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The Miami times., 1952-12-20
BILL LANTAFF
ALETTER FROM


recently and provided much ma
terial for discussion and debate
in Washington.
The one story, which was un-
doubtedly the most important,
concerned the speech delivered
bv General Macarthur before
National Association Of Manufac-
turers in New York in which ne
inferred he had clear and defi-
mite solution for ending the Ko-
rean war. The General refused to
make his plan public but indicat-
ed his willingness to reveal 1t TO
President elect Eisenhower.
This brought about two imned-
late reactions. President Elect
Eisenhower announced his will
ingness to meet and discuss this
plan. AT the same time, Presi-
dent Truman virtually demanded
the General present this plan to
him at once so that if it could
lead to ending the Korean war,
further casualties could be avert
ed without days delay.
The pros and cons to MacAr-
thurs dramatic statement ran the
gauntlet from, ga grandstand play
TO take the spotlight off Presi-
ent-Elect Eisenhower, trip to
Korea" to "a sincere desire on the
part Of the General to end the
Korean conflict"
: strongly uphold the Generals
refusal to make his plan for end
ing the war public for do not
see any reason for tipping off the
Communists. ! cannot, however,
conscientiously approve Of the
Generals concealing his plan
from the Joint Chiefs Of Staff
and President Truman.
II the General has plan, he
should offer 1t now to the Joint
Chiefs Of Staff, President Tru-
man and President Elect Essen
hover, regardless Of what diff
ferences he might have with these
parties. The lives Of American
boys in Korea - the welfare Of
this country - are far above and
more important than party poll
tics, bitter differences or headline
hunting. No justification can be
given the parents or family Of
boy in Korea that submission of
this plan is being delayed a
month for one Of these petty rea-
sons.
The second story given its share
of attention in Washington was
the testimony given by John w.
Davis, a prominent constitutional
lawyer, before a special House
Committee investigating tax ex-
enpt foundations for possible
subversive influence.
Mr.. Davis, now an honorary trus-
tee Of the Carnegie Endowment,
when quizzed about A1ger Hiss
election as President of the foun-
dation testified that President
Elect Eisenhower's Secretary of
State selection, John Foster Dulles
was the first to recommend con-
sideration Of Hiss for this job to
him. He further revealed that
thorough investigation of Hiss
failed to reveal an objection, and
that at no time did Hiss, while
serving as President, indicate bias
toward Russia or its satellites. AS
one reporter told me, when we
must put our trust, faith and con-
fidence in the new administration
as they cope with the tremendous
problems facing America, win
Senator Mccarthy run true to
form and Willy and condemn Mr..
Dulles for befriending Hiss?"
Sincerely yours,
BILL I.ANTAFE
The Miami times., 1952-12-20

night a bomb
bore, As, a school teacher
sident of the Florida
the NAACP, and fatal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1952-03-13

added miles more than twice as fast as your
watch can tick off the seconds.
Ibis is an experience you certainly should
know firsthand.
You should also know how Bucks Power
Steering: provides helping hand in slow
motion maneuvers - lets you keep the feel
of the car in Strai9htaWay driving.
And just for good measure, this So
ROADNrAsTER also has the biggest brakes of
any postwar Buick-the greatest trunk space
since spare tires moved off the front tenders
a warning light that CLOVIS when the parking
brake is set = and to top it all, the smartest
interior fabrics that Buick has ever offered.
When are you coming in to look this distin-
guished performer over? We urge you to make
it SOON
fnen accessories trim and models are subject to change paoat
er RoADaASrER only
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1952-03-13

Rus>ia's armed forces budget was
revealed at y billion dollars, highest
since World War II.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1952-03-13
fall nut the Reserves
~'''' with a touch Of your Toe

