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Evening star., 1950-11-26
Political Themes
lin Modern PIuys
POLITICS IN THE AMERICAN
DRAMA

POLITICS IN THE AMERICAN
DRAMA
BY Caspar Harold Names. (Uni-
Uersity OF Pennsylvania
Mr.. Names has analyzed for
the purpose of this unusual study
political themes in modern plays
between 1890 and 1945.
The political plays of the '90s,
he shows, were superficial. Politics
was brought in largely for local
color or to add drama to the
plot and the playwrights did not
dig into realistic situations sur
rounding politicians, Office holders
and the legislative process. But
as the new century advanced and
the daily press and magazines
began to expose the Vaccinations
of political machines. plays be-
came closer to life. Abuses were
attacked, satirically or in straight
style. by such plays as 1.-THE Sultan
of Sulu," THE Lion and the
Mouse" "The Man Of the Hour"
and THE Undertow." The first
two decades of the 2oth century
saw sensational exposures in
magazines of the links between
special interests and politicians
and the ways of bosses and these
were reflected in provocative
plays. In the '20s. prohibition
was the big issue, but most
of the plays 1t provoked were
feeble. The '30s, with the de-
preston, the New Deal and the
rise of fascism in Europe, brought
such sharp satires as "Of Thee
Sing" and Estate of the Union
and such serious reflections of the
menace to freedom as Robert
Sherwood's 'There Shall Be Nc
Night" and Lillian Hellman's
Watch on the Rhine"
Summaries of the more i'm
portant plays are preceded by
outlines of what was going on
in the country and the world
at the time and often of specific
happenings that inspired particu-
lar dramas. Mr.. Names, who is
a member of the editorial staff o1
The Star, wrote this book as his
dissertation for the degree oi
doctor of philosophy which he
received recently from the Univer'
sity of Pennsylvania. The book no
only is informative, but highly
interesting. 1t is a distinct con-
tribution to the literature Of oul
, theater.
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tractive side of the Irish charac-
ter. Thirty-five members indig-
nantly Withdrew. One burned the
book las rubbish"
Devin Garrity, the clubs direc-
tor. was philosophical. "It shook
out all the doubtfuls," he said
Lets have at least one of those
every year."
He didn't have long to wait
A recent selection, 1.-THE Story
of the Abbey Theater," a critical
view by Patrick Kavanagh's broth
er Peter, caused another 13 men,
bers to head for the exits.
So great was official displeasure
in Irish-American circles that
Peters scheduled appearance on
Mary Margaret McBride's radio
program was called of at the
eleventh hour.
The membership. which is scat
tered from Tel Aviv to Shanghai,
with American subscribers mostly
In the South and the Far West,
are in agreement with the clubs
slogan. that "the best English is
written by the Irish" They have
applauded books from Michael
McLaverty, Liam O'Flaherty and
Helen Landreth.
The club staff is frankly brac-
ing itself for the reception
that may greet Francis Stuart's S
Redemption" the current choice
(reviewed on this page). They
are UNDERSTANDABLE not at all sure,
At least. though, it has an Irish
setting, which is all to the good
The members didn't take toe
kindly to Sean O'Faiolain's beau
tiful "A Summer in Italy"
ut should have been "A Summer
in Ireland" wrote one member
reprovingly.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
OUT OF THIS WORLD

BY Lowell Thomas. fThe Grey
stone Press; $3.75.)
The normally unsociable gov
ernment of Tibet allowed Lowell
Thomas and his son and name
sake to come up and see them a
year ago last August. 1t was hos
pitality prompted by fear OF
Communist aggression, fear
which recent events have con-
firmed.
Young Mr.. Thomas account OF
their expedition-one of the few
sanctioned by the lofty theocratic
country-is a good, simply writ
ten travelogue, lavishly illustrated
with excellent pictures both in
black and white and in color.
While both Thomases were i'm
pressed with the good sense and
gentleness of the priestly rulers
including the still-under-age Dalai
Lama, the younger Thomas, an
Air Force veteran. was not struck
with Tibet's possibilities as a
natural airdrome. High officials
Evening star., 1950-11-26

