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Facing a vote of censure by the United Nations Legal Committee, Polish Delegate Juliusz Katz-Suchy, known along the East River as the poor man's Vishinsky, left his seat, told reporters he was going for "a drink of water," instead, picked up his coat and walked out. Reason for the censure: as the committee's chairman, Katz-Suchy refused to recognize Nationalist China's Dr. Shuhsi Hsu as "the delegate from China." sneeringly kept calling him "Dr. Hsu." Resolved the committee: "It is the duty of the chairman . . . to treat all members . . . as representatives of their respective countries and not as private persons."
Los Angeles officials and Hollywood celebrities turned out for a banquet honoring Greece's King Paul and Queen Frederika. Among the entertainers was talented, sexy Eartha Kitt, who sang songs such as Santa Baby and I Want to Be Evil. Next day, some of Los Angeles' councilmen were shocked. Said one: "It was low-level entertainment, repugnant to all decent citizens." Eartha's songs, according to Mayor Morris Poulson, were "filthy, risque and off-color." Eartha herself pleaded not guilty. Said she: "I can't understand it. I didn't think it was possible to shock politicians." The King and Queen, already on their way to New Mexico and Texas, were bewildered by the fuss. "We saw nothing wrong with it," said King Paul. "We both enjoyed it very much." Echoed the Queen: "It was lovely." But the modest Californians refused to drop the subject. Said Councilman Don Allen: "The King and Queen must wonder what kind of yo-yo heads we have in Los Angeles."
Surrealist Painter Salvador Dali announced in Nice that he is about to go into a new motion picture venture. To be produced by him next year: a movie starring Italy's earthy Anna Magnani, in which she will play a woman in love with a wheelbarrow. "The name of the film will be The Wheelbarrow of Flesh" explained Dali, "and she will find in that object all the qualities and charms of a human being . . . it's terrific."