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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-25

The six who are the sub
jects Of this book by the for
mer president Of American
University are Paul q. Hoff-
man, William n. Foster, Al
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A Senator's Daughter

Eleanor Beckham, q portrait
painter with Q longer and
more substantial career than
her youthful appearance
would indicate, returned to
Washington recently, after
more than q quarter century
in New York City and else
where.
II find great interest and
pleasure in being back in
Washington" she said, after
having been here and gone to
school here in early youth. I
feel it is the most interesting
city in America in which to
live and work today"
Miss Beckham's father, the
late John C. w. Beckham, was
Senator from Kentucky from
1915 to 1921. He had been
Governor of his State from
1900 to 1907, and Eleanor
Beckham was born In the
Governors mansion In Frank
fort.
During her earlier years in
Washington Miss Beckham
attended the Corcoran School
Of Art. studied under Edmund
Tarbell, Richard Meryman,
Mathilde Leisenring and
Burtis Baker; also with Cecilia
Beaux, one Of the outstanding
portrait painters Of the first
quarter Of this century. Miss
Beckham subsequently at
tended the Scuola della Arte
Decorative in Italy, and had
further study and travel in
Spain and France. In the
past 80 years she has spent
considerable time In Europe,
and has painted native types
in Hawaii. She was married
some years ago to the late
H. w. Davis Of Norfolk. Va.
Study Of Renaissance
She has made extensive
studies Of the mediums and
techniques Of the painters Of
the Renaissance, in the desire
to discover for her own paint
ing how they obtained their
three imensional quality and
the freedom and mastery Of
their modelling and drawing.
She found in the work Of
Jacques Maroger the closest
approach to the methods Of
the past. and translated his
book which was reviewed in
The Star at the time.
Art knows no party lines,
and tbs daughter Of q Demo-
cratic Senator has recently
completed a striking portrait
of a les ding Republican Sena-
tor. Homer Ferguson. chair
man Of the G.. o. p. Policy
Committee. It is q speaking
likeness. vitality presented. in q
strong composition. with ex-
cellent distribution Of light
and dark areas.
In painting Senator Fer
guson," said Miss Beckham.
81 was much impressed by his
intellectual vigor and tried to
convey this impression in the
painting"
The Michigan Senator is a
native of Pennsylvania, at
tended the University Of Pitts
burgh. graduated from the
University Of Michigan in
1913, with the degree Of
L. L. B. He began his career
as q lawyer. was appointed
Judge of the Circuit Court,
Wayne County, Michigan. In
1929 and elected to the
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This Is India
BY Santha Rama Rau.

BY Santha Rama Rau.
Harper; $780,
Miss Rama Rau. q Welles-
ley graduate. has written .
short Introductory travelcgue
about India which probably
will stimulate many q West
ern tourists interest IN her
hcountry. -E. n. v.
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Tito's Promised Land: .
YuoosIovi0

BY Alex N. Dragnich.
Rutgers University Press;
$5.75.J
Yugoslavia, despite It's break
with Russia, Is q Communist
state, as Prof. Dragnich makes
clear in this detailed analysis
of the way the Tito regime
functions. Aid to Tito paid of
for the West in 1948, but what
of the future? How good an
ally is Yugoslavia?
Prof. Dragnich is skeptical Of
the value of the Yugoslav Army
in any conflict with the Soviet
Union, He believes that per-
haps 90 per cent OF the Yugo-
slav people oppose the Conn
munists. And he raises q moral
question which has no easy
answer: How can We justify
contributing to an indefinite
enslavement Of those people r.
-B. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-25
American Art

