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Evening star., 1948-06-27

Readers in the 1876 veterans hos
pitals in the United States will soon
be getting the latest books as
promptly as the most pampered
metropolitan bookstore clients.
The program, recently instituted
by Francis r. st. John, director Of
the Library Service, is going ahead
at the Munitions Building Offices
of the VA, where publishers send
advance copies of forthcoming books.
These are reviewed from the hos
pital standpoint by the chief (and,
SO far, only member) of the newly
created Book Review Division, Mrs.
Valeria E. Grieson, whose comments
are used by hospital librarians for
guidance in placing Republication
orders.
While blbliotherapy is still in the
speculative stage as science, doc
tors frequently prescribe for neuro-
psychiatric patients the reading of
books about psychiatry for the lay
man which explain certain phases
of treatment. But the greatest con-
tribution that the library makes at
present is to offer a means of escape,
entertainment and information for
the hospitalized veterans.
New BO0kwOrms.
VA files are full of records of nom
readers who are converted into
bookworms during their hospital
stay. Librarians who make the
rounds of wards twice week with
a book cart take particular pains to
introduce apathetic patients to the
pleasures of reading.
One patient whose active life had
offered no reading time drew up a
program with the aid of a librarian
and is now on demanding sched-
ule of Is books a week. He reads
everything from Greek philosophy
to westerns One comic book ad-
dict was gently led to better things
and had progressed to Lin Yutang's
Between Tears and Laughter" when
last heard from.
Totally incapacitated patients use
projectors which flash books a page
at time on the ceiling over their
beds. They are operated by a de-
pressor which can be manipulated
by a nod of the head. Two Negro
patients who had adjacent beds in a
Southern hospital went through the
Bible from cover to cover using such
a machine.
In the veterans hospital at North
ampton, Mass, Mr.. ST. John said
neuropsychiatric patients undergoing
pack treatments often choose book
frequently light novel-to
be projected on the ceiling of the
pack room to divert them.
Most in demand are westerns,
mysteries and how to do it"
books. Mr. st. John said that
there is an amazing call from
patients who face many years of
disqualification for books on car
pentry, farming and travel. Divi-
sional histories are very popular,
So is the War Departments history
of World War II, of which the VA
bought 2,700 copies. Narrative type
war book have little appeal.
Patients read very critically, Mr.
St. John said. In a Texas hos
pital a code system of reviewing
has been adopted. Each reader
marks his brand in the back of the
book and beside 1t his opinion. Sue
ceeding readers watch the record
carefully, and if a certain brand
does not carry an Endorsement they
pass up the book
Evening star., 1948-06-27

BY Bert Andrews. fRandonl
House; $780,
Reviewed by
CARTER BROOKE JONES.
An enterprising Washington
correspondent tells here the
complete story of 10 State De-
partment employees fired as
potential security risks; the
case of the Hollywood writer's
before the House Committee on Un-
American Activities and the indirect
charges made against DR.. Edward
U. Condor, director of the Bureau
of Standards.
Mr.. Andrews, who is chief of the
Washington bureau of the New York
Herald Tribune, concludes from
these instances and similar ones
that "the threat to civil liberties, as
America has known them, is as
serious at this moment as it has
ever been in history"
Officialdom. he feels, lis suffering
from bad case of jitters." And he
adds: There is alarm. There is
hysteria. There is reason for some
alarm. There is no good reason for
hysteria. Alarm can suggest rational
precautions. When hysteria is in
control, all judgment goes out the
window" And there also is, he con-
tends. danger of destroying the
rights of all in the effort to curb
the abuses of the diSloyal or mis-
guided few
Mr.. Andrews describes in detail
the experience of Mr.. Blank" one
of the State Department employees.
The 10 were dismissed without hear
ings and without knowing what they
were charged with. Later, under
the pressure of the Nationwide pub
licity which Mr. Andrews initiated
in his paper, the department re-
versed its ruling and allowed seven
of the 10 to resign without preju-
dice. But Mr.. Blank" picked as
typical, still didn't know why he was
forced out. He was distinguished
economist, and his career was
threatened with ruin. Because OF
what had happened to him, no one
wanted to employ him.
Mr.. Andrews holds that the Holly
wood show put on before the House
committee was not an unquallf1ed
success, since it did not please
critics concerned with constitution
al rights" He feels that the f1imsy
charges by the same committee
against DR.. Condor, one OF the
country's top atomic scientists, were
particularly outrageous.
While much of the material in
Washington Witch Hunt" has ap-
peared in the newspapers, the book
presents a rounded picture of in
Justice and star-chamber procedure.
This should be alarming to those
who still believe in such old-fash-
ioned American concepts as pre-
sumption of innocence and fair
trial.
Evening star., 1948-06-27
Chess Notes
BY Donald n. Mueridee

