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Evening star., 1952-06-19
Fairfax County 10 Use
Thompson House as Schoo

Fairfax County plans to use for
school purposes next fall build
ing used until this month by
students of the city of Falls
Church.
City Supt. Irwin H. Schmitt
said eighth-grade students at the
county's Falls Church High School
will use the building. the Thomp-
son house at Seven Corners.
City high school students will
attend the new George Mason
Junior-Senior High School.
At a meeting of the Falls
Church School Board last night,
Board Member Francis w. Trapp
said the Arnold busline has agreed
to provide service for students at
tending the new high school. The
fare will be 10 cents.
The board agreed. to hold a
special meeting on June 80 to
close out the current fiscal year.
Evening star., 1952-06-19
Kiwanis Takes Slap
Al Truman in Call for
Information Freedom
By the Associated Press


SEATTLE, June 19.-Kiwanis
International, heading into the
final day of it's f1ve-day 37th an
nual convention, wrote into its
records a resolution calling for
freedom of information in this
country.
The resolution was 1 of 10
adopted by the 10000 delegates
yesterday after electing Walter j.
L. Ray, Detroit, as president.
In a direct slap at President
Truman's order last year empow-
ering Federal agencies to classify
their own information on security
grounds, the resolution said XII
wants International demands the
right of freedom of information be
continued as a fundamental right
Of all the people"
Says Some Seal q. s. Records.
It said: Some public officials
feel they are not accountable to
the public, particularly in the
handling of information OF non-
defense departments; that they
may conduct the business of their
offices in secret that they may
seal or impound public records;
that they may divulge only such
information as they think is good
for the people to know; and that
they may extend militaristic Sc
eurity into areas which have no
bearing on that security"
The resolution said further that
Kiwanis International vigorously
condemns all such practices and
denounces the misuse of official in
fuence and power"
A controversial resolution on
universal military training was put
off.
Ask Limit on Taxes.
The delegates also:
Approved limiting Of Federal
taxation and equal taxation on all
competitive businesses.
Held that the union shop and
all forms of coercive membership
techniques are not the proper sub
ject matters for Government in
tervention and the Federal Gov
ernment should Immediately and
permanently remove itself as q
party from the collective bargain
ing table other than providing
Cancellation and mediation Serv-
ices"
Urged statehood for Hawaii and
Alaska.
Proposed a constitutional amend
ment to prevent treaties from
overriding the United States Con-
stitution.
Evening star., 1952-06-19

star "cried when she saw hel
babies and was happy because
they were perfect babies and just
what her husband wanted"
Messengers delivered congrat-
ulations from all parts OF the
Evening star., 1952-06-19
II Purisiuns Pass 100

officials listing Paris centenar-
fans quickly found 10 women and
only one man over the 1O0-year
mark, a preliminary report
states.
Evening star., 1952-06-19

exemplifying the best character
|istics of good citizenship went to
John Kremer Armstrong.
Evening star., 1952-06-19
Tobacco Production Up

Despite a decrease in the
planted area, Uruguay's tobacco
crop showed a IL per cent increase
and yield per acre was the best
in five years.
Evening star., 1952-06-19
Chromium Output Gains

Within eight years since the
start of manufacture. Australia
has become close to self sufficiency
in the production of chromium
chemicals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-10
A Skilled Novelist
And His Dilemma

DIMINISHING RETURN
BY Lenard kaufman. fDou-
bleday & Co.; $3.J s5.
The hero Of this sharp and
honest novel Is an author whose
books are misjudged by critics
and unbought by the public. 1t
is written in a tone of suppressed
anger that is quite enough to
make reviewers uneasy, although
their collective conscience
should be clear since Mr.. Kauf-
mans previous novels have been
most generously praised.
billiard Crowley, unhappily
exiled in Hollywood. where he is
subsidized by his wife's brothers,
has just published his fifth book.
Like his others. it is apatheti-
cally received: his wife. who no
longer reads his novels, delivers
an ultimatuun. If he goes on
writing, he goes on without her.
His publisher pays him a visit.
If billiard can't find something
more cheerful to write about,
he must find himself another
publisher. Only his few friends,
sadly confused themselves, be-
Heve In him.
billiards. dilemma is one often
faced by the artist caught be-
tween art and obligation.
Should he compromise and
write for popular success or
should he stop writing? billiards.
friends. troubled by their own
problems Of race and sex. offer
to create him a fellowship. His
brother-in-law offers him q
WeH-paid job.
Mr.. kaufman has made Dill
1ard'S dilemma vivid, but he has
not done the same for billiard.
He has not succeeded in making
him sound very much like a
writing man, or even reading I
man, which most authors are.
billiard sounds sharp but mar
row and to have the writing
urge like an itch, but precisely
what, he wants to say. is never
made clear. The minor char
acters, except for the wife and
mother-in-law, who are almost
caricatures, are colorful.
MARY McGRoRY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-10
MARIANNE

