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I understand Phil Silvers is being groomed for the Red Buttons time next season. I’ve always felt Silvers could be a very funny fellow on tele¬ vision with half a chance, and I’m sure he will be, but I hope the net¬ works haven’t given up on Buttons. That little fellow has a genuine comedy talent that is going to be channeled in the right direction one of these days and there will be no stopping him . . . The way Robert Montgomery was waving his arms around on a recent teledrama, Presi¬ dent Eisenhower should be coach¬ ing him . . . Funny line by Dennis Day: “Jack Benny made out a new will and named St. Peter his sole heir. Jack knows now he can’t take it with him so he wants to have it waiting for him when he gets there.” It looks like curtains for Kate Smith on TV. They say NBC will buy up the remaind¬ er of her contract for $500,000. To me, Kate always repre¬ sented something solid and substantial —and I don’t mean in size either, but qual¬ ity—and her fail¬ ure on TV not only surprises but also depresses me . . . Agreeable underplaying by Preston Foster on those Waterfront half- hours. Some of the scripts are pretty shabby, but try to name a series where the scripts don’t go sour more often than not ... A young fellow named Will Jordan who appeared on a recent Toast of the Town is just about as good as they come at take-offs. His imitation of a smiling Ed Sullivan was simply wonderful. As a matter of fact, every time I see Sullivan now, I think of Jordan. Is it me or Marge and Jeff? Heaven knows I’ve tried to get with them, but it’s no use ... You know I can’t remember ever seeing a really inferior Four Star Playhouse drama. Those shows are really the class of the lot . . . Offhand I can’t think of the name of one “Miss America” in the last 10 years or so besides Bess Myerson, and I’d say she was one of television’s real liv¬ ing dolls, wouldn’t you? The girl’s not only beautiful but also gives you the impression that she has brains to boot. Want to know something? I sort of miss Amos V Andy . . . That Roger Price, who has parlayed his Droodles into something of an in¬ dustry, is a very funny fellow. His off-beat humor hits my funny-bone just right . . . Some mighty fine trouping on the TV Playhouse pro¬ duction of “Friday the 13th.” Never heard of any of the people before but they were all fine, particularly the actress who played the big busi¬ nessman’s nervous, insecure wife . . . I’m a very unhappy fellow when a prior engagement keeps me away from my television set while Edward R. Murrow’s Person to Person is on. In my book, that program has been the No. 1 success of the 1953-54 tele¬ vision season. Kate Smith A-2