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Evening star., 1944-01-30
WAR AND PEACE.

The Day Of Reckoning, by Max
Radin (Knopf)-The trial Of Hitler
and the other Na1 bigwigs as the
author imagines it will be. What
reader wouldn't prefer the real
thing?
Toward an Abiding Peace, by
r. M. MacIver (Macmillan)-Co-
lumbia University's professor of po-
ntical philosophy outlines the kind
of peace he thinks will last.
Thought-provoking.
World Minerals and World Peace,
by G. K. Leith, ]. w. Furness and
Cleona Lewis Brookings)-A val
liable contribution to public un-
derstanding Of the place of min
erals. in world trade and world
peace. For the layman.
Years Of Blindness, by H. G.
Quaritch Wells (Crowell) - Why
the white man is going to have
to reconcile himself to changes in
the Far East, regardless Of who
wins the war. Intelligent.
PLACES.
The Spirit Of Hawaii Before and
After Pearl Harbor, by A. 8. Nc
Leod Harper)-A book Of pictures
drawings and water colors-show-
ing the changes which have taken
place In the island since war.
Brazil in the Making, by Jose
Jobim Observation-Disclosures on
the status Of agriculture and indus
try In the South American republic.
Informative.
Copper Camp, by the Writers
Project Of Montana (Hastings)-
History Of Butte. Good research and
lively writing.
PEOPLE.
Clerical Errors, by Louis Tucker
Harper)-A member Of the Pro-
testant Episcopal clergy tells how
he led happy and rewarding life
by deliberately failing In the min
|istry.
Harriet Tubman, by Earl Con-
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Washington Ski Club
Ito Meet on TUESDAY,

The regular monthly meeting Of
the Ski Club Of Washington will be
held at s:15 pm. Tuesday in the
empire room Of the Ambassador Ho-
tel. Motion pictures Of skiing in
the Yosemite Valley and In Chile
viii be shown. AL persons inter-
ested in skiing are invited.
Reservations for the "skiers'
table" In the hotel dining room, for
the dinner preceding the meeting,
may be made by calling Miss Eliza
beth Plimpton, Randolph 1910.
Evening star., 1944-01-30

They bow to no man and are
never slaves" This reply was given
to a would-be conqueror OF Greece
more than 1000 years ago. Recent
events have shown what can be ac-
comphshed by men with such a
heritage.
Greece and the Greeks" by WAL
ter Miller, provides an interesting,
brief survey of Greek civilization.
Greece Against the Axis" by 1t.
Col. Stanley Casson, a British Army
officer, reveals the spiritual exalta-
ton with which the Greeks faced
their ordeal of fire In their six
months war with the Axis. Robert
st. Johns From the Land of Silent
People" describes graphically the
horrors suffered by the civilian pop
ulation during the invasion of the
Balkans. THE Greek White Book /"
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The Signpost

By E. Arnot Robertson. (Mac-
millan.)
In this novel Miss Robertson at
tempts to show the problems Of
peacetime life against background
of world at war. She takes for
her scene a village in neutral Fire
and for her vision the eyes of two
war sufferers who come to the place
seeking rest-an RAF pilot on leave
and Frenchwoman who has fled
the debacle in her country. These
two, their minds filled with war
anguish, find the village occupied
with its routine little problems-the
struggle between the old generation
and the young, the conflict between
a somewhat rigid priest and a lib
eral but sinister merchant, the per-
petual discord between the Union
lists and those satisfied with the
present regime, and so on. Against
their inclination they are drawn
into the local affairs and, in helping
the villagers solve their problems,
forget their own war-born neuroses.
This does not mean, by any in
depreciation, that Miss Robertson
has done just a sunny little tale.
There is double edge to her presen-
tation of her material-in the village
problems, she reflects the greater
problems of the world, and in her
contrast between the preoccupa-
tionse Of peace and those Of war
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Greece-an Uncomfortable
By Clara E. Bennett,
Assistant, Reference Room. Public Library,


collection Of diplomatic texts orig
inally published In England and re-
produced In this country In 1943,
makes astounding revelations Of
Axis methods.
Greece Fights" edited by Homer
w. Davis, and Greece: 1821-l941"
are pamphlets published by the
American Friends of Greece. The
first, written by Americans recently
returned from Greece, tells how the
people behind the front helped in q
great emergency: Women, old men
and children helped to repair roads
and build bridges. 1t was the wom-
en- of Epirus who carried munitions
up mountain slopes too steep for
mules to climb"
These and other books and PAM
phlets are available at the Public
Library, Eighth and K streets NV,
or through its branches.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Which Kind of Revolution?
By w. D. Herridge. little,
BrODn

