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If any explanation is needed
why many liberal Democrats regard
Justice Douglas Of the Supreme
Court as their spokesman it is to be
-ound here. The speeches-and one
aper-which make up this book
we the jurist's political philos-
7hy more extensively and more
,,ssionately than do his opinions.
might be summarized in the last
,ntence of this easily read volume :
Believe in your democratic faith
and you can have one world
hat Is your kind of world"
To Justice Douglas the liberties
guaranteed in the Bill Of Rights are
more than glorious history. They
are a way of life. But their achieve
ment is no pledge Of their continued
enjoyment. They involve duties and
responsibilities; democracy must be
positive, dynamic force.
Justice Douglas sees the basis
Of our democratic society as the
minority, the smallest minority of
all-the individual conscience. Our
democracy has its roots in Christian
ideals, he holds. and one of its
traditions is that all members
belong" The late. President Roose-
welt, he says, gave all the people the
precious sense of belonging" of
having real place for which they
were willing to make sacrifices.
To Justice Douglas as to others
the ideal of liberty is a yeast that
works in the minds and lives of
people, wherever they may be. Even
behind the iron curtain, he says,
there are men whose thirst for
freedom is as great as our own.
I'VE must manage to let them feel
the warmth of our understanding
and friendship" he says. They
must know their problems are our
concern, too. ." The pattern of an
enduring peace will be found only
in their hopes and aspirations"
But If our democracy does not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-15
Dorothy Baker
DWeHs Anew
|OnoPet Theme
OUR GIFTED SON
By Dorothy Baker. (Houghton
Mi6fin Co.; S2.75.)
Reviewed by .
MARY McGRORY.

Dorothy Baker seems to be de-
voting herself to a study of hyp-
Noticed people. She began with
an arresting novel called Young
Man With a Horn" a portrayal
of a hot trumpeter who was
done wrong by cold-hearted
blond. Her second novel, Trio
which ran into censorship troubles
when 1t was dramatized, described
a young girl in the thrall of bril-
liant older woman. Now in "Our
Gifted Son" her hero is a gentle
musician obsessed by his father.
In describing this dominion that
the INSCRIPTIONS achieve over the
sensitive, she uses distinctive, apt
style, in which the repetition OF
certain words is used to build up a
need or an impression. The ges-
ture and the tone Of voice, infinitely
described, become more significant
than what is said, for her charac-
tiers speak in kind of hostile
litany, picking up phrases from
each other like musicians in a jam
session. It all has q mesmerizing
effect, which is, of course, ideal for
the relationship she depicts.
Fear and confusion are the key
notes of this taut, economical story
of Jose Richter, 22-year-old Mex
lean pianist, who is a student at
Harvard come home to his much
beloved town, which is practically
owned by his highly respected ia
Their. To make things a little
pleasanter in a household bereft
by the death of his mother, he
brings with him a college friend
an aggressively Anglo-Saxon type
named Ted Carpenter. The fathers
greeting is typical. He manages to
make Jose seem inconsiderate and
disloyal and insists that his son
send his friend away. Then, with
the abrupt about-face of the true
tyrant, he alienates Ted from Jose
and adds to the youths feelings OF
uncertainty and inadequacy.
Not so Sinister.
Meanwhile, Jose has been told by
his ex-English tutor, a rather dere-
lict American soul (who has at
tempted to free him from his IA
Their although she is equally and
mysteriously spellbound HERSELF
that his mother killed herself. Jose's
attempts to find out the circum-
stances of her death from his IA
Their gradually reach a climax of
hatred and dread. But it must be
said that Mrs. Bakers means of
achieving suspense are not always
strictly fair. For instance, she indi-
Gates that Jose's father, with his
hatred of Americans and his admi-
ration of all things German, may be
more sinister than he actually is
ever shown to be.
A contrived, melodramatic end
ing suggests that Mrs. Baker was
more interested in presenting at
mosphere than in probing the
depths of Jose's dilemma. It's So
luton is abrupt and unlikely. And
when it is over, the reader, who has
been held by the skillful tension of
the story, may wonder why he was.
Jose, a sympathetic character, al
though too docile to command any
lasting concern, exemplifies Mrs.
Bakers admirable preoccupation
with vulnerable people, but he is
basically the same main character
of her two previous novels. With
her artistry she should seek an
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solve its own problems and satisfy
our own hopes, he points out, Its
export value will be small.
To Justice Douglas the genius Of
America finds its true expression
not in mastery Of the machine but
in comradeship and cooperation in
championing fair play, decency and
freedom. That is something, he says,
which will lift up the hearts OF
men through days of suffering and
privation."
One note about style: Justice
Douglas has mastery of the short
and simple sentence which should
make many news writer's enyious.
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Dutch Author Writes Symbolic Novel
or Holland S Fight Against the Sea
ROLL BACK THE SEA
BY A. Den Dooaard. (Sinaon G. Schuster, So
Reviewed by MEREDITH S. BUEL.

