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iHr? Mti: mm Castro Aid in Revolts Slight I frilabfe mpw THURSDAY, NOV. 17, 1360 3 Wftcrc Fidel Maizes Poor Sliowlna By GERRY ROBICHAUD ssmmw question but 'that he would gladly export his revolution ited rebel activities in Nicaragua were not of a scale that MEXICO CITY. promised much success. The strength of the Guatemalan Spanish-speaking Gerry Robichaud, who is in- 4 to any spot in Latin America at the slightest opportunity I or no opportunity at all. 0' iuav ue mvoivea.

City, after a swing through the Central American conn- tries involved in the current uphevals. Herewith is his appraisal. uuaiemaia, mcaragua and Costa Rica have freely laid their troubles at Fidel's doorstep, and there is considerable suspicion he played some role in El Salvador's recent up- heavai and is planning mischief in Honduras. insurrection was its complete element of surprise. Obvi- ously Ydigoras had no inkling of what was coming or he wouldn't have been gallivanting around the country so far from the scene of the outbreak.

Indeed, his first reactions to the news made it clear he did not know what was happening. When' he found out, he was able to triumphantly that it involved mostly only minor Army of-. ficers, although at first he had taken the line that it was a vast plot directed by former associates of the Red-lining former President Jacobo Arbenz. Arbenz people, as well as Fidelistas and Communists, might have been involved, but if they were involved in a major way, they made such a bad botch of things as to indicate they probably aren't very formidable. But there are serious men in Central and South America who doubt that Castro would involve himself in adventures of the type that have failed in Guatemala, Nicaragua and, by extension, in Costa Rica, which was only an innocent bystander.

Their feeling is that while Fidel may be playing a major role in the grave demonstration aimed at toppling the Betancourt Government in Venezuela, where the takes are big, he would hesitate before becoming too deeply mixed up in small-time Central American operations that would conspicuously add failure rather than luster to his name because of their inability to score certain success. But up to the present at least, the evidence has not been strong enough to make out a foolproof case. In fact, if the Communist-oriented, leader has been deeply involved in the Central American doings up to date, it could be said he hasn't turned out to be a very effective ally of those he professes to help. Batista, instead of Castro, was the dictator of Cuba. But there is this one point of departure.

Castro has made common cause with Communists arid other Leftists, who long have been among the leading agitators in Central America, and he has even picked up support among certain Rightist groups who think they might be able to "use" him in their efforts to take power locally. There is no question, for instance, that extreme conservatives joined with Fidelistas, Communists and others in El Salvador to overthrow the regime of Jose Maria Lemus. COURSE, Castro's Government has stoutlv denied OF COURSE it may be that only the first shots have been fired and that much worse can be expected in time to come, especially in Guatemala and Nicaragua, whose Governments are headed by two of Castro's most 0' involvement in any of the recent Central American troubles which is the line it would take whether UCH arguments overlook the fact that Fidel's own revolutionary movement started on a miniscule basis, And there are some extreme Rightists in Nicaragua and implacable foes. and that he may have certain nostalgic attachment it was involved or not. But, if Fidel was involved, he ap-li narentlv wasn't "thinkins his pvrpnf nnssiWv in tha oaca- Of all the Central American countries, only Panama Guateraala who are 80 disillusioned with the liberalizing to movements of that nature.

trends of the Somoza and regimes that they At anv rate, there is widesnread agreement that of El Salvador, where the situation is sn mvsterinnslv rnn. would gladly join with Fidel andor the devil himself to Fidel, if asked, would be more than happy to supply fused as to give little inkling of what may happen there get rid of those two government heads. from his arsenal to any croups trying to knock over Ydi- in future. $0 far has remained completely untouched by the events, bloody and otherwise, that have gripped the rest. While Honduras has not suffered any fighting on its soil up to this point, the democratic Government of President Ramon Villeda Morales is weak and shaky.

Whatever happens in neighboring Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador can have serious repercussions in Honduras. Th danger in Central America is not what h2s taken -place so far, but what may yet take place if Fidel Castro 1 should ever commit himself wholeheartedly to the task of trying to knock over the Central American enemies. goras and Somoza. But the more serious observers feel FIDEL now has enough Belgian and Iron Curtain arms he would think several times before going all out for a to export them to any rebel groups of his liking rebel movement that had little chance of real success. doing business in Central America, and there is no The limited army uprising in Guatemala and the linv At the moment, the Honduran Army has been for duty at the Guatemalan frontier to try to prevent RohCVt Cm Bob Considinc I Ruark Film Star Leads War on Income Tax vruawciaaiaxi jeueis uvm entering Honduras, ana mere nave been times when Honduras had to battle Nicaraguan rebels and mercenaries attempting to invade Nicaragua from Costa Rica.

