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tion that no solution will satisfy all
elements now drawn into the dis
pute. Neither OF the extreme sides
have indicated any willingness to
accept the others position nor have
they approached any mutually
agreeable compromise.
Nevin Barbour presents here one
Of the most lucid and comprehen-
siye background presentations yet
assembled. With seeming fairness
he has traced the discussion and its
genesis from the days Of antiquity
through the 22d Zionist Congress
OF December, 1916, held In Basel.
He concludes with four alternatives
but with the implication that none
OF these probably will find universal
approval. Even more respondent
are his closing words that "com-
plete security for Israel can be
brought about only by new spirit
in mankind and a new world order.
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Ambruster Complies
A Mass of Evidence
TREASON'S PEACE
By Howard w. Amhruster.
(Beechhurst Press; $375.)
ROBERT K. WALSH.


For more than a quarter of a CEN
tury Howard Watson Ambruster has
been writing letters (often unan-
sWered) to Government officials and
testifying at congressional hearings
on the international criminal con-
spiracy" of the I. G. Farben chem
ical industry combine.
His massive book on German
Dyes and American Dupes" adds up
to considerably more than the sum
of all those earlier charges, COM
plants and warnings. Yet it is such
a mass of names. dates and records
that it becomes generally less read
able and sometimes even less obJec-
tive than many congressional in
vestigating committee report.
An authority Of the devious and
dangerous movements Of this type Of
cartel, Mr.. Ambruster writes as
man fighting dragon. He antlci-
pates criticism that he is a muck
raker, although such criticism seems
unfair and shallow in view Of docu-
mentary proofs for most statements
of fact.
In his understandable zeal he
mentions hundreds of American
public officials, prominent citizens
and industrial corporations. He
carefully explains that such refer
erices do not necessarily imply that
the persons or companies were in
volved in wrong doing with the Far
ben menace and war-mongering.
But even the well-informed reader
will have difficulty in separating the
goats from the sheep because of Mr..
Ambruster's often cluttered and oc-
casionally insinuating presentation.
The book does a worthwhile serv-
ice in lining up so much Of the case
against /. G. Farbenindustrie ct
al, especially as background for
trials of German industrial war
criminals. Mr.. Ambruster's purpose,
of course, goes much deeper. He
holds that the Farben group, de-
spite German defeats in two wars,
has never died or surrendered In its
plan for world conquest. And he
declares that Farben allies, agents
and affiliates bear watching now
more than ever before.
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a New Orleans setting, are the in
gradients proud Creole women, loose
living males, handsome girl who
is, or perhaps isn't. frigid number,
and also, most important, secret "
in the family. The heroine's mother,
let it be whispered, has been the
madame of a bawdy house. The
period is the 1905. and an upright
Yankee falls in love with the ma
demoiselle: true love wins, of course,
Though not without entanglements
and subplots.
Mr.. Banks lets out all stops, bars
no holds and let's it rip. The puppets
are pretty obvious, decked in col
FOR" which seems to come rather too
directly out of the standard guide
books. There appears little of the
real flavor, hardly any of the au-
thentic atmosphere of the Creole
city. New Orleans is a complex,
many favored metropolis, not sus-
ceptible to an overnight, between
trains treatment. That's all it gets
in this instance. that and an eye
turned toward the film coast.
have read none of Mr.. Banks
earlier works. Presumably this one
is not UP to the authors standard.
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In the Literature
Of Another Century
THE TURN OF THE TIDE

