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Evening star., 1953-06-21
Story in Book Form: No. ;
Halle Burnett. (Wyn; $3J
Edited by Whit and Ha


In this third volume of q
magazine in book form, con-
tanning 19 unpublished short
stories, the editors continue to
maintain a high standard of
writing and q wide variety Of
themes. Naturally the stories
differ in merit. but most Of
them are worth q careful
reading.
It is difficult to review fairly
a book in which so many
authors appear. for even to
mention every story would re-
quire considerable space. A
few may be touched on. There
are two first-rate satirical
studies - George Sumner Al
bees ''The Top" a takeoff on
big business. and John N. Grit
fms Miss Henrietta Briggs
and Her Metamorphosis," an
impression Of the avant garde
group in q provincial city.
william CANNES "The Bulle-
tin Board" throws q wry glance
at the plight of an old man.
Michael Allen Hicks writes
perceptively in a macabre vein
in 1.-THE Wake" Leo Dillon
Murtagh's 1.-THE Hills Of Done
gal' is dramatic and poetic. II
somewhat overwrought. Fred
eric Darling, in 1.-THE Drag" ex-
plores q little world new to
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Reading and Writing
Publishers Cheer as Fire Chief
Plays Hose on Literary Bonfire
By Mary McGrory

ican authors who had not died
by 1919. the year the Soviet
regime was established.
A Trumpet Coll
Secretary Of State Dulles, of
course. interpreted the Presi-
dents words as q literal ban on
q literal burning Of books.
Others. however, heard it as
a trumpet cali to anti-censor-
ship forces in the couAtry, who
Of late have been struggling
with censorship moves in the
way Of LAGOON with the SER
pentS.
Among those who read it
this way was David H. Cliff.
executive secretary Of the
American Library Associa-
tion, which opens its annual
week-long convention in Los
Angeles tomorrow.
Said Mr.. Cliff: The Presi-
dents fortnight statement.
by affirming the traditional
American attitude. should GER
tainly 60 a long way to-
ward clarifying the sit
uation. The statement up
holds the effort Of Librarians
as well as newspaper editors,
publishers and other guardi-
ans Of freedom Of the press
and freedom of inquiry"
Book World Hopeful
Douglas M. Black, presi-
dent Of the American Book
Publishers Council, also hailed
the Presidents statement, say
ing that by it "he has re-
asserted the essential strength
Of America" Mr.. Black went
on to say that many of those
who want to ban certain books
and attack certain authors
had the best intentions In try
ing to determine what their
neighborS should read. "But
even if they acted out OF
righteousness, that doesn't ex-
cuse them" he declared.
Book people, in short, are
delighted to have the Presi-
dent aboard.
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President Eisenhower's fer
vent outburst against book
burners last Sunday sent q
thrill OF hope through the be-
leaguered book world.
His revised and extended
remarks on Wednesday slowed
them down somewhat. but even
then they felt that they can
go a long way on the momen-
tum Of the original statement.
which every one agreed, had
come at the best. that is to
say, worst, possible time. The
President spoke out when
some inflammable citizens of
San Antonio, Tex, were FIX
ing to make a literary
bonfire Of "red" books, when
jealous State Department In
formation Center bureaucratS
were consigning controversial
books from their shelves to the
flames and when the State De-
parEment was finding it safe
to send out few books by Amer
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Who Is Man
And What
IS Beust?
You Shall Know Them
BY Verc0rS.
(LittIe. BrOtCH. $780,