Like a sunken ship emerging
VIGOROUSLY from watery grave, q
drowned island rose from the slime
and muck to be reborn after bat
ting Is bitter months against the
raging North Sea. This is Walchren
"a Dutch island off the coast OF
Holland, the sand dunes and dikes
of which are of chief importance in
protecting the Netherlands from
inundation.
This tiny island, most of which is
below sea level, was bombed by the
British in 1914 to clear out the
Germans who barred the way to
Antwerp. The bikes were broken
at four strategic points, and the
surging sea spread over the island
like the tehtacles of an octopus en-
veloping its prey.
A. Den Doolaard, a native Hol-
lander, witnessed the saving OF
Walchren. Around this epic struggle
he has written Roll Back the Sea,
a gripping novel about the people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-15
Our Dealings With
Latin America
LATIN AMERICA:
CONTINENT IN CRISIS
BY Ray Josephs. (Randon
House; $780,
Reviewed by
HARRY LEVER.

Danger Is the inevitable result OF
our present-day policy toward
Latin America, in the opinion OF
the author of this authoritative
text on our neighboring nations.
After describing with great detail
the internal workings of the South
American countries, Mr.. Josephs
comes to the conclusion that our
principal mistake arises because our
top policy makers have put the
issue of Russia and European re-
covery above all else in our dealings
with South America.
The policy makers feel, MIR. Jo-
sephs contends, that they must
join the Perons and Latin Amer
ica's other Fascists," and give them
arms, machines and credits, because
they are "bulwarks against COM
munism." !
But, according to the author, the
opinion of Latin Americas demo-
cratic leaders is this:
We are forgetting that while
Argentina's Juan Domingo Peron
and his fellow stronglnen hold us
up to get what they want, they
actually are continuing to work
against us for their own ends.
Mr.. Josephs, who went to South
America in 1899 for the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin and stayed on
touches at great length on the
internal difficulties of the nation
below the border to give an anthem
tic and sometimes gloomy picture
This book is even better than his
previous work, Argentine Diary"
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Crime and Mystery
By Miriom Ottenbero

church as ticket to heaven. The
gangster knew of an international
crook on the make for the man
uscript. too. Five corpses later, Pine
comes up with most of the answers
in a hard-to-solve thriller gar
nished with a sauce of wry humor.
X Il X +
Venturous Lady, by George Harmon
Coke. (Alfred A. Knopf; $2.50.)
Dean Fenton, a bad actor in every
sense of the word, brought nothing
but trouble to the Fellhaven Sum-
mer Playhouse. His sudden demise
was practically inevitable, so much
so, in fact, that 1t. Baldwin found
himself loaded down with creditable
motives for murder. Which was the
strongest-revenge. fear of career
wrecking blackmail, frustrated love,
ambition or the threat of disin-
heritance? It's puzzler.
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Henry James
With Swift
Dialogue
THE OTHER HOUSE
BY Henry James. fNeaU Direc-
tons; So

