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Evening star., 1952-12-07
The Years Best Books of Verse

and Other Poems" by Henry Nor
ton Robinson (Simon and Shus-
teri finds a famous historian re-
turning to an early literary love.
verse. Mr. Robinson obviously
writes for the pleasure of it: and
he communicates something of
this joy, especially in his odes to
every day living and the wisdom
in nature. Not great poetry but
enjoyable.
Jesse Stuart'S earthly lines in
kentucky Is My Land" Dut-
toni sound like lyrics for a rouS-
ing regional musical show.
Ballads IN the American tradi-
ton are in "a Song of Joy and
Other Poems" by Byron Herbert
Reece CDutton). There is a sad,
wistful note despite the title
Poems by Robert Simeon
Adams" Bobbs-M -MerrilD are COL
lection of the work of a Pacific
Northwest Schoolmaster who wrote
mainly for his own pleasure. They
are retrospective and sentimental!
The same spirit of joy in Great
ing permeates First the Blatc"
by Candace Thurber Stevenson
Outton Mrs. Stevenson's work
is conventional and scarcely mem-
orable.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
A Strange Book

Early and Late Testament" by
Stanley Burnshaw DiaD is a
strange book. The long series of
poems from which the book takes
its title is addressed, for reasons
not quite, clear. to those in their
middle years." Apparently it has
to do with some kind of reaffirma-
ton of the faith but it does not
come through. The last half of
the book has short poems of some
distinction: impressionistic pieces
which sound like tranSlationS
(some are) from French poets.
Impatient Lover" by Lillian
Rockwell CDiaD is a pretentious
and dull lode" to the senses.
"A Land and a People" by Shir-
ley Barker (Crown) is a somewhat
grim account of its authors wan
derings in nature. history and
folklore.
During the year several antholo-
gieS and collections have appeared.
Among them are:
"T'ao The Hermit: Sixty Poems
by Tao Chen" translated by Will
liam Acker (ThameS and Hudson).
Green Fingers and Other
Poems" by Reginald Arkell (aar-
court, Brace). Good. light garden
verse.
COLLECTED Poems by Nick Ken
ny" prentice HalD. The news
paper bard.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
A Moneys Worth
eDOrter

I realize, of course, that many
readers will not share my view.
which. concede, may be bit
crotchety. Those who don't will
find 1.-THE Herblock Book" and
Bill Mauldin in Korea" inter-
eSting reading and looking. Those
that do may skip the texts, stick
to the drawings and-if they're
real cartoon fans-still get their
moneys worth.
One cartoonist whose writing
has my unqualified approval is
James Thurber. But that, of
course, is because he doesn't at
tempt to be anything but funny.
He isn't much of a cartoonist,
really. yet his drawings always
make me laugh. And his writing
is so hilarious that I can't read
it without, sooner or later, holding
my sides If you, too, would like
to hold your sides-good exercise
for the plump, incidentally-read
Fables for Our Time" (Harper;
$2.75), a collection of 28 original
essays and nine famous poems
Illustrated with Mr.. Thurber's zany
drawings.
Back in the '20s, when. bobby
soxers were called f1appers. and
hip TASKS, raccoon coats and tin
lizzieS were in vogue, the car,
toonist with the biggest following
among younger readers was John
Held, jr. What he has been doing
in recent years, don't know. but
now comes a collection of more
than 100 of his Jazz Age cartoons
In a volume entitled "Held'S An
gels" (Crowell; $3.50. With an
amusing text by Frank B. Gill
breth. jr., it is precisely what the
blurb on the dust-jacket claims
it to be-"a wonderful blend of
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Outstanding Work