INIost cars lead double life.
A good part of the time, they're running
errandS, taking children to school, taking
women to stores, taking men to work, taking
family and friends to clubs and social functions.
1t doesn't call for a very great output of horse
power for duties like these.
But there are times when you want car
that can do vastly more, and these are the
times when you'll want what this years
ROADMAsTER has to offer.
Beneath its proud hood, there's Fireball s
Engne-a valve-in-head that can let loose 40
lively horsepower when needed.
And alongside this engine there's also an
Airpower carburetOr which thriftily feeds fuel
and air through two smaller-than-uSual barrels
for normal driving which means that you now
use less gas at 40 than you'd formerly use at 80.
But there are two barrels in reServe-waitinS
for you to call them into action = and they let
loose a soaring rush of power that sinks your
shoulders back into the seat cushion, SwoOpS
you past truck-out of a tight spot-up a hill
sets your SpeedOmcter needle to registering
Evening star., 1952-07-20

While Mr.. Sevareid is on the
official liberal side Of most ar
guments and has some nice
things to say about Mr.. Truman
and his foreign policies, this
Journalist is never narrowly
partisan.
Politicians. he realizes, "are
men with q mission, whether
they be missions of good or
evil"
Our Secretaries Of State, he
suggests, might borrow the pla-
toon system from football-"one
platoon Of Secretaries for the
offense, one for defense and one
to deal with Congress-" Foot
ball really needs three, two for
the playing field land one to go
to classes"
He confesses he likes Wash
ington, despite the "schizophre-
mia" which splits it into an Of
ficial city and one where people
live. The critic in, say, Oregon,
thinks that "the dividing lines
Of thought are always between
Washington and the country,
never between any two parts Of
the country itself. He seems to
assume that the country consists
Of people and Washington con-
sists Of some sort Of third sex"
Mr.. Sevareid published mot
So Wild a Dream" an autobiog-
raphy, in 1916. &C. B. j.
Evening star., 1952-07-20
In One Ear
'y Eric sevareid. (Knopt;; $685.

ny ETC SeVare1o. thn0pJ: $z.S
Mr.. Sevareid, who is chief
Washington correspondent for
the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tenn, Is q rare phenomenon. He
is a commentator who is neither
pontiflcal nor a special pleader
for one or another Of our en-
battled political PHILOSOPHERS.
Those virtues are outstanding,
but he has others. He is anus
ing and arresting in his COM
mentS on what he observes, here
and around the world.
This book is a collection Of
more than 100 Of his brief sum-
marieS Of events. situations and
personal reflections. It Is sur
prising, despite the topical ma
ture Of these cuttings, how well
they hold up. Although many
of them concern news that
changed overnight. his. residue
OF tolerant conclusions is well
worth reading today. Much of
1t has timeless application.
Realizing the difficulty Of OBJ
tanning impartial opinions, Mr..
Sevareid remarks that feelings
are guiding so many typewriter
fingers around here right now
that you have to be an expert
at reading some papers and
listening to some commentators
in order to figure out what ac-
tually happened and how inn
portant it is"
Evening star., 1952-07-20
Book About Mccorthy

Senator Mccarthy. often an
author, will soon be the subject
Of q book. Mccarthy: The
Man. the Senator, the Ism, /"
by Jack Anderson and Ronald
w. May. win be published by
the Beacon Press on August 81.
It should stir considerable local
interest. particularly because
one Of the authors. Mr.. Ander-
son. works for Drew Pearson,
who has q Law suit pending
against the Senator. This cir
culnstance did not influence
him Ia the writing Of the book.
Mr.. Anderson says.
"Its no hatchet job Mr..
Anderson says, although the
weight Of the evidence is
against him. :
Evening star., 1952-07-20
Current Exhibitions

