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Evening star., 1949-01-27
Bevin's Continuance
As Foreign Secretary
Believed Under Study
ey the Associated Press

LONDON, Jan. 27.-Politicians
and newspapers speculated gen.
Ferally today that Ernest Bevin's
assignment as Foreign Secretary
is under study at a Labor cabi-
net inquest into his Palestine
policy.
The cabinet met this morning
Mr.. Bevin was absent, but William
Whiteley, the chief government
whip, was called in, possibly to
report on the Labor revolt against
Mr.. Bevin in Parliament last night.
The House Endorsed Mr.. Bevin's
policy, but only by a margin of 80
votes, 283 to 1913. The Labor gov
ernment has 1893 seats. about go per
cent of the $40 members.
Debate Lasts Hours.
Criticized on all sides, Mr.. Bevins
policy was approved after a sharp
debate of seven hours. The vote
was on a Conservative motion not
to adjourn.
The issue brought the first break
in the previously solid Labor Con-
servative lineup on international
questions and the detection of q
big bloc of Laborites. The govern
ment's majority was The smallest
on a mai jor issue since it came into
power in 1945.
The ro-government vote was
said to have come entirely from
Labor ranks, with Winston Church.
ills Conservatives, the Liberals and
Liberal Nationals all in opposition.
Closing the debate, Mr.. Attlee told
the house Britain accepted in prin-
ciple" the recognition of Israel. He
said she was waiting to announce
the action until she has consulted
the dominions and her Brussels
allies.
Ben -GuriOn Has Big Lead.
The Israeli government, which
Britain has refused to recognize for
more than eight months, appeared
likely to be little changed as a result
of election of a 120-member constit-
uent assembly in the Jewish state.
With about so per cent of the
votes counted from Tuesdays elec-
ton, Mapai, the labor party of
Premier David Ben-Gurion, was
emerging head and shoulders above
Evening star., 1949-01-27

Missouri during the night and con-
tinued in parts of Kansas, Okla
homa and Southeastern Nebraska.
Light freezing drizzle continued in
Central and Northwest Texas.
Rain started again today in the
flood sections of Southern Illinois,
where some 1000 families already
have been driven from their homes.
Rain also fell in Arkansas, Tennes-
see and Western Kentucky. Mem
phis reported a fall of lao inches.
Temperatures Mild in South.
Temperatures were around nor
NAL in California, and in the Pacific
Northwest there was a freezing
drizzle in Northern Oregon and light
snow in Eastern oregon and Eastern
Washington. Most of the South
had mild temperatures. The coun-
try's highest reading on the United
States weather map was 30 at Jack
sonville, Fla.
Five Air Force planes planned to
drop supplies and livestock feed in
the remote Navajo mountain region
of Northern Arizona today. The
planes were summoned to the reser-
vation by a report that Is persons
were missing. Most of the estimated
$500 Navajos in the area were re-
ported in no danger
Cold weather put heavy demands
on natural gas in Northern Utah
and some, 36 public schools were
closed because of the shortage.
Laundries, dry cleaning establish
ments, foundries, smelters and ma
chine shops in Salt Lake City also
were without gas. The mercury was
4 below zero in Salt Lake City early
TODAY,
Evening star., 1949-01-27
Tyrone Power, Linda Christian
Wed Amid Riot Scenes in Rome
,e entered until the Office opened

be entered until the Office opened
at 8 am. today.
Power said in Rome yesterday
that if the marriage is not rec
ognized in California he and
Linda will go through the cere-
mony again when they return to
HollywoodJ
Plans to Start Family.
Linda, on the eve of the wedding
told reporters she plans to start
having babies right away-'two al
first and later three more" This
was her first marriage.
The newlyweds had to fight theil
way through a milling throne
shouting Tyrone and Linda" tc
get to the Vatican for their audience
with the Pope.
They were late reaching the
Vatican. 1t took 10 minutes or more
for the police to clear a passage
through the crowds, graphing with
the automobile doors and pressing
curious faces to the windows. But
when they got there, they found
they hadn't kept the Pontiff wait.
ing. Another caller had overstayeC
his time.
The Pope gave the new Mrs
Power a booklet of instructions
about the Good Christian Family
The Pontiff also gave the bride q
rosary during the 15-minute audi.
ence. He gave Power a pontiflca
medallion
Evening star., 1949-01-27
Marine Corps League
Elects in Silver Sprinq