For 10 years, w. D. Herridge. for
mer Canadian minister to the United
States, has believed that the Eng
disappearing democracies have been
fighting unemployment and inse-
curity with one hand tied behind
their backs. 1t may seem strange
to talk about joblessness now, but
the fact remains that it was one
of our gravest problems before the
war and will be an equally grave one
after Messrs. Hitler and TOTO have
joined Mr.. Mussolini in the ranks
Of the unemployed. And the way
to solve that problem permanently,
Mr.. Herridge believes, Is to work
out plan that will maintain pro-
duction at wartime levels, but, Of
course, to supply civilian rather than
military needs.
Mr.. Herridge Is right. But, alas,
he only states the problem; he does
not solve it. And what is needed
Is solution, or, at least, the be-
ginnings of solution. p. H. l..
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Brief Reviews of New Books

yrad (Associate6-Life of the Negro
woman who, before the Civil War,
gained fame as the organizer Of
the Underground Railroad. A dra-
matte story marred by too much
sermonizing.
The Life and Works Of Beethoven,
by John N. Burk (Random)-
guide to the great composers life
and works, following the tradition
al pattern.
You're Sitting on My Eyelashes,
by Whitney Darrow. jr. CRandom)-
Collected cartoons, all pretty good.
This Funny World, by Al artists
CMcBride)-A collection of cartoons
which originally appeared in Col
lier's.
Best Cartoons Of the Year, 1943,
edited by Lawrence Lariar (Crown)
Amusing collection.
Post Scripts, edited by Marione r.
Derrickson neutrality-suspicious.
from the humorous column Of the
Saturday Evening Post.
AS 0Cc H. ny OOIpl u. i. SQACk.
elford, jr. Rnopf)-Drawings show
ing the funny side Of Army life.
PLAYS.
The Army Play by Play Gran.
dom)-Five prize winning plays by
members Of the armed forces:
Where Fer We Co." by Pfc. John
B. ODee: First Cousins" by Corpl.
Kurt Kaszner; Button Your Iip."
by CorpL Irving Gaynor Neiman:
Mail Call" by Air Cadet Ralph
Nelson; Pack Up Your Troubles"
by Pfc. Alfred D. Geto.
The Best Plays, 1942-194s, edited
by Burns Mantle Dodd, -Mead)-
The usual volume.
GAMES AND SPORTS.
Double Talk Crossword Puzzles, by
Albert Morehead (Knopf) The
ordinary puzzle with the definitions
IN double talk.
Coverts and Casts, by William J.
Shaldach (Barnes) - Stories Of
hunting and fishing, very flnely Il.
Mstrated with drawings.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Corneaie Alumni to Dine

The newly organized Washington
Clan Of the Carnegie Alumni Fed
eration Of the Carnegie Institute Of
Technology will hold o dinner at
u pm. tomorrow at the Roger Smith
Hotel.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
In the Thick of Fiehfins.'

It should not be forgotten, how
ever, at what risk and cost the
record has been obtained. AZ Ad-
miral Hepburn has said in his in
PRODUCTION to "The Navy at War;"
These officers have been in the
thick Of the flghting-each has had
"a battle station. they have not
done their painting in ivory towers,
nor have they used the war for new
theories Of art and expression. They
have risked their lives, as have the
men behind the guns, in order to
give, In a simple graphic medium, a
better appreciation and a more
complete insight into what Is being
done by our fighting men on the
worlds far-flung battle fronts"
The value Of the service has re-
ceived full recognition from the
General Navy Board (of which Ad-
miral Hepburn Is chairman) and
the hearty approval Of those of the
Office Of Public Relations Of the
Navy Department in charge Of pro-
gram.
The exhibition will continue until
February 20.
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Best Sellers
FICTION.

