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TUESDAY. APRIL 18, 1961 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 3B ST. LOUIS FQST-D1SPATCH JUDS0UGHT1SJJI. Gems From a Queen R.

M'CLAiN DIES; ARTISTS' UNION FORMED, AIM IS BRIGHTER PICTURE C. L. SULZBERGER U.S. Leadership Invigorates NATO 1 AT CRYSTAL PALAC 'Caught in the Act" Pre Needs for Ed wsrds vllle Project Outlined at Luncheon in East St. Louis.

MUNICH. RECENTLY A EUROPEAN ENVOY to the North Atlantic Council reported to his foreign minister "Something is moving at last in NATO." This is true. The whole alliance is suddenly sents Four Talented Youngsters. Formation of the Arts Talents Guild of America, a labor union for artists, was announced last night at a dinner at the Ambas-sador-Kinpsway Hotel. George B.

Slotkin, founder of the organization, said many of the talented painters in this country turn to other occupations because they cannot make a decent living painting. "Many of the most talented persons in this country are so With St. Louis Webster College Until 1955 Was Probation Officer. Funeral services for Harry R. McClain, former professor of dramatics at St.

Louis University and Webster College, will be at 9 filled with an enthusiastic spirit after months of lassitude. There are three reasons for this. First, the allies were impressed by the President's budget statement, his confidential Officials of Southern Illinois University yesterday sought support from East Side political, civic and business leaders in formulating plans for development of the university's campus poor they cannot afford to buy a brush," he said. He declared at Edwardsville. a.m.

tomorrow at St. Louis Cathedral. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Mr. McClain, 81 years old, At a luncheon It the Hotel that the only way art can exist well as economic community.

This strong, thoughtful language has already been acted on. As a token of good faith the United States has even consulted its partners on our internal economic plans such as Interstate rates. The third reason is finletter. Kennedy's new envoy to the Council succeeds a long list of pleasant, undistinguished men, incapable of applying leadership. His arrival was initially greeted with skepticism because he wasn't widely known.

in this country is for artists to Broadview in East St. Louis, President Delyte W. Morris of 1 A i I 111: aV" "WNSt i organize. message to NATO and his address to the military committee. Second, they were impressed by the April 6 speech of Vice President Johnson at SHAPE headquarters.

Indeed, some com David Salmon, a research di S.I.U. and Arnold Marcmont, Chicago Industrialist who recent rector for the Teamsters Union died after a long ly was appointed to the univer illness yester and chairman of the dinner, said sity's board of trustees, described dav at his home, Flnletter any feeling that an artist has to be poor to be great is false. 412 Union boule the preliminary plans for the campus. vard. He Joined Artists have been too much on McClaln the Webster Col They asked those present for Competent Ambassador.

planning recommendations. They i lege speech department staff In 1919 and started teaching speech it St. Lou Is University in im appealed to residents of the area for contributions of art for the buildings and encouraged attendance at a planning conference He retired from both schools in 1955. A eraduate of the Cornell Unl- scheduled for June 2, 3 and 4 in versity School of Law in 1902, East St. Louis.

the fringe of the economy, he said. "If you don't organize, you're dead," he asserted. About 20 persons attended the dinner. Named to Women's Group. WASHINGTON.

April 18 (AP) The State Department announced yesterday the appointment of Mrs. Emil T. Chanlett of Chapel Hill, N.C., as United States delegate to the Inter-American Commission of Women. A meeting of the commission opened yesterday. Morris said the 2600-acre cam Mr.

McClain was a member ol th Missouri Bar. He became a pus, when developed, will be "a national model of Its kind." professional actor after his grad By I Poat-Ptupatch Photofrnphar. MISS SALLY CURBY, Veiled Prophet Queen, presenting gold-and-Pearl necklace to ROGER E. FRENCH, director of Goodwill Industries, yesterday. The necklace, which belonged to Miss Curby's grandmother, the late Mrs.

James L. Ford, is to be sold in "Old Treasure Shop" sale April 21 and 29 at Crestwood branch of Scruggs Vandervoort Barney, to raise money for Goodwill Industries, which employs and trains handicapped persons. uation and appeared lor iu years In dramatic and musical comedy productions in New York and Tomorrow' Events By MYLES STANDISH With Las Vegas, television and a few widely known night clubs gobbling up the big names at big prices, the constant cry of show business is: "New faces, new talent." The Crystal Palace, cabaret theater in Gaslight Square, is doing Its bit to exhibit some of this new talent. "Caught in the Act," which opened last night for an indefinite run, consists of three acts whose claim to fame is that they have appeared recently on the Jack Paar television show. The show was refreshing, stimulating and heartening.

