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Evening star., 1944-10-29
Senator Downey in Peril
RU KuIe Palmer


LOS ANGELES, Oct. %. - With
Republican leaders conceding they
face an uphill fight to carry Cali
fornia for the Dewey-Bricker ticket,
the likelihood Of victory for the Re-
publican nominee for United States
Senator, 1t. Gov. Frederick F.
Houser, became the principal ray OF
hope for COP campaign workers as
the election contest entered its final
10 days.
Recovering from their own Tempo
rary alarm, Democratic campaign
ers are now confident President
Roosevelt will carry the State. They
conf1dentially admit his maj ajofity-
which was in excess Of $4,000 In
l940-may be cut to 250,OOO.
Defeat for United States Senator
Sheridan Downey, Democratic in
cumbent, was not only confidently
anticipated by Houser hackers, but
was feared by Downey's own sup
porters.
Senator Downey has been assailed
for asserted Senate absenteeism ano
for views which the Houser camp
charges fit exactly Mr.. Roosevelt's
description of an isolationist.
The Republican presidential ticket
Is running about even with RooSe.
velt and Truman in Northern Cali.
fornia counties, but is tagging IL
the southern end OF the State, par.
ticularly in Los Angeles County
where the CIO Political Action Com.
mittee centers its efforts.
A clean Democratic sweep in Ne.
vada and~Arizona is indicated, which
apparently assures the electora
votes Of the two States for thu
Roosevelt fourth term, but alst
promises the reelection of their re
spective Democratic incumbent can
didates for the Senate.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Argentine Riddle
By FeliI J. We'll. II

By FeliI J. Well. DAY: $780,
The striking thing about this book
on Argentina and her relations with
the United States is it's disagreement
with the main body of thought on
the subject as lately expressed by
numerous writer's. These writers
have assured us that in the main
the Argentines are democratic and
that the pro-Axis position occupied
by Argentina for so long reflected
only reactionary administration
and was contrary to the general
will. Felix j. We'll does not think so.
He considers that the body of the
Argentine population is apathetic
and that the anti-United Nations
sentiment of the government is up
held by all the active groups which
are powerful enough to matter. He
does not rate the break with the
Axis as having effected any real
change in the situation either. 1t
has to be said that he documents
his case very substantially and also
takes the trouble to trace the fac
tual errors of the writers of
the opposite school of thought.
John Gunther, John T. Whitaker,
Hubert Herring and John w. White
are among highly esteemed spokes-
men on the Argentine question
whom DR.. We'll catches out in mat
ters of plain garden variety facts.
His own case is that the salvation
of Argentina lies in industrializa-
ton. He sees industrial progress as
the only possible bringer of democ-
racy. 1t would break up the feudal
bondage under which the agrarian
workers now live and end the DOM
ination of the great agrarian fam
lilies, which are politically reaction
ary. The part of the United States
in the industrial program will be to
help finance it. as native capital is
not sufficient. 1t would be long
range investment, he says, but one
that would pay our whole business
life, for Argentina industrialized
would not duplicate our own prod
ucts, and with an increased pur-
chasing power would import from us
much more than she is able to do
at present.
The book is not written with any
attempt at a popular style. but the
sober intensity and logic with which
DR.. We'll builds up his case will rec
ommend it to any reader who is at
all interested in the subject.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
For Love Alone
By Christina Stead. (Harcourl
Brace: S3,)

By CHRISTINA Stedd. (Hdrc0urt
Brace: $3J
Christina Stead is a real novelist,
brilliant and creative. She does not
write many books and, for some rea-
son, she is not very well known. But
the reviewer wishes to 60 on record
that, when she does come out with
something, it is well worth your
while.
Her present book is a handling of
theme so well-worn as to require
a very genuine talent-the theme of
the young genius against a petty
bourgeois background. But her
treatment proves once more that it
is never the subject which Is hack
neyed. Her novel has brilliance
and power of life which is almost
terrifying.
Some of its original character
may come, to be sure, from the
scene in which most Of it is set.
That is Australia-Miss Stead's
native land-and much attention Is
given to the weird and flamboyant
aspects of the antipodean land
scape. But, as the story itself is
given to q weird and flamboyant
character, this background painting
is not to be attributed to mere
pyrotechnics. It Is an harmonious
element In the novels structure.
The story is Of one Teresa Haw-
kins, daughter Of . petty bourgeois
family who. at the aee Of 10, u In
Evening star., 1944-10-29

