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the Barnett Alden Gallery. Only
this afternoon, tomorrow and
Tuesday evenings remain to see
the exhibition.
Several trends appear in these
10 paintings. Some are abstrac-
tions based on straight lines,
mostly of architectural inspira-
tion, such as "Village," bought by
the Alden Gallery and House
Melody" Another group COM
prises distractions composed of
a formless use of color. The best
Of these is "Sea Largo" which
conveys feeling Of rocks and
sea. Finally, there are a few
paintings of recognizable but
much distorted and simplified
forms. AS might be expected in
the work of a young artist, the
level of quality is very uneven.
Peter Blanc is having his first
one-man show in New York City
at the Passedoit Gallery, 121 East
y-seventh street, to remain
through next Saturday. It opened
May l and has a total Of 20 paint
ngs.
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|gating committee looking into
FEC matters, despite his prior ad-
mission that he had "the deepest
possible personal interest" in FEC
and had in fact at one time called
it "the meanest nest Of rats to be
found in this country"
Inevitably. Prof. Wilson com.
pares our system unfavorably with
that of the British. BY way o1
contrast. he cites several cases o1
|influence-peddling in the House
of Commons sharp practices
brought to an abrupt halt at the
insistence Of the House itself. The
most striking example Is that o1
an M. p. who was forced to re-
sign because Of improper use o1
less than SIS worth of government
travel vouchers. The author sug-
Igests as remedy our reform along
British lines, with stronger party
discipline, and intensified political
education.
Prof. Wilson's style is unexcit-
ing, and in some of his conclu-
sions he has overstated the case
While any breach of ethics in the
legislative body is deplorable. ii
has not been so widespread as to
warrant the authors estimate o1
our society as sick" Confused,
yes, and perhaps more so every
day; but let's not throw out the
baby with the bath water.
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MuItum in Purvo

| The Miniature Painters, Sculp-
tors and Gravers' Society's 18th
annual exhibition opened last
Sunday at the National Museum
to remain through May. This Dis
Itrict of Columbia organization,
with 19 members and 9 associates,
opens its annual to all artists who
work "in little" in any art me-
dunn. The current show is COM
posed to 180 works by rs artists
of 40 cities in IA States, the Dis
trict of Columbia and Canada,
The sizes of these many exhibits
enable them to be shown in only
two bays in the foyer of the Natu-
raj History Building.
The Elizabeth Muhlhofer prize
Iof $25 for the best painting was
awarded to Rodney M. Winfield
of Glen Gardner, N. j., for his
Vision of Enoch," selection being
made by Thomas M. Beggs. direc-
tor of the National Collection of
Fine Arts.
The exhibition has a good dis
play of portraits exquisitely paint
ed On ivory (Which is what the
term miniature" still signifies tc
"a large number of people,, some
|of the best being the works of
Rosina Cox Boardman, : Margaret
Peake Benton (of Toronto), and
Glenora Richards.
Jack Grue's little group COM
prising a still life and two Bib.
lical themes with many details
well handled, is excellent. Minor
Jameson shows a group of land
scapes. akin to his larger paint
ings familiar to Washingtonians.
George Lear's little oil of Nantuc-
ket is charming, as are also Esther
Scheirer's Pennsylvania Land
scape" (on ivory and Arthur
Kunz' "Old Grist Mill" Ruel p
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Tolman has one Of the largest
groups, six oil landscapes, includ-
ling several Of his romantic noe
lturnes.
John Taylor Arms miniature
Ietchings Of France are perfection
las usual. Reynold Weidenaar's
Ietchings, too. add distinction to
the show. Leonora Quartermau
shows several serigraphs, the best
being Savannah Atmosphere. +"
Alexandria graphic artists Herb
FIGHTER and John c. Rogers con-
Itributed the only caricatures, the
former an engraving, the latter an
ink and wash drawing. James D.
Havens' woodcuts are precisely
done and varied in subject.
An entire wall case is devoted
to an impressive group of Marian
q. M. Lanes superb illuminations
of beautiful quotations, some uni
versally known, such as the Shep-
herds Psalm. others quaint and
unusual, selections not generally
familiar.
A collection of books (shown
for their miniature bindings) give
"a good account of the industry
and patience of Washington book
binders Annette Metcalfe, Daniel
|Knowlton and George Scheirer,
each showing two to six items.
Some are only an inch or so in
dimensions, but the majority are
pocket sized.
The sculpture display, miniature
both physically and numerically,
has a beautiful little portrait bust
in the round, done in wax by
Ethel Mundy Of Syracuse. one of
the few artists in the United
States working in this medium.
Three little sculptures, one in
alabaster, are typical of Eleanor
Cox's competent work. Evelyn
IAkerley is showing two engaging
little animal sculptures. Isabel
Feldman's bronze abstract figures
are the only modernistic sculp-
lures on view and among the very
few exhibits in this show in con-
temporary idioms.
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Rose Myro Phillips
Poetry Collection

