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Evening star., 1945-08-26
Beveridge Draws Up
A Paper Program
For World Peace
THE PRICE OF PEACE
BIZ Sir William BeUeridge.
Morton: ST.


Morton; ST.
Although Sir William Beveridge is
at the moment considered a great
statesman, I have found in this
book Of his, after a careful reading,
nothing much but words. Or, to be
kinder, generalities. His price of
peace is a program laid out on
paper and it shows itself as such,
now that peace is here. Had he
gotten his script to his publisher
only a few weeks earlier, to be sure,
he would have found himself in the
peak of fashion. But paper pro-
grams today are beginning to re-
mind us Of how easily paper will
tear.
He surveys, as so many writer's on
the subject have done, the errors Of
the peace of 1918 and reviews the
common causes of war. Then he
examines a number of prominent
peace plans and from the various
platforms, selects what planks he
thinks will be indispensable. They
sum up to a worldwide supernatural
authority before which all interna-
tional disputes will be subject to
compulsory arbitration. The au-
thority is not to be a world state
1t is to be a world court and it must
be enforced by a world police, stra-
logically based around the planet.
Regional groupings of powers will
not serve, says Sir william, nor will
any program which fails to take in
all the nations. There must be a
supplementing economic program
which will aim at eli1inating pow
erty, unemployment and similar
evils.
It is all right. So would any other
reasonable program. be-if the gov
ernments would obey it. But-who
will bell the cat? NC. r.
Evening star., 1945-08-26

MILITARY Vicar OF Catholic
Chaplains OF the Armed
Forces. -AP Photo.
'of their emotions, Of their hopes
and fears both through battle and
in anticipating the future, Of what
they want when they come home
and Of how they came to want
these things.
Archbishop Spellman, Military
Vicar to the Armed Forces and q
recognized religious leader, travelled
through Africa, Italy and France q
few days after D-day, and on to
Normandy and Germany. He admin
istered to our boys before they went
into combat. spoke to them when
they returned, and prayed over them
as they died. He knew them inti-
mately and SO writes out Of his
knowledge that those who read him
will have fuller grasp OF soldier psy-
chology when soldiers come home. He
praises unstintingly the work of the
chaplains and the medics whose ef-
forts have brought back so many
boys healthy in soul and body.
Ihumbnail sketch Of some Of the
heroes Of the war also dot the book.
In his description Of the peoples
|of Europe the reader will ind q
compendious evaluation Of their
needs and our duty toward them.
Archbishop spellman was able to
Evening star., 1945-08-26
Rooster Crows for Day
By Ben Lucien Burman. (Dut-

By Ben Lucien Burman. (Dut-
ton; $780,
Although this novel won the 1945
Thomas Jefferson Award, a prize
= Of $4,000 which goes for "the best
book manuscript submitted by a
Southern author" I cannot award
1t more than a very tired yawn.
Reading the first few chapters, to be
sure, had a somewhat livelier SEN
sation-I was astonished. had long
admired Ben Lucien Burman's Mis-
sissippi River books; I was expect
ing something good from him. So.
as his novel began to develop on the
level Of sentimental comic strip, I
was incredulous. But presently sur
prise wore off and I settled down to
an endurance test which I will long
remember. Not since I read william
Saroyan's Human Comedy" have I
had a novel which seemed to me so
completely and deliberately feeble
minded.
TO describe the work, the comic
strip likeness seems to me the most
fitting figure. The story tells how
a young Mississippi River pilot of
extreme simplicity Of mind decided
to 60 to Africa and pilot boats on
the Congo. Accompanied by an
older friend who, though similarly
simple, is a demon engineer, he sets
out, arrives, gets his pilot job, loses
it and starts on a career of wander
ing vaguely around the Dark Con-
tinent. The explorer strips, in which
solitary American heroes brave jun
giles, deserts, crocodiles and gorillas,
from this point on dominate the
story.
The two friends 60 from the
mouth of the Congo to the Nile,
managing tropical fruit plantations,
hunting diamond mines, coping
with rebellious natives, dogged by
villainous Europeans, and all with
out any visible means Of support or
any education whatever.
Even so, Mr.. Burman has not CIV
en- us what you might suppose from
the foregoing-that is, rip-snort-
ing adventure tale Au Saroyan, he
works on a strictly submoronic level
of treacly sweetness and bleary
light. His heroes are obviously in
tended to be wistful dreamers, men
in years, but with their eyes alight
with the pure glow of childhood, but
they are actually impossible carica
lures. I can only suggest that, If
this is the best novel to be produced
by the South which gave us Faulk-
ner, Glasgow, Bradford and Cabell,
the well-known War Between the
States was fought in vain.
Evening star., 1945-08-26
THE FREE STATE
By D. w. Brogan. fKnopt;
s2.)
By Mary.Carfer Roberts
THE FREE STATE