They wore Castro-type fatigue uniforms and seemed to be receiving supplies from two-engined planes believed to.be Cuban. BARCELONA, Spain. LIKE to 'heave in that old Christmas hint real early, so I MUCH more attractive person than either Sen. John F. Kennedy or A all the pretty girls who tell me OME of the mercenaries, including Americans who were SSrZ nvn voH xt; u.j wnai 10 8lve me oecause i ve iUinja a6aiai ini.oiagua, imu pie- got everyth ng wiU be lying in land we are building an $18,000,000 highway though that country has only 9000 cars The cost of the new unfilled Senate Office Building comes to per Senator; the cost of the third unfilled office building of the House of Representatives works out to $376,000 per member.

"The Hoover Commission report showed that the Government was in 19,771 tax-free businesses with capital assets of $12 billion. These include manufacturing rope, whisky and ice cream (150 factories), warehousing grain surpluses million a day, operating saw mills, steel plants, furniture factories, and stockpiling goods. "The Navy has in storage enough hamburger to feed the entire Navy for 60 II I their little irium-tarnished teeth. I need everything except a few items which I shall now enumerate, and we lead off with a moon-suit. This is a tasty little number weighing only 120 pounds on earth, and a mere 20 pounds on the moon.

There is no price quotation, and I assume that, as is customary, they will charge extra for taxes, both ter- Cuba and did wear such uniforms. But some of these individuals, known to me, had long before turned anti-Castro and had joined Nicaraguan rebel movements in the same spirit of adventure that led them to enlist with Castro a couple of years previously. Guatemala's President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes has charged Fidel with complicity in the ill-fated coup that failed to topple his Government, and President Luis Somoza of' Nicaragua has likewise blamed Fidelistas and Communists for the abortive revolt in his country. But it should be remembered that armed insurrec "Dear Corinne: Thank you for sending me a copy of your latest speech. It is excellent.

I am glad you continue the attack, and for the first time I see signs of a growing realization on the part of public opinion as to what it all means. Keep up the good work." The general also provided these additional quotes for Miss Griffith's subsequent speeches: "No nation may survive in freedom, once its people become the servants of a centralized government a condition to which we are now headed with such dreadful certainty. And the greatest danger to a free people has always been the imposition of excessive taxation." When you say "OK, we're with you, kiddo, but who's going to pay for the operation of the Government?" Miss Griffith has iron-clad answers: "Eliminate waste, graft and corruption we built a $128,000 cow barn in Lebanon to demonstrate to average farmers living on $100 a year and less the equipment they should provide themselves in order to get ahead In Thai Vice President Richard M. Nixon was campaigning during the last month. She Was Corinne Griffith, the silent and early sound film star.

She's just about as beautiful to behold as she was when she was playing opposite Conway Tearle or that other matinee idol, George Preston Marshall. Corinne campaigned not for the Presidency but for the elimination of a law that has distressed or jailed millions. Corinne is ag'in the Federal income tax. She has been on this kick without success, as you possibly know and probably regret, for about 10 years. She has lectured the length and breadth of the land and in the course of it she has won some impressive cohorts to her remarkable platform.

Before his death, Sen. Bob Taft wrote her, I think the taxing power has been greatly abused. The whole subject of taxing needs study with a view to completely revising it." Gen. Douglas MacArthur wrote: restial and lunar, and sock you tions in Nicaragua and Guatemala were going on for many am for 8 vest of Purest nylon years. The papers of the Federal Gov ernment if placed in piles would equal 1250 Empire state Buildings.

years Deiore uastro snowed up on the Caribbean scene. covercu uwymws. Ydigoras was the object of several defeated plots prior to Castro's assumption of power in Cuba and the assassi- The fall catalogue offers you nation of dictator Anastasio Somoza, the present Presi- double thickness shoes and dent's father, took place in pre-Castro "days, as did the wire-mesh spats, which are very assassination of Ydigoras' predecessor, Carlos Castillo big on the moon these days, and As soon as Khrushchev agrees to arms inspection, I'm recommending Corinne as the first woman Secretary of the CORINNE GRIFFITH Campaigner Treasury. Armas. an "assortment of mechanical devices that can be substituted for gloved hands on the arms." You can get a.

headpiece VIEWED with the utmost detachment, 'what has been taking place in recent weeks isn't much different from what used to take place in those countries when Whitney Bolton NEW YORK. Oft the Spot shaped like a miniature mosque 1 with a big picture window in it, 4 and they throw in air condi- 4 tioning, radio unit, an electrical i power plant, searchlight con AT the public ross meeting, moderator asked for i trol and a shelf to sit on, there How KennedyLured Minnesota Farmers 8t Kwwws i 1 i I i Now the theory was changed to emphasize Humphrey, on grounds that the only way to carry Minnesota for Kennedy was on Humphrey's coattails. CHICAGO. WHAT switched Minnesota from a Richard M. Nixon State tiie one that cinched the for Sen.

