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Charge Tammany Lays 'Smokescreen'

(Special To The VlUaffer)Stevensonian Democratic Club

candidates Shanley N.' Egeth and Virginia Dwyer in the East Side’s 6th Assembly District,, Part B (North) this week charged their incumbent opponents with trying to hide behind "ridiculous smoke­screens" their ’'shameful record of boss-control, patronage hand-outs, Title 1 scandal, and absolute in­difference to the welfare of the district."

The Egeth-Dwyer charges were in reply to a statement by Mr. Henry Silverman and Mrs. Anna Sullivan, Thompson Democratic Assn, regular organization candi­dates, issued last week.

The insurgent candidates said;‘Th? enrolled Democratic voters

in the 6th A.D. North will decide themselves whether the paramount issue in this campaign is a matter simply of who has lived in the district the longest. We believe the voters are much more con­cerned with some other, rather more fundamental questions:

"Who are the candidates on each side, what do they stand for, and whose interests do they serve? What have they done in the past, what can they do now, and what do they pledge to do in the future for the benefit of this district and the welfare of its people? Equally important questions, we suggest, are: Who picked them to be candi­dates for District Leaders, and why?

"Mr. Henry Silverman boasts that he has lived in this district for 40-odd years, during which time his sole contribution to the general welfare of the district and its people seems to consist of be­longing to the old-line Tammany Thompson Club and being, In his words, 'right-hand man’ to the local Tammany boss for the past decade.

"Mr. Silverman was hand-picked by Carmine DeSapto himself to take over control of the Thompson Club and be the new local boss. Of course he had to resign as a Municipal Court Judge, but on the very same day he accepted designation as District Lender and

Insurgent Democrat 'Broom Girls'

Photo By Ilu Hofihajr Insurgent Democratic candidates in the €th Assembly District

Virginia Duryer and Shanley Egeth surrounded by "New Broom Girls" with whose help they hope to sweep away the old Tammany Hall District leadership at the September 15th primary election.

head of the Tammany Thompson Club, he was rewarded by appoint­ment as $7,500-a-year clerk of the Supreme Court, When the word came around that the new boss of the Thompson Club had inherit­ed the old boss's old Jot), the boys at the clubhouse grinned and felt relieved. Clearly, nothing had changed but the name and the face—not even the juicy patronage plum. They were still doing busi­ness at the same old stand in the same old way.

"Senator Herbert Lehman, a dis­tinguished Democrat with an un­corrupted sense of ethics, branded the whole transaction 'a shocking fact.’

" 'Clerk Silverman,' who claims to have been so interested for so long in the welfare of the district's residents, conspicuously failed to even once raise his voice to pro­test the scandalous Gramercy Title I get-rick-quick shananlgans of the Thompson-Silverman Club’s own hand-picked State Assemblyman, the Hon. Joseph J. Welser. The 5,000 residents of the area who were to be ruthlessly bull-dozed from their homes for the special benefit of Joe Welser’s specula­

tions may question whether our Tammany opponent was really very concerned about, their wel­fare.

'-The voters are entitled to ask Clerk Silverman, too, to point out the many splendid parks and play­grounds in this district which to­day stand as monuments to his great devotion to the people's wel­fare, after 40 years of unremitting endeavor. Where indeed are these and other community improve­ments for which we owe thanks to Clerk Silverman and the Tam­many Thompson Club?"

The Insurgent candidates said that "by con[trast,’’ they^i were "freely elected at open meetings," and are pledged to reforming the Democratic Paity in New York City and eliminating patronage. Mr. Egeth and Miss Dwyer re­affirmed their records as party workers and challenged their Tam­many opponents to "tell the Dem­ocratic voters in the sixth A.D. North exactly where they stand on the issues, whose interests they serve, and what they have ever done to benefit this district, its people, 0/ the Democratic Party.''