The match between, the WASH
ington Chess Divan and visiting
team from the Log Cabin Chess
Club of West Orange, N. j., on
June 10 proved to be an evenly
and hard-fought battle. At
one point the visitors led by 30,
but when all was over, shortly be-
fore l o'clock Sunday morning, the
Divan emerged the victor by Ia
points to 5La. The Divan thus
maintains an unbroken record of
victories in intercity events, its pre-
vious wins having been against
Philadelphia twice, Richmond and
Fredericksburg (second team. The
13-man team brought south by E.
Forry Laucks, organizer and patron
of the Log Cabin Club. included a
number Of names of national repu-
tation. The score:
Evening star., 1948-06-27
Pictorial History
OF the Monument
THE WASHINGTON
MONUMENT: ITS STORY
IN PICTURES

1t1E WASf1lNGlON
MONUMENT: ITS STORY
IN PICTURES
Collected and Edited by Chal-
mers M. Roberts. (Litho Process
Co.; ST.
This booklet, almost Q year in
preparation. contains more than 120
photographs, drawings, prints, maps
and other illustrations as we'll as
nearly 1000 words of text. For the
first time it tells the complete pic
ture story of the Washington Monu-
ment.
Its publication is timed to coincide
with the Tooth anniversary three
day weekend celebration planned
for next week by the Board of Trade.
Chalmers Roberts, a Star staff
writer, is now busy collecting ma
terial for a picture history of Wash
ington, the National Capital. planned
to appear in 1850, the city's sesqui-
centennial wear.
Evening star., 1948-06-27
Capt. Korig Returns
To Pacific Theoter
In His Fourth Book

BATTLE REPORT, VOL. w
BY Capt. Walter Karig. U. s.
N. R.; 1t. Comdr. Russell L.
Harris and 1t. Comdr. Frank A.
Manson. (Rinehdrt; So
Reviewed by
CRESTON B. MULLINS.
In this fourth volume of a MEM
orable series of combat descriptions
Capt. Karig and his collaborators
return to the Pacific War and retell
In strikingly human terms the
glcrious-if. in spots, gruesome-
story of how we beat down the Jap,
leaving until subsequent volume
the coup de grace dealt Hirohito's
empire.
AS in the previous installments
of this series Capt. Karig pays un-
divided attention to the human story
behind the history which the men
of the United States Navy made from
January, 1918 to October, 1914.
As its name indicates, the work
deals almost exclusively with action
reports from the men who partici-
pated and the historical threat is
preserved more to provide the set
ting for the actions than to relate
the history of World War II.
The best of the action reports, of
course. come out of the Battle for
Leyte Gulf and in that part entitled
THE Ends Beginning" the author
deals not exhalistively but effectively
with the actions which preceded and
comprised the Battle for Leyte Gulf.
Beginning with the New Guinea
offensive Capt. Karig deals with the
campaigns through the Gilbert and
Marshall Islands, Saipan, Tinian,
Guam and the Philippine invasion
and the numerous engagements
which occurred during-and between
-inyaSions.
Evening star., 1948-06-27
OF Anton Chekhov
THE PERSONAL PAPERS
OF ANTON CHEKHOV

OF ANTON CHEKHOV
Introduction by Matthew Joseph
son. Lear; $3J
These excerpts from notes. diaries
and letters of the 10Th century Rus
sian short-story writer and drama
tist are much more than literary
curiosities. They often give flash
ing insight into his philosophy and
method of work. The notebook of
his final years QS92-1904) is par
ticularly rewarding. Sometimes these
paragraphs are stray epigrams,
sometimes germs of stories, like
this one: Husband and wife have
lived together and quarreled for 18
years. At last he makes confession,
which was, in fact, untrue, of having
been false to her. and they part to
his great pleasure and to the wrath
OF the whole town" &C. B. j.
Evening star., 1948-06-27

