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cision to publish has not yet been
taken, he said he would rather not
talk about it too much.
What he was perfectly willing to
talk about, however, is Americas
current propaganda efforts, about
which he is most optimistic. AS head
Of the owl in London during the
war, Mr.. Carroll learned lot about
the effectiveness of words as weap-
onS.
IF We continue our present ag-
gressive policy and the kind of
craftsmanship that produced the
Marshall Plan, we should win the
cold war and roll the Russians back
to the Curzon Line within the next
10 years." he said.
The Voice of America, he thinks,
is doing nobly, in spite of serious
handicaps" imposed by unsym-
pathetic members of Congress and
newspapers. That attitude he blames
for the reluctance of competent
journalists to offer their services to
the Voice. Long a working news
paperman himself, he can under
stand how competent men would
hesitate to take job which at any
time might draw public criticism
and character assassination on their
heads.
In presenting the American story
to the peoples of Europe, Mr.. Car
roll feels that we should talk to
every one behind the iron curtain,
as they were our friends.
1--WE shouldn't concede a single
soul behind the iron curtain" he
said, lust as we didn't concede any
one to the NaZis In our pre-invasion
broadcasts. If we emphasize our
friendliness and our willingness to
help them, they will turn out to be
our friends, just as the people of
occupied countries turned out to
be on our side"
A native of Milwaukee, Mr.. Car.
roll has been in newspaper work or
related fields from the time he LETT
school. He worked for the U. P. as
European correspondent from 1920
to 1941. 1t was during that time
that he met Mrs. Carroll who was
with the International Labor Offlce
in Geneva. They have three chill
dren and live in Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1948-08-22
Reviewed by
CASPAR NAMES.

Religious historians of the future
will probably one day point out that
the desire for union in Protestant
ism was a potent characteristic of
the present era.
Certainly Professionalism is in
creasingly aware of the need and
desirability of closer cooperation
among denominations, and in
many cases steps toward organic
union have resulted. In 1899 the
three branches of American Meth
odism buried differences to build a
mightier, single church. Other de-
nominations have explored the pos
sibilities of merging and several
have merged.
Today Protestants throughout the
world bear witness to the mightiest
effort yet made to bring the denom-
nations together for closer CO.
operation, even though union may
prove impracticable. Today at Am
sterdam, Holland, more than 1000
representatives of $50 Protestant
and Orthodox denomination in 40
countries open the first assembly
Of the World Council of Churches.
The dream of unity may still be far
off, but the first step toward it is
now being taken.
In his book Marcus Bach tells us
of the difficulties facing realization
of the dream. He brings the OBJ
stacles to us in grass root" terms.
AS a young minister in his first
charge at Fairfield, Kans., Bach
enters whole-heartedly with his
Baptist colleague in the effort to
bring unity to local Professionalism.
The dream breaks on the strong
back of a stubborn denominational-
ism.
The author then goes far afield- in
his efforts to search out the answer.
He finally sees the hope for bring
ing Amsterdam and Fairfield to-
gether: The true ecumenicalism
must be undergirded by the ecumen-
icity of spirit"
This is a must book for Protest.
ants and others interested in under
standing the drive behind one of
the century's major religious i'm
pulses. 1t is told vividly and under
;tandingly; the first half reads like
a novel and the second half like an
exciting report. The hope of the
last chapter is one many Protestants
will subscribe to, and others want
to know about.
Evening star., 1948-08-22
Justin Gray Attack
On Legion DepIores
.'Group Domination
THE INSIDE STORY
OF THE LEGION
BY Justin Gray. (Boni G. Gaer
S3.)
Reviewed by
GEORGE BEVERIDGE.

