davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Newspoperwomon Writes
New Book on White House

When the Trumans move in to
the refurbished White House next
December. for heaven knows how
long a stay, they will have a
natural for their library shelves
available. 1t is white House Pro-
flle," by Bess Furman, veteran
New York Times correspondent. A
political and social history of the
Pennsylvania avenue mansion, il
grew quite naturally out of Miss
Furmans previous activity as re-
porter and author. In Washing
ton Byline" she mentioned a
chore she did for the Associated
Press in assembling history of
the ladies of the house from Alb
igail (Adams) to Eleanor CRoose-
velt). An alert publisher spotted
the paragraph, envisioned it as a
book. 1t will be published about
month before moving day, some
time in November.
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Poet Writes Prose
.Of Unusual Pattern
THE DEAD SEAGULL

LIE DEAD OEAGULL
BY George Barker. fFarrar,
StrauS G. Young; $780,
When a poet turns to creative
prose, the result is apt to be I'M
usual in one way or another. This
novel, by young English writer
who has published six books OF
poetry, is far from conventional
in theme and treatment. Mod
erniStic (for want of a more exact
term) in approach. it rarely is
obscure, and somehow, despite its
elusive quality, it promises to be
memorable to the reader who
does more than skim it's few
pages, who weighs its brief mes
sage.
But this message cannot be re-
duced to sentence. It is simple
and yet as complex as the effort
of the narrator to determine what
is good in his life, what evil; why
he destroys what he adores and
loves what he abhors. 1t is love,
he decides, with its cunning
ethereal masks. that is at the
heart of all evil. The symbolic
story of a man who is happy with
his wife and their unborn child
and leaves her for a time to take
up with a wanton and irresistible
woman, is a tragedy told with the
exactness and economy of phrase
and the bold coloring which are
the esSense of poetry
Evening star., 1951-07-22

and of the hard voyage an ad-
vance guard Of emigrants suffered
to reach a more promising life.
He is essentially a realist, al
though he never overlooks the
dreams and perplexities of his
people, their temporal and spirit
ual dilemmaS. The chapters de-
scribing the voyage are often
revolving in their unsparing de-
tail. 1t was an era when scurvy
was accepted as a necessary evil
and a certain loss of life was in
evitable on such a journey. The
story is long and repetitiouS. The
style is pIodding rather than
glowing, but much of this may
be due to the difficulty of trans
lating idiomatic Swedish. The
by Gustaf Lannestock
Evening star., 1951-07-22

technicians In the field.
The scheme is the brainchild of
the point-four program, whose
director. DR.. Henry G.. Bennett,
explains: 1--WE recognize that
American scientific and technical
books can be a valuable means of
sharing our knowledge with other
peoples. In fact, the distribution
of such books is one of the most
effective ways of disseminating
scientific and technical knowledge
which other people will find use
full in increasing their productiv-
ity. developing their economic re-
sources and improving their
standards of living"
Meanwhile, on the propaganda
front in Southeast Asia, we appear
to be beaten at our own game. At
least returning traveller reports
that the Russians have been either
handing out or selling at low cost
well-printed and bound books, not
only in native languages, but in
English as well. Publisher Charles
E. Griffith of lver-Burdett told
Publishers Weekly that some
American classics have been pub
lished In English with introduc-
tions by Russian professors. Walt
'Whitmau's work is offered, with
a preface which terms him "the
last great American bourgeois
poet"
Mr.. Griffith sensibly suggests
that the ECA's guaranty program,
now operating in Europe, which
insureS publishers dollars on for
eign earnings, should be extended
to cover book sales in Southeast
Asia, particularly in the Philip
pines.
Evening star., 1951-07-22
New Books
NON-FICTION.