Three long essays make up this
work. One presents "The Case for
Freedom" one "The Case for Poll
tics" and one studies Liberty and
Arms" The three together are q
defense Of democratic government,
its structure and institutions, not
its spirit kaerely. They are rich and
scholarly fare and well worth any,
body's reading.
"The Case for Freedom" takes up
the charges brought against demo-
cratic societies by totalitarians that
they are disorderly and extravagant.
They are those things, indeed, says
DR.. Brogan, and proceeds to show
how, in comparison with the we'll
ordered tyrannies, they compensate
such minor sins. Free nations, he
comments, have been enriched by
waste as Germany was improver-
ished by thrift" He continues,
when Paris or London was threat
ened with destruction - the
world felt that great centers of the
human spirit were endangered;
when Berlin was threatened 1t was
realized how little In Berlin that
was native to Berlin mattered to
anybody who was not a German
or, indeed, not a Berliner."
In THE Case for Politics." DR..
Brogan considers the charges that
parliamentary processes are inefi-
Evening star., 1945-08-26
Public Library
THE GREAT LAKES,
By Mary E. Keller,

y
Central Librarians Once. washington
Public Library.
Why not take a refreshing trip
to the Great Lakes this summer,
via your hammock or lawn chair?
Begin reading la Salle," by
Francis Parkman, an exciting tale
of the discovery and exploration of
this territory. Proceeding to the
present day, among many books
about the Lakes are 'The Great
Lakes" by Harlan Hatcher; "The
Long Ships Passing. by Walter
Havighurst, and "The American
Lake Series" edited by Harlan Hat
cher, consisting of one book about
each of the lakes, Superior, Mich
igan, Huron, Erie and Ontario.
An interesting narrative about the
land surrounding the lakes is Pine,
Stream and Prairie" Wisconsin and
Minnesota in profile, by James Gray.
Evening star., 1945-08-26
MorshoWs Speeches Offered as 'Mojor
Source Book of American Military History

SELECTED SPEECHES AND
STATEMENTS OF GEN.
GEORGE C. MARSHALL
(The Infantry Journal; $2z5.J
Reviewed by JOSEPH H. BAIRD.
Americas vast and hurried prep
arations for war and our subse-
quent struggle in both Europe and
the Pacific are seen in this volume
through the eyes of the man pri-
marily responsible for their plan
ming, Gen. Marshall, Chief Of Staff
Of the Army.
Gathered together here are 48
statements of the general, made
either in the form of public speeches
or statements before congressional
committees, and ranging in time
from October !, 1898, to June Is,
1945, after the defeat of Germany.
They have been carefully indexed
and edited by Maj. H. D. De Weerd.
From these documents one gets
the impression that American pre-
paredness for the greatest military
Evening star., 1945-08-26
By Harry Lever

The variety, volume and ready
accessibility Of books and publica-
tions of current interest in the
United States have exerted an ex-
tremely stimulating and beneficial
effect on the thinking of Americans,
according to Able Ernest Dimnet,
noted French author and lecturer
who has just completed his first
visit to Washington in six years.
Author of "The Art of Thinking"
a best seller in this country few
years ago, Able Dimnet told a Star
that Americans are the
most Unsuitable readers in the world,
a phenomenon which he attributed
to the high level of literacy in this
country and the ready availability
of good, inexpensive books and pub
lications.
Long one Of the most energetic
champions Of clear, lucid thinking
and writing-as opposed to what he
terms "obscurantism"-he paid trib-
ute to the ability Of the average
American to sift the ideas brought
to him by book, magazine, news
paper and radio, and arrive at in
dependent, critical opinions.
Independent Thinkers
"In a land where books, magazines
pamphlets and newspapers are
cheap, abundant and widely read,'
he remarked, "ideas and opinions
must necessarily be varied, .stimu-
lating and not always in agreement,
and the arguments upon which they
are based must necessarily be cogent
and logical.
Confronted with this wealth OF
controversial reading matter" he
continued, "the American is COM
PEELED by the natural desire to take
q definite stand on every con-
troversial question to exercise his
critical and analytical faculties by
sitting the many ideas set before
him and, by his own independent
thinking, arrives at his own inde-
pendent conclusions.
"Yes," the silver-haired Able
spoke, taken as individuals or, as
a nation, you Americans have sharp
ened your powers Of criticism,
analysis and evaluation to a re-
markable degree"
Newspaper Criticism
He marveled at the wealth OF
factual information provided by
the newspapers In this country and
its use as the background and
foundation Of critical thought. The
editorial comment and the opinions
Of widely read columnists, he pointed
out, cast the sharp light Of criticism
on the events and trends described
In the news columns.
Speaking q fluent and colloquial
English with briskness and liveli-
ness that belied his almost 80 years
the keen-witted Able continued his
enthusiastic discussion Of the sub-
ject:
THE American reader Is con-
Evening star., 1945-08-26
New Books