JOURNEY BY NIGHT
Poems by Rose Myra Phillips.
Light and Life Press, Wtnona
Lake, md; 81.
Reviewed by Edwin TribbIe
Rose Myra Phillips is a poet
from Attica, Ind. and there is in
her work feeling of affection for
mature and rural peace. She has
sent forth her slight, pleasant
verse to such hurried, urban pub
locations as The Star, the New
York Herald Tribune, Good
Housekeeping and the. Saturday
Evening Post. Wherever they have
appeared they have brought a
note of quiet tranquility that has
made them linger in readers
minds. This is a new collection
of them.
Miss Phillips writes of eternal
qualities, of the heart that re-
members. of fires that quicken, of
apples that fall in the night.
She has a happy gift Of express
sion:
''The golden manuscript upon
a hill
OF buttercups :"
Or:
"And we who purchase honey
by the pound
Acquire the countryside for
miles around:
Meadows of sunlight, fenceless
tracts of hours
Myriad with bees and nectar
giving flowers :"
The best of this poetry Is in
praise of nature. It will remind
many readers Of Sara Teasdale
and, indeed, Miss Phillips pays
her tribute to the older poet with
a poem beginning:
Petals of silvery mist and Of
bird song :"
It might apply as well to her
own work.
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Is Congress Merely Kidding Itself
By Turning Its Eyes the Other Way?
.ESS. CORRUPTION AND COMPROMISE


BY H. H. Wilson. fRinehdrt q
Professor Wilson's melancholy
scrutiny of the morals of Congress
comes at time when the ethical
code of the Executive Branch OF
the Government is being more
closely studied. It Is the conten-
ton of the author, an associate
professor of politics at Princeton,
that widespread contempt for Con-
gress-reflecting "a cynicism so
terrible that it may ultimately let
our democratic institutions be de-
stroyed"-is largely the fault OF
undue congressional tolerance OF
misconduct within the ranks.
thine after time" he says in his
introduction, like schoolboys on
the honor system who yet refuse
to proclaim the identity of the
classmate who cheats. these Con-
gressmen persistently look the
other way"
In support of this thesis he has
reviewed eight cases involving
whose conduct he be-
lieves has detracted from the pres
tige Of Congress. This is not a
undertaking book, since all the
facts have long since been on the
record.
Bribing Senators.
Only in 1927, when the Hearst
papers charged that four Senators
had been bribed by the govern
inent of Mexico, did the Senate
initiate its own inquiry. In all
other instances - the portfolio
contains files on Representatives
May, Curley, Coffey, McDermott
and Cox, and on Senators Chand-
Ter, Bilbo and Gould-the pressure
for investigation came from out
side. Save in the case of Senator
'Bilbo. the Congressman were not
only spared the censure of their
colleagues but in some instances
won their plaudits.
Prof. Wilson finds most ominous
the episode Of Representative Coz
and his feud with the FEC. The
House granted him the right tc
serve as chairman of an investi-
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TdTy pOetS uciO
about 10 years
ago called forth
the same en-
thusiastic re-
Sponse.
Mr.. Meredith,
despite the i'm
paired state OF
his health Che
had risen from
a hospital bed
to Gomez, read
with
much warmth
and hunor. CIV
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Fine First Novel
Looks Deep Into
Heart of China
THE SEASON OF THE
STRANGER