dDOut. 1Ild6 ID lllS uduSllLcT ALL
appointment toa guest editorship Of
Mademoiselle this summer.
X X
Justice Murphy Plans
His Summer Reading
Supreme Court Justice Frank
Murphy, whose chief diversions are
books and birds, plans to pursue both
hobbies conscientiously this summer.
In the last crowded days before the
high court recessed the former At
torney General plotted out'a heavy
course of reading for himself and
packed glasses and camera in the
hope of spotting a member of the
rare Kirland warbler species at his
Michigan summer home at Harbor
Beach.
The 3O-odd books that Justice
Murphy has earmarked for summer
perusal, in the religious, ornitho-
logical and historical field. reflect
his keen interest in those subjects,
American history. Cor
dell Hull's Memoirs" and Lincoln's
letters are at the head of the list.
A devout Catholic whose daily read
ing from the Bible presented to him
by his mother in his youth, has
been widely noted, he has set
aside many books dealing with spir-
itual matters. Among them are:
Progress and Religion" by Christie
pher Dawson; Testimony to Grace"
by Avery Dulles; The Emancipation
of Free Thinker" by Herbert Els
worth Cory; THE Pagan's Failure"
by Rosalind Murray, and Unlikely
Saints by Theodore Monroe, and
Now See by Arnold Lunn.
Justice Murphy dissents from
those who call Audubon the father
of modern ornithology. His choice
is the Scot Alexander Wilson, whose
"Ornithology of North American
Birds" he plans to reread before
court convenes again.
Although he has his eye on few
novels, Justice Murphy has no time
for mysteries. After you've spent
so much time in the Attorney Cen
erals Office, there isn't much novelty
or suspense in them." he explained
M. Meg.
Evening star., 1948-06-27
College CotoIog
T nyrEr0V,c CnNSpr E,Tr CsJ1TnE

TO AMERICAN COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES
BY Clarence E. Lovejoy. (s1.50J
This Is the finest and most de-
tailed treatise on American institu-
tions of higher education that has
come to our attention. The COL
leges are classified, rated, indexed
and general information about them
made readily available in a State
by-State compendium. H. G.
Evening star., 1948-06-27

Fast chess continues to be a reg
ular feature at the Divan. On June
II an impromptu 6-minute game
tourney was won by Mugridge with
71a-1h, followed by Knapp. 61s -2Ia.
and Berliner. 6-3. In the mid
rapid transit tourney on
June Is Meyer Shultz shouldered
out the favorites and was first with
To. Berliner had 61a-2ia; Mug
ridge, 6-3, and Cantwell. 5ia-3la.
MIDNIGHT LACE
BY MacKinlay Kantor. fRan-
dom House; $2.75J
Mr.. Kantor tells in his new novel
the story Of Dolly Hessian, a young
woman who devised her own OPP
portunities and made the most OF
them. Dolly, whose real name
wasn't Hessian, came from the
wrong side Of the yards In Chicago.
One day in 1911 she set out for
a small town in Iowa and got
job as a milliner's trimmer She
proceeded by exhibiting phony
but persuasive background to cul-
tivate the important people of the
town. One she married. With an
other, a political leader, she got
involved in a tragedy that almost
wrecked her hopes. But her cour.
age and competence got her over
this and other serious obstacles.
Mr.. Kantor writes engagingly Of
an era when the horse was yield
ing reluctantly to the automobile.
He has a fluent style-of a sort
that some irreverently call Slick"
&C. B. j.
Evening star., 1948-06-27

steam rollered by an advance Of the
white kings SIDE pawns.
white Hesse. Black Saxer.
Evening star., 1948-06-27
THE ART OF ADVENTURE

HE AIT Of ADNEN ONC
BY Eric Linklater. THE Mac
milan Co., So
These biographical essays, which
are rather in the manner OF New
Yorker profiles. only more inter-
pretative than factual, serve to ex-
press Mr.. Linklater's generous ad-
miration for some of his present
and past compatriots. He has sur
veyed most of these personalities
against a background of war. All
of them exemplify, in their own
way, Mr. Linklaters contention that
life is best approached in a spirit
OF adventure. His appreciation OF
Richard Hilary. the tragic and
gifted young British ace, who in
sisted on returning to the Air Force
after being horribly manned in a
crash, is perhaps the most sensitive
piece of writing in collection that
Is marked by mellif1uous prose and
sympathetic perception. Gen, Alex
ander, Evelyn Waugh and Robert
Burns are among the other colorful
and illustrious Britishers whose tall
ents and points of view he ad-
mires His satisfying book is
rounded out by sketches of his war
time experiences and a summary OF
his philosophy of life. M. MEG.
Evening star., 1948-06-27
Reading and Writing
Veterans in Hospitals to Get New Books
As Soon as Bookstores Under New Plan

for the book. There is, however,
one thing he would rather talk
about. That is his daughter AIMS
appointment toa guest editorship Of
Mademoiselle this summer.
Evening star., 1948-06-27
Threat toOur
Civil Liberties
IsWeighed