gave President Roosevelt in De-
cember. 1941.
What were the circumstances
surrounding the unconditional
surrender" statement at Casa
blanca. Mr.. Roosevelt has said
he used the term on the spur of
the moment at the press confer
ence on January "a, 1943. which
ended the .Casablanca Conference.
Mr.. Churchill said at one time
that he first heard the words from
Mr.. Roosevelt's lips on that oc-
casion. But he shows now that
the term was used in a report he
made to the British war cabinet
on January 20.
Nowhere was his skill in nego-
tiations shown more brilliantly
than when he went to Moscow in
August. 1912. to tell Premier
Stain there would be no second
front across the Channel that
year. Mr.. Stain was increasingly
glum. Mr.. Churchill produced a
map OF France and places south
Of Cherbourg where landings
might be made were canvassed
and objected to. The bombing of
Germany was brought up and Mr..
Stain remarked that "all we were
going to do was pay our
way by bombing Germany" Not
until then did Mr.. Churchill dis
close the plans. to invade North
Africa, and Mr.. Stain sat UP and
grinned."
Regardless Of the disasters dur
ing the first part of 1912 Mr..
Churchill was sustained by the
belief that the coalition Of Britain,
the United States and Russia
made final victory certain unless
it broke into pieces" But he
knew from history that the chief
characteristic of a coalition is the
tendency to fly apart. Therefore.
through the book, runs the thread
of efforts to keep the confidence
Of this sullen, sinister Bolshevik
state had once tried so hard to
strangle at its birth"
Despite his years and burdens,
Mr.. Churchill was able to carry
his multitude of responsibilities
unflaggingly because he is young
in mind and spirit. In Moscow
with the conference with the
sometimes trough and surly'
Premier Stain still impending
Mr.. Churchill became fascinated
with the water faucets in the
bathroom of the house which the
Soviet government provided for
him. Hot and cold water turned
on at once through a single spout
mingled to exactly the tempera-
ture one desired. In a mod
est way I have adopted this sys-
I TEN at home"
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Philip Gibbs Writes About the End
Of Germany and Its GI IConquerors
THINE ENEMY
(MediH, Mcbride; S3.J

The veteran novelist and jour-
nalist spent some time in Ger
many recently, wandering about
ruined cities. getting acquainted
with people, listening to their per-
sonal stories, drawing out their
hopes and fears for the future.
The result was this sympathetic
but realistic novel, written from
the German point of view.
The effect of the novel is not
to minimize or forgive the Nazi
influence that still remains or to
excuse the people as a whole for
supinely allowing a set of savages
to govern them and represent
them to the world. But Sir Philip
realizes that a large proportion of
the populace are decent human
beings who did not realize what
they were getting into and then
were unable to stop it. who are
entitled to rebuild their lives if
they can. He also is aware that if
we give them no chance, even
those who distrust the Russians
may turn to them.
The story opens with the retreat
of the Germans from the Russians
in East Prussia. The narrative is
focused on some civilian refugees
who are moving hopelessly toward
the heart of defeated Germany
But the protagonist through
whom the authors impression!
are developed is Sergt. Franz
Reber, who finds himself stuck
on clogged road with family
from Koenigsberg. We follow hi.
postwar adventures through the
hunger-haunted cellars of Berlin
into a more hopeful life In Ba-
varia. Franz is promising artist
He has come out of the war hat
ing Hitler for betraying the Ger
man people, but confused, hope
less, almost incapable of feeling
anything. 1t is his gradual attain
ment of a sense of responsibility
of willingness to nope and work
for a new Germany, a liberal ma
ton which can win the respect
Of the world. that is the mair
point Of the story. Many othel
characters come in, and there /.
q tragic love between a Bavariar
girl. daughter Of a baron. and ar
American captain.
The book is to a large exten
q sequence of discussions ant
arguments. Sometimes the char
acters seem too articulate for de
feated. buffeted, starving persons
And Sir Philip is inclined to over
write. And yet Thine Enemy
arouses a poignant understand
Ing Of the helpless, especially o
the women and children, VIII
Evening star., 1950-11-26

journalists, raises questions which
cannot be ignored, however much
We may fear the spread of the
Soviet empire and hate its mis-
sionaries.
The question is, as he points
out again and again. whether in
trying to protect America we are
denying such fundamental Amer
ican rights as freedom to speak
and think as we choose; whether
we have confused mere ideas and
beliefs with acts of subversion and
sabotage. He is convinced that
we have gone back to the Middle
Ages trying, not conspirators
against the safety of the country,
but heretics-persons accused be-
cause of their political and eco
homic theories. Nor is commu-
nism the real issue. in his opinion.
THE forces that seek to whip
lash the American people into a
blind acceptance of the anti-Com-
munist police state" he writes,
"are by their own admission pri-
marily concerned with the threat
Of socialism. But they would op-
pose any movement that threat
ened their privileges with the same
vigor that they oppose communism
and socialism. Socialism is only
the doctrinal name for a set of
ideas; by any other names these
ideas would still be heretical."
Mr.. McWilliams names the
House Committee on Un-Ameri-
can Activities as the classic
example of hereto hunting
commission. 1t is, he says, prose-
cutor, judge and jury, and those
hailed before it are presumed
guilty unless they can prove them
selves innocent, which rarely
happens. He feels that the COM
mittee had no more right to
demand of the Hollywood writer's,
jailed for refusing to say whether
they were Communists, informa-
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from JANUARY, 1912, to June, 1913.
He gives his answers to some of
the questions which have been
raised and debated, including
these:
Was he reluctant to engage in
the assault across the Channel?
He writes that such an attack by
British and American forces be-
fore the late summer of 1943 had
always been his aim and that
this was recorded in a paper he
Evening star., 1950-11-26