in Western Maryland, but out there
the statement is often heard that
the CIO is boss in labor affairs, but
that politics is outside its field. And
that adds up to a lot Of CIO votes
for Dewey.
Take the other extreme, Southern
Maryland. There one of the out
spoken Dewey hackers Is lifelong
Democrat who served 16 years in the
State Senate, who was a Circuit
Court judge for another six years
and whose party loyalty never has
been in question. When he came
out for Dewey it showed clearly how
little labels mean this time.
In and around Baltimore itself
former Mayor Howard w. Jackson
(DemocraD is carrying the heaviest
individual speaking load. The Demo-
|crats for Dewey organization, with
ia strong ladies's auxiliary, is work
ling overtime. The enthusiasm here
is something like that engendered in
the Willkie amateurs last time. It
may not be any more effective, but
then 1t may. Party lines are being
lightly crossed.
The Negro newspaper in Baltimore
came out strongly for Dewey, ac-
|companying its front-page editorial
with a long letter from the candidate
to the publisher which still has the
town talking. The letter spoke of q
full life, with equality and oppor-
tunity for everyone" Last time the
Negroes were overwhelmingly for
Roosevelt; where will they be next
week?
Meanwhile the courts are being
asked to decide whether or not
absence of check-mark on about
80 per cent of the Federal soldier
ballots will invalidate the ballots
The mark indicates that the soldier
had applied for a State absentee
ballot and has failed to receive it
State law says the mark must be
there, but the election officials want
court backing before throwing out
80 per cent of the incoming Federal
ballots that might swing the election
In nearby Delaware, the 52-48 per-
centage for Roosevelt shown by the
most extensive polls probably is as
good an index as can be found
Delaware, too, is leaning Democratic
but it is still doubtful.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Virginia Safe for New Deal
By C.. w. Houston.

RICHMOND, Oct. 28.-Although
there has never been any real doubt
regarding Mr.. Roosevelt's ability to
obtain handsome majority in Vir-
ginia, the campaign, and its side
lights, has stirred more political in
terest than has been manifest here
in many years.
Politicos admit some small worry
regarding the congressional cam
paign in the 9th district, because
it is impossible for them to judge
what will happen in what they
please to call the "sundown" vote of
Alexandria and Arlington and Fair
fax Counties.
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Murray. an in
dependent Democrat, is putting on
lively campaign against Repre-
sentative Howard w. Smith, a critic
OF the new Deal, and machine"
leaders here do not know what to
expect from the many Virgin
lans who have qualified themselves
to vote in that area.
Elsewhere, the Democratic NOM
lnees appear safe enough, although
Republican candidates are accorded
a slim chance in both the End and
the 9th districts.
Ashton Dovell Of Williamsburg. for
16 years a leader in the "organiza-
ton as floor leader and Speaker of
the House of Delegates, spoke for
Mr.. Roosevelt last week, and dropped
a bombshell into "machine" ranks
by criticising 1t for lack of leader
ship. He advocated poll tax repeal
better school support and a better
health program, and castigated the
machine" for its lukewarmness to
the national Democratic ticket. The
party rift Is expected to stimulate q
large vote.
Many profess to see In his pro-
nouncement the opening gun in q
gubernatorial race on an "anti-
machine" ticket. Taking advantage
Of the stir created by the talk, many
groups, including labor, are pressing
Senator Byrd, the dominant faction
leader, to make his position clear on
whether or not he will support the
Democratic ticket.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Democrats Gain in n. Mex.
BIZ J. J. Mullen.

