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Setting the Stage for America S
Postwar Role in the Pacific

rise Of Japan militant as new
dynamic with which our traditional
policy proved increasingly unable
| to cope, especially since strong
measures by our State Department
could mot count ON the resolute
backing of American public opin-
ion. Yet our diplomacy would never
capitulate to Japan's program of
Far Eastern domination. This COM
bination Of insistence upon princi-
Piles and reluctance to implement
them by action led Japan militant
to grasp what looked like golden
opportunity and risk the supreme
challenge of Pearl Harbor.
Postwar Aspects.
The authors concluding chapter
on postwar aspects is naturally of
especial interest to the forward
looking reader. He emphasizes the
necessity of completely destroying
the peculiar setup of modern ia
pan, a combination of landlords,
industrial magnates and militar-
lists, invoking the sanction Of a
divine emperor" to exploit and IA
naticize a poor and docile people.
Only after this sinister structure
has been thoroughly demolished can
a chastened Japan be integrated
into a stable world order.
China must likewise undergo a
profound internal Transformation
before it can attain the place to
which 1t is inherently entitled. An
other problem of infinite complexity
is that of the numerous peoples
hitherto subject to the colonial rule
of Britain, France, Holland and 9TH
ers. Our policy in the Philippines
may well be landmark pointing
the way to a better future.
The part to be played by Soviet
Russia in these postwar develop
ments is as yet enigmatic but will
probably be highly important. The
author concludes by stressing the
need for establishing "a strong and
progressive world organization" as
prerequisite for peaceful and
constructive settlement of all these
problems. within this perspective"
he writes, American policy might
well be merged, on a broader plat
form than that formerly provided
by the nine-power treaty, in world
program for the welfare and ad-
vancement of the Far East"
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u~.IE~... By Ho,oard Spring Viking:

The author of the best-selling
my Son. My Son" OF some seasons
ago comes out now with his second
novel. It is q highly colored melo-
drama with little significance. But
SO piausibly Is 1t put together q
reader will not recognize its weak
ness until he is practically through.
Then he win probably ask himself.
us that ALP" For right up to the
end the clever Mr.. Spring keeps you
believing that he has some profound
reason behind the surface OF his
tale.
He begins by setting a scene
which indicates q drama Of social
implications. He gives you 4 back
ground OF Manchester slums Ii the
80s with = handsome young parson
taking m appropriate interest Ia
poverty and its well-known prob
lems. he also gives you . magnats
Evening star., 1945-02-04
The Ten Grondmothers
By Alice Marriott. (UniDersit1
of Oklahoma Press. $30OJ

By Alice Marriott. (UniDersitg
OF Oklahoma Press; $3.00J
In this series of short tales. Alice
Marriott, noted ethnologist, attempts
to cover the changes which have
taken place in a tribe of Plains
Indians in the last century. The
stories are not imaginary nor are
they Indian legends. They are ac-
counts Of things which happened
and Miss Marriott gathered them
from personal investigation among
elders OF the tribe, which is that
Of the Kiowas of Oklahoma, Texas
and Kansas.
The stories are dated by the
years In which they happened, the
first being 1847 and the last 1914
They are short and frequently simple
little episodes having to do with the
lives and careers of men and women
who, though they lived within the
communal bounds of tribal society
are remembered as individuals
What will impress the white reader
is how remarkably little Indian life
has changed except in externas.
Hunters and Warriors.
The first of the stories deal with
raids and war parties in the days
when the Kiowas were still hunters
and warriors, even though aware OF
the approaching white frontier. The
latter ones tell Of college trained
boys and girls, of Christian Indians
and young braves going OF to fight
for the white government across the
ocean. But through the whole
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Is to manufacture she must re-enter
world trade. How far? No one
could agree.
That ran over into when does
Japan re-enter the community Of
nations?"
Agreed: When she has become Q
peace-loving nation. But that
switched right back into how much
she will be allowed to buy and sell.
The other Asiatics insisted, and won
agreement, that Japan must be the
last to get any assistance even
though famine is likely at first.
So Japan will be a starving na.
tion, with riots no doubt, and per-
haps confirmed in her belief that
the white race Is something to hate.
How, then, to lead her people into
democratic ways Of living?
The only other theory was the
"stew-in-her-own- juice" one. Some
experts said she might just be left
In isolation until she had genuinely
realized the hole into which her
military had led her. There was no
agreement on any plan for re-edu-
eating her.
Distributed by Associated Press.)
Evening star., 1945-02-04
Charles Francis Coe Tells How
He Became q Fiction Foundry