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. Con.
sn.,fHsiop nm,harp,. avenue as,.sd and Sixth Street
sculpture and European paintings.
National MUSEUM. MulHSassiSaslp'essii Hasiohasl coii.e-
,,9a zion OF Fine ARTS. Arts. Constitution ave.
psin.Inss and Old Masters ssssisH
FsESE 5s5sr,s5 sSfGF;ky: FSsltta street md
PAINTINGS and prints BY American
LIsRARY stS5 Of coSGRGss isfSss 9nssnSe aast Car.
Penanaea aaa Ess show strefhtsnsnte historic eapasn aaSa
posters, cartoons, etc. throush Au-
DuMBARToN OAKS Collection. ,7oa
codREEofsaafNS odRsEEs fsaafNSush aaEIRfY EsIIRRSsys of
avenue and : streetwAmerican paint.
ings and sculpture. Clark collection.
seStemssr sseS}er15s By till afsttnSer tSTOVsh
artist arti,t,,oa members; through summer:
August IA. views Of Windsor Castle
Esso fiaaFo1sa GhLEE$Y LsfEPssm0fs oG
prints GROUP sds' q 'whhiasnsi washinesonns psinsa me
AMEEaRsIscaaESSu scaaESusf fNsTfT6TE NSsmfTTsTi OF ARcHr.
Exhibition by Artists Guild, through
ARTS CLUB. 2O17 / street-Annual
members members exhibition. through septem-
BAlRNiETT lsi!1, ADEN GALLERY. 1877 RAN
temporary Americans, through sum.
GEokGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY, 2O23 @ street NV
through September.
street and Constitution avenue
Paintinsis BY susanna Guevara. through
wRYTE GALLERY. 1918 Connecticut
avenue N.W.-Young Baltimore art.
lists, through July 81
BARNETT'S ADEN GALLERY, l27 Ran.
dolph place N.W.--Paintings BY con.
temporary Americans. through sum.
TRUxTUN-DEcATuR NAVAL MUSEUM.
1910 H street NW.-U. 8. subma-
riness in action through septem-
THE NEW GEORGETOWN GALLERY.
1924 Prospect ayenue-"The Circus.
by Katherine Hobbs and Duncan
Evening star., 1952-07-20
A Lamp for NightfoN
BY ErSkine Caldwell.

Mr.. Caldwell has foregone his
naturalistic writing Of the South
to attempt instead a novel with
Maine as its background. Ap-
parently. in the eyes of the
author. the people of Maine are
much nice" than the Jeeters of
Tobacco Road" His latest work
is a mild narrative of Thede
Emerson. the Scrooge of Clear
water, Me-, a citizen who re-
Sents the sudden immigration Of
French-C Canadians, Swedes and
Firms into his territory.
Thede allows his daughter to
marry q French Canadian for
the sole purpose of getting her
of his hands financially. Thede's
wife. then leaves him for q
younger man, and his son COM
mits suicide because Thede re-
fuses to lend him $500 to fur
ther his education. In the end,
Thede remains q stubborn and
completely non-repentant old
man, determined to light his
lamp each nightfall to inform
the citizens that there is still a
real American" left in Clear
water.
Evening star., 1952-07-20

he rescues her from two rufians
in a Dumas-like episode. She
is q native Of the West Indies,
raised partly in England and
bilingual. When Tilly shows up
in Paris for q week end without
previous announcement. the
story takes on q ,tinge Of French
farce. But it is not essentially
farce or even comedy; it has
serious undercurrents. There is
Sara's brother, who is q pitiable
If not a tragic figure.
Ansell is always the correct
British husband. even to telling
his paramour promptly that he
Is married and, Of course, there
can be no question Of leaving
lilly; even to deciding that
when he returns home he must
confess to Tilly. But In writing
about such q rather unimagina-
tive character, whose reactions
are highly predictable. the au-
thor never slows the quick, en-
tertaining pace Of the narrative.
It Is more Mr.. SCOTS capac-
ity to amuse. his way of telling
a story. than anything in the
story itself, that makes 1.-THE
Way to Glory" worth discuss
ing. The story. in fact, is not
always plausible. Since Sara
seemed anything but inexperi-
enced and unapproachable, why
did Ansell take the affair so
seriously? And why did he 60
to such extraordinary lengths to
try to get her brother out Of a
scrape? Then Ansell's old friend
Lester, the wavering Commu-
mist, appears more q convenience
Of plot than q persuasive figure.
Evening star., 1952-07-20
Wife of Ex-Enyoy to Russia Writes
Of Arid Life Moscow Diplomats Lead
. VJSHBOTNSU 5VtVJCVW :
BY Lydia Kirk. (Charles Scribner's Sons; So