Justin Gray, a forceful young man
| who saw combat as a ranger in
Europe and a Yank correspondent
in the Pacific, was fired two years
ago as chief investigator of sub
versive activities for the American
Legion. This volume, long awaited
in veterans circles, is his story of
what's wrong with the Nations big
gest veterans organization.
An avid New Dealer politically,
Mr.. Gray contends the Legion was
conceived as a weapon of reac-
tionary leaders" to Offset a trend
toward political radicalism after the
First World War. He cites extensive
research to back up his view that
the Legion, ever since, has held to a
firm anti-labor line, paralleling-
and often intermingled with-that
of the National Association of
Manufacturers.
Mr.. Gray pictures himself as a
young knight in armor'' who
plunged into Legion activities with
the hope of making it over. He
still feels, he wrote, that the Legion,
with Its great size and power, is the
group best able to serve veterans
and their country.
But the danger, as he sees it, is
in the familiar charge that the
reins of the Legion, vastly more
powerful since World War II-are
clenched by a small, closely knit
group which does not intend to re-
linquish them to the general men,
bership.
In his heavily documented and
often bitter attack, Mr.. Gray largely
passes over service programs which
have made the organization a
potent force in community life. But
his accounts of the development of
Legion policies, their influence on
official Washington and first-hand
observations of Legion "king-
makers" make interesting, and
sometimes startling, reading.
Mr.. Gray left the Legion as a
paid employe after he clashed with
superiors over expulsion of the
Duncan-Paris Post, of which he was
founder. The post, headed by
Marion Hargrove of "See Here, Pri-
vate Hargrove" fame and enrolling
large number of New York news
paper and theatrical veterans, was
suspended by the New York de-
partment of the Legion and still has
not been reinstated. Mr.. Gray re-
Gently joined the staff of the United
Electrical, Radio and Machine
Workers of America, at Chicago.
Evening star., 1948-08-22
Col. Lindbergh
Asks Morality
Rule Science
OF LIGHT AND LIFE

Of L1GHI AND LIFE
BY Charles A. Lindbergh
fCharles Scribner's Sons; $50
| Reviewed by
REX COLLIER.
! Just as he once groped his. way
across the then pathless skyway:
over the Atlantic, Col. Lindbergh
in this thought provoking little
book, is cropping his way toward 6
hoped-for solution to the problem
of survival in an atomic area. AS on,
who played major role in further.
ing aeronautical science, his con.
science is troubled by the fearful.
threat of aviation and guided mis-
slles in these times of atomic anc
archaeological weapons.
Col. Lindbergh feels that man, in
his devotion to science and to things
materialistic, mas strayed too far
from the fundamental faith of our
fathers. Unless this trend is arrest
ed and reversed, he says, our scien-
tiflc achievements eventually will
destroy man and his civilization. He
sees only disaster ahead for world
whose security today depends ION
RECOMMENDATION and weapons which
will ruin us tomorrow"
This is the third time in his life,
he writes, that he has had an over
Whelming urge to appeal to his fel-
loWmen for a cause. The first was
as youthful flyer, eager to preach
the wonders of flight to all who
would listen. The second was dur
ing World War II, when, he freely
reminds his readers, he argued for
.solationism. He took that stand. he
explains, because he was convinced
that it was best for America to
keep out of Europe,s internal wars
not to add to a suicidal conf1agra-
ton which would greatly weaken
our civilization in period when ii
had vital need for its strength"
Now he believes that IF we dc
not control our science by a higher
moral force, 1t will destroy us with
It's materialistic values, its rocket
aircraft and its atom bombs" The
only hope of mankind, according to
Col. Lindbergh, is in abandonment
of Scientific materialism" in favor
of "a western philosophy guided by
the eternal truths of God" He does
not make it clear how this revolu-
ton in thinking is to come about,
or how, if it comes to one part of
the world, it can be extended uni
versally to end all threat of aggres-
sion. Many persons will agree with
his conclusion, however, that until
such a universal revolution comes
"our military victories can bring no
lasting peace, our laws no lasting
justice, our science no lasting prog
reSS.
Evening star., 1948-08-22
Story Selections
Tell of Fast Life
In the Gay '20s
THE PLEASURES OF THE
JAZZ AGE
Edited and Introduced by William
Hodapp. (Farrar, Strdus,; 81
Reviewed by
IRVING LASH