Rooster Crows for Day, $3.50, August 27.
Five Rivers, So, August 27.
With No Regrets, So, August 80.
Little Saueegy Bug, 81, September 1.
Stepchildren Of France, 50 so, August 81.
Country Road, S1.50, August 2S.
Top Stuff, $3.50, August 81.
The Mystery of the CreakinE Windmill,
So, August 27.
The Book for Junior woodsmen, So,
August 81.
World War II Veterans Rishts and
Benefits, 81, September 1.
Evening star., 1945-08-26
The Mightiest Army
By Col. Carl Detser. (Redder's
nj0oef deeocjufjo,, 25 co,,fc |

6y col. CQfL OeLSef. theQQef s
Digest Association; IS centsJ
This book satisfies a public need
for short, authoritative, concise
history of the creation of Ameri-
cas- great civilian Army and its
test in the crucible of war in both
and the Far East.
Col. Deter begins his story on
the afternoon of December Z, 1941,
when flash over the press associa-
ton wires brought a bewildered Ma
ton the news that Japan had at
tackled Pearl Harbor-that America
was at war. He tells of the vast
military and industrial planning
and of the realization of that plan
ming that led to final victory.
His narrative of the European
Evening star., 1945-08-26
Broad Morqin
By A. r. Beuerley-Giddings
/NNrrasp % Sn

By A. r. BeDerley-GiddingS.
(MorroU; $500
This is a pretty old plot, at least
as old as Uncle Toby and the Widow
Wadman in Tristram Shandy. Can
the man. or can't he?
Page Nugent comes back badly
wounded from the war. Melody
Beauty thinks he'll be whole per-
son again, but her family has its
doubts and airs them, sometimes
specifically and at other times by
hints about the wonderful Joy OF
having little ones.
The scene is the Chesapeake Bay
Tidewater region. You'll find il
easy to get acquainted with all the
characters, for they are straight ou,
of stock. The men hunt and fish
Evening star., 1945-08-26

war is complete, ending with the oc-
cupation Of Berlin. The story of
Americas war In the Pacific is car
ried through the Okinawa cam
paign, the final step before Japan's
capitulation.
Unlike most oficial narratives,
The Mightiest Army" is written in
a clear. colorful style and never bogs
down in technicalities. 1t is directed
toward the public, not the profess
sional soldier, and is illustrated with
excellent photographs, some of them
in color. j. H. B.
Evening star., 1945-08-26
PriestIy Offers
His Solution of
Postwar Problems
THREE MEN IN NEW SUITS


By J. B. Priestley. (Harper's;
$2.50.)
In this new novel, ]. B. Priestley
hints, in a f1ustered manner, that,
now that peace Is here. everything
may not be beer and skittles after
all. His story concerns three dis
charged English soldiers who. get
ting back to Civvy street, discover
what discharged soldiers have a way
Of discovering-that the ideals they
fought for have not made any ap-
preciable difference in the habits
of the folks back home. Mr.. Priest
ley rumples his hair and gets into a
mild dither about the situation.
He distributes his young men
strategically among England's
classes-a county family boy, q
farmers son and a laborer. After
demonstrating, in each level of So
ciety, that civilian attitudes are re-
pugnant to the demobilized ideal
lists, he has the three get together
again and try to decide what the
new world must be like.
The conclusion is attenuated, to
say the least.
People, the soldiers decide, must
stop being selfish. Nobody must
think of himself, but everybody
must think of Others.
When that happens all will be
well. @. E. D., Mr.. Priestley.
M .C r
Evening star., 1945-08-26