Lydia Kirk. wife of Admiral
Alan G. Kirk, our. former Am
bassador to the Soviet. spent
two years and four months un-
der the shadow of the Kremlin.
In this outspoken informal
journal. put together from let
ters written to her children, she
records the day-to-day incon-
veniences of life in the Peoples
Paradise"
One of the Kirk children,
their young son Roger. took on
the job Of bossing the work crew
that made repairs around the
Embassy, a huge unwieldy es-
tabliShment known as Spaso
House. It was his only chance
to practice the Russian he
learned at Princeton. Ambas-
sador Kirk had occasional con-
ferences with Vishinsky and
Gromyko. and one interview
with Stain. Mrs. Kirk, like
other members Of embassy fami-
lies, was able to make contact
with only servants and shop
keepers. The diplomatic corps.
made to feel unwelcome and
certainly uncomfortable. were
like people living on "a large
raft, with every creed, national
ity and color tossing about to-
gether."
Mrs. Kinks obvious enjoy
ment of life was not entirely
quenched in this bleak atmos-
phere surrounded by glum and
suspicious people. She was tire
less in the arranging Of parties
and picnics Oonger excursions
required Foreign Office permis-
sion) and ultimately realized
her ambition Of having we'd
ding at Spaso House. But any
real pleasure in the mission to
Moscow was effectively mini
mized by the endless harass-
ments arranged by Burobin, the
Foreign Office department in
Evening star., 1952-07-20

charge Of spiriting servants
away overnight. refusing to
make needed repairs in the EN-
bassy and generally making life
difficult for foreigners.
As Mrs. Kirk says, she didn't
mind the inconvenience so
much- the hiked-up food prices,
the endless spying, the rudeness
of IntouriSts-it was the con-
slant Soviet claims Of perfec-
ton that riled her. She was
rather touched by Mime, Gro-
myko, who invited her to tea.
Nine. Gromyko. chaperoned by
three formidable ladies, engaged
only in passionate conversation
about the weather. but still
struck Mrs. Kirk as a pitiful and
lonely woman. The other wom-
en- she saw besides her servants
were mainly street cleaners and
construction workers, all quite
SexleSS.
Aside from enchanting pup
pets. exquisite ballet and a fine
performance Of Boris Godo-
nov," Mrs. Kirk found a dead
level in all art forms, "all done
by political dictum which in
sistS everything be within the
comprehension of the masses
not even honest vulgarity but a
tawdry, cracker-box prettinesS
that smells as bad as their syn
thetic perfume. Propaganda
grinds out hatred for America
endlessly. Even the circus
breaches it.
Mrs. Kinks indictment of the
Soviet system of the hypocrisy
and cynicism" of their leaders
is more polite than most. and
yet just as telling. The fact
that she manages to be quite
witty about it all does not lessen
the impact of her account of
the meanness of life in a sullen.
Smoldering land.
M. MEG.
Evening star., 1952-07-20

by the director, Vladimir Wis
son. Seventy-eight artists from
Maryland and 70 from Vir.
ginia are also entering.
Open to artists of 35 coun-
tries in the Western Hemi-
sphere and Europe, the compete
ton offers $12.500 in prizes.
A total of 4,573 artists from
every State in the Union, also
Alaska, Hawaii and the Virgin
Islands, have entered; and an
additional 5000 or more entries
are expected from other coun-
tries.
Artists already entered may
submit their works to the
Wildenstein Gallery. New York
City, any time between now and
September Is. One hundred
winners will be chosen in De-
cember and exhibited during
the month there. The collec.
ton will go on tour next year.
and may later be reproduced
by the Hallmark company on
Christmas cards.
Evening star., 1952-07-20
Horses and Houses