DENVER, Colo, Oct. 28.-Colo-
radios national campaign of the
COP front reached its peak last
week with the appearance of Gov.
Bricker at big rally in Denver. So
confident are Republican leaders
that Colorado's six electoral votes
are safely in the Dewey column, they
have Cancelled all remaining
speeches in behalf of the New York
Governor. Except for minor rallies
in behalf Of State candidates, leaders
indicate nothing more than a coast
ing campaign on the national front
in the remaining week of the cam
paig. Main interest now centers on
the size of Dewey's plurality.
Meanwhile. the Democrats con-
tinue to carry their campaign to
outlying districts with swing
through the northern section sched-
uled for the final week. So far their
leaders have been unable to arrange
for top-ranking orator to appear
in the State in behalf of the State
and national ticket.
Utah's political workers are con-
centrating the remaining DAYS of
their campaign on new voters who
registered last week and doubtful"
voters throughout the State-going
into the final week of the campaign,
competent observers who have kept
abreast of political sentiment
throughout the State summarize the
national picture as follows:
Sentiment for President Roosevelt
still predominates, although many
believe his margin of popular vote
will be shaved substantially from the
81 900 figure he rolled up in 1910.
Senator Ebert D. Thomas occu-
pies about the same position in his
race for reelection against DR..
Adams Bennion.
While State issues have over
shadowed presidential issues in New
Mexico's campaign so far. the recent
good news from the Philippines has
aroused new interest on the national
front. New Mexico's losses in the
fall Of Bataan and Corregidor were
perhaps the largest of any State in
the Nation. Most political observers
feel that prospects of many heroic
service men being liberated within
the near future and general satisfac-
ton over progress of the Pacific
campaign can easily swing consid-
erable independent support for Pres
ident Roosevelt. Consensus is that
although Roosevelt may lose some
support in the eastern section of
the State. He will probably win the
electoral vote by small margin.
Wyoming's campaign received a
slight flip last week with the ap-
pearance of Gov. Bricker who made
two short speeches in Cheyenne,
coming in the midst Of a State wide
fight over appointment of a secre-
tary OF State to succeed the late
Mark Christensen, the effect of
Bricker's appearance on the national
front is rather difficult to gauge.
Leaders of both parties have sched-
uled an active drive for the final
week of the campaign with Senator
OMahoney supplying the ammuni-
ton for the Democrats and Senator
Robertson bearing the brunt for the
Republicans. Most observers see
little change in the overall pictures
which still show slight leaning
toward Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
7 he New Books
Caesar and Christ
By Mary-Carter Roberts.
By VIII Durant. (Simo,

BY VIII Durdnt. (Simon g.
Schuster: So
This is Part III OF DR.. Durant's
Story of Civilization" Part I was
"Our Oriental Heritage" which ap-
peared in 1885. Part II was "The
Life of Greece" published in 1899.
Part Nv, We are told, is scheduled to
come out in 1850 and will be called
THE Age of Faith"
Caesar and Christ is the story
OF Rome from its founding to the
acceptance of Christianity as the
state religion. What the huge VOL
ume sums up to is a history which
is both scholarly and popular. The
reviewer predicts that 1t will have
wide reading, and it deserves it. At
the same time, 1T would be a mis-
take to throw away your Gibbons
and your Mommsen. DR.. Durant
himself describes hts work as syn
thetic." 1t presents the broad flow
Iof time and events, but it does not
even attempt to probe deep beneath
the surface.
The method is much like that
used in school textbooks. 1t reviews
a political period in terms of poll
tics and political personalities. Then
1t covers the same period in terms
OF thought, art, social institutions,
labor conditions, religion and so on.
The vigor of DR.. Durant's style,
however, prevents the book from
having textbook quality, as does
his keen perception of readable de-
tail and his unmistakable enthu-
siasm for his subject. He has drawn
generously on Suetonius, and one
feels that he admired the Romans
method.
He has no particular interpreta-
ton to offer, either of particular
periods or in an allover sense. He
Is orthodox. He sees Roman his
tory as a great curve, rising and
then falling in accordance with the
laws of growth, maturity and ex-
haustion. BY the time the actual
events of destruction occurred-the
barbarian invasions-he says, the
Exhaustion was complete, and it.
not the invaders, brought the end
of Roman power. The invaders
merely came in when the power had
ceased to exist. The same condi-
ton prevailed in the realm of re-
ligion. Christianity did not con-
quer the old gods; they died before
Christianity was instated.
An excellent resume, DR.. Durants
book should appeal to a good many
ordinarily reluctant history readers
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Book Reviews in Brief

