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Evening star., 1940-03-10
Civil Service Bill
10 Be Considered
By Senate Body
BuIow to Call Session
This Week to Map
Plans Of Procedure

The Senate Civil Service Com
mittee will be called into executive
session some time this week by
Chairman 'Bulow, Democrat, of
South Dakota to map a plan of pro-
cedure for the consideration of the
House-approved Ramspeck bill for
extension Of civil service status to
the several hundred thousand un-
classified Federal employees.
The Senator made this announce
ment yesterday after receipt of q
long report from the Civil Service
Commission on the terms of the
House measure. Senator Bulow
said he would make the report pub
lie within day or two, after he
has had time to study it.
A Senate fight is expected over
the amendment placed in the bill
on the floor of the House to bar
civil service employees from the
District Of Columbia, Maryland,
Virginia and 10 other States from
receiving the benefits of the meas
ure, because those Jurisdictions have
more than their quotas in the
service under the apportionment
law.
Senator Byrd, Democrat, Of Vir-
.ginia, a member Of the Civil Service
Committee, has announced his op-
position to the amendment on the
ground it would work an injustice
to deserving employees merely be-
cause they happened to be appointed
from certain States.
The apportionment quotas were
thrown out Of line during the World
War period, when the Government
needed added personnel in q hurry
and had to take appointees from
whatever Jurisdictions applicants
were available. Since that time the
commission has been making steady
headway in reducing the excess
number from over-quota regions.
The Ramspeck bill grants author
ity to the President to extend the
merit system to agencies now out
side Of civil service, with provision
for q non-competitive examination
for incumbents before they acquire
a civil service Status.
Evening star., 1940-03-10
Educators Are Told
About Three Rs
0f,Congress
Dr.. Wutson Of Columbia
Coils Them Reduce,
Retroct and Retroqress'

The three RS" of the present
Congress, educators were told here
yesterday, seems to be Reduce, Re-
tract and Retrogress."
There is a better organized drive
to cut school budgets than at any
time previously" DR.. Goodwin Wat
son, professor of education at Co.
lumbia University's Teachers COL
lege, asserted before the Middle At
lantic States Regional Conference
on resources and education.
Whoever the presidential nomi-
nees may be, we anticipate a contest
between those who want to defend
what is and those who want to go
back to what used to be. We won't
have much, I'm afraid, of the high,
bold vision and other creative
programs to stimulate fuller employ
ment and the so per cent higher
standard of living which our present
resources ought to provide"
No Place For Laziness.
Americans have built a system of
education far above anything exist
ing elsewhere" he said, "and some
OF the most iqvigorating resources
for our next adventure In education
will come from the broad river Of
tradition which is called American
i'm. This II . river Of many tarbu-
lent currents, eddies and back
washes.
Through all the manifold diver
sity Of American tradition, there is
one persistent theme. The old-timer
called 1t 'gumption.' Americanism
has never yet stood for laziness,
complacency or despair"
Representative Voorhis Of Cali
fornia, also speaking at the lunch
con in the Mayf1ower Hotel, which
closed the two-day conference, said
American democracy means equal
ity Of social and economic soppor-
tunity, but just let one generation
OF Americans stop struggling to at
tain 1t and the very genius of our
democratic way of life will pass
away. Dictatorship exists primarily
to freeze and perpetuate distinc-
tions between man and man, not
only as to political positions but
also as to economic status"
Four Pillars of Democracy.
Personal and religious liberty, the
right of all to private property and
equality Of opportunity" Mr.. Voor-
his continued, ARE the four foun-
datioh pillars of American democ-
racy. Take any one of them away
and the great superstructure of
American civilization will totter and
maybe fall. Leave them strong and
firm and we can solve our prob
lems."
Long-suffering parents, torn be-
tween advice by experts to refrain
from picking up crying babies and
their natural impulses, were advised
by DR.. Caroline Zachry, director Of
research for the Progressive Educa-
ton Association, that the experts
had proved wrong in most instances.
Babies and young children, she
told the educators. need the feel
ing Of security, and are more apt to
be healthy and happy If mothers
fondle them.
In one New York fondling home
nurses seldom picked up crying
babies and fed them at arms length.
The children there responded more
slowly socially and smiled less
often" she said. When the method
was changed and the babies were
fondled on schedule" 1t was found
they gained weight and smiled
readily.
The cuddled child Is more social"
and "the happy child is generally
well physically" DR.. Zachry, q
prominent child psychologist, de-
clared.
Evening star., 1940-03-10
?. (. O. Chupter to Elect