Grandpa says the Gay Nineties
were the years, and don't be talking
back to him. But your old man will
tell you the '20s were the real
wild oats days, and it's a wonder
anybody survived. He's right, too.
Mr.. Hodapp wasn't around when
people were being gay IN the '9Os.
And unless he has discovered
the secret of everlasting youth, he
wasn't much more than a shaver
when the fuse was lit on the '20s.
But the '20s were without doubt
fabulous period, and Mr.. Ho-
dapp has gone to great lengths to
bring them back for the benefit Of
those who were not there to enjoy
them in person, and for those who
were there and would like to be
there again.
BY some skillful editing on the
lighter and more romantic prose OF
the era, Mr.. Hodapp calls the roll
on the st-known novelists of the
Jazz Age and permits them to tell
in their own words how America
lived the carefree life until the roof
fell in October, 1929.
Evening star., 1948-08-22
How to Win
,TheCoId War
Is Book Theme
PERSUADE OR PERISH
BY Wallace Carroll. fHoughton
Mif1in Co.; 81
Reviewed by
GARNETT D. HORNER.


GARNETT D. HORNER.
A strategy of persuasion" for
winning the peace in the current
cold war" with Russia is charted
in this book from the lessons taught
by the mistakes and successes OF
American psychological warfare in
World War II.
Wallace Carroll writes authori-
tatively and Interestingly about
costly wartime lessons from his
personal experiences as deputy di-
rector of the overseas branch of the
Office of War Information.
He cites suspicious aroused about
American political aims by failure
to explain adequately and promptly
the military expediency" of such
actions as the 1912 Darlan IDEAL" in
North Africa, and draws the lesson
that sit is folly to embark on a
course of action unless you are de-
termined to carry public opinion
with you"
Inform or Be Libeied.
1t is clear, he writes, that unless
the United States informs its friends
abroad of American policies, others
will misinform them"
Failure to couple the right acts
with the right words in its wartime
and early postwar actions left the
United States standing virtually
alone in it's war of wills" with Rus
sia by the end of 1916, Mr.. Carroll
asserts.
Then Secretary of State Marshall
brought to the direction of Ameri-
can foreign policy "a sense of high
strategy which had been lacking,
he writes, although he blames Gen
Marshall as wartime Chief of Staff
for IAN obsession with military
ends" which he contends put the
country in an "unfavorable posi-
ton" for the political struggle.
The United States seized the
initiative in the cold war" with
development of the Marshall Plan
for European recovery, Mr.. Carroll
says, adding:
"At last even many Europeans
who had been deluded by Commu-
mist propaganda began to under
stand the nature of the interna-
tional political conflict. To them
this was no longer a clash between
America and Russia with the poor
Europeans caught in the middle
This was an attempt by Russia to
prevent the recovery of Europe, so
that Europe would be at the mercy
OF the Soviet Union. And in this
conflict the United States seemed
to offer hope to Europe-hope of
recovery and independence"
Owl Passes in Review.
The bulk of Mr.. Carroll's book is
devoted to a detailed review of
Owls psychological warfare effort
in North Africa and Europe, its
successes as we'll as it's Illustrations.
He seems to this reviewer to be hy-
percritical of some non-OWI per-
sonalities, but this detracts little
from the worth of the book as a
whole.
Since the war and the end OF
Owl, Mr.. Carroll, who was United
Press correspondent in Europe from
1929 to l94l, has been living in
Washington, writing this book and
planning a new national weekly on
world affairs.
Evening star., 1948-08-22

W o TX experl-
menting with a
weekly on world
affairs.
In a larg e
high = ceilinged
Office at 1712 H
street NV, Mr..
Carroll said that
the m a G a zin e
would deal with
social. political
a n d economic
affairs somewhat,
in the manner
of the London
Economist. But
Evening star., 1948-08-22
Tree Author
Finds Mothers
Too Selfish