EAS44ONs
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn,
by Betty Smith.
So Little Time, by John p.
Marquand.
Also the Hills, by Frances
Parkinson Keyes.
The Apostle, by Sholem Asch.
Victoria Grandolet, by Henry
Beuamann.
NONFICTION.
Here Is Your War, by Ernie
Pyle.
Good Night, Sweet Prince,
by Gene Fowler.
Under Cover, by John Roy
Carlson.
Persons and Places, by
George Santayana.
God Il My Co-Pilot, by Col.
Robert L. Scott.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
I he Art World
The Navy at War; Important Exhibition
Opens at Corcoran Gallery Today

ton and Albert K. Murray of New
York, both well trained and sue
cessful. At the time of enlistment
they had no idea of being commits
stoned to record the war.
Dwight Shepler is best known to
the public by his water-color paint
ings of skiing, sport in which he
excelled. These were especially no.
table for the manner in which broad
stretches of snow were interpreted,
with a simplicity and pausity rarely
found save in the paintings of ORR
entail artists Of very long ago. That
he should have been assigned to duty
In the South Pacific might there
fore seem to have been a trick OF
fate, but the fact is that he has now
rendered tropic sun and surround
ing with no less skill.
He, too, has an eye for beauty and
has found 1t in the swamps and
Jungles OF the Jap-infested islands.
as well as in the snowfields of hap
pier memory. He, too, halls from
New England, is a graduate of VIII
llams College and was at one time
instructor In water-color painting in
the Boston Museum School. He does
portraits as well as water colors, and
with unusual success. Apparently
he Is able to take the hardships OF
WARRIOR he is reported to have
slept IN foxholes and lodged jap
bullets on GuadalcanaI-and vet
kept unalterably his perception of
beauty in nature-a beauty utterly
unconcerned with the affairs Of
man.
1t. Albert K. Murray, the third
OF this trio, halls from the Middle
West, having been born In En-
poria, Kans. He studied at Syra-
cuse University, then In New York,
Mexico and London. In addition
to portraits Of members of the Navy
General Board and of men OF the
Inflated U. s. S. Boise, he has
painted and drawn subjects found
in the Caribbean Sea and outlaying
lands to which he has been as
signed.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Cone of Silence
By A. Fleming McLeish.
(Houghton Mi67in.)

Into this very young and impas.
stoned novel Mr.. McLeish has ear
nestly tried to crowd the erudition
and reflections of lifetime. The
result is one of those seething,
churning pieces OF fiction which,
back in the '20s, used to roll out
Of the minds of bright young men
13 to the dozen. 1t fearlessly grap-
pies the problems Of politics, war,
art, religion, social justice and, Of
course, love, and comes up looking
for more. The author unquestion-
ably has genius, but he has not
learned discrimination, nor does he
seem to have acquired an apprecia-
ton of the place of humor in any
written thing.
The book Is a stream of conscious
ness thing; apparently autobiog-
raphical.. 1t introduces a highly
superior young man for its hero,
takes him through various European
countries in q series OF peregrina.
tlons, in the course of which he dis.
cusses the social and political situ-
ations which pass before him, breaks
his back and woos and wins a wife.
Back in America, he suffers reverses
in his fortune, his wife loses and
regains her mind, his baby dies and,
later, so does his dog. The action,
however, is not what has interested
the author-that is what the SUI
|perior young man thinks and some
times 1t Is very well worth reading,
too. Apparently, the mantle Of
Aldous Huxley has at least side
swiped Mr.. McLeish, but, unfor.
tunately, not to the extent of i'm
parting Huxley's wit or humor. II
you can imagine the Huxley of about
20 years also playing it straight,
you will have something like Gone
of Silence"
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Painting Assignm enfs.

Griffith Baily Coale, now a heu-
tenant commander, did not go into
the Navy until after Pearl Harbor,
but he arrived in Honolulu very
shortly after that disaster, which,
with the aid of eye witnesses, he
has graphically depicted. Comdr.
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Book illustrations
At Public Library.

