The Washington times., 1933-04-04

book because they did not like the authors earlier works
the editors of the American Spectator "Em is not the
book of the month"; it cannot be- because 1t is an
exciting and profoundly interesting book April will be
respectable month if it brings out two or three others
as good.
A New Way
Mr. Cummings writes other does Except
his imitators) he does violence to words, breaking
them in half inserting bits of others, swooping into
capital letters in the middle of word, runningwords-
together and putting in many parantheses Zone lin
sideperhaps (another that he may finish with less
than))) three at the end of line: The proof that
these tricks are legitimate is that although they seem
silly them here they are not silly in his book
because they correspond definitely to what Mr.. Cum
nnings has to say I do not always understand his
method and quarrel with some of it's details; but
convinced that he writes one else does because
he thinks with just as much individuality.
On Russia
He has written many volumes of poetry; he wrote
one of the few great books which came out of the
war, "The Enormous ROOM" and now he has put
down sort of diary of month in Russia, conveying
in his striking notation definite feelings about
Russia than most writers who have spent study
ing the Soviets. He writes as an artist entering
world which to the artist is hell At the very begin,
ming he suggests that the book is modern parallel
to Dantes Inferno" with maliciously sketched
Vergil to act guide and (tor)mentor
You cannot escape Cummings meaning The book opens
with the word "SHUT" and ends with the word 'OPEN;
the sense of being oppressed and shut while in Russia
is miracuousy conveyed; the of breathing again
as the writer returns to Western Europe inspires
as magnificent the final page of "The Enormous
Room which is the finest salute to America and the
skyline of New York in contemporary writing. What
Cummings thinks of women in Russia is conveyed by
his habitua use of the word "unman" for woman,
''unhe" for "she" What man feels who wants to
live himself, and not part of inspired mass is
recorded with tremendous gusto with humor, even
with violence. It is grand book, if it isn't al
ways book easy to read; it reveals, than any
other work by Cummings startling and fascinating
personality and places it in opposition to the most
astounding experiment of tme-Russa. The
editors of the American Spectator are, fear, idiots
! On Germany
Although have reviewed and recommended it be-
fore, make again of Edgar Ansel Mowers Ger
many Puts Back the Clock" "a chapter of which, Perish
| the Jew, is being issued a separate pamphet).
Reading the papers today, find it is hard to believe
that what is being sent is actually happening
Quite apart from the revival of black racial hatreds,
the stupidity, the sheer economic dangers of what the
Nazis are doing make their actions Incredible. Mr.
Mowers book provides background. To prevent
Jews from making living is moderate and easily
believable program when you take it in connection
with the official program of Hitler elaborated
in the past 10 years.
. It seems to me that not enough emphasis has been
placed this point that the policy which is now be-
ing put into action Con account of protest meetings in
America, they say) actually planned at least two
years ago and is based principles elaborated during
10 years of political struggle. We all inclined to
take the events of each day sudden impulse: do
not connect But history is frequently jumpy-lt
have to wait to discover what the issue of Herism
bo rhanc fOro