Evening star., 1942-07-07
Nationwide Praise for a
J Great American Book
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON STAR (keIix Moriev). The
Problems Of Lasting Peace is not 4 primer ]. q. I.
1t is rather Z pade meesns for all who desire to
cooperate in preventing further fepetitions of
the international anarchy now threatening de
struetion to the entire human inheritance !.
This book is 4 manual f.. for the discovery Of
in every country have long dreamed :. phil.
osophic spirit 50 vitality needed if the next peace
is to prove more durable than that of 1919 {.
notable achievement Approach the prob
technique as was employed by the founding
fathers -. There is indeed more than 4 trace
Of similarity between the Federalist papers of
Hamilton, Madison and Jay and this product Of
the minds Of former President and former
career diplomat with thirty years experience in
the service of their country :. =. It is an accom-
plishment -. to have written book on peace
which is as readable, as exciting as any of the
host of recent publications describing or pro-
have Been observed to the full. Yet equally to
Crystalline public opinion along practical lines
IS in the case Of The Federalist' 49,.
WASHINGTON TIMES HERALD, Edifsrisi.
MI. Hoover believes 4 fairly durable peace
can be hammered out of this war, but not by 4
lot OF idealists and dreamers. He hopes it will
rs warm hearts. He offers in the last chapters
;: specific suggestions which seem to MS extremely
v practcal-and which therefore much unlike
the cloudy dreams Of post war paradise -"
WARRINGTON TIMES HERALD, Review
(Aljeia PattsrseRl. two gentlemen
who know what they are talking about This
IS one of the soundest and fairest judgments of
war and peace to come out of the current
4 debacle - ~.
DAVID LAWRENCE. Every once In while
men with governmental experience aad back
ground give themselves unreservedly to the
preparation of book done effectively, fairly,
non-politically, they perform 4 service of tran
SCeadent C,,rb
book-H may b,oSs tbs most palxabls Woyk of
os' hmes-has just been published by Herbert
Hoover and Hugh Gibson :. truly American
ideaism The book will help Europeans as we'll
as Americans ...'
FRANK KENT. Its great value is its contribution
OF fundamental sanity to the discussion and the
convincing completeness with which it marshals
and analyzes the basic facts which cannot be
ignored if finally civilization is to save itself.
The background Of the book is the skillful and
impressive summing up of the record. :. The
long quest for effective international eoopera-
ton has never been as lucidy nor as force
fully presented. Asi de from the thoughtful and
penetrating Interpretation of facts and ideas.
the book is remarkable for the exceedingly prac.
teal suggestions for dealing with hitherto in
soluble economic social and racial problems 1t
IS notable also tor its fairness 80
WILLIAM PHILIP sIMMs. we.hiaqsen. -.
50 objective and so thorough is this work that
"Iidt tney nave Produceq IS nothing less than
5ta's paps, and WiH BE- 50 ,ega,asd here 80.
They blaze trail for 4 durable peace
they insist again and again that the American
people mast begin right now to think of the
problems of peace and think, in far larger
frame than ever before Such being the case.
they can 90 no better than to start with this
CHESTER RoWlLI,-, j. the BOOK r. = IS
MAJOR contribution. These men will not BE sus-
peeted Of mitarism, New Dealism or economic
Iadicalism. They know more" about the probIem
than any other persoh not alive, the n,ose ub-.
jective faetual and thoughtful analysis Of It that
has yet appeared :. And you cannot, if you use
your brains, escape its major conclusion =. -
ARTHUR KRocK. The important book by Her.
bert Hoover and Hugh Gibson" :
LOWELL THOMAS. This volume IS mem.
orable few authors have been better htted...'
EARL GOODWIN. THE remarkable book bv Her.
bert Hoover and Hugh Gibson An ,maz.
ing study of the things it takes to insure a
lasting peace.
HOWARD VINCENT o'DRIEN. ut is cutie
extraordinary book, a calm analysis Of wars
causes and well-reasoned program Of counter.
action