Blough raised his prices with
out any prior warning 10 the
President.
Some Of the angry emo
tons which emerged on these
occasions were briefly visible
again last week and a brus-
cue step on either side would
quickly have restored the
ugly atmosphere Of last
spring. But the Presidents
statement Of April IL dis
persed the gathering hostility
and raised hopes that a bal
ance between the public and
corporate interests may be
found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-16
Intense Push in Lesser Populated States
Confronts Liberal Democratic Senator'S

of the problem. President
Kennedy is no less q star and
is already pointedly keying
his campaign to the big
States.
But something has been
added to the normal quota
Of political stresses within
the more sparsely populated
States Of the Union which
are located in the mountain
and Southwestern areas. This
is the intense activity there
of the extreme right wing Of
American politics.
Its money goes further in
such States. The congress
sional incumbents 1t seeks to
unseat must travel far and
hard to catch UP with 1t.
Such incumbents also find it
hard to get q due share OF
attention from the great ma
tional centers Of commune
cation.
The embattled Senators Of
the area who currently must
compete with the right wing
are more or less liberal DEM
ocrats. They are of vital con-
Germ to the party in the West
which hopes to become more
important and powerful in
Washington as the Weat
grows in population and the
South starts to secede TO the
Republicans.
But Republicans have an
important stake. too, In the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-16
EncyclicoI Likened to q Declaration
OF PRINCIPLES for q Free World

found In an inconsistency in
their minds between religious
belief and their action in the
temporal sphere. It is neces-
sary, therefore, that their in
terror unity be re-established.
and that in their temporal
activity faith should be pres
ent as q beacon to give light,
and charity as a force to give
life.
1T is our opinion, too, that
the aforementioned incon-
sistency between the reli-
gious faith, in those who be-
lieve. and their activities in
the temporal sphere, results
lin great part If not entirely
from the lack Of a solid
Christian education"
Pope John dealt with the
very delicate subject Of the
relations Of church and state,
but emphasized that it was
an individual judgment that
has to be made as TO the
merits Of governmental ac-
ton or lawmaking. He wrote:
"Since the right to COM
mand is required by the
moral order and has its
source in God, 1t follows that,
II civil authorities legislate
for or allow anything that is
contrary to that order and
therefore contrary to the will
OF God. neither the laws
made nor the authorizations
granted can be binding on
the consciences Of the citi-
zens, since God has more
right to be obeyed than men.
Otherwise, authority breaks
down completely and results
in shameful abuse. -.
"It must not be concluded,
however, because authority
comes from God, that there
fore men have no right to
choose those who are to rule
the state. to decide the form
Of government and to de-
termine both the way in
which authority is to be ex-
ercised and its limits. 1t is
thus clear that the doctrine
which we have set forth is
fully consonant with any
truly democratic regime"
The same encyclical dealt
with human rights in q va
riety Of circumstances, but
the broad principles were
stated In part as follows:
Human beings have the
natural right to free initia-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-16
We Lack the Knock Of Ruling Others,
But Build an Empire of Good Intentions

tellect at its sharpest, democ-
racy at its purest. the sense
Of beauty at its most perfect
pitch.
1t is not possible to stand
on the Acropolis and see.
lying so close and so IA
miliar, the rocky space where
the Athenian assembly met
and decided to oppose Xerxes
and his mighty host, the cy-
press covered slope where
Socrates waited for sunrise
and death, the little hill OF
the Areopagus where Saint
Paul revealed the Unknown
God to the curious crowd
it is not possible to stand
there and not think, how
ever disjointedly, about the
mystery Of human growth
and decline.
1t did not last very long
after Phidias and a horde
Of subcontractors completed
the Parthenon. The Golden
Age Of Greece was a short
one. Those men reached
closer to the individual and
collective ideal than anyone
before or since, but they were
only men. fully equipped
with mans dual nature. The
cries to explain their fall are
many and easy to come by.
Athens became the head
quarters for a league Of CITY,
states, then for an empire.
BY the book, the presence
of wealth created the lust for
wealth, the lust for power,
and power always corrupts.
The Athenian empire COL
lapsed, we are told. because
it became immoral, and not
merely in the sensual mean
ing. Goodness could not be
applied outside the Athenian
polls itself and there were
great acts Of cruelty. as with
the people Of Melos. who only
wanted neutrality and no
part Of the power struggle.
1t is a morally satisfying
theory, but somehow not sat
isfying to reason and expert