William L. Harnsberger has been
elected commandant of the Silver
Spring Detachment of the Marine
Corps League.
Other new officers are Edward L.
Gooding, vice commandant; Wesley
A. Stewart, judge advocate; John B.
Totherow, chaplain, and J. Ran
dolph Cissel, adjutant paymaster.
The new officers were installed by
Edwin w. Luther, national legisla-
tive director, at a meeting in the
Woodside Methodist Church.
Evening star., 1949-01-27
Storm Rescue Work
Aided by Clear Skies
And Warmer Weather
aY the Assoeiotsd Press

, Temperatures moderated and
skies were mostly clear today in
the snow-covered Western States
where disaster relief crews
worked to save thousands of
stranded livestock and marooned
ranchers and Indians.
With no heavy falls of snow over
the Western plains and Rocky
Mountain region airlift operations
were increased. easing the feed
crisis in Nevada and Utah.
But there was snow, sleet and
freezing rain over many other sec
tions of the country. The cold
weather eased over the subzero belt,
although the mercury was below
zero early today in Minnesota, the
Dakotas, Wyoming and Utah. st.
Cloud, Mimi, reported -13 for one
OF the lowest readings.
Snow Falls In New England.
A blanket of new snow covered
the Southern New England States
and portions of New York State.
Albany, N. Y, had a white carpet of
8 inches, Syracuse. N. Y, 6 inches
and Burlington, VT, inches.
Freezing rain and sleet spread
over Southern Iowa and Northern
Evening star., 1949-01-27

TYRONE AND LINDA TAKE vOWS-Tyrone Power and Linda
Christian took their marriage in the little Church
Francesca Romano in Rome today Performing ceremony
Msgr. William Hemmick formerly of Washington While
the marriage taking gathered outside to
shout their approval. "A. P Wirephoto
Evening star., 1949-01-27

all others with nearly IS per cent
Of the vote.
The religious bloc Of orthodox
parties was second with 13 per cent,
and Mapam, the left-wing Labor
Party, had II per cent.
Trailing in fourth place was the
Freedom Movement, the right wing
party which Menachem Begin
forged out of Irgun Zvai Leumi,
the underground striking force
which hanged two British sergeants
before the end of the mandate and
embittered many British. Mr..
Begins party had II per cent.
Communists were near the end
of the parade with 3.5 per cent.
Evening star., 1949-01-27
Lindo's Brother to Wed
Portes GHs Douqhter

MEXICO CITY. Jan. q Pr
Movie Actress Linda Christians old
est brother plans to marry the
daughter of ex-President Emilio
Portes Gil here February %.
Gerald Welter and Rosalba Portes
Gil were originally scheduled to
marry here today. but the wedding
was postponed last November when
the mother of the BRIDE -to-be suf-
fered serious injuries in fall.
Evening star., 1949-01-27

lative commission will hold sessions
In the Mayflower Hotel.
Speakers at the Security Commis-
sion gatherings will include Senator
Tydings, Democrat. of Maryland,
chairman of the Senate Armed Serv-
ices Committee; Representative Vim
son, Democratic, OF Georgia, chair
man of the House Armed Services
Committee; Representative Brooks
Democrat, of Louisiana; Maj. Gen.
A. M. Gruenther. director, Joint
Chiefs of Staff, and Vice Admiral
A. w. Radford, vice chief of Naval
Operations.
Evening star., 1949-01-27
200 Weather Experts
Caught in Snow, SIeet
Without GoIoshes
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Jan. T.-While
some 200 of the Nations top
weathermen were attending the
10lst National meeting of the
American Meteorological So
ciety yesterday, a downfall of
snow and sleet turned sidewalks
into sticky puddles.
An enterprising newsman
found that only about one
fourth of the weathermen had
brought galoshes, raincoats or
umbrellas.
Evening star., 1949-01-27
Alumni to Hear Brewster

Senator Brewster, Republican, of
Maine will be the guest speaker at
the annual banquet of alumni of
National University at 6:45 pm. to-
morrow in the Mayflower Hotel.
More than 300 graduates of the
school, in addition to the faculty and
trustees, are expected to attend, &C
cording to William H. Dyer, presi-
dent of the Alumni Association.
Evening star., 1949-01-27

operation a I
: Johns Hopkins
Hospital, Balti-
] more.
!. Mr.. Stewart,
the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Lloyd
S. Stewart, is a
student at the
University of
Maryland.
He underwent
the 1dmed Bla-
k-Taussig op-
Grafton January
7, one of the
oldest patients
Evening star., 1949-01-27
Security and Legislative
Units OF leqion Convene

The American Legion's national
security and national legislative
commissions were beginning a three
day meeting today to study steps
toward strengthening the country's
defense forces and to further the
Legion's 1949 legislative program.
The Legion's national security
commission will meet in the Roose-
welt Hotel, while the national legis-
Evening star., 1949-01-27

