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Evening star., 1955-11-20

ANXIETY AND FAITH. by
Charles r. Stinnette. jr. (Sea-
bury; $500 Is q study Of psy-
chiatry and religion by the
associate warden Of the Col
lege Of Preachers at the WASH
ington Cathedral. The au-
thor, who also Is q canon Of
the Cathedral and q member
of the Presbytery, Is q gradu-
ate Of Union Theological Sef11-
mary, holds a doctorate from
Columbia University and
studied applied psychiatry at
the William A. White Insti-
tute Of Psychiatry.
Or. Stinnette, who was .
chaplain during the war,
writes; Perhaps the most cru
cial factor in modern mans
recovery of the spirit has been
his excruciating loneliness and
disintegration as he has tried,
apart from the life Of the spirit,
TO Withstand the blows Of mod
ern history. In war and In the
separations necessitated by it.
in prison camps and in states
subjected to secret police meth
DDS. the recovery Of the spirit
and the spiritual life has be-
come q necessity"
Or. stinnette, resolving some
of the differences between psy-
Evening star., 1955-11-20
Techniques Of Movies
Are EusiIy Mastered

Immediately arouse the curl
osity of the audience. Who is
holding the pipe. where is this
person, how is he dressed. what
is he doing?
To get this information over
to the audience we viii need D
connected sequence of scenes.
One will be, necessarily, a long
shot. or orienting scene, which
establishes the locale and the
subjects place in it. Then,
to satisfy that natural human
quality Of curiosity a bit fur
ther. we shall have to present
the viewer with a closer view
of the subject. which might be
called a medium shot, this
showing what the subject Is
doing and how he appears gen.
orally. Even a closer view is
demanded so the audience can
see how the individual looks
at extreme close range.
Your study Of professional
filming methods viii also re-
veal this: All screen images
are ck-steady. Likewise, all
movements of the camera are
smooth and unobtrusive. The
mark OF the amateur is the
bobbing and weaving Of the
screen image caused by q
hand-held camera or the dizzy
iurch Of a panorama shot that
swims across the screen att too
fast, a pace.
We haven't made too much
of q point of exposure quality
for the simple reason that
technical excellence is so OBJ
Yiously q requirement that 1t
scarcely needs q mention.
And, of course. it is taken for
granted that all unworthy and
excess footage should be ruth
iessly pruned out of any film
epic, amateur or otherwise.
Evening star., 1955-11-20
CAMERA CLUBS

The Washington Society Of
Cinematographers win feature
a forum on use of exposure
meters tomorrow at 8 pm. at
the General Services Audito-
rum, Eighteenth and F streets
NV. A film produced by the
Weston Co. will be featured.
Members films also will be
shown, including a roll Of
Kodachrome recently made
with the use Of the new BoIex
16-mm. "zoem" lens.
Old Dominion Camera Club
will meet Tuesday at 8 pm. at
3l3 North Glebe road. Earl
Hindsnian. formerly a Holly
wood professional, win DEM
onstrate the fundamentals Of
portrait lighting. Members
viii model and operate cam
eras under instruction. Last
meeting honors went to Mrs.
Agnes Meier, David Scott,
Dixie Hines and Everett John
son.
There viii be a demonstra-
ton and practice in projection
printing at q meeting of the
YMCA Foto-C Craft Club, 1916
Twelfth street NV. Tuesday
at 8 pm. Instruction will In
clude the mechanics Of operat-
ing the enlarger, composition,
cropping and printing control
techniques.
At the October meeting Of
the color division of the Ma
tiOnal Photographic Society
the following awards Of out
standing merit we're made: NJ.
Towns a.. M. NAPLES. D.
Boyle t2). j. c. Leukhardt t2),
L. ]. Beaubien %. N. T. An
derson. Mrs. Uhler Briggs,
Capt. E. Roberts t2), B. Ehr-
lleh. t2i, @. Frey. E. Caller.
Also: Mrs. M. Briggs go, M.
Hahlen. Elizabeth Zandonini,
v. Krantz. E. A. r. Searle t2) .
z. j. McDermott t2), C. M,
Porter. II. L. Darner, D. Barr
ca, A. L. Sigmon, d. Bekkedal
t2). Mrs. I. M. Cordell (3),
c. L. Moore 90, Ann-Katrine
Shaw. e. Scharlach and A. l..
Scoffone.
Evening star., 1955-11-20
READING AND WRITING
Dean Acheson Joins Parade
Of Democratic Authors
Ry MARY McGRORY

