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Evening star., 1947-03-09

SCGlIdIlS ulllOlueu III 1SVt.
Perhaps I was feeling optimistic
and content when I read the book.
I see a lot more evidence of i'm
provement than Col. Allen does.
Col. Allen quotes Steffans again
on Doodle and graft in st. Louis,
Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Chicago,
Philadelphia and New York. The
st. Louis chapter in this book men
tions the boodlers of Steffans' time
but none of the present. There are
no chapters on Minneapolis and
Pittsburgh. In Chicago graft and
corruption are described as existing
on a minor scale. Philadelphia re-
mains corrupt and content, but that
description cannot be applied to
New York since the advent of Flo
relic La Guardia.
The reader is struck by the COM
mon problems of blighted areas, of
movements to the suburbs, of hous-
ing, of rural domination through
State governments, of the relations
between minority groups and the
majority and between liberals and
the standpat businessman. Birm-
ingham, Denver and Seattle suffer
from a colonial economy; Butte,
Mont, is a company town."
There is no chapter on Washing
ton.
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| nor the many viewpoints disturbs
the oneness of the narrative.
Rather, along with the recurring
humor, it keeps the long volume
from tagging. And while scholars
will appreciate the scope of the
work behind the artistry, that is
no Keep Out" sign to the layman.
One useful thing only is lacking
Angle fails to give the title, vol
ume or source of his material other
than the authors quoted.
Far different is Summers simple
biography, meant especially for
young people and for the average
American" who remembers only
that Lincoln was born in a log
cabin, that he split rails freed
the slaves was assassinated."
The author designed it to tempt
such readers beyond its own brief
scope.
It's short six chapters are crys-
tallization of main themes to which
other biographers have devoted so
much detail. The less familiar but
more interesting anecdotes for the
newcomer to Lincoln stories appear
with accuracy.
Sumner seeks to understand Lin
coin through five themes-his books,
the women he loved, his cabinet,
his generals and the Union. A clear
picture Of main ideas and events
results, written In the simplest of
language, but the picture is clouded
over sometimes by Summers ideas
about destiny. Even for the young,
the element Of destiny calling Lin
coin from a Kentucky cabin to-
fit divine purpose in saving the
Union Of States Ill becomes either
the rest of the book or Mr.. Lin
coins earthly humor.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Reviewed by
JOHN c. HENRY.

TlcO anu III SOIue
cases disappear
ed from Moscow
in those troubled
months.
In giving his
vehicle life, the
author actually
h as combined
two m o d e S of
S tory = telling.
One is the con-
ventional nara
ton of j a m e S
F e r g u S N, a
m or diplo-
m a tic official,
& I. a tione cd in
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Among
the Authors
By Carolyn coeeins

Somerset Vaughan is back in his
villa on the French Riviera at work
on an editing job of "The Worlds
Ten Greatest Novels" The stories
selected viii be published cne at q
time by Winston in varying formass
but identical In size so that eventu-
ally they win compose a set.
Maugham's long introduction to each
book win be published as independ.
ent magazine articles.
When Conrad Richter's Sea Of
Grass" was previewed last week, ale
most every one in the audience was .
Richter fan, having been won 1oves
by his novel by the same name II,
1887. Few of us had encountered
the nine Conrad Richter short
stories Of the American frontier
which are included In the World
edition of "Sea Of Grass" It Is q
book moviegoers will want to know
about when they see the picture.
The new Richter novel due the last
of March is always Young and
Fair"
Evening star., 1947-03-09

lily relations, care Of children, psy-
chology and psychiatry. Most popu-
lar subject in the field of science is
atomic energy. Next comes infor-
nation about discoveries and inven-
tions developed under wartime Sc
crecy, and data on radar and jet
propulsion.
Newly aroused interest has been
noted in books which forecast the
possibilities of science and in fam
tastic novels about the future.
It is also noted by many libraries
that because Of the shortage Of doc
tors, patients have come to the
reading rooms to learn about their
ailments. Other are curious and
want to read more about new tech
niques and drugs mentioned in the
newspapers.
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rieS the wealthy Georsette heyer.
and aristocratic country gentleman,
Lord Carlyon. In Fridays Child"
the adventures and excitements
take place after the marriage, and
in the Reluctant Widow" the reader
is kept on string until the last
few pages of the book before the
sorely used and ng-suffering would
be governess is asked to marry the
country counterpart Of the dashing
Lord Sheringham.
On her way to take up a position
OF governess, Miss Elinor Rochdale
steps into the wrong post chaise
and is carried to the house of Lord
Carlyon. Here she is persuaded by
him to 60 through with death-bed
marriage ceremony to Lord Carlyon's
cousin, Eustace Cheviot. In a few
hours we have our Reluctant
Widow" At her disposal are lands,
large tumble down house and
many. debts. Excitement grows when
other members of the family turn
out to be using the house as a place
to hide secret diamonds, stolen from
the government and destined to be
handed over to Bonaparte.
Miss Heyers has mastered the life
and customs of the regency period
in England and writes with a light
amusing touch.
GREAT-HEART, by Mabel Goode
Frantz Dorrance). Described as
a slightly fictionized story Of Rob-
ert E. Lee as a great American.
THE PUPPET THEATER HAND
BOOK, by Marjorie Batchelder
Harper g. Bros.). All about puppe,
shows-how to write, plan and carry
them out. Illustrated.
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Fred Raymond
Spreads It
Pretty Thin
THE LIMITIST
BY Fred I. Raymond. fW. w
Norton & Co.; So