THE TURN OF THE TIDE
BY H. M. Tomlinson. (Macmil-
Ian; $2.50J
The author of Gallons Reach"
and "All Our Yesterdays" has col
lected here essays he wrote at
various times between 1885 and 1914.
Mr.. Tomlinson is one of the few
contemporary writers who still can
use effectively form of expression
that it, perhaps unfortunately, out
moded. While his style is terse, de-
cidedly modern, he uses the frame
work of the literary vehicle that
was ridden all through the last
century, often futtering with rhe-
torical f1amboyance.
In his descriptions and obser-
vations of voyages and episodes, he
reveals a tolerant philosophy which
always looks beyond the immediate,
into the immensity of past or
future. Perhaps key to this feeling
is found in an aside: But the worst
kind of disastrous nonsense can be
made of facts alone
Yet, despite this deeper view,
much that he writes about In these
essays is entirely topical. 1t concerns
situations which were significant,
even critical, at the time, but al
ready have been pushed into relative
obscurity by the rush of later events.
Since many of his comments con-
Germ phases, not unchanging verities,
that much of the book does seem
dated. Thus when. in the opening
essay 1885, he worries abouI
Mussolini's war on Ethiopia. he
speaks Of something that might
have happened . century ago.
-o 4 y.
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fight between a little group of thin
skinned. but tough, escort carriers
and the best that the japanese
Navy could throw at them.
Those of us who were on the
receiving end of those piercing
pleas read the messages telling of
Jap cruisers firing at the CVEs
from 10000 yards. As the chase
went on the enemy cruisers pulled
abeam of the carriers and were
pumping armor- piercing shells into
the carriers from less than $4,000
yards. Then, for reasons still not
fully explained, the Japs turned
about and broke off the engage
ment.
1t was the dramatic climax to
the Battle of Leyte Gulf, which
was fought in three seperate arenas
but in its entirety was greater than
the battle of Jutland-and more
decisive, for it finished the Japanese
Navy.
Mr.. Woodward has produced an
outstanding piece of naval literature
to which additions, no doubt, will be
made as the years pass and deeper
study is made of the action. 1t is
not likely, however, that much
change will be made in the con-
clusions the author has reached after
full reference to the moment-to-
moment dispatches as well as the
final reports made by the partici-
pants, including the japanese.
New light is shed on the role of
Evening star., 1947-04-06
Irish Patriots
Live Again in
|'TheDreom'
LIFE AND THE DREAM
by Mary Colum. Doubleday,
$780,
Reviewed by
NINA PEMBERTON.


Mary Colum went to Dublin at Is
to become a student at National
University. It was the day of Yeats,
Lady Gregory. young James Joyce,
Synge and many others. The Abbey
Theater was one of the common
grounds where the minds and tall
ents of these people met. The young
ladies from the university were en-
couraged to attend and occasionally
the performances were delayed q
short time to give the girls time to
get to their seats after a class or
lecture at the university. Youth
was having its day in the literary
group of that time and it was in
this group that Mary Colum met her
husband-to-be, the poet and play
wright Padraic Colum. The Abbey
Theater was run by three directors,
Yeats, Synge and Lady Gregory.
The chapter headed ''The Yeats
I knew is fascinating account OF
this versatile and moody artist OF
letters. He was driven constantly
by his enthusiasm for the cause of
Irish nationality while trying to
make the people understand poet
ry and literature. Lady Gregory
worked tirelessly and in partner
ship with Yeats for the furtherment
and perpetuation of Irish art and
literature. -
During her years in Dublin after
graduation from the university,
Mary Colum taught at one of Pad
raic Pearse's two schools in Dublin.
Padraic Pearse and several members
of his teaching staff were later exc
cuted after the 1916 insurrectlon.
AS a matter of fact many OF Mrs.
Columns friends were among those
who met death in the fight for the
freedom of Ireland, among them Sir
Roger Easement. With each of their
deaths there died part of Mary
Columns life.
In 1914 the Colums went to Amer
lea, intending to return that same
wear. but it was 1922 before they
saw their native Ireland again.
I'm that spring of 1915" says Mary
Colum, Chicago seemed mentally
more exciting than New York,
though it was not Intellectually SO
sophisticated, but neither Chicago
nor New York understood literature
with the complex reactions of cities
in old countries" 1t was in Chicago
that she knew and saw Edgar Lee
Masters, Vachel Lindsay and Carl
Sandburg.
Shortly after these days small
magazine called the Little Review
published some of James Joyce's
ulysses" The magazine was found
ed by two women and helped on its
way by Ezra Pound. The piece by
Joyce was regarded as obscene and
the two women. Margaret Anderson
and Jane Heap, also friends Of Mrs.
Colum, were taken to court over the
matter. Only years later was "Ulys-
ses" published in America. 1t never
has been published In London or
Dublin, but does not lack readers.
The ensuing years were spent
In America, dotted with brief
intervals in Europe. Mrs. Columns
are an, informative reflec-
ton of her literary life and times,
spent almost exclusively in the COM
pany of writer's, artists and political
figures. She writes with deep feel
ing, sense of humor and quick
quirk of the tongue. A literary critic
of great standing, author OF the
work on modern writing, From
These Roots" and woman of great
understanding. Mrs. Colum Is now
teacher of literature at Columbia
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Even the casual observer OF mod
ern events could scarcely miss the
fact of Near Eastern Importance.
Hitler, drawing from the pattern OF
world contest attempted By his Ger
man predecessors Of World War I,
directed his grand strategy at the
.encirclement Of the Near East. His
doom was sealed from the days
when the Russians halted one arm
OF his giant pincers In the Caucasus
and the British h-American strength
destroyed the other arm In the
Libyan desert.
Today, for Z variety Of reasons,
Britain's influence in this vital area
is waning. French influence. in any
effective degree. has all but dis
appeared. Russia, traditionally COW
etous in that direction, Is watching
and waiting-but perhaps not for
long. The United States, already
involved economically. is testing it
self for political involvement beyond
any measure ever attempted by this
Nation in peacetimeS.
The stage, indeed, is being set and
it behooves the American people to
apply themselves with intensity to
the task of studying and consider
ing the past and future significance
of this geographical crossroads. Mr..
Speiser's book, drawn from q pro-
found background Of personal
,L,,ou1edCa nf the area is a valuable
textbook for this educational
process. :,
Trickiest element In this overall
problem is the Palestine question.
For in this explosive issue is found
today's greatest depth Of religious
and racial emotionalism. Disagree
ment over historic facts and dispute
over political commitments criss-
cross every consideration. The more
one reads the mass of controversy
the closer one comes to the convic-
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Theodore BHbo Put.
It All in Print