Inc Central PuDuc Library, Fine
Arts Division, Is showing until Feb
ruary 6, two series of book illustra-
tions: Frans Masereel's Dance of
Death" and Aristide Maillol's wood
cuts for an edition of Virgil's
eclogues. Both were loaned by Kurt
Wolff of the Pantheon Press. It
would be difficult to recall a show Of
illustrations offering greater con-
trasts than these.
Masereel, a Belgian artist famous
for his wood engravings, originated
books Of pictures without text. Ger
tainly this series of IL reproductions
needs none. Death, an animated
skeleton, is paradoxically the most
vital figure in the pictures, which
deal with the, war: Death dawning
over the world; death riding air
planes, a submarine, q cannon, peer
ing from a tank, raining bombs,
parachuting to earth, leading refu-
gees, etc. The strong, simple black
and white Of these prints has q pow
erful impact.
The spirit Of these contemporary
representations of the Dance OF
Death is akin to that Of Holbeins
famous series Of woodcuts Of four
centuries ago. The subject has been
recurring for 900 years or more. It
is assumed to have started in the
Middle Ages, when large numbers
OF people were killed by plaques
such as the 'black DEATH"
Maillol's eclogue woodcuts, simple
and linear, some printed In red
others In black, have an archaic
quality that seems to conjure up the
pastoral scenes and characters OF
Virgil, belonging to a peaceful era
utterly remote from ours today.
Changes at OAR Museum.
Helen s. Johnson. executive sec
retary of the OAR Museum for sew
eral years, has just left to take
charge of educational work at the
Boston Children's Museum in ia
maica Plain. Rosalind Wright, Miss
Johnson's assistant for the past two
years, succeeds her as new secre-
tary Of the OAR Museum. She will
continue the series Of admirable ex-
hibitions Of early American decora-
tive arts 30 wen developed by Miss
JOHNSON.
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Coale excels in the rendition OF
night scenes such as the battle of
Midway, in which he took part, and
the sinking of the Reuben James
His first assignment In the Navy
was on q convoy to Iceland. He is
now on his way to the Southeast
Asia theater Of war. A Baltimorean
by birth, Condr. Coale has travelled
extensively and is a naval en-
thusiast.
incidentally, 1t. Shepler is now
In England, recording the prepara-
ticns which are being made for the
invasion of Europe. 1t. Draper has
been transferred from the Aleutians
to the South Pacific and is carrying
on where Shepler left off-with the
marines in Bougainville.
Each of the five artists are rep
resented in the exhibition by IS
works-only a small fraction Of
those produced. OF the total num-
ber q few have already been ex-
hibited. (The National Geographic
Society, 1t will be recalled, recently
exhibited group of paintings by
1t. Draper) Others have been re-
produced in black and white and
color in magazines with large cir
culations, and in such books as "The
Navy at War" civilian Morrow g.
Co.)-for after all the purpose Of
the Navy is to make report through
these works to all the people of
the United States sharing In the
sacrifices Of war and the longing
for peace. 1t is a great record Of
courage, gallantry and achievement
and one Of which we may all be
Justly proud.
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men, the sharing OF all goods. the
genuinely democratic spirit-of such
she writes glowingly.
Summing up, she decides that the
constructive influence for democracy
behind Chang has been Donald, and
that now that Donald is gone the
regime Is in grave danger of being
taken over by the pro-Japanese ele-
ments IN 1t, notably by the Minister
OF War. The book, like many of its
kind, Is an unconscious self portrait
as well as a description of condi-
ttons.
Liono
By Martha Gellhorn. (Scrib-
7lerS.)
If the reader can work up an in
terest In theme so hackneyed and
obvious as that Of Madame Butter
fly" he will find this short novel
quite entertaining. 1t is the story
Of a little mulatta girl OF the French
West Indies whose life is fatally af-
fected by the loves OF "beeg white
mans" Llama Is first married with.
out love to wealthy planter twice
her age, and then, after several years
OF ostracism by white society, is
truly loved by young tutor whom
her husband employs to teach her
But, presently France falls and the
young man feels that he must leave
the islands to fight, and simultane.
ously the husband discovers her un-
faithfuness. Llama, abandoned
takes her life. That, in essence, is
Miss Gellhorn's story.
1t is done with a pretty heavy
hand and an obvious determination
to squeeze the last bit of agony out
of the situations, but there is a
vividness about it, too. For a sue
fcessful emotional romance, the per-
formance is entirely adequate.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Der Fuehrer