Mr.. Stewart ever to receive
the delicate surgery on the heart.
The operation, perfected by DR..
Alfred Blalock and DR.. Helen B.
Taussig, was first performed in
November, 1914. Since then, ap-
proximately 300 have been per-
formed.
Evening star., 1949-01-27
Bird Mimics Plane

SYDNEY, Australia (P.-The Tyre
bird of Australia, one of the world s
greatest mimics, moves with the
times. On Brown Mountain, in New
South Wales, recently a Sydney man
thought he heard an airplane flying
low overhead. He found the sound
came from Tyre bird on a dead log
higher up on the mountain side.
Evening star., 1949-11-27
Philosophy Worps
Prostitutes Story
THE WOMAN OF ROME

THE WOMAN OF ROME
BY Alberto Moravia. (Faryar,
StrauS; $780,
The author. regarded in Italy
as an outstanding novelist, has
written a f1rst-person story Of a
girl who became a walker.
Perhaps the account is more
honest. even more typical than
the many stories Of prostitutes
with kind hearts and Of girls
forced into the life through pow
erty. But Adriana, despite the
forthrightness Of her confession,
is not too persuasive a character.
Some Of her philosophical musings
are worthy of an educated and
intellectual girl, which she wasn't
supposed to be. The translation
is pretty stiff and literal at times.
Beyond question, the author has
gift for narrative. But it is
hard to see why "The Woman Of
Rome has inspired such en-
comiums in certain quarters
except that some critics will
praise any book that comes out of
Europe. &C. B. j.
Evening star., 1949-11-27

Co.; $500
tional upheaval Of some sort, but
she carefully skirts any mention
of such matters, contenting her
self with facetious accounts of
queer days and condolences.
While endowed with an ad-
mirable sense of humor, Miss
Stern is no wit, and her whim-
sical reconstructions of historic
scenes in contemporary cockney
are almost painfully bad. Bal
ancing these are her warm ac-
count of Lloyd George and her
excellent dramatic and literary
criticisms.
In writing of her friends, Miss
Stern is loyal and affectionate.
Apparently all in her circle have
nicknames. She herself is known
as Peter. There is evidence to
support a suspicion that Rebecca
West is called "Panther"-at least
this is indicated in a telephone
conversation which Peter has with
another friend named Tiger.
Very chubby, and all that. but it
makes these English lady writ
ers sound great deal like Girl
Guides. M. Meg.
Evening star., 1949-11-27
Mountuineer and Brood Provide
Material for Engaging Novel
EVERY Wf1EFtE
By Ben Lucien Burman doubleday; $3J
Reviewed by CARTER BROOKE JONES.

the King Loved" discloses out OF
the distant past. with Mac the
miller as narrator, the romance
and shame of a great family.
"The Ghost in the Tree" has a
woodsy character telling a tall
tale. In "To Make a Garland. :"
the funeral of an old colored wom-
an sets off memory OF dramatic
happenings years ago.
But this concern with the past
as a light Illuminating the
present is found in only a portion
of the stories. Others are direct
records of today. In Sun Go
Down." hard-vorking Negro
with a family is buffeted by mis-
understanding and injustice. It
is poignant picture. II Call My
Jesus" is a memorable account Of
the brutality of a chain gang.
And who could forget the dreams
and imaginings of the man fac
ing the electric chair in THE
Wizzem- -oose?" The university
campus, world apart. is close to
the scenes of several stories. and
sometimes professors and students
slip into the background of little
dramas they know nothing about.
"Such Stuff as Dreams" is the bit
ter story of a college boy whose
mind is drifting into chaos.
Mr.. Green has written here
mostly of the held-down, the des-
titute and the frustrated, white
and black. He knows their speech
which an alien always carica-
tures-and their customs, legends
and superstitions. So unobtru-
sive is his mastery of the short
story and his artistry Of express
sion that you're apt to overlook
these gifts in your absorption in
the stories. Which is proof that
he has them.
The author wrote the historical
pageants, "The Lost Colony" for
Roanoke Island and '"The Com
mon Glory" for Williamsburg. He
is writing a pageant for Washing
tons Sesquicentennial celebration
of 1850. One Of his plays. I'm
Abraham's Bosom" won the Pu-
liter Prize in 1927.
Evening star., 1949-11-27
|Vittorini's Atmosphere Is Good,
But Plot Seems q Bit Too Thin
By Elio Vittorini. (Ne,o Directions; $2.50J

menfolk with complete and sar-
donic calm. She accepts the re-
turn of her eldest son who,
haunted by abstract furies," Z"
comes back after Is years absence,
and attempts to entertain him by
taking him on her rounds of CIV
ing injections to various towns
people. Gradually, by remember
ing his childhood and through
earthly conversations with his
mother and other humble, vital
people, he recaptures his will to
60 on.
Mr.. Vittorini tells the brief story
with vivid details and in dialogue,
which is, occasionally. rather baf-
f1ingly repetitious. I'm Sicily
would seem like the perfect script
for one of those stark Italian films.
In it's present form, it seems a bit
thin. M. MEG.
Evening star., 1949-11-27
New Stern Book Appears Juvenile
With Everybody Given a Nickname
RENEFITS FORGOT