John F. Kennedy? The answer: A carefully planned, Dorothy 31anncrs HOLLYWOOD. AT JIMMY McHUGH'S birthday party last summer, Broadway producer David Merrick (he has seven hits current in New York) met Anna Maria Aiberghetti, listened to her sing, and told her: "I'm going to have something important for you in a Broadway show." Now Louella Parsons says Merrick has signed Anna Maria for "Carnival," the stage version of "Lili," which was such a screen smash with Leslie Ca-ron. Since everything Merrick touches turns into a hit, what a break for the Italian songbird! The show doesn't start until April, so Anna Maria will try to keep her date with Joseph Levine to costar with Donald O'Connor in "Aladdin." Jean. Simmons, who admits she couldn't boil an egg during her marriage to Stewart Granger, has taken up domesticity and cooking with such a vengeance, now that she's Mrs.

Richard Brooks, she has a burned hand to prove it. campaign HUMPHREY i 1 final two-week aimed primaril- at switch- 11 moved into the rural questions and when none came, a little fellow got up and said, "If no one minds, I'd like to talk about Texas." I'd like to talk about Meredith Willson, who as a music maker is just about the size of Texas. Maybe a mite bigger. Willson twice now has furnished our Broadway with magnificently stirring scores dyed, dunked, dimpled with and dappled with the true and genuine richness of Americana. He writes Americana into music the way Betsy Ross sewed a flag.

He likes the trombones and the horns, the cornets and the fifes, the boom and the squeal, the bounce and the bumptiousness of America in its torch-lit years. Remember, which will be no feat, "76 Trombones," from "The Music Man." Remember that wonderful pitchman reci-tatif by Prof. Hill in the same lovely and beloved musical. Remember "There were birds, by creating an innovation in I baggy-panted clothing. I I say the hell with it.

Just get- 4 ting shayed and dressed for pub- I lie consumption is enough trou- I ble, even with electric razors I and drip-dry suits made of al- I lergy-free old toothbrush han- 4 dies, and which look just as I crummy before you wash them 4 as after. I My life is complicated enough I already, what with my electric toaster which turns out rare, 4 medium' and well-done burnt I bread, which is guaranteed by 1 six unfrocked psychologists to I contain no nutrition or taste 4 whatsoever. I The milk I drink comes in a powder that is liquefied by add- ing instant water unless I wish 4 to gain weight, when it is hi- jacked at gunpoint from a dis- contented cow who has been I swirled in a crazy-house ho- I mogenizer to blend her butter- I fat with the fluid. I I This is confusing to every- I body, including the cow, be- 1 cause you don't know these days whether you are drinking lower- ing four of every 100 Minnesota farmers. The man wh helped plan that switch is William Riv-kin, former Adlai Stevenson aide.

Fifteen days before election, Rivkin reported trouble in Minnesota. Illil: mi DODIE STEVENS Coming up! (See Connolly) Mike Connolly HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD HOTSTUFFrt Never in all my movie- -going years have I seen an 1 actress bounce off the screen" areas, spending much of his time in the western seventh and ninth districts. M. W. Thatcher, head of the Grain Terminal Association of St.

Paul, got into the campaign and with him brought the influential members of farmers' cooperatives throughout the State. The "bread and butter" appeal seemingly overcame an attempted revival of the religion issue. -CHARLES CLEVELAND CARROLL BAKER It Was Only an Old Japanese Custom! (See Leonard Lyons) her first part with such in 0 au built-in excitement, such Leave it to Rex Harrison to be frank about why he is turning down another Broadway musical. Recalling that he might well have run in "My Fair Lady" the rest of his theatrical life, Harrison said, on refusing the musical version of "Adventures of Sherlock "I'm not a young man and figure I have only about 15 that love plaint, by the little librarian. Now, I do not mean to imply that Willson has coursed the same ground in "The Unsink-able Molly Brown." There is one top song in which the brasses resound and the feet start to march as in "76 Trombones." There is a wondrously intricate and thumping recitatif by Molly.