THE LIMIIIST
BY Fred I. Raymond. fW. w.
Norton & Co.. $2.J
Reviewed by
WILLIAM n. HARRISON.
As coined by Mr.. Raymond, the
word '1imitist" means one who be-
neves In "limitism." In turn, limit
Ism" means q capitalstic economic
system setting strict and precise"
limits on how much any particular
company or farm can produce and
market. Its purpose Is to end indus
trial and agricultural agiartism"
and save free enterprise from the
evils Of monopoly by giving small
operators q chance to make q living.
The first part Of Mr.. Raymond's
little book gives us his views on
the way our system Is working now.
He Is against socialism, communism
and everything but capitalism. How
ever. he frowns upon past capital
ism" because he believes it is con-
centrating too much In the hands
Of the too few. What our economy
needs, in his Judgment, is q good
dose Of his "Hmitism";; otherwise,
with everything growing more and
more monopohstic, opportunities
will be rarer and rarer, the rich will
become richer and the poor poorer,
and all of us will suffer the disaster
OF recurrent collapse.
Mr.. Raymond's analysis Of things
as they are. though quite over
simplihed, is in many respects stim-
ulating. But when he comes to the
second part of his book-the part in
which he presents samples Of his
"limitist" laws for industry and
agriculture-he gets lost in a con-
siderable forest of vagueness, i'm
practically and self-contradiction.
Thus, although he would let Ger
tain companies have many thou
sands Of employees, milk companies
could employ no more than 1000
an allotment that would seem to dis
criminate against milkmen. Thus,
too, although he advocates ''limit-
ism" to promote prosperity, a 'lim-
itist" America could not carry on
commerce with any non -nmitist
country-a setup that would stifle
world trade AS for farmers, Mr..
Raymond's limits" would make the
New Deals early control measures
mild by comparison.
In sum, Mr.. Raymond's cure for
"giantism" would in all probability
be worse than the disease. Though
interesting and provocative at sew
eral points, his proposals are far
from convincing. The monopolistic
trend, of course, is not to be
shrugged of, but 'The Limitist"
seems definitely not to have the
answer to it.
Evening star., 1947-03-09

TOTAL WAR AND THE CON-
STITUTION, by Edward S. Corwin.
(Knopf) Five lectures by the Nc
Cormick professor of jurisprudence,
emeritus. at Princeton University.
MY SON CAME HOME, by Sally
Lane Exposition Press. A collec-
tion of poems.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
High Adventure in a Young Country
Filled With Game and Rouqhnecks

until his metamorphosis from an
outcast Of Eastern civilization to q
salted pioneer has been completed
and he has organized the Yazoo In
vincibles.
Among impressive pictures is old
Natchez, which Author Myers de-
scribes colorfully as a lawless, bois-
ferrous, wenching town.
As for plot. it's rather what you
would expect with what you know
already. Between fighting outlaws
who run slaves from the incipient
plantations, and getting married and
fathering some of the first native
born Mississippians. Godolphin
learns to be a f1rst-rate citizen.
Mr.. Myers last work was "The
Harp and the Blade" He also
wrote "Out on Any Limb" and some
poetry.
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DEADLINE DELAYED