BY G. B. Stern. (The Macmillan
Miss G. B. Stern's rambling
catalogue Of benefits not forgot
ten, the fourth volume in an
photographed series, provides
mixed blessings. On the one hand
is Miss Stern'S articulate and in
fectious enthusiasms for such gifts
as peace and paintings; the sea
and Shakespeare, cats and cot
tages. On the other, you have her
eternal italics, her suction-shod
whimsy, her arch asides, her arro-
CANT unselectiveness and her in
terminable f1rst-name dropping.
British to the core, Miss Stern
manages to convey the impress
sion that she is ransacking her
life for "reminiscences, while ac-
tually revealing very little Of her
self. Stung by a critics charge
that she has had an unevent-
full life, she retorts with. a list
of her involvements in major
catastrophes, including the San
Francisco earthquake. Now Miss
Stern knows perfectly we'll that
an earthquake means far less to
a creative writer than an emo
Evening star., 1949-11-27
Poetry and Bellies Lettres
Reviewed by EDWIN TRIBBLE.

the fragments from the Cantos
contain one line at least which
says more than the author may
have intended. It reads like this
"a man on whom the sun has gone
down."
The Vision Of Red O'Shea. A
melodrama in rhyme. BY Rus
sell Janney. (Coward-McCann
Inc; $1.75.)
This is the old story about a
bad woman with a heart of gold.
It's told by the author of Miracle
Of the Bells" in a routine, service
style verse. .
The Wit and Wisdom Of John
Dewey. Edited by A. H. John
son. (The Beacon Press, Bos-
ton; So .s-
. Short epigrams lifted from the
heavy texts Of Americas most
distinguished philosopher. 1t was
a bright idea and the quotations
make excellent reading.
In Defense Of Worms. BY Fred
eric F. Van de Water. Duell,
Sloan & Pearce, Inc; $2.50)
Mr.. Van de Water uses his
favorite sport. fishing, as a point
Of departure for these delightful
informal essays which encompass
a variety of commentaries to his
fellow man. There's nice chap
ter on Men I Won't Fish With. +"
Read it to find yourself.
Evening star., 1949-11-27
Reading and Writing
Author of New Book on Politics Says
Women Should Start on Small Jobs
By Mary McGrory

ton to be treated for penicillin re-
action.
His year and half as chief
cook and bottle-washer and un-
easy general manager of his three
children, aged 9, 7 and 4, not to
mention their animal friends and
dolls, has taught Mr.. Toombs a
great deal about mans place in
the home.
The husband, says Mr.. Toombs.
should take over completely for
an evening or a Sunday. serve
the dinner, do the dishes, bathe
the children, put them to bed. 1t
does the husband good, too.
Brings him closer to his children.
II would have appreciated that
more than anything else while
I was keeping house." says Mr..
Toombs, who. having remarked.
has gratefully turned over the
domestic reins to his wife. She
also has several children, and
they are watching with interest
the fortunes of the combined
group. Still sold on country life.
Mr.. Toombs continues to live
with his family in his parents
summer home on Dukehart Is
land, Md, and is writing his fur
ther adventures there. He thinks
that just as his narrowing house.
keeping days seemed amusing in
retrospect, maybe even the pains
he suffered for trying to be a
Good Samaritan at the time OF
the stabbing will, in time, seem
like material for another light
hearted book.
Patrick Henry was called upon.
So was Jefferson. But nobody at
the recent bus-music hearings
thought to quote John Keats. To
be sure, Mr.. Keats, as he conned
his Shakespeare in the Dover
coach, was never distracted by tho
strains Of the Anniversary Waltz"
nor by invitations to join the Civil
ian Naval Reserve or a rumba
class, nor even by frequent re-
minders Of time and temperature.
But with that prophetic insight
which is the hallmark of genius.
he foresaw the plight of the Cap
ital's hard pressed committing
readers and leaned down across
the years to give them a slogan:
Heard melodies are sweet,
But those unheard are sweeter."
THE PORTABLE MEDIEVAL
READER
BY ]. B. Ross and Mary M. Nc
Laughlin. Viking Press; ST.
One hundred and fifty short
readings from medieval sources.
some available for the first time
in English, give a comprehensive
picture Of life in the Middle Ages.
Evening star., 1949-11-27
IN SICILY