Every art lover is doubtless
acquainted with the Biennale
Exhibitions Of International
Art held every two years in
Venice, Italy, since 1892 eek
cept for the war period. The
show Is sponsored by the Ital-
ian government In order ito
bring together some of the
most noteworthy and signifi-
cant examples Of contempo-
rary Italian and foreign art"
The 9th Biennale opened
June TO- to remain through
the summer. More than 20
governments which officially
sponsor exhibitions of con-
temporary art from their
countries own the pavilions.
The American pavilion is
the only one at the Biennale
which is privately owned. 1t
was built in 1880 for the
Grand Central Art Galleries
of New York. Last March, the
Museum of Modern Art, New
York, (Which will celebrate
this year its 25th anniversary
bought the pavilion for Amer
lean art. as part of its inter-
national exhibitions program,
inaugurated last year with the
aid Of a grant from the Rookie
Teller Brothers Fund. The
Museums purchase of the
United States Pavilion, it says,
els intended to insure con-
tinuous representation of
American art at these famous
international exhibitions"
Alien Americans
But the five artists selected
by a staff committee Of the
Museum Of Modern Art. whose
paintings and sculpture are
now on view In the United
States Pavilion. do not seem
to me representative Of Amer
lean art. All are Cor were)
Americans, but four Of them
were born In Europe: Willem
de Kooning, Holland: Ben
Shahn. Russia: CASTOR La
chaise, France; and Ibram
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Art News.
National Gets
Wo Stuurts
BY Florence 5. Berrymon

Two important portraits Of
John Adams. second President
Of the United States. and his
wife Abigail Adams. painted by
Gilbert Stuart. have been given
to the National Gallery Of Art
by Mrs. Robert Romans (Abi-
gail Adams Of Boston, Mass,
q direct descendant Of the
sitters. The portraits have
been placed on exhibition III
Gallery SIS.
The portrait Of President
Adams was painted in Phila-
delphia In 1893 at the request
of the Massachusetts, Legisla-
ture. He Is shown three
quarters left. with his eyes on
the spectator. His powdered
hair Is secured with D black
string tie. he wears b black
velvet coat. white neckcloth
and lace jabot and white lace
at wrists. The arm Of q red
upholstered gilded Empire
chair shows under his left
arm.
The portrait Of Abigail
Adams was painted in Boston,
about 1912 Judging from her
apparent age and dress. Seated
in an Empire chair, she faces
right, also gazing directly
from the canvas. Ringlets Of
brown hair show on her fore
head beneath q white lace
cap. Her dress is of mulberry
colored silk with a white mus
lin yoke, and long sleeves with
lace at the wrists, and a
white lace collar. Around her
shoulders is q thin lace shawl.
Mrs. Adams was the first
wife Of a President to occupy
the White House, which she
described as "a castle of q
house" though "the country
around Is ;. q wilderness at
present"
These superb portraits Of
outstanding historical inter-
est have. always remained In
the Adams family.
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Lassaw. Egypt. David Smith
is the one native Of the United
States, whose education (in-
Guiding George Washington
University Is Individually
American. De Kooning and
Lachaise grew UP in their re-
spective countries. Shahn and
Lassaw came to the United
States in their first decade.
and their education was Amer
lean. Each OF the two painters
is represented with a large
group; each sculptor with one
major work.
Certainly we are all CRATE
full for the many talented art
lists who have come to this
country from Europe and have
added UNNECESSARILY to Amer
lean art. And these artists
whose work is now on view in
Venice are men of extensive
regulations. But 1t seems to
me that the United States has
many gifted native born and
educated artists; and that In
a situation such as the Bien-
male presents. 1t would be
more impressive If the United
States Pavilion showed work
that had a recognizahly
American flavor, instead Of a
show very largely interna-
tional, by transplanted Euro
peans.
Although the Museum Of
Modern Art assumed complete
charge Of organizing this
years exhibition, it intends
ito share. this serious respon-
sibility in the future by invit-
ing other organizations to
select and arrange the repre-
sentation Of American art at
future Biennale exhibitions"
This announced plan offers
hope that some future Bien-
males will have q recognizably
American show.
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The Haunted Man: A Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe
BY Philip Lindsay (Phtlosophtcal Ltbraru; $475.J