No darker or more tempestu-
Gus novel has come out Of the
bleak. hills and lovely valleys OF
Wales.
But the story, which takes
place in q small city in a steel
mill region near the coast, is not
distinctively Welsh except in
scenery and atmosphere. The
elemental struggle Of the few
characters involved might have
taken place anywhere. and the
folkways of the country have
little to do with it.
The plot is like something on
which Poe and Dostoevski might
have elaborated. Summarized,
1t probably would not sound at
all plausible, and there probably
are many times in the course OF
it's grim turnings when you'll
say, I'D never have done such
q thing" And yet the author
makes it seem more than likely.
even inevitable, that these par
ticular persons would have done
what they did. This, Of course,
is a tribute to his skill as a
writer and a creator of char
acters, however pathologically
peculiar.
p, It is a custom Of reviewers. at
least of those with any consid-
Grafton for their readers, not to
disclose too much of a story
and thus spoil an authors eff
forts to build up suspense and
cumulative effect. But here the
publishers chose to say on the
jacket, under the title, "The
story of a woman who married
a man to destroy him." and
even the most docile reader
can't avoid that. On the other
hand, that's not the whole story,
by any means, and it is not
necessary to disclose how this
situation came out.
Marianne and Barbara were
twin sisters. Their father had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-10
Chicago Journolese
ONE FILL THE CUP

COME FILL THE CUP
BY Harlan Ware. (Randon
House; $3.J
Mr.. Wares novel is a fast
moving, entertaining newspaper
story of Chicago. The fabulous
Midwestern metropolis, Mr..
Ware is saying. still has an
exciting, highly competitive sort
of journalism, though it has
tanned down considerably since
''The Front Page" came out in
the '20s.
The chief character is Lew
Marsh, q city @editor-an old.
timer, an ex-drunk who still has
to fight each day against the
impulse to take a drink when
he is released from the tension
of the days work. 1.-THE only
drink you don't take is the first
one" There are several more
OE-lGSS IG1OL L4CO d4OOA4O4ASo .O1
his high-paid day rewrite staff, },
though the night side is filed
with decorous SuburbanitS.
good husbands and fathers
whose personal conduct was
always exemplary and who are
dull writer's. When the owner
of the paper borrows Lew to re-
form young Boyd, a gifted mu-
sician, son of the owners best
friend, it turns out that the
inehriated Boyd has been car
rying on with the girl friend Of
the city's most feared hoodlum.
Then there is trouble. There
is a romantic twist in Lewis love
for Boyd's harressed wife. Paula,
who used to be Lewis most tall
ented girl reporter.
"Come Fill the Cup" is some
what above most tough stories
Of the type in that the charac-
tiers, even the eccentric owner,
are not caricatures, but human
beings.
GARTER BROOKE JONES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-10
Art From Private Homes in Washington
In Impressive Display at Corcoron