and it took a secretary 10 days tt
transcribe the records.
IA Nom de Plumes.
Then there was the writing ol
'Swag.' A secretary I had described
it this way: You'd start shooting
cowboys and I'd have 'em buried BY
5 pm In those two weeks, in ad.
dition to writing 'Swag' had writ.
ten stories-short pieces-under Il
different Names
The man who made a fortune out
Of prohibition-writing about it.
gangs and their crimes-looks for.
ward to. the postwar years with
some misgivings. But misgiving.
disappear when he mentions hi.
daughter, Betty Coe.
''She's sold two pieces to the Cos.
mopolitan and has made 5000 ir
two months out OF her little portabl,
typewriter And its marvellous tt
see how she develops and bloom,
under that success. That's what
gives Pappy a kick"
Never Happened Before.
Perhaps that's "hy "Pappy" OF
"Socker" is taking home with him
the manuscript of a book a raven.
GUS publisher wanted and which
was placed in a brief case to take
to him. But "Socker" changed hi.
mind. II don't know whether tt
publish it or not. That never hap.
pened to me before,"
Are you becoming q perfection
ist?" he was asked.
He looked a little amazed at thai
question and then he replied
thoughtfully: Il wonder if there
isn't something in that?"
Evening star., 1945-02-04
The Troubled Midnight

Novels by war correspondents so
far have conformed pretty much to
pattern. They give you a scene in
some European city, usually cap
ital Of an unoccupied country, in the
painting of which you recognize the
verisimilitude which comes from
the authors knowledge and the laid
on glamour which comes from his
hope of Hollywood. They give you
love affair. It will be between an
American newspapermar1 or an in
telligence officer or pilot and a
beautiful refugee or an American
girl or high-born lady of the coun-
try in question. There will be some
spies doing dirty work and charac-
ter corresponding to the man whom
0. Henry used to call "the light
haired friend Of the hero" will get
killed. We have very much that
sort Of thing here.
Mr.. Gunther's hero Is q British
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Review
Continued From Page CID