DEADLlNE DELLA ELL
BY Members of the Overseas
Press Club of America. (E. P.
Dutton & Co.; $780,
Many among the 500 men and
women who make up the Overseas
Press Clab sent out stories during
the war from various parts Of the
world which never were printed.
There was more than one reason
for this. Mostly it was censorship;
sometimes the piece failed to get
printed after 1t reached the news
paper or press service; sometimes
the reporter didn't realize the sig
nificance of happening until its
timeliness was lost,
This is collection of stories made
public for the first time. Not all of
them concern the late fighting.
Some describe postwar events in
Europe or the Orient, and others
touch the war more remotely.
Henry J. Taylor gives what the
editors of the book describe as the
first documented and detailed report
of the slapping episode involving
the late Gen. George S. Patton, jr.
In commendable piece of straight
reporting, without a shade of opin-
ion intruding, Mr.. Taylor describes
exactly what happened when the
general slapped and cursed two
soldiers within five davs These men
had been sent to the rear as psyche
neurotics and were in field hospitals.
Mr.. Taylor quotes the official docu-
ments and tells what witnesses saw.
He then shows how sorry Gen.
Patton was afterward-how he
apologized in a letter to Gen. Eisen-
hover and made every amend he
could to the men he wronged and
to his whole Army.
Evening star., 1947-03-09

Moscow. The other is a stream of
consciousness probing of the
thoughts of the Muscovites whom he
has chosen to identify. The dual
method is a little confusing, but
more than little dramatic. Mr..
Blunden obviously felt sympathy
and affection for the little Russian
people. but he faces them toward a
wall as impenetrable and despair
ing as the night-blackened snow
which so often shrouds their city.
1t is not a pretty book, but it is a
thoughtfully written one.
Evening star., 1947-03-09

and fishing. It's
a quiet tale,
none the less
lovely for its
u n pretentious-
ness.
Mary Deviin
and her neigh
Dor, Ned Mason,
are in love, but
there are diff
cultieS that bar
the way every
time they plan
marriage. Ned's
mother forgets
he is past 80 and
wants To rim his
Evening star., 1947-03-09
THE WILD YAZOO
BY John Myers. (E. P. Dutton &
Co., Ir,c.;: $3.)
Reviewed by
HENRY LYON.

Col. Mordaunt Godolphin starts
as a wastrel, and in two pages has
broken two OF the Ten Command
ments and shattered the Golden Rule.
Rather than become lingering
buckshow he clears out Of his an
cestral Virginia estate and heads for
Northern Mississippi, as truly pio-
neer country as ever existed. (Time
of this novel is the early 1800s.)
From then on it's every man for
himself. The country crawls witl1
game and rough characters.
Godolphin is no colonel when the
story begins. That has to wait
Evening star., 1947-03-09

all cas- e s are
n e W S p a p e r.
m e n employed
in tn e city
a b ou t W h l c h
they write.
Col. Allen says
we have made
no fundamental
progress in mu-
nicipal govern
ment in the past
so ars and
that it is the
same bedrag-
gled and malo-
d us story
that Lincoln
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Mr.. BIunden's
Russians Seem
So Very Real
"a ROOM ON THE ROUTE
BY Godfrey Blunden. (J. B. Lip
pincott Co.; $3.

a ROOM ON The ROUTE
BY Godfrey Blunden. (J. B. Lip
pincott Co.; $3.J
Reviewed by
JOHN G. HENRY.
JEFF" Blunden, an Australian
newspaperman, spent II Of World
War lis critical months (Januafy,
1912, to May, l943) In Moscow as
correspondent for the Sydney Daily
Telegraph. Most Of the Soviet cap
itals foreigners Of that period lived
principally within an orbit bounded
by the Metropole Hotel, the govern
ment offices along Red Square and
Mokhavaya, the Filial Theater and
the few foreign embassies or min
istries permitted to remain In the
city. Habitual roaming around
other parts Of Moscow was not en-
and excursions into other
parts Of Russia were rarely per-
mitted.
But even this limited range was
sufficient to afford q perceptive
journalist sharply etched mental
picture Of what was going on in the
cold and darkened streets and build
ings Of this most bafding Of all
great capitals.
To present his findings, Mr.. Blum
den has chosen as his vehicle a novel
in which he takes care to point out
in an authors note "the people -
are imaginary and have no connec-
ton with any living persons. !"
Strictly speaking, I am sure Mr..
Blunden is telling the truth, but
his imaginative character-drawing
sounds very much like some of the
specific individuals who worked, wor-
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Good-By Again
MAMA TOOK UP TRAVEL
BY Kenneth Koran. Double
day; ST.
Reviewed by
IRVING LASH.
reviewed Dy
IRVING LASH.