galleries, one visits succeeding
centuries. The 18th. the Meth
erlands' greatest In art. Is rep
resented by landscapes. marines.
still life and portraits, outstand-
ing being Willem Vandervliet's
portrait Of an elderly woman in
black, with a large ruff.
The 18th century brought
France, England and America
to the fore. which countries are
represented with about IS works,
oil paintings, miniatures, pas
tells, drawings and a few sculp-
lures, by such artists as Frances
Nicolas de Largilliere, Natter,
Fragonard, Duplessis c'Portrait
Of Franklin" lent by President
Truman), Vigee LIE Brun and
Sculptors Clodion and Houdon.
Nearly $50 works make the
18th century the best repre-
scented In this exhibition. French
and British portraits "a Lave
renee among the latter, land
scapesr by Constable, American
portraits by Stuart. James and
Rembrandt Peale, and seven or
eight others Of our best portrait.
painters of the early 10th cen-.
tury,5s introduce US to many
handsome and some famous
men and women. Here. too, are
several works by Goya. Span
ish art is most distinguished by
atfew individuals in various cen-i
turiesa ,.,s4ss L
The 10Th was Frances great
est art century. with many
groups and great individuals.
Privately Owned" includes the
Barbizon school, the Impression
lists. the Pointillistes, Daumier,
Degas, Eorain. Rodin and Barge.
A surprising 10th century Eng,
lish double portrait is one by
Lewis Carroll Of two little girls
who resemble "Alice."
Artists Of eight nationalities
divide the 20th century, in which
period are about rs works in
the current show. It is neceS-
sary to leave this period Of
greatest variety for future dis
cuSsion.
In addition to the great names
in the show, there are many ap-
pealing works by artists UNI
known. and by names unfamil-
lar even to most specialists. as
the Corcoran Gallery pointed
out.
Distinguished Families.
Many OF the lenders to this
exhibition are nationally known,
among them the President.
Mrs. Dean Acheson. Senator and
Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge. jr.;
the Ambassador to the Neither.
lands and Nine. van Rotten,
the Minister of Switzerland.
Charles Bruggman; Nine. Henri
Bonnet. wife of the AM
bassador Of France; the AM
bassador Of Sweden and Mime.
Bohemian, the Ambassador
Of Peru, Senior Don Fernando
Berckemeyer. and the. Minister
of Luxembourg, Hughes lie CAL
lais. Still others are former
Attorney General and Mrs.
Francis Biddle, the Director Of
the National Gallery and Mrs.
David E. Finley, the President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-10

Three years ago, the nor
mally circumspect public rela-
tionS Office Of the Army shocked
Pentagon correspondents into
an unusual furry Of activity
with the release of a Tokyo re-
port which, among other things,
labeled Agnes Smedley a lead
ing member of a vicious Rus
sian espionage ring in the Far
East.
The late Brig. Gen. George
Eyster was the leading light in
releasing-and hastily retract-
ing-the Serge spy report. The
late Miss Smedley threatened
suit for libel-an action which
the Army's quondam secretary.
Kenneth c. Royal. privately ex-
pressed unwillingneSs to face.
Across the ocean. Gen. VIII
loughby scoffed at the chicken
heartedness of Royal, Eyster
& Co.. and offered to accept
service Of a summons If some
one wanted to sue him as the
official primarily responsible for
compilation Of the report.
The Serge Report.
The present book is a rehash
Of the controversial 1913 Serge
report, apparently compiled and
published in accordance with
the theory that the public work
done by a man in Government
service becomes his private
property after that service is
over. This theory is not orig
inal with Gen. Willoughby.
In evaluating the present
hook, 1t is necessary to reflect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-10
By Florence S. Berrymon

Three hundred and fifty-tWo
paintings, sculptures and other
works Of II centuries, all drawn
from private homes in Washing
ton, make an impressive and
beautiful display at the Cor
coran- Gallery Of Art. Inaugu-
rated with q preview last eve
ming, for members Of the Gallery
Association and, their guests,
the exhibition. entitled Private
" Owned" will open to the pub
lie this afternoon, to remain
through March 80.
The show is a revelation Of
Washington residents catholic
ity of taste. It also reflects the
background of the large number
who have lent inherited por-
traits Of their ancestors and
other works. Many who. will
visit the show, have seen some
of these paintings in small
groups In their respective
owners homes. Nevertheless.
they will probably be unprepared
for the impact Of SO many Of
them brought together in one
place. y.
While there is no pretense
that this exhibition can be
studied as History Of Western
Art" it does illustrate (if only
with a single work in some ms
stances) q large number OF
schools and periods. w
Ancient Greece and Rome.
Visitors who wish to view the
show chronologically, should
start with gallery So, to the left
of the grand stairway on the
second floor. Here one catches
glimpse Of ancient Greece and
Rome, in three marble heads
and an enchanting little bronze
of an eager boy. the last dis
played in a vitrine, as are many
other small sculptures. Incl
dentally, the entire installation
is felicitouS. The Corcoran Gal
lery has obviously spared no
pains nor time in redecorating.
painting and building pedestals,
partitions and show cases. VIII
liamsburg blue in gallery So, for
instance, makes q rich setting
for the classical works and
sculptures and paintings Of
medieval Frances Germany.
Spain and Flanders, and Italy
during the Renaissance.
These centuries-old sculp.
lures Of stone. wood and ivory,
despite the wormholes. fading
and taking polychrome and
other damage. carry conviction.
(The little bronzes. of course,
appear as fresh as when they
were first completely The char
acterful faces and beauty Of
draperies give them much In
dividuality and charm. Par
ticularly interesting Ito mel is
d 18th century Crusader in cloak
and armor. This 4-foot figure
tells us more about these long
ago warriors than any number
Of reconstructionS.
e Medieval Works.
The paintings Of the Media
eval and Renaissance periods
have Jared better. About 20 in
this first gallery: Madonnas and
other religious paintings. secu-
lar portraits and figures, have
sparklingly fresh colors. Simon
Marnaion's Madonna, q trio Of
18th century Castillian paint
iI1gs Of stations Of the Cross, a
charming Tuscan Madonna, and
two by Filipino Lippi: q de-
lightful Lucas Cranach, por-
traits by II Vecchio. Jacopo da
Bassano, four superb Flemish
portraits and a figure by PETER
Bruhel make this gallery menu
orable.
On atrium walls and In other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-10
Crime
By Miriam ottenberq