the least forgotten OF tradltionally
forgotten men" has been adam
ant in his intention to let no
ghost guide his hand. He also
wants to hold of until he has
retired from public life, a most
indefinite date.
Publishers would like the vice
presidential memoirs while Mr..
Barkley is still in Office. They feel
his own story, apart from his re-
cent emergence as a romantic fig
ure, has tremendous appeal. and
they want him to get it down now
while political fortune, a notably
tickle type, is smiling on him.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Henrietta Nesbitt Doing
A Presidential Cookbook

Another local author hard at
it is Henrietta Nesbitt. former
housekeeper at the White House.
Encouraged by the success Of
white House Diary" Mrs. Mes
bitt, who now lives alone in Silver
Spring, is setting down the
recipes with which she tempted
the presidential palate for the 13
years she kept the keys for the
Roosevelt family. THE Presi-
Dental Cookbook" will be pub
lished in mid-February.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Marguerite Higgins Koreo
Dicry Keeps Her Busy

Marguerite Higgins, beautiful
New York Herald Tribune Korean
war correspondent. is currently
holed up in little house on Res
ervoir road. just down the street
from the Evalyn Walsh Mclean
property she recently purchased.
Working furiously on her war
diary. the gregarious Miss H. has
refused to have her telephone
listed. just to be out of tempta-
tion's way. Her publishers. Dou-
bleday & Co., have set a deadline
Of December for delivery of her
manuscript. They expect WAR Is
Every Ones Affair" to be one Of
the biggest attractions on their
New Year list.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Reading and Writing
Vice President BorkIey Hos an Eager Group
Of Publishers Chasing Him for Memoirs
By Mory McGrory

Vice President Baey eagerly sought after by Wash
hostesseS
tes of at least five big houses have
handsome contracts for his memoirs but far he said
One New York rm high collaboration
offer to do the writing while Barkey remembering
Evening star., 1950-11-26
What u. N. Is Doino
For Worlds Youth
PARTNERS: The United Nations
and Youth.
BY Eleanor Roosevelt and Helen
Ferris. doubleday & Co.; s3.J
Reviewed by Som Eostmon

Eleanor Roosevelt and Helen
Ferris, editor in chief of the jun
ior Literary Guild. have produced
the first book dealing with the
work of the United Nations for the
youth of the world. The needs of
millions of children for food, shell
ter, medical attention and reset
tlement are the problems which
face the special U. N. teams as
signed to this work. This volume
consists of illustrated stories
drawn from first-hand reports of
these teams in action.
Evening star., 1950-11-26

Mr. McWlams analyses what he calls "the revival
In this country In fighting communism have he
it, agrany unjust tribunals which condemn denter with
out pretending them trial methods which
could lead to police state bad the struggling
against
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never make war, and we real
ize, If we did not before, that the
Germans have paid and are pay
ing for their sins as a nation.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Brituin's Five Years
Under Socialism
THE CAUTIOUS REVOLUTION
BRITAIN TODAY AND
TOMORROW
BY Ernest Watkins. (Fdrrar
Straus; $5
Reviewed bv BeImonf .Eories


Mr.. Watkins, a .BBC news COM
mentator. has written a book
about the British people and how
they Jared in their first five years
under a Socialist government.
Suggested by an American friend
who wanted "just plain, ordinary
book, with no ideas to sell. no ak
to grind, no miracles to conjure
up," its greatest merit is that 1t
is not propaganda for any party
or political theory.
The author. who also is on the
staff of the Economist, obviously
is no Laborite. He can see party
errors far too clearly. But neither
is he blind to the weakness of the
Tory opposition. Despite the
necessity for delving into economic
problems of some complexity. he
has produced a readable volume
that can be recommended to any
American who wants an unbiased
report on Britain's Socialist exper-
iment.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Winston Churchill in War Volume "
Throws Light on Deal With StoIin
THE HINGE OF FATE
BY Winston Churchill (Houghton, MifHin Co.; s6J
Reviewed by Francis P Douglas
THE HINGE OF FATE
BY Winston Churchill.