The biographer comedies Poe
was a great editor. "He was
not a great poet" Mr.. Lindsay
holds, "he was an echo Of
his period, often feebler than
Thomas Hood, some Of whose
rhythms he stole, and most
definitely he was not to be
compared with the man he
most admired. Byron" He
calls Ito Helen" the one
poem that approaches pure
poetry. though he rates 1.-THE
Haunted Palace" as worthy Of
a place in anthologies. What
of "Ulalume," 1.-THE Sleeper"
and ITO One in Paradise?
Nor is 1.-THE Bells" the piece
of doggerel Mr.. Lindsay con-
siders it. Poe may not have
been great poet-it is doubt
ful-but he did leave more
than a few lyrics which have
endured.
Mr.. Lindsay fully approves
only a few of the tales. He
adds that Poe was not a good
critic--a Judgment with which
many will disagree. Much Of
Poe's criticism seems as sound
today as when he wrote it.
Mr.. Lindsay also overplayS
Poe's drinking and use Of
drugs, assuming that certain
morbid work and erratic con-
duct were results Of alcohol
or opium. Mr.. Lindsay's book
is hardly in a class with several
biographies in print. His
Recommendation Is meager and
sometimes lacking entirely, and
his writing Is undistinguished.
The book has neither index
nor photography. &C. B. ].
The American Revolution:
1775-I7S3
BY John Richard Alden.
(Harper's; So
Here Is an objective account
of the Revolution by a scholar
well equipped to write it. Prof.
Alden has drawn on source
material not available to his
torians of former generations
and the result is a book of
admirable balance A large
part is naturally devoted to
military events and excellent
maps are provided.
T. p. %.
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Senate in 1912 and re-
elected to 1855. Besides his
Craftsmanship Of the Policy
Committee, he is on the Board
Of Visitors to the Military
Academy, the Joint Commit
tee on Small Business and is
a vice PRESIDENT Of the Inter-
parliamentary Union.
Other portraits Miss Beck
ham has completed recently
include q charming likeness
of Mrs. Arthur Summerfield:
one of Huston Thompson; and
one Of Mime. Mario Luciolli Of
the Italian Embassy.
Mexican Artist
Mankind at its lowest So
cial levels or in its irrational
aspects" is the subject matter
of the exhibition Of drawings
by Jose Luis Cuevas Of Mexico.
at the Pan American Union
through August Is. 1t is the
artists first one-man show in
the United States, although he
has participated in group ex-
hibitions here.
Born in Mexico City. Mr..
Cuevas began to draw at the
age of IL and is entirely self
taught. He works chiefly in
ink, both with brush and pen,
and occasionally in watercolor.
Approximately 40 items in the
current show include examples
in both media.
These drawings are analytical
interpretations Of miserable
people. the poverty stricken.
i'll, outcast and insane. They
are haunting, disturbing works,
brutal in their revelations
through q few structural lines.
The artist is only 81 years old,
which may explain in part his
attitude toward his subject
and what the catalogue fore
word calls that morbid inter-
est in death which has been
one of the most characteristic
elements in Mexican art since
pre- Columbian times
These drawings are express
sionistic with exaggerated dis
tortion in many instances, and
dark blots which become, sur
prisingly. the staring eyes Of
the mentally disturbed, or some
other arresting feature. There
Is a large number of figures
which Cuevas produced while
working with official permis-
sion, inside an asylum in Mex
leo City. His portraits of in
mates. drawn from life, are
psychological portraits rather
than Photographic likenesses.
he also uses certain cOnven-
tons, such as exaggeratedly
heavy bodies. bloated heads,
tortured faces and spindly
arms and legs.
It is a distinctly unpleasant
show, but it has an authentic
quality, and may be of value
to doctors and others who
work with unfortunate people
such as those depicted. At any
rate, such is the conclusion
from other shows with psy-
chiatric overtones which have
been presented from time to
time in the Washington area
since the mid-thirties.
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Books in Review
Episode ii Brozilion History
Turned Into Dramatic Novel
The SAGE Of Conudos