tons; So
Reviewed by
MARGARET BLAIR SHUMAKER
Henry James condemned dialogue
as device employed by authors
who wanted to coddle their lazy
readers, and in the great majority
of his novels James allows only the
minimum of dialogue necessary fol
understanding the psychological,
drama. Many readers have found
this an obstacle to complete enjoy
ment Of James, not necessarily be-
cause they were lazy, but often be-
cause the mental Vaccinations OF
James characters are so carefully
developed while the action is SO
scarce that one feels confronted
with disembedied minds rather than
with whole men.
This is not true of 1.-THE Other
House" which was written first as a
play, hence abundant dialogue, and
was later adapted into a short novel
The characters have all the COM
plexity and intelligence of other
James characters, but at the same
time they are articulate. They nc
longer think and feel inwardly, but
use one another extensively as
sounding boards. This gives the
novel swiftness of pace and ar
intensity that will crafty the reader
who has baked at the sometime
ponderous movement in 1.-THE
Golden Bowl" the Awkward Age
or any of James later novels.
As is characteristic of James, the
novel centers around IAN interest
ing moral situation" the problem OF
a man in love who is under oath to
his dead wife not to remarry. Out
Of this moral situation emerge the
most violent emotions, one dashing
against the other until they reach
fever pitch when they can no longe,
remain emotion but must resolve
themselves in action, in this case
murder. 1.-THE Other House" has all
the intensity, suspense and mystery
that one finds in THE Turn of the
Screw" and although perhaps not
as significant as the latter, it is GER
tainly a brilliant novel which car
hold its own in the distinguished
company of James novels.
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who tirelessly fought to push back
the flooded waters and whose hopes
for survival rose and fell with the
changing tides. He has written
realistically and wildly about the
men who doggedly devote their lives
planning and building the country's
dixie fortresses and match their wits
against Hollands most relentless foe.
Their ability to fish Walchren out
of the jaws of the sea, Mr.. Doolaard
feels, symbolizes the centuries-old
spirit of the Dutch who are ever
lastingly faced by the ebb and flood
of the surrounding ocean.
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tnab the CnlneSe II given an OppOr-
tunity to work out their own destiny
without becoming involved in the
east-west power struggle, may sue
coed in bringing about a modern
China which can make its proper
contribution to a world society. But
it will be a thoroughly Chinese
China and not a pale imitation of
American free-enterprise democracy
nor of Soviet communism.
Because of tradition and circum-
stance Prof. Fairbank believes
that this new Chinese state will
take some form of what is generally
called Socialism" But he feels
that 1t is not so important that the
state should control the economy of
the new state as who controls the
state. The real question, says the
author, is Must China's socialistic
efforts be highly authoritarian
(either paternalistic or despotic) or
can they become democratic?"
An indispensable Book.
This book is really indispensable
for an understanding of China
today. The reader is given a COM
pact account of all the factors which
have gone to make up the China
problem of today. I know of no
other place where one can learn so
much in such brief time about the
meaning and effect on modern con-
ditions of Confucianism, Taoism,
the geographic writing, the impact
OF the west on an old civilization
and the rise of nationalism. For the
American CT who only saw the
squalor and corruption of a China
at war it Is good to learn that at
about the time DR.. johnson was
compiling his famous dictionary in
London, the Emperor K'ang-hsi on
the other side of the world was pre-
siding over the production of an
other famous dictionary and an en-
cyclopedia in 5000 chapters.
And when we read in the daily
papers of China as one Of the great
powers with veto in the Security
Council it is salutary to learn from
Prof. Fairbank that the annual
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Army Anecdotes
From Brass and 81
OVER MY SHOULDER
BY Herston Cooper. (Dorrance
& Co.; ST.
Reviewed by
IRVING LASH.
Reviewed by
IRVING LASH.

An interesting and amusing eollec-
ton of Army anecdotes has been
compiled here, with the brass and
GIs being given equal attention
The author served at Fort Bragg,
Camp Tyson, Crossville and in the
European theater
Sample story: A major made a
hobby of inspecting rockies as they
performed their first guard duty.
Sentry" he asked rookie, what
would you have done if I had not
obeyed your command to halt?"
The sentry said he would have
called the corporal of the guard.
And what would the sentry have
told the corporal?
Sir, I would say to him: Corporal
I have got to walk this post. Pick
up that damned majors carcass
It's in my way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-15
EISENHOWER SPEAKS:

EISENHOWER SPEAKS:
A Selection of His Speeches and
Messages. Selected and edited
by Rudolph L. Treuenfels. Far
rdr, StrauS G. Co.: 49,
More than 40 speeches and a score
of papers of Gen. Eisenhower have
been collected in this volume. Most
of them are now of historic interest
only but one-his final report as
Chief of Staff of the Army-may
long stand as the most persuasive
presentation yet of the case for pre-
paredneSS. e. T.
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Vivid Short Stories
SAC PRAIRIE PEOPLE