BY Verc0rS.
little, BroiOn; $780,
How can you tell man from
beast? Easy. you might say.
Man can think and talk. But
chimpapzees can be taught to
play slot machines very cum
ningly, and lower monkeys
can speak to each other. But
man, Of course, has q soul.
Yes, but how can you be sure,
and how can you define 1t?
These questions become q
matter of life and death for
the English hero of the In
triguing little novel by the
laureate Of the French under
} ground. Vercors. Douglas
Templemore is a Journalist
accompanying a band Of arch
eologiStS to New Guinea,
where they discover an ex-
traordinary species of apes
who behave with such intelli-
gence and organization that
the scientists believe they may
have discovered the missing
link. The tropis cut axes.
bury their dead and talk"
with each other.
Certain human beings re-
spond in an inhuman way to
the discovery. A large corpo-
ration wants to put the crea-
lures to work in Australian
spinning mills. thus competing
with the English textile indus
try. The scientists-and they
include a priest-cannot bear
for the tropis to be treated
as beasts. The problem is to
establish their humanity.
BY artificial insemination,
Douglas fathers a tropi. then,
having had it registered and
baptized, kills it. He is brought
into court on a possible charge
of infanticide. If the tropi is
adjudged a beast. then he is
acquitted; but also millions of
savages not much further along
in development, will be stripped
of their human rights. And
If the tropi is found to be hui
man, then he must die for
murder.
The borderline is set in the
places where British like best
to come to grips with such
questions-in the courtroom.
Parliament and, finally. the
committee. Mr.. Vercors tells
his philosophical tale trippingly
enough, but it doesn't seem to
this reader that he exploited
the full satirical potential Of
a clever idea. He deals with
the obvious implications, not
with the comical ramihcations
that a native Englishman would
surely have seized upon. It
is ingenious, to be sure, but
might have been even more
entertaining. M. Meg.
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Ever thought you'd like to
own an island?
Well, it's possible. even prac-
tical. if, you really want one
and are willing to take some
trouble to find one that's suit
able.
You don't have to be wealthy
to buy an island, If you are
willing to settle for one of rea-
sonable proportions and with
out too many improvements.
MIR. Froman, in what appar-
emily is the first book of its
kind. gives q vast amount of
information about islands ly-
ing of the coasts and within
the lakes and rivers Of North
America. He estimates that
there are more than l million
habitable islands for sale or
rent In and around the United
States and Canada.
Some are to be had for as
little as SO an acre. Others.
even up to 1000 acres in area.
Evening star., 1953-06-21