and drink in gentlemanly fashion;
the women are bluebloods; the
coarse. make-believe life of New
York has been nobly rejected; the
Negro knows "dey's a place foh
black men and dey's a place foh
white men"
Our II eco 900 soldiers, sailors and
Marines will be glad to know they
can come back to love and health
and horses and pink gin on beau
tiful estates In the dear old South.
w. G. r,
Evening star., 1945-08-26
Newspaper Criticism

get to the little people Of the
ravaged nations, Axis and Allied,
and see their misery. As humane
tartan he has plead their cause and
- . naen Of the world has pointed
out what viii result from any neglect
on the part Of the United States.
Evening star., 1945-08-26
Best Sellers
-NATION-WIDE-

(Acccrding to Publisher Weekly
FICTION.
1st-A Lion Is in the Streets, Adris
Locke LANGLEY.
zd-The World, the Flesh and Esther
Smith. Bruce Marshall.
ad-ss Wen Remembered, James Hill
4th-DraFon Harvest. Upton Sinclair.
oth-Captain From CASTLE, Samuel
6hellabarger.
NONFICTION.
1st-Up Front, Bill Mauldin.
2d-6rave Men, Ernie Pyle.
3d-A Star Danced, Gertrude Law
4th-Pieasant Valley, Louis Bromf,eld.
5th-A. Woollcott, Samuel Hopkins
Adams.
In WASHINGTON
FICTION.
1st--The World, the Flesh and Father
Smith. Bruce Marshall.
2d-A Lien II In the Streets, Adria
Locke Langley.
ad-Ce%msdors HernsIewer, 6. ..
Forester.
4th-Drason Harvest. Upton Sinclair
5th--Se Well Remembered, James
Hilton.
NONFICTION.
1st-The Pattern Of Soviet Fewer,
Edsar. SNOW.
2d-nattle Belsw, Robert J. Casey.
3d-1rave Men Ernie Pyle;
4th-Up Frent, Bin Mauldin.
6th-The Dawn u Liberation, Win.
ston 3. Churchill.
@
Evening star., 1945-08-26
No Greater Love
BU Francis J. 6.

~ Ffdnc1S J. SpeImdn.
(Charles Scribner's Sons; ST.
Reviewed by DODAIR oNEILL.
The report Of trip taken through
the muddy, bloody lands of war
during one of the most critical war
periods has, in mo Greater Love" /"
become more than simply an ac-
count Of one mans experiences. It
stands as guide for those who
have stayed at home, to the future
of the men who endured the blood
and the mud. It Is an INTERPRETATION
Evening star., 1945-08-26

during the occupation were nom
controversial. The newspapers to-
day are generally. single sheets
Evening star., 1945-08-26

with little room for comment or
controversy"
During his stay in Washington
the Able was a guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. 8. Alvord, 2812 Connecticut
avenue NV. "I am here to renew
old acQuaintances. And soon?
Soon will return to France" he
explained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-09
Three fo-Ten-Month Term
Given for Gasoline Fraud

Clifford K. Gossman, 81, of Ar
lington yesterday afternoon was
sentenced by Justice James M. Proc
tor of District Court to serve to
10 months on a charge of conspir-
acy to acquire and control gasoline
ration coupons illegally. Gossman
had pleaded guilty to the charge
sometime ago. The sentence was
ordered to run concurrently with
two-year sentence he has to serve
in New York State on a charge of
impersonating Federal officer.
Gossman was indicted on the con-
spiracy charge with two others. One
of them was Joseph R. Burke, pro-
prietor of the Lamplighters Club,
who was acquitted at second trial.
The other person indicted with
Gossman was Raymond l.. Cruger,
20, OF Arlington, who was a Gov
eminent witness at Mr.. Burkos re-
trial. Crugar recently was given
suspended sentence and placed on
probation on the conspiracy charge,
to which he had pleaded guilty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-09
Duke, Without Plans, Hopes
For Eventual Return Home

than they have to in these days of
congested transportation. / won't
60 unless business makes 1t neces-
sary.''
The Duke also mentioned the pos
sibility of going to France now that
the European war is over. He re-
called, however, that his house in
Antilles was badly damaged by shells
and bombs last August.
OF his future, the Duke said II he
found anything useful to do, I'll
do it."
To the question about his return
to England. the Duke said:
I'll be going ABROAD in several
months, and to England eventually"
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Cathedral Heights Citizens
e-eIecf French President

