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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1955)
8-(Sec. Ill) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Mon., Dec. 26, .'55 Year-End Car Inventory at Record High Br DAVID J. WII.KIE AP Aulnmnlivr Edlmr ' . DETIOIT ti - The nation's iHn industry will wind up 1!U5 with the heaviest year-end retail inventories in its history. . Authoritative sources predict he total will go ahove the 800,000 unit mark. Virtually all will be 19is model car which have now been in production for approximately ; two months. hch trti nttnnn jn uuaici nanus j jumped from 5fi3.0O0 on Nov. 1 toj wore than 709,000 on Dec. 1. The j year-end tabulation will not be completed until about mid-Janu-ry. There appears little do:t. however, that another 100.000 units i will be added to the stocks on ! hand. What this portends for the In dustry's manufacturing and mer chandising divisions is somewhat J difficult to forecast. The manufac turers took note of the higher: Stocks by slightly reducing ncirj production schedules. They halted j much of the Saturday overtime ' work. The inventory increase, of i course, reflects lag in retail de liveries. No car maker will admit a decline in demand for his par ticular make of car. It is obvious, however, that no manufacturer would have voluntarily reduced his output had retail sales continued at near top levels. . It has become something of a tradition in automotive history that new car sales fall off during the period from November through February. But a decline does not usually develop at the start of a aew model year. Probably it should be noted that the lag in retail new car deliveries has not been of. major proportions-. Factory output has been of near record volume. Orson Welles Back From 9 Years Abroad By WILLIAM GLOVER NEW YORK I - Orson Welles has come home to Broadway from nine years abroad with turbulent enthusiasm undiminshed. - The theater's erstwhile "enfant terrible" and a lad who back in JJ scared the socks off the nation with a "Mars Invasion" radio broadcast, wants now to fill "the biggest vacuum" in show business and create a permanent repertory, stage troupe.. "You have no New York native theater,'' says the man from Ken eaha. Wis., with a slight sniff. "Broadway's theaters are full of tourists. On Jan. 12 Orson launihes his version of "King Lear" at the City Center, a municipal auditorium a few steps from the Great White Way where he feels his repertory dreams have a chance to flourish. In the few weeks since he re turned from Europe Welles has demonstrated his flair for excite ment by: Volpone", "King Lear" Tussling strenuously (and fruit lessly) with immigration authori ties on behalf of six British actors; circling -wildly for replacement performers; lighting fires under a number of other tentative show projects; tossing aside plans care fully announced by the town's mayor for Welles to do "Volpone" at the City Center as well as "King Lear." He may indeed do "Volpone" but it will be in a regular Broad way commercial theater with tele vision comic Jackie .Gleason as his co-star. ' Welles and Gleason are old bud dies, you see, and at a recent luncheon abruptly decided a co starrer was a good idea. For the "King Lear" stint, Or son is confining himself to Just , acting, directing, designing the sets, and trimming the five-hour play to "digestible" length. "I'm a quiet director," he ex plains. "Only directors who can't act are noisy. That's how they use up their energy." Dew ef Ideas Conversation with actor -director-playwright-filmmaker-author- poli tical commentator Welles is a pre carious pastime like balancing Christmas boxes on a crowded bus. Ideas sprsy rapidly, not necessari ly in sequence. "I was driven sway before by the critics. , They never were kind to me. . , said I was no good, and they were probably right. . .tele vision like radio is dedicated to pleasing the sponsor. It's not an entertainment form. But I'm not against drama oa television, it's just that I'm not interested." Welles momentarily removes his traditional cigar from a visage that s still cherubic at 40. , "My films abroad? I've no idea hw many I've made. I don't know which ones have been relessed here. I don't look at the reviews." 'Asked whether he feels his mid-eJ'e-jear ulents may be more pleasing to theater critics 'nan - hereto', roars! "I wasn't aware my talents were under con sideration." Kot Goad Anywhere Shifting to the current state of legitimate theater, Welles holds it probably the best in the world here la New York, but it's not very good anywhere." i That brings him back to his cast ing troubles. Tbs Britishers were n't admitted because of an agree ment with Equity, the actors' un ion, to allow visitors only if parts cannot be played by Americans. . "You have talent here," Orson fulminates, "But it isn't trained to play Shakespeare. Given time it can." , Orson shifts his cigar, peers atrstght ahead. j 4w it tb ami," b fays, J ssMBSHBBBSsssasisissisnwHBnslsnBSnasHlHHsH " , . When you discover how little money you need ' W to replenish your linen doset at Grants 000 Jjp( money-saving prices, you'll call it 6MMWr n n nn On I I l wAV I I f 11 ' I I -1 I I V X W I I I I I II I I I v J I . . V t... M . M S J S M S S I S V I i- ' : r-i I a iwixc rnrrMT ni ah I I IW mVIlk I ftsW TT II I III I I I I I I I I 1 I I I I II I I II II I I i s . f I i i s i s s i ssi . 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