clad troops cross German border at
two new points. Artillery hurls shells
into main Siegfried Notifications; lst
and Sd reach within miles of tive
headwater dams controlling flood
level of Roer River, major barrier to
Cologne. Nazi defenses found thinly
manned. Americans make sudden
surprise landing go miles northeast
OF Manila on Subic Bay and dash
inland to attempt juncture with
Kruger's 9Th Army and seal of
Bataan to prevent Jap retreat. No
shot was fired as Americans pour
ashore from $50 ships to land among
flag-waving, cheering Filipinos; 6tn
Army 80 miles from Manila.
Thursday: Germans report Rus
sian tanks reach Oder at point only
80 miles from Berlin. Reds at Kru-
tin, one of main Berlin defense
points. Stage set for tremendous
battle in Frankfurt area. First
Army penetrates deeper into Sieg-
fried Line, finds surprisingly little
resistance. Indications of German
withdrawal seen. French reduce
size of Colmar pocket and approach
within mile of Rhine. Bataan pris-
oners freed by Ranger attack in
which u raiders are killed while
Japs lose 523. Americans capture
Olongapo, naval repair base in Subic
Bay. Find Jap pillhoxes undefended.
Grande Island, little Corregidor,"
easily captured. Sixth Army %
miles from Manila.
Friday: Nazis claim to have
checked Russians at all points ex-
cept In East Prussia. Prepare to
defend Berlin. Declare Russians
driven out of Krustin but that
full-scale attack may be imminent.
American and French troops seize
Colmar and clear 80 miles of west
bank Of Rhine Only limited re-
sistance met. Thaw slows Ameri-
can 1st and Sd Armies as they move
deeper into Siegfried Line over 40
mile front. Americans land below
Manila for third Luzon invasion,
threatening to trap Japs in capital.
Japs again caught by surprise Road
to Bataan believed sealed of.
United States 14th Air Force base
at Suichwan near Indo- China, China
corridor, abandoned and destroyed
by Americans as Japs press forward.
Navy announces submarines sink
10 more Jap ships, including trans
ports and tankers. Army combat
losses for war set at 65O,420, with
l2l ,676 killed and 91,573 missing.
Saturday: Nazis report Reds gain
then lose bridgehead over Oder
River near Krustin. Heavy battle
reported at Frank -the-O Oder.
Reds press on toward Stettin, liz
miles way. German press and radio
blare warnings to people to remem-
Der 1918. Berlin bombed by 1000
Flying Fortresses and Magdeburg
oil center hit by 400 more. Amer
ican LIST Army half way through
thick Siegfried Line 'defenses near
Aachen. Now 80 miles from Bonn,
important communications center.
Minor progress made at other points
along the western front. Two
American forces rush toward Manila
which may not be defended. One
column II miles away. the other, ls.
Evening star., 1945-02-04
Public Library
Book Pointers
BY Dorothy P. CIemen,
Sociology Division,
Washington Public Library,

Washington Public Library.
The thought uppermost in mems
minds today is that of peace and
harmony at home and with all ma
tions. There is, however, one funda-
mental truth that seems to be over
looked-we cannot have a peaceful
world unless we build on the SOL
idarity of human kind. Our first
duty appears to be the elimination
of our racial, cultural and creedal
prejudices. Many fine books have
been written to aid us in our efforts.
Ruth Benedict in Race, Preju-
dice and Politics" refutes scientific
ally the doctrines of pure" "su-
perior" and inferior" races. She
exposes racism as a set Of RATIONAL
izations growing out from colonial
and power politics.
Evening star., 1945-02-04
Best Sellers
fAccordtra to PAbIishers Weekly.
FICTION.

NACCW WtHH ~ 61VGHUGI1 WSSEtYs
FICTION.
+Thc Green Years, by A. J.
Cronfn Little, Brown & Co.,
$25O.)
Forever Amber, by Kathleen
Winsor (Macmillan Co., 5000
Earth and High Heaven, by
Gwethalyn Graham g. B. Lip
pincott Co., $2.50.)
sCannery Row, by John
Steinback Viking Press, So
Immortal Wife, by Irving
Stone doubleday, Doran, So
NONFICT1ON.
Brave Men, by Ernie Pyle
(Holt g. Co., So
Try and Stop Me, by Bennett
Cert (Simon g. Schuster, $3)
yankee From Olympus, by
Catherine Drinker Bowen Git
tie, Brown & Co., $3o
1.-THE Time for Decision, by
Sumner Welles (Harper &
Bro, So
The World Of Washington
Irving, by Van Wyck Brooks,
(Blakiston Co., $3.50
sIndicates first In local sales.
fSecond. Third. fFourth.
Books listed beIop, which do
not appear on the national best
seller list, are also best sellers in
Washington.
Captain From Castillo, by
Samuel Shellabarger little
Brown Co., So
Anything Can Happen, by
George and Helen Papashvily
(Harper & Bro, So
Guide to the Peace, edited by
Sumner Welles dryden Press,
$3.50
Rivers Of the Eastern Shore,
by Hubert Footner (Farrar &.
Rinehart. $500
Evening star., 1945-02-04

