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Liberace- [finbuAo ot Ham? PRESS VIEWS DIFFER, TO SAY THE LEAST Is Liberace virtuoso or ham? Master showman or buncombe peddler? Newspaper writers are in startling disagreement about the wavy-haired TV entertainer with the built-in smile, the candelabra trademark and the huge sorority of fans. Some are as enthusiastically pro-Liberace as teen¬ agers who implore him to autograph their foreheads; others make him a target for gibes. Examples: On his piano-playing: Editorial in the Phoenix Sunnyslope Journal: “He is an artist and if one dare go so far—he could be called a genius.” Howard Taubman, New York Times: “There is a fellow named Liberace, and you could call him, among other things, a pianist . . . What kind of a pianist? . . . Don’t ask a square with Horowitz or Rubinstein on the brain. He’ll say that Liberace is not much more than a parlor pianist who ought to be kept in someone else’s parlor.” Ray Foley, Milwaukee Sentinel: “Let’s face it: Liberace is no Rubin¬ stein. But then, Rubinstein is no Liberace.” Rose Nicolosi, Gloucester (Mass.) Times: “If Paderewski said Liberace was a talented pianist, then we be¬ lieve he is . . . ‘the Chopin of tele¬ vision.’ ” Irving Sablosky, Chicago News: “There were moments . . . when this critic wanted to ‘Help!’ But the junior pianist from Wisconsin went on play¬ ing anyhow—playing very badly but with stupendous guts.” Editorial, Alton (III.) Telegraph: “Some lay critics have gone so far as to contend Liberace can’t play the piano. Anyone who takes this view must be blind and deaf.” Art Cullinson, Akron Beacon Jour¬ nal: “He’s a pretty good piano player. Oh, there are better ones in any fair¬ sized town in America. But most of them aren’t on TV. Liberace is.” TO