Il have called this volume The Hinge of Fate because it
turn from almost uninterrupted disaster unboken
success
writes Churchill the volume
the he describes frequently with
activities which reached out Of the world in the period
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Whai Is ''1he Beok Seere''3

What Is ''Ihs Seek sesrs''?
It's monthly box Of book reviews It's short.
cut guide to the months best reading. It's chart 81
ratings-fction and non.fction-based on the review
OF the foremost book critics.
Why esnsult "1hs Beck sesrs" before buying bsskf
your choice books has been left to chance inu.
enced by friends recommendation or the Judgment
Of single review, "The Book Scores" quickly under.
stood star.symbol system may you not only the
cost OF many dull books but also the days Of dreary
reading you might spend to learn what it tells at
glance!
What does 'Ths Book Score" tell you, and how?
1t tells you what the six foremost sources of literary
criticism think OF book Each of their reviews is an
authoritative opinion rating the book. "The Book
score reduces this rating to a system Of stars.
Five stars (kkkkk) mean the book was con.
sidered Great. Four stars (kkkk) Excellent
Three stars $3.50 Good. Two stars (kk) Fair.
New esn yev be sure hat 'Ths Beck sesrss" rssisss
ore authoritative? Book publishers themselves gener.
authoritative and rejecting the judgment Of the coun.
Try. These are: The Ne,o York Times
The Ne,0 York Herald Tribune
The Chicago Tribune
The San Francisco Chronicle
The NeW Yorker Magazine
The Saturday Review of Literature
New many bssks ore rated In each Issue Of Ths Rssk
seers"s The one hundred books proving important
enough to receive major reviews.
New sstsn IS THE Beck sesrs" issvsd7
Once q month";
Is The Beck sssrs" swned Or eensrsllsd BY enc sr
more beck publishers? No, It's independently owned.
edited and published
New con YOU be sure that THE Beck sesrs" rs.iass
ore impartial? Because it does nothing more than
gather reviews from six authoritative sources re.
duce the judgment expressed in each of these reviews
to star symbols and print these stars in its chart
One year Of THE Book sesrs costs less than one book
it may save you from buying Twelve monthly issues,
costing only $3 bring you ratings on the 1900 best
books published.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Books In Review
Is America Building Up Police State
In Its Effort to Drive Out Communism?
WITCH HUNT
Reviewed by Corter Brooke Jones

BY Carey McWilliams. little, BroWn; $500
Evening star., 1950-02-17
CIegg Tells How FBI
lnspects Field Offices

How the FBI inspects its field
Offices was outlined last night by
H. H. Clegg, an assistant director
OF the investigative agency.
He was member of a panel at
a meeting of the Society for the
Advancement of Management,
held in the YWCA, Seventeenth
and < streets NV.
Up for discussion before the
panel were methods by which the
Government could improve service
by regular inspection of the man
agement of its agencies.
The other members of the
panel were Earl w. Loveridge.
assistant chief of the United States
Forest Service, and Fred j. Law
ton, assistant director of the
Budget Bureau. Daniel w. Bell,
president of the American Security
and Trust Co., and a former as
sistant director of the Budget
Bureau, was chairman of the dis
cuSSion.
Evening star., 1950-02-17
Jap DIET Members
Visit Capitol Today
To See House at Work

The IA japanese Diet members
touring the United States today see
at first hand their American
counterparts in action.
They are scheduled to visit the
Capitol and to be greeted by
Speaker of the House Rayburn.
Later they are to attend a hearing
of the House Ways and Means
Committee.
The group will be back to the
Capitol on Monday for visit to
the Senate side.
Ottawa on Schedule.
The Defense Department, which,
is supervising their tour. said the
japanese legislators will go to
OF ava, Canada, next Wednesday
and Thursday. They will return
here by February 25, to remain in
the city until March 4.
The group yesterday held a
press conference in the National
Press Club, following a luncheon
there in their honor.
The Diet members, speaking
through an interpreter, made these
points:
Japan desires to stay out of any
future war, but if there is no alter
native, the country will side with
the democratic nations.
Macarthur "Never Dictates"
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, su-
preme Allied commander in Japan,
gives the japanese legislative as
sembly wise counsel but never
dictates"
Communist Party influence is
"day by day declining to some ex-
tent" but there is cause for
anxiety because of the new accord
between Communist China and the
Soviet.
Japan, like Great Britain, is on
an austerity program in order to
achieve an export goal of 81 billion
worth of goods to other countries.
Evening star., 1950-02-17
Hearing Society Marks
24th Birthday Sunday