Perhaps the most considerable
poetic achievement of modern
American verse as reflected in the
years books is COLLECTED Poems
19l7-1952" by Archibald MacLeish
(Houghton Mifnin. Here is the
best of Mr.. MacLeish's poetry over
the years. the entire longer poems
such as the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Conquistador, and a new long
poem, The Trojan Horse. written
especially for radio broadcast and
not previously printed.
Mr.. MacLeish's poems show his
intense concern with the state OF
the world. The earliest poems. and
fine lyrics they are too. deal
with timeless emotions. His
longer pieces deal with the funda-
mentals Of his erudite philosophy
in its various stages. In later sec
tions. he shows the effect of events
upon a modern thinking man. It
will be a long time before the in
tense, bitter lines of his Brave
New World" are forgotten. And
how much richer literary histori-
ans will be for such insight into
our time as those unforgettable
eight lines to Cardinal Spellman
upon the occasion of his saying
that he will not again "acknowl-
edge" Mrs. Roosevelt. This is the
poet alive in live world-and at
work.
If there is one book of poetry
for Americans in this year of 1852
it is Archibald MacLeish's.
The poet withdrawn-certainly
his privilege-is best represented
in the cool. beautiful verse Of
Evening star., 1952-12-07
The HerbIock Book

"The Herblock Book" contains
more than 400 cartoons and con-
siderable text. The cartoons are
excellent; the text. though written
In light vein, expresses serious
views on serious subjects, and
well, I'd just rather get my serious
views on serious subjects from
some one other than cartoonist.
OF Senator Taft, for example.
Herblock writes: II don't know
him, but my general feeling
is that he's like some re-
markable calculating machine
that can pull statistics out of its
innards at any moment, can add,
subtract, multiply and divide
them while other minds are
reaching for pencil and paper.
and can be depended upon almost
invariably to come up with the
wrong answer" That's clever, I
admit. but is it fair? To crib q
phrase from the author, my gen.
Evening star., 1952-12-07

N meQlum, Cne raulO, Is re-
~ sponsible for the years out
standing event in one OF
the worlds oldest arts. poetry.
The Canterbury Tales by Chau-
Ger Translated Into Modern Eng
lish by Nevill Coghill penguin
Books was undertaken for broad
cast by the BIC. The result Is
revitalization of the enduring
Tales, one of the landmarks OF
literature but one whose pleasures
have long been denied to those
without the industry and imagina-
ton to wade through the early
English in which they were written.
Mr.. Coghfll has translated them
into modern, everyday English
with proper regard for their essen
tial simplicity. The Tales emerge
q superb commentary on manners
and morals. Mr.. Coghill's virile
verse makes them speak to the
modern reader clearly.
Evening star., 1952-12-07

eral feeling is that he'd have done
better to reach for pencil and
paper-and draw a cartoon.
My general feeling toward Mr..
Mauldin's book is the same. His
drawings. as usual. are firstrate:
his text. though rather cleverly
done, contributes nothing of real
value. The war in Korea has been
in progress nearly 80 months; he
spent three months there-from
January to April, 1952-and thus
qualified to write what his pub
Usher describes as "a uniquely
optimistic report from up front"
It's uniquely optimistic. all right.
but for some reason I'd rather
get the news from an experienced
rorNartor
Evening star., 1952-12-07
By Philip n. Love
Feature Editor OF The Star

FeGture Editor OF The Star
n HSED to be that cartoonists
stuck to their drawing and
left writing - especially on
serious subjectS-to writers.
This year, however, has brought
what may be the beginning of a
new trend among cartoonistS. Two
Of them have taken typewriter as
well as drawing pen in hand. with
results that are highly debatable.
I, for one, question whether a
cartoonist's ability in his chosen
field even if that field be the
cartoonistic Interpretation of cur
rent events, qualities him to write
authoritatively on subjects of i'm
portance. Just because a man
can draw an interesting cartoon
on. say, atomic energy is no reason
for accepting him as an authority
on the subject.
The books that spanked these
thoughts are "Bill Mauldin in Ko-
rea" Morton; $295) and 1.-THE
Herblock Book" deacon: $2.75.
Mr.. Mauldin. you'll doubtless re-
call, made a name for himself
during World War II with his
trenchant cartoons on life in the
front lines. The "Herblock" of
the other book is Herbert Block,
editorial page cartoonist of the
Washington Post. His cartoons
have won a Pulitzer Prize and
other awards, and are featured in
$50 newspapers.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Best From Punch

