Show SHAW SUES ON OLD LETTERS LETTER Playwright ht Seeks Dam Dam- Damages Damages ages of From Former Admirer NEW Y v I YORK YORE Feb I eb 4 By f-By By The TheA A- A Associated The Press The question of oC whether a letter belongs to the writer or 01 the tho recipient forms the basis ot or a suit for dam dam- damages damages damages ages filed here Thursday by- by coun court counsel courtad counsel ad sel for George Bernard Shaw British Shaw wh who wrote four tour letters In 1005 to a then youthful admirer Vill Viii A Page Pace now a 0 publicity man manfor manfor for fol a 0 New York theatrical organ organ- organIzation and an author o of oC White Stuff Stu C seeks not only damages from Crom Page Pale his pub publisher pub pub- usher lisher Edward A Sillier MilicI and nod Na Nathan Na- Na Nathan Nathan than Cohen printing 1 press ress owner but also an Injunction against a this the three prohibiting further use of oC the letter letters Tho The epistles were Included ly Iy Page In a 0 volume ohme of oC stage chat recently Issued and used under the heading Addenda Teaching n a Grand Mother to Milk Du ks- ks Several letters Jetters by Bernard Sha ShaY Y edited with notes by Vill ill A Page In his suIt the thO dramatist says Sas ho he prohibited l their use after itter at first agreeing to read them and delete the tha obviously Improper for tor publication passages Mr Shaws Shaw's letter their publication was s Included by Page pago in his JIls book boole together with a statement by pare page that he believed they should bo be l published regardless as casting a new v light on the great playwright The phrase used for tor the tha title to tho letters was chosen from Crom the tha body ot or a letter In which Shaw chided Page Pace who desired to pro pro pro- products ducts duce some torn of oC his plays plas In Amer Amel- America ica Shaw said he ho thought one ona oneo of oC the young Americans American's phrases was an an attempt to teach your our grandmother to mill milk ducks Under tho tito English law laws s Page has aa d he ho understands the tho letters belong to tho the writer but tIm the opposite ho he believes belie is the case caso In this country |