In embryo. a young printer with
gleam In his eye who starts a
penny newspaper and sets out on
the career OF a baron Of the press.
With no more properties than this
many novelist has done q fine,
ruthless, ringing piece about laissez
faire and the horrors of materialism.
But Mr.. Spring lets his social inn
plications gently slump and grad
ually his tale turns into a love
story. He brings this about by In
Producing, somewhat as an after
thought, lovely reformed prosti-
tute and causing the parson to
jeopardize his career by deciding
to marry her. Then he has what
might have been Z satire on hypoc-
risy, but that plan s1umps, too, and
It al ends IN simple, old-fashioned
physical melodrariia. It's all lively
reading. though.
NC. r.
Evening star., 1945-02-04
ICtVleWtU Uy
IOTHROP STODDARD.

- LO1HHOf . O1ODJAftO.
The Institute of Pacific Relations
an unofficial nonpolitical body
founded 20 years ago to facilitate
the scientific study of the peoples OF
the Pacific area, is publishing a
series of books of which this is one
It's author, now research associate
of the institute, has solid reputa-
ton for scholarship in this field, and
the present book is carefully docu-
mented, with useful index.
Mr.. Bisson's aim is to present a
balanced picture of Americas role
in the Far East. Beginning with a
brief but adequate historical back
ground, it treats in more detail the
crucial decade of the 1930s and the
climax of Pearl Harbor, which ush-
cred in a new era In the Pacific.
The book ends with a thought
provoking analysis of postwar posi-
bilities.
The emphasis is on the necessity
for informed, iong-range statesmen
ship II this country is wisely to
play the major role in the Pacific
which we must undertake if the
tremendous problems of reconstruc-
ton which the present war will
leave behind are to be successfully
met and solved.
The China Trade.
Americas Far Eastern policy CEN
tered primarily about China, mott
vated by the China trade" so priced
by our mercantile forebears. Seek
ing neither colonies nor exclusive
spheres of influence" our diplo-
macy was expressed in the open
door," which implied maintaining
China's sovereign integrity. This
policy was hard pressed during the
imperialistic close of the 10Th CEN
tury and succeeded more by the
interplay of world politics than by
our own exertions.
The present century witnessed the
Evening star., 1945-02-04

series runs the thread Of deep-laid
native beliefs, above all the belief
In q mans power" his personal
connection with nature through
some Of its many forms. This faith
1t seems, has obstinately survived
and determines more in the tribe
today than openly meets the eye.
Miss Marriott does not tell her
readers, however, that the old
thoughts of the Indians will sur
vive indefinitely. Her book says
that they are dying out, as the old
people die. There Is q falling ca
dence about the series which can
not but move . sensitive reader.
Evening star., 1945-02-04
Within the Circle ,-.-
By Epelyn Stetansson. (Schrib'

Reviewed by W. G. ROGERS.
This portrait of the Arctic is an
unpretentious book. Its author stays
so modestly out of the way that it's
hard to say whether she herself has
actually been in the northlands so
familiar to her explorer husband
Vilhjalmur. But she takes you there
with text and photograph. You
travel along the land rim of the
Polar Mediterranean; the present
is emphasized, but there are exciting
glimpses into the distant past and
reasonable guesses at the future.
Its 160 pages of information served
up agreeably for young and old
both to enjoy.
Evening star., 1945-02-04
This Weeks
New Books

Red Fruit, So, Feb. o.
Written In Sand, So, Feb. 6.
Germany Between Two Wars, $3.50
The Journal Of Mary Hervey Russell
80 80, Feb. d.
Poland, S5.
The United States and the World Court
81, Feb 4.
Burned Fingers, 50, Feb. 8.
Return to the Vineyard. $3.50, Feb. 8.
The Innovator, $2.15, Feb. 8.
Black Widew, $3. Feb. 3.
Dom Pedre Of Brazil, $3.50, Feb. 7,
Appleby's End, So, Feb, z.
Remembered Death, So. Feb. z.
Feb. 2.
Evening star., 1945-02-04

