Miller - author of 'Death of a Salesman,' 'A View From the Bridge' and many other serious theater pieces, some of which are now American classics - is disturbed about the political controversy now surrounding the three-hour special, which he considers nonpolitical. The script of 'Playing fro Time' is only the second original work Miller has written for television, the first being a play titled 'Fame' which aired last year. It is not fashionably furnished - there is a bed, a chair, table, and a typewriter. He talked to me in the third-floor walk-up flat he maintains on the fashionable East Side.

Miller came into New York from his Connecticut home to assist in the casting of his new play 'The American Clock,' scheduled for a Nov. The Anti-Defamation League still insists that, considering her proclaimed political attitudes, Miss Redgrave's castling demeans the concentration-camp experience of millions of Jews. The Simon Weisenthal Foundation, a respected anti-Nazi organization, hs called for an 'Operation Switch-off' to protest the airing. It has been reported that CBS has already reduced its asking price for commercial time on the show. Sponsors are wary of both the harrowing nature of the subject matter and the additional controversy caused by the casting of Miss Redgrave, who is known for propagandizing for her anti-Israel point of view.

'Newsweek' is working with Miss Redgrave on a cover story at the same time that CBS officials are hoping desperately that she will not make any appearances in the US prior to the airing, since the network is already having a difficult time selling commercial sponsorship to advertisers. Some Jewish organizations are still protesting on the basis on what they consider 'insensitive casting,' most without having viewed the film, although advance reports from the nation's critics are almost unanimously favorable.

Arthur Miller's script is based upon the true memoirs of Fania Fenelon. Meantime the wide-ranging controversy continues over the film, which stars anti-Zionist, pro-PLO Vanessa Redgrave in the role of a Jewish cabaret performer who plays in an orchestra at Auschwitz. 30 of his concentration-camp film 'Playing for Time,' Arthur Miller believes that 'most people seeing this wokr will understand better than they ever understood before why Isrel had to be. Despite the objections of some Jewish organizations to the CBS airing Sept.

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