GOALS FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE. Report
of the Committee for the Advancement
OF Teaching. American Political Science
Association. CWilliam Sloane Associates,
Inc.) $3.50.
THE SEARCH FOR PEACE SETTLEMENTS.
By Redvers Opie and Associates, (The
Brookings Institution) 81.
LONDON is A PLACE. BY Leonard Feeney.
(The Ravengate Press.) The author S
deft analysis of a place and a culture
which have affected the entire world. So.
HARVEY FIRESTONE. By Alfred Lief
tMcGraw-Hill.) The biography of a
free man of enterprise. SO.
A LIFE IN REUTERS. By Sir Roderick
Jones. (Hodder and Stoughton.) The
story Of an extraordinary organization.
S3.75
STRANGE VOICES. BY Arthur De Pom
ceau. Exposition Press) So.
THE MYSTERY OF HAMLET KING OF
DENMARK or What We Will A tetrol-
ogy by Percy Mackaye. (The Bond
Wheelwright Co.. New York 674 pp.
$500. Mr.. Mackaye writes a long
verse prologue to Shakespeare's Ham
let.
Evening star., 1951-07-22

Information Service Center library
built its circulation up to some
thing over 1000 books month,
It's Semiweekly concerts were well
attended, and film programs
played to steadily increasing audi
ienceS.
Patrons included professional
people who are the backbone of
the Hungarian cultural under
ground, workers who, with vol
Iunteer time" often had put in a
14-hour day at the factory, and
children of all circumstances
Even the Pioneers, youthful heirs
Iof the Communist Party, were
regular visitors to the children's
shelves. They always greeted the
staff members with the correct
Red salute, "Szabadsag elvtarsn'
Freedom, comradesD In many
cases library attendants were the
first Americans the Hungarians
had ever met.
The center also gave a lift to
unofficial English classes being
conducted by teachers throughout
Hungary. American youth maga-
zines, children's books and pocket
dictionaries were regularly sup
piled to them in quantity.
Perhaps the most popular single
item was the Sears -Roebuck cat
ialogue, which proved to be ver-
liable blockbuster in the propa-
|ganda war. 1t was eagerly conned
not only by students of English
who used it as an illustrated die
Itionary, but by seamstresses look
ing for imperialistic fashion tips
Moreover it's tremendous variety
and low prices provided a striking
contrast to the scarcity and high
prices of similar goods in the
workers paradise"
AS of the end of May, 1872
copies Of this great album of the
American way had been distrib-
Iuted to avid Hungarians, and re-
quests were flowing in at the rate
of 100 per day.
Center Is Shadowed.
1t was the recent trial of Arch
bishop Joseph Groesz which gave
rise to Red charges that the CEN
ter was being used "as a cover for
espionage and sabotage activities. J"
Actually. though, it had been
under heavy surveillance since the
first of the year. when spoilers
took up posts at both street exits.
All outgoing visitors were required
to show their identification cards.
Despite this ominous gauntlet,
Ruth Tryon, information officer,
reported to the State Department.
mo appreciable decrease in at
tendance resulted"
Even the staff got used to them,
i'm time. One morning Mary Eich,
the cultural affairs officer, coming
to work laden down with papers,
Iunthinkingly handed them to the
informer to hold while she fumbled
for her key. On concert nights,
they somehow got into the habit
OF escorting the librarian, Corinne
Spencer, to her car, gallant as you
please.
But if we can't tell our side
OF the story in that country, there
is hope that we can get it across
in others. Under plan still in
the blueprint stage, our technical
and scientific books would be dis
tributed to ministries, institutions
land individual technicians by
Evening star., 1951-07-22