TAKE YOUR CHOICE
SEPARATION OR
MONGRELIZATION
BY Theodore G. Bilbo. Dream
House Publishing Co.; So
Reviewed by
j. A. OLEARY.
The stormy petrol of Mississippi
politics has taken his pen in hand
10 deal with his favorite subject
white supremacy. But he had al
ready dealt with 1t so yociferously in
the Senate and along the byways
Of the Magnolia State that there is
little new or surprising in the book.
As the title indicates, the central
theme is his contention that unless
the Caucasian and Negro races are
kept separate, the eventual result
will be amalgamation. AS solution
he seeks to revive the bill he intro
duced in the Senate in 1889 to en-
courage voluntary migration to {
new Republic of Liberia.
In cold type. however, Mr.. Bilbo'c
arguments lack the fire and fam
boyancy he injects into his stump
speeches. Quotations and footnotes
are sprinkled SO heavily through the
pages that 1t resembles textbook
u suffers also from repetition.
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Picosso Paintings

Pablo Picasso has informed the
Paris Office of the Unitarian Service
Committee that he has signed a
special edition of his paintings to be
sold In America through Doubleday
to raise funds for Spanish refugees
in France. The entire profit from
the sale will be turned over to the
Unitarian Service Committee, which
administers q hospital, dispensary
and children's home for Spanish
refugees In Franco
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Since Frederick Douglass has been
dead half a century, it would seem
there is a place for a well-rounded
deflnitive appraisal of the great Abo-
litionist orator. He was born a mu-
latto slave on the Maryland Eastern
Shore. had by his own accounts
worse than average treatment, and
escaped. With much pertinacity he
learned to read and write, and in
1841 in Massachusetts, showed a tai
ent for inf1ammatory speech which
the Abolitionist movement was
quick to use. With such extremists
as Garrison and Phillips in the
North and Yancey in the South he
succeeded in making the slavery
issue impossible of peaceful solution
by moderate men on either side
After the Civil War he was in the
forefront of the Radical ranks, clos
ing his career in a series of political
posts.
There is material here for sober
consideration. The first third of
Miss Graham's book, dealing largely
with Douglass slave days, leans al
most entirely on emotional f1ctional
treatment. It is imaginative, per-
fervid handling, but the characters
are stock: Her white Marylanders
are all the Legree stereotype, her
black ones sanity. And Miss Ora
ham has yet to learn such a basic
tenet of fictional narrative as main
tanning unity of viewpoint.
Secondary Sources Implied.
The last two-thirds, although
laced with fictional liberties, seems
somewhat of an attempt to present
scholarly fact. The authors indif-
ference to primary sources then
projects itself most strongly. With
the exception of Douglass autobi-
ographies, she has depended almost
entirely on a handful of secondary
volumes. The superficiality of the
results is manifest. Her impressions
that Eastern Shore plowing can
begin on the 1st of January, that to
sell slave down the river" was a
Maryland phrase of 1886, that cot
ton pods" are picked instead of
bolls, all smell of the lamp, not per-
sonal knowledge of subject matter.
They hint that the prejudices she
displays against the area have been
taught to her, not acquired by any
of her own. 1t is true,
however, that such blunders as her
reference to Lincoln as the 14th
to the complete abolition
Of slavery three months before Lin
coins death, and her repeated mis-
spelling of Samana Bay are only
from which she could
reasonably have expected. to be
saved by more able editorial aid
than she seems to have had from
her publishers.
Omissions, EIisions, Evasions.
The faults, nevertheless, 60 deep
er than superficiality. It may fairly
be said that the emotional effect
in an unwary reader of this
book is enmity against the South.
The purpose of Miss Graham's
methods of melting that emotion
may we'll be examined. Here her
omissions, her elisions, her reluctance
to face candidly portions of Doug
lass career, loom large. Why does
she defend Douglass furor- making
Baltimore speech, but keep secret
what he said? Why does she re-
fuse to reveal that President Cleve-
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The Good Old Days
Were Really Good
GEORGE ADE, WARMHEARTED
|SATIRIST
BY Fred c. Kelly. (Bobbs- Merrill
Co.. So so.
Reviewed by
IRVING LASH.