This Italian importation comes
to us laden with praise from other
writer's. Ernest Hemingway con-
tributes a belligerent, hairy
chested foreword calculated to put
American critics particularly New
Yorkers) on the defensive. Steph-
en- Spender and Elizabeth Bowen
are equally enthusiastic. 1t was a
little hard for this reviewer to dis
cover what all the shouting was
about.
Granting Mr.. Vittorini's mastery
of atmosphere. and his compelling
recreation of the bleak and acrid
life of the Sicilian mountains, I'm
Sicily" tells a slight story and re-
veals only one character with any
thing like satisfactory roundness.
That is the narrator's mother, a
lusty, realistic, tolerant old woman
who regards the wanderings Of her
Evening star., 1949-11-27
|LequI Distractions
Are Clarified
BEHIND THE BAR
BY A. E. Bowker. (Stdplt
Press. Inc: $3.75.l
(Staples
Reviewed by
ROBERT X. WALSH.

Reviewed by
ROBERT X. WALSH.
Differences between the British
judicial system and our court
proceedings become less distract
ing after this account OF the
careers of the celebrated counsel,
Sir Edward Marshall Hall, and
Sir Norman Birkett, now one OF
his majesty's judges.
Mr.. Bowker, recounting a
half century Of association as
clerk to those pillars Of the Temple
and Lincoln's Inn. also earns
American gratitude by explaining
that q barrister's clerk Is much
more than q "black-coated worker
seated on an Office stool"
The book has a good share OF
hero worship and a bit Of stuff
ness. It gives heaping detail OF
criminal cases and civil litigation
that made British legal history
and newspaper headlines, and the
regulations of Sir Norman and
Sir Edward. -..
Mr.. Justice Birkett was one of
Britain's two judges at the Nuern-
berg trials. Judge John j.
Parker, who served with Francis
Biddle in that same capacity for
the United States, writes the fore
word for this volume.
While brief in his treatment OF
the war criminal trials, Mr.. Bow
ker throws many sidelights on
that serious occasion. He tells
how he almost caused an inter-
national incident. Requested to
call attention" in three languages
to announce the entry Of the
Judges into the courtroom, he
picked up what he supposed was
the appropriate Russian word. In
the nick Of time he learned that
the WORD he almost uttered for
the Russians meant go to hell. )"
Evening star., 1949-11-27

CTS p. DOUGLAS.
London and taking part in ne
gotiating the treaty of Ghent
which ended the War of 1912.
The climax Of DR.. Bemis' ac-
count really comes with the Mon
roe Doctrine. It rightly bears
Monroe's name, DR.. Bemis holds,
for his was the ultimate response
bility. But it was his Secretary
of State more than any other per-
son who sensed the national feel
ing and put it into combined
system of policy at just the right
moment"
DR.. Bemis lists the IA principles
all formulated in Adams time,
which became the foundation OF
our foreign policy. Adams part
in them was great. He even had
some small influence on Wash
ington's Farewell Address.
John Adams appears in the
early part of the narrative and
later is represented by his letters
to his son. The same Is true OF
Abigail Adams. When John
Quincy Adams was discouraged by
the difficulty of living on $4,000
a year when he was our Minister
to Russia, his mother wrote Presi-
dent Madison asking him to order
her son home. Madison not only
sent his Minister a letter Of re-
call, to be used according to his
desire, but also an appointment to
the Supreme Court. Adams de-
clined both.
Those were days when the
President received $25. 900 a year,
the Vice President and cabinet
members $4,000 and the Chief
Justice 81 600.
Evening star., 1949-11-27
Al Toombs Champions
Housewife in Earnest

And while we are on the subject
of the battle between the sexes, a
new voice has been raised in the
husband-wife argument over
whose job is harder. It comes from
Alfred Toombs, reporter-alum-
nus Of The Star, who lines up on
the side of the housewife after
trying to conform to the role for
18 anguished months.
Texas-born. cherub-faced MIR.
Toombs has managed to be good
natured, not to say hilarious, about
the whole narrowing business in
Raising a Riot" He has not yet
been able, however, to see the
funny side of a more recent ex-
perience, when he was stabbed
during an attempt to act as con-
ciliator during a post-accident dis
turbance near Leonardtown. Md.
Publication of his book found him
i'll. Having recovered
from the wound, he was until re-
Gently regularly visiting Washing