BY Betty Smith. Harper &
Bros; So
| Betty Smiths first novel, "A Tree
Grows in Brooklyn" which wa:
published five years ago, brought
more. glory to her native borough
than the Dodgers ever did in g
pennant year Her story of the
Noians was not only one of the best.
loved and best-sold novels of the
decade; it became a yardstick fol
ali subsequent novels dealing with
underprivileged but undefeated peo.
pie, and a byword for hope in ad-
versity.
Now with her second novel-the
hardest of any writer's career-she
is back in Brooklyn, but this time
she is describing a spiritually blight
ed area where growth is poisoned al
the roots and love is doomed te
wither and die.
AS Sensitive as Francie.
The heroine of this sorry tale
Marcy Shannon, is every bit az
sensitive a plant as the immortal
Francie Nolan of "A Tree" but
Marcy is cut down by three mean
spirited women who try to smother
those they claim to love. One OF
them is her own mother, who has
the habit of discomfort and keeps ii
sharp on her docile daughter.
In their dingy fiat, Marcy grows
up sweetly in spite of maternal nag
ging, led on greasy, monotonous
meals eaten to the accompaniment
of wrangling between her parents
When she goes to work, she is at
tracted to her boss, who is enslaved
by mother who calls him her "best
beau" And when she meets frankie
Malone, who seems like a good
steady young man" sharing hel
hope of a slightly better life, he
warns her that his mother isn't 60
ing to like losing him-or his pay
What can a wife give him that ]
can't give him?" Mrs. Malone de-
mands of Marcy when told the news
of the impending marriage. Margy's
tragedy is that there is very little
frankie is so completely his moth
er's son that he is embarrassed by
his wife's affection and positively
resenttul of her demands on his
love. Marcy had expected share
of financial worry, but this strange
ness of her husbands is more than
she bargained for.
Some Well-Told Humor.
Miss Smith has drawn up bitter
indictment of the American MON, u
especially of the overbearing Irish
American variety who bring up their
children to "pay back" the little
that has been grudgingly given
them rather than to seek their own
happiness. Still, although she has
stacked the cards against Marcy,
the story is not all grimness. 1t is
shot through with the tremulous
quality of Margy's little dreams, full
of telling details of Brooklyn life.
There are several good hearted men
to cut through the jealousy charged
air. Margy's gentle father, Henny
is a wistful workingman who thinks
that his kind is pushed around
without pushing each other around
His meeting With Frarlkie's father,
a cop who studies 7embalming in the
evening, when they go out to rent
their suits for the wedding, is a
hilarious scene providing much
needed comedy relief.
Compared with "a Tree ITO
morrow Will Be Better" has little
drama and few people. Compared
with life, however, it is true, and
deeply disquieting. Not even Brook
lyn buoyancy can deal with such
hopeless situations. M. MEG.
Evening star., 1948-08-22

THE PHILOSOPHY OF
FRANCIS RACON

BY Fulton H. Anderson. fUni-
Uersity of Chicago Press; $4J
...t ... Reviewed by
,.. CHARLES, G. BROOKS. r
Francis Bacon was more than a
mere originator of scientific in
ductive reasoning IN the modern
world he marked the beginning of
radical departure from Aristotle,
the separation of science from dog
ma and the beginning of a "revolu-
tionary" movement in philosophy as
well as in scientific classifications.
From Bacon's more than 80 extant
works, Mr.. Anderson has derived
a scholarly picture estimating,
rather than pigeonholing, Sir
Francis creative role in history.
Evening star., 1948-08-22

the farm, for keeping them together
when they didn't get along and
should have separated. Later,
Chism broke down and said it was
his fault for trying to raise a fam
lily for which he obviously had no
talent. You may be more inclined
to blame Mr.. Caldwell.
Evening star., 1948-08-22
Huxley Writes
OfU. S. in Ruin
Due to Wars

APE AND ESSENCE
BY Aldous Huxley. Harper
S250J
Evening star., 1948-08-22
GoebbeIs' Errors Far Outweighed
Effective Decisions Riess Believes
S. A BIOGRAPHY

JOSEPH GOEBBELS: A BIOGRAPHY
BY Curt Riess doubleday G. Co.. Inc; $685.
Reviewed by EDWIN TRIBBIE
Evening star., 1948-08-22
Troubles of Pastor
Focus on Demand
Unity
Co.,: S3.)

REPORT TO PROTESTANTS
BY Marcus Bach. (Bobbs- Merrill
Co. 81
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Evening star., 1948-03-14

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