Evening star., 1941-01-19
Professional RevOlutiOnist
Writes of Long Career
AS Moscow Agitator
Personal Experiences Detract
From Merits of Jan Valtin's
Work, Reviewer Finds
By Mary-Carter Roberts.
Out of the Niqht
By Mary-Carter Roberts.

By Valtin. Book Corp
weighty volume Month Club
professional revuonst 1t in other words the record one ol
period its of
point Of view not that the high raegst communism is that
al abou ns om G s Usually @
De D % d n Gt m snhor
na e eo % the 5 % ] 1s the
again Geman He worked a he assuIsS VS. m aa 0l0enu @ amd
the only cure for the the worlds M ns' @ II was on o THAT ~ea pon that he
his And now in america the M very M
capitalist though he is safe in our which @ he s sou
huno humo IND '''''S' ''''-'''
idea the manner in % l % PERSONAL lem eo
lions and personal episodes history authors courp
and marriage informal love affairs 1t packed
with the cheaper picture MAGAZINES
and the cueet kind OF sex stores Inns ms ma e t
The authors insence on hoese ~ n mas
a certain heavy One feels as one reads upGn at ] @
handling propaganda gave Mr. val ~oFg
sshsar sy no % yeadnss M for At
sny rate he has left out established Oma for best Serd0n
Acquired Communist Spirit
During Early Travels
he tells u.s. dG TO the to a es me- de esu @ of intern
had Hsen sPen m aHe eq
Line had carried his family land to land The young man Wn
spaaus and later took part in the s @ % he
nohng m @ IN Ge1nn @ he becsme @ communist in such spirit
dedication might make young CnIah h % m 10 byug about the
pelOe1 'oiu'toi' ~ -NFHo "
world Communist revolution
possible for @ e a affap tbs dend the 20 o
fidelity the ideal since there has never M oe any
bsa snsiRe Th Taes sRested M labor
the living advances exactly as capitalism makes
forward progress
To,m Ws,s a al1sys TeschisT sn@'
We have to accept Mr. vans nonehes that this was his
ss ss ss e5 n Was d @ @ n9s tx SsSsa onS
pn of pupoe He worked in the
smuggled cntraband liquor into Fin
na ndS s,1 for 1omng s sden P engd s His WorE was
persuadng to bay some one Fundamentally "
"a Te ncng % of men everywhere and give
secret allegiance the constant vigilance among ne
Brutality nom world of tooth and fang fang
W his narrative one finds his in
ent aemns @ & he haye BEEN en- be sure who have thought
Utopia if only the mraerg was 1oe M an m
There nnn
that do not ring true But the SaD m aa at M and md
arrested by the Gestapo
Author Pleade Conversion
Nazi-ism ...
first with unpaIng ans @aa d n on h
asho paUa By by the the Naz henmen
stories are in this record there are ao GS m M hi
encountered Mr. van tells
tt fantastic for certainly his
TO W nave have Rad SCR scspes against
% sIp9 hP IN n anatng m @ SQUADS to bring spu
serving little years the simple device OF pleading con-
version freed and turned loose at good salary to
comrades
What S
course sincere profession conversion teism He claimed
confidential man OF the
Communist friends and explained the
suddenly to discern flaws IN their
developed with like suddenn osae OF the
which would to he certain
the world revolution He qareed
by escaped
abandoning Wh hearpreaK as ne
terates) held hostages for his
of this that Mrs Valn
afeWad While the chld became
this amenable note the DOoK Closes tS
understand heaboken on two counS-he
the destruction OF his family
activity side great demerit against this worth Its
side indeed much the note as the earu pupc
reformed dunkard used to
wkednes wherever they
left his romantic
bloodedy his he had
made himself less OF hero
throughout he would have produced much better book AS Is he
description Of the fifth columnists
matter intended
Lie for Lies Sake
By Richard Abingdon NeD York: Viking Press
this They worlds,
World At A. Mr. Arlington naturally has clear reco
the first this their leisWelnes their
their security pre-occupaon OF the people
believed revolution
reminds possible to
excited about and it likewise possible for
ortinIor APhp uh