Generalizations about politi-
cal parties are just as danger
Gus. Just as susceptible to
instant demolition. as general
izations about anything else.
Having said that, we viii pro-
coed on our journey to the end
of the limb and make one. It
is not very wide and not very
significant and happily will not
antagonize any one. 1t is SIM
ply this: Democrats write
books: Republicans do not.
The parade. Of Democrats
with pen in hand is especially
imposing this season. Last
wednesday former Secretary
Of State Dean Acheson joined
former President Harry S.
Truman t"The Year OF Deci-
sion," Volume / of his men,
oirs) and former Ambassador
to India, Chester Bowles 1.-THE
New Dimensions Of Peace"l,
with A DEMOCRAT LOOKS
AT HIS PARTY, which is al
ready enjoying a furry in local
book stores.
One is beguiled by Mr.. Ache
sons contention IN his book
that this unequal contribu-
ton could be explained by
what he calls his party's tra-
ditional hospitality to INTEL
ligence." But this must be put
aside as too partisan a view
and one which takes no ac-
count of an older maxim,
which says, "Oh, that my enc
my would write a book"
War Of Words
The Republicans, in this
one-sided war Of words, can,
Of course always point word
lessly to Abraham Lincoln,
who coined some Of the fresh
est, most enduring and most
moving phrases in the Ian
euage. Or they could say they
are too busy commanding the
destinies Of the republic to
face that most formidable Of
adversaries, the blank sheet Of
paper. The fact remains,
however, that in or out Of
power, Democrats put down
their ideas.
The situation is currently
Illuminated by the difficulties
Harper's Magazine has en-
countered in its praiseworthy
attempt to give the Republi-
cans the equivalent Of equal
time in their pages to answer
Mr.. Acheson's thesis that his
Evening star., 1955-11-20
|Unificution?
Forget 1t
IINTEGRATED EUROPE? BY
Michael T. Florinsky. Mac

INTEGRATED EUROPE? BY
Michael T. Florinsky. Mac
milan; $780,
DR.. Florinsky is a kill Joy.
He doesn't think European in
tegration will work within the
time limits Western planners
have set.
An instructor in Columbia
Uniyersity's Graduate School,
DR.. Florinsky travelled widely
In Europe to survey results of
integration efforts so far. He
found that the labor market is
too immobile, prices vary too
much. diverse political habits
are too entrenched, language
barriers are too high and cul-
lures are too dissimilar to
make European integration
work.
His advice to Americans who
have been promoting unifica-
ton so eagerly: Forget it. We
should be content. DR.. Florin-
sky maintains, with having
achieved our two prime OBJ
jectives In Western Europe,
namely military preparedness
and economic recovery. These.
he believes, are the twin pillars
on which the Vests success.
full defense against COM
munism depends. They have
the virtue, he contends, Of
being attainable and main
tainable.
The author is obviously an
intensely practical man and
he may be right. But wasn't
it-and isn't it even now
worth q college try?
EARL II. VOSS.
Evening star., 1955-11-20

surrender. When Staiingrad
has fallen Ito the Russians)
you viii hear it and read about
1t. Then you win know that !
am not coming back"
Another wrote bitterly:
Death should always be
heroic, enthusiastic. over
whelming. for q great cause
from conviction. And how is it
here? A dying, starving. freez-
ing. nothing more than a bio
logical fact. like eating and
drinking. They fall like flies.
and no one troubles himself to
bury them
One, bolder than the others
defied the censor and wrote:
a.. the time viii come when
every sensible man In Germany
will curse the madness Of this
war. And you viii realize how
hollow are these words about
the nag with which ! am sup
posed to conquer.
Evening star., 1955-11-20
Billy Graham Here Reveals
The Secret of His Appeal