SAC PRAIRIE PEOPLE
BY August Derleth. (Stanton &
Lee; 49,
Written in moods of comedy, ten
derness or the supernatural. August
Derleth's short stories display a deep
affection for his native State of Wis
cousin. Moreover, each is handled
in manner that renders them
vivid human sketches. There is a
charm about them that never tires.
This is a collection of 20 short
stories which have appeared in vari-
GUS magazines. &C. M. P.
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SnadOW or Fu Manchu, by Sa1
Rohmer. doubleday g. Co.
Inc; So
Crime Club.
Sax Rohmer is in again to show
these upstairs in the crime field
just how villainous a villain can be.
His DR.. Flu Manchu has conquered
time, space, science and apparently
the secret of life itself In Mr.. Roh-
mer's SOD melodrama. Pitted
against the evil genius again is
Sr. Dennis Nayland Smith, ex-chief
of Scotland Yard and no mean
adversary. Both Of them are in
terested in a mysterious machine
that could blow the world to bits
faster than you can say atomic
bomb.
DR.. Flu Manchu wants to destroy
the machine in the interest of
peace, he says. ST.. Dennis Just
wants to make sure it doesn't fall
into the wrong hands. Pawn in
the game is the young physicist who
realizes at length that his brain
child is something more than a re-
fined excursion into higher mathe-
mates.
AS bow to the time spirit, Mr..
Rohmer losses spot of Communist
skullduggery into the excitement.
BY the simple device of making all
things possible to the omnipotent
Oriental, Mr.. Rohmer turns out his
usual fantastic hair-raiser.
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|Drowiinq Know-How
A COMPLETE GUIDE TO

A COMPLElE GUlDE III
DRAWING, ILLUSTRATION,
lCARTOONING AND PAINTING
Selected and compiled by Gene
Byrnes, with editorial assistance
and text by A. Thornton Bishop.
| (Sinon & Schuster;; $685.
Reviewed by
PHILIP n. LOVE.
Art students and teachers alike
will find this big 354-page volume
valuable guide. 1t Is probably the
most comprehensive manual Of
practical art ever assembled. and
there Is no phase Of the subject not
touched upon.
Mr.. Byrnes is the cartoonist who
draws HReg1ar Fellers." q daily and
Sunday comic which has appeared
in more than 800 newspapers and
magazines, including The Star. Mr..
Bishop also is an artist and art
teacher Of considerable experience
Between the two Of them, they have
produced book worthy of . place
J in the library Of every artist, art
teacher and axt Student.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-15
Foibonk Foresees Modern Chinese State
InNew Book, Held VitcI to Policymokers


By John X Farbank. Harpnrd University Press; $375.J
Reviewed ALLEN MOORE.
Many wise old European diplomat who gray
his said China promising
country the worldand always will be- John
Washingonian professor Harvard has written
will tell why the old diplomat made his statement
Prof Farbank quite pessimc
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THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. C.
AUGUST ls4s

Justice Douglas Defines America Genius
And Greatness in Memorable Addresses
BEING AN AMERICAN
BY William o. Douglas fJohn Day Co.; $275)
Reviewed by FRANCIS P. DOUGLAS
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Halo for Satan, by John Evans
(Bobbs- Merrill Co: S2.5O)

(Bobbs-Merrill Coz s2.5o0
Detective Paul Pine wouldn't have
believed the story from any one but
a bishop. 1t seems there was a
manuscript supposedly written 2,O0C
years ago. The author: Jesus
Christ. The asking price was $685.
900, 900, but the would-be seller had
disappeared. The bishop wanted
Pine to find the man with the man
uscript. A dying gangster wanted
the manuscript, too. to give to the
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C.. S. Forester
Returns to His
DorkContinent

THE SKY AND THE FOREST
BY c. S. Forester. little
BroWn; $2.75J
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-15