enAi'es FrAncS Coe' OF gang stories
the authority on crime, isn't turn
ing his back on writing entirely
so soon as I would know that
had happened I would want only a
coffin" he said. His round, jovial
face became serious, and he added
that it is not humanity possible for
a writer to exclude writing from his
life.
"Socker" hasn't tried, and his
book, Never a Dull Moment" was
written after he hung out his shin
gle. "Socker" is the name you start
calling him soon after you meet him
even though nicknames and first
names don't come easy to you
"Socker" it has been since his late
teens when he did a hitch in the
Navy. The nickname preserves his
Navy reputation as fighter.
Lady Astor couldn't quite bring
herself to use the nickname un-
adorned. She called him "Mr.
Socker" at dinner at the Ameri-
can Embassy in London. with Gen.
OdWcS DIS llOSt anu LcOIl cIIUi
shocking the guests with his act as
a waiter not only clumsy but in
sulting. The story Is a high point
Of laughter in Never a Dull
Moment"
5000 Words a Day.
Mr.. Coe was transformed into a
fiction foundry" when the first year
of writing for the pulp magazines
brought him $37 1000 and he decided
to make writing his profession. He
stuck adhesive tape on his finger
tips to keep them from getting sore
hitting the keys of his typewriter.
1t was nothing to write 5000 words
a day as he advanced along the
road to become "a snooty, high-hat
slick-paper guy" He reached that
goal and the production kept up.
II wrote half of a Saturday Eve
ming Post serial, Show Down. one
Sunday afternoon" he said. Wrote
it9 dictatnd IL into q dictanh0ne
Evening star., 1945-02-04
Reviewing | he New Books
Memorable Scenes
In the Life Of
AGreut River
THE MISSOURI

S0S NIYC1
THE MISSOURI
BY Stanley Vestal. Illustrated
by Getldr Smith. (Fdrrar G.
Rinehart;; $780,
By Mary Carfer-Roberfs.
There have been 27 volumes of
"The Rivers OF America" series is
sued to date and, in general, the
level Of the books has been high.
First-rate writers have been en-
ployed for the project and literary
quality has been maintained which
is unusual in a routine series. STAN
ley Vestals volume on the Missouri
has number Of points to commend
1t, but it is not one of the best of
the group.
It is clever, readable writing and
you will hardly be bored at any
point. The book does not seem,
however, to be up to it's subject-the
second largest stream in the United
States. The trouble lies in the ar
rangement. There is no attempt at
consecutive historical writing, no ef-
fort to treat separately and in full of
the various types Of life which lie
along the river.
Lively Anecdotes.
The book consists almost alto
gether Of brief anecdotes which are
tossed together Unfortunately
whether they deal with Indian life,
cattlemen, farmers, trappers, SOL
diers or whatever. They are all
lively and good and, as said, you
will follow through. But you won't
have much of a history of the Mis-
souri, when you have done it.
This is the more disappointing
because Mr.. Vestal himself insists
repeatedly on the greatness of the
Missouri as history maker. And
the names with which he deals, GER
tainly, are memorable in American
annals-Lewis and Clark, Chouteau,
Sublette, Bridger, Custer, Carson,
Buffalo Bill, Brigham Young, Sit
ting Bull, Chief Joseph, Wild Bill
Hickok, the Kansas City Star, to
name a few. But the sweep of his
tory seems to evade him and he
deals in vignettes. The illustrations
by Getlar Smith are bold and
striking.
Evening star., 1945-02-04
By John Gunther. (Harpers;
$2.5Q.l

intelligence officer and his heroine
an American girl. They meet in
Istanbul. There is a handsome
German spy who would rival the
hero, not only for professional
laurels, but for the heroine's heart
And there is a beautiful Hungarian
dancer who would rival the heroine
for the hero's. But these cross
purposes are duly Tended of and, as
Turkey moves toward the Allied
side, the happy lovers correspond
ingly move toward their union.
None of 1t has any reality. It is
just would-be exciting fiction.
NC. r.
Evening star., 1945-02-04
Home in the West
By Harley FERGUSON. (DueH
Sloan & Pedrce:. S2.75.l

