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VOL. 1o TUESDAY SEPTEMBER L. 1858 NO. 1872
HANDLELOVERS
HAVE YOU a little handle to your name? Are you DR..
So-andSo, Attorney Whosis, or Reverend What s-his-name?.
If so. you are one of Gods chosen few.
1T IS HIG time. that our people stop acting the fool
over professional men and haul them down from the pedes-
tails they have been occupying for so long; By all means res
pect them, if their conduct warrants the respect due their
title, Blu. treat them simply as humans. We have been out Of
slavery long enough not to grovel to these knights Of the
HANDLE. In spite of their education, they are simply. men.
and no better than electricians, office executives or social
workers. Education is common today and professional men
are d dime a dozen. ht least this is the attitude Of the OPP
posite group who accepts them more or less as public ser
wants and let it 60 at that. Why must minorities dote on a
HANDLE for their children? Whether they realize it or not,
in so-doing they simply admit the inferiority they are ac-
cused 81.
FARMING. MASONRY, engineering, contracting
Observation-Disclosures the fields our boys should embrace.
They offer both money and dignity, all that any real man
desires tt SIS The guy with the handle, nevertheless that
counts with us unfortunately. By now we should be used to
the professionals in our group-only we aren't and continue
to make little demi-gods Of. them. Years ago, it was the
preachers who were petted and fused over. The sisters in
the congregations We'd desperately with each other in dining.
and supping their ministers. If he happened to be unattach-
ed the competition was hot and the Battle of the Bulge
was tame in comparison. Oh yes, the Preachers Of y~esteryearI
were weIlfed sleek articles. They are doinglan right now,
too, with the exception Of having to divvy up with the doc
tors and lawyers.
THEsEMEN are the darlings Of our society. They are
faWned upon catered to and generally spoiled. Girls fall
all over themselves trying to land one for a husband, regard.
less. They have reached a point where they even work for
them, keep the aspiring med student until he IS graduated
anything for 4 MAN WITH A HANDLE. magineI Young
iaterns have been heard to laugh and joke about the people
- Icaor to them. And just who
, 1953-09-01

TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER /, 1868
Evening star., 1953-06-14

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Evening star., 1953-06-14

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Evening star., 1953-06-14

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Evening star., 1953-06-14

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Evening star., 1953-06-14
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Evening star., 1953-06-14

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Evening star., 1953-06-14

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-. both shades 60 with
Evening star., 1953-10-11

Mr.. Wakeman, it will be
recalled, wrote 1.-THE Huck-
sters," a beStseller which was
intended to remove the hide
from the advertising business.
He has written other novels.
In this one Roger and Emily,
a couple married 10 years, take
a second honeymoon in their
ketch in the Caribbean, hav-
ing parked their small son
with a relative in the West.
Roger, a novelist, decides that
their marriage has not been
a success, but could be if
they'd erase all deceit between
them and each divulge every
secret from childhood to the
present. He glibly reciteS his
1nf1delitieS and other expert
ences. His wife does the same,
with more hesitancy. He
thinks his wife'S past would
make a novel, and, while he
is storing up material, he
cross-examines her merci-
lessly, trying to make her dis
close more of her sex life than
she has. Roger is the most
insulting, verbally sadistic,
self-satiSfied character to ap-
pear in some time. His wife
is supposed to be far from his
Evening star., 1953-10-11
Teen-Age Gangs
BY Dale Kramer and Madeline Karr (Holt: s3J

harr. tHOtL, S5J
picts a typical rumble" or
gang battle in Brooklyn, with
tragic consequences. Other
chapters deal with gang lead
ers in Harlem and the Bronx.
One welfare plan is to as
sign social workers - usual
ly husky young men, college
graduates, who know how to
get along with tough boys-to
specific gangs. These agents
do not try to break up the
gangs. but to win the con-
dence Of leaders and guide
them away from lawlessness
into wholesome recreation.
They are not spies and do not
report what they hear to the
police, nor do they conceal
their identity from the boys.
A difficult assignment, but one
that has proved effective in
some cases. &C. B. j.
Evening star., 1953-10-11
For d Better Understanding
Of American Labor Relations
Review and RefIection-A Half Century
OfLobor Relations
BY Cyrus S. Ching d. C. Forbes; $685. l5e
Reviewed by Representative SomueI K. Mcconnell, Jr.
Chairman, House Labor Committee

participation of the Federal
Government, which trend he
views with some misgivingS. He
then goes on to describe the
legislative events which placed
the Wagner and Taft Hartley
Acts on the statute books.
The writer relates with con-
siderable detail the various ac-
tivities of the Federal Media
ton and Cancellation Service.
of which he was the director.
A thorough reading of the
chapter on Preventive Media
tion" is especially recon-
mended. The ideas expressed,
If fully developed, could be
productive of excellent results.
overhouIine Legislation
The big unsettled problem Of
national emergency strikes is
caref ully analyzed. I agree
with Ching's conclusion that
the provisions in the Taft
Hartley Act dealing with such
strikes should be more f1ex-
ible, with the course of action
to be taken by the President
unknown to the disputantS,
thus encouraging settlement
by the parties themselves.
He sees dangers in industry
wide and pattern bargaining,
but leaves the solution some
what indefinite. There will be
agreement and disagreement
with his belief that unions
should be subject to the anti
trust law.
Ching'S final suggestion is
for a complete overhaul" of
all labor legislation on the
statute books, rather than to
continue with our present
piecemeal approach of at
tempting by numerous amend
ments to strengthen and
weaken various provisions. He
proposes the appointment of
a commission to make recon-
mendations to Congress.
The book concludes on a
high note Of preserving unity,
freedom and individual action
and expresses fervent hope
that each side will seek to
understand the problems of the
other. This hope is the CEN
tral theme of the entire book.
1t aptly typif1es the feelings
and thinking of it's author, the
decent, fair-minded, loveable
Cy Ching.
Evening star., 1953-10-11

any money; he does not want
to be dependent on his fathers
generosity. He works too many
hours and withdraws increas-
ingly into himself. He and
Susan drift apart; eventually
they separate and she gets
divorce. Later he marries
Alice, a New York society girl
he has known from childhood.
Alice is a party girl, not too
scrupulous; she is, worse, faS-
tened to the memory of a dead
husband, and she canpot,
though she does not realize it,
love again. A deep affection
grows between Henry and
Alice'S daughter by her first
marriage, Ann. Then Henry
goes into the Air Force for
World War II and he and
Alice are gradually estranged.
Henry has never gotten over
Susan, and, on his return, he
naturally wants to see his son
Hilliard. then IL.
Not only Henry, but several
other characters are complete
entities. Many young novel
lists would have made Henry's
father a caricatured business
man, with all a businesSman'S
supposed prejudices and
cliches. Mr.. Cobb emerges, on
the contrary, a distinct and
lovable individual. Equally
clear is Alice's father, also a
wealthy man, and her South
ern mother. The children,
Ann and Hilliard, grow up per-
sonalities you'll remember.
And Col. Pemmerton, in par
ticular, a World War I hero, is
somebody you won't soon for
get. There are others as deftly
drawn.
A True Discovery
Mr.. Flood is not afraid to
give his character religious
problems. Ann Is devout fol-
lower of the faith her dead
father held. Henry is gravely
troubled, uncertain, but we
feel, as we leave him, that he'll
work it out. Some of the 9TH
ers do not give religion a
thought.
The story might have been
more effective if the author
had not used for most of it the
device of a long f1ashback.
There are times when the point
of view is shifted so often that
it is confusing. But these are
minor faults. Mr.. Flood is,
through my binoculars, the
discovery of the year. If he is
not generally so recognized, it
will be because he lacks the
literary drag Of certain other
authors whose novels, inferior
to his, are being ballyhooed.
Love Is a Bridge" won the
young writer a Houghton-M -Mif-
fin Literary Fellowship Award.
Evening star., 1953-10-11
BY Ivy Compton Burnett. (MeSsner; $3!

face. These conversations are
not natural, the way people
talk. Children turn profound
and servants talk like Cam
bridge donS. Only the heart of
the characters utterances are
reported. with greetings and
other trivialities left out. The
epigrams for which Miss
Compton-Burnett is noted
seem to me too far apart to
relieve a certain monotony in
page after page of clipped,
mildly amusing dialogue. Such
a comment is heresy in GER
tain literary circles. One of
the more pontif1cal critics for
a weekly publication devoted
to criticism went so far as to
remark the other day that all
intelligent people who had
read Miss Compton Burnett
delighted in her. Well :.
&C. B. j.
Evening star., 1953-10-11
The Church We Love

Religious leaders everywhere
in America confidently predict
this age will be known in
church history as the Century
of the Layman."
Certainly laymen in nearly
every denomination have
shown an increasingly active
interest in the church, and
their concern has expressed it
self through work within both
local and national church
bodies.
Among those dedicated lay
men none has given more fully
of himself to the church than
the author of this inspiring
little volume. Wilbur La Roe,
jr., has served as elder and in
other capacities at Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church; he
was honored by the Washing
ton Federation of Churches,
in 1888, for being "the layman
contributing most to the city's
moral and religious life that
year." and he was elected mod
orator of the 159th General
Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the U. S. A., in 1947,
the fourth layman in the de-
nominations history to be so
honored.
SprinkIed With Anecdotes
All this background, and
more, goes into this small VOL
ume. Mr.. La Roe has seen the
church Steadily and he has
seen it whole" so that his
searching criticism and his
pertinent suggestions are valid
and without offense.
From the readers viewpoint,
the anecdotes sprinkled lib
orally throughout the book
served the dual purposes of
making the work more inter-
esting and point up the lesson
involved.
His style Is another asset.
The sentences are short, clear
and vigorous. They give punch
to the thought behind them.
Mr.. La Roe's wide experience
as a lawyer and one-time
member of the District of Co.
lumbia Parole Board also finds
a place here. In the chapter
on Our Homes and Our
Youth" this aspect appears
with sympathy and under
standing, made more effective
by illustrations he narrates.
In another chapter, "Our
Precious Heritage" he points
out clearly the dangers totali-
tarianiSm and communism
present to our Nation, and
Evening star., 1953-10-11

ideals. The book is written
with the utmost clarity and
with a glow that never dullS
despite its considerable length.
It deserved to be considered
thus on the open market, in
competition with the hundreds
of novels flooding the book
stores at the moment-without
pondering any special circum-
stances. It is time to add that
it is a first novel and the au-
thor is %.
I can't recall when I've
come across a talent so ma
ture at such an age. Two years
ago the 26-year-old William
Styron brought out "Lie Down
in Darkness" written with re-
markable artistry, but more or
less study of one disintegrat-
ing personality. What makes
Love Is A Bridge" such an
unusual accomplishment is
that 1t Is a rounded account
of several lives. projected on
a large scale-in other words,
a novel in the classic form.
And it is not marred by the
cropping and tentative ex-
perimentaliSm found in so
many first novels by youthful
authors.
Love Is a Bridge" concerns
primarily Henry Cobb. He is
the only son of a rich man, a
Wall Street operator, a
widower, who came out of Har-
ward and espoused business.
Henry, though, has no taste
for business. He is a Scien-
tist. BY the time he is through
Harvard he accepts an offer to
go into a laboratory at NIT
specializing in aerodynamicS,
then, in the late 1920s, a fast
developing field. When he
marries Susan, daughter of the
widowed Col. Pemmerton of
Boston, and q son is born,
Henry's young life seems
rounding into symmetry.
But there are unforeseen diff
f1cultieS. Henry is very con-
scious that he may never make
Evening star., 1953-10-11
The Renaissance

The Renaissance
BY Will Durant.
(Sin1on & SchuSter; $780,
Here, in Part v of the i'm
mense STORY of Civilizationp
on which he has been at work
for 20 years, DR.. Durant has
focused almost entirely on
Italy from 1904 to 1875. And
in Italy he has centered his
projection on the artistic and
intellectual life of certain
cities. What was going on
here and elsewhere in the
West in the way of expansion
and Improvement in explora-
ton, trade, agriculture and
social customs is not gone into
in any detail. The New World
is hardly mentioned. Italy. of
course. was the source of the
Renaissance, and he undoubt-
edly felt that the effects of
Italian art, ideas and political
changes of the period were
far-reaching enough to JUS
tify the emphasis.
Every town in Italy. he
points out, "has fathered
genius and banished it," In
summing up the influence of
the three centuries, DR.. Durant
observes: THE Renaissance,
by recalling classic culture,
ended the thousand-year rule
of the oriental mind in Europe.
From Italy by a hundred
routes the good news of the
great liberation passed over
the mountains and seas to
France, Germany, Flanders,
Holland and England The
flow of ideas, morals and arts
continued to run northWard
from Italy for a century"
THE Renaissance" is a rich
tapestry of scholarly under
standing, clarity and sensitive
description.
&C. B. j.
Evening star., 1953-10-11

The authors have drama
tized their material by de-
Scribing composite charac-
terS and putting their adven-
lures in narrative form. But
the stories are all based on
fact, with only the names
changed.
The events take place in the
New York City area, where
teen-agers have been the
greatest problem. Since every
city, not excluding Washing
ton, has its juvenile crime, the
book should be Of wide in
terest. The first section de-
Evening star., 1953-10-11

William Lanser. OF the fol-
lowing year. This is the period
Mr.. LANCER and Mr.. Gleason
cover thoroughly and clearly
in 1.-THE Undeclared War;"
This description of the in
tricate and fascinating devel-
opments of that year and a
half, along with the same au-
thors' previous book, "The
Challenge to Isolation, 1887
1940," certainly must be recog-
nized as the basic texts on pre-
war American foreign policy.
The authors do not set out
to prove, as is so popular these
days, that all the worlds trou-
bles were the result of a sinis-
ter conspiracy in the White
House or No. 10 Downing street.
They set out to do the more
difficult and valuable job of
shedding all available light on
world diplomacy - good and
bad-of the time.
Many conclusions, Of course,
can be drawn from their ma
terial. Two conclusions are
these:
The Japanese government
was bent on conquest Of the
Pacific, and nothing that
America could do by 1910
would have done more than
delay or hasten the war-un-
less we had done the incon-
ceivable and decided to let the
Japanese dictators have the
Pacific.
President Roosevelt did not
push this country into the Eu-
ropean war. On the contrary,
he frequently trailed public
opinion. American policy to-
ward Germany was similar to
present policy toward Russia:
Give friendly nations all pos
sible support in a fight against
q clear and present danger.
The Female
BY Paul I. Wellman.
doubleday & Co.; $685.
Reviewed by Roy KoItwosser
There is little to say about
Mr.. Wellman that has not been
said before. This is No. 13,
but 1t will sell as well as II.
The reasons, of course, are
that the narcotic frills are
neatly administered. The po-
tion this time is of the exotie
Near East! Byzantiuml OF the
raviShing, subtle, eternally
feminine Theodore, child Of
the brothel, mistress of the
Western world!
Evening star., 1953-10-11

tn a t the
dictators
were q di-
rect menace
to the safe
ty. of the
U n / t e d
States. This
country en-
barked on a
program Of
opposition
short Of
war tn q t
lasted until
December Z
Evening star., 1953-10-11

any recommended list.
1t is always a fortunate cir
cumstance when individuals
with a rich background of per-
sonal experience are willing to
take the time to share their
knowledge and beliefs with
others. Cy Ching does just
that in his book and I am cer-
tain it will be appreciated by
all who read it. Observations
and ideas are set forth free of
the rancor, tension and parti-
san atmosphere which so often
accompanies any discussion of
such an emotionally charged
subject.
Get Understanding
Time and again the author
correctly emphasizes the fact
that labor relations are funda-
mentally human relations. He
points out the difficulties en-
countered in reaching an ac-
cord because Of emotional out
bursts. In the foreWord he
appropriately mentions the
biblical quotation: Wisdom is
the important thing; therefore,
get wisdom, but with all thy
getting, get understanding"
The book traces some of the
historical developments of the
labor movement. It shows the
improvement which has oc-
Cured in the conditions of the
workingman, which becomes
more apparent when viewed in
retrospect.
Ching covers the effects of
World Wars and II on labor
relations, and the increased
Evening star., 1953-10-11
HC ~UUTIU We EVVS
BY Wilbur La Roe, jr. (Abingdon-Cokesbury; S125J
l.. IL

oSpoI NonneS
gives guideposts on how to
combat them.
The opening paragraph in
most chapters state the
thought to be developed. From
there on the central point has
variations on it much as a
composer does with musical
theme. BY the time the chap
ter is completed, a reader has
walked around a given idea
and has seen it from all sides.
This is a book written from
the heart, and it will enter the
hearts of those who truly,
'love the church."
Mexican Jumping Bean
BY Pepe Romero. (G.fP. Put
nam's Sons: $3.75.)
Reviewed by Fronk SortweII, Jr.
Pepe Romero, son of a Mex
lean diplomat. lived in various
parts of the United States as a
youth Che attended Central,
st. Johns and Gonzaga High
Schools here, for example),
later was a dancer, actor,
laborer, gas salesman and a
sombrero full of other things.
With this background, he
naturally came to a bad end,
as newspaper columnist.
Mr.. Romero is billed as the
Walter Winchell of Mexico
City. In this book, he has put
together a mish-mash of
memories, personalities, and
good neighbor feeling. It's in
teresting stuff, and would
doubtless be even more so to
some one who had spent time
south Of the border.
BY the Down's Ugly Light
BY Richard Taylor.
(Henry Holt and Co.; $780,
Reviewed by
Charles }. Yorbroueh
The more remorseful will
never admit ever having owned
one, but that scourge of man
kind, the hangover, is treated
with all the CHASTITY respect it
deserves in Mr.. Taylor's book
of cartoons. It obviously is an
effective, however inanimate,
admonition to leave convent
emily near the liquor cabinet.
In his preface, Mr.. Taylor ex-
plains he has no cure for the
ailment. I'm the meantime,
I much fear" he says, "all any
of us can do is fill up on
alkaline solutions and remain
in Bookkeeping ever so, ever
so quiet"
Evening star., 1953-10-11
Mandrake Root
Bv frederic Wakeman (DiaL Press: S3l

ET0SO, 9CD
equal Intellectually. but ac-
tually she seems to have more
sense. She would have been
entirely justified if she had
pushed him overheard during
the hurricane they managed
to ride out. He writes the
novel, but then, when she de-
cides to recall more liaisons,
he tears up the manuscript.
It's a pity it wasn't the manu-
script of this book.
&C. B. j.