There is a plaint, this yy NEW YORK. WHEN Caroll Baker arrived in Tokyo to film "Bridge to the Sun," she was met at, 3 A. M. by 400 photographers. At last she knew what it must have been like to be a star in the silent-screen days But then her costar, James Shigeta, was assigned to 'share her dressing room.

A Japanese custom, she was told. Miss Baker ordered a paper screen set up to divide the room. But her maid and Shigeta's valet walk through anyway; another Japanese custom, One of Marilyn Monroe's prime concerns about her split-up with Arthur Miller is whether It would alter her religious status "What difference would it make?" Harry Kurnitz said to Marilyn. "You wouldn't be able to join the Racquet Tennis Club any im vis I case cream or upper-case milk. I My summer clothing does not I contain any vegetable or ani-1 mal fibers, but then neither do 4 my summer vegetables or I meats, so when I am hungry I I often eat my suit, which tastes I remarkably like the technicolor I food they serve you.

I Nobody can tell that I have a i swoon bottle in my desk be- cause vodka takes my breath away and makes me do strange I and wonderful things. I have a fine camel's hair brush for i removing lint from my mink 4 earmuffs, and a transistor port-4 able record player which makes I Eartha Kitt sound like Frank I Sinatra, and vice versa. I 1 I Somebody sent me one of I those special artificial respira Opera's tenor, will get his first chance at a role in English FridayRichard Strauss' "Arabella" In gratitude to Pete Gerarro for "Unsinkable Molly Brown," Tami Grimes bought him the biggest gift in N. Y. the 6-foot tiger.

The Countess Tolstoy will give a Town Hall concert Nov. 19, the 50th anniversary of Tolstoy's death, for the benefit of the Tolstoy Foundation. Tyrone Guthrie, director of "The Tenth Man," holds an honorary degree and insists on being addressed as "Dr. Guthrie." He registered as "Dr. Tyrone Guthrie" at a Brooklyn hotel.

At 3 A. M. the desk clerk phoned to ask his help in an emergency: A tenant of the hotel had a bleeding nose. Could Dr. Guthrie minister to him? Guthrie said he wasn't that kind of a doctor, but he'd see what he could do.

He stopped the nosebleed. thority, such sex appeal, born-for-it-all, star quality as Nancy Kwan exudes in World of Suzie Wong." She glows like a banked fire. She" steals it all from her costar, Bill Holden. "The World Suzie Wong" will always bev remembered by world wide! movie goers for Nancy Kwan. Welcome to Starville! Dodie Stevens fired herself from her Fox contract for thai) sake of her career.

She wasn't1" getting big parts at the Now that she's free, she's try'" Ing for the role of the nym-1 phet's girl friend in Lolita. Milton Berle bought a beau-" tiful suit in London and says' it's 40 percent wool, 40 per-' cent Dacron and 20 percent" his. Simone Signoret, incidentally, is saying privately that the blame for the romantic headlines involving her husband, Yves Montand, and Marilyn Monroe lies squarely with Arthur. Miller, Marilyn's estranged mate. Mile.

Signoret's reasoning, reportedly, is along the lines that Miller spent too much time writing plays and not enough being attentive to Marilyn. Detonated by Dick Shawn; "They just opened new home; for orphans and illegitimate; children in the Congo called, the Casa B00 B00." Jayr.e Mansfield's face and form have appeared in prac ticaUy every newspaper and, ONE PKDELEM, he said was that neither Kennedy nor Nixon had gotten across to the farmer. Kennedy's production controls plan for farmors nad not only failed to catch on, but had aroused some opposition. The TV debates had stirred up talk about Matsu, Quemoy and other subjects rather than talk about the farmers' problems. Rivkin recommended that Kennedy stress "bread-and-butter" issues iL the final dlys of the campaign.

This was the successful course that Kennedy followed. Despite losses in just about every other farm area, Kennedy picked up strength in Minnesota's western Congressional districts enough to carry the State. APPARENTLY good staff work, and the right exploitation of the Democratic trump card, accounted for the Minnesota success. For one thing, a sharp distinction was made between the "farm" vote and the vote, which many politicians tend to blur together. Historically the rural voter the retired farmer who' lives in the small town, the merchant, (the banker, 'the town dweller is the backbone of the Republican Party.

But among farmers, the Democratic Party has always had a following in Minnesota. It was to this group that the party turned to extract the winning margin of votes. PRICES of butter and eggs, the farmers' "cash" crop were good; so were fee prices of hogs. This tpnd-ed to dull the Democratic arguments. But the Democrats successfully revived the "forgotten" issue Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson, the traditional farmer's scapegoat for Wt years.