Chapter J Of p. =, o. viii hold il
annual election Of 06dcers 1t . meet
ing ct . pm. Tuesday ct the home
q Nrs. Howard Eales, &s61 eodr.
wick stroot. NV,
Evening star., 1940-03-10

Manchukuo produced more beet
sugar In 1899 than In any previous
year.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
If You Don't Weaken
By Oscar Ameringer

By Oscar Anleringer NeU York: Henry Holt & Co.
This the autobiography Ameringer
Guardian fighting the
fronthow positively idyc all that
to describe too for its author seldom remained job
achieve versatility
He the Swaban family
fell into difficulties with
of rigionhe had written the Reformation which
regarded forthcoming
q brother in Cincinnati He then IT,
the day of his a
tells the story He worked incredible variety trades profess
vaudeville musician
himself
oppressive
the Illinois Miner he Congress
and panandler and for time highly portrait painter
the fabulous
everything he did able follow his ideals
without losing his of humor.
The Of the writing punchy and
written only country
land and if the hero had lived
in attitudes But here the of
America plain gsty and devoid of heroics tells
narratives cherished
vanish before long from the writings Of mankind MGR
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Public Library Suggests
Books on How to Read

With interest in reading the clas-
sizes revived by Mortimer j. Adler's
How to Read Book: The Art of
Getting a Liberal Education" the
Central Public Library, Eighth and
K streets NV, and its branches
call attention to other volumes of
similar nature.
Mr.. Adler's work, which is recon-
mended for "literates who wish to
learn to read" contains list of the
masterpieces to be studied, both
ancient and modern. A like list is
given in the catalogue of st. Johns
College, Annapolis, Md, where the
books are read intensively. For the
past two seasons, also, local adult
education groups, led by st. Johns
men, have been reading some of
these books and meeting weekly at
the Central Library to discuss them.
A few aids to understanding "the
great books" are suggested by Mr..
Adler. Among these are Aristotle's
''Poetics," I. A. Richards principles
of Literary Criticism" Edgar Allen
Poe's THE Poetic Principle" T. s.
Eliots Selected Essays" and Mark
Van Doren's shakespeare"
Many extol the classics, including
the Bible. Shakespeare, Homer.
Dante and others, but never read
them. One need not stand in awe
Of "the great books" for If one be-
gins with those one likes. taste will
develop. If reasons for invading
"the realms of gold" are needed, here
Evening star., 1940-05-26

are some titles that give the in
centive: c. Alphonso Smiths What
Can Literature Do for Me?", Arnold
Bennett's Literary Taste and How
to Form It," John Erskine's "The
Delight of Great Books" Robert E.
Rogers The Fine Art Of Reading" J"
and Elizabeth Drew's THE Enjoy
ment of Literature"
There is no royal road to learning,
but some books do kindle ones en-
thusiasm. Such one is Hugh Wal
poles essay Reading" which traces
his reactions to books from an early
age. Delightful. also. are w. Somer-
set Maugham's Books and You and
Sir Arthur Quiller- COUGHS "On the
Art Of Reading"
How to Read" by John B. Ker-
foot, and How to Read Books" by
Llewellyn Jones, are practical COM
panions. L. A. Headley's Making
the Most of Books" contains a sec
ton on finding ones way around in
libraries.
Roads to knowledge" edited by
w. A. Nelson, is helpful for the
adult who wishes to continue his
education. Charles Lees How to
Enjoy Reading has a lighter touch
than the more serious books on
reading, but 1t offers sound advice
on what to read, how to criticize
books and how to acquire a library
of ones own. It is enlivened by
drawings after the manner of James
Thurber,
Evening star., 1940-05-26
A Southerner Discovers New England

By Jonathan Daniels. -NelD York. The Macmillan Co.
Daniels, editor of the Raleigh
good traveller Two years ago he made trip Of through
the the south m where he was was at home critical In New Eng
characteristics, and these were his findings
Coolidge
OF often
Times snsses sn m e Ps soa e % old @ 1e ] ns n like
OF 1ndepndence~It largely myth fifth of the people of
Massachusetts receiving relief there What the
and the fment m that
Denies New England Workers
ski-Edmund vignan), president
England workers skilled than others Frederic Duman
sas e Ike ss % s a
him. They're Ambassadors to England" he replied: j..
industry falling
fell in sas than n
ae m Gy m going is m One State Stat.
mon money & elsewhere w creating @ Tor home industries They say
it had not enabled solve any OF their Educa
disturbed too
that often the educated poor"
for
Crop Control
Security supervisor
rides sos d noa ro sn m
onehfth of all the people in Massachusetts, relief
land happiest describing
who likes good oyto hear to tell He
including salonstal and cabot
poets and some were little Of both
story about man who was both farmer came out Of his barn late in
coming through the sieve There
the M He Carried his milk pals the house and set them down
said it's much too beautiful night to stay in the house.
"A souherne apprec,a-
49,
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Best Sellers Here and Elsewhere