Katherine Hobbs and Dun
can. Cooks joint show at. the
Georgetown Gallery covers sew
eral themes Miss Hobbs is
faithful to the circus, mostly
horses, prancing or stepping
high in the ring. or standing
quietly in their stalls. She is
showing paintings in oil and
watercolor. India ink drawings
and a sculpture, which medium
remains her forte.
Mr.. Cook has a number Of
watercolors done on wet paper,
Of boats and wharves, simplified
in form and color schemes. The
larger part of his contribution
here comprises surrealistic
gouaches Of ruined interiors,
with trees and weeds encroach-
ing on once-elegant rooms. In
conception, these paintings are
akin to some of Clarence
Laughlin's photographs of old
houses in New Orleans, which
with others of his Louisiana
architectural series. have been
seen in Washington on a num-
ber Of occasions.
Evening star., 1952-07-20
Reading and Writing
New Capital Magazine Hopes
To Be Amusing and Tolerant
By Mary McGrory

appropriation of funds by the
Virginia Legislature. supple
mented by $500 for rent and
utilities provided by the county
itself. @
A library program has long
been dream in Prince William
County and once the State Lii
brary Extension Division gave
its okay, the citizenry pitched in
with q will. The demonstration
headquarters at 110Ka North
Main street, was the scene of q
united effort that does credit to
the local spirit Of civic enter
prise.
Men of the Cannon Branch
Of Church Of the Brethren
put In a ceiling and replaced
the old shelving in the room,
which was once a warehouse.
The Woman's Club Of Manassas
rallied round and took over the
interior decorating. Elaine
Hartley Levine. president Of
the club, contributed a pic
torial map Of the county, OUT
lining the route of the book
mobile which will roll around
the county three days a week,
making 1900 books available to
the $4,000 county residents. The
Home Demonstration Club, the
Lions Club, Kiwanis and County
Chamber Of Commerce all
helped.
Up to County
Mrs. Margie Sornsen Malm-
berg, who used to run the
Washington headquarters Of the
American Library Association,
is librarian of the demonstra-
ton. She points out that We'd
nesday nights doings repre-
sented an opening" rather than
a dedication" After a year
OF showing the county what it's
like to have library service, the
Virginia State Library Exten-
sion Division will bow out, and
for continuation. the county it
self must vote funds for its sup
port.
Every one concerned in the
project feels confident that once
having tasted the pleasures Of
library service. the county will
never be without it.
As q sad footnote to the above
story, it should be noted that
the library service bill, q meas
ure which would have brought
library privileges to the 81 mil
lion Americans currently with
out them, did not make the
grade In the SD Congress. The
bin, which. in its several tries
before Congress, has never had
q hostile witness, failed to get
out Of the House Labor and
Education Committee.
Evening star., 1952-07-20

Gallo novelists turn out this
sort Of story with light, casual
charm. British writer's, when
they get on such q theme, usual
ly expound it with o heavy
hand.
Reference is made to the ad-
ventures Of the husband whose
wife and mistress get entangled
In some way. It is left to him
to unsnarl the situation to the
best Of his ingenuity. In Eng
land. as In America, such do
mestic crises are matters Of mo-
ment. In France they are 4.
well, what would you, those
things happen, Is it not?
Young Mr.. Scott, who is as
Scottish as his name, is an
exception. He has written
lightly. with a deft touch, a
novel about an Englishman who
got himself involved with an
other woman and divested him
self Of her without tragedy or
even great difficulty. The book,
not without its humor, has none
OF the dark musings and philo-
Sophical posturings with which
Anglo-Celtic novelists gener-
ally make such a dilemma hard
going. It is more than chance,
though, that the English hus-
band, Ansell, gets himself en-
meShed during a business trip
to Paris.
Ansell. who Is an executive
for a company selling excava-
tors. gets along reasonably well
with his wife Tilly. She does
not accompany him on the
month-long visit to Paris. He
meets the enhancing Sara after
Evening star., 1952-07-20