By Konrdd Heiden. Translated
from the German by Ralph
Mannheim. fHoughton Mif1tn. j
Though there have been biogra-
phies aplenty of Adolf Hitler, an6
though there is probably no one II
any civilized country who does moi
have an idea Of his career, there
are still to the lay mind certain
puzzling aspects about his rise
The gap between the discrediteo
rabble-rouser Of the beer halls anc
the one man to- whom Presiden,
Won Hindenberg could turn, as hs
thought, to save the German state
is so wide that its bridging will al
ways require explanation. So fal
few Of the histories which the re-
viewer has read have given ex-
plantations which were better than
theoretical. Their acceptance has
required a conscious effort of the
mind; they have left one saying
well, If that's how It happened
that's how it happened" withou,
SOl1SACV1Oul. A11C PACcCllU WYNN AlolA-
dies its material in such q way thai
the long-lacking conviction is sup.
piled. It makes the Fuehrer's career
not only real, but credible.
Mr.. Heiden's method Is to trace
party growth in Germany in term!
Of conditions rather than of Hit.
ler's influence. There were con.
siderable periods, he says, wher
Hitler did virtually no work for hi
organization, when the movement
simply stood still and was hele
together by other leaders. Hitler!
part is shown to consist of a serie:
of blows, widely apart in years
in part unsuccessful and, in tht
case of the decisive ones, lucky
rather than wise. The difficulty
with past biographies has been thai
they have usually presented dis.
organized personality achieving {
consummate piece Of organization
But no such paradox occurred, II
Mr.. Heiden's view. His work con.
tainS claims which the reviewer has
not seen in print heretofore and II
Evening star., 1944-01-30

Books
By Mary.Carter Roberts
they Shall Not Sleep

By Leland Sto1De. (Knopf.)
This volume Of war memoirs, thu
second to come from Mr.. Stoves
pen, In general follows the prevail.
ing pattern. It gives an account oi
the authors personal experiences a
q war correspondent and then offers
his view Of the present and the fu.
ture as those experiences have in.
huenced him. China, Burma anc
Russia are the countries covered
from the fall Of 1941 to the fol.
lowing summer.
OF China, Mr.. Stowe writes with
perceptible dislike. He attacks its
government on the ground that it Il
q one-party system which sup.
presses freedom Of speech and press
and has concentration camps fol
dissenters. He also accuses the Chi
nese Of padding their lists of re.
quired lease-lend materials in order
to get America to underwrite
China's industrialization, as he puts
It. He deals In frankly insulting
language describing this ally, anc
getting around to Burma he does M
better for the English. He charges
that the retreat was not necessary
and that conceit and stupidity art
the distinguishing marks OF the co.
lonial English leader.
His next assignment was in Rus
sia, and 1t Is pleasant to report
that he thought better OF this other
ally. In fact, he found everything
in Russia practically perfect. He
does not make it plain to his read
ers. however, why q one-party sys.
tenn Is so reprehensible for one ally
and 50 admirable for another.
He sums up by reiterating that
the peace OF the world depends on
good relations between Great Brit
ain, Russia and ourselves. He feels
that such relations are possible be-
cause, he says, Russia has given up
fomenting world revolution and will
be satisfied with rank as q world
power. He also feels that private
enterprise is growing in the Com
munist state, and that the perse-
cution Of religion is definitely at
an end.
His book contains some brilliant
writing and has power beyond
most correspondents volumes. One
cannot but feel. however, that In
the respective Chinese and Russian
situations, he let personal bias sway
him. Obviously he does not like
the Chinese and, obviously, he does
like the Russians. II he had ad-
mitted the condition and not put II
down to governmental system, his
book would have been improved
considerably.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Ome-Mam Sbo1V by Washington
artist at G Place Gallery

employment on the Federal Art
Project, and took the civil service
examination which led to his pres
ent position in the Smithsonian
Institution.
He is represented in the perma-
nent collections of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum
and Phillips Memorial Gallery.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
D. C. Prospective Political Status
AS Defined by Theodore w. Noyes
BY JESSE c. sUTER.

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ssps
in 1901 were given for the Of answering the
period Evening
question Of District representaton the national
the hearings political
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cans Of the Naona Capital There follow quotations Mr. Noyes
to the questions s raised by Chairman Cha Mccsr1an
part series ARTICLES Of wa.hinon
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attributes Of sovereign State It not declared that all the
footing and shaped dentcal the mold
equality Of the states doubtless in the Gonstu
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have already viewed the
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admit
american PRIVILEGES are bestowed and not be viewed State
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obstacles can Of course be removed by amendment
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petition we are asking for this constitutional amendment
State to give to the Americans residing the miles
square under the exclusive control of Congress the
citizens of State Congress and the electoral college
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