tints by William Sharp. (Heritags
Press.)
The Divine Comedy of Dante
Alighieri, translated into English
verse by Melville Best Anderson,
with notes and calculations by ths
translator, and introduction BY Ar
thur Livingston and 80 drawings by
William Blake now printed for the
first time. (Heritage Press)
The Red Badge of Courage, bv
Stephen Crane. illustrated by John
Steuart Curry, with an introduction
by Carl Van Doren. (HeritaRe
Press.)
Benjamin Franklin's Autobior.
raphy and Other Writings, with ii.
lustrations by Thomas Hart Benton.
(Modern Library)
Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor
Dostoyevsky. Translated by Con-
stance Garnett. illustrated by Philip
Reisman. Modern Library.)
Leaves Of Grass, by Walt Whitman,
Introduction by Carl Sandburg and
illustrations by Boardman Robin.
son. (Modern Library)
The Essays Of Ralph Waldo Emer-
son. Illustrated by John Steuart
Curry. Modern Library.)
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte.
Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson.
Modern Library)
MYSTERIES.
The Case of the Black-eyed
Blonde. by Erie Stanley Gardner,
Morrow. $2.) A Perry Mason
story involving a beautiful blond
dressed mainly in fur coat.
Hue and Cry, by Thomas d
Dewey. Jefferson House. $2) Muir.
der in little town, involving peoplA
both nice and otherwise.
Thirty Days to Live, by Anthony
Gilbert. (Smith and Durrell. sxS
An old lady comes in line for a for
tune and is assiduously bounded BY
her relatives next in line.
| Darkness Of Slumber, by Rose.
mary Kutak. Uippincott. S2)
Murder solved by super -intelligent
young doctor. sleuthing In his pa.
tients' minds as well as after their
acts.
Death at the Depot, by D. q. Hast.
ings. (Harpers. So Murder in
q little Vermont town solved by
Visiting scientist.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Tennessee Safely New Deal
Bu Bob Paine.

By Bob Paine.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 28.-Pos-
sibly a very slight gain on the Re
publican side, but not enough to
take the State out of the "safe-for-
Roosevelt" column.
That's the report from Tennessee
tonight after the first full week of
all-out, no-blows-barred campaign
ing.
Where last week 1t looked like
the Democrats would get 25000O
to the Republicans 10000 votes
out of 400 1000, dopesters tonight had
pared the difference from 100000
down to about 10000.
They based this on increasingly
strong Republican sentiment in the
east end of the State, parts of which
are regularly on the COP side.
But with E. H. Boss" Crump per-
sonally spearheading the Demo-
cratic forces in hot fight in Shelby
County Memphis), it appeared the
Democrats in the west end of the
State still would have no difficulty
In overcoming what lead the oppo-
sition can claim at the other end.
Boss Crump has spent the week in
a bitter personal attack on Dewey
speakers, resorting to ridicule of
their arguments and scathing at
tacks on them individually.
Majority of Dewey speakers are
members of the lighting Demo-
Gratis" composed of Roosevelt
Democrats among businessmen, cot
ton men and lawyers.
Increased registration points to
a nearer normal vote than was ex-
pected three weeks ago. The soldier
vote is going to run between 10000
and 10000.
Maxey Jarman, State COP cam
paign chairman, still expressed
confidence Dewey will carry the
State and points happily to good
attendance at speakings for John
w. Kilgo, Republican candidate for
Governor. However, Democrat Jim
McCord is expected to run at least
$1,000 votes ahead Of the total the
State gives Roosevelt.
In Middle Tennessee where things
Evening star., 1944-10-29
I he Road Is Before Us
By Agnes Boulton. (Lippin-
colt. S2.5Oy
Reviewed by Carter D,r


Reviewed by Carter Dawson.
Inc flrst chapter of this book p,,ts
the reaoer In car leaving Pitts
ourgh. The last lets him out in ST
petersburg, Fla. In the course Of
the journey, the occupants of the
car-Sn old married couple, a yo,Ino
Negress and befuddled newspaper.
man-give detailed descriptions Of
each mile of terrain, including every
slgnooard. and on a moments no-
tlce go off into vignettes of Thought
taking one through the Civil and
Revolutionary Wars.
BY this method Miss BorIton
gives the background of her char
acters, but by the time you are up
TO date and ready for the story the
oook ends. There are one or two
unexpected scenes, however, that eo
toward making up for the book,
collapse in the middle.
Miss Boulton has done a good
Characterization job. The set old
lady, who clings to her pennies and
overworks the words real nice:
the husband, who humors her and Ia
ever looking for something to hap
pen In his humdrum life; the strug-
Cling colored girl and the over
lndulgent copy-desk man out to
avenge his beloved sisters death
emerge into very real beings.
Their lives finally unravel, in ons
way or another; some even get
Strengthened out. And when you do
get the road behind you, you realize
you have just finished very differ
ent sort of book.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Maryland Margin Slim
By EdDin Youno,

