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Evening star., 1952-08-03
South of Freedom

Carl Rowan, a Tennessee
born Negro. an M. A. from the
University of Minnesota, Is a
reporter, not on a colored news
paper. but on one Of the Middle
Vests large dailies, the Mime
apolis Morning Tribune. He was
q naval officer in World War II.
He volunteered to return to the
South for a tour to find out how
members of his race were faring.
This book grew out of the ar
ticles he wrote for his paper.
II is q thoughtful, almost dis
passionate report Of what he
found. It Is worth the reflective
attention Of every one who be-
lieves in fair play and in the
dignity Of human beings.
Mr.. Rowan did not set out on
his f1ve-week trip looking for
trouble. He leaned backward to
avoid it. He went as an OBJ
server. not an agitator; he never
forgot he was a reporter. He is
neither a subscriber to any sub
versive movement nor fellow
traveller. He speaks more than
once of how difficult situations
were made worse because Com
munist vultures" moved in. But
he makes the valid point that
just because Communists inter-
vene an injustice does not be-
come justified.
He lost his temper only once,
when. in station at Macon.
Ga, he could not buy a news
paper in the colored waiting
room and went to the white
waiting room to get one. An at
tendant refused to sell him q
paper and ordered him out. A
couple of times on trains he did
assert his right. under Supreme
Court rulings, not to be Jim
Crowed" on interstate rides. He
won out. Often, though, he
dressed sloppily, knowing that
in certain areas well-dreSSed Ne
groes were resented. Sometimes,
trying to get information from
white persons, he put on a field
hand accent he lost as a youth.
Mr.. Rowan, better educated,
more cultured. than most Of the
white people he encountered,
often had to stay in roach-rid-
den hotels and to eat in filthy
places. He talked to all sorts Of
persons, white and colored, great
and humble. He went through
many Negro ghettoes. He took
pictures. ,..
Signs Of Better Times
He pulls no punches in COM
menting on the results of a rigid
segregation. And yet his picture
Evening star., 1952-08-03
News of Artists and Exhibitions
Exhibit of Prints at Smithsonian in Many Media
Is Cross Section of Contemporary Trends in Art

valuable supplement to the In.
structor's lectures and demon
strations." And Patrick Malone.
director of films at the Art In
stitute Of Chicago, examines the
subject of such films In the art
museum, considering practical
matters as budgets and other
mechanics.
The Artist at Work. BY II.
Ruhemann and E. M. Kemp.
penguin Books, Inc; $2.)
How great painters have
worked for more than six CEN
turies, and what elements 60
into the making of a work Of
art, constitute the theme Of this
book. It was based on an exhi-
bition created for the Arts Coun-
Gil of Great Britain and the
British Institute of Adult Edu-
cation, which has been touring
that country for q decade.
The books impact is like that
Of an exhibition. in Its abrupt
transitions, It's text arranged
like labels for the illustrations.
and simplification which shears
away nuances, with the result
that readers aware Of them will
be startled occasionally. The
authors swing back and forth
from old masters to contempo-
raries to illustrate their points.
Although a majority of the
ITS reproductions are small, theW
are adequate. Twenty per cent
are in colors. remarkably fresh
and clear for their size.
About half the book deals
with such general subjects as
purposes. planning, style. media.
etc., the other half with mile
stones in the development Of
style and technique" compris-
ing brief discussions Of masters
methods from Duccio to Ko-
koschka. An APPENDIX on mis-
conceptions Is an admirable
little essay. ...s
Despite its brevity, the text
contains the most specific defi-
milton I recall of a genius:
"One born with exceptional tai
ent. imagination. sensibility. in
telligence and originality. in
tense feeling. tenacity and utter
sincerity"
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Words and Woys Of
American English
ISubmorine!'
BY Thomas Pyles. (Rando1
House. $780,

BY Thomas Pyles. Random
House: $780,
This is a pleasant, informed
ramble through fields first
charted by H. L. Mencken. to
whom the author gives full
credit. Scholarly but not aca-
demic in his approach.
Mr.. Pyles, a professor at the
University Of Florida, is at his
best in q chapter called "Tall
Talk, Turgidity and Taboo"
Here he debates our national
penchant for using fancy words
for plain things and big words
for little things" The verbal
genteel evasion (which may
sometimes lead to the use Of a
ribald old term whose first force
has been forgotten), the Gin
guistic imitation" Gin terms like
mortician and beautician), the
promiscuous pref1xing Of ''hon-
orable" particularly noticeable
during the late conventions) are
all amusingly presented.
M. Meg.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Books in Review
Racial Situation in Changing South
Is Described by Negro Journalist
South of Freedom
BY Carl T. Rowan (Knopf; $780,
L,
viewed by Carter Brooke Jones

is not all pessimistic. He found
signs Of a new spirit in the
South, indications Of growing
tolerance and understanding.
There were extremes both ways.
In Charleston, S. c., he dined
at the home of Federal Judge
Waties Waring. He found the
Judge and his wife social out
casts because the Judge had
dared uphold the Constitution
apd rule that the States gov
erning body. the Democratic
Party. is not a white mans club
and Negroes may vote in its pri-
maries. At the University Of
Oklahoma Mr.. Rowan saw many
Negroes attending classes and
mingling socially with white
students. There was no friction.
The barrier had broken down
after a Negro woman went to
the courts a few years ago to
compel the regents to admit her
to the law school.
Birmingham, he reports, is the
worst city for Negroes. It has
devised ways of segregating its
citizens not even thought Of in
other cities. In Atlanta he
found Negroes better off; there
were encouraging signs. Small
towns varied greatly. One still
has a sign, "Nigger. Don't Let
the Sun Set on You Here"
Others were much less venomous.
The author has a chapter on
Washington. He points to the
segregation still existing here.
Apparently his book was COM
pleted before one theater and
later q second opened to the
legitimate drama without segre-
cation. He mentions the ball
game as a place where the races
are not partitioned. He could
have referred also to prize fights,
another popular sport where the
races sit together amicably. At
a snack bar here he was told
that if he could produce "for-
eign credentials" he would be
served. No, he said as he left,
unfortunately he was an Amer
lean. not an alien, colored man.
Mr.. Rowan is aware that the
North does not offer Negroes
any social or economic para
disc. He cites some racial blind
spots in his generally tolerant
Minneapolis. In staying North
he chooses "the lesser Of two
evils" Hatred. he says, "is the
common denominator Of small
people everywhere"
Aside from it's timeliness and
general interest, South Of Free
dom" tells an absorbing story.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Symphony and Ballet

Artists of the Washington area
are invited to submit works in
all media on this theme to a jury
Of the Artists Mart, 1861 Wis
consin avenue NV, by August
Is, for the Mart's September
exhibition.
Katherine B. Hobbs, who will
be Mart chairman for next
month, is having a solo exhibi-
ton at the Art League at Re-
hoboth Beach until August IL.
1t includes about 80 pieces Of
painting and sculpture.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Jurist as Author

If Justice Douglas ever tires
Of the Supreme Court, he could
doubtless make fine living as
an author. He is the only Su-
preme Court Justice we know
of who has had two books
chosen by the Book-of the
Month Club. Strange Lands
and Friendly People" was a Sc
lection last year. His forthcom-
ing Beyond the High Hima-
layas" will be an alternate
choice for September. And if he
needed any further encourage
ment. he has just won the first
annual $1,000 Lauterbach
Award. The award, established
by friends Of the late Richard
E. Lauterbach, writer and jour-
nalist who died in 1850 of polio
myelitis. goes to the writer who
in the judges opinion has made
the most substantial contribu-
tion to the cause Of civil liber-
ties during the previous year.
Justice Douglas got the prize
for "The Slack Silence of
Fear" a New York Times article
expanded from a lecture he gave
at Brandeis University.
Evening star., 1952-08-03

or its possessions is eligible to
submit.
Any eligible artist who has
not yet received a prospectus
and blank should write to Ro-
land Mckinney, Department Of
American Art. the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York %.
N. Y. Official entry blanks must
be received in New York not
later than August is.
Regional juries have been set
up in San Francisco. Chicago.
Atlanta and New York City (to
which Washington artists are to
submit). The works they select
will be shown in an exhibition
to open December S at the. Met
ropolitan Museum. Prize win
ners will be determined by two
separate juries of award in New
York City. The prospectus ex-
plains the dual jury system and
all other points concerning
which artists may wish to know.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
East Meets West

Two exhibitions will open next
Thursday in the foyer Of the
Natural History Building. Ma
tional Museum, to remain only
three weeks: A collection Of re-
cent portraits in oil of citizens
Of Japan. by Marguerite s. Har-
desty. and "Reveries of Paris. "
by Edwin Scott (1863-1929), ,
from the Alice Pike Barney me-
mortal collection.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Reading and Writing
Biography Of Candidate Stevenson
Went to Press Moment He Was Named
By Mary MeGroy

They hardly got the bunting
down in Chicago when Harper's
had their biography of Nominee
Adlai Stevenson on the presses.
The type had long since been
set. Harper Editor John
Fischer. who never wavered.
even when Adlai seemed to, had
commissioned the work by John
Barlow Martin over a year ago.
He was just waiting for the dele
gates to give him the word he
was always sure would come.
While other participants in
and observers of the convention
caught up on sleep and bathed
their eyes, Mr.. Martin. a free
lance magazine writer and au-
thor Of several books. hastily
wrote down the events of the
week which led to Gov. Steven
sons acceptance of his party'S
nomination and platform. A
resident of Chicago who has be-
come a friend of the Governor
in the course of doing the biog-
raphy, Mr.. Martin spent a good
many hours Of the convention
days with the reluctant nominee.
The book, priced at $3.50. will
appear as soon as possible.
which Is to say September 10.
Stevenson's Prose
Gov. Stevenson's prowess as
an orator provided most of the
conversation in literary circles
last week. Some doubt was ex-
pressed that his acceptance
speech was strictly the kind of
thing that got a man into the
White House (the part about
"better we lose the election than
mislead the people" struck chill
in many a precinct workers
heart). But there was no ques-
ton that it was the kind of
thing that would put its author
into future anthologies of golden
prose or textbooks of English
composition.
Except for this exhilarating
interlude. however. it was gen.
orally agreed that the cause Of
English prose was not partic-
urarly well served at the con-
vention. The only sample of light
verse that it inspired came from
a member of the poll-happy
Massachusetts, delegation, one
Milton Cook Of Roxbury, whose
efforts. printed in the Boston
Globe and entitled, "Just Before
the Ballot. Mother" went like
this: - ~
Halt q Uote, halt a Uote, halt
a U0te onwnrd,
Into the Valley of Breath
Strobe the be1Dondered.
Mixes to the right of them, :,
Mixes to the left OF them
BelloDed and thundered.
Theirs not to reason phy
Theirs but the hue and cry
OF delegates sundered.
Evening star., 1952-08-03

formity is the price Of accept
ance. A kind Of mass hys-
teria-a hasty retreat from
too-hasty acceptance Of the new
and the strange-surges through
the people and breaks over the
good gray head of the other
long tolerated outcast, Vree. The
boys are threatened, but escape.
Miss Buckmaster has told her
story with grave compassion and
unfailing sensitiveness. Her de-
piction of the mutilated child
and his effect on well-meaning,
but short-winded benefactors is
especially well done. The novel.
as a whole, however, suffers
from a monotony Of tone. being
told in solemn cadences with
never "a change Of pace. Further.
the characters for the most part
address each other in high
minded generalities that give no
distinctive quality to their dia-
logue. Their sentiments, though.
are unexceptional,. and Miss
Buckmaster's affirmative, even If
it is rather cloudily stated. is to
be applauded. M. MEG.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Historian Here

Harold Lamb, author of some
10 historical novels about medi-
eval Asia, was recently in town
sharing some of his hard-earned
knowledge about the Middle
East with the Middle Eastern
section Of the State Department.
Immediately after his talk.
Mr.. Lamb, an American who
looks unaccountably like a re-
tired British Army officer.
rushed back to New York. where
he is making final preparations
for still another jaunt through
Evening star., 1952-08-03
Generous Awards

Eighteen prizes totaling $1,000
are offered by the trustees Of
the Metropolitan Museum Of
Art, New York City. In the third
national competition for con-
temporary artists. sponsored by
the museum In as many years.
Six prizes Of $500 each viii be
awarded in each Of three cate
gories: Water colors (including
pastels), drawings and prints.
Announcements Of the new COM
petition are being mailed to
artists throughout the Nation.
Any artist who Is q permanent
resident 81 the United States
Evening star., 1952-08-03
New Hemingway

Forthcoming: A couple Of big
boys are about to be heard
from: Ernest Hemingway's
"The Old Man and the Sea-"
the story of an old fisherman
and a giant fish comes Septem-
ber 8. John Steinbeck, who was
recently in the news as talking
back to the Russians via an
italian paper, will be repre-
sented by East Of Eden." adj
vertised as an American saga
from the Civil War to World
War I.
Evening star., 1952-08-03

his favorite part of the world.
This time he will go under the
banner of the American Friends
of the Middle East, an organiza-
ton with the laudable goal Of
helping East and West to un-
derstand each other a little
better.
Mr.. Lamb is one of the West
erners whom Middle Fasteners
like a good deal. His novel.
"Suleiman the Magnificent" was
serialized in an Istanbul paper,
Such previous novels as Gen
ghis Khan" Alexander Of
Macedon" and 1.-THE March of
Muscovy" are also great favor
ties in Persia and Afghanistan.
His latest, Theodore and the
Emperor" will be exported to
the locale of what was once the
Byzantine Empire.
Evening star., 1952-08-03
The Counterfeit Revolution
BY Sidney Lens. Deacon
Press: $780, 81

Press; $780, -
How can q regime which
suppresses all rights Of its own
people at home inspire millions
abroad to work for it with such
religious fervor? Mr.. Lens Is
convinced from his analysis of
Stalinist strength in the free
world that its counterfeit revo-
luton cannot be met by guns
alone, but only by an American
led crusade to end poverty and
hunger throughout the world.
B. F.,
Evening star., 1952-08-03
BY Florence S. Berrymon

py Florence ,. Derrymon
Recent acquisitions in Ameri-
can prints. on view in the di-
vision of graphic arts print
gallery, Smithsonian Building.
until September /, constitute a
sort Of survey Of division exhibi-
tions during the past two years
or so, along with a few items
which were not in the monthly
shows. m..- ...-
The collection Of % prints in
many media is a little cross
section Of contemporary trends.
ranging from the traditional and
naturalistic to objective
and abstract expressionistic. It
reveals the divisions equitable
program Of alternating con-
servative and avant garde print
makers.
Nearly half Of the prints are
the work of local artists. Ira
ditional are I. j. Sanger's beau
tiful moody landscape. North
easter: Prentiss Taylor's
"Morelia Aqueduct," with sur
realistic overtones. and Vincent
Hacks "Cho Cho San," q
japanese block print in colors
and gold.
A majority Of local artists
works are in modern idioms:
Pietro Lazzari's Horse" a
close likeness Of Don Quixote's
nag "Rozinante";; Jack PERI
mutter's Aurora Borealis," a
network Of white lines and dots
on black; Lucille Evans "Flux,"
Rudolf Won Huhn's admirably
designed ''Dahomey" and Sam
uel Bookatz' "Nocturne," which
produces Gas one steps away
from it) a telling effect of moon
light through foliage on a
portico. Marguerite Kumm, in
her Harvest" comments grimly
on war. .ya-. .r.
NotobIe Etching
Most of the artists from else
where are well known here,
having exhibited not only at the
Smithsonian, but also in the
Library Of Congress Pennell
shows, the Corcoran and other
galleries. John Taylor Arms "a
native Washingtonian) is repre-
sented with one of his exquisite
etchings of French Gothic archi-
lecture. Hugh Bolts lively
Lower Manhattan" and
Dorothy Hutton's Adirondack
Interlude" are also traditional,
as is Lynd Wards admirable
urban scene. Company Town."
Irving Amen's woodcut tech
nique in his Evening" (three
old people on a park bench) &C
centuates the character of the
medium. Helen West Heller's
"Millenniums" is an intricate
pattern of angles. with varied
textural effects. Charles Quest
has made the most Of a COM
monplace subject in his wood
engraving. Furnace"
Boris Margo seems almost a
Washingtonian, having taught
art classes at American Univer-
sity. and having exhibited here
frequently. He created the cell
locut medium, Of which his
Magnetic Maze" In delicate
colors, Is a representative ex-
ample. Sue Fuller is another
printmaker who has developed
an unusual technique, in her use
OF net. lace and other materials,
to create varied textures, as in
her soft ground etching, "Owl."
Rudi Lesser and Sgd Gotcliffe
use their respective media with
harsh simplification, coarse lines
and cuts, particularly well suited
to the latter's subject. ''Dredge."
The amorphous shapes of Seong
Moy's Refuge" and the over
whelming abstract detail Of
Gabor Peterdi's engraving and
relief etching make these two
the most difficult to appreciate
of the Smithsonian's new acqui-
SitionS.
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-30
American Teams Cleaning Up At Olympics

HELSINKI, (P)-United States swimmers set an Olympic record for the 800 meters freestyle re- lay; the U. S. basketball team chalked up it's fifth straight vic- tory and earned a place in the final four-team round-robin and two American boxers won their first = round bouts by knockouts Tuesday as the 18th Olympic games turned into a three-ring circus.
 Two other Olympic swimming records also fell, making it a clean sweep "a record in every swimming event on the days pro- gram.
 The mems relay team of two Yale men and two Hawaiians shattered by II seconds the Olym- pic record set by Japan Monday.
 The unbeaten basketball team ran up a record score for the tournament in routing Chile 103 to 55. With two victories already in the four-t team semi final round
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-30
Democratic Nominees
 Back at Work
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PREss)

The Democratic national ticket Gov. Adlai Stevenson and Sen. John J. Sparkman-went back to work Tuesday on jobs interrupted last week before the party picked nominees for President and Vice President.
 The Republican ticket - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sen. Richard M. Nixon - went ahead with plans for the November cleo tion campaign. Nominated by the COP two weeks earlier, they were that much ahead of the Democrats in mapping political strategy.
 About 25,O00 people gathered around Stevenson Monday as he returned to Springfield, the H. linois capital. In a brief speech in front of the court house, he thanked them for their good will and promised to work hard for election to he presidency. Then he went to the governors mansion to answer mail and catch up on his work as governor for the next few days.
 Sparkman, too, had rousing reception on a limited scale as he returned to Washington to clean up his desk as senator from Alabama. He was greeted at the railroad station by about $50 fel-. low Alabamans with rebel yellS and a piece band. He pledged an aggressive campaign after brief vacation he hopes to start within few days.
 Eisenhower's campaign head quarters announced that the gen. eral will make an entirely non politicaI speech at the national enCampmenL or the veterans or Foreign Wars in Los Angeles on Aug. 5. He will speak Aug. 25 at the American Legion's annual convention in New York.
 Senator Nixon returned to his home in Whittier, Calif., Monday nioht and was welcomed hy a pa- rade and reception attended by 5000 at the Whittier College sta dium. Gov. Earl Warren and Sen., William F. Knowland were there. Nixon said in a talk that "pros- perity built on peace rather than war" is the goal of the forth coming Republican campaign.
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-30
CHAPLAIN WESTLEY BUCK GUEST SPEAKER AT YOUTH FOR CHRIST MEETING AUG. !.

Chaplain Westley Buck will be the guest speaker at the Youth for Christ meeting to be held this Saturday evening at pm. at the Assembly of God Church.
 Youth for Christ will also be welcoming Rev. and Mrs. Reeves Havens. Rev. Ravens, pastor of the Community Methodist Church, will say a few words and Mrs. Ravens will offer a vocal selec- ton.
 A good musical program has been arranged and everyone is invited to attend.
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-30

robin, it is sure of a place in the group of four which will play for the title.
 In boxing, where the heavier classes swung into first round ac- ton, welterweight Louis Gage of San Francisco flattened Ali Belka- cem of France and heavyweight Eddie Sanders of Los Angeles stopped Hans Jost of Switzerland.
The Nome nugget., 1952-07-30

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