Owen B. French was reelected
head of the Cathedral Heights
Cleveland Park Citizens Associa-
ton last night at the final meeting
Of the season. Other officers named
were: Capt. M. @. Cook, first vice
president: Mrs. Elizabeth Faulkner
second vice president: Miss Florence
Eastman, recording secretary: Mrs
George A, Hates. corresponding
secretary; r. G. Wales, treasurer
and Mrs. Olive Faircloth and Mr.
French, delegates to the Fedora
ton,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-09
~ the Associated Press.

~ the AbsoCfkteu Pres1.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. May 9.-The
Duke Of Windsor says he has no
plans for the immediate future, but
intends eventually to return to the
England he hasn't seen in i've years.
The former British sovereign,
without an official post since his
resignation on March Is as Gov
ernor of the Bahama Islands, and
his Duchess will leave by train for
New York Saturday.
Later they may 60 to his ranch in
Canada.
But" said the Duke, IT don't
think people should travel more
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Mr.. and MRS. Mark Lansburgt
presented a Aim prepared by them
picturing their trip through Can
ada's national parks.
Mr.. French conducted the meet
ing, which was held at Guild Hall
of st. Adams Church. The group
will convene again In October.
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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13
Sports Roundup

Columbus oAP-The National Collegiate Athletic Association
faced with the possibility might
Ill after the
to be president Listed leading
candidates Wilbur Smith Tulane
James D. Lynah OF Cornell University.
DeroAPAer dropping
the University Cincinnati Michigan Colleges
continued their southwark Lexington
meeting with University Kentucky
sevenpon with
night but weakened defense left them the short final
to so count At East Lansing last they suffered 397
today for the lead the Valley
tories defeat Pontiac snapped
two at the They Joined
ed Owosso 32S and Flint Central which
National Hockey League leadership will Montreal
here tonight The Red Wings
climb into deadlock
cracking jinX whip
Detroit team in Is games since February, 1913.
DetroiPTakng opponents awkadness
Willis Is year old Detroit lightweight
consecutive professional pound
margin Avies but his ability ap
parent He punched the denseless relenessy all
rounds.
Phoenix Az APThree golf place
da at the start OF the second round of the $4,000 Phoenix
around
ron White Plains y and Bob
bs three under
course The golfers play IS holes today and will
tomorrow with So holes.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13
TURN TO COURT

Detroit, Jau. l3' An order by
the Michigan Public Service Com
mission directing the Michigan Bell
Telephone Company to refund
S3,5OO00o to its customers will be
appealed to the Ingham circuit
court President George NJ. Welch
said the company, while having no
liking for litigation feels that IAN
order that jeopardizcs our ability
to provide good service by whittl-
ing away at our already inadequate
earnings cannot go unchallenged.
The public interest impels us to
seek the protection Of the courts.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-01-13
Ring Decisions


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Billy Grant. lis. Orange. y. j.. 10
Jimmy Doyle, III, Los Angeles, out
pointed frankie Terry, 155 II
BROOKLYN, 10; Phil Terranova. l27,
New York, outpoirtcd Charley
"Cahcy' rcwiS, 126 1-2, Havana
10.
Boston Bert Iytell, 153. oak.
land. outpointed Van Boob Nc
Mutt. 100, New York GOJ.
Chicago Jimmy Sherrer. l46 IL
Milwaukee. outpointcd Jack Eaton,
Ill II. Detroit. 81: O'Neill Bell.
l53 81. Detroit aud Al JolSon. III
II. New orleans. drew tSj.
philadclphia-Santa Bucca. 135,
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Jackson. 1913, Reading. Pa, (S).
petroit-Leroy Willis. 1870, De
troit. outpointcd Angel Aviles. 12S.
Mexico, rlul Howard Fenske, l79
u. Grand Rapids. Mich. outpoint-
ed Ed Taylor. Detroit. 81.
San Francisco-Jackie Ryan, 1913.
San Francisco. TK.O. frankie Val
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san Diego. Calf. Leo Kodak,
1it II. Chicago. aud Eddie Hud-
son, l3S. San Francisco. drew G0p.