Mr.. Kelly has produced q warm
hearted and very readable biography
of a man he (and many others held
in high esteem. Mr.. Kelly makes it
sound like the good old days" were
really good. He quotes quite q bit
from Fables in Slang" and carries
in full THE Two Mandolin Players
and the Willing Performer" Frank
lin P. Adams says there is one disap-
pointing omission in the book: An
observation by Mr.. AIDE on blonds, or
a particular tall blond who knew
that Columbus discovered America
and which cold cream to use, and let
It 20 at that"
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MAYBE NEXT YEAR, by Cicely
Schiller (Prentice-Hall; $2.75). The
story OF q girl Of Chicago's West
Side who becomes hard-boiled and
lives by her wits when her yearning
for husband and family fails toI
come true.
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PoIon Banks Fashions a Fimy Fantasy
Hinged With New Orleans Technicoior
CARRIAGE ENTRANCE
By Polan Banks (Putnam;; $2.75J
Reviewed by HARNETT T. KANE,
Aathor of "Ne1p Orleans WOrnaus

Tailored strictly, carefully. gallery this lush
don't much
hastily puttogether scenario he
Hollywood this presumably what producer
if intelligent book public, want
something Sewing Machine Girl" with
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An Unhappy Family
And Its Problems
THE LIGHTS BURN BLUE
BY Sally Jones. fReynal G. Hitch
cock; $275.)
Reviewed by

Reviewed by
PATRICIA A. SODERSTROM.
This novel, dealing with the COM
mon problems OF most uncommon
family, fits well into the current
trend of psychological reading. If
it makes you feel downcast and
lightly morbid. don't be surprised; !;
Tor 1t is not happy book. It con-
Germs a confused and morose family
and may well leave you confuse
md morose, too.
There is much room for improve
ment In this first novel, but the
ideas, though not fully expourded,
show strong mind and good train
of thought
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THE SUNDAY STAR, washington, b G.
SUNDAY. APRl Is.
Lifting the Curtain on q Stage Set
ToReve0i the Course Of History

THE UNITED STATES AND THE NEAR EAST.
BY "A. speiser. Harvard University Press: $250J
PALESTINE STAR OR CRESCENT.
BY Neyill Barbour. THE Odyssey Press Inc: 50
Reviewed by JOHN q. HENRY.
East
gobal gravity Strategcay located rich natural
1t again in this
position today.
stoy East than elsewhere In
A. foTcefulne The
region setting the Of future history
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How Jap Task Force Ran Out in q Fight
With BobyFIottops Caught OFF Leyte Gulf
THE BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF
BY c. Vann Woodward. macmillan; 81
Reviewed by
CRESTON B. MULLINS.

1914 Pacific ether echoed with frantic radio
appeals baby hattos which had been
caught of Gulf OF japanese task forces which
challenge landing in the Philippines
Pacific all the islands had
the radoed calls
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NAOMI MARTIN, by Clarkson
Crane (Harcourt, Brace 81 Co.;
$3.50. A novel about a young wom-
ans adventures as she sets out to
better her dingy environment. San
Francisco in the days before World
War I.
Evening star., 1947-04-06
Brief Reviews
NOVELS.

