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, 1950-10-31
Herbert Grigg Will be
80 Yrs. With Medical
Department on Nov. |

Herbert Grigg, Superintendent
of Municipal Hospitals will cele-
brate his thirtieth anniversary
with the Medical Department to-
mmorrow, November |.
Details will appear in another
issue of the Avis.
Evening star., 1950-01-08
Absorbing Novel
IS Chilling Study
In AbnornoIity
THE SCAPEGOAT,

The SCAPEGOAT
BY Jocelyn Brooke. (Harper G.
Bros: $780,
A spare and chilling study in
abnormal psychology, this first
novel details absorbingly the re-
lationship, between a sensitive.
orphaned 13-year-old boy and the
domineering uncle who becomes
his guardian. The boy, thrust
suddenly from the soft world Of
his mothers house into the over
whelmingly masculine atmosphere
of his uncle's ramshackle farm, is
torn between fear and alteration
as his uncle shows him alternately
a gruf fatherliness and a menac-
ing anger. The readers uneasi-
ness grows with the child's, as it
becomes apparent that he is the
focal point of all his uncle's frus-
trations and fears.
Mr.. Brooke writes as both SYM
bolist and psychologist. There
are occasional touches which may
be entirely ineligible only to the
student of psychology. But the
suspense, centered around a mys-
terious. blasted moor near the
uncle's doomed farm. is surely
maintained. But Mr.. Brooke sug-
gests more than he actually con-
veys. rather unfairly hints at some
dark doings in the uncle's past
which are never revealed, thereby
giving the impression that this is
more Of q case history than a
narrative. M. MEG.
Evening star., 1950-01-08
Author Amory
Bites the Hand
ThutFeedsHim
HOME TOWN

HOME TOWN
BY Cleveland Amory. (Harper
& Bros: 49,
Cleveland Amory. who cut his
teeth for biting the hand that
feeds him in "The Proper Bosto-
MANS" goes gleefully to the bone
in this wonderful satire of high
pressure book ba1lyhoo, of authors
who sell their own books and
people who buy them because
they want something pink for the
coffee table.
In its broad outlines, the little
fable is familiar. The hero is a
country cousin who keeps his
spectacles and his grin In the
great whirl of Manhattan. But in
its particulars, it is fresh. original
and long overdue. Like Mr..
Amory's first book 1t is an inside
job, but he is so blithe and brazen
the people he lampoons will laugh
the loudest.
Like his hero, Mich Hickok, Mr..
Amory really likes everybody a
whole lot. even If their behavior
strikes him as a bit peculiar at
times. Mich, a stringer for a
small Arizona paper, is lured from
Cooper City, a town which is
literally on the downgrade. by the
glib public relations director of
Hathaway House, publishers of
Mich's first and modest book.
Once in New York, Mich is
swept onto the escalator OF the
big buildup. He is. of course, as
sumed to be a descendant of Wild
Bill Hickok and. accordingly, lion
lied. He goes to literary cock
tail party where only key people
get copies of his book. He is taken
in tow by girl about town who
talks only about sex and the
theater, On one Of those radio
daytime broadcasts. where the
gushing lady NJ. c. twitters at her
male stooge, he manages to get
a few words In edgewise. At q
salesman's conference. he is cor
nered by q rapacious pair who
author whole series of How not
to" books and who are so diligent
in the personal touch that an un-
autographed copy Of any one of
their volumes is a collectors item.
Mr.. Amory smilingly sets it all
down, but he really writes from a
full heart when he launches into
a classic description of a woman's
club authors luncheon, at which
the ladies are simultaneously
saluting culture and federation,
and the authors end up buying
copies of each others books.
And when the reader has smil-
ingly laid the book down, he will
have little message to take away
with him. Authors and their pub
lie should meet only in books. No
one could have said it better than
Mr.. Amory. M. Meg.
Evening star., 1950-01-08
Poetry
MEDIAEvAL LATIN LYRICS

MEDIAEVAL LATIN LYRICS
Translated by Helen Waddell.
Holt; $5.) ..
Helen Weddell, author of the
novel Peter Abelard, published
these translations Of famous Latin
lyrics 20 years ago. They have
long been out of print but are
now reissued with the original
Latin on facing pages. It is a
slender volume and Miss Waddeli
explains: "A man cannot say I
will translate, any more than he
can say. I will compose poetry.
In this minor art also, the wind
blows where 1t lists" Thus, she
has translated only those poems
which she feels can be translated
into good English poems. But the
masters are here: Petronius, Peter
Abelard and those anonymous
scholar-clerics whose lives Of med
ttation frequently brought forth
great lines. The verses are fol-
lowed by scholarly and witty COM
ment by Miss Waddell.
Evening star., 1950-01-08

barger, unsurprtsingly, has hit
what is known as the jackpot.
The author was a teacher for
a good many years. but had a
secret addiction to the writing of
adventure, and so turned out nine
novels, mysteries and romances.
which appeared under an assumed
name. Meanwhile, he sponsored
openly two careful biographies,
'The Chevalier Bayard" and Lord
Chesterfield" Why not combine
his two gifts, scholarship and a
dair for lively tale? He did so,
and was able soon to come out
from behind his pseudonym with
historical romances of immediate
popularity.
Hollywood has just finished it's
version of his last novel, Prince of
Foxes" story of the Renaissance
in Italy. Now it can start work on
"The Kings Cavalier" a story of
France in the early part of the
18th century. The literary proc
essors of Wiltshire boulevard
shouldn't have to alter a single
episode. unless it's a minor note of
tragedy near the close, which they
have only to change around a lit
tie (no trick for them) to throw
every man into some shapely
demoiselle's arms for q joyous
fadeout. Maybe they'll even
choose to retain the single tragic
tableau to show that they know
what life's all about.
All the Tricks.
None of these comments is in
tended to disparage Mr.. Shella-
barger's ability to tell a story. He
writes extremely well. He never
lets his thorough researches into
the periods he describes Interfere
with the swift flow of narrative.
He conveys the flavor Of the times
Evening star., 1950-01-08

allies himself with opponents Of
the welfare state. I'm for social
legislation to protect the weak, but
there is vast difference between
that and voting yourself into Eden
suddenly"
The national morale, DR.. Bush
thinks, has stiffened hearteningly
since the news of the atomic ex-
plosion in Russia. 1t has helped
to make apparent the need for
finding counterweapons. And once
the rest of the world is strong
enough to say to Russia, mo fur
ther," he feels that the U. N. can
begin to work. On the national
level, he foresees a strengthening
of the professional partnership be-
tween the military, scientific and
political" a partnership of which
he was member during his
decade of Government service.
Democracy is a lousy system, -
DR.. Bush said with q grin. But
it just happens to be the best one
ever devised"
His more formal statement Of
this faith in Modern Arms and
Free Men" has been hailed all
over the country by both citizens
and scientists as an incomparably
bracing statement about national
security and world peace. Since
publication November 20, it has
sold nearly 10000 copies, over and
above those distributed by the
Book Of the Month Club And
DR.. Bush is receiving scores of
letters daily at Carnegie Institu-
ton, many of them from every
day people thanking him for his
knowledgeable reinsurance about
the future.
One such read in part: Know
ing you are an optimist, I hope
this note will encourage you to
yet more worthy deeds for the
body and soul Of both God and
man."
Evening star., 1950-01-08
Stamp News
By jones Waldo Fowcett

The Scent American Bankers
stamp may be a good investment.
It is indicated that the banks will
use thousands of copies of it on
ordinary letters. This means that
an exceptionally large percentage
Of them will disappear into the
scrap baskets and trash bins of
the country. The number of
copies put away for subsequent
sale in the philatelic market may
be relatively small.
Another Kicker" writes: I
agree with X. Y. z. The stamp
for Samuel Gompers may have
merit, but why have we never
issued a stamp for Lafayette and
why did Edgar Allen Poe have to
wait 40 years for a commemora-
tive?"
To commemorate the 200th an
niversary of the founding of St.
Xavier University, the republic of
Panama has issued two new
Evening star., 1950-01-08

spreading Moscow's latest DEGREES
and of repeating Soviet cliches
When he quit the part in disgust
he was prosecuted and at times
showed around in mobster style.
No Freedom.
Mr.. Silone was a leader of the
Communist movement in Italy.
He was delegate to the interna-
tional, and it was these meetings.
under the despotic control of the
Russians. that led him to realize
there was no freedom in the party
and the individual counted for
nothing.
What struck me most about
the Russian Communists" he
writes. even in such really ex-
!ceptional personalities as Lenin
and Trotsky, was their utter in
capacity to. be fair in discussing
opinions that confiicted with their
own. The adversary. simply for
daring to contradict, at once be-
came a traitor, an opportunist, a
hireling. An adversary in good
faith is inconceivable to the Rus
sian COMMUNISTS"
Mr.. Glide never Joined the party
but he was deeply interested in
the Soviet experiment and inclined
to think it offered the greatest
hope for humanity. A trip to
Russia disillusioned him. The
noted French novelist was enter
tained royalty. but this emphasized
all the more the plight of the av-
erage workers which he discov-
cred when he poked about alone
He concluded: ''The disappearance
OF capitalism has not brought free
dom to the Soviet workers-it is
essential that the proletariat
abroad should realize this fully
1t Is, of course, true that they are
no longer exploited by sharehold-
ing capitalists, but nevertheless
they are exploited, and in so devi-
Gus, subtle and twisted a manner
that they do not know any more
whom to blame. The largest num-
Der OF them live below the poverty
line, and it is their starvation
wages which permit the swollen
pay-packets of the privileged work.
ers-the plant yes-men."
Birds Of a Feather.
Mr.. Fisher lived in Russia for
years before he gave up. He never
was a card-carrier, but it took the
Soviet-Nazi pact to shake him of
his pro-Red perch. Pointing out
that jacques Doriot, the French
Fascist, and Pierre Laval, the pro-
Nazi, once were Communists, Mr.,
Fischer comments: "Totalitarians
of all feathers understand one
another"
I Mr.. Spender was a party mem
Der for a few weeks in England. He
decided later that the central
organizations Of Communists were
not capable Of making q classless
society, "or indeed of doing any
thing except establish the rule of
a peculiarly vindictive and jealous
bureaucracy"
'The God That Failed" is a
powerful sermon.
Evening star., 1950-01-08
DAV Activities

Meetings this week are:
Col. Young Chapter, 170l Eight.
eenth street NV.
Agriculture Chapter, Tuesday,
1701 Eighteenth street NV.
Department Auxiliary, Wednes-
day, 1701 Eighteenth street NV.
Agriculture Auxiliary, Wednes.
day. Department of Agriculturs'
Building. :
Rea Chapter, Thursday, 1701
Eighteenth street NV.
National Capital, Friday, 1701
Eighteenth street NV.
All meetings will open at 8 PM.
Evening star., 1950-01-08

stain from buying the postal
emissions Of satellite countries
perforce must add those of the
Chinese Communist regime to the
list to be avoided.
Not all Of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt's stamps were sold at
auction or preserved at the library
at Hyde Park, and tactful inquiries
are being made as to what became
of the missing" items.
An ancient headless statue Is
pictured on two recent stamps Of
Portugal, intended to publicize q
Congress of the History of Art
at Lisbon.
Edward F. Bessey of Crystal
Lake, ILL.,, who died December 81,
was a heavy buyer of United
States stamps. He owned full
sheets of the Graf Zeppelins and
good stocks of other desirable is
sues. His philatelic charities also
were worthy of remembrance, all
the more because very few of his
contemporaries knew that he was
their sponsor. He gave thousands
OF dollars worth of stamps to vet
erans in hospitals and other shut
ins, but his name rarely was men.
toned in connection with his phil
anthropies.
The Washington Philatelic So.
ciety will meet at the Arts Club.
2017 I street NV, Wednesday
evening at 8. Public invited to
attend auction and bourse.
Douglas D. Sweetser says: THE
sooner the American stamp maga-
zines and dealers start softpedal-a
ing new issues-both United States
and foreign-the sooner the stamp s
business will get back to earth and
to basis profitable to the dealers
willing to work at it."
The Capital Precancel Club will
meet at the home of DR.. c. r.
Uhler. 1884 Quesada street. NV,
Tuesday evening at 8. Visitors
welcome. ...
The Jefferson Stamp Co., $40
Francis Building. Louisville, KY,
was burglarized on the night Of
November "a. About $500 mint.
United States plate number blocks
dating back to 1920. q reserve stock
book Of United States from No.
II to No. 418, and several Niagara
albums of Roosevelt and United
Nations issues were taken.
Plans for the 18th annual Sojex
exhibition at the Walt Whitman
Hotel, Camden, N. j., March 4
and S, are being formulated. De-
tails may be obtained from o. w.
Acton, IS Market street. Salem,
N. j.
Japan has chosen for the de-
sign of a stamp in tribute to the
printing industry a composition
showing a girl carrying a bundle Of
paper.
Evening star., 1950-01-08

admirably. In fact, his talents
are such that it is a temptation to
regret, to wish but what's the
use? He is a successful writer by
virtually every standard that gov
Ierns the publication. distribution
and processing of books.
THE Kings Cavalier" is an ex-
citing story of intrigue at the
court of Francis I. At the time
the King faced war with the Con-
stable of Bourbon, a powerful
French noble, who was enlisting
the aid of England's Henry VIII
and of Charles v, Emperor of
Germany and King of Spain, to
protect the feudal rights of mobiles
against a dawning nationalism in
France. Blaise de Lalliere, the
cavalier, had as many adventures
as D'Artagnon.
Fun to Read.
Blaise and several other men
on the right side of the authors
fence are brave, honest, noble.
Their women flutter about a gay
court without ever succumbirg to
its snares. On the other side of
the fence is De Norville, as dark
a villain as Mephistopheles him
self, and a few other complete
scoundrels.
It Is futile to point out that
people are not like that and never
were, that probably even Sir GAL
lahad had few things to hide. A
very large public likes its char
acters straight, does not want to
be bothered with analyzing shades
of good and evil. And Hollywood
much prefers this simple division
between right and wrong. Leaving
aside such a merely logical con-
sideration as plausibility "The
Kings Cavalier" is fun to read.
And should make another thrill
ing movie.
Evening star., 1950-01-08
WeII-known Writers Who Turned Reds
Tell Why They Gave Up Communism
THE GOD THAT Failed:

THE GOD THAT FAILED:
A CONFESSION
Edited by Richard Crossman
(Harper; $780,
Six disillusioned writer's, all
widely known. one a Nobel Prize
winner. tell here Why they en-
braced communism and why they
gave it up.
The contributors are Andre
Glide, who won the Nobel award
in 1947: Arthur Koestler, author
of Darkness at Noon" and other
novels; Richard Wright, the
American Negro novelist; Ignazio
S;lone, the Italian novelist: Louis
Fischer, the foreign correspond
ent. and Stephen Spender. the
English poet.
Their reports of their disillusion-
ment are cogent because they went
into the philosophy and its Rus
sian application with the thor
oughness and intensity Of writer's;
their arguments are based on first
hand information. It Is not that
they have abandoned the hatred
of injustice and sympathy for the
helpless which led them into the
movement. Most Of them retain
belief In some form Of socialistic
democracy. Two or three would
favor an ideal Communist state if
one could be devised, which they
doubt. They all came to realize
that the Russian state was a
tyranny and that Communist Par
ties in other countries were little
autocracies which carried out the
Moscow line Of the moment.
White Slave Traffic.
Mr.. Koestler joined the party
In Germany at the end of 1881.
"The Comintern and the OGPU,"
he explains, carried on . white
slave traf1ic whose. victims were
young idealists flirting with vio-
lence." In a few months he had
enough Of being pushed around
by his local unit, which, he found,
distrusted intellectuals and wanted
no fresh ideas. He went to Russia,
hoping to find q purer distillation
Of communism. He stayed there
q year. He returned discouraged,
and yet he stayed in the party an
other four and a half years. Hitler
was in power. and Mr.. Koestler fed
to France. The sinuosities of party
policy finally convinced him, and
he resigned in 1898. He still be-
lieved in the Soviet Union, but
not in its masters. He says:
"The addiction to the Soviet
myth Is as tenacious and difficult
to cure as any other addiction.
After the lost week end In Utopia
the temptation Is strong to have
Just one last drop, even If watered
down and sold under a different
label. And there is always q sup
ply OF new labels on the COMM
forms black market In ideals"
Mr.. Wright's chapter, colloquial
and swift-paced, like his novels,
is the most readable in the book.
He never saw Russia. but he tried
his best to be a Communist in
Chicago during the depression.
The comrades wouldn't let him.
They never quite trusted him. and
they soon let him see that party
councils were not places for free
discussion. but only a means of
Evening star., 1950-01-08

stamps. One &c, red and black
carries portrait of Father
Xavier: the other Csc, blue and
black shows university building.
Harry M. Konwiser, writing in
Stamps Magazine. says Washing
ton City was listed as a post Office
in book printed in Boston in
1898. <s
India will issue four stamps on
January 26 to mark the inaugura-
ton Of the Republic. The 2-annas
design is supposed to show the
jubilation of the masses, the 31aa
the determination of the people to
raise the standards of education.
Agriculture is the theme of the
IA value and industry that of the
12a.
A stamp collection valued at
$4,000 and a $1,000 trust fund for
its maintenance have been awarded
to the Franklin Institute. Phila-
delphia, in adjudication OF the
estate OF Harry L. Jeffreys of Ard
more, Pa, who died April, /. 1948.
Carl Sandburg writes: Human
instinct is such that every person
is a collector of some. sort or
other" '','t''> . .
Brazil has brought out a large
(33x47 lamm) stamp in homage to
Rui Barbosa U849-1923), states
man and Journalist The color of
the label is rose.
The Silver Spring Philatelic So
ciety will meet at the County
Building, Colesville road near
Georgia avenue, Thursday evening
at 8. c. c. Van Vechten will ex-
hibit his collection of United
States stamps of 1869. Public
invited.
The World-famouS collection of
railway letter stamps gathered by
Herbert L L'Estrange Even has been
given to the British Museum by his
sister, Mrs. Clement Williams.
Mrs. Ruby Mailman now is
president of the Collectors Club
of Baltimore.
Belgium, has brought out four
semipostals for the campaign
against tuberculosis. All are
flower designs-arnica, eryngo,
periwinkle and poppy.
The Woodbridge Stamp Club will
meet at 2206 Rhode Island avenue
NE. tomorrow evening at 9. Visi-
tors welcome.
Sculptured panels from a public
fountain in Paris have been re-
produced on four stamps of
France rejecting the four seasons
of the year.
Evening star., 1950-01-08
t-Paced Novel
Gives Violence
Light
FRATERNALLY YOURS
BY Henry Won Rhau. (Houghton-
Mtftn Co.; S2.75)
Reviewed by
SAM EASTMAN.

ri SAM EASTMAN.
This is a fast-moving novel
spiced with q nice blend of sar-
donic humor and stated with a
group of ,full-blooded Damon
Runyon characters. Big Sol
Wechsler, composite of a dozen
ncongruous characteristics-labor
racketeer. clown; a sort of warm
hearted Frankensteinian monster
created by New York's lower East
Side and his own ,desires-is the
authors central character, In
whose orbit a group of equally in
teresting figures revolve.
Henry Won Rhau has set up here
a number Of situations through
which his people propel them
selves toward their final dooms
with alacrity and violence. A va
riety of ingenious ey-making
schemes, from an invasion of the
South for a fling at bootlegging
to the organizing" of the local
hearse drivers, provide the i'm
petus for the mayhem which fills
he paoeS
Evening star., 1950-01-08
Books In Review
Mr.. She|Ioborger Writes
Another Box-Office Hit
THE KINGS CAVALIER
BY Samuel Shellabarger. little, Broton;; 49,
Reviewed by CARTER BROOKE j

Reviewed by CARTER BROOKE JONES
Mr. shelabarger combining scholarly grasp
with unusual skill at narrative turn historical novel
expertly fooled as writer of today produce.
It is product that satisfies publisher
to show occasional dividend
readers, Hollywood presumably
Evening star., 1950-01-08

China now is behind the Iron
Curtain, and collectors who alb
Evening star., 1950-01-08

Sculptured panels from a public
fountain in Paris have been re-
produced on four stamps of
France reflecting the four seasons
of the year.
Evening star., 1950-01-08

The Woodbridge Stamp Club will
meet at 2206 Rhode Island avenue
NE. tomorrow evening at 9. Visi-
tors welcome.
Evening star., 1950-01-08

stain from buying the postal
emissions Of satellite countries
perforce must add those of the
Chinese Communist regime to the
list to be avoided.
Evening star., 1950-01-08

Belgium, has brought out four
semipostals for the campaign
against tuberculosis. All are
flower designs-arnica, eryngo,
periwinkle and poppy.
Evening star., 1950-01-08

Brazil has brought out large
(33x47 lamm) stamp in homage to
Rui Barbosa 1849-1923), states
man and Journalist The color of
the label is rose.
Evening star., 1950-01-08

Bridge Calendar
| ToDAY-Northern. Virsinis tournament,
Bndss Ieasae lso6
! New Hampshire avenue NV; team-of-
four. s pm. La Sale Studio 1928 Com
necticut avenue NV; open-pair rattns
observation-disclosures Club, 1855 Euclid
| street NV; rating point. 7:4S pm.
andrews Air Force Base Of1cers Rridxe
| Club, O1hcers' Club ct the Base; rating
| point, 7:30 pm. Buckinghnm Dupli-
cate Club, 313 N. Glebe road. Arlington;
| open-pAir rating point, 7:45 pm. chess
Club. Hotel Gordon; individual: mem.
bers only, 7.46 pm. Count Club. 1914
| Seventeenth street NV; open-pair mas.
WEDNESDAY = Stephan Studio. 1855
Euclid street NV; open-pair rating
| point, pm. Washington Bridge League,
| Hotel Roosevelt: open-pair rating point,
7:3O and S pm; monthly winners
4 THURsDAY-,La Salle Studio, open-pair
ratins point I pm; i; Chess Club. rsains atm
/ Nationa, Press Building, rating point,
SPIN. Riverside Bridge Club, Arlington
! Farms; rating point, TAB pm.
/ FEIDAY--ArlinSton Farms Duplicate Club,
i Arlington Farms; rating point, TAB pm.
Stephan Studio, open-pair master point
SATURDAY - Agriculture Club. open-paii
master pbtnt, pm. Chess Club. master
point, 7:4b pm. WalaA Club. Twenty.
The Nome nugget., 1950-05-26
ALASKA INDIANS RECEIVE WHITNEY FELLOWSHTPS

WASHINGTON, (P)-Six of 42 one-year fellowships awarded by the John Hay Whitney Founda- ton today went to young Indians.
 The association on American Indian affairs said the awards demonstrated that Indians, given the opportunity, rank with the brightest and most talented young Americans.
 The Indian winners and their plans included:
 John Borridge, Jr., Juneau, Al aska-a Tlingit Indian who atten- ted Junior College at Sitka, Alas ka, and is now a pre-law student at Northeast State Teachers Col