DR.. Ettinghausen's text, will learn
all he needs to know about the
Muslim's unicorn.
Somewhat easier for the laymen
to enjoy, is the shorter monograph
on "A Royal Head from Ancient
Egypt" by DR.. George Steindorf,
|skillfully translated by DR.. Etting-
hausen. Probably comparatively
few people have noticed this hand
some, dignified head of a youthful
ruler which the gallery acquired.
from an art dealer in 1898. Lack
ing information as to where it
was found, or whom it represented.
the gallery invited the noted Ger
man scholar and authority on
Egyptian sculpture to study the
head. His conclusions are the
subject Of this monograph.
1t, too, is intended primarily for
scholars and students. But the
clarity Of thought, logical proce-
dure and orderly presentation Of
arguments, together with the in
terest of the subject matter, physi-
cal and character analyses of
more than 20 portrait heads and
statues of other Kings of Egypt of
many dynasties. illustrative plates
of which enable the reader to fol-
low DR.. Steindorff's detailed COM
ments, proved fascinating to me.
and hence would interest other
laymen generally interested in
Egypt.
The author concludes that this
head may be a portrait of Phiops
II. "the last king of the glorious
Old Kingdom" (Sixth Dynasty,
who ruled for 81 years more than
4,200 years ago., the longest reign
Iof any King known throughout
history.
| 1t would be beneficial for more
people to make Phiops' acquaint-
ance, as his ancient head might
lead to contemplation of Egypts
six or more milleniums, calming
thought in this our 175th anniver-
sary year of the Declaration of
independence. when many Ameri-
cans talk and write as if they
thought the United States had
reached its prime and was on the
down grade to oblivion.
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Fall Books, if Not
LWeother. Under Wav

With shop windows sporting
mink and suede for the delecta-
ton of the sweltering. it is per-
haps not amiss to take a further
look at what is promised in books
for the autumn that now seems
so far away.
In fiction the big news is that
William Faulkner's Requiem for
la Nun" will be forthcoming in
September. His first since he
won the Nobel Prize, it will also
be dramatized by the author for
fall presentation on Broadway.
Another contemporary giant,
Thomas Mann, will be on hand.
His novel is called 1.-The Holy
Sinner" John P. Marquand's S
Melville Goodwin, USA," story of
a general who commands a divi-
sion but not his own heart, will
be ready for the best-seller lists
on October /.
Will Cuppy Lives On.
Devotees of Will Cuppy, gone
but not forgotten by legions of
book-lovers. can look forward to
How to Get From January to
December" with special chapters
headed How to Deal With Ma
tional Parsnips Week" and What
New Crossword Puzzle Animals
Have Replaced the Emu"
X X X X
Other intriguing items include
a new novel by Graham Greene
called "The End of the Affair"
and a biography of Jimmy Du-
rante by Gene Fowler; "The
Ascent to TRUTH" by the famous
Trappist author of "The Seven
Storey Mountain" Thomas Mer-
ton. And Charles w. Morton, as
sociate editor of the Atlantic
Monthly, will contribute "How to
Protect Yourself Against Women
land Other Vicissitudes."
Evening star., 1951-07-22
of Travels
HIMSELF AND

AND l
BY Mary Sinton Leitch. Zine
Editions Press; $780,
This book is the informal,
rambling memoir of Mrs. Leitch,
a Virginia poet whose work has
appeared in The Star as well as
in many other publications. Here
she tells the story of her girlhood
and her marriage to an adven-
turous Scots seaman. Together
Mr.. and Mrs. Leitch travelled the
world over. Her gleanings from
their adventures are presented
here in the style Of the old
fashioned family travel book.
EDWIN TRIBRT,E
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Art Book Reviews