flavor of Washington has been a
favorite pastime Of natives and
tourists since this was just the
Federal swamp. People have
compared 1t with Babylon.
Babel and a college campus.
It has been called a provincial
town. a den of corruption and a
world capital.
Interestingly enough. the first
magazine for and about Wash
ington to appear in many a
year is edited by a young man
who doesn't have any particular
label for his native town. Dan
Pinck, 27-year-old editor Of the
brand-new Washington Spec
tator. thinks it's a pretty city
and, at the moment, hot. but
he doesn't intend to fit his edi-
torial policy to any special point
Of view about the place.
The first run Of 5000 copies
Of the Spectator is selling very
well.
First readers, noting the slick
paper, the delicate spot draw
ings, have made comparisons
with the New Yorker. of which
magazine Mr.. Pinck happens to
be an alumnus. He feels, how
ever, it more closely resembles
the famous London humorous
weekly. Punch.
New Yorker Alumnus
Chances are that while his
brainchild may put some peo-
pie in mind Of the New Yorker,
Mr.. Pinck himself will never
be compared with that maga-
zines late founder and editor.
Harold Ross. Mr.. Pinck, a
Washington and Lee alumnus.
is a very mild-mannered. soft
spoken young man with q brush
of gray-streaked black hair and
thick glasses. MIR. Ross, of course,
was an explosive personality.
Mr.. Pinck worked for him for
several years. serving as Office
boy. legman for A. j. Liebling
and contributor. He came back
here as soon as he had saved up
enough money, he said. be-
cause he likes living here, and
also because he felt Washing
ton was o city that would ap-
preciate q ''literate, tolerant.
entertaining" magazine about
itself.
In company with w. T. Gales,
onetime advertising manager
for the Washington Post, he
began intensive work on the
Spectator. A corporation Of
half q dozen local hackers has
been formed. and efforts are
now being made to garner ma
tional advertising. They look
for a potential monthly circula-
ton of 100000.
At the moment. Mr.. Pinck,
somewhat handicapped by q
severe case Of poison ivy. is
operating the editorial depart
ment single handed in the
Spectators quiet Offices at l
Dupont Circle. He hopes in
time that unsolicited manu-
scripts win come across his
desk.
Evening star., 1952-07-20

Another importation from
England this week is a first novel
by a 29-year-old writer. It is
more interesting for the promise
the author reveals than for any
intrinsic merit.
Mr.. Hilton Young shows a
decided flair for characteriza-
ton, which he sketches with
great economy, often through
dialogue. Unfortunately, 1.-The
Deadweight" is a confused mar
rative, in which the author has
tried to accomplish too much in
a short space. At times the
point Of view is shifted so often
that you wonder who and what
the story is about. Anna, the
main character. grows up with
q guilt flxation caused by things
she imagined she did. She was.
Evening star., 1952-07-20

she felt. responsible for her
mothers death because she ran
away from home during her last
illness. Anna blamed herself
also for her 1iance's death when
a plane he piloted crashed-an
accident in which she had no
part except that the young man
wanted to fly over her house.
She fled from her stepfather, an
alcoholic musician. who both
attracted and repelled her. It
was hardly surprising that she
stumbled into a love affair that
left her more mixed up than
ever.
The young author seems cap
able Of q much better novel. He
is the son Of Lord Kennel, q for
mer cabinet minister, and Lady
Kennett, q sculptress. &C. B. j.
Evening star., 1952-07-20
Manassas Librury

The Prince william County
Public Library demonstration
was proudly opened in Manassas
last Wednesday night with cere-
monies hef1tting the launching
Of an enterprise that had full
community support. The pro-
gram was made possible by ne