The Washington Hearing So
ciety will celebrate its 29th BIRTH
day Sunday with a special pro-
gram and a tea from 2 to 4:3o
pm. at its headquarters, 2431
Fourteenth street NV.
Isador Seeman, executive sec
retary of the health section of
United Community Services, will
speak. The Lou Langlotz Dancers
and the Girls Chorus of the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Co. will furnish entertain
ment.
The public is invited.
Evening star., 1950-02-17

Court in Wilmington, Del, on
Wednesday.
Miss Strum is a member of the
Federal Bar Association and has
been admitted to practice before
the Supreme Court. Before join
ing the Antitrust Division of the
Justice Department, she was In
charge of the Corporate Owned
Patents Section of the Office of
Alien Property of the department.
Miss Strum is a graduate Of
Columbia University and of the
College of the City of New York.
She has degrees in law, account
ing and economics.
Evening star., 1950-02-17

With an in
come like that,
Mr.. F a n n in &
must ay a
very big tax.
But then again,
he can deduct
for thousands
of dependents:
Besides all the
regular post =
men, he must
support h un
dreds Of ghosts
to handle all
the letters in
fha JnnL Ja@@or
Evening star., 1950-02-17

office. And laundering the ghosts
white sheets must cost him
plenty, too!
But even without deductions,
MIR. Tanning can't be the biggest
taxpayer. If he's netting 10 mil
lion a year on an item like Scent
stamps. just imagine what the In,
come tax must be for a bus con-
ductor, who collects a dime from
every passenger.
Osleased By Consolidated News Features.)
Evening star., 1950-02-17

Nl 1 D D NOlllG
Strum, 1000 F
street NV, is
the only wom-
an on the JUS
tice De p a r t.
m e n t S legal
S t a If in it's
charge of mo-
noply in the Gel
lophane indus
try against E.
I. up ont de
Nemours & Co.
The case OPEN
ed officially in
t he F. q d era Il
Evening star., 1950-02-17
Miss Strum, Justice Aide,
Conducts Antitrust Case

The patent attorney represent
ing the Government in one of the
most important cases in the his
tory of antitrust law is q woman.
Evening star., 1950-02-17
Oracle Aliens
Comments

"The Los Angeles Post Office, )
reports Postmaster Tanning, met
ted more than $10,0o0,ooo profit
for 1949."
Evening star., 1950-10-12
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Lovely royon crepes and royon tissue foes Both toll
ored and dressy styles, long and short sleeves; whites
solid doks and postes Sizes 81 to 4O mot all sizes
in all coors and styes)
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Evening star., 1950-10-12
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Evening star., 1950-04-13

street bands and a spring camp
fund. The grand total is about
$85, 1000. and these activities are
not likely to be absorbed by any
federation, according to leaders
here.
Various Veteran Funds.
Street appeals by veterans or
ganizations also are far outside
the federation framework. These
include the pre-Memorial Day
Buddy Poppy" sale by the Vet
erans Of Foreign Wars. the For
get-Me-Not" sale Of the Disabled
American Veterans and the
White Clover" sale Of the Am
vets. for a total last year of not
more than $4,000.
To take the place Of the Am
vets project. If it is abandoned,
American Legion spokesmen here
said they are now considering an
annual poppy sale similar to that
of posts outside the District. The
Legion's Welfare Department, on
the other hand. Is Chest support
ed here.
These public fund drives by no
means represent the sum Of
Washington giving. Additional
millions are contributed annually
by segments Of the population to
churches. hospitals. educational
Evening star., 1950-04-13

independent budgeting. contend
ing budgetary control by a fedora
ton also would mean control Of
policy.
Others Avoid Chest.
Locally, the Police Boys Clut
has avoided any affiliation with
the Community Chest. partly or
the ground that the Chest won,
provide the building funds it in.
cludes in its own drive. Chest
agencies receive only operating
funds from the combined drive.
Unlikely to be federated il
Washington's second biggest drive
the current United Jewish Ap.
peal. This obtained more thar
50 million from 10000 contributor:
last year. Virtually all of thi.
money goes overseas for relief anC
resettlement work among dis.
placed persons. Leaders say the
drive will diminish as postwar
needs are met, but last years
$2.5 million goal applies again thi.
year.
The Salvation Army is the one
Embarrassing organization of the
% which belongs to the Com
munity Chest. Its campaigning
outside the Chest takes the form
Of its familiar Christmas appeal
on the streets. collections by its