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Show AskThem‘Yourself FOR SEN. GEORGE McGOVERN, North Dakota FOR RUDY VALLEE FOR EDWIN POPE, in . our day you were the rage of t < young America. How do you feel -- about some of the current rages —Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom What do you feel is the general reaction to your recent criticism of U.S. involvement in the Vietnamese-Cam- : Jones, Johnny Cash and Elvis Pres- bodian conflict?—J. Grady Stone, (3 \ ley?—R. D. Moore, Fort Smith, Ark. Oneonta, Ala. @ It is hard to gauge public reaction to the statements I have made. The main thrust of my statements has been that we should withdraw all of our forces from Indochina by the end of the year. A recent Gallup Poll shows that 73 percent of Americans support this position. The lack of overt reaction to the invasion of Laos is due, in my opinion, not so much to apathy as to frustration. Unfortunately, the Administration has been unwilling %o recognize that the best course both for this country and for In- dochina would be withdrawal of our forces. FOR ELIZABETH POST, Venire, Fla. @ { don’t honestly think they deserve all the furor that attends them. They are fairly manufactured. The Humperdinck voice is pretty good, but there is a case of a crazy name, good looks and sex apreal. Same with Jones. I think most of his popularity is exaggerated and manufactured. Johnny Cash doesn’t do anything to me. Hehas a fast vibrate (a slightly tremulous effect) in his voice, and I don’t much care for it. Elvis Presley? I worked in a picture with him recently and still can’t understand his popularity. But who am I to question 200 million people? Actually, the public always wants somebody to rally around, to idolize, to make important. For real greatness, give me Crosby, Como, Vic Damone, Gordon MacRae and Allan Jones’s son Jack—though I concede he doesn’t have very much personality. @ The securities markets in general are the mechanism through which corporations raise the funds needed to finance their growth. Corporations sell their shares to underwriters, who then resell the shares to the public. However, there would doubtless be little incentive for @ If you can afford it, yes. investors to purchase these stocks unless there was a ready central marketplace in FOR ARTIE JOHNSON which they could convert their holdings back into cash with minimum inconve- of TV’s “Laugh-In” I have heard that you supported yourself by making commercials >. before you hit it big ‘ = on TV. What commercials did you do? Did you also work outside show business during that time?—Leo Brown, Atlantic City, N.J. @ I ran the gamut from lawnmowers to toile®bowl cleaners. I also did 150 different shows, ranging from Red Skelton to Jack Benny to Dinah Shore. I was what they call a working actor, which means you earn the entirety of your living from some aspect of show business. And I might add I was doing very, very well. I could have been a working ector to this day if “Laugh-In” hadn’t come along. You can have talent forever, but without luck, without being seen at the right time, who is going to know you have talent? FOR ROBERTW. HAACK, 4 i President, New York Stock Exchange lam just beginning to purchase stocks and would like to know the function of the New York Stock Exchange.—J. J. Moore, Wato, Texas Having spent some time with Ted Williams a since he took the job 7. manager of the BB Washington Senators baseball club, do you think he will stay in this role after the end of the 1971 season?— J. T. Turner, Bloomington, Ind. etiquetie expert When RSVPcards are enclosed with wedding invitations should their return envelopes be n prestampedas well as preaddressed?—Mary Fontaine, author of “Ted Williams— The Golden Year” nience and at a price that reflects accurately the current worth of their investments. Providing this central marketplace is the piancipal function and value of the New York Stock Exchange. Because of the huge concentration of buying and selling interests on the trading floor of the Exchange and the continuous auction process provided by the Exchange, investors can, almost at will, liquidate their holdings or make additional purchases if they wish. FOR RUDOLPH WANDERONE, “Minnesota Fats,” the championpoolplayer Hare you ever lost a pool match? Ij so, who py beat you?—Larry Hes"ter, Detroit, Mich. @ I beat everybody. I have never lost a match. They may think they have a chance, but whenit’s all over, they’ve got a better chance going to Vietnam with a @ I will be very surprised if he makes it through the 1971 season. He is unhappy with the trade that took away half his infield, and he doesn’ need the sort of headaches Denny McLain can give a manager. FOR SHIRLEY JONES,actress How do you manage a S career and family? = Does your TV series | give you more time ' than your previous & : schedule did?—Mrs. A, J. James, Salt Lake City, Utah @ WhatI try to do is equalize the two. I don’t give either one my full attention. It’s funny, but the reason I wanted a TV series was that I would be home more. Doing movies and stage work kept me awaya lot. I thought a TV series would be one way to stay home. But now I find I only see my boys on weekends. FOR MILBURN STONE, Pe TV's “Gunsmoke” Where may I obtain the poem that you do so eloquently on tele- BB gun than beating me. vision, about the little FOR RED SKELTON Who writes the material for your jokes?— _R. S. Harris, Frank- m fort, N.Y. @ There are several writers on mystaff, and I write many of the jokes myself. ‘ dog that died? I have heard you do it at least twice, and each time it breaks me all up. Karl P. Newman, Belmar, N.J. @ The poem that you arereferring to is unpublished but copyrighted. However, the poem does not belong to me, and I am very sorry to say that I cannot send you a copy. Plans are for the poem to be released soon. FOR GRACE HALSELL, author of “Soul Sister” ) In order to write your book, you had to turn yourself black and then back to white. How long did it take?—C. Haman, Hobbs, N.M. ~ ® I received medication from a skin expert and in conjunction with that I sunned myself. At the end of two weeks I saw a startling change. After being fitted with black contact lenses—my eyes are blue—I was ready to pose as a black woman, When my research was finished, I went into seclusion for three months to write the book. I used no medication, and at the end of two months I looked like any white woman who has picked up a nice sun tan. Want to ask a famous person a question? You can through this column, and we'll get the person you Send ly on a post card, to Ask Them Yourself, Family Weekly, 641 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y. 10°22. Don't forget ycar name and address. We cannot acknowledge questions, but $5 will be paid fo: each one used. answerfrom the p Family Weekly The Newspaper Magazine May 28, 1971 LEONARD $. DAVIDOW President MORT PERSKY Editor-in-Chief MORTON FRANK Publisher REYNOLDS DODSON. ManagingEditor JOHN E. DAVIDSON Art Director Women's Editor: ROSALYN ABREVAYA Food Editor: MELANIE DE PROFT Associate Editors: Hal Landon, Milton Publisher Relations: Robert D. Carney, Lee Ellis, Robert H. 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