TV Radio Mirror (Jan - Jun 1961)

NEW PATTERNS FOR YOU 9309— Roll-over collar buttons into "V" yoke — a pretty topping for this easy casual. Printed Pattern in Jr. Miss Sizes 9, 11, 13, 15, 17. Size 13 takes 2% yards 35-inch fabric. State size. 35$ 4897 — Eight-gore shirtdress with cardigan buttoning. Printed Pattern in Half Sizes I41/2-241/2. Size I6V2 takes 4% yards 35-inch fabric. State size. 35$ 9309 SIZES 9-17 9494 SIZES 10-18 9079 — To the softly styled bodice, add slim skirt or full. Printed Pattern in Women's Sizes 3648. Size 36 with slim skirt: 3% yards 35-inch fabric. State size. 35$ 4978 — Dress and jacket duo. Printed Pattern in Half Sizes 14y2-24i/2. Size I6V2 dress: 4 yards 35-inch fabric; jacket: 214 yards. State size. 35$ 9494 — Square-necked sundress ; collared bolero. Printed Pattern in Misses' Sizes 10-18. Size 16 outfit takes 5% yards 35-inch fabric. State size. 50$ Send orders (in coin) for each pattern to: TV Radio Mirror, Pattern Department, P. O. Box 137. Old Chelsea Station, New York 11, New York. Add 10$ for each pattern for lst-class mailing. Send 35$ for our new 1961 Spring and Summer fashion catalogue (see cover above). or get off the air. Nothing is duller than a discussion program where no one takes sides." Susskind came under heavy fire from the critics following his solo Open End interview with Nikita Khrushchev. It was said that he was not equipped to wage a battle of words with the Russian leader, that he was too much on the defensive. "I'm glad I did that program," says Susskind, "but I'll admit that I could have done a better job. I presented Khrushchev as a new personality. I never expected for a second that he'd say anything new, but I thought it important that America should see him as a human being. After all, he's one of two men who could set the world aflame. But I wish I'd done a better job. I shouldn't have tried to debate with him. Dulles couldn't, Eisenhower couldn't, Herter couldn't, and I shouldn't have tried. "The trouble was, I think, that the hysteria preceding the show got to me subconsciously. People called me a Communist, told me to go to Russia, and that sort of thing. There were pickets and newspaper editorials criticizing me. The animosity got to me. I found myself trying to prove my Americanism on the air. I felt compelled to challenge Khrushchev and argue with him, instead of just getting information." While on the subject of discussion, Susskind defends television from those who say that TV is to blame for the "lost art of conversation." "The American school system is at fault," he charges. "I don't know what they've been doing to English courses, but whatever it is, it isn't good. The average person's vocabulary is pitiful. Television didn't do it, the school systems did. "Of course, television hasn't helped. People sit there, in front of the TV set, and don't 'relate' to each other. But good television programs throw out ideas. They make people think and have feelings. That's what all my shouting is about. That's why I'm opposed to all the junk that doesn't even make people think enough to turn off the set. "As for conversationalists, actors are the worst. The very worst. They're boring. Their favorite subjects are themselves. On that subject, they're brilliant. But it's all they can talk about. Actors, with few exceptions, are glorious kooks. Of course, to be an actor in the first place requires certain conditions. An actor can't be himself . . . he's always playing someone else. They play a game. They're charming, though ... as children can be charming." A man with unlimited energy and ideas, Susskind puts in a seven-day work week, and his working day usually begins at 9:30 a.m. and ends at