STRANGER
BY Stephen Becker. (Harper &
Bros; $3J
Stephen Becker, like, the hero
Iof his intelligent first novel. taught
in a Chinese university. Season
Iof the Stranger" reflects a vast
sympathy with China and an alb
sorption into its everyday life,
rare among Americans.
The 24-year-old Mr.. Becker, who
incidentally has had the good for
tune to have his first effort chosen
a Harper Find" may put you In
mind Of a Hemingway with sew
eral degrees. That is to say his
style is clipped, strung together of
simple sentences. He writes of
love against a background of vio-
llence. But there the resemblance
ends. Both the major characters,
Andrew Girard, the American
teacher who lives and works in
Chinese, and his beautiful former
pupil Li-Ling, are intellectuals
who revel in music and books.
The romance between these two
encounters resistance. The uni
versity faculty disapproves. Her
father, a fabulously wealthy and
corrupt merchant who has COL
laborated with many enemies of
China and who stands as a symbol
of all the weaknesses of the Ma
tionalist government, forbids her
to see Girard. Their feelings for
each other are resolved in the
aftermath of a terrible riot in
which government soldiers set
upon students demonstrating for
food.
Each fresh report of the ad-
vance of the Communist armies
throws the university into new
preparations. But when the city
is finally taken, one of the student
leaders tells Girard, II will work
for two things: A living standard
and order. When we have them
both i. will be time to criticize
and worry about what people call
freedom. Famous last words!
Season of the Stranger" will
perhaps be unfairly scanned for
political enlightenment, of which
it has little. It is primarily a love
story, and a literate one at that.
Young Mr.. Becker could only have
made it more substantial by CIV
ing more Of Girard'S background
and the source of his infatuation
MARY McGRORY
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n. who is, incidentally. the favor.

son. who is. incidentally. the favor
ite bard of the donor of the series
Mrs. Gertrude Clarke Whittall
His remarks, which were not al
ways audible, were politely re-
ceived. but the consensus Of opin-
ion was that the people had come
to hear poems read, not analyzed
There was some intermission
muttering about the choice Of Sc
lections. It was felt that Isaac
and Archibald" one Of Robinson s
longer. prosier works, might well
have been scratched in favor OF
something more in the poets lyric
vein. Even Mrs. Whittall, who
strolled beaming through the cor
ridor receiving thanks and con-
gratulations on her gift, said she
would have welcomed a bit o1
'Launcelot."
Unfortunately. the series now
will pause for summer. Coolidge
auditorium, where the reading
was held, Is not air-conditioned
and the Library feels that not even
the most seasoned addicts could
weather the atmosphere once the
heat comes.
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St. AIbuns Annual

The Headmaster and Mrs. Mar.
tin, and Dean Stambaugh, art
instructor at st. Adams School
opened last Friday, its annua.
exhibition of student paintings
The show is on view in the &C.
tivitieS building, and Is open tc
the public daily from 4 to 6
through May 20.
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Sontoyono at the Height of His Powers
In Work on Government and Society
IOMINATIONS AND POWERS

lDOM1NAI1ONS AND POWERS
BY George Santayana. fScribnel
This spacious and imposing
philosophical structure, a study of
government and society. COM
Ipleted as -Santayana turned into
his 88th year in the hushed seclu-
sion of the Rome convent where
lhe boards, reveals him at the
height of his powers.
Whatever the eventual place his
ideas may occupy, he is beyond
Question the most articulate and
artistic, the most lucid of mod
Iern philosophers. In this major
work, in which he has collated
notes and brief essays gathered
for some 40 years. his style is
the same delight it has always
been to his readers. He has syn
lthesized his findings in sculptured
phrases which are epigrammatic
and quotable by the hundreds.
After his profound contempla-
ton Of the history and nature of
governments, his practical con-
|clusions are not optimistic. He
does not feel that any govern
ment is entirely good or can be
$50 long as men govern. He does
not see the current conflict be-
tween communism and democ-
racy as a clear-cut issue between
right and wrong, between evil and
virtue.
The Soviet System.
Perhaps the Soviets," he con-
cedes, might be better fitted than
any other power to become the
guardians of universal peace. !"
They have. he explains, the armed
forces and they are theoretically
international land might become
absolutely neutral in matters of
race, nationality, education and
religion. But tand here he ad-
mits the collapse of the possibility
under present conditions and be-
liefs) the Soviets would have to
renounce all control of education,
religion, manners and arts" And
Santayana is as aware as any one
that Stain followed his triumphs
in World War II by adopting "the
policy of vetoing everything that
did not conduce to the extension
'of Communist domination. So
the Russians "by a universal ply
sical conspiracy fomented every
where" would -'usurp a moral and
intellectual domination over all
human societies." So: "Such base
less pretensions cancel the right
which economic science might
have to guide a universal mate
rial economy"
What of the fitness of the Unit
ed States Ito become the secular
arm of reason in checking the un-
reason of the world?" While the
American people are good" their
mentality settled and pervasive, I"
he feels that in the end they. for
all their well-meaning benevo-
lence, would control education and
training as well as the universal
economy. "The philanthropic pas
sion for service would prompt So
cial, if not legal, intervention in
the traditional life of all other ma
tions, not only by selling there
innumerable American products,
but by recommending, if not i'm
posing, American ways of living
and thinking"
In his conclusion, Santayana
holds that nationality and right
ness appear to be essentially rela-
tive; for it is their relativity that
makes them relevant to events in
the world. Were they absolute,
and irrelevant to human nature
and circumstances, they would be
pathological f1xations, making for
militant madness"
Nominations and Powers" (and
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Reviewed by Belmont Fories