THE UNICORN. BY Richard
Ettinghausen.
A ROYAL HEAD FROM AN
GENT EGYPT. BY George Stein
dorff. Freer Gallery of Art, Occa-
sional Papers. Volume I, Numbers
3 and 5.
THE WHISTLER PEACOCK
ROOM. Freer Gallery Publica-
ton 4024.
The Freer Gallery Of Art has
published during the past season a
number of additions to its series of
Occasional Papers. AS mentioned
here in reviews of previous publi-
cations from this gallery, they
present material pertaining to
the cultures represented in the
Freer Collection"
The first of these latest addi-
tions is DR.. Richard Ettinghausen's
exhaustive study on THE Unicorn
in Muslin Iconography." The au-
thor, associate in Near Eastern
Art at the Freer Gallery, states
his objectives as "to establish the
various iconographic forms and
the historical setting of the uni
corn motif" and to guess what tie
medieval Muslin thought when he
saw a picture of the beast.
DR.. Ettinghausen concludes that
more often than not, it is a rhi-
noceros sometimes a wolf, horse,
other animal. For centuries,
Muslin writer's and artists did not
get a really good look at the
rhinoceros, with the result that
their descriptions and interpreta-
tions are full of imagination and
esthetic interest. But in the 18th
century, they finally caught up
with the actual animal" and the
encounter with reality" proved
disenchanting "a situation true in
many other aspects of life).
Forty -eight excellent plates
(some having several Illustrations
reproduce objects decorated with
the unicorn. and illustrated manu-
scripts. not only in the Freer GAL
lery, but also in the National
Gallery and the Textile Museum
of the District of Columbia, and
in public and private collections
elsewhere.
My only quarrel with this
scholarly work is the large num-
ber of footnotes, to which, like
most laymen. I am allergic. They
distract the attention like impor-
tunate children tugging at ones
skirts. although no doubt other
scholars will be delighted to look
up the suggested references, and
to read the extended remarks. But
the average reader by sticking to
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Locking for q PUBLISHER?

yes Gro leokins for Q book publisher, Isorn
eoesa ess effective psblIshIns prosrom for new
o. saksewa esfhen. Under mi, pIon. We h1x.
tsH so'd Hfsi book 10 fomevs rsprin, house
~ peeset sdiflea. Psrhaps we con stort YOU on
ssssss'fvi career, Too. Ask for Free Booklet WIS.
Wrstes Miss Wilma Suffer,
sNtAsk PRESS, INC. s.. Nov Ssss sss 3. T.; y "
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Reading and Writing
Hungorions Read American Books
Eagerly as Long as They Could
By Mory MeGrorY

In Budapest took than curiosity about America
than love Of books to patrone the library
its closing by Hungarian July
faithful clientele that persisted
visitors program instituted last January
During its scan two Of existence. the
Evening star., 1951-07-22

difficulties Of being thought "a
conjurer enjoying divine patron
age" It is touches like these,
couched in language that is poeti-
cally spare and glinting with
humor, that insure Mr.. Kiely's
book absorbed readers long after
more pretentious efforts will be
forgotten.
MARY McGPOpy
Evening star., 1951-07-22

Carl Artur Wilhelm Moberg is of Swedens ablest writer's
With IL and Is plays behind him. begins here the
the emigration from Sweden America 100
This book to be the first novel in ogy describes the de-
OF the first farmers typical parish to the abu
World The opening phase Of the nfses the parish
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Current Exhibitions

NATIONAL sti.Otoa GALLERY OF ART. Con-
Palnt1ngs, SCULPTURE by masters
Gulbenkian collection Of Egyptian
sculpture and European paintings
bs bi1sings Kregs an,1ndst and SCULPTURE acquired
American paintings from the col.
lection. through August.
NATIONAL MUSUEM, National coI-
lection of Fine Arts, Constitufion
avenue and Tenth street-Ameri-
Dewing centennial, through July.
SMITHSONIAN BUILDING, Division
ot Graphic Arts. Tenth street and
Jenerson drvie-Early lithoeraphs
presented by Sun Chemical Corp,
FREER GALLERY OF ART, Twelfth
street and Jefferson drive-Ori-
inss issi am ana etsbt, Ear Eastern M A arts Paint;
otner american artists; changing
exhibits. Dewing centennial
through July.
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART. Sew
enteenth street between New York
avenue and E street-American
paintings and sculpture.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY,
1900 Twenty-first Street-Paint-
ings and prints. Exhibition hv
Bernlce Cross; modern French and
American paintings.
DUMBARTON OAKS collection, 17O3
Thirty-second street N.W-Early
christian and Byzantine art, Tues
days through Sundays, 30.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS-, East Capi-
tol and First streets--Ninth an
naual exhibition Of prints, through
July.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHI-
TECTS,- 1741 New York avenue
N.W.-Joint exhibition BY Artists
Guild and washington Sculptors'
Group.
SILVER SPRING ART GALLERY.
9216 Flower avenue, Silver Spring
Summer, exhibition, paintings
and sculpture.
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY
ARTS, 1922 New York avenue NV,
Exhibition by students.
IRUXTON-DECATUR NAVAL MU-
l SNaval Aviation.a Gaa = to s'Ess, ssptembeE: MM-
BARNETT ADEN GALLERY. 1877
Randolph place N.W.-Summer
group exhibition.
PAN-AMERICAN UNION, Seventeenth
street and Constitution avenue
N.W.-Exhibition of photographs.
THE NEW GEORGETOWN GALLERY,
1928 Prospect avenue N.W.-Sum-
mer group show.
COLONY RESTAURANT, 1887 De
Sales street N.W.-Exhibition by
students Of James Cupoli.
Evening star., 1951-07-22