Egeth; stated that "the malicious rumors and erroneous. impressions which are being circuIaUfd by my opponent's workers^ to the effect that my organization is not open to all, must be stopped at once,"

The Democratic leader of the Sixth Assembly District (Part B) North stated that, "I am very proud to head the George W. Thompson I>emocratic Association. I have been active in this organi­zation since it was founded twenty- six years ago by the late and be­loved George W. Thompson. This organization always welcomed all and anyone to its membership. The OL̂ ganizatlon will still welcome the men who are hiding behind Mr. Egeth if they care to join."

"The trouble is," stated Judge Silverman, "that those who are spreading the false rumors that the Regular Democratic organiza­tion has excluded individuals from membership, have regularly failed to participate in the political ac­tivities of the Democratic Party of this district."

Russo Jazz Group Performs TonightThe Lower East Side Neighbor­

hoods Association has expanded its summer concert series knownas Evenings-by-the River to in­clude a Jazz Program. This will be presented as an extra concert in the series tonight, Thursday, at 8:30 p.m., in the East River Park Amphitheatre, FDR Drive south of Grand St., and will be free to the public.

The program will feature the music of the Russo Orchestra, conducted by WlUiam Russo. This group, heard earlier this seaeon at the Phoenix Theatre, Is one of the finest exponents of progressive jazz today. Many of the arrange­ments are done by Mr, Russo him­self, show the touch of the mas­ter's mind, and are a great delight to the jazz enthusiast ai well as to the casual listener, Mr. Russo has covered himself With glory for his work in the classical field also, and li well known for hli own trombone performance.

In previous seasons LENA has featured such prominent groups aa Duke Ellington’s and Lionel Ilampton'a, and in response (o many requests LENA has been moat anxious to present an out- itandlng group again. Financial llmltatloni prevented presenting •uch a program earlier in the lea- • 0(1, but a recent donation has made it possible to feature the HusBo Orchestra this season, i S in ooncort U being sponsored

by the Lower Eastslde Neighbor­hoods Association and the Mayor's Committee for Living Music with the cooperation of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musi­cians, and the New York City De­partment of Parks.

The remaining concerts for the season will be presented on Tues­days July 28, August 4 and 11, and a special children’s concert will be given on Thursday July 30 at 10 a.m. All concerts in the series are free, but groups attending the children’s programs are asked to make reservations in advance by calling the LENA office at ORegon 4-1100, extension 27 or by writing.

Self-Help GroupThe Lower East Side Neighbor­

hoods Assocoiatton, now In its fifth year, is a citizens' self-help organ­ization, dedicated to making the Lower East Side a better place In which to live, work, play, bring up children, and to do business, LENA is non-sectarian, non-poll- tlcal, and non-profit. In addition to the Comihunlty Arts division of LENA, which si)onsorB Eve- nlnga-by-the-Rlver, LENA has Youth, Health and Housing divi­sions. The executive offices of LENA are at 131 Essex St., (near Rivlnglon) in the very heart of the Lower East Side.

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Silverman States His Club Is Open

(Special To Hie VllUfer)Judge Henry Silverman, striking

back at his opponent, Shanley N.

Judge Silverman ' stated he placed his claim for support on his record of service to the District. He added that he had "complete faith in both the desire and the ability of the enrolled Democrats to base their decision upon that record."

Judge Silverman invited all Democrats who are interested to join his organization. He stated he would welcome them.

IROM what I have been

able to gather from my* super­ficial observa­tions, the state of the w o r l d pretty muph de­pends on which side of the bed Mr. Khrushchev gets out of in the morning.

If he was seen laughing yester day in Y u g o ­slavia and pat­ting the head of a c h i l d , t h e statesmen take

hope and see the dawn of a mil- lenium. If, however, he is frown­ing or wearing a long face, the embassies tremble in a half dozen world capitals and prophesies of doom are walled. You never know how the Russian premier is going to feel on a particular morning. His temperament is mercurial, and the world shifts with it like a sick patient whose frame of mind is conditioned by the next ther­mometer reading.

