Evening star., 1941-04-02
Book, Author Night
Audience 10 Hear
-Four Prize Winners
Booksellers to Convene
Moy a; MocLeish and
Sondburg Among Speakers

Four Pulitzer Prize winners will
be among five writer's scheduled to
speak at the book and author night
public session of the annual con-
vention of the American BOOK
sellers Association, to be held here
May through May 7.
Held outside New York City fol
the first time in 10 years, the con-
vention will draw approximately
500 of the Nations booksellers,
prominent writer's and publishers
to discuss the Importance OF the
written word in a democracy, All
the sessions will be held at the
Willard Hotel.
Archibald MacLeish, the poet and
librarian of Congress-; Carl Sand
burg, the poet and biographer OF
Lincoln; Douglas S. Freeman, biog-
rapher of Lee; Marquis James,
authority on the life of Andrew
Jackson. and Isabel de Palencla,
Spanish author of Il Must Have
Liberty" will speak at the public
session Tuesday, May 6.
Points to Role Of Books.
The program is based on the book
and author luncheonS which the
association has been conducting in
New York for the last three seasons
with the cooperation of the New
York Herald Tribune. It's purpose
is to create in the reading pubic
a fuller appreciation of the role
of books in our civilization and to
give readers an opportunity to see
and hear in person writer's whose
books they have read and liked.
Host to the convention this year
will be the Washington Post. Tickets
for the public session will be on
sale at District bookstores and at
the Post in about 10 days.
More than $500 persons have at
tended the five luncheons which
thus far have taken place in the
current series in New York.
Mrs. Roosevelt is honorary sponsor
cf book and author night. Mrs
Eugene Meyer is chairman of the
Sponsoring Committee.
Members of the committee in
clude Mrs. Thurman Arnold, Mrs.
Truxton Beale, Mrs. Francis Biddle,
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Mrs. Felix
Frankfurter, Mrs. Carter Glass, Mrs
George A. Garrett, Mrs. j. Borden
Hartman. Mrs. Patrick Hurley, Mrs
Robert H. Jackson, Mrs. Frances
Parkinson Keyes, Mrs. Emory Land
Mrs. Walter Lippman, Mrs. Alice
L. r. Longworth, Mrs. Archibald
MacLeish. Mrs. Keith Merrill, Mrs.
Sherman Miles, Mrs Henry Morgen-
thau. jr.; Mrs. Frank B. Noyes. Mrs
Stanley Reed and Mrs. Jouett
Shouse.
Gift Volumes for White House.
A permanent addition of 200
Volumes to the White House library
will be presented to President Roose-
velt by the association at ceremonies
at 1890 pm. Wednesday, May 7
The presentation will be made by a
committee of IS who will be the
guests of the President at luncheon
following the presentation.
A boat cruise down the Potomac
River between 3 and 6 pm. on
May will be preliminary to the
converting of the first business ses-
sion Monday at the Willard.
Business sessions also will be held
Tuesday and Wednesday mornings
at the Willard. Speakers at luncheons
to be held Monday and wednesday
will be announced later.
Miss Roberta B. Martin, head OF
he book department of Woodward
& Lothrop, will preside at business
sessions of the convention.
The convention will close Wednes-
Cay evening with dinner to be
held at the willard. Speakers for
the occasion will be announced in
the near future.