To conserve and encourage talent
In literature and in the other arts,
DR.. Grabo writes, 'is a matter Of
the gravest social concern" He adds:
"We endow scientific foundations,
for the practical value of scientific
research to human welfare is now
recognized. The equal value of the
arts we either do not recognize or
naively assume that the arts can
take care Of themselves, more espe-
cially the art of literature"
He rejects the idea that genius
Yin always get hearing. Gifted
&riters, he u convinced. often fail
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F|oridian Arrested by FB|
In Annapolis Boat Theft
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE. July 31.-The Fed.
eral Bureau of Investigation an
nounced today the arrest of Walter
Ashton Lawrence, At, of Fort Pierce
Fla, in connection with the alleged
theft of a 40-foot sailboat from
Annapolis.
M. w. McFarlin. agent in charge
of the Baltimore Office, said Law
renee was arrested yesterday in
nearby Essex.
Mr. McFarlin said Lawrence was
hired to sail the boat from Annap-
oils to New York but brought ii
only as far as Bridgeton, N. j.
The FBI official said Lawrence
then informed Richard B. Bostforo
of New York, part owner of the
craft. that the boat sank after an
explosion and that Lawrence was
rescued from a raft.
The FBI said Lawrence returned
the boat from Bridgeton to Balti-
more, sawed off its mast and re-
painted it. Mr.. Bostford placed q
value of $4,000 on the boat.
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Antiques Bring Premium Prices
At Auction in Gusts Mansion

Bankman of Mt. Rainier. Md, came
lust to say goodbye to- a grand
old mansion.
Mr.. Bankman was employed by
the former owner of the estate
Miss Elizabeth Sharpe, to restore
it in 1915. He recalled how each
brick in the two wings of the house
was numbered, taken down, and then
cemented more securely. IET
He said Miss Sharpe spent nearly
100000 in restoring the place which
was built in 1903.
~ Mansion Won't, Be Altered.
Eyes, it is a pity there don't seem
to be any more Miss Shapes who
are interested enough in keeping
this place up as it should be-" Mr..
Bankman commented.
But Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas E. Ed
ward. Arlington real estate dealers
who helped negotiate the sale, were
quick to correct this notion. They
said that contrary to the fears OF
some, the mansion was in no way
to be altered except for necessary
painting and repairs.
The mansion itself. they empha-
sized, was to be used as head
quarters for priests who are men,
bers of the Belgian society. Many
of them, they explained, are dis
placed priests from Europe seeking
a retreat. If and when the estate
is used for a school, they explained
separate building will be con-
structed for this purpose at the
rear of the mansion.
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Artificial Breeding Halted
Two Weeks in MARYLAND

The Maryland artificial breeding
program will be suspended during
the first two weeks of this month
it was announced yesterday by the
State Artificial Breeding Associa-
ton. Officials said the service will
be available again August is.
Association officials said .the sus-
pension of service is to allow tech
nicians in various counties, who are
on call seven days a week, to take
vacations.
They also noted that COWS bred
in August will freshen in May. at
time when the milk supply is most
abundant. 1t is better practice,
they added, to reduce the number
of cows freshening at this period
to minimum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01
Group Forms 10 Fight
w-Fang|ed Studies

A group of Montgomery County
parents who advocate return tc
fundamentals in subjects taught in
county schools have organized as
the Parents League for Curriculum
improvement it. was announced yes.
terday. j. Henry Hiser, Bethesda
is president.
The league comprises residents OF
Bethesda, Rockville, Kensington
Silver Spring, Gaithershurg, OAR
nestown and other county com
munities.
officials of the new organization
said membership is not restricted
to parents but includes taxpayers
who want their tax dollars fol
school purposes to be utilized effec-
lively; if necessary. jelly-making
rope jumping and the like can be
taught at home
Mr.. Heiser said the league has
appointed representatives to attend
all sessions of the annual Board OF
Education workshop on curriculum
changes, to be held throughout
August.
He added the group is continuing
the circulation of petition request
ing the School Board to concentrate
on basic studies and discontinue
some of it's "neWfangled" subjects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01
Virginia Beach Ex-hayor
Called by Grand Jury
By the Associated Press

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. July 81
H Warfleld Leeke. who last month
resigned as mayor of Virginia Beach,
has been ordered to appear before
Princess Anne County Circuit Court
grand jury Monday to testify in
regard to his statements that there
were irregularities in the town
June councilmanic election.
Commonwealth Attorney Paul
w. Ackiss today confirmed the fact
that the former mayer had been
called to testify. saying the only
notice county officials had received
of the alleged election-law VIOLA
tons was contained in Leeke's letter
of resignation.
A section of the letter in which
Leeke referred to the violation OF
several of the election laws" brought
the subpoena. Mr.. Ackiss said that
in view of the fact that violation
of the law has been alleged. he
feels that such reported violations
should be investigated.