The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-12
Key Books
by A. de T. Gingras

complied by Bessie R. James and
Mary Waterstreet, published by
New York City, so pages.)
1t is heartening to intelligent
Americans to know that a man
like Adlai Stevenson guides the
helm of one of the largest of our
states. And it is even more heart
ening to know that he was the
presidential nominee for one of
our major political parties, and at
tracted the large vote which he
did in November.
For Mr.. Stevenson is a man of
brains, character and wit. This
paperback book which an oppor-
tuniSt publisher slapped together
while the political campaign was
still going on is evidence of all of
these. 1t consists of excerpts from
speeches which the governor made
before or while he was campaign
ing for the presidency of the United
States.
For one thing Mr.. Stevenson,
shows his firm and clear stand
on the racial issue and clearly
says the answer to communism is
democracy; mot less democracy,
or just enough, but more. And
democracy is color blind"
On Labor day of 1852, he ad-
vocates better information on la
Dor problems. {" labor problems
carry a high voltage these days.
People make up their minds about
who's right or wrong and what's
right or wrong with little or no
knowledge of the facts. Most of
them react like the tired mother
when she hears late afternoon
pickering in the back yard: go
see what Willie'S doing and tell
him not to-"
In 1850 at the United Nations
festival at Rantoul, Ill, he said,
g.. Here on the Illinois prairies
we seem to be in the midst of a
season of festivals. Only last week
l took part in a corn festival at
Steator. A few days before it was
a grape festival at Nauvoo. And
I've missed other local celebrations
in honor of tomatoes, of Sauer-
kraut, of pumpkins, and, in one
most remarkable instance, of corn
break and beans. l am greatly
heartened by the fact that you
people of Chanute Field have add
ed to this honorable list the
United Nations!"
His rapier wit parties all
Oratorical thrusts in his direction.
His Governor Dwight Green's)
speech damns me with being on
leave from the striped pants bri-
gade to the Roosevelt Truman
State Department damned or
striped will keep my pants on"
IF the Republicans stop telling
lies about us. we will stop telling
the truth about Them" he says in
Bakersfield, Calf. in 1852; and in
Fort Dodge, Iowa he says Senator
Taft is the greatest living authority
on what General Eisenhower thinks
and that the, Republicans have a
me too Candidate running on
yes but platform, advised by
/ has been staff. Then in a pre-
Sidential campaign speech in Den
yer, Colo. he says ". it would
be a sad thing. if a great
soldier (Eisenhower) to whom we
owe undying affection and graft
tude ended up politically between
the two Republican Parties like
that mule / heard about one time
that starved to death standing be-
tween two stacks of hay, trying to
make up his mind which to eat"
Why hasn't the same enterpris-
ing publisher contracted Mr.. Ste
venson for several books on his
experiences. Many of his admirers
would enjoy reading them more
than some of the innocuous non
fiction which is dished up by the
publishers.
GUEST REVIEW BY DOM MUM
SON
(THE NIGHT WATCH. by Thomas
Walsh, detective mystery published
by Little, Brown and Co., Boston,
Mass.)
In 1850 Thomas Walsh won the
Mystery Writers of Americas Ed
gar Allen Poe award for the best
first mystery novel of the year.
That work. entitled Nightmare in
Manhattan probably deserved TO
win. But Walsh's second effort is
no threat for the 1853 prize.
Night Watch" is an unevenly
paced cOps-and- obberS story cha
racterized by some rather jerky
writing. and a plot which Is not
quite in the pattern of what mys-
terry fans prefer Despite the fact
Saturday Evening Post first pub
liShed it as serial. i; isn't top
crime writing or mystery This re-
viewer heard il c--....c'7ed while il
ran as q serial and the Criticism
appears justified now that il has
been read in hardcover edition
Briefly. the story reVolves around
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