The following best sellers compiled weekly from ntor
nation Washington by The Star and in New York. Bos
Chicago the North American Newspaper
Alliance.
Fiction.
Was My Valley" Richard Llewelyn; Mr.. Skef
fngon Elizabeth Richard Wright "Chad Hanna"
Edmonds Kings Row. Henry Belaman; kitty Foye"
Christopher Morley might in Bombay" Louis Bromheld; "Oh
James Street, The Nazarene sholem Asch ne
Grapes of WRATH" John Steinbeck.
Non-Fiction
to Read Book" Mortimer Adler Failure Of Mission"
Sir Neville Henderson, "The American White Paper Joseph Aop
Robert Knner "A smatterng Of Ignorance Oscar Levsnt
Living Andre Maurois Land Below the Wind Agnes
Keith Empire the Seven Seas James Truow Adams "A
Southener Discovers England Jonathan Daniels Foreign
Policy for America" Charles "a Beard: "nade Europe John
Gunthsr
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Madame Recomier
The Biography of a FNrt. By
Henry DUight Sedgwick. In
dianapolis:: The Bobbs-Merri

The Biography OF a FHrt. By
Henry DUight Sedg1Oick. In
dianapolis: The Bobbs-MerriH
Co.
The fable of Juliet Recamier, be-
loved Of many of Europe's great
through the first half of the 10th
century, has persisted with increas-
ing attractiveness to the present
day. Mr.. Sedgwick, firmly pro-
Tossing, almost 100 years after her
death, his alteration of the famous
Parisienne, imparts much feeling
and less of research to the pages
OF this strictly biographical work. If
the reader has ever chanced to see
paintings (of which there are many
OF the good lady, he will readily
sympathize with the authors eager
ness to reconstruct a glowing word
figure for the benefit of the present
generation. Unfortunately, Mr..
Sedgwick fails to accomplish fully
this aim, there being a notable
paucity of specific, revelatory ma
terial in his study. Speculative con-
clusions may be found here in force;
pertinent facts that might afford
convincing portrayal are less in
evidence.
That Nine. Recamier was a vital
force in the society of her time can
not be denied. Her correspondence
from admirers shows this. If there
existed no other record. For Juliet
held in her palm more mems hearts
than any woman probably before
or since-notables such as Chateau
BRAND, Benjamin Constant, Prince
August Of Prussia, Lucien Bonaparte
and string of others who paid
rhapsodic homage to her beauty,
generosity and intelligence. Nine.
de Stael, prominent literary per-
sonage and femininely captivating
in her own right, all but worshiped
the Recamier, as testified by the
numerous effusive notes she sent her.
friend. Nine. Recamier's salons.
in an epoch when the salon had
assumed proportions of the major
intellectual and political center of a
fashionable Europe, were for a long
period the most highly regarded
and prominently attended of the
whole continent. j. w. STEPP.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Moigret Travels South
Rn Gear0es Simennn

~ 1VW ySo SGHkCftVu. NCW
York: Harcourt, Brace & Co.
Maigret differs from other flctional
detectives only in nationality. He
is French instead of English or
American. Therefore, his adventures
have & slightly Gallo flavor. His
method consists almost entirely of
"cherchez Ia femme" although his
search Is often q cerebral rather
than q physical one. He traces all
crime to the overpowering influence
Of sex, and being q humanist, he
often gives the plot q twist at the
end by apparently condoning the
crime. However, to satisfy the con-
ventions, while he may condone the
crime, the criminal In his stories
70 generally the corpus deliciti.
=, r. q.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
This Way Southword
By A. F. Tschifely. Ne1p York:
w. w. Norton e. Co.. Inc.