Another excellent collection is
The Best Cartoons From Punch"
(Simon g. Schuster; so. consist
ing of more than $50 drawings
first published in the famous Brit
ish humor magazine. More than
SO of Britain'S most successful
funny men are represented. and
there's an amusing foreword by
A. P. Herbert.
A book that ought to have an
especially wide leadership in
Washington is Come as You
Are," by Abner Dean (Simon &
Schuster; So. a collection of car
toons on parties and the char
acters you meet at them. Party
goers and party-givers alike will
recognize some of their acquaint-
ances-and possibly even them
selves.
Remember the late Helen E.
HokinSon's delightful clubWomen
cartoons in the New Yorker Mag
azine? Well. about 100 of them.
hitherto unpublished in book form.
have been assembled under the
title, There Are Ladies Present"
(Dutton; $2.75). Miss Hokinson'S
fans would do well to add this
volume to their collections of her
work, as there probably will not be
another.
Evening star., 1952-12-07

"The Pythoness and Other Poems"
by Kathleen Raine Farrar. Straus
and Young). Miss Raine writes
short, delicate. carefully wrought
verse in the tradition of Emily
Dickinson. Some of her lyrics
are among the best of their kind.
An organist idly strumming
across a multiple keyboard is
Dylan Thomas whose book is
called I'm Country Sleep" (New
Directions). Mr.. Thomas delights
in new words and new construc-
tions. A sonorous roll comes from
his pages in praise of the mystery
of nature and elemental man.
Complex, many -sinewed his verse
bears reading and re-reading.
The country is holy: o bide in
that country kind.
Kno1D the green good.
Under the prayer Dheeltng
moon in the rosy tOoOd.
Be shielded by chant and fosOer
and gay may you
Lite IN grace
he sings and you hear the music.
Ridgely Terrence was an Amer
lean poet whose output was small
but first-rate. His Poems"
(Macmillan) is a worthy testa-
ment to his workmanship. Here
are some old favorites, THE Son."
Light and Adams Dying" and
some new ones. the best of which
is "Ygdrasil" (from an Iceland
Beach, in which he gives his views
on a wartime world in which the
darkness deepens. These are per-
manent poems.
Robert Hillyer, a Pulitzer prize
winner, offers "The Suburb by
the Sea" (KnopD to show his ver-
satility. For many of these poems
have the genuine light touch.
There are also some lyrics in that
clean cut. well-mannered style
which Mr.. Hillyer has made his
own.
Evening star., 1952-12-07

humor and nostalgia" Boys and
girls in the 40-to-50-year-old
group. please note.
Followers of the daily and Sun
day Pogo" comic. which appears
in The Star and more than 270
other newspapers. will be de-
lighted to learn that Walt Kelly
has put together another book,
Last years Pogo" book remained
on the best-seller lists for months,
Evening star., 1952-12-07

Readers of Golfers Magazine
have two cartoon books from
which to choose-"Sister." oy
Stanley and Janice Berenstain
(Schuman; $295), and Golfers
Kids" (Holt; $250), by So artists.
including the Berenstains. "Sister"
contains more than $50 cartoons,
more than 30 of them drawn espe-
cially for the book. The other
volume, edited by Gurney Will
liams, cartoon editor of Golfers.
carries more than ITO drawings.
Both collections are entertaining.
Evening star., 1952-12-07
Ernest KroII Newcomer

A new poet of distinction ap-
pears IN Cape Horn and Other
Poems" oy Ernest Kroll (Dut-
toni. He has a section on WASH
ington. where he lives, and it is
marked by true poetic insight as
we'll as wit:
HoD shall you act the neutral
man in this
Inuented city, neither Rome nor
home?
Mr.. Krol is the wise. bemused
commentator. There is no burn
ing intensity here; only the warm
catchy perception OF a delightful
companion on long, letSurc!y
walk. He is reWarding.
"The Enchanted GrindStone
Evening star., 1952-12-07

los. eoIteo by Gunner WWH0mS. IHotJ
and the new volume, II Go Pogo"
(Simon & SchuSter; 81, probably
will do likewise.
IF You Like Hazel" the house.
maid who cavorts in Ted Keys
cartoons in the Saturday Evening
Post, you'll welcome the book of
that title CDutton; $3.50. It con-
tainS more than 100 Hazel" car
toons. some of them very funny.
indeed.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19
sv oscooD cARUTHERS

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. R-
The United States says flatly it
won't compromise on the Korean
prisoner issue and it sees no use
pushing any more peace plans
plans through the United Nations
unless the Communists agree that
POWs won't be forced to go home.
The State Department took this
determined stand Mon. night in a
stiffly worded communique. 1t also
accused the Chinese Reds of re-
jecting peace in Korea when they
turned down the General Assem-
bly's plan for breaking the priS-
oner deadlock that is holding up
an armiStice.
France and Britain also ex-
pressed deep regret that the Com
munistS had closed the door on
the U. N. peace proposals.
A French spokesman termed
Peiping's rejection entirely mega
tive and, for the time being any,
way, destructive of hope" The
French u. N. delegation said Red
China's demands that all prison
ers be returned whether they want
to or not is a call on the U. N.
"to accept hum nitaria a n
bankruptcy"
Britain's spokesman said the
Red rejection "raises serious prob
lens which will require careful
consideration by her majesty's
government"
U. N. delegates we're busy study
ing the 3,OOO-word rejection note,
sent yesterday by Red China S
Foreign Minister Chou En-lai to
Assembly President Lester B.
Pearson of Canada. It laid down
terms for a settlement identical
to Soviet proposals which the 60
nation organization overwhelming.
ly rejected.
The Peiping reply called the
u. N. plan, written by India's V.K.
Krishna Menon, "illegal" and "un-
reasonable" and demanded that
the Assembly rescind it and order
the U. S. to reopen truce negotia-
tons.
Pearson worked today on a re-
port to the General Assembly on
the Communist rejection and del
egates wondered "What next?"
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19
|UN Stands Pat On Refusal
To Compromise POW Issue

They had in mind u. S. Presi-
dent-elect Eisenhower's statement
after his recent trip tpKorea that
I'VE must go ahead and do things
that induce the others to want
peace alSo."
The mo compromise" stand TAX
en- by the U. S. appeared to put
off any further action in the U. N.
until after the new U. S. admin
istration and its new delegation
leaders in the U. N. are installed.
The American statement laid
full responsibility for peace in Ko-
rea on the shoulders of the Chi
neSe and North Korean Commu-
nlsts land their SupporterS"-a
clear reference to the Russians.
Both the British and American
governments reaffirmed determi-
nation to continue to discharge
their responsibilities in Korea.
THE United Nations Command
remains ready to meet again with
the Communist negotiatorS at Pan
munjom whenever they accept the
proposals contained in the United
Nations resolution or any of the
other numerous proposals which
have been made to them by the
United Nations Command, or
whenever they advance conStruc-
tive proposals of their own which
could lead to an honorable armi-
stice," the U. S. statement said.
However, there can be no COM
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19

CHELTENHAM, England W --
A former CongreRationaiist minis
ter is now a clerk in q gas works
because he became q part-time
baker.
Toe Rev. r. Wesley Hlning. 70,
said here he had to resign his
post ot minister Of the Chedworth
and Ncgth Leach churches recent
ly because the Congregational Tn
lon informed him he could not be
both q parson and q cake-and.
bread mSker.
Hining explained be was unable
10 hive On his eleryman's pay took
up banning paFt.tine 10 make
ancash extra noney 10 Support
kis wiss. Msy were sxpeetsns q
haAE.
Ne gave ~ baking when he re-
slKned his chMreh posts ard took
shs eaerks 100.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19
French Plan To
Draft Americans

PARIS R-The French National
Assembly voted Wednesday to draft
into Frances Army Americans of
conscription age living here more
than a year, either in one stay or
on several visits.
The draft age in France is 1sla
to Is years.
The Assembly passed the bill
without a debate. Raymond Tri-
boulet, speaking for the National
Defense Committee, frankly said
the action was being taken as
reciprocity "of the worst kind"
for y. S. laws which make French
men living in the United States
subject to American military
service.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19
People Must
Not Expect
War Miracle
By JAMES MARLoW

WASHINGTON u - In tho ed
Gen. Eisenhower may be bedeviled
by the same dilemma which has
frustrated President Truman: find
ing . way to end the Korean War.
II might be well for the Ameri-
can nervous system, now raw and
twitching because Of the seeming
endlessness Of the fighting, TO ad-
just itself to the idea Eisenhower
may not BE- able 10 produce .
miracle.
After ell, he promised none. He
said he'd 90 70 Korea, which he
did. In search Of an answer. When
he returned. he didn't say he had
found one although be would hard.
ly tip OF the enemy by saying
much publicly, anyway.
Neither Gen. Eisenhower noe
Gen. Macarthur hes suggested h1
had any inlention u talking with
Truman about q solution.
But when Truman elouded up
and rained al over bCth generals
h probably dampensd anW notion
either mishk have had abcHt en-.
eahAnaing Meas viii hlm.
So n Eissuhowsr and MaeArtA1r
came 70 ang CONCLUSION b then
get-soeetl.r yesterday Il 10 some
tAlng whieA both men probably w
keep 10 themselves. inso&ar 81
Truman h concerned.
II tAst is q correct Hasss then
ne country WIN have 10 wait uutil
after Eisanhowsrss inaugnratioa
Jan. 10 for any evidencs Msat he
has found any way - aA 10 ed
the Korean War.
II seems clearly esaAhlishsA 90
Eisenhower win hold firm 10 this
governments present position: Tne
Allies WI ncA AAnA ever 10 -
CcmEnanls4s pEiacaees Who 6eAt
want - . haek b tAsEA.
On this poizk ths armistiea talks
broke down. Fer whatever their
reason, the Communists reNased b
bulge and tAs nghtins Aas sca-
tknue1.
And ths nghstng seems Destined
% eonslnas nnlees sAsy yiAia ea
90 csanne e war tsaao c. e.
,wAAwI.nSa -. sanaAssaa - - A,saaA
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19
CrOucho Marx Explains Finer
Points Of Stock Speculation

Of the federation, told her follow
ing.
Read the news, editorials and
financial pages of a newspaper
every day." she said. Read a
newspaper with whose editorial
policy you disagree at least once
a week.
Learn how to read financial
and 1883 proxy statements.
keep an eye on the United Ma.
tons with regard to foreign hold
ings of companies in which you
invest.
"Buy more of your company's
products and services this year.
whether you invest yourself or
some one does II for you, learn to
ask questions.
Attend stockholder meetings of
companies and mutual funds in
which you invest when they are
within a reasonable radius of
where you live or work"
And then the lady investors got
the real dope on how to be a
success in the financial world.
"n yoH are 4 stockholder by
marriage because the stock is in
your husbands name" Mrs. Soss
advised them, "aet as his proxy If
hs cannot attend, or so together"
Then she looked her lady in
vsstors night in the eye and let
them have u:
"0r, better Still-get the stock
IA your own name"
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19
Middle Ground Proposal On Doctor Bills

Q Failing either Of these, said the
group, the compulsory tax plan
espoused by Truman should be
adopted.
The commission was headed by
DR.. Paul Magnuson of Chicago and
included seven doctors from uni
versity stats, representatives of
hospitals and nurses, consumers
organizations, farmers, labor and
the public.
The ANA president, DR.. Bauer,
said the one particular recommen-
dation is $50 obviously objection
able, we wish to call attention to
It Immediately"
He said the recommendation is
on Page 14SB, Volume /, of the
commission report. He said it
reads:
Funds collected through the
OASI (old age and survivors in
surance) mechanism be utilized to
purchase personal health service
benefits on prepayment basis for
beneficiaries of that insurance
group, under a plan which meets
federal standards and which does
not involve a means test Ga test
to determine ability to pay)."
"In this single recommendation, I"
Bauer said, ''the commission pro-
poses that funds collected through
the social security system be used
to purchase medical care for ben
eficiaries covered by that system.
'Under this plan," he continued,
''the federal government, through
payroll deductions, would pay di-
rectly for the medical care of an
everincreasing segment of our
population, anG our health serv-
ices would inevitably be controlled
by big government"
Commission officials told a re.
porter the federally aided prepay
ment insurance plan would be
aimed primarily at helping peo-
pie with annual incomes of under
5000.
But It would also provide full
costs for people having no income
and give some aid to those people
making more than 5000 a year
but stiA unable to pay the full
cost themselves, officials said.
In general, here's how the plan
would work-as explained in the
report and aplified by commission
officials:
Complete medical and hospital
service and some dental service
would be provided for all people
who wanted it on prepaid basis,
whether they paid the insurance
premiums themselves or got some
or all financial help from the fed
eral-state plan.
Regional authorities would be set
Up in the various states for the
direct operation of the plans, but
the insurance plans would be sub.
ject TO approval by state and fed.
eFal authorities. Doctors would NOD
be in the majority on regional au.
thority boards.
Albert ]. Hayes. president Of the
AFL International Association oi
Machinists, and Elizabeth S. Ma.
gee Of Cleveland, general secre-
tary Of the National Consumers
League, joined Reuther In the mi
nority report.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-19
Dy SAM pAeaoAi

NEW YORK N--Tips for invest
oFs come today iron such eminent
sources a. GfUueho MARI and the
Federation of Women Shareholders
IN AmerieAn Business. Inc.
The radio and movie comedian
adxiges thlt he bays stocks when
the wind Is from the north.
The federation advises its lady
members to get stocks out Of their
husbands name and into their
own.
Groucho's discussion Of the fine
points of corporate investing and
mansEement comes IN answer 10
q solemn questionnaire sent him,
. Pitney.BeAwss SHAREHOLDER. ~
the mana cement Of the Stamford.
Conn. nakeTs cf postage meters
and business machines.
His replies are released today
BY the companv In q report on
their "stockholder opinion survey"
Asked why hN bought Pitnsy-
DCwes saOek. hs says "The wind
was from NE north"
70 q euesAica about Als oShee
steek ownership, Marx lists 1.-Two
dry Aeles n Tezas."
The curious management vented
10 kncw How capable do ycs con
slider ~ present mana genaent,"
and their Beverly Hills. Celh..
sANrsAolAiF wrcse beck. Good
epltsss." Ne also rated sheir an-
nN& rsposf 40 ''rops IN fietsan V
prastisal advise was handed out.
no. Money eAs be raised Cor
hnaneiaG plaat sxpansipn and
agoWTh. As toad - naanan nemsna--
ignOeins the ogtheAOG mekhods Oi
isnsing dsbsatAres %. selling con-
mon and prSfefrss aoeh-Ag S-
scx4lAg 10 ''bank rcbNeEy."
1Ns advice 10 womsn was aired
at q meeting II the fsdsraticn
AeRe MooAag. The advice in this
eAss vas snAiEnat saRio1s.
"DoA1 bs aiHaA - sAcp fOr b.
vegsmsuAs o. iCe nvesAment eca1n.
sci ne way you Do for anything
ells," Mrs. wilma Scsa. president