The talent, like wildflowers, still springs up somewhere in the theatrical woods. The Smothers Brothers, who pretend they are a naive pair of collegiate-launched folk singers, make up one of the funniest dead-pan satirical comedy acts I've seen in a long time. The trend to popular pseudo-folk singers has grown so big lately it's wide open for a few jibes. Like Victor Borge at the piano, the Smothers Brothers can play around enough with a guitar and a bass viol and a couple of rather monotonous light voices to create some verisimilitude as In "The Fox Is On the Town-O," or "Maria." But these two young fellows with thin, bony faces, deep-set dark eyes and short haircuts, are kidding the whole business, and dev-astatingly. Barbara Streisand is a songstress who is said to be only 18 years old, but her technique and finish show proficiency.

She is especially good on the sultry ballad, the nostalgic, lingering, bittersweet touch. On such songs as "Soon It's Gonna Rain," from the off-Broadway show, "Fantasticas," and Harold Ar-len's "A Sleepin' Bee," from "House of Flowers," she reached down deep and dragged up the mood and the styling of the song like a Mary Martin. She isn't sure enough or strong enough in the upper range, and her Jazzy interludes don't ring but she shows considerable promise. Mark London is a pleasant young Irish-American comic, whose delivery showed some of the half-wistful, half-ingenuous appeal of a Jack Haley. He could use more clever material Elizabeth Taylor, Burt Lancaster Receive Top Oscar Awards Final plans, he said, "should Include the arts sculpture, painting, mosaics, ceramic murals and, above all, the most enlightened typ of structural design." Maremont outlined plans for the conference, which will be held under an Inflated pneumatic dome 120 feet In diameter.

The dome will be Installed on a parking lot on Division avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets In East St. Louis. Speakers will Include R. Buck-minster Fuller, Inventor of the geodesic dome and research professor of design at S.I.U.; Lewis Mumford, writer on city planning, and Hideo Sasaki, landscape architect for Harvard University. Exhibits of art and landscape design will be on display.

Gyo Obata of the architectural firm of Hcllmuth, Obnta and Kassabaum is chief architectural planner for the campus. The first stage of development Is expected to cost about and will be financed by a bond issue approved last November by Illinois voters. with road companies. He directed stock companies in several cities before retiring from the stage. He later was appointed probation officer of the St.

Louis Juvenile Court and was active In the founding of the first clinic of the court here. Mr. McClain directed programs for the St. Louis Community Chest for 10 years when he was dramatic director for Radio Station KMOX. He was a member of the Washington University faculty for a short time and was active In the university's theater activities.

He Instructed Dale Carnegie courses for eight years. In 1917, Mr. McClain directed several pageants. He produced a movie with the Midwest Moving Picture Co. In 1934.

Among productions ha directed for the Morse School Players was "Eyes," an original play which won the St. Louis Art League prize and the Samuel French prize in the National Theater tournament in New York. Mr. McClain directed plays for the Y.M.-Y.W.H.A. Roof Top Theater from 1928 to 1949 and pare this i the Zurich address of Churchill in 1946, when he called for "a kind of United States of Europe.

Third, they are impressed with Thomas Finletter, our new ambassador to the Council. These hopeful views must be placed in the context of recent alliance history. Furthermore, they are still based more on form of expression, and philosophic vision than on specifics. Even Johnson, when reading his forceful, well-phrased speech, stressed the need for that most important topic, "an effective NATO nuclear capacity," without spelling out ways of achieving it. The Proper Leader.

Nevertheless, there is a new euphoria and this comes after a long period of depression during Eisenhower's last months and Kennedy's first weeks. It was felt, the European allies were being ignored in favor of non-aligned nations. The alliance is again persuaded that its proper leader, the United States, is acting as a proper) leader. An aura of hope is reviving. One diplomat says: "Kennedy has put ideas and poetry back into NATO.

