THE NEWS, Frederick, Maryland Page F-1 opposing views has been report- as comments by Stokely Carmi- Wedanday, February 111, chael, and clips on the, self-1M- Recently Tommy Smothers, molation of a Buddhist monk. who opposes President Johnson On the American entertain- both on and off the television ment scene,the issue Of the. Viet- screen, Was asked about the is- nom war has brought the kinds • Entertainment sue of equal time for Democra- of dissent that • celebrities tic loyalists. haven't dared for almost: 20 By. BOB THOMAS get behind President Johnson— "We feei the administration's AP. Movie-Television Writer and push"' views on Vietnam get Plenty of During :the Depression and airing on television," the come- war years, show buainesk per.- HOLLYWOOD (AP) — Item These items offer evidence of the New Dissent that has ap- dian replied. "The;:Bob Hope sonalities often lent*their names' f Show, for example." , and financial support to Causes "Support. Our Boys in Cana- peared in the entertainment me- dium during the past year., Dic- His argument is that Hope, that were at variance with ma, da " with his Christmas special jority opinion. The. ascentof The reference is to Americans tionary definition: Dissent-4o differ in sentiment or opinion based. on his entertainment tour Sen; .Joseph Mccartbit :changed. who cross the border to dodge of Vietnam, gives, wide-circula- that, Many actors,, writers' and I the draft. Where does the pla- from the majority. Political satire has been a tion to the hawkish side of the directerslound they.were Unem- card appear? Not in a peace war. Hope and John Wayne are ployable because their- names march ,but on a network tlevi- part of the American intertain- 7; ment scene from Will Rogers to the most vocal of the shawbusi had been,linked by Congression flashed on the screen so rapidly ness hawks; Wayne: recently di- al committees or private• orgaid-: 8. that most viewers couldn't read Bob Hope. Comedy makers from the time of Aristophanes rcted and starred in the first rations to causes that proved to it. major film about the Vietnam be unpepular, Item 2: have used those in authority` as the butt of their jokes, usually war, "The Green Berets." The result was a lang period On the Smothers Brothers Comics Dan Rowan and Dick in which entertainment, figures to the glee of those who are gov- refused to -engage in any .politi- Show, Tom and Dick are dis- erned. Martin of "Laugh-in" atknowl- cussing the offering of London edge that they are doves on cal. activity. Bridge for sale. Tom says he But in recent times the tone of Vietnam and they wear peace In recent years they have would like to buy it, and Dick the satire has become more stri- emblems on their . jackets as been slowly returning to the pci- asks what he would do with the dent, the attacks more bitter. proof. They say they think most litical arena. The success of bridge. They range from the antiestab- George Murphy and • Ronald lishment humor of The Smoth- of the people in the country are Tom: I'd •give it to President for peace. , Reagan proved to many' actors ers Brothers Show and "Laugh- that political activity should not Johnson. in" to the sledgehammer blows Dick: What for? be precluded because of their of the off%Broadway play, Dissent from the administra- profession. Tom: To bridge his credibility "Macl3ird." gap. tion's Vietnam policies is being Now the Vietnam War has The remarkable aspect of the expressed in film theaters as prompted. many , performers to t Item 3: New Dissent is the availability well. United Artists is releasing speak out in' a manner they a Pat Paulsen, avowed noncan- of mass media. When Harry "Live for Living," in •which would not have dared a few •t didate for president on the Belafonte took over the "To- Claude Lelouche ("A Man and a years ago. . Smothers Brothers Show, com- night" show in place of Johnny Woman") inveighs against the "I'm just not a .political fel- b ments: "As a comedian, I think Carson this month ,he not only American position in Vietnam. low," says iictor-dhictor Carl I could be just as effective as sang calypso songs; he also The film was financed by U.S. Reiner, "and I've never been c President Johnson." Cut by the used the NBC program as a fo- money and stars Yves Montand politically active before. I never CBS censors was his following rum for his views on Vietnam. and Candice Bergen. dared, because I saw too many line :"But I don't think I could In interviewing Dr. Martin Another American distributor, of my friends ruined during the run the country as funny." Luther King, Belafonte de- the Waiter Reade Organization, McCarthy era. Item 4: clared: "All of us here feel very is releasing "Tell Me Lies," a "But now I'm taking a post: t Tommy Smothers, by a cu- strongly on the war, and we op- film version of Peter Brooke's Lion. I'M too disturbed about rious pattern of cross-pollina- pose it." The singer added his London stage play attacking the what might happen , in Vietnam tion, appears on the ROwan and support of the protest vote for Vietnam war. The movie fea- to stand by and do nothing," Martin "Laugh-in" and delivers Sen. Eugene McCarthy. No de- tures members of the, Royal Last month Reiner acted as the one-line blackout: "Let's all mand for equal time to register Shakespeare Company, as well emcee' for a "Broadway for Peace" benefit at Lincoln Cen- ter's Philharmonic Hall, in New York 'City. I taucMOPPINGIwn The program featured two "KITANIA dovish senators, Gruening of "-IGO Alaska and Morse of Oregon, plus an assemblage of show - : business figures: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Harry Bela- fonte, Barbra Streisand, Tom- "HOPPED DOWN PRICES! my Smothers, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Leonard Bern- stein, Diabaim Carroll, Robert REG. SALE Ryan, Tony Randall, etc. Noting the turnout, Variety quoted an observer: "I don't 7.95 $ 4.99 think I've ever seen so many popular entertainers supporting a minority view." '195.