tributes to mankind's happi-
ness. He follows the same
technique with the other
seven Beatitudes.
There is a newspaperman's
crispness Of sentence struc-
ture to carry the reader along.
Familiar things are used to
illustrate spiritual concepts:
startling statements are made
to jog the reader into atten-
tion-such as this is "the cen-
tury Of superlciality," and
strong contrasts--"Now, before
you can become strong. you
must first realize that you are
weak"--to enforce his ideas.
The volume is In the true Billy
Graham preaching tradition
and win appeal to his many
followers.
--cASPAR NAMES.
Evening star., 1955-11-20

The week was Q melancholy
one in that 1t saw the passing
Of two eminent literary men.
Robert e. Sherwood and Bern
ard Devote. Mr.. DeVoto's lat
est book, THE EASY CHAIR
Chis 17th, by the way) has just
come out and in its contenti-
Gus zestful pages, one finds
admirable testament Of him.
Here's typical passage which
viii serve as well as any to re-
mind readers Of the joyfully
nonconformist voice which is.
now still, but happily not lost
to us:
Il like q country where it's
nobody's damned business what
magazine anyone reads. what
he thinks. whom he has cock
tails with. I like a country
where we do not have to stuff
the chimney against listening
ears and where what we say
does not 60 into the FBI files
along with a note from SIT
that / may have another wife
in California. I like a country
where no college-trained fat.
feet collect memoranda about
us and ask judicial protection.
for them. a country where
when someone makes state.
mentS about US to officials he
can be held to account. We
had that kind Of country only
a little while ago and I'm for
getting it back. It was q lot
less scared than the one we've
got now. It slept sound no
matter how many people
joined Communist reading cir
cles and it put common scolds
TO the ducking stool. Let's
rip OF the gingerbread and
restore the original paneling."
Evening star., 1955-11-20
Germon Soldiers Letters
AT the Fall of StuIinqrud

LAST LETTERS FROM
STALINGRAD, translated
from the German by John e.
Vetter tCoronet; Si.50) con-
tains fragments from letters
written by German soldiers
during their final, hopeless
days before Stalingrad, after
the Russians had encircled
them. Hitler ordered patches
Of soldiers mail irnpoundec so
that he could get an idea Of
the morale at the front. These
letters. placed In the military
archives, fell into American
hands. This book represents q
brief selection from many let
ters.
The letters - to wives.
mothers. fathers, sweethearts,
friends - are deeply moving.
They reveal that most Of these
men knew they would never
return from Russia; these let
ters were q farewell.
NO" one wrote. I'VE will not
Evening star., 1955-11-20
ILITTLE FLOWER
IGADFLY POLITICIAN.
SEEN IN PROFILE
LIFE WITH FI0RELLO. BY

LIFE WITH FIORELLO. BY
Ernest Cuneo. (AiacMil-
Ian: $4.l
Long time associate Of
Fiorello LaGuardia, Mr..
Cuneo draws In heroic pro-
portions this biography OF
the eadfiy politician who for
nearly three decades made
his influence felt as a liberal
member of Congress and
reform Mayor Of New York.
his native city.
Obviously, the many
faceted LaGuardia career
could not be treated
adequately in a 2o8-page
work. and what Mr.. Cuneo
has done is to present a
Kaleidoscope review of the
busy years encornpassed
within the span Of two great
wars.
Primarily anecdotal. Mr..
Cuneo's Memoir" as he
styles 1t, leaves the impress
sion that whatever else life
with Fiorello may have been.
it was never dull.
JOSEPH A. FOX
Evening star., 1955-11-20

