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Courts ExpIonotion
The decree seemed to leave
ownership Of the oil up in the
air-or down at the bottom of
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De Kooning Coming

An exhibition of paintings
by Willem de Kooning will
open at the Workshop Art
Center Gallery, 1900 New
Hampshire avenue NV, June
IA. It is the first one-man
show in Washington, by one
of the country'S leading alb
stract expressionists. who was
represented in the group show
at the Phillips Gallery in April.
The forthcoming exhibition
at the Workshop will be a ret
respective. of De Kooning's
development for the past Is
years and will include two of
his recent controversial large
paintings of THE Woman"
which were in his 1853 exhibit
ton at the Sidney Janis Gal
lery in New York City, which
is lending most of the paint
ings to be shown here. There
will be several additional
paintings owned by Washing
ton collectors, who have I'M
derwritten the costs of bring
ing this show to the Workshop.
Willem de Kooning was born
Q904 in Rotterdam, Holland,
where he received his art edu-
cation at the Academy of Fine
Arts. After coming to the
United States in 1882 he
worked for a while as a house
painter. In 1884 he became
interested in abstract paint
ing and has exhibited widely
since then.
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ardiZed, nothing was said
about them.
The author provides needed
background for two of the
most colorful episodes in
Dawes career: One was when
Dawes, who had directed pur-
chasing for the American
forces in France in World War
I, ended a Republican attempt
to rake over charges of waste
for headline purposes. Here
came Dawes famous Hell N
Maria" exclamation, and, Men
were standing at the front
to be shot at. We didn't
Ston to dicker."
The other was the lecture
Dawes read to the Senate on
being sworn in as Vice Presi-
dent. He criticized the Sena-
tors for their rule of I'M
limited talk which permits
fllibusters.
In still another episode, the
recollections of many doubt
less still are clouded by the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-31
Reviewed by Carter Brooke Jones

1t is hard to realize that this
Is first novel and that the
authors age is Is. There is
none of the fumbling, over
writing and overemphasis on
childhood memories usually
associated with first novels and
condoned because of the writ
er's promise.
The young Englishman's
story is written with a def
and sure touch and organized
with economy and logic. It is
put together with a mastery
over material that veteran
novelist might envy.
Sons Go Their Way
Mr.. Nicholas and his family
live in suburban London. OF
the upper middle class, they
have a decent house and Suf-
flcient ground for lawn parties
and tennis court, but are
having to do without any SER
wants in these times" AS MI.
Nicholas settles into middle
age he seems to become more
domineering, less tolerant. In
the mid-Victorian era he
might have played the heavy
father more successfully, but
in this epoch he is an anachro-
nism.
He can dominate only his
timid wife. His three sons
shrug off his orders and his
constant meddling, each in
different way. The eldest son,
Peter, is a student at oxford.
David is IT and Owen is en-
tering adolescence. Mr.. Mich
olas cannot realize that his
bullying is futile, that his sons
will go their own ways and are
coming to hate their home.
The situation is explored
through the eyes of Peter. He
does not tell the story. but it
is seen from his point of view.
This undoubtedly is more eff
feetive than if the author had
shifted the view from charac-
ter to character, and certainly
the "old man" could not have
been portrayed with such dew
astating accuracy through his
own neurotic mind.
The episodes take place dur
ing Peters summer vacation.
He has dreaded coming home,
because he can't take his
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North From Malaga
BY William o. Douglas. Doubleday; $685.
Reviewed BY Robert K. Welsh

Justice Douglas. in this
briefing on conditions or con-
spiracies from Malaga to Ko-
rea, counsels his fellow Amer
leans to rely on a sense Of
justice more than any material
weapon to overcome commu-
nism in Asia.
In journeyings he has often
proved to be far more than a
mere globe-trotter between
Supreme Court terms. This
book, even more than his ear
lier ones, is news. Its timeli-
ness. it's topic, its vision and
it's views embrace the biggest
problem in the world today.
It offers a long-range, overall
plan rather than any pat, spot
solution for strategy against
Communist aston and
ideas.
Justice Douglas can expect
dissents from some of his opin-
ions, particularly about Korea,
although he agrees with the
1850 decision to defend that
country. He commends the
Burmese for warding off COM
munism by setting up a well
fare state. He fears for the
future of o-China. He
contends that France. despite
valor in fighting against Red
enroachment in that area. will
feed the flames unless it prom
ises real independence to Vie
Nam.
This book about Malaga.
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Crime and Mystery
Reviewed by Miriom Gutenberg

in" comes up with another
slam-bang thriller. This one
involves Communist efforts to
uncover the secrets of Ameri-
cas- first atom-powered sub
marine. Dispatched by the
super-Secret Bulk" to foil the
M.V.D. is a counter-espionage
agent loaded with CUTS and
guile. He knocks off the spies
with both gusto and variety of
method. This one falls some
what short of the wild ex-
element of the authors earlier
venture but it still maintains
a dizzy pace.
Death Has a Small Voice. BY
Frances and Richard Lock-
ridge. u. B. Lippincott Co.;
$2.50D
This time, am North man
ages to get into trouble all by
herself just because she wanted
to hear the message on a die
tating machine record and de-
cided to play it back in her abb
sent husbands Office. What
she hears is obviously a re-
cording of murder in the act.
Then she realizes the murderer
is sharing the Office with her.
The hunt for the murderer and
the missing Pam keeps this one
tipping along at a faSter-than-
average pace for a Mr.. and
Mrs. North adventure.
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MUSE, S0D
circulation of 10 and a half
millions. Mr.. Beach, the f1c-
ton editor, has selected for
this anthology so of the short
shorts the magazine has pub
lished in the last few years.
Among the authors are some
famous writer's, such as Lord
Dunsany, and some very popu-
lar ones, such as Ellery Queen,
Budd Schulberg, Max Brand,
MacKinlay Kantor. Oliver La
Fargo and Corey Ford. There
are others of whom you may
not have heard.
The surprise ending is, it
need hardly be said, an arti-
fetal device, and some of
these stories haven't anything
more. The real trick is to
write such a brief story and
make it appear unhurried.
even natural. Some of these
authors achieve remarkable
results within their space. I
cite The Delicate Warning"
by the British novelist, Geof-
frey Cotterell. and THE Man
inside" by Jerome Weidman,
as subtle bits of characterize
ton, and THE Alchemist's
Secret" by Victor Gordon, as
an unusual fra gment of
drama. There are other stories
worth while.
Mr.. Beach contributes an in
production and a postscript on
how to write the short short.
&C. B. ].
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Burma, Indo-C China, the Phil
ippines, Formosa and Korea
really is addressed to Ameri-
cans, especially the well-in-
tentioned but uniformed.
CounterrevoIution
Justice Douglas holds that
our lack of understanding OF
Communist revolutionary tao
tics in Asia is weakest of all,
as is our understanding of the
aspirations and situations OF
the people of Asia. He doubts
that force of arms can drive
Communist methods and ideas
out of Asia. But he is con-
vinced that a democratic coun-
terrevolution can do it If the
United States "helps Asia &C
quire the strength to win her
own independence and to
maintain and enjoy it" over
any form of tyranny.
The difficulties, in his opin-
ion, are not inSurmountable.
The first need, he says, is that
We be faithful to our own ira
ditions of democracy and
rights if we are to champion
the weak and oppressed in
Asia. AS a reporter, political
philosopher and jurist, he
writes: The tradition of due
process of law gives spiritual
. strength to the forces oppos-
ing communism in Asia. In
fact, it sums up the basic con-
f1ict between the free world
and communism"
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Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dave
BY Bascom n Timmons. (Holt; So
Reviewed by Froncis P. Douglas

partisan attacks Of the time.
For these, Mr.. Timmons clears
up the circumstances sur
rounding Dawes resignation as
head of the RFC and the SUBJ
sequent RFC loan to the Dawes
bank in Chicago.
Mr.. Timmons. of course, is a
well-known Washington news
paperman. This book appar-
emily is an authorized" biog-
raphy written by a friend and
admirer of the subject. Make
a modest allowance for those
factors. You will find the book
a readable and worthwhile
account of one of the most
interesting secondary figures
of his historical period.
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Literary Notes

LarSton u. Farrar, con-
tributor to such magazines
as American Mercury, Pag-
cant and Readers Digest,
will conduct two classes at
the YWCA, beginning June
l. running for eight Monday
evenings. At 7, Mr.. Farrar
will teach "Short Story Tech
niques";; and at 8. Magazine
Article Writing"
On Wednesday evenings.
beginning June 3, Elizabeth
Oldf1eld will teach "Autobi-
ography Writing" at Z; and
at 8, 1.-THE Writing and Han
ding of Publicity"
Reservations for all classes
may be made by calling the
WV. ME. 8-2100. Ext. 20.
Stephen Spender, the Brit
ish poet, will lecture on wi
sions" at the Corcoran Gal
lery of Art at $50 o'clock
Wednesday night under the
auspices of the Institute of
Contemporary Arts.
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Miss Douglas
OF New York
BY Angus Davidson.
Viking; $3.75.J

Sir Walter Scott called her
IAN awful visitation" William
Wordsworth wrote her on the
difficulties of selecting the
right husband, a choice which
engaged her formidable energy
and indecision for about Is
years.
This was Miss Douglas of
New York, a spoiled, brassy-
voiced, lion-hunting heiress,
who with her brothers and
sister trailed all over Europe,
stalking the great and the ia
nous, most Of whom derided
her and some of whom be-
friended her. She consulted
every last one about her mar
riage problem, which was par
ticularly knotty, since she de-
manded that her husband
should keep hands off her huge
fortune and take her family
name. She finally allowed her.
self, after 10 years of hemming
and having, to be led to the
altar by Henry Cruger. She
made his life a burden to him
with her notions and sus-
picions, until they were sep
arated. Thereupon she re-
sumed her fiirtations and par
ties and died in the preten-
tious palace she had built on
the Hudson.
Miss Douglas is an exasper-
ating and frequently tire
some subject, of no immedi-
ately discernible significance.
Her story has been told with
taste and insight by Angus
Davidson, a descendant who
must have been at least part
ly stirred to the task by con-
slderations of ancestral piety.
M. Meg.
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father any more and he is
weary of constant rows. He
is determined this time not to
argue with his father. and
even when Mr.. Nicholas an
nounces plans to cut down the
little forest that has made
their place lovey. Peter man
ages to restrain his anger.
There was no sense Of
discovery in his fathers con-
versation. Sometimes with
great effort and tact he man
aged to agree sincerely with
him about some obscure politi-
cal question. but at the next
argument his father started
again with his old convictions.
BY the time you're my age,
old boy, you'll have made up
your mind about most things
that matter 1t was true; the
same sequence of ideas came
out. If you disagreed with
them you could not change
them. If you agreed there was
nothing to do but say yes.
1t was not conversation but
applauded monologue."
Wreckooe Piles Up
David, the middle son, is
driven into an ill-advised and
disapproved friendship with a
retired army captain. They
are together constantly, and
the family secretly suspects
the worst, but Mr.. Nicholas
threats of violence only impel
David to run away from home.
Mr.. Nicholas, Subtly thwart-
ed in the dictatorial role he
could assume when the chill
dren were little, drinks more
heavily. He carries on a hard
ly concealed affair with a
neighboring married woman.
His sons know of this and so
does their subdued mother, but
no one cares enough to inter-
fere. Mr.. Nicholas starts cut
ting down trees and tries to
transfer his zeal to a political
club and spends increasingly
less time with his family.
Gradually he cracks and final
~ takes to his bed. The fam
lily physician can find moth
ing physically wrong.
MI. Nicholas" is a portrait
etched with particularly eff
fective acid.
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The short short story. the
story of 1000 to 1000 words,
seems to have been developed,
at least in it's modern form. by
certain American magazines.
as a contrast to their longer
short stories, novelties and
serials. Poe used the short
short" though he never knew
1t as such. So have other
writer's of the past.
o. Henry Started 1t
o. Henry. rather than Poe,
must have been the father OF
the modern brief story. The
trick ending. at which o. Hen
ry was so adept, is an essential.
o. Henry had. of course. other
qualitieS-a sure sense OF
drama, pathos and comedy
or he would not be remem-
bered. Some of Maupassant's
stories were quite short. and
sometimes his endings were
unexpected, though he scorned
literary tricks and was more
apt to stop on a note of irony
or an episode that dran' atized
his theme. 1t is unlikely that
Gogol or Katherine Mansfield
could have sold stories to the
magazines of large circulation.
assuming they had not at
tanned fame.
This Week, as readers OF
The Sunday Star know. is a
syndicated magazine. It is dis
tributed by this and 80 other
newspapers with a combined
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Lost Trails, Lost Cities
Nv Col p H FaWcett Funk G. WaqnalLS: S5J

10y NOA' L. \ a '" SSNN' ~'N'
Col. Fawcett, who got his
title in the British Army, was
an explorer famed for his ex-
petitions around the basin of
the Amazon and into the Mato
Crosse of Brazil and Bolivia.
His lifetime quest. never. full
filled, was the ruins of leg
endary city of fabulous splen-
dor said to antedate the 1ncas
and all other known people. In
1925, accompanied by his son
Jack and another Englishman,
he vanished in the green. peril
strewn jungles. Nothing au-
thentic has been heard of the
little party since.
This book, edited by another
son, Brian Fawcett, is Col.
Fawcett's account of his adj
ventures between 1906 and 1925.
The last word is a letter to his
wife dated May 90. 1925, and
sent back by a native guide.
In it he said: You need have
no fear of any failure" In
the intervening years there
have been the usual reports
all investigated-that the ex-
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Affair of the Heart
BY Margaret Long
Random House; $780,


Margaret Longs second
novel deals with life in a mid
Georgia town. with particular
reference to the race question.
Specifically her concern is
with a little band of liberals OH
a conservative local sheet and
their determination to found a
newspaper that will print all
the significant news about
both races in Fort Mary. In
recounting their Setbacks, Miss
Long examines unSparingly a
whole spectrum of racial at
titudes from the paternalistic
to the Klu Klux Khan.
When she touches on these
attitudes, she is Shrewd and
convincing. She depicts. for
instance, the loyalty and direc-
ton given an alcoholic matron
by her faithful colored maid.
In a climactic scene, she shows
the careless cruelty of a white
Judge who neither looks at nor
listens to the Negroes brought
before him on vague or mere
.ly vindictive charges. She con-
cludes hopefully, in the words
of the new editor of THE New
Georgian" that Yankee leg
islation, Civil Rights and the
Negro suits and endorsements,
with our inherent, Southern
need of love and communica-
ton will work together"
That the novel, which at
tacks vigorously and outspok-
emily its central problem, is not
altogether successful must be
ascribed to Miss Longs occa-
sional lapses in style and taste.
In her attempt to tell every
thing, she tells much that is
irrelevant. The seduction of
her heroine by q young social
climber in an early chapter is
a case in point. Also in trying
to be realistic. she uses strong
language in places where its
effect is not telling but obnox-
ious. The writing. like the
scene, is slightly overcrowded
and sometimes feverish. But
she knows what she is talking
about and for that reason
holds your attention.
M. Meg.
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H. L. Davis country is the
Northwest. He knows it in his
bones and writes about it in
an accent all his own. In this
years well-established trend
of short-story collections, his
seems to have more meat and
flavor than all the rest put
together - leaving out. OF
course, a younger but no less
true original, j. D. Salinger.
These stories have the high,
dry flavor Of the sagebrush
country. A man Is dwarfed
by the grandeur of his sur
roundings, by the hostility OF
nature and the imminence OF
death. But he also stands
out clearly in the wide open
spaces, and Mr.. Davis is car
full to give him his full worth.
No romantic, Mr.. Davis is
something better. an idealist
and his best characters are
pioneers yet, with an incon-
venient integrity and a sense
of the largeness of life. He
does not mourn for the pass
ing of Old West; to him it
still lives in crusty old sheep
herders, cranky railroaders
and stubborn youths, For
the newer breed of home
steaders, he reserves his
sharpest barbs.
Tag around and learn
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plCrer was seen here and there
in the Amazonian wilds, even
the alleged confession of a
dying Indian chief that he
killed the colonel and his son.
Brian credits none of these
stories. He held his fathers
manuscripts all these years.
hoping that somehow the
colonel would turn up.
Fawcett's story is thrilling
and enlightening. Although he
was an engineer with a deep
knowledge of history and ar
theology, and explored with
the approach of a scientist, he
has addressed the general
reader. He has overlooked
none of his more colorful ex-
periences, such as an encoun-
ter with a 62-foot anaconda,
a midnight brush with a jag
uar and the volleys of poisoned
arrows he and his companions
often lodged before they
could come close enough to
remote tribes to convince them
they meant no harm.
&C. B. j.
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things, that's what a boy your
age ort to do" an old wagon
freighter tells a little shaver
in the title story. That's
precisely what Mr.. Davis peo-
pie do. They take long
changes. get into tight spots,
and sometimes have to REIN
force their opinions with a
rusty rifle. But they always
think the trouble is worth it,
and this. briefly, is what dis
ting0ishes Mr.. Davis from
some of his neurotic contem-
poraries.
"Old Man Isbell's Wife" ex-
emplifies the kind Of person
who gets the most out Of an
unpromising situation. A %
year-old spinster who weighs
300 pounds. she ups and mar
ries Old Man Isbell, a dirty,
feeble-minded 85-year-old gaf-
fer about to be packed of
to an institution by the towns
women. Mrs. Isbell is snubbed
by the other housewives until
her husbands last illness,
when he deliriously relives the
marvellous adventures Of his
long life. BY the time he is
dead, she cares nothing for
the Standoffish matrons.
Watching over the old man
when he died was the one
time when she had come any
where within reach Of heroism
and peril and splendor; and
that one time, being worthy of
it, she had passed them all"
Mr.. Davis wanders down to
Mexico for several of his
stories, but he suffers from
the journey. The trouble Is
he has no ear for Latin
rhythms, and has his Next
cans speaking In the garrulous
cadenceS of his sagebrush
folks.
Apart from that, however,
this is a wonderful collection,
of authentic Americana, ex-
hilarating and droll. Mr..
Davis must be counted among
the select few of absolutely
firSt-class American writer's in
business today.
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The Broader Way
BY Sumie SEQ MiShima.
Tohn Day.: $780,
Reviewed BY EorI n. Voss

This is a Japanese house.
wife's view of World War II
and the allied occupation. She
thinks the most lasting bene-
fits from the occupation will
be the emancipation Of women,
a reform she is sure will stick.
The author has some praise
and some criticism for the oc-
cupation, both we'll chosen.
But she does best when de-
scribing, in simple, compass
sionate prose, the hell on earth
that was Tokyo in the late war
days and the first postwar pc
Rod, while the country was
still on its knees. American
educated. Mrs. Mishima wrote
the book in English. She spent
part of the occupation as an
interpreter at war crimes
trials.