Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-06-10

highly efficient secret service OF her own.
Claudius relates that he used to pray the gods
to take her Her son Tiberius, also ruled by
her. is a prominent figure in the ntrigues,
both political and domestic which so lavishly
crowd the tale. An exile in his old age in his
villa on the Island Of Capri The still furnishes
anecdotes and atmosphere for the guides
there, he alternated between attacks of
morse for his brutalities and learning new
vices from Caligula. Meanwhile poor Claudius
had his own troubles. with four wives, in sue
cession. The first was Urgulanilla, "a young
female Hercules" who looked capable of muir
der and toward whom he conceived quick and
lasting repugnance. For their son he found
it impossible to have any fatherly feeling
The second was Aelia. adopted sister of
Sejanus. who agreed for her that she would
not be jealous, as she had and would expect
to keep man friends Of her own. The third
was the notorious Messalina. q beautiful and
apparently innocent girl Of Is when she was
married to the hating. stammering man Of SO.
The last was the clever Agrippina. who gave
to Claudius his quietus BY the liberal use Of
details of the intimate lives Of the imperial
family from records and his own imagination,
Mr.. Graves has produced an unusually vivid
historical novel frequently. with malicious
plies similarities between the life of Rome
under the Caesars and twentieth century life
in Europe and America.
AMERICAS RECOVERY PROGRAM BY A.
A. Ber!e, jr.: John Dickinson, A. Heath
Onthank, Leo Pasvolsky. Alexander Sachs.
Herbert J. lily, Willard L. Thorp, Rexford
g. Tugwer Leo Wolmap New York:
oxford University Press
CwARTHMORE COLLEGE. probably beiiev-
- ing that its students should know something
authoritative about the world they are soon to
step into, arranged . course of lectures on the
william ]. Cooper Foundation, which are
printed In this volume The introduction, by
three members Of the department of economies
Of the college. Clair Wilcox, Herbert F. Fraser
and Patrick Murphy Malin. summarizes the
accomplishments Of the new deal. which are
given in detail by the lecturers, and expresses
approval Of some and dissent from others.
The economic platform Of the college is evil
IDENTIFY not identical with that of the admins
tration. from whose circles most of the speakers
were drawn Exceptions Mr.. Pasvolsky
who spoke on National and International
Monetary Policy" and Mr. Sachs, who spoke on
Economic Planning" but had withdrawn from
the N. r. A. before his lecture was given. Mr..
Thorps connection with the Government has
since been severed. The writers of the intro
duction conclude with the hope that monopoly
practices may be stricken from the N. r. A.
codes: that crop curtaiment may yield to
increasing farm exports; that trade barriers
may be lowered; that monetary experimentation
may give way to monetary Sterilization. In so
far such action Is taken our belief in the
economics of the new deal will be strength
ened'
In addition to those already mentioned the
subjects of the lecturers were as follows: John
Dickinson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
THE Recovery Program; Rexford G. Tugwell
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, New
Strength From the Soil"; A. Heath Onthank
assistant to the executive of the N. r. A., How
Codes Are Made; Leo Wolman, chairman Labor
Advisory Board of the N. r. A, Labor Under
the N. R. A; Herbert J. lily. president Ma
tional Retail Council business Under the
N. r. A.; Willard L. Thorp, formerly director
Bureau Of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
international Economic Policy" and A. A.
Berle, jr.. of Columbia University, Banking
Reform" OF course, every subject is too large
to be adequately treated in the space of
lecture with the result that there Is much
generalizing. Mr.. Onthark does, however, tell
about the codemaking process, though he can
not, naturally, give much specific Information
concerning the 987 national and 5000 regional
codes. Mr.. Tugwen is very definite in his
statements about the possibilities of the "long
pull" Federal agencies for the control Of land
policy-the Erosion Control Service, the SUBJ
sistence Homesteads Division, the Land Man.
agement Co. and the Tennessee Valley
Authority. Mr.. Pasvolsky of the Bookings
Institution is also very definite in his belief
In IAN international monetary system based on
stable foreign exchanges"
WINTER IN MOSCOW. By Malcolm Mug
geridge. Boston: Little, Brown Co.
AS CORRESPONDENT of the Manchester
n Guardian, Mr.. Muggeridge went to Mos
COW Gin a silly enough mood" rather hoping to
find fairyland What he did find almost i'm
mediately was that foreign journalists in Mos
COW work under the perpetual threat of losing
their visas and therefore their jobs. Unless
they consent (Which most of them do) to limit