This Is t he
fourth OF Mrs.
Horan's lig h t.
hearted books.
about the giddy
Ingham family,
with the back.
drop this time
b e n 6 Europe.
The comedy at
times is high,
and again low,
as the jacket
says, but even
the Marx broth
ers aren't ALWAYS
funny.
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Tale of an Irish
Countryside Told
With Simple Beauty
IS THIS THY DAY

IS THIS Thy DAY
BY Michael McLaverty. (Mac-
millan;; $780, ~ ....
This is a pasterale Of an Irish
countryside that stretches to the
sea, where the humble folk wrest
an uncertain living from farming
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Georgette Heyer
Does uNeW Novel
Of Regency Days
THE RELUCTANT WIDOW
BY Georgette Heyer. putnam
S2.75.J --
.s Reviewed by
NINA PEMBERTON

A year ago Miss Heyer published
Fridays Child" her delightful novel
on regency life in London. 1.-THE
Reluctant Widow follows the same
Evening star., 1947-03-09
Tax Lawyer Solves
Difficult Problems
INVESTORS TAX PLANNING
BY John p. Allison. fMdttheto
Bender & Co., Inc. So
Reviewed by
EDWARD G. STONE.

The purpose of this book by .
New York attorney is to show in
vestors and others how to save
money in their tax returns. The
author does not claim that wealthy
people do not need tax lawyers but
he does point out host Of pitfalls
in an Understandable way for the
layman.
Being tax lawyer himself, Mr..
Allison knows and has answers for
the most difficult tax problems. Not
only has he tried to write for the
taxpayer struggling with his own
return but for the lawyer who is
aiding clients. His 422 pages of tax
information are clearly written
and will surely aid the family group.
Right now few books could be more
timely.
Evening star., 1947-03-09

GARGANTUA's MOUTH, by
Royal Murdoch (Fine Editions
Press. Philosophical poems on
variety Of subjects. I
Evening star., 1947-03-09
But Maybe There Is
More Good Than
Col. Allen Sees
OUR FAIR CITY .e,.,
Edited by Robert S. Allen. wan
guard Press; $780, -y.. ...
Reviewed by

FNHNOIO z. OOUILAO.
"Still Corrupt and Content Is
Col. Aliens heading for his intro
duction to this book about II Amer
'ican cities. The authors in almost
Evening star., 1947-03-09

pattern as "Fri-
d ay' S Child"
The heroine Of
Fridays Child"
was a young and
penniless gentle
W o m a n W ho
married the der
ring do Lord
Sheringhan and
the heroine of
"The Reluctant
Widow" is an
equally penniless
young woman of
equally g e n tie
birth who mar
Evening star., 1947-11-06
IVA Security Plan Rescinded
By Bradley After Conference

been put on no documents at the
agency.
In addition. however, the CLASH
fication forbade release Of papers
which would cause administrative
embarrassment or difficulty"
1t applied the same rule to IN
formation that would fall into the
general category of being pretdicial
to the interests Of any govern
mental activity"
The circular also instructed off,
cials bluntly to warn employees that
each will be held accountable fol
any failure in discharging the obi.
cation which is placed upon him In
the respect Of National Security.
The document also authorized VA
TO classify under national security
several types Of information thai
have no bearing on the Nations Sc.
curity, but which long have beer
withheld from the public by law OF
regulations.
Confidential Papers.
The agency will continue to keep
such papers confidential, Mr.. Bron-
son said. They include:
/. Veterans records, which are
Evening star., 1947-11-06

Veterans Administrator Brad
ley has rescinded the controver-
sial security" system set up IN
VA that would have allowed
officials to hide even routine
documents OF the agency from
the public, 1t was learned today.
The action was ordered iste yes
terday, after Ralph p. Bronson, VA
security officer. talked by telephone
with the chairman of the Security
Advisory Board of the State Army
Navy-Air Force -ordinating Com
mittee.
The board has drawn UP standard
clsssifications, ordered by President
Truman, which may later be ap-
paied to documents handled by all
Federal agencies that relate to the
nations security.
Oficials said the telephone con-
versation resulted from story In
The Star yesterday about the VA
program.
The story reported that VA had
at3opted Its set OF rules from a
booklet circulated by the Avisory
Committee as guide to agencies
Mr.. Bronson said his office had
viewed the recommendation as a
directive" which resulted In adop-
ton OF the plan.
Mr.. Bronson said VAS position
was clartiied In the talk with Ham
ileon Robinson, chairman of the
security board. Mr.. Robinson also
stressed, he said, that the recon-
mendations picked up by VA from
the booklet had been changed In
the order being prepared for Presi-
dent Truman's approval.
There is no indication substitute
plan will be set up at the veterans
agency unless it Is ordered from the
White House. he said.
Gen. Bradley's new order kills
VA Circular 81, which authorized
widespread gag rules" that could
have been. applied under the curse
OF "security"to virtually every off,
cial paper the agency handles.
The circular said informs ton
that related to the Nations welfare
should be classified rs top secret,
secret" confidential" or re-
stricted,' according to It's security
value. Mr.. Bronson emphasized
THAT the secrecy stamps have not
Evening star., 1947-11-06