Mrs. Met inty's Dead, by Agatha
Christie. Dodd, Mead & Co.;
$2.50.)
Red Badge
Mrs. McGinty. village char
woman. is murdered and all the
evidence points to her roomer,
but the police inspector doesn't
feel right about it. Win the
great Hercule Poirot come to
the village and take a look?
Clueless till the purchase Of a
bottle Of ink attracts his atten-
ton, Poirot suddenly finds him
self with too many suspects.
From that point on. this is
Agatha Christie at her tanta-
LIKING best with sharply drawn
characters and a cunning way
of pointing in all directions but
the right one,
*%*%
To Catch o Thief, by David
Dodge. (R andom House;
$2.50.l
John Robbie, the agile jewel
thief known in prewar days
as lie Chat" is reused from
retirement on Frances Cote
d'Azur by the depredations of
a postwar thief duplicating his
modus operandi. In self-de-
Tense, while the police hunt him.
he must capture his acrobatic
successor. How he sets one
snare after another with the
help Of underworld colleagues
only to fail until the trap is
about to be sprung on him
makes for as fast-paced q
thriller as you're likely to ind
this year.
A Shot in the Dark. by Richard
Powell. tSimon Il Schuster:
$2.50.)
Inner SGilctHn1
Johnny Edwards. purposeless
playboy. reluctantly responds to
q message for help from Tony,
who had saved his life In the
vror Has fn0 ID ~ ~ coy,n sTsn11v
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-10
Books in Review
Welsh Authors Sinister Plot Ikened
To Poe and Dostoeyski Collaboration
Reviewed by Corter Brooke Jones
MARIANNE
BY Rhys Davies. Doubleday; So

been a worker In the steel mills,
and their mother. Of middle
class gentility. had made 9 dis
tinct social concession, which
she never quite forgot, In
marrying him. They had pros
pered and lived pleasantly. The
twins worked at what we would
call the city hall, Barbara. the
more ambitious. In the more re-
sponsible position. Marianne
took to strange ways. She
would disappear In the eve
nings and return late without
explanation, even to her de-
voted and adored sister. Final
~ it developed that she was
pregnant. She refused stead
tasty to name the father, but
on her deathbed, after the
child was born, she did dis
close his identity to her sister.
Barbara, determined to avenge
her sister, as she thought. con-
trived to meet q man so named
"a young worker In the mill
town across the river. Barbara
married Geoffrey-to destroy
him. What happened to the ILL
mated couple and to Marianne's
son is brought out In the swift
drama of the closing chapters.
found my sympathy ell for
Godfrey, as well-meaning as
he was uncouth; q good looking
young fellow. an amateur boxer,
not unused to having midtown
girls throw themselves at him,
but utterly bewildered by Bar
bara. The half mad. hate
blinded girl kindles no SYM
pathy. This is undoubtedly
what the author, with his care
full sense Of values, intended.
The story takes an ironical
turn. which hinges on a COIN
cidence, and this weakens it.
Nonetheless 1t has power to
compel interest and stir emo
ton. Marianne" is not rec
commended for those who want
their reading primarily to be
entertaining and object to be-
ing narrowed. For those who
admire sensitive writing, the
book is approved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-10