The trouble is, we know so little about the Russian premier, except from his outward demeanor, One day he sal)er-rattle8, the next he coos, and keeping up with his moods i)ecomes an exhausting emo tlonal exi>erlepce. Maylje the Presl - dent has tlie right idea. When he was asked recently what he thought of one of Mr. Khruschev's warlike pronouncements, he said that he didn't think much about it and that responsilile statesmen should not Indulge in threats.

One morning Khruschev is going to get out of tied, stub his toe, cut himself shaving, find the toost li burned and the orange Juice sour, and ho will threaten to invade Weslern Europe. Or we con only hope he will merely threaten. Thus how, os ever, the world revolves at the whim of individual madmen.

Gamson’ Conducts LENA SymphonyArnold Gamson, prominent young

American conductor,, will make his first appearance with the LENA Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday, July 28 at 8:30 p.m. in the East River Park Amphitheatre. Helen Kwalwasser, violinist; will be the featured soloist of the evening. The concert is free to the public.; Gamson, as Musical Director of the American Opera Society, has given New York audiences'some of the most exciting and artistic con­cert performances in years. Ac­claimed as a "conductor of extra­ordinary gifts," he conducted the - Symphony of the Air in a concert earlier this season. The young con­ductor made his New York debut in November of 1952 in a perform­ance of Monteverdi's masterpiece, 'The Coronation of Poppea." that brought the Town Hall audience to its feet in a thunderous ovation, Since his auspicious debut, he has lead the American Opera Society from triumph to triumph.

Helen Kwalwasser, an artist stu­dent of Ivan Galamlan, made her violin debut at the age of 6, play­ing the Bach Concerto in A Minor with the Syracuse Symphony Or­chestra. United States Etelegate to the World Youth Festival in 1947 in Prague, she received one of the top awards in competition with violinists representing jnajor coun­tries of the world. This was fol­lowed by two highly successful European tours, and orchestral and solo appearances throughout the United States. She has appeared twice previously with the LENA Symphony, and has been h e ^ as soloist in the Municipal Concerts, Washington Square Concerts, and was soloist with the American (Chamber Orchestra as well as its concertmlstress. She made her Town Hail debut in 1947 and won the Philadelphia Musical Fund Award in 1948.

The program will include the Schumann "Spring" Symphony, Op. 38 in B-flat Major, a Suite from the Music for the Royal Fireworks by Handel, and Miss Kwalwasser will be the soloist in the Mendels­sohn Concerto for violin and Or­chestra in E Minor, Op. 64.

Mrs. Edward Weinfeld, Co-chair­man of Eventngs-by-the-River, who has been largely responsible for the success of these programs, is busily making plans for an en­la rg e series next season. She has announced that the summer's pro­grams are made possible through the support of the Eda K. Loeb Fund, Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians acting through a grant from the Music Performance Trust Funds of the Recording Industries, Young Audi­ences, and many individual contri­butors.

This will be the fourth concert of this season presented by LENA. They are held in the East River park Amphitheatre, on the FDR Drive south of Grand St. All pro­grams start promptly at 8:30 p.m, and are broadcast over radio sta­tion WNYC. Concerts are held rain or shine and are free.

The Lower East Side Neighbor­hoods Association now in its fifth year, is a citizens' self-help organi­zation dedicated to making the Lower East Side a better place in which to live, work, ploy, bring up children, and to do business. In ad­dition to the Community Arts divi­sion of LENA, which sponsors Evenlngs-by-the-Rlver, LENA has Youth, Health and Housing divi­sions. The executive offices of LENA are at 131 Essex St. tn the very heart of the Lower East Bide.

Freeman On CommitteeLewis A. Freeman, CPA, of 2.15

E, 22nd St., has been np|)ulnted to the Interim Audits Committee of The New York Slate Society of Certified Public Accountonts, ac­cording to the president, Thomas Q* Higgins,

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