RED PLUSH AND BLACK
BREAD. BY Marguerite Hig-
gins. Doubleday: 50
Miss Higgins. now q perma-
nent correspondent in the So
Wet Union. tells Of her tour
of the land while she still op-
Grated on q temporary visa.
and when shopping around in
side the Iron Curtain was more
Of a novelty than 1t is now.
She is q good reporter and
was especially well prepared
for the trip to Russia. She
knew the LANGUAGE passably
well and had been studying
Evening star., 1955-11-20
CRIME AND MYSTERY
By MIRIAM oTTENBERG

the room and gets run down
by q bus-but not before she
has had q chance to tell her
story to Miss Silver. Thus.
Miss Silver gets in on the
ground floor when a famed
necklace is stolen and its
courier murdered. The Miss
Silver formula-country estate,
love running its rocky course
and multiple suspects fol-
lowed as faithfully and as
effectively as ever.
CRIME FOR TWO. BY Mem
bers Of the Mystery Writers
of America. u. B. Lippin-
colt; $3.)
Frances and Richard Lock-
ridge edit this years MWA
anthology. AS their giniKlllck
for the 1s short stories they
require that each present two
detectives. Thus we md coI-
laboration between amateur
and professional. father and
son, even man and dog. A
competent collection Of sleep
chasers from the best in the
whodunit business.
THE LITTLE WALLS. BY
Winston Graham, Double
day g. Co.: $500
Refusing to believe his re-
vered older brother committed
suicide in an Amsterdam canal.
Turner sets out to find the
woman whose letter was found
on the body and the man
whose disappearance contrib
uted a sinister note to tragedy.
The hunt trails across Europe
to Capri for its grim climax.
Philosophy is dislled out along
with suspense in this above
average adventure.
Evening star., 1955-11-20
CAMERA ANGLES
By A. j. WEDDERBURN
Curator OF photoetaphy
The EmithEnniAn InStfflItlhn


The same characteristics
that make professional movies
so entertaining can be em-
bodied in your own home cine
ma reels.
Actually. there is no longer
any excuse for anyone to show
some wavery, uninteresting.
static, jumbled, or otherwise
poor effort. Ways are available
for all to learn the shooting
techniques of the best camera
men in the trade.
First. there are the instruc-
ton booklets packed with each
new camera. Written by ex-
perts, they explain in simple
terms how to go about making
an entertaining and techni-
cally sound motion picture.
A Hollywood film presents
a golden opportunity to pick
the brains Of the best men in
the industry. A second view
ing viii be a revelation to
most of us. It viii then be-
come apparent that the
smooth flowing story resulted
from many changes Of camera
angle and position. many vari-
ations Of lighting for dramatic
effect, and skillful use of the
cutting shears. Some Of the
TV films are being repeated
and can be studied.
One thing viii probably
strike you from the first-the
constant shifting OF the CAM
era in and out from the action
point. Without this the pic
ture would soon become static
and without interest. In other
words. sameness Of viewpoint
is to be avoided like the plague.
People are always curious about
details. They also want to
have a general knowledge Of
what is going on. To satisfy
this curiosity we must con-
stantly keep the camera on
the move. If we open a
story with q closeup of
a hand clutching q pipe we
Evening star., 1955-11-20
This Is Marguerite Higgins
lin d BeIIigerent Mood

Soviet negotiating teehniques
on the side. She reSents the
Soviet ultranationalism so
much that she backs into a
fierce kind Of International
ism all her own. At times she
seems to have strained too hard
making q pitch for the Ameri-
can way. Her book Is belliger-
emily unfriendly to the present
Soviet leadership. Which
makes one wonder whether
the officials who gave her a
permanent visa saw her poJk
before they made their de-
cision.--E. H. v.
Evening star., 1955-11-20
THE SECRET OF HAPPI

THE SECRET OF HAPPI-
NESS. BY Billy Graham.
Doubleday & Co.; So
The secret of Billy Graham's
tremendous appeal to the
ordinary person may be found
in this slim volume. What he
has to say is not particularly
profound or original, but it is
clear. concise and interesting.
The evangelist here takes
the eight Beatitudes and
relates them to mans striving
for happiness. For example.
ne starts with Blessed are
the poor in spirit; for theirs
is the Kingdom of Heaven"
Breaking down the thought to
four different points, Graