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Evening star., 1953-04-12
Reading and Writing
Those Senators Ears Would Fall Off
IfThey Heard the Student Comment
By Mary McGrory

ducing many headlines but
few facts. So far there have
been a record number Of
scenes, wrangleS and flights
to the cover of the fifth
amendment. However, the
investigators have been so
busy trying to find out the
politics Of the authors (who
are most loath to discuss them
with the Senator) they have
just barely mentioned what
is written in their books, and
given no indication of the
scope and aims of a program
which sends out q million
books q year.
The emphasis on author
rather than content at one
point led Senator Mcclellan,
Democrat, of Arkansas to sug-
gest the committee might
well try/to determine whether
the books under question were
harmless" or whether they
contain the regular party
line.
They Should Be Reed
Senator Mccarthy set forth
that he was mainly interested
in the BACKGROUNDS of the
authors. He did concede, how
ever. that the books should
be read" adding with a touch
Of that humor which every
crusader must occasionally
permit himself, II do not, Of
course, want to indoctrinate
my staff" There seems to be
minimum danger Of that.
One friendly witness before
the committee thought it ex-
tremely sinister that he could
find, in no State Department
library he visited in Europe. a
copy of the Internal Security
(McCarran subcommittee re-
port. He seemed to be of the
belief that this is an essential
item in the well-Stocked Ii
brary. which is surely a matter
of taste. The question of
whether it is an item to win
friends and influence people
could also be a matter of hon.
est difference of opinion, it
would seem.
A report issued by the quieter
Hickenlooper committee en-
phasizes that strictly anti
Communist fare is given a
wide miss by USIS patrons.
One fact the hearings
brought out: Senator Nc
Carthy as an author has a
right to be aggrieved with the
State Department. His book,
'McCarthyism: The Fight
for America" is not included
in the program. He might
take comfort from the fact
that neither are the several
books critical of him which
have been published in the last
few years.
Evening star., 1953-04-12
Calvary in China
By the Rev Robert W. Greene NJ NJ C P Putnam s35Oy

AA' AA' W. UN'"~Ht1 P0'~V/
were not allowed to come to
mass. Father Greene was con-
fined to his room, where he
suffered at all hours the visits
of inspection teams" and the
songs of Red serenaderS.
Frankly not of a mystical
bent and accustomed to the
active round of strenuous mis-
sion work, he chafed at his
detention. His prayers, he
says, brought him no consola-
ton. From his window he
watched the tragic farce on
the Accusation Stage" where
villagers too old for BRAIN
washing were charged with
fantastic crimes, often only on
the say-So of children. The
subsequent executions were
carried out in carefully TO-
mented carnival spirit.
Father Green's Severest Or
deal began when he was
brought with bound hands to
an inquisitor within the COM
pound. He was accused of
being a false priest" in re-
ality, an American spy. The
chief witness against him was
his once loyal Christian cook.
He rapidly admitted to Or
ganizing the Legion of Mary,
which to his judge was proof
positive of his guilt. The evil
dence: A line in the Legion
Of Mary handbook which read:
Mary gives to her Legion
fullness Of faith to conquer
the world"
On Easter Sunday he was
the central figure at a huge
public trial in an especially
constructed bamboo shed,
where a frenzied mob shrieked
for his head during a seven
hour nightmare of fantastic
charges. Unexpectedly, hav-
ing served the Communist pur-
pose, he was deported instead.
His story is simply and cam
didly written. and an object
lesson in Red ruthlessness.
M. MfG.
Evening star., 1953-04-12
Louis Debut

The Workshop Center Of the
Arts. 1900 New Hampshire
avenue NV, will inaugurate
this afternoon from 3 to 6 q
series of one-man shows, with
that Of paintings, drawings
and collageS by Morris Louis,
which will continue through
April so.
Although the artist has ex-
hibited frequently in group
shows. and has won prizes.
this is his first one-man show.
Using a plastic paint medium
and a restrained palette (fre-
quently limited to black and
white) he derives his themes
largely from interplanetary
space and the forces of nature.
Twenty large works to be
shown have all been painted
in the past two years.
Evening star., 1953-04-12

Caresse Crosby. nee Polly ia
cob, grew up in Manhattan in
a decorous atmosphere of
starched petticoats and pony
carts. Her first m arriage,
which ended in divorce, took
her into a thorny nest of prop
er Bostonians. Her second, to
Harry Crosby. who was also a
Bostonian but not in outlook,
led her to Paris and the long,
wild interwar fling of the
avant-garde. Says Mrs. Cros-
by. unchastened by the years,
Harry and I drew the most
surrealistic picture of them
ALL" :.~,
Harry, who changed Polly's
name to CareSses was a sem
sation- seeker of the most, mil
liant variety, and CareSSe aid
ed and abetted him in the
search. When he went to the
QuatreS Arts Bal wearing a
collar of dead pigeons, she
went along wearing nothing at
all above the waist except the
gold paint of an Inca princess.
Boin q Quotre
In their Paris fiat they pre-
ferred to receive their guests
in bed. The room overlooked
a huge bath, which could and
did accommodate four. Mrs.
Crosby comedies It was now
and then "Pompeian," although
she seems to have taken UNI
bragg later at being called de
cadent." She had a black
Whippet which she prone
naded in golden collar, and
Harry wore a black gardenia
in his buttonhole. AS co-found-
ers of the Black Sun Press,
they published JOYCE. Hem
ingway and Hart Crane.
Everything was in excess in
those days and none of their
pleasures were simple. Harry
was driven to the arms of an
other woman by the sound of
Kay Boyle's baby crying, and
CaresSe was always trying to
keep the two children of her
first marriage out Of his sight.
The Quest for Thrills
Harry and Caresse sought
new thrills all over the world.
They tried hashish and opium.
Evening star., 1953-04-12
The Retreat BY P. H. Newly. (Knopt; $3J

This young novelist, who
rates as one of England's most
accomplished and promising
writer's, continues to explore
fresh paths. His aim at orig
inality is commendable, even
though the results have not
been equally reWarding.
His fifth novel starts with
the retreat from Dunkirk, but
the war is only a background
for a crisis in the private lives
of several persons. Flight
Officer Knight, who has been
i'll, is returning to England on
an evacuation ship. The ship
is blown up. Rescued, he re-
covers consciousness on a hos
pital ship. His means of
identity are gone, and not be-
cause he has lost his memory,
but because his mind has gone
strange and perverse, he gives
a phony name. When the ship
reaches England. he is released
on leave. After wiring the
bride he adores, he inexpli-
cably goes to his old sweet
heart Jane, who is married
to man Knight went to COL
lege with. Jane, too, is a
mental case, the consequence
of having a stillborn baby.
They Run Awoy
Jane and Knight run away.
They wander to various places.
Knight wants to go back to
his wife, but somehow can't.
James husband follows, but
not in the conventional role
he wants cnly James hap
pinesS. Knights little odyssey
ends in tragedy.
Unfortunately the novel fails
Evening star., 1953-04-12
Buscom Timmons

Man and boy. correspondent
Bascom Tlmmons has been
watching the local scene these
40 years. No more interest
ing personality has come under
his observation, he says, than
the late William G. Dawes, a
man remembered best by many
as an Ambassador to Britain
who baked at wearing knee
britches. There's a great deal
more to him than that, says
Mr.. TimmonS, who happens to
have written a newly published
biography of him. Portrait of
an American" came out this
week. Mr.. Timmons, who keeps
some 36 papers informed of
Capitol doings, and is also the
biographer of Jack Garner, has
several other books in the
works, including his memoirs.
Evening star., 1953-04-12
Enamel Paintings

At first sight, the painting
by James Joseph Carey on
view in the Arts Clubs recep-
tion rooms (2017 I street N.W.)
appear to be water colors.
Actually, they are, painted on
steel in porcelain enamel.
This is the young Cape Cod
artists first one-man show in
Washington, his first anywhere
of his enamel paintings and
it will remain through April "a.
Mr.. Carey, present at the
opening reception last Sunday,
looked more like an athlete
than an artist (mental con-
cepts being what, they are). He
has valid claims to being both.
Born in Whitman, Mass, he
attended Whitman High School
where he excelled in sports,
particularly baseball. He was
also class and staff artist and
made sports cartoons for the
local paper. After graduating,
he played semipro baseball
ton the same team with Rocky
Marciano, whom he has
painted) and was given a try
: out, with the Boston Red Sox.
Instead of accepting the, Sox's
offer,p he Joined the United
States Navy. and served -four
years overseas. = 80
Studied in Boston
Discharged in 1948, Mr..
Carey entered the School of
4 Practical Arts in Boston,
graduating in 1850. Since
then he has concentrated on
developing the porcelain
enamel painting, for which he
has received a number of
awards. = During the same
period he has been cover artist
for the Worcester Gazette and
Bulletin.
AS might be expected Of q
young man intimately &C
quainted with the sea. many
of Mr.. Carey's paintings depict
the ocean, ships and wharves.
and lighthouses. as well as
landscapes, architecture and
a figure or two. His enamel
paintings require seven opera
tions, the pigments are ground
glass. and the finished works
p are impervious to heat. light
and other enemies of paint
ings on less durable grounds.
Evening star., 1953-04-12

Father Greene's account of
the coming of the Chinese
Communists to the little vii
lage of Tung-An should be
added to the growing shelf of
eyewitness testaments of the
pattern of Red conquest. The
soldiers Of Mao Tse-Tung,
their brains well-waShed, took
over the village and the mis-
sion compound with a show
of efficiency and cooperation.
Little by little they applied the
pressure.
First, Father Green, a
Maryknoll missionary, was for
hidden to visit Christians in
the surrounding country. The
dispensary, where Christian
and pagan alike had been
treated, was closed. Christians
Evening star., 1953-04-12

is writing a novel about a saint.
Presumably he felt that called
for a reredo OF poesy.
Take the mentions of bells
as sample of the style. The
iron throat" of Westminster'S
bell "hawked hoarsely." The
Chelsea church bell tossed a
silver coin of sound into the
golden we'll of evening""
The "humming bourbon" of
St. Johns bell "throbbed like
a great heart against the SUM-
set air." There is a reference
also to the "hourglass' soft
sift."
AS for erudition, Mr.. Brady
is multilingual. He trots out
"punto d'onore" and point
d'honneur" in the same para
graph.
This reviewer can't take it.
Evening star., 1953-04-12

to come off. It is too fantas-
tic, even for its theme. James
husband seems almost as dis
oriented as Jane and Knight.
The husbands ultimate sacri-
flee may be supposed to denote
nobility of character, but there
has been no adequate prepara-
ton for this conception. Three
persons so bizarre they might
all have come out of a mental
hospital are simply too many
for one story.
1.-THE Retreat" is very well
written, but the story borders
on the grotesque. No doubt
Mr.. Newly will get back on
the beam in his next book.
C. B. j.
Evening star., 1953-04-12

ture. And If you insist on a
lesson with your novels, one is
here, too-the little Joe, Con
and the others got out Of life.
When Mr.. Hall goes in for
the neo-naturalism he goes all
the way. and there are spots
of extreme vulgarity, but these
are not many and they do not
stick out as major objectives.
At the tempestuous close of the
story Joe's future looked much
brighter, but I found myself
doubling whether he would or
could take advantage of it.
Evening star., 1953-04-12
,Purisiun Demi-monde

The dancers. singers, clowns
and other performers of the
cabarets Of Paris in the early
1905 are more familiar figures
to many of us, with more last
ing regulations than most later
celebrities of the same cate
gories. simply because the
former were so fortunate as to
be immortalized by Henri de
Toulouse-Lautrec.
The story Of his life, cur
Evening star., 1953-04-12

could super
cede h e
Pope as
head Of the
church in
E n g land.
But to get
to it the
reader has
TO pene-
ira t e a
style de-
t e minedly
poetical and
erudite.
More was
c a n o n lied
in 1898. Mr.
Evening star., 1953-04-12

rently told in a superb filTn,
Moulin Rouge" at Loew'S Pal
ace Theater. is supplemented
with an exhibition in the meg
canine. of the artists original
Autographs and posters. and
posters. and color reproduce
tions Of a few of his paintings.
; Arranged by the IFA Gal
leries, the collection will re-
main on display during the
run of the film.
: Childhood Accidents
The artist was the scion Of
a noble family. and was des-
tined for a military life or that
OF a country gentleman. But
two accidental falls in his
childhood stunted his. growth
and left him dwarfish Grip
pie. Condemned to a sedentary
life, he was fascinated by
physical actions that his in
trinity denied him, and by
men and women whose pro-
fessions made them appreciate
his genius, and who had no
Snobbery toward his affiic-
tionS.
His portraits are penetrat.
ing character studies; his post.
ers, inventive and brilliant in
use of color. Here in his works
on display are the strange and
vivid characters now trans
ferred to the screen: La Gou.
lue. the queen of Montmartre,
with her predatory face and
superb, 1.-the figure; Jane Av.
ril,, the singer; May Belfort.
the Irish entertainer: the ar
tist himself and many another
character who lives in art be.
cause Lautrec noticed him.
Evening star., 1953-04-12
rtNeWs.'
Swiss Paintings;
At Corcorun
By florence S. Berrxmol,n

BY Florence 5. Berrymon
An exhibition of contempo-
rary Swiss paintings is on view
at the Corcoran Gallery
through April rs. Under aus
pices Of the Swiss Legation, the
show was opened at a gallery
reception by the Minister Of
Switzerland and Mime. Brueg-
mann.
The show comprises IS
paintings selected by the Swiss
Federal Art Commission on be-
half of the Department of the
Interior in Berne for q first
showing at the biennial at San
Paulo, Brazil. in 1851. Ut was
then brought to the United
States by the Smithsonian In
stitution Travelling Exhibition
Service and has visited five
MidweStern art centerS and
Harvard University.
A majority of the paintings
are non-ohjective. the others
semiabStractions. The show
emphasizes the avant-garde
tendencies and experiments
currently prevailing, with no
attempt to present a croSs-sec-
ton of Swiss art. Eight ar
lists are represented leach with
from four to nine paintings or
prints) j all but one Of them
now living. Sophie H. Taeuber-
Arp died 10 years ago, in her
sos. "Echelon Formation"
a painting of white crown
shapes Of carefully calculated
sizes on blue, is representative
of her nQn-objective art.
In the Modern Idiom
Walter Bodmer, another nom
objective painter, has contrib
uted such effective compost.
tions as that on a white back
ground, made up of yellow,
brown. gray and blue triangu-
lar and diagonal forms. Os-
kar Dalvit's Rhythmic Struc-
' ture" doiD has varied textures
and his block print, Sound of
Horn," in two browns, pleasing
curved shapes. Dalvit and Leo
Leuppi (nearly two decades
his senior) may be classified as
abstract expreSsionists.
Otto Tschumi, a surrealist.
is represented with some of
the most technically beauti-
full works in the collection:
His painting, abandoned
Ships; lithograph, Mis-
sissippi Boats" and hi-block
prints of cats, ferociously
feline almost to the point of
resembling tigers.
SemiabStract painters
Georges Froidevaux and
Claude Loewere, two of the
youngest artists in the group,
show paintings which will
doubtless be most easily en-
joyed by the public. The for
mer's Sewing Machine" for
example, makes an effective
curged and rectilinear pattern
out of a commonplace piece
of furniture. Claude LoeWer'S
large "Siesta" a painting of a
young woman in simplified,
angular forms and a reserved
color scheme. conveys the
quietude of the theme in an
esthetic language more near
ly abstract than he uses for
Parrot" which is not far
removed from naturalism.
This is the first display in
Washington of Swiss paint
ings in the modern idiorn.
Evening star., 1953-04-12

70 @AGS SOA4NA AAAS SAAAAAS = SA WA VAAS
distinguished short-story writ
er and essayiSt, who used to
be here as a fellow in Amer
lean Letters at the Library Of
Congress, returned to town
briefly last week. Winding up
q reading tour, she was OBJ
viously flurried and in her own
words, "broken-b bones tired"
Although Of an age to be a
grandmother, Miss Porter
somehow still commands the
aura of the Southern belle.
Her snow-white hair frames
her delicate features and an
elegant gray dress brought out
her beautiful deep-set gray
eyes. Her throaty, drawing
conversation is sprinkled still
with the La, mes" of her
Texas and Louisiana girlhood.
Miss Porter charmed the audi
ence right out of their seats at
her reading at the Institute Of
Contemporary Arts.
Though fragile and small.
Miss Porter takes pride in the
toughness she exhibits on
these transforming tours.
She regards herself as a pi-
oneer in the new craze Of au-
thors reading their own works.
She hit the road all sole alone
some IL years ago and has
been trouping the universities
and colleges all over the coun-
try ever since. She says it's
more profitable than writing,
and, of course, more fun.
. Had she noticed, she was
asked. any reaction toward
the congressional inquiries
into university life. After
first submitting it might not
be discreet to say, Miss Por-
ter suddenly recollected she
had never been discreet in
these matters and spoke her
mind.
II think those Senator'S
ears would fall off if they
could hear the contempt and
anger with which the students
speak of them. They are
more angry than frightened
and more disgusted than
either, and they aren't dupes
or towards. They are very
sincere and intelligent about
the danger of communism.
Ignoront and Malignant
when I think" said Miss
Porter warming to her subject.
that the life of the mind and
the spirit-the fine arts the
only things that outlive every
thing else-are being mauled
and paved over by people who
are not only perfectly ignorant
but perfectly malignant {.
1--WE will pay a big price for
this kind of foolishness," she
finished.
Miss Porter, whose last book,
1.-THE Days Before" was pub
lished last fall, has at the
moment nothing ready for
press. She was hurrying back
to New York to make tape re-
cording for radio program for
coast to coast broadcast, which
will be devoted to a reading
of American poetry of the last
125 years. With that out of the
way she hopes to get to her
typewriter for an extended
session with four long short
stories she has in mind and a
couple of essays.
Evening star., 1953-04-12
Stage of Fools
BY Charles A. Brady (Dutton; $685.
Reviewed BY Froncis P. DouqIos

There is a story here about
Sir Thomas More, and how he
lost his head because he could
not agree that Henry VIII
Evening star., 1953-04-12
No 'McCurthyism'?

Senator McCarthy's semi
mar on State Department liz
braries. like so many Capitol
Hill author meets critic"
sessions. seems to be pro-
Evening star., 1953-04-12

included in many important
exhibitions in other cities.
Since 1916 he has been on the
art faculty Of American Uni
verSitV
Evening star., 1953-12-02

ur products Ia
beled to shotD
country OF origin
OF imported Jurs.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-03-26
AS MARIETTA SEES 1T

Last week the Caldwell council took the initiative in
this section of the state and adopted resolution urging
state senators and representatives to introduce legislation
eXempng villages with population of under 5000 from
the operation of Pollution Control act This act
would force Caldwell to spend than $25000000 to
install sewage disposal plant in the community.
But the task isn't going to be easy Our neghbor
ing city of Marietta has taken dim view of this action
and editoraly, they have stated their why the
Marietta Times The other side of the picture given in the
following editorial:
Ohio towns less than 5000 or 1000 population in this
part of the state which empyng sewage into rivers and
other streams have begun organized effort to eXemp
ton from state requirements that they provide DISPOSAL
plants Compulsory treatment is of course the
note of the health authorities program for purcation of
inland waters of public health protection 1t
must be general to be effective
The high of treatment plants responsible for the
movement 1t is town officials declare prohibve in
their Undoubtedly they place heavy financial burden
all municipalities large and SMALL that must construct
them within specified time instead of continuing
sewage into neighboring streams.
But amendment of the Water Pollution Control Act for
which concerned asking their representatives
the General Assembly, would be difficult and practically
impossible if it considered advisable. 1t
enacted by Ohio to carry out the agreement made with
other states few years when it entered into the
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact. Acting in
conjunction after long study of the existing situation these
states set out to clean up the Ohio and It's tributaries by
prohibiting the dumping into them of sewage and industrial
Ohio, in its compliance legislation, extended the
restriction to all its waterways
Exemption of communities of certain from the water
purfcaton regulations would wreck the program author
lied by Ohio and being carried out by the state health
and sanitation authorities 1t would also practically repudate
Ohos pledge of full cooperation in the movement to make
the waters of the Ohio River basin healthul useful and
beneficial in many ways.
The effect of making the proposed exception the
provisions of the anpoluton law easily be vsuazed
here at Marietta situated two rivers Marietta must spend
million two dollars for a disposal plant With the num-
towns the Muskngum continuing to use that river
and others upstream on the Ohio and its
tributaries doing the the result of making the large
expenditure here would be practically negligible 1t would
contribute nothing whatever to the general purfcaon that
has been III the planning stage TOR years
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-03-26
FINAL RED CROSS APPEAL

Now that there is at least hope Of preventing the
parayzing effects of polomyes through use of gamma
gobuln, nothing should be important mothers in
this county and everywhere than to assist the
Cross in raising its fund for the battle against polio
To have way fight polio itself great oppor-
unity but assured by the Red Cross that blood
collected not only provides weapon against polio but also
provides the blood fraction albumin which may save
the life of soldier in Korea.
The RED Cross nationally has goal of $93OOOOOO of
which than $20000000 has been budgeed provide
blood for the armed forces civilian defense produce
much gamma gobulin possible. Approximately $7OOO
600 alone will be aocated for gamma globun production
The local chapters quota is $270000 We meet this
quota if to share it in most worthy FUND DRIVE
That child may walk that soldier may live. This
the promise pint of blood holds For gamma globun
albumin both products of single blood donation
Your Red Cross has increased its budget this year finance
the project So Mothers when you contribute the
Red Cross Fund appeal = remember the boys in Korea
the child across the street and give generously won't
And Mothers perhaps you encourage others give
that child may walk = that soldier may live
Today the Red Cross slogan, "ANSWER THE CALL" !"
fits the situation Will you help in this drive by sending
leaving your gift at the Red Cross in the court house?