BY Lucien MARGINAL Translated from the French B
Duff iDutton; $685.
Reviewed By Corter Brooke Jones
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-08
Lowell We7ett-
MurroW's Dubious Experiment
No Way Of Knowing Actual Effect of Permitting Mccarthy
To Expose His Mind and Methods to TV Audience

cation. senator Mccarthy
leaves to others to explain the
innocent operation in which
Mr.. Murrow was engaged
briefly in 1884, along with
such eminent and good Amer
leans as John Foster Dulles,
Secretary of State, and Milton
Eisenhower, head of PennSyl-
vania State College and
brother of President Eisen-
hover. Despite the explanation
it is a fair guesS-almost a
certainty-that Senator Nc
Carthy will repeat his dishon-
est innuendo many times in
the days to come. That is his
method.
Aside from this and other
parts of his unfair attack
on Mr.. Murrow, Senator Nc
Carthy offered another ex-
ample of the method by which
he has kept himself on the
front pages. Always. when cor
nered, he has endeavored to
break out in new spot. This
time it is with the allegation
that Communist influence
caused the Government to de-
lay the development of the
hydrogen bomb for Is months!
Which. to put it mildly, has
filled the Government with
surprise.
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Legion 0ratory Contest
Won by Kansas Student

LOS ANGELES, April Slack
E. McNees, high school student
of Kansas City, Kans., is the
winner of the American Legion
oratorical contest finals. and a
$4,000 college scholarship.
Young McNees, a sophomore at
Shawnee Mission High School,
won out yesterday. giving pre-
pared and extern p raneous
speeches.
Milton H. Copeland, Wichita
Falls. Tex, won second place and
$4,000 for higher education and
George j. Clements. Penn Yam.
N. Y, won third and a $500
scholarship. The fourth finalist,
Ronald Sohigian. Fresno, Calf,
disqualified himself, under the
rules. by using a quotation with
out giving it's source.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-08
David LoWrence-

Why did it take the United
States seven years and three
months between the time it
exploded the A-bomb and the
time it made it's first test of
the H-bomb? And why did it
take Soviet Russia only four
years to do that same job?
These two questions have
presented the Nation with a
new mystery which was
touched off quite incidentally
in a television speech by Sen
ator Mccarthy, Republican. Of
Wisconsin on Tuesday eve
ming. The Wisconsin Senator
asked a hypothetical question
implying that Communists in
the Government may have
been responsible for the de-
lay. Whether he has anything
more than suspicious to back
up that theory. the fact is that
he did set in motion the off,
cial confirmation at last of a
story about the delay which
has been limited at in maya
zine articles at various times
in recent months.
Now the official interpreta-
ton of what happened has
come out only in part. It came
in the form Of a carefully
worded statement on WedneS-
day night by the Joint Com
mittee on Atomic Energy of
the Congress of the United
States. That statement doesn't
categorically affirm or deny
whether any communistic in
fuenee was responsible for
the delay, though it does
clearly absolve from any i'm
proper motive all the persons
at the top level who engaged
in the discussion that caused
the delay.
The real question is, what
influences, if any, existed be-
hind the scenes coincident with
the strong desire of some
American scientists to prevent
the development of the H
bomb by the United States.
Some of the scientists carried
on an almost emotional cru
SADIE against the idea, basing
it on moral grounds, and some
said it would goad Russia. 1t
is we'll known that there are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-08
TheReds' Gigantic Political Bluff
Our Persistent Stand Against Spread ofCommunism
In Southeast Asia Faces Major est at Geneva

Chinese war. His only pur-
pose was to force Communist
China into the fold of the
great powers and into the
United Nations. The other
problems are secondary.
The present violent Wet
Mini offensive. supported by
units of the Chinese army in
tegrated into the Wet Mini
forces, started soon after our
Secretary of State agreed to
discuss Indo-China and Korea
at the same table with the ag-
gressors at Geneva. Mr.. Molo-
tov played his diplomatic cards
with usual skill. He knows
that France is not opposed in
the slightest to Communist
China's replacing Chang Kali
shek's Nationalist in the
United Nations. Great Brit
ain, which recognized the
Peiping regime in 1850. has
been urging us all along to
get of the high horse and
follow her example.
The strategic interest we
have in Southeast Asia is not
shared in the slightest by our
British and French allies. 1t
is reciplocated only by Austria
liza, New Zealand and the
Philippines. But these nations
have a minor voice in the
concert of world powers.
Thus when Comrades Molo-
tov and Chou-en Lai sit down
at the conference table they
will feel that they will not need
to convince Messrs. Eden and
Bidault of the necessity to
put China in the U. N. Mr..
Dulles will be the only serious
hurdle. and they expect to take
it with a push from the
French and British foreign
ministers.
In the opinion of American
experts the Geneva conference
will deal only as a SideshoW
with the problems for which it
has been officially summoned.
The main diplomatic subject
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-08
,WhyWos the H-Bomb Delayed?
Real Question Is What Influences Behind the Scenes
Worked to Hamper Development of the Weapon?