:. Communism and Christianity
are, basically incompatible. That
is an inescapable fact the pres
emit war-fearing world has to
face. And since Christianity
and democracy are so closely
allied, the conflict between the
two religions assumes global inn
portance.
For DR.. Charles w. Lowry,
rector Of All-Saints' Episcopal
Church here, Is among those
who consider communism a re-
ligion. He warns that the word
does not necessarily mean a
compliment.
1.-THE word denotes q certain
nature. structure and function
ing, not q judgment Of value or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-10
On the Horizon
1HOST AND FLESH

GHOST AND FLESH
BY william Goyen. (Randon
House; $2.75.)
In these eight stories, each
separate, yet all connected
vaguely and strangely, Mr..
Goyen seems to have hit a stride.
He energies from the fog of his
first novel a clear figure on the
literary horizon. one to be
watched.
That first novel, 'The House
Of Breath" with its poetic pas
sages, was so lost in words. so
.obscured in meaning, that it
was almost beyond ordinary
comprehension. In most Of the
new stories. however, he shows
that he can write clear, down.
to-earth accounts of some Tex
ans. They're on the odd side,
most Of them, but that makes
them more interesting. Their
little tragedies and Illustrations
are not beyond the scope Of
most lives. Some of these tales
are in the dialogue Of the region,
and Mr.. Goyen reproduces 1t
expertly.. Throughout the book
he is concerned with the rela-
ton and the conflict between
body and spirit. These men and
women go about prosaic lives
haunted variously.
The opening story. 1.-THE
White Rooster" Is a Maupas-
santian tragedy which is en-
tirely plausible. The three
women in "The Letter in the
Cedarchest" come to life. even
though none is quite sane.
Pore Perrie" is a remarkably
fine story. 1.-THE Grasshopper's
Burden" presents with close OBJ
servation and without senti-
mentality the plight Of a gro
tesquely handicapped child. In
the last three stories the author
reverted to the esoteric style Of
"The House of Breath" But he
has proved what he can do.
CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-10

usefulness he. explains. Like
other great and elemental as
poets Of human feeling and be-
havior, religion may be very
good and it may be very bad"
This is not the first time
communism has been studied as
a religion, but DR.. Lowry has
succeeded in developing new and
provocative aspects until now
overlooked. In the books first
and most difficult chapter.
"Communism-A New Religion"
he traces the growth Of this
materialistic faith. There are
few places where Karl Marks
dialectical rnaterialism is ex-
planned so well in so limited a
space.
Tabular Comparison. ~
OF especial interest at the
chapters end is. q tabular COM
parison Of communism and
Christianity. This simple method
underlineS sharply the likHnesses
and contrasts Of the two con-
cepts.
The heart of Communism
and Christ" lies in the last
chapter, Communism and
Christ" DR.. Lowry here ex-
amines with a trenchant pen,
the strong points and the weak
nesses Of each faith and affirms
his conviction that Christianity
will inevitably triumph.
Earlier, he develops, step by
step. the concept that "the
foundations Of freedom are
spiritual. /. Christian freedom
was l.600 years old before it
brought forth the fruit of
political. economic and social
democracy" Since this is true,
DR.. Lowry's brief but effective
analysis Of the American demo-
cratic system assumes added
Importance in the light Of world
tension.
This is a book all thinking
people win want to read and re-
read. For 1t states clearly the
fundamental problem facing our
uneasy world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-02-10
Du Nounier
Novel Proves
Hard to Quit


MY COUSIN RACHEL
BY Daphne Du Maurier. fDOu-
bIedny q Co.; $3.50.
I. s,ss.s 4, 3 s,
KesleWeo Dy Mafy Mc1foFy
After her brief and generally
3unreWarding excursion into mod
ern Mayfair drawing rooms
(ssThe Parasites'') Daphne Du
Maurier Is right back where she
belongs an old manor house
haunted by d lady with d dubi-
Gus past. Legions of mesmer-
lied readers should welcome her
return. She hasn't been In such
good form since 'sRebecca. 3 !.
To try to be q little judicious
about the whole thing, my
Cousin Rachel is as flawed as
pedestrian prose. oyerworked
plot eimmicks and al, overlap az
snobhery can make Ii. But the
fact remains that once the title
character, has made her appear
anee the possibilities al LAYING
the hook aside.are virtually nom
existent Rachel As &c artful -
the author and lust a. hard
10 quit.
Told by 4 stiff- woe-
.bepone vn1nq sn,,ire the story
rets m tns q sIi,rpish start
ePhilin Ashley is discovered
hrooiiap in baronia1 snlendor
siI,l,ryn,,ns,efi IN, aId FANNY re-.
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