held confidential for the protection
of individual veterans.
2. Legislative information, which
is kept confidential by executive
order.
3. Results of official inspections
and Investigations carried out by
the agency, and other administra-
tive and statistical data that Is gov
erned by regulations.
Z. Protection of classified material
which Is received by VA from other
departments of the Government.
MIR. Robinson said the draft Of Sc
curfty classif1catipns the advisory
board has prepared for the White
House presumably, with the Presi.
dents approval viii provide stand.
ards for all agencies.
He said he thought principal value
of the classifications for most Fed.
eral agencies Is that they will know
how to handle papers they get from,
such sensitive" agencies as ths
State Department, the military de.
Evening star., 1947-11-06

partments, the Atomic Energy Com
mission and the Central Intell-
gence Agency.
The advisory boards draft Of
standards has been turned over to
the -ordinating committee. From
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there, Mr.. Robinson said, it will be
sent to the White House.
Preparation Of the draft was di-
rected In miscellaneous" section
Of the Presidents loyalty order lest
| March 81.
Evening star., 1947-11-06
Kunooroo to Get Mate

| Australia is 10 send another com.
uaf1ion for winston Churchalls III.
I bino kangaroo. Digger, whose mats,
Matilda, died 1t the London Zoo
recently,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-26
THE OTHER FELLOWS PRICES

In an article in Nations Business on
the price problem, Jack B. Wallace makes
this sage observation: Nearly everyone
seems to think price is too high if he is
buying and qquite within reason if he is
selling"
The universal attitude explains a good
deal of the debate over prices these days.
The working man kicks like steer when
he has to pay $3.50 for shirt that cost
Sc. 90 before the war-but he is all in ia
vor of wage rate that may be double or
more what he earned in 1941. The farmer
yells, Robbery" when he finds that the
cost of a piece of agricultural machinery
has gone way up-but he doesn't see any
thing wrong with record prices for meat
and grain. And, finally, the real estate
man regards his grocer as a lineal descen-
dant of Jesse James when he sees how lit
tie food a five-dollar bill will buy-and
then goes out to sell houses for $2O,0 900
that would have cost $4,000 or less seven
years ago. Government officials denounce
industry for high prices but nothing
about inflationary influence of a $780,
00O, 100000 national debt and prodigal
government spending.
What We would like, in short, is to
enjoy 1947 incomes along with l94l prices.
Desirable as that dream may be, it is
strictly piece of fantasy so far as the
facts of life are concerned. Your retail
merchant is charging you more for what
you buy because the: increase in wholesale
! costs and business overhead force him to-
The manufacturer charges more because
there has been tremendous initiation in
the cost of labor, taxes, materials and ev-
erything else. All intelligent businessmen
| would like to see lower prices. They are
| worried for fear that millions of consumers
will be priced out of the market. But the
prices have simply followed the wage-cost-
tax trend as they always have and always
will. And all the talk about profiteering we
hear these days won't change the situation
one iota.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-09-26
THE RUMoR MoNGER

Morbid and maudlin persons reside in
every city. They thrive on making Them
selves and others miserable. They are the
type of persons that work up community
into mass hysteria. When they lack basis
for their Oppressive rumOrs, they use the
familiar dodge, Il heard" though they had
not heard anything bearing on what they
say, so-and-so to be the case.
These sick-minded persons started
rumor in Miami before last weeks hurri-
cane had finished flashing that city, that
another hurricane was headed that way.
Every publicity agency in Miami APP
pealed to its residents to stop spreading
rumors. They were told that should another
hurricane be located, they would be given
the news Immediately by the Weather
Bureau. Stop spreading rumors, and de-
pend on the Weather Bureau to serve you
promptly the rumar mongers We're told
in effect. But the appeals We're futile. The
morbid, the maadlin, still continued to tell
their lies.
Here in Key West. rumors about the
coming of other hurricanes were spread
by residents with similarly morbid minds.
Even after the storm, which did not de-
velop into hurricane, had gone far, far
away from Key West, rumors about IAN
other hurricane" continued to persist
But these rumOn mongers do not con.
fine themselves to lying about storms that
exist only in their own minds. They resort
to Il heard in spreading untruths about
their felowmen.
Beware of the rumOr monger!