Strauss in five letters to the
White House.
To the credit of President
Truman. it must be said that
he courageously decided to go
ahead despite the opposition
which came from such re-
spectacle and loyal persons as
the then chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission,
David Lilienthal. and j. Rob-
ert Oppenheimer, a leading
scientist in the development
of Americas A-bomb, and
James B. Conant of Harvard.
Today Lewis Strauss is the
chairman of the commission
and has the full confidence of
President Eisenhower just as
he had the confidence of
President Truman.
Now the question arises:
Was the delay fatal? Sena-
tor Mccarthy speaks of it as
an "18-month delay" Opin-
ions will differ on that point.
The statement by Chairman
Cole of the Congressional
Atomic Energy Committee
speaks of a discussion from
September, 1949, to January,
1850. But actually the entire
delay was nearer to seven
years and three months, be-
cause this is the interval which
elapsed from the first date
that the American Govern
ment knew of the possibilities
of the hydrogen bomb from
eminent scientists to the day
the first H-bomb was actually
exploded by the United States.
What caused the delay?
What were the views of the
scientists and why did some of
them fight it and suggest a
rewriting OF American mill
tary strategy? These ques-
tionS cannot be answered until
all the facts are available.
For several months there have
been rumors that the Senate
Investigations Subcommittee
was going to look into the
matter. There are Democrats
as well as Republicans who
have thought the matter
should be fully exposed. Maybe
it will be now.
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him. He has put their names
with his on the amendment.
Gen. Eisenhower did not
carry Georgia. 1t gave Adlai
Stevenson the greatest majority
of any State he carried, despite
the money spent for the gen.
eral by the "big mules" in the
principal cities, such as At
lanta. Mr.. Stevenson has
gratefully acknowledged his
support with a visit here which
included an appearance before
the State Legislature and a
stay at the Governors Man
sion. It went off without in
cident.
Since then, Georgia was the
first State in the Union to fill
its quota for the Democratic
National Committee. Gov.
Talmadge tells this with ap-
parent pride.
This is the more interesting
since the Governor had ex-
pressed his willingness to
speak for Georgia Democrats
for Eisenhower.
Eisenhower Republicans. here
described by the veterans as
those well-meaning amateurs"
turned him down. They said
they wanted a two-party sys-
tenn untainted by renegades.
Thus the President and Ma
tional Chairman Hall were
free, if they so wished, to build
in Georgia without those en-
barrassing Democratic connec-
tons they have in States like
Virginia and Texas.
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Constantine Brown

The Reds in Moscow and
Peiping are using the most
gigantic political bluff to get
Communist China officially
recognized as the fifth great
power. At the same time they
are testing the strength of
unity of the free Western ma
tions through the present OPP
erations in IndQ- China.
The threat of a Communist
domination of Southeast Asia
is real. It has alarmed not
only our professional diplo-
mats and military. but also
the usual anti-intervention
members of Congress. Unoffi-
cial polls taken among the
Senators show that while
there is a great difference of
opinion among them as to
how we should prevent the
further spread of communism
in Southeast Asia. there is an
overwhelming sentiment that
this must be done, lest our ma
tional security become ire
mediably jeopardized. A SINH
lar frame of mind is said to
exist in the House.
Secretary Dulles has sounded
officially the alarm of the
consequences of an active Chi
nese intervention in Indo-
China. He has urged France,
Great Britain. New Zealand.
Australia and other nations to
join us in a united action" in
the event the men in Peiping
continue their present military
policies in Indo-China.
Some doubts are being ex-
pressed in official quarters
that France and Britain are
ready to join our move, before
it is shown what can be done
at the Geneva conference.
And Geneva, it appears more
obvious every day, is the trap
the Soviet diplomacy has sue
ceeded in springing on us.
Mr.. Molotov insisted on that
parley, not to revive the
broken down Panmunjom con-
versations or to end the Indo-