WASHINGTON WITCH HUNT
BY Bert Andrews. (Random
House; $780,
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-21
By Leonard H. Bell

The witch hunt in the u. S.
progresses in leaps and bounds as
election time draws nearer. But
the coming of election time alone,
is not the only reason that the
label of Communist" is given ev-
cry true liberal, every progress
sive Negro, and every interracial
organization of strength. No. The
other reasons are industrial and
political. Industrial in the East,
where the money barons continu-
ally press for complete control Of
the nations economic structure
and total economic serfdom for
the nations struggling masses.
The Rooseveltian era is still a
thorn in their royal side, since
during this period, the common
man, white or black, made more
real progress than ever before in
the history of the country.
Politically, the South, because
of it's industrial poverty and the
death-like grip held onto it by
both industrialists and bigoted
demagogues, too rides with the
hounds.
Stark evidence of this is to be
seen in the recent democracy
killing action of both senate Re-
publicans and Democrats in kill
ing the non-bias amendment to
the draft bill.
Can Philip Randolph and count
less other Negro Americans be
blamed for refusing to fight un-
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-21
Things That
Interest omen
BY Bessie F. Bell

1t is a mistake and a danger
u practice TO apply hair tonic
to the eyeIashes, Many 81 tho.
contain alcohol, which causes dis
comfort to the eyes. Mineral oil
is the best treatment for making.
eyelashes grow thick and luyuri-
ant. If it should get b Is yes
there is no bad after effect. Twice
each day rub It into the roots. lit
imparts a beautiful lus6rc.
Vaseline also viii serve and S.
it is spread over The ozell5s the
effect pleasing. Eyeiids should
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-21
THE BELL TOLLS
der such conditions?


The witch hunth as quite sue
ceeded in starting the hitherto
strong labor unions on the road
to rapid decay, through name
calling, restriction of democratic
action and endeavors to guide the
political actions of their members.
And in every case, where labor
and liberal groups become di-
vided and weak-the Negro suf-
fers. But as he suffers, his a
resentment grows, his hatred of
everything white flourishes and
his determination to achieve Long
fellows warning" grows:
"There is a poor, blind Samson
in this land,
Why may in some grim
revel, raise his hand,
And shake the pillars of this
Commonweal,
Till the vast Temple of our
liberties
A shapless mass of wreck and
rubbish lies"
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-21

pretty little assures get nourish-
ment from the blood and there is
a strong reaction of the circula-
tory streams when hot congresses
Continued on page A.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-21

One Of the hottest fights in the
long struggle to abolish segrega-
ton in the nations capitol is
brewing over the use of public
schools and grounds as recrea-
tional centers. This time, Negro
organizations are playing for
keeps.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-21

PHONE YOUR NEWS TIPS to
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1916.
The Valley settler., 1948-04-16

Hong as 9 cooperat i've is financially suc-
 cessfu1 and returning more money to the lnerlbe rs than it's conpe tors are to non-
 merlbers, the management nay be indifferent
 to its membership respons lity. When dir
 ficu1ties arise, however, members may vi tA-
 draw the ir support unless thei concept iot
 of the ir place in the organizat ion has been
 developed to such an extent that they ac'e willing to assume their share of responai- bility, stand by the as ssoc fat ion and bring
 about the change that are neces sary. Members uho feel no sense of re sp~nsi i1ity for their organizat ion may patronize it in fair weather but desert it at the first signs pf storm. Then success seems doub tfu1, they withdraw just quickly they would leave h private enterprise to which they had locked for marke ting or purchasing services. Boca 3 difficulties are inevitable in any business membership relations that will stand the stress are essential to permanent success.
The Valley settler., 1948-04-16
[WBER5tlIP LOYALTY