is easy to read. In praise Of Mr..
Moberg's gifts, it might be added
that when I reached the end Of
the narrative I found myself
eager to learn how Karl and his
pilgrims Jared in the new country.
Evening star., 1951-07-22

otnerS new 70 LnlS country. Nearly
all the prints are modern, but
range from just left Of center to
pure distractions. Some are
sights, raucous in color and dis
torted in form to a disagreeable
degree.
But there are many pleasing
and attractive prints in the group,
some of which have engaging sub
jects and restrained color schemes
which would harmonic with ira
ditional interiors as well as good
modern ones. I particularly liked
Joseph Hecht's Doves" Pignon's
well designed harbor scene, Clave's
Woman Painting" Roland
Oudot's charming "Pastorale," and
Amiet's black Shawled peasant
woman, with an expression as sub
tie as Mona Lisa's. Prints by
Lurcat. Van Dongen, Max Ernst,
Rufino Tamayo, Jacques Villon,
Stanley William Hayter and many
others provide much variety of
selection.
Evening star., 1951-07-22
la Grovure American Debut

the Whyte Gallery presented
early this month the first group
selected from a collection of about
70 original Autographs issued by
La GraVure. an International print
society. They are being shown for
the first time in the United States
OF America. There are % prints
on the walls and more than 40 in
a portfolio. Next month these
will be rotated.
Artists of many nationalities are
represented, some of them famous
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Books in Review
Swedish Emigration of Century Ago
Theme of Striking Realistic Novel
THE EMIGRANTS

THE ENIGRANTS
BY Wilhelm Moberg. (Simon & Schuster; $3.75J
Reviewed by Carter Brooke Jones
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Irish Not Race Apart to Novelist,
Who Gives Them Universal Quality
CALL FOR A MIRACLE

CALL FOR MIRACLE
BY Benedict Kiey. (E. P. Dutton & Co.: So
you believe some Irish hIddcutes of being tho,
Evening star., 1951-10-08
Tuna Bargain Sale Held
In Tariff Price War
By the Associo,ed Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. s.-san
Francisco's commercial tuna fish
ermen retailed $4,000 pounds of
albacore on Fishermen's Wharf
yesterday-at IS cents a pound.
The bargain sale of the small
tuna fish started Saturday in pro-
test against absence of a protec-
tive tariff on japanese tuna. It
developed into a thriving business.
This thing may develop into
something like a farmers market,
with the middleman cut out" said
jeff Kibre, secretary of the Inde-
pendent Fishermen's Union. Wen
keep selling as long as this de-
mand keeps up"
Mr.. Kibre said the union set up
the retail stand because the Cali
fornia fishermen can't compete
with frozen japanese tuna. He
said American Gamers are buying
the Japanese catch for as low
as 1925 a ton.
The fishermen get $500 a ton
in their retail venture.
Evening star., 1951-10-08
French Pro-U. S. Coalition Wins
Vote of Confidence in Election
43% for PIeven,
While Communists
Are Biggest Party
By the Associated Press