In addition, the emphasis of the campaign was shifted. Up until then Humphrey had been campaigning almost exclusively for Kennedy. I way." The wife of a N. Y. skin specialist visited his office just before Marilyn Monroe, his patient, arrived for a treatment.

Miss Monroe went into one of the rooms, and a nurse reported that she was ready. "You give her the injection," the doctor told the nurse His wife stated that this was just a noble gesture by him. He smiled, and repeated to the nurse: "That's what I said you give her the injection." Chris Plummer, weary of idly waiting for 20th Century-Fox to time called "Dolce Far Niente." In that these three elements rise again in Willson's new and exciting score, there is a cousin-ship. But not in the direct line. The new score is fresh, vividly fresh, and the one twinned thing in both woods of Vienna, the purlieus of London, the alleys of Paris or the coasts of Spain.

It is star-spangled, Yankee Doodle music, homebrewed and home-battled. It is Uncle Sam unshaved, Abe Lincoln with a twinkle in his eye. Wilson's extraordinary gift for evoking the American image in music is a gift, fortunately, he can pass on to us in the songs he writes and the lyrics he writes. Nor, like some composers, does Willson sit on his music and force you to buy tickets to the show to hear it. The "entire score will be available for recording, radio, television and live performance as of November 21, 1960," says a note at hand.

Willson loves two things, nay, three: his music, the people and his wife. He wants his music available to the peopls. The third cherishment is, of years left on the stage. Another musical hit and this is sure to be a hit with S. M.

Behrman's book and Richard Rodgers' score would take about three years. That's a big chunk out of my remaining career." In your league and mine an offer of $2,000,000 against 20 percent of the gross is a lot of money. It was made by Ray Stark to William Paley for the screen rights to "My Fair Lady." Bets are it will be turned down. Sue and Alan Ladd will eat Thanksgiving dinner with the Bill Bendixes in New York, then sail the next day for Rome, where Alan will star in "Or-azio" for Lux-Tiberius Films. Before they left Hollywood, Sue called to say that the spectacle has a four-month shooting schedule, six weeks of which will be on location in Yugoslavia.

"This means all our holiday plans for Christmas iu Palm Springs with our family and friends are off," she said a little wistfully. However, 12-year-old David and debutante Alana plan to fly to Rome for Christmas. A pretty little miss who has been named Kimberly Jane, their fifth child, arrived over the week end to delight the Charles Wicks. JAMES A. FARLEY Confident Farley Sees New Unity In Nation NEW YORK.

RUDDY-cheeked James A. Farley, a Democrat and a canny oldtime politician, says he has a message for both Democrats and Republicans. It is a message that grows out of Farley's feeling for America, regardless of politics. Farley rose to fame in 1932 as the campaign organizer for the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and also served as Postmaster General from 1933 to 1940.

At 72, he is still his old self a hearty, friendly story teller, tall and straight. "We have just gone through probably the most spirited and closest campaign in our history," Farley said. "I see the close popular vote as a great tribute to our two-party system. We gave free expression to our views, knowing full well that the American people will unite behind the new President, as they always do, particularly in times of trouble." -M. W.

NEWMAN tion sets, without which I am never, and a flat-tire inflator to use on my puncture-proof tires. I am losing weight on a diet of pork chops and one day I'm going to the movies even if I have to serve as a starlet first, and you know what that means in terms of priceless treasure. But in the meantime, please refrain from planting any of the above items under my Christmas tree, which is made of plastic pine needles that are guaranteed to smell of French perfume and litter the floor just like something you'd buy at bargain prices at Hyde Park. I want some practical stuff, like secondhand wool suits that always perpetually need pressing. I want bread you can taste and whisky that smells like you might have a bun on, and a 98-cent alarm clock and old-fashioned BVDs and some shoes with laces and milk that forms a skim of cream on the top and bread that sticks and burns in an old-fashioned toaster and a straight-edge razor to cut my throat with if I read any more wh at to give-for-Christ- 1 ex- magazine you caa name Shs cept National Geographic.

one, is finally making this and start filming "Tender Is the Night," will sue the studio for his fee. He's longing to get to England, to work at Stratford for the top salary, 70 pounds a week. CantinOas' next movie will be "Mexican Jumping Bean," by Pepe Romero, the Mexican columnist-artist. Richard Condon is writing the screen treatment Barry Morell, the Met along with King Paul Greece Queen Frederika of plus the 60,000 Greek signed by Spyros Skouras tQ act as supers in Jayne's new Athens shooting movie, "It Happened in Athens." JEAN SIMMONS Domestic (See Manners) else again, course, something and rightly so. mas copy.

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