0y a. r 1SCHzUeLy. NeD YORK.
W. w. Norton G. Co., Inc.
This is by the man who rode
horseback from Buenos Aires to
Washington in 1925-1928. This
time he rides in an automobile,
almost 10000 miles again, but south
ward from Buenos Aires. He ex-
plores the vast territory Of Pata-
gonia and TERRA del Fuego.
There are few spots on the globe
more unfamiliar to American read
ers than this southernmost tip of
South America. 1t is mainly grass
land, desert, mountain and barren
waste. There are the native In
dians (Mr. Tschiffely denies the
stories they ever were cannibals)
and the white men who have gone
to lonely exile in that abandoned
land for many reasons.
It is easy to see why Mr.. Tschif-
fely Is a welcome traveller in strange
places, because he is obviously in
terested without being unduly curl
Gus. And, what is more important,
when he leaves he writes straight
forward descriptive pieces without
annoying travelogue quaintness.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Asian Odyssey
By Dmitri AlioShi11. NeU York
Henri Holt g. Co.

Russian refugee tales, as readers
must have noticed for themselves,
have OF late almost disappeared from
the market where once they bios
somed in such monotonous profu-
sion. Apparently, all the imperial
princesses and grand dukes had COM
mitted their sad experiences to
paper; there seemed to be no more
left to tell how the peasants burst
into the great hall and, with their
bayonets, ripped up the collection of
Ttians which had been in the family
for 300 years while faithful retainers
helped their loving masters to escape
IN carts OF hay. But now, after these
several months, there comes another,
a refugee who fled to Siberia and
there became one of the infamous
army of the bloody baron" Ungern-
Sternberg, the mad nobleman who
believed himself a reincarnation of
Ghenghis Kahn and for months
spread terror and death through
Mongolia and the Russian border.
Mr.. Alioshin processes to have been
eyewitness and even participator in
the nameless outrages which the
baron and his troops perpetrated.
Mr.. Alioshin says further that
what he saw and did filled him with
horror-but that he had no choice
but to do or die. It was torture and
kill or be tortured and killed. Count
less times he was marked for the
baron's vengeance himself, but he
always escaped. At last, after the
defeat of the. so-called army, he and
a. group OF fellow officers turned
south across the Cobb Desert and
managed to escape into China.
. A reader must inevitably feel that
the author is a strange person, in
deed. If he had really beheld and
done the things to which he lays
claim, then, if he were like the rest
of us, he would either be mad or
mute. But he appears here quite
sane and bent on telling all. If a
certain skepticism springs up in
readers minds concerning his mar
rative, its reason therefore will per-
haps be obvious. NC. r.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
New England Comes Back
By Laurence Darse

York: Random House.
No section of the country was
harder hit by the depression years
1929 than New England. Then,
In 1888, came the devastating hur-
ricane that caused property damage
placed in millions, although it re-
vived a fast-expiring lumber in
dustry.
Mr.. Dame, veteran newspaper
man, spent more than a year in
large cities and country towns find
ing out what was being accomplished
to meet the tragically changed con-
ditions. His investigations revealed
scores of amazing and fascinating
stories of the revival of big business,
as well as of individual enterprises.
New England's famed cotton mills
are now turning out quality instead
OF quantity products. The airplane
industry is developing rapidly in
Connecticut, Rhode Island and
Massachusetts,. Within three years,
New England has returned to in
dustrial use more than $4,000, 900
square feet of abandoned factory
space and has constructed nearly
10000 square feet of new space.
Massachusetts, alone welcomed 227
new industries in 1899, the author
proudly states.
Maine leads the world in potatoes
and blueberries, Holsters and sweet
corn, the writer adds, and a little
town In Vermont, the State long
famous for granite and dairy prod
ucts, sends machine tools all over
the globe. One of the books most
absorbing chapters relates to New
Bedford, once universally known for
its whaling fleet and later boasting
68 active textile mills. Diversified
ton In manufacturing and Develop
ment Of the frozen fish industry to
huge proportions are only two of the
special factors in the whaling
city's" return to good times.
New England rejoices in reports of
growing prosperity in the South. AS
the South rises in wealth, it will use
more OF the fine things Northern
skilled labor turns out, according to
the Down East" author. At the
same time, many Of the Yankee sue
cess ideas can and will be adopted
elsewhere. They have certainly
saved New England.
EDWARD G. STONE.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Perry Belmont's Memoirs
Give Personal Touch to
us. Political History
Events of Last IS Years Are
Recalled in Autobiography
OF Noted Public Figure
By C. Belmont Fayies.
An American Democrat