This article is taken from w-enbership
 Relat ions Of Cooperative Assoc fat ions" printed in bull ct in. publ ished by tho
 Farm Credit Administrati ion at Washington DC. It contains much food fer thought
 and is herewith printed for that purpose. A COOPERATIVE cannot be said to have truly succeeded when it has merely obtained a volume of husine ss suffic tent to make a credi table showing, unless it's members have developed ing of reppons ibi ility and ownership. A.number of cooperative associat ions have, in the past, obtained adequate volume and a creditable member- ship list but have suffered from rapid
 turnover in membership and later have had unhealthy internal conditions develop,
 which seriously embarrassed or crippled the effec tiveress of the crganizat ion.
 Several large assoc fat ions have spent grea sums of money, somet ines as much as the ir total ,marke ting expense, in "field service Vork", in fore ing deliveries on membersa cont racts or importuning pr oduc CTS to de- liver or purchase from the cocperati ve-- without bu ilding a ne1manent membe rshtp CT a group solidarity such as are essential for successful cooperative endeavor. Only a few assoc iations seem. to have developed successfully technique of promot ing uni ted group action and means and rethods of membership contact such as are neces sary to Eea1tky growth and permanent sue cess. Admin istration Of cooperative assoc fat iol may roughly be divided into tuo parts or func ions: First, busine ss admin istration, which includes finan 2ing, proces sing, and merchandising the commodities handled, and the supervis ion Of credit and collec tions; and second, membership administration, ,rhic. includes the 'hainten ance of agreeable hulnal Ie1at ionships- Success in either of these fmct ions may be achieved ri tl rat i've failure in the other function and conse- quent disaster to the cooperative As soc ia tion. No amount of organi izati ion, memher- ship contact and educat ion is substitute for sound bus mess admin istrat ion: nor is sound business and financ ial admin strat or suffic iert to make a healthy cooperat i've assoc fat ion.
 Members, Of course, are interested in the financ ia1 returns hat result from patrc- mixing a coope rat i've as soc ion, but unti- the members feel that the organization is the ir orm and take a pride in it's achi eve- uerts and further evLensi on ere wi II be
The Valley settler., 1948-04-16

 for and O. a perye Copy
The Valley settler., 1948-04-16

Mehbers, Of course, are interested in the
 financ ial returns that result from patrc- nizing a cooperative assoc iation, but unti the members feel that the organization is
 the ir orm and take a pride in it's achi eve- ments and further extension ere will be dangerous weakness in it's foundat ion. So
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-06-11

Morris SwerdIoff OF Brooklyn. New York.
who served overseas three years with the
US. Army left this month again for Europei
this time, on a special rescue mission under
the auspices Of the Refugee-lmmigrotion
Division of Agudoth Israel Youth Council
of America, ll3 West And Street. New
York City. Mr.. SwerdIoff, who was one OF
the first veterans on the scene TO help the
Jews in the concentration comps imme-
dioteIy offer the liberation. will be the
first permanent representative delegated by
the American orthodox Jewish youth TO the
Jewish youth in Europe. His primary obee-
tive is the redemption Of orphaned Jewish
children in gentle homes and monosteries.
While in Europe. he will also coordinate
the oversees activities Of the Agvdoth Israel
Youth Council. which mointoins a unique
program Of emigrotion-oid and relief sup.
plies for EUroPe's Jews. ..,s.s...1z--..Ass
Evening star., 1948-06-30

Eleni: Tell "H.svw ~ fsska."
me, HARVEY. did they name this
play after you because Of your
knowledge Of fashion,"
HARVEY: well. let's say because
of my general wisdom. The styles
in the show are good. They ought
to be; they are designed by an
expert. The wife Of the boss. She
used to design for Hollywood and
other places and she really knows
her carrots! Now, those hats the
danes wear. They are from Walter
Florell, the fanciest top-maker IN
New York. The gown Mrs. Chumley
wears in the second act-that cost
about $3.50 at Hattie Carnegie's
emporium. Mrs. Pemberton never
spares the expense-when it's one
Of her husbands shows she's costum-
ing. She's probably right. though.
Women like to see other women
we'll dressed"
Eleni: True, but what about
themselves"
HARVEY: Huh! A foreign
visitor would say the average Amer
ican woman doesn't care HOW she
is dressed. Not that they don't
spend fortunes and endless time on
the matter-but the result Is gen
orally sad"
Eleni: Don't you think you are
being a little harsh, HARVEY"
HARVEY: II mean my words tc
be strong. When it comes to style
there are only two kinds of women
One says to herself. No matter
what I wear still look terrible.
The other says, 1T makes no dif-
ference what I wear. I'm 50 good
looking!' What a woman really
needs when she goes out to buy her
clothes is HARVEY. Someone
with an objective viewpoint, who
knows design, proportion, color and
composition"
Eleni: But every husband isn't
an artist"
HARVEY: "Who said anything