But she is equally quick to note
the transition from politician to
statesman and gives in consid-
erable new detail his contribu-
tions in World War I and his
frustrating years as q voice
crying in the wilderness Of ap-
peasement during the '30S. She
rather stints his role in World
War II, apparently for the rea-
son it has been so fully related
elsewhere.
The gifted artist, the bril-
liant converSationalist, the
mastery historian, the de-
voted husband and adored
father are evidently well known
to her, although this is not
what one would call an "inti-
mate" portrait. Instead it is
an objective. balanced and il
Illuminating study Of q prodi-
gious human being who, she
says, will be remembered as a
statesman, but will be
cherished as a man."
IN. Meg.
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potentially dull subject and
simplifies and enlivenS it.
The squeamish might object
to at least one Of Mr.. Tomp-
kins' adventures on grounds Of
taste. But all in all, the book
is informative and fun. Espe-
cially appreciated by this re-
viewer was DR.. Gamow's expla-
nation Of the conflicting the
ories of Mendel and Lysenko:
Western geneticists do not
take Oysenko's theory seri-
ously, but as a matter Of fact
there are many cases in which
Lysenko is undoubtedly right.
Thus. for example, If Mrs. P,
gives birth to q baby who looks
like her husband, Mr.. p. we
speak about gene -heredity. But
if Mrs. P.'s baby looks more
like Mr.. S.. q neighbor next
door, the effect must be GER
tainly ascribed to the environ
ment."
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This novel is a sort of Going
My Way" with a Mexican set
ting.
AS in Bing Crosby's anus
ing movie. there is q young
Irish priest who is sent to q
tough parish with which an
older pastor has been unable
to cope. In Miss Lindop's novel
the priest has managed to get
himself assigned to Mexico. He
has a much harder, more dam
gerous job than the priest pic
tured by Bing. In place of
boys going bad. the English
novelist's priest faces a remote
mountain town ruled by . ban
dit.
Here the likeness between
the two stories stops. Going
My Way" was Q comedy. with
a few dramatic overtones.
There are a few comic touches
to "The Singer, Not the Song"
but it is essentially q drama
which falls readily into melo-
drama as the plot grows more
involved and more obviously
contrived.
Engaging Character
Father Keogh is an engag-
ing character. as the author
intended him to be. The bish-
op had called for volunteers
to go to the parish of Guam
tana. The old priest who had
been pastor there had given
up completely and had asked
to be relieved. The people had
stopped going to mass because
the bandit. Anacleto, better
known as Malo (the Bad One)
Of the Cats, didn't want them
to go. Malo feared the power
Of the church If it were al
lowed to flourish.
Malo was not q bandit IN
the classic Mexican tradition.
He and his followers did not
ride around the countryside
pillaging. They lived quietly
in and on the town. He was
what Americans Of the North
would call a racketeer. How
ever, he had the people terri
fed into docility. He collect
ed his own "taxes" and lived
well. Those who had ven-
tured to oppose him had a way
of disappearing. Sometimes
their bodies were found, with
death apparently the result of
q fall down a cliff or Of some
other accident.
The bishop selected Father
Keogh because he seemed to
have Judgment and shrewd-
ness beyond his years and be-
cause his Spanish was excel
lent. The priest set about to
persuade the people to go back
to church, to convince them
they had nothing to fear. This
proved q hard task. He decided
the chief of police was an
honest man, fearless enough to
act If he could ever get enough
evidence against Malo, which
every one was afraid to give.
Malo had a small band, a mere
handful of men, who helped
him run the place.
Father Keogh and Malo got
we'll acquainted. Malo, diabol-
ically clever, cynical and
handsome. pretended to like
the priest and sent him
friendly warnings. The priest
held mass in secret, in various
places, so his frightened
parishers could worship. There
was a series of mysterious
deaths and he was warned
anonymously that he was next
on the list.
The Trop Is Set
Suddenly, with the aid of
the police chief, a trap was
set, the evidence obtained and
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Malo and his men were cap
tured. Tried in another town,
they were sent to prison. The
town was delivered. The
church bells rang again.
Father Keogh was the hero Of
the hour. Here was q happy
ending for q popular novelist.
But Miss Lindop was just
getting her second wind. Malo,
whol was kind to cats, got out
Of prison. after f1ve years. Malo
went to mass, pretending to be
interested. but he was merely
plotting again to overthrow the
victorious priest. His dupe was
a young girl, half American.
heireSs Of the great family Of
Quantana. She loved the young
priest, in a way not wholly
spiritual. Father Keogh was
oblivious to this carnal influ-
ence until Malo exploited It
for his own purpose.
The last part Of the story
can hardly be called plausible.
Miss Lindop has used various
devices, even the ancient one
of the interrupted wedding.
Without revealing the denoue-
ment. it may be observed that
a tragic ending can be quite
as forced as one that leaves
every one involved in a bliSsful
state. It also is fairly obvious
that the author is more in
sympathy with Father Keogh
than with his church. This,
indeed, is the point of the
title. THE Singer, Not the
Song" Miss Lindop's fifth
novel. is a Literary Guild Sc
lection.
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~~b A'~~'E' p~'UV'
may be leased for $25 a year.
Still others, equipped with fine
houses and docks, run into
considerable money. "Some,"
Mr.. Froman writes, "are tame
and easily accessible. Others
are as wild and remote as any
one with a mind to escape
from civilization could want"
Even among the Thousand
Islands Of the st. Lawrence,
a playground of millionaires,
a real estate dealer recently
listed a small, houseless island
for $500 and others with
houses and utilities within q
price range Of $1,000 to $10,-
600. 1t is interesting to learn
that the Canadian govern
ment, which has title to many
islands. will sell to American
citizens without reservation.
There are chapters on vari-
Gus sections of the country
and some colorful stories about
persons who bought islands
and what happened to them
and to the islands. Mr.. Fro
man, a graduate Of George
Washington University, has
compiled a valuable source of
information, with reference to
other sources for those who
want details about certain
areas. &C. B. j,
Evening star., 1953-06-21
Bridge Winners

Bridge Winners
Winners and runnersup in
recent duplicate matches in
clude:
AGRIcuLTyRE CLUB, June 10:
ard: 2-Mrs. Alice Wilson.c. L. Pea
ALEXANDRIA BRIDGE CLUB, June
u: Mrs. Mae Gilbert-Leo Durkee.
and Mrs. D. J. Harris tied with Capt:
Mra snd Ms; ~ George o;Ss. c. Potter; Mr.. and
H.Fnsa Sasss na.nr. nsagR JUG. e. v. " m.. zimm.I;
Miriam Holmes-Frsncis Drake. g.
J. D. Boyd-Henry Rau, David Murray.
Ia FEDERAT EssHC' BR1poE LEAGUE, June
buckley. Mrs. Jenny Bryant Richard
Mildred Linderman. Alice Fiortin-Ksy
GAO BRIDGE CLUB. june Is: Il
ASrsms-Ida 11 OOni Goodman. si Charles 4r%. 2.
LoESapSae5d EEEfTaoSsS SlsmsRsii sSipor LEAGUE,
June II: Doris Rothwell- Florence
Stein. Stein ggo dsrvSsio; MS.,! reRtop IVA, Wi:
Walsh Clue. June Is: mt.
and Mrs. 2; R. Rode. Mrs: Gladys B.
IS enyder-William n. Cole, Lucille
Burger-Mary Burger. 2-Mrs. MarV-
are. Rucker-Dr. Emily 0rewe, Mrs.
eallie jones-D. r. Anderson, Mrs.
Lesste j. Terry-Mrs. virginia Dye. Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond FetzneT.
WRIGHT PLAYERS. June Is: L.
Stella Dondero-Mrs. Dixie T. WriGht
tied with Donald B. Christman-Lt. r.
l.. Simmons.
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books by DR..
Gamow, who
is professor
of theoreti-
cal physics
at George
Washington
University.
Now comes
Mr.. Tomp-
kinS to learn
about him
S elf: His
blood. his
genes, his
brain and
the nature
Evening star., 1953-06-21

4OAS48A wa
respond e n t
now married
to an Eng
lishman, has
managed to
call up o
wond e erful
freshness in
desc ri b / n g
his life and
times again.
This she has
achieved ap-
parently by
the simple
expedient Of
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A Bargain With God
BY Thomas Savage.
(Simon & Schuster; $3.J


This is a novel about a low
able, aging Anglican priest
trying to save his humble lit
tie church on the down side
Of Beacon Hill in Boston.
Father Ferris asks nothing for
himself, but he tries to keep q
number of unfortunate pa
riShioners going. Happily for
all, he manages to soften the
hard heart of a rich old maid,
who at first regards such q
poor Episcopal church as un-
seemly. Father Ferris, like SO
many clergymen Of current
fiction, is an admirable char
acter. but unfortunately, not q
particularly memorable one.
M. Meg.
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Mr.. Tompkins Learns the Facts Of Life
BY George Gamow. Cambridge University Press $27SJ
Reviewed by William Hines
Reviewed

Mr.. Tompkins is an old
friend. He learned the cosmic
secrets Of the infinite and the
infinitesimal In two earlier
Evening star., 1953-06-21
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Bridge coIendor

TONIGHT: Dixie wright Players.
6317 Blair road: pair eame, 7:S0.
TOMORROW; Federal Bridge League.
Sheraton-Park Hotel: master Doint
game (open). 7:45. Dixie WriRhf
Players. pair game, 8.
TUESDAY,: Agriculture Club. 1855
Euclid; pair game (open). 7:4T.
Andrews Air Force Bese ofdcers;
Bridge Club, pair game, 7:45. CO.
lumbiA Country Club. pair rnnnA
(members only, 8. state Depart
ment Bridge Club, executive dining
room, pair game. 7:30.
WEDNESDAY: Stephan Studio. 1883
Euclid; pair game (open). 1890.
Washington Bridge League, willard
Hotel; master point pair gamQ
(open), 7:45.
THURSDAY: Chess Club, Gordon
Hotel; master point pair game.
7:45. Penthouse Bridge League,
Federal Security Administration.
North Building. pair game. $50.
FRIDAY: Alexandra Bridge Club.
$500 King; pair game (open), 7:46.
stephan Studio, pair same (openl.
SATURDAY,: WEI Women's Auxiliary.
ehefAton-Pafk Hotel; master point
pair game, /. Chess Club, pair
game. 7:46. walsh Club. 1882
Massachueetts: master POINT fpatr
mA 1'ee'
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Winston Churchill: The Era and the Man
BY Virginia Cowles. LHarperte Bros; $5J

If this generation has a
twice-told tale. 1t is the life of
Winston Churchill. Yet Vir-
ginia Cowles. an American
Evening star., 1953-06-21
The Shadow of Power

by CLlAlBlS Gulrey.
(Bobbs-Merrill;; 50
AS an American Army liai-
son officer in Austria from
1945 to 1947 Capt. Guirey en-
countered many Russians. His
experiences, for the most part,
were ordinary enough. His
background and point of view
are not.
Educated In the United
States, he is a direct descend
ant OF the Tartar Khan, Devlet
Guirey, who sacked Moscow in
the 10Th century. and the son
OF Col. Kadir Guirey, a White
Army officer who commanded
a CircaSSian cavalry brigade.
With such a background,
Capt. Guirey's emphasis, natu-
rally enough. is on Moscovite
imperialism rather than COM
muniSnl as theology. His book
is a perceptive if hardly pro-
found study of the Soviet
mentality.
Evening star., 1953-06-21
Bridge Players
Bridge Players
Nearby Journeys Draw
Local Fans on Holiday
By Moraoret [. Fisher

Nearby tournaments that COM
bine the pleasure of good bridge
competition and resort vacation
ing continue to attract Washing
ton fans. The Pocono tourney.
set for June 24-28, is the Eastern
areas bridge high light this week.
High Point Inn, atop Mount
Pocono, Pa. is the site for the
tournament. jointly sponsored by
the Lehigh Valley and Anthra-
cite Bridge Associations. On
schedule are pair games We'd
nesday evening and Thursday
afternoon. an individual match
Thursday night, mems and wom-
ems pair games Friday afternoon.
mixed pairs Friday night. The
.two-session open title match will
be held Saturday, team-of -four
championship Sunday.
One week later, more than q
hundred Washington enthusiasts
will be In Baltimore for the tradi-
tional Fourth Of July bridge fete.
the Chesapeake matches. slated
for the holiday week end at the
Hotel Emerson.
At the Virginia Peninsula tour
nament, held last week end at
Fort Monroe, Va, Lew LevenSon
teamed with Comdr. and Mrs.
George Rieth Of Norfolk and Mrs.
Louise EiSenman Of Richmond to
tie for the team title. Other
Washington players giving good
performances were Kiffin Rock
well. top Of the field in the quail
flying session Of Saturdays open
pair title match, third overall.
and Kathleen McNutt Frieda
Kenyon, section winners in the
qualifying round, fourth over all.
Comdr. and Mrs. Reith won the
open match.
With seven master point
matches on tap at local clubs
last week, duplicate fans had
ample opportunity to improve
their national ranking. AS US
ual, the Washington Bridge
League attracted the biggest
field when third" Wednesday
awards were offered.
In winning her first master
point, Mrs. Margaret Fleming.
partnered by Jerry s. Machlin
Ms in Section c, scored 184
match points out Of !264 pos
sible to top the 84-pair field.
E-W winners were Ruth Bick-
ford-Frank Dowling. Other
winners were w. M. Lingley-
William Poissant, 1t. Col. John
Geddes-Paul Nef (Section A..
Mrs. Harry Siegel-Dr. c. r.
Greenhow. Mrs. Margaret
Evening star., 1953-06-21

of life. AS DR.. Gamow has done
so well on a number Of occa-
sions, he takes O complex and
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Foreign Policy
Without Fear
BY Vera Micheles Dean.
(McGra1D-Hill:: $3.75.)

BY Vera Micheles Dean.
(McGraw-Hill;: $3.75.J
Reviewed by Belmont Fories
Even if Russia and commu-
niSm did not exist. the rising
tide of nationaliSm and the
unrest created by poverty in
underdeveloped areas would
leave us with serious problems
of foreign policy, Mrs. Dean
points out.
ArmamentS are essential, but
they will not solve such prob
lens, she says. We must un-
derstand the ingredients Of our
own success, including our own
social revolution of the last IS
cial revolution of the last IS
years, if we are to help other
nations achieve their economic
and social aspirations.
Faith in our own capacity to
act democratically, she be-
lieves. is the most essential
ingredient in a foreign policy
without fear.
Mrs. Dean is research direc-
tor and editor of the Foreign
Policy Association.
Death Before Bedtime. BY
Edgar Box. (E. P. Dutton &
Co., Inc; $2.50)
Gilt-Edged.
Washington has become the
latest magnet for the whodunit
clan with Senators cast vari-
ously as villains and victims.
This one is. sent to his reward
via an explosive invented by a
constituent. Suspects, in ad-
dition to the explosive-peddler,
range from a lady power in
the administration to a radical
journalist out to write a Scath-
ing profile of the unfortunate
. legislator. This one would look
better if it didn't have to
compete with Leslie Ford's
new washington Whispers
Murder"
Evening star., 1953-06-21
Books in Review
Whut Happened to Q Young Irish
Priest in q Bad Mexican Perish

The Singer Not the Song
BY Audrey Erskne Lndop Appleo Century Crotts $75J
Reviewed by Carter Brooke Jones
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most Of us-the strange fra
ternity Of youthful motor
cyclists, with their meaning
less daring. &C. B. j.
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One Million Islands for Sale

BY Robert Foman (DueH Sloan Pearce Little Bron soJ
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-03-07
Washington
Continued from Page One

(COntlnued from Rage One)
and the Mid-western Region.
While in the nations capital, Mr.
Washington visited ten Tougaloo
graduates who are enrolled the
Howard University School of Med
icine and Law, and who are giving
good account Of themselves. Mr.
Avery C. Tops of the class of
'48 and a native of Greenwood
Miss, is the highest ranking stu
dent in the Inferno School of Med
icine.
The following are the names and
home towns Of Tougaloo graduates
who are enrolled in the two schools
at Howard University:
Theodore Brooks, Jackson; Ed
die Hunter, Jackson; Ardee John
son, Gage Johnson, Belzoni; Roose-
welt Robinson, Jackson; Charles
Washington, Jackson; Benjamin G
Vines, Brookhaven; Hubert Wal
lace, Belzoni; Avery Tops, Green
wood. Henry (Mooch) Wilkerson
has graduated attorney at law.
All these students indicated that
they plan to return to the state
and practice.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-03-07
Navy To Denote
$500 Officers

WASHINGTON-The Navy has
ordered demotion Of 5,40O of its
$4,000 lieutenants to Junior grade
rank on March 81.
Many of the lieutenants, facing
loss of about $50 a month in pay
unless Congress acts, were com
missioned ensigns in World Wal
II and have been called back to
service since Korea. Those to be
down graded have been promoted
since last April.
The order, now being distrib-
uted to "all, ships and stations
calls for the first actual demo
tions in a tangle that has vir-
tually stopped officer promotions
in all the armed forces.
The Army, Air Force and Ma
rine Corps said only occasional
promotions to fill vacancies" are
being made. The Army said it has
only 100000 officers and needs
$4,000.