Paatnate Belmont representative
t TO he M only belief
to serve 1"s both his party an,oh and hi; country
War left with his son dsep
three quarters Of century later He
Young was when the latter served
presidency the % M In sss s
a % went to the House louise n gaining at attention @ BY his INVESTIGATION
least profit business
speeen.s on the
s demand the in their Tsasu
Questioned Wisdom Of Building
As chairman Foreign Belmont
s s sns on on % M sx the m pS M a9 with sss
wisdom building the Canal Construction
neutrality wartime he pointed this
@ SsP ass ''' ms
After refusing the nomination for fifth term in the House. Mr.
fused In 1896 MI s leader the Gold
the He
later IN M M M At the but
tragic mistake Prsa
dent Wilson, believes responsible for
Dsm0eIa,e military 1913 victory
au,nor % who ,sss preferred vSu writes ha
During Lastw War
tbs is perhaps & G @ TOR @ today IN Mr. smons preparedness
which 5 s @
political will unite enabling
establish council they
they
vital national from the dangers and
politics. which
election That paragraph might have been clipped from yesterdays
paper.
Interesting also MI. Bemonts ideas
Strongest impetus concentration the hands executive
he Budget Act of 1921 Republican
the of the Democrats their accession to return
the believes that
and among nations the more necessary becomes to
ss m a a s S he pos % ct o an .So sun
critical period In it there much for the historian the writer
participant public past
years.
But there also much about the himself. his interests and
hobbies Chapters his yachting
help give weronded
remembered S American Democrat
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Ethan Allen
Bu SteDart Holbrook. Mem York The Macmillan Co.


= BY SteDart Hobrook Ne,D York: The Macmillan Co.
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frontier the battle In mood Mr. Hobrook
that
fighter tremendously
tell The assertion would be-
one feels somewhat difficult to disprove.
Ethan Aliens calculated to develop courtke
trouble with authorities while he still
and outlaw with price his head before he old
These difficulties about partly disposition criticism
Of his conduct with assault and partly the circumstance that
the dispute which the before the Revolution
York New Hampshire line
decisive and the Governor New York had interests the
settlers sent to establish title But Allen and his
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part the politics OF Vermont separated Hampshire
the composition narrative his which
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philosophy marriage and finally Homc death after
bout with the bottle in company with old fighting companonA
Evening star., 1940-05-26
A Passion for Privacy
By Louis Paul. Ne1o York. Al

fred A. Knopt.
This is . book with which to
while away an idle hour with the
minimum Of effort and almost the
maximum Of fun Of this particular
variety. The theme Is the marriage
Of the cooks daughter to the son
Of q millionaire household. A few
little extraneous matters like the
opposition Of the socialite and pub
licity-abhorring parents. the oper-
alton Of . talent clinic" the machi-
nations Of q scandal sheet and the
purchase and operation Of . news
paper TO combat the former I'll add
70 ths hilarity. \. T. T.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Opportunities in Government Employment
ByL. ORourke. Nep York: Garden city Publishing

Opportunities IN Government Employment
By J. ORourke Nep York: Garden CITY Publishing Co..
Inc
This little book comprehensive analysis
employment Federal State municipal
the security
contains wealth of detailed information
Washington the employment Dr.
Oourkes work particular interest Washingonians
service In all fields of professional
Dr. OTouke the
detail to outline the procedure for getting
qualifications for positions ranging
ofnce work to high-saared professional places
first chapter, the Government
concluding
points that whereas
garded the refuge the
attitude has almost disappeared developments
sonn policy tending increase possibilities satisfactory
In public service for wel-quaihed
Under heading Training
author writes Government employees ambitious that spend
than half million dollars annually training
another Washington alone evidence Of that
the training offered the universities
vocational and other schools in the Nations Capital
Naturally the Federal Government biggest
receives far more attention than the State and local
handbook discussion system
but specifies clearly positions political
are the only qualifications ~
It also includes samples postal clerks
rural carriers enographers States and ces
charts Of las typical positions Federal and
good Illustrations showing Government employees
Evening star., 1940-05-26
A Doctors Holiday in Iran
BIZ Rosalie Slauohter Morton

By RosdHe Slaughter Norton NeD Funk Waonas Ca
There closed books physicians And Dr. Morton
after aggng good notices with work. Woman Doctor
reloaded her typewriter and let vacation un
disclosed duration the land popularity result
Dr. Morton inventor Of nine surgical appliances and
School, might describing medical pracces
and problems In " lN'
ng sugeon oenefa u A. retired in the foreword Cumming
u Asn. JAMES FREE.