PARIS, Oct. 8.-Premier Rene
Pleven's coalition forces won the
first part of Frances local elec-
tions today by collecting 1872 pei
cent of the votes, but the Com
munists got more than any single
party.
The results indicated that
French voters approved co-opera-
ton with the United States and
participation in the North At
Ilantic pact, for the coalition stands
for that kind of foreign policy.
The Communists got 1,524,443
votes. or 238 per cent, in the
election for the country's 90-odd
departmental County, councils
The Reds advocated the Kremlin
foreign policy line. Domestically
they were pro-labor.
The Socialists, who are bitter
anti Communists, trailed the
Communists with 1,100.780 votes,
or 17.2 per cent. Gen. De Gaulle's
Peoples Party CRPF, opposed to
all the other parties and dedicated
to getting Gen. De Gaulle back
into power, won 1874 per cent of
the vote.
But the predominantly Catholic
|MRP. the Moderate Radical So
cialiSts and the right-wing Inde-
pendents-the parties in Premier
Pleven's coalition-got 2,760, ,843
votes. or 43.2 per cent. Thus the
government bloc appeared safe
from any charge by the opposition
that the voters had repudiated
Frances present overall foreign
policy, including participation in
the Atlantic pact and cooperation
with the United States.
1t appeared that the normally
tightly organized Communist ma
chine was affected by absenteeism
when yesterdays vote totals in
some districts were compared with
the totals in last June's general
parliamentary election. The Com
munist percentage of total votes
cast suffered a decline of about
four per cent on the basis Of The
first 100000 votes counted.
Evening star., 1951-10-08
Company Plane Crash
Kills ; Homes Officials
BY tho Associated Press

LAFAYETTE. Ind. Oct. 8.-The
two-engine Oockheed Lode Starr
company plane of National Homes
Corp. crashed in a soybean field
early today. killing three men and
injuring three officials of the
worlds largest manufacturer of
Iprefabricated houses.
A seventh passenger escaped
unhurt when the plane clipped of
the tops Of two trees and plowed
a quarter-mile furrow in the rain
soaked field. 8 miles south and
west of Lafayette.
The plane was loaded with deer
ducks and fish the party was
bringing back from a hunting trip
to Kenora, Ontario.
Killed were DR.. Thomas G.
Graham, 43, Lafayette surgeon
and company doctor of National
Homes Corp; Cecil Clark, So, of
Charlottesville, Ind, a painting
contractor associated with Ma
tional Homes: c. Kenneth August,
I37, Of West Lafayette. Ind. the
pilot and a World War II flight
officer on the Burma China
hump" run. He came to Lafay-
lette from Titusville, Pa. about a
year ago.
The injured men were James r.
Price, president of National
Homes; George E. Price, James
brother and secretary of the con-
Germ, and Ralph Shurmeyer OF
Fort Wayne, Ind, a National
Homes dealer.
The uninjured passenger was
Karl Kettelhut of Lafayette, q
contractor for large public build
ings and a major stockholder in
National Homes.
Evening star., 1951-10-08

brief presentation of the world
situation.
Conditions both economically
and politically critical in Britain
Greece. France, Italy. He ex-I
pressed sharp resentment of the
British action in precipitating noU
their decision for troop with
drawal from Greece, pointing out
that they had substantial numbers
in Japan, Germany and elsewhere
which could be reduced without
any effect. and also pointing out
that the announcement of the de-
clsion for the withdrawal from
Greece was timed to occur the day
after the Russian veto in the
United Nations of the proposal
for a continuing border commits
sion on the Greek Macedonian
Yugoslav frontier.
The British decisions and ac-
tlonS were obviously conditioned
by political considerations at
home, principally the desperate
struggle for survival of the Labor
Party.
Hartman. asked for his views.
expressed himself as being most
concerned over the course of
British policy. The extreme LETT
wingers have been pressing: (a)
To reduce British military
strength; tb) to get out of
Greece; (c) to push even more
vigorously on naturalization of
industry.
1t IS serious question whether
we should underwrite the stabil-I
ity of government whose obiec-|
tlVes seem to be moving farther
to the left as they lose the sup
port Of even moderate Lib
erals
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