By H1rDey Ferguson. (DueH,
Sloan G. Pearce; $2.75.)
Harvey Ferguson, who in the
past 20 years has written some good
unpretentious novels, comes forth
now with his autobiography. Or
perhaps one had better say, his
version of an autobiography. For in
a number of points his telling of his
history differs from the autobi-
ographical work ordinarily turned
out by the successful writing man. It
does not deal in a style of close
and loving detail with his memories
from childhood on to the point
where discretion makes selectivity
imperative but limits itself solely to
the parts of the past which its
author feels have had a lasting in
fuence on him and have shaped
him into the man he has become.
The effect is of clarity and logic
unusual in anything so unclear and
illogical as the story of human
life. 5u .:-
The Physical Landscape.
Mr.. Ferguson tells us then that
his roots are in the physical land
scape in which he grew up, the
desert country around Albuquer-
que, N. Mex, Looking back, he
sees himself as an Interchangeable
individualist, perpetually engaged in
escaping from social pressures. AS
boy, he found the means of es-
cape in that landscape-he had a
pony and gun and he rode out
alone into the mountains and gave
himself up to the most individul-
istic of all sports, which is solitary
hunting. In that way he developed
his powers of observation and ex-
perienced his most profound young
emotion, a sense of oneness with
nature which came to him as an
ecstasy.
When, in the form of school and
college, social pressure overlook
him, he did not succeed, he says, in
transferring his wilderness bred
self-reliance to his new environ
ment, but only suffered from a sense
Of failure and inadequacy. He made
his adjustment by arranging his
life so that he could move between
society and solitude, changing one
for the other at will. Society has
been represented for him by various
Eastern cities dncluding Washing
toni but his solitude remains the
West, the desert and mountains.
Two Generations.
Telling this story, Mr.. Ferguson
points out that he belongs to the
generation which received its train
ing in one social world, the late
Victorian, and survived to live in
another, the modern. He traces
this conflict through his own ex-
perience, keeping it lucidly personal
without losing the broader impli-
cations. To establish his back
ground he gives us portraits of his
immigrant maternal grandfather,
who typified the pioneer for him,
and his father, frontier lawyer
and politician who believed in the
Southern code of chivalry just as
it had come to him out of Sir
Walter Scott.
He relates all this material in
singularly relevant way and has
produced a life history which has
both truth and beauty.
Evening star., 1945-02-04

F r a n is Goes
own description
of himself as a
writer, given in
the course of an
inter v / e W the
other day. He
had come to
Washington to
address the Ad-
vertising Clu b
and was going
back to Palm
Beach and his
law prac t / C e
soon afterward.
But the writer
Evening star., 1945-02-04
BY Francis p. DOUGLAS.

The fiction foundry" has be-
come lawyer specializing in trusts,
wills, contracts and corporation
problems.
Fiction foundry" is Charles
Evening star., 1945-02-04

mrs. LARK AndefSOn
The Whole World Over
By Isabel Anderson. bruce
Humphries.)
The author Of these poems Is Mrs
Larz Anderson, daughter Of Commo-
dore George Hamilton Perkins
widow of the former Ambassador te
Japan and long a resident OF Wash.
ington. The verses have had pre-.
vious publication in a number o1
anthologies and poetry magazines.
They are short pieces dealing with
the war, generally in terms o. places
Mrs. Anderson, wide traveller, Ia.
ments the desolation which hN
fallen on many lands which she ha
visited. Her manner is simple ane
| without affectation. NC. r.
Evening star., 1945-02-04
IA'S FAR EASTER,N

AMERICAS FAR EASTERN
POLICY
By T. A. Bison. Published b.
International Secretariat, IN
Stitute OF Pacific Relations
Distributed by the Macmillan
Company, $3.)