Without these it cannot survive." Johnson's speech, which was Inadequately reported on both sides of the Atlantic, was carefully prepared and personally edited by the President. It was stuffed with resolve and broad commitments. The NATO Council has since been scrutinizing it but, despite diplomatic nitpicking, the echo is profound and optimistic. On the heels of a trip to non-aligned Senegal, Johnson underscored our determination to stand firmly by our main alliance. He called this "indispensable," asked for growth of "common Institutions," military development of both conventional and nuclear forces, indicated willingness to place some of the latter under allied control, and suggested "a genuine political as To their pleasure, his peers found right at the start that for the first time an American ambassador could understand what was going on without earphone translations from French.

They found he was not afraid of questioning or argumentation but, on the contrary, relished it. They found an intellectual a species much admired by Europeans. They found him unafraid to admit when he didn't know the answers but promising to get those answers promptly. Finletter intends to visit Washington at least once a month to explain problems at home and policy abroad. And he also wants to visit each allied capital to discuss its special NATO concerns.

One cannot overestimate the resulting change In atmosphere. Confusion, of course, doesn't end overnight. The allies still feel we are asking them to formulate a means of controlling the nuclear warheads we would offer; and they prefer instead to dissect a detailed plan from Washington. Remaining: Problems. They, think the Kennedy Administration is still a bit perplexed on NATO, that it doesn't realize that some ideas it outlines were in fact suggested in the past.

And they think that pehraps NATO might have been consulted on our own broad defense plans before they were announced. Nevertheless Western Europe, without truly novel promises or ideas, suddenly once again feels we hold it vital and are prepared to accept our leadership responsibilities. Many problems, of course, remain to be clarified. We mistakenly continue to mix the new OECD which includes neutrals like Switzerland and will some day include Japan with NATO in public statements. We haven't yet precisely defined our alliance nuclear policy.

But we have moved off dead center. The alliance reaction is both immediate and optimistic; Book Review: "The Last of the Just" by Andre Schwarz-Bart; reviewer: Rabbi Julius J. Nodcl; Shaare Emeth Temple, 6830 Delmar boulevard, University City, 1 a.m. Film Program: "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Curious George Rides a Baden Branch Library, 8448 Church road, 4 p.m. Film Program: "Talcs From the Vienna Woods," "People of Venice" and "Wings to Barr Branch Library, 1701 South Jefferson avenue, 7 p.m.

Lecture: "From Pots to Pedi-ments," G. Roger Edwards, archeologist, University of Pennsylvania; Steinberg Hall, Washington University, 8 p.m. Talk: "Pre-Columbian Architecture," George F. llellmuth, partner in the architectural firm of llellmuth, Obata Kassa-baum, The Center, 3559 Llndell boulevard. 8:15 p.m.

The moody production by Sweden's In grid Bergman, "The Virgin Spring," was selected best foreign language film. "Elmer Gantry" drew an Oscar also for its writer, Richard Brooks. "Spartacus" received four Oscars. There were four honorary awards. Sol Lesser received the Jean Hersholt humanitarian honor.

Gary Cooper's long contribution as screen hero was cited, but he has been ailing with a flareup of old injuries. His Oscar was accepted by James Stewart. Stan Laurel, honored for his career with the late Oliver Hardy, was unable to appear because of illness. Danny Kaye accepted. Hayley Mills, named for a Juvenile award for her role as "Pollyanna," was In England.

Shirley Temple, a past holder of the honor, accepted. (Picture In Everyday Magazine.) SANTA MONICA, April 18 (AP)-Elizabeth Taylor, near death two months ago, reached a new peak of her career last night by winning the award as best actress of 1960 from the Motion Picture Academy. Burt Lancaster was acclaimed best actor for his role as the shady revivalist, of "Elmer Gantry." "The Apartment" won as best picture, and for best direction by Billy Wilder. Shirley Jones of "Elmer Gantry" and Peter Ustinov of "Spar-tacus" won the top supporting roles. Miss Taylor's victory was for her role as the ill-starred wanton of "Butterfield 8." "The Apartment" was the big winner of the evening, netting five awards, but far short of last year's record of 11 by "Ben Hur." Wilder went to the podium three times for direction, picture and writing (the latter with I.

A. L. Diamond). "Never On Sunday," the theme of the Greek-made comedy of the same name, scored over four domestic entries as best song. was the originator in 1939 of Webster College's annual Shakes-nerean memorial Dilnrimaee to cational Theater Association and the statue of William Shakes AWARDED RESEARCH GRANT peare in Tower Grove Park.

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