SUMMER STRANGER, by Louise
Field Cooper (Harper & Bros;
$2.75). A sharp story about a sum-
mer colony. the authors fourth
novel.
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EXPERIMENT IN SPRINGTIME,
oy Margaret Miliar tRandom House;
$3.50. Love story dealing with the
disintegration OF marriage despite
the good intentions Of the couple
involved
Evening star., 1947-04-06
An Appraisal of Frederick Douglass;
Secondary Sources Mar Its Validity
THERE WAS ONCE A SLAVE

BY Shirley Graham. (Julian Messner, Inc; $3)
Reviewed by FLETCHER ISBELL
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Mrs. Anderson
Spoke To Club

Mrs. Ed M. Anderson, first
vice-president Of the North Caro-
liza Federation of Women's Clubs
spoke to the members of the
North WilkesbOro WOman's club
on Monday evening, when mem
bers Of Wilkesboro club and
other special guests were pres
e1t. Mrs. Ivey Moore was in
charge Of the program and pre-
sented Mrs. Charles COWles, who
in turn introduced the speaker.
Mrs. Anderson discussed interna-
tiOnal relations as related to world
peace. She was presented flow
ers and a reflector mirror from
the club. Before the meeting
Mrs. Ivey Moore and Mrs. Jack
Swofford were joint hostesses at
a dinner for the officers Of the
two clubs, Mrs. Anderson and
Mrs. CoWles.
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MANY AT HEARING
ON CO-OPERATIVES

CONTINUED from Page y
would promote safer driving, in
that it would remove many If
responsible drivers from the
highways.
Senate passage of the anti-fire-
works bill, outlaWing their manu-
facture, sale, possession or trans
portatiOn, even for out-of-statc
sale, was rapid. Senator Penny Of
Guilford, a supporter of the fire
works ban. asked that the vote
60 over until tomorrow to permit
additional discussion, but he was
quickly beaten down and he, too,
joined in the bills passage.
Opponents of the separation bill
told the conservation and devel-
opment committees that the
states wildlife and fish program
is one of the best in the South
and should not be disturbed.
DR.. Hayman Is Speaker
Among the speakers-the pro-
ponents previously had presented
their caSe-Were DR.. Donald Hay
man, University of North Caro-
lima professor who was employed
by the general education board
Of the Rockefeller foundation to
study natural resources Of this
state; Dr.. c. F. Korstian Of Duke
university, representing the North
Carolina Forestry association; G.
w. Watson, regional inspector of
the federal fish and wildlife serv-
ice; conservation and develop
ment board members Eric Rogers
of Scotland Neck, J. Wilbur Bum
of Raleigh and Roy Hampton of
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-02-20

may a child under II be placed in Jail.
Yet breakdown of the figures shows that
of the total of the 327 children jailed, 10
were under 10 years of age or younger;
six were II years old; 10 were IL years
old, while there were 90 who were IA. The
remainder, III children, were Is years Of
age Of the total there were 158 white and
124 Negro boys as to rs white and 10 Negro
girls.
The offenses listed on Jail records as
reasons for holding these children range
all the way from Investigation" to the
most serious crimes.
How should the serious crime which
officials are committing by placing chill
dren in Jail be listed? What are the rea-
sons given? And for these official crimes
who will pay the bill of cost? The State
of North Carolina pays in its most valu
able asset, good citizenship. This State
has a wonderful program of soil conserva-
ton, reforestation and others supplemented
to conserve natural resources; but ahead of
all these should come youth conservation.
The number of children placed in iails is
not merely a violation of the law itself,
but is a serious indictment against our
times a charge to which each county
should answer guilty or not guilty. If
judgment is to be suspended on good be-
havior, then every community should be-
gin this now; for the sooner, the less the
bill of cost
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-02-20
Miss Haire Is
Hostess To VIVA

The VIVA of the West Jeffer-
son Baptist church held their re-
gular meeting on Friday night
at the home of Miss Flossie Haire.
The program was opened with
the group singing Love Divine"
and 20 Zion Haste" Miss Vir-
ginia Dare league led prayer
and Mrs. Irene Dixon read a story
THE Search Goes On" For the
devotionals, scripture h cart S
were given to the group. Fortune
hearts were also given to each
member.
Miss Elizabeth Oliver presided
over the meeting, at which time
it was decided to have a new
member canvass with each mem
Der contracting someone who
would like to join.
During the social hour, the
hostess served very attractive and
delicious refreshments carrying
out the valentine motif.