Germany's Walter Gieseking is one of the half-dozen top pianists in the world, but he is understandably chary about playing on U.S. soil. The last time he tried it, in Manhattan, he was met with picket lines and cries of "Nazi!" and the Justice Department asked him to postpone his concert till it investigated him (TIME, Feb. 7, 1949). Gieseking flew back to Europe in a huff. In Honolulu this week, 5,000 miles from Manhattan, Pianist Gieseking turned up again for a concert on U.S. territory. Almost the only ripple was the ripple of the applause.
The Immigration Service seemed to have...
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