BALTIMORE, Oct. 28.-This is a
strange campaign in Maryland, with
the nominal Democratic leaders
carrying on for Roosevelt in what
looks like a half-hearted way and
with other Democrats furnishing the
noisiest and apparently the most
effective support for Dewey.
There are so many ross-currents
at present in this border State and
so much undercover work is being
done that the results are exceedingly
difficult to weigh. However, the best
evidence to date shows the State
still leaning to Roosevelt with the
actual outcome very much in doubt.
One thing is certain: A good many
Marylanders aren't voting according
to their labels. The CIO is strong
Evening star., 1944-10-29
This Was Ny Newport
By Maude Ho,ue Elliott. Myth

By Maude Ho,Ue Elliott. Myth
ology: 81
We have here that most felicitous
OF literary combinations-a great
story told by great personality
Maude Howe Elliott, an accomplished
and charming writer, whose genius
is her power to write of the past
in living terms, has never under
taken a more colorful theme than
the one which occupies her here
her native city, Rhode Islands IA
nous Newport. To read her book
really-is TO lose oneself.
The personal memories of this
daughter of Samuel Gridley Howe
and Julia Ward Howe of course,
extend over a considerable period.
But she does not limit her story
to her own recollection. She has
written history of Newport from
its founding in 1889. The wonder
full quality of her narrative is that
the whole of 1.-THE 17th and 18th
centuries as we'll as the famous
late 19th-comes under the impli-
cation of her title. Obviously his
torical Newport is as living to her
as Newport remembered.
To Americans who know of the
town only in the exclusive summer
resort sense-which will be most
of us-Mrs. Elliott's history will be
surprising. She writes of Newport
as pre-Revolutionary haven of
religious freedom; then as a scene
of Revolutionary activity; then in
its first metamorphosis as a sum-
mer resort, when it became a fa-
vorite with Southern families: then
the object of. as she says, success
sive waves of immigration" from
cities with fashion, conscious So
cieties-New York, Boston, Philadel-
phia, Germantown, Charleston
during which latter period, it moved
steadily from elegant simplicity to
ostentatious display" Treating all
these periods with a broad front,
Mrs. Elliott recreates their famous
personalities, their arts, their amuse-
ments, their social habits and the
changes which each era wrought in
the town. This, however, is the most
Skeletonic kind of reviewing. A
mere outline cannot convey to the
reader the charm, shrewdness and
vividness which she has put into her
volume.
The one overall comment on the
book which must be made, however,
is that it presents a picture of a
vigorously American society, a So
ciety intellectually and physically
dismayed by nothing. Parties at
which nursery rhymes were rendered
in Greek, in which directions for
charades were given out written in
Latin; a society which not only
acted but wrote its amateur plays;
which devoted itself to philosophy
and metaphysics; which played
strenuous games and danced energy
consuming dances, and yet which
lived simply on farms or country
estates-to such a picture is the
great part of the volume devoted
AS for the famous names, one car
only say that, from Washington
to Admiral Sims, from Peter Har-
rison to Ralph Adams Cram, they
take in the great in all the major
fields of American life
Evening star., 1944-10-29
GIFT EDITIONS

Life On the Mississippi, by Mark
Twain. Illustrated by Thomas Hart
Benton. Introduction by Edward
Wagenknecht and a number of pre-
viously suppressed passages now
printed for the first time and edited
with note by Willis Wager. (Herit-
age Press)
Tales of Mystery and magina-
tion, by Edgar Allan Poe. Intro
ducticn bv Vincent Starrett and
photographers Of the original aqua
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Continued From Page C-1)

the majority may reach impressive
figures instead of the close margin
which had been expected.
Kansas continues to hold its place
as one Of the strong Dewey units.
There has been no change in that
State, with the exception of a more
pronounced indication that Roose-
welt will lose badly in the big wheat
State.
Evening star., 1944-10-29

are only lukewarm, sentiment
against the fourth term Is centered
in Nashville financial circles. But
this probably will be offset by the
labor vote. West Tennessee's cotton
counties are hearing considerable
talk against a fourth term and dis
content with the administrations
racial stand.
Evening star., 1944-10-29
Northwest Sentiment Shifts
BIZ James De K. Bro1un.

SEATTLE, Oct. 28.-In the four
Pacific Northwest States Idaho, 10
days before election, is apparently
safe for the Dewey-Bricker ticket;
Washington has shifted from GER
tain to leaning toward Roosevelt;
Oregon Is changed from certain
Dewey to doubtful, while Montana is
now In the leaning toward Roosevelt
column.
In Washington when the registra-
ton books closed October 81 1t found
the greatest registration in the
States history recorded. The drive,
headed by partisan organizations,
civic and commercial clubs, farm