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Jazz and Dope

THE

CHINA MAIL,

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1959.

WILL AMERICAN TENSION DRIVE STAR NAMES

TO BRITAIN?

by ROBIN DOUGLAS-HOME

WOULDN'T be surprised to find some of America's best jazz stars. emigrating... to England. It won't be because they do so well here on visits but because of the New York police.

Now everybody knows that there are drug addicts among some of

the jazz groups playing in America-and it has happened here.

More often, bad musicians who think that a shot of dope will turn them into brilliant performers get the rest of the profession a bad name,

[32 Jazz and dope have

become assoclated in too many people's minds, and the mud has

aluck. Very firmly in the case of the New York police, appar- ently.

In New York there has been

a succession tok unfortunate brushes between the police and

jazz Top-night

artists. Two Involved marcoiles and one an, ugly fight.

First, there Was AILIJE HOLIDAY, One of the greatest jazz singers ever, she was lying in hospital with serious liver and heurt complaints when police invaded

room and charged her

possessing purootles.

hor with

Soon after that she died. The police had previously re- fused her a work permit becatis of her past amenties record, and if an American musician is to make a living at all, he must work in New York,

Struggle

the

GERRY MULLIGAN BILLIE HOLIDAY

REFORMED

DIFD

MILES DAVIS

NO DRUGS PL

But Mulligan returned to New York from a European tour and failed to report his narcoties record to immigration officials as the low demands. So he liftery lately being prosecuted again.

Incident

But the most serious case so far is one which does not in- the volve drugs at all: It Is

"The since nomed incident Slugging of Miles," involving MILES DAVIS, hot lipped frumpeter.

Davis was playing at Birdland, a famous New York shrine of One evening he left the club for breather between seesions and stood

on pulside the paviment.

Then there WES GERRY MULLIGAN, Saxophonist-com- jazz. poser-arranger, probably grestest individualist of post- wat jazz.

He was arrested and gaoled for possessing heroin in 1953, but has since conquered his narco- tes habit after a long and fough personal struggle.

He is now a frequent and out- spoken advocate of the English are system whereby addicts treated as physically sick rather than criminals.

Sam. White

and

Davis, like many artials, known to be arrogant waspish. And polico nerves In been ultra- New York have

with gang "rumbles" and racial polemics.

But by an extraordinary coin- cidence there is apparently incontrovertibly impartial ac- count of the whole inclient.

An orchestra had been

in a recording studio hearing

but the opposite Birdland, trafle din became so bad that recording was impossible.

re-

So the

A

patrolman told him "move along there."

microphones were to out of the windows stuck

the record crowd noises when

Davis. patrelman approached

now The complete brouhaha in 1aped.

to

Davis replied " work here." Within seconds Davis and two policemen were Kuffling.

With blood streaming from hrad wounds Davis was driven off to gool and his police permit to work was remove.

we

If the trouble continues night get some grand sessions going in London, Davis and Mulligan, might even sel feel tapping at the Metropolitan Police Hall.

But perhaps

nol.

they'd

the

NEWLY-WED WANTS DAY-SHIFT INSTEAD OF

NIGHT SHIFT

1500 STRIKE

WORKS MANAGER

"And you stand there asking me to switch you to night-work bacause your wife snores!"

London Express Service,

LABOUR'S AGONISING REAPPRAISAL: PART TWO OF A POST-DISASTER INQUIRY

THE Labour Party, staggering under a crippling electoral defeat, begins the grand Inquest. The following article, by an ex-railwayman who became Secretary for Overseas Trade in a Labour Government. comes down heavily on the side of the "let's-stick-to- Socialism" school. At the last Election Mr Bottomley lost Bls seat.

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publishes it to show the voters who massively rejected the Socialist theories supported by

rather Mr Bottomley that some

Labour leaders are still unshaken in their old beliefa,

-London Express Service).

Jewsletter

It's Dior for Garbo -jeans for Brando

Paris. Brando's

I

BELIEVE it would be disastrous if this

I lost my seat -and still I say 'More Socialism

(BUT DON'T FORGET THE COMMONWEALTH)

by

ARTHUR BOTTOMLEY

affairs.

Election defeat led the

Is a fundamental part of the Liberals. The truth is that the Labour Party to aban- Labour Party's creed. An Torlea and the Liberals reveal don Socialism. There cicctoral set-back cannot change very little difference in economic are people today who our beliefs.

The volers have not rejected Bath are upposed to economic say that nationalisation

Socialism finally: they have controls and planning. Only the and the whole concept of rejected it for the present in a Labour Party can offer a genuine a planned society must period of prosperity. somehow be dropped from the party policies.

Christian Mar- fact that as Garbo was ordering This is nonsense.

quand, a minor French matinee Brando's munages

Paris,

new clothes from Dlar, Brando was buying jeans on the Avenue

Vintage year

Here is an up-to-the-minute report on the wine situation as a a result of this year's astonishing

TWO celebrities, well do who

hidden behind dark business and personal affairs in de to Grand Armee. glasses, have been pro-

To have both of them in town minent in Paris during at the same time is a situation weeks. which lends itself to the cross the past few

Garbo doing a accusation of They are Greta Garbo Brando

doing and Brando Carbo. and Marlon Brando.

There the similarly ends, for Garbo continues to be whereas

slur in the highest flight of aristocratic soclety, Brando is content to be a beatnik among beatniks.

Srcom-

has been Fach panied by his or her Svengali.

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Garbo's Svengall is George Schlee,

of the husband Hollywood dress designer, who has been her escort for the past eight years,

Just Arrived

The contrast between the two made spectacular by the

wis

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1960

$10.00

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1960

in

super colour

containing

summer.

Burgundy; undoubtedly the best vintage of the century,

Beaujolais: certainly one, nt the best years if not the very best your in Beaujolais history,

Alsace: a great year but the wines threaten to be "fruity."

too

Rose (Anjou): the strongest wine within living memary-1? to 18 degrees alcoholle content compared to the normal 13

13

degrees.

Champagne:

the best спор since 1893, 20 p.c. more and 3 degrees stronger.

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MILLER: "Any blow struck in defence of woman's reputation leaves a dent in it."

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New turn

The tormented fe of Mr Huntington Hartford, the Ameri- grocery millionaire,

has taken a new turn here with his stories, announcement that he is going to establish a replica of $1 features, Tropez in the Bahamas. colour specials

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Mr Huntington Hartford has now tried to get away front groceries by (a) becoming a theatrical promoler; (b) start- ing an agency for models. The

St Tropez venture transferred to the Bahamas is his most

ambitious project to date.

He left recently for the island he has bought in the Bahamas where he is starting "the 'most exclusive club in the "world"

which will be known' as the Paradise Club.:

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It will have one hotel and sno golf course.

It will alas have a complete reproduction of the Port of St Tropez. and the entire venture will cost him some 20 million dollars,

(London Express Service).

for

No point

The Conservative сту

"You've never had it

When

economic

rallying

The Labour Party must stand

a planned economy. It is good, hypnotised many people. conditions the only real allernative to the

the

public present unplanned hit-cr-miss- change, so w

attitude to a planned economy change.

economy.

the

It is true that at present the hit-or-miss system has produced We have heard a great deal Prosperity. I do not believe this about the resurgence of prosperity will continue uninter- Liberal Party. In spite of all

only rupted. We had a financial crisis this they still have

the House two years ago and we will have members in

Commons. others, I regret to say,

six of

I believe Socialism is the only I see no point in any negotia-

alliance democratic alternative, and this lion

with

THE NATIO

KABOUR AHEAD

SUEZ

AFRICA

alternative.

To quote Nye Bevan, the sug- gestion that the country would benefit from an alliance between Labour and Liberals is "com- pletely superficial nonsense,"

Mistake

1

won us more

ARTHUR BOTTOMLEY

fundamental issue between the parties.

The basic point is that we have not converted enough We must go forward as Social- people to an understanding that an our present capitalist economy sta. In my view we made error during the Election of not is responsible for the bad con

well as ditions as

the good being Socialist enough.

I do not say that more conditions, Socialism would have

One subject which must have Election, but the

future positively Socialist

approach a large place in our would have strengthened

the thinking as Socialists in the Commonwealth and the Colonies. party.

1 bave an intense interest in this. This is largely because I

the want to see

some sort of wolfare state in the overseas

rrieries that

Failed

Dur

here,

we now enjoy

Challenge

Why did we lose? Apart from the question of people "never havlig it so good," we failed to put over strongly enough basle beliefs. We must now work I think we made a mistake in

hard to convince more people our nilack

I want to see the same morat directing

wholly

and ethical approach which the against the Conservatives in the that Socialism is the right way.

Socialists We should

a mistake early

upplied I think we made clear have made

to our sup-In making too many bids for Britain carried to all the sister Election campaign. porters thr great difference in favour. A great deal of time, nations of the Commonwealth. principle which divides us from for example, was spent in talk Net one of us should be, content Labour's pension so long as there is poverty and That would ing about the Liberais, have cut the Liberal vote down scheme compared with the Tory squalor there.

scheme.

not

the to size.

WARSHING

•MACHINIS

too.

POR

GRISLY FATH

NOW COME OUT AND DO IT !"

This

Was

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This is a great challenge and Opportunity for the Labour Party in the future. If we farness our resources properly in Britain. combined with the potential of the Commonwealth, I am sure we can provide a good standard for our own nation and the Commonwealth, too. We must prove how Socialism can do 'it.

Some people are saying that Labour's link with the irade unions must. TOW be recon- aldered after the dolazi.

Well, if it is, I hope the result will be that the trade unions take an even greater interest in the political wing of the party than they have in the past.

Indispensable

For example, I would like many more trade unionists to attend Labour Party meelings. to I would like trade unionisia

make a bigger Impact House of Commons,

In the

In the past I think there may have been a tendency for the trade unions to send not their very best men into the House. I would like to see better, and

younger trade unionis! MPs.

The trade union movement is indispensable to the Labour Party which it fouled and I cannot believe' in' any no-called { "raform" which would separale

the two.

Neither can believe there would.bo.any serise in changing the name of the party, na... has been suggested. Perhaps neither Labour nor Conservative uro, the most Inspiring labels that could have been devised, but they serve

their púrpose well enough,' and a change would make no difference at all

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It is the fundamental principles we stand for which maiter, Our. tark is to push those home," not to fiddle with cha miamng go

(London Exprem Kervios);"