SFbSWSS " SStuS"t StsSS
When the editors of Fortune
set out to define the meaning of
America, they did not expect to
Iget any final answers. But this
study, originally published as the
February issue of their magazine.
does present a heartening ap-
Iproach to the problem.
In presenting America not as an
achievement but as process of
development to meet new condi-
tions. they argue that the 18th
century principles upon which
our Government is based-that
men are created equal and en-
dowed with inalienable rights to
life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness-are equally valid to-
day. =
An amazing power of growth
and change is illustrated in chap
lters on four basic American in
stitutions-capitalism, the labor
movement, political parties and
voluntary activities for the good
of the community.
That adaptability can stand us
in good stead. For there can be
little doubt that the Importance
lof the United Safes to the rest of
the world has to do not merely
with economic and military power
but with the fact that Americans
may yet be able to solve some of
the social, economic and political
problems that have been tearing
the free world apart.
| 4 y X
THE FAR EAST: A SOCIAL
GEOGRAPHY
by A. D. C. Peterson. Funk G.
Wagnalls; $4.75J
A comprehensive report, COM
lplete with photographs and maps,
on the countries of Asia from
India to Japan. with stress on
people and history rather than
physical geography. An excellent
introduction to the Orient.
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its full value and still losing none
of the rhythm and sweep of the
poems. Midway in the reading,
Prof. Cleanth Brooks of Yale gave
a dissertation on the poet of the
evening, Edwin Arlington Robin
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Books in Review
Tracing Britoin's Changing Pattern
Of Justice Throughout the Centuries
Reviewed by corter Brooke Jon,
THE OLD BAILEY AND ITS TRIALS
BY Bernard O'Donnell fNGcnlilldn; $3.)

Reviewed by corter Brooke Jones
In writing the the Bailey Central Criminal
Court Mr. ODonnel has written in brief story
law England for the years. changing pattern of
justice through the centuries parallels
extent the history Of criminal Jurisprudence America
law is based so largely British law.
popular form touching only on the salient
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THERE'S life
&;GIi| suspect

? DO YOU FIND yourself listen
:. ing to persuasive arguments from
s. within3 Do occasional lunches
!. amazingly clear ideas-flash into
Z. your mind from seemingly no.
: where2 These are not mysterious
= phenomena. They are proof Of a
5 vast intelligence beyond your con-
;: scious mind.
- Stop looking at life through the
!. small end of a funnel. Learn TO
& cross this threshold Of the inner
: recesses of mind-for therein lies
= the fountain of hfs-it is the source
= Of your mental ereatiue poweT.
Z It's time TO break with tradition
!: free your thought. Don't let pref
= udiee deny you the full possibilities
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points Of special and merely un-
usual trials. avoiding .techhicali-
ties. 1t should interest every one
with even q casual, concern fol
justice.
{. The right of an accused person
to an impartial trial in England
has been SO stressed that it comes
as shock to learn or be reminded
how recently, as history goes, this
has been practiced.
Some rights of Englishmen go
back to the Magma Charta d215)
but not that of a fair trial. In the
18th and 18th centuries juries that
refused to bring in guilty verdicts
were taken about the city in a
cart to be jeered at and some
times were punished more sub
stantially. One of the first juries
of modern times with the courage
to defy the judge trie6 William
Penn, founder of Pennsylvania,
and his friend. William Mead, in
1910. They were charged with
holding street meeting and
preaching non-conformist doc
trines. The jury found Penn guilty
and acquitted Mead. The presid-
ing justice, telling the jurors it
was no proper form of verdict,
ordered them locked up for the
night without meat, drink, fire
or candle" They repeated the
verdict next day. Sent back to
suffer another night, they again
refused to bulge. They were then
fined 40 marks each for their
contumacy - but their verdict
stood and had an effect on future
trials.
Harsh Penalties.
Incredibly harsh penalties were
imposed Until much more recent
times. In 1888, only five years
before the coronation Of Queen
Victoria, a 9-year-old boy was
sentenced to death for stealing
2-pennyworth of hard paint. '"The
communication of this youthful
felon'S sentence to one Of being
sent to a penitentiary," says the
author, was looked upon as an
act of clemency."
= The last public hanging was
held in 1868. These festivals were
abolished through the efforts of
Dickens and other reformers. In
the old days, condemned felons
were carted from Newgate Prison,
on the site of the present Old
Bailey, to Tyburn, through lanes
of avid spectators. On one such
occasion the crush was so great
that 18 persons were killed and
some 40 injured. Lest we glance
smugly at England, the last public
execution over here took place in
an eastern county of Kentucky
less than 20 years ago.
One Mary Jones, in 1771. stole a
few pieces of muslin because she
and her children were hungry.
She was carried to the place of
execution with her youngest child
at her breast, Only six years
later this hanging was denounced
in Commons by Sir William
Meredith as "the murder of this
woman by law"
There were courts or prisons on
the site of the Old Bailey back to
the shadowy years before William
the Conqueror. The political
prisoner or criminal who was
merely hanged was lucky in the
old days. Drawing and quarter
ing and other refinements were
frequent. Visiting the present
fine building of the Old Bailey
and seeing the care with which
the interests of prisoner on trial
are safeguarded," Mr.. O'Donnell
writes. "one finds it difficult to
imagine the conditions of the
past"
The author, a veteran Fleet
street crime reporter, has done an
outstanding job of research, selec-
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IS; $4.50.J
they are by no means synony-
mous) is a deceptively easy book
to read, because Of Santayana's
|clearness of thought and luminous
writing. It is not easy to absorb
the ideas with which every page
bristles. It is a book to be read
slowly, ref1ectively. A reviewer
can only touch on a few salient
conclusions.
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Reading and Writing.
Poetry Reading Group at Library Listens
To Burgess Meredith in Fine Voice
Bv Morv McGrory

The poetry reading series at the Library OF Congress got
of happy spring evening recently. with
audience hand and the reader Burgess Meredith
in excellent voice.
The attendance was by no means exclusively ong hair.
fact ranged dowagers
Evening star., 1951-05-13
At Bornett Alden

An individual talent is revealed
In the work Of Merton Simpson, a
young artist making his debut at
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fervor. The large turnout came
as no surprise to Library officials.
La series of readings by contempo-
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Meaning of America
To All the World

u. S. A.-THE PERMANENT
REVOLUTION
BY the editors of Fortune, in COL
laboration with Russell w. Day.
export. (Prentice-HaH; $3.75J
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JOURNEY BY NIGHT
Poems by Rose Myra Phillips
Light and Life Press, Winono
Lake, md: So.
Evening star., 1951-06-17
BY the Asseeiaied Press

MIAMI, Fla. June 16.-A num-
Der of gambling figures in south
east Florida were reported on
emergency vacations" today as
the Senate Committee to Investi-
gate Interstate Crime headed this
way.
The i've committee members
are expected in Miami tomorrow
from Washington. Hearings are
scheduled for Thursday and Fri
day, and the group will return
to Washington next Saturday.
Airline reservations have been
made for tomorrow's southbound
trip for Senators Herbert O'Conor
Democrat. Of Maryland, chair
man: Estes Kefauver. Democrat.
of Tennessee. former chairman.
now a member: Charles w. Tobey.
Republican, of New Hampshire:
Lester Hunt, Democrat, of Wyom-
ing, and Alexander Wiley, Repub-
lican, of Wisconsin.
Evening star., 1951-06-17

Daniel P. Sullivan, operating
director of the Crime Commission
Of Greater Miami, told Of the ex-
odus Of gamblers.
Word of the committees Sec
ond coming had all the big mob-
sters packing their bags for quick
trips out of the country" said
Mr.. Sullivan.
Police Chief Roland r. Kelley
of Fort Lauderdale reported
Broward County gambling figures
also we're leaving fast.
"It could be-" said Chief Kelley
they figure it best not to be
around when the Senate probers
start asking questions"
Under Senator Kefauver's chair
manship. the committee held its
first public hearings at Miami
in mid-July last year. The forth
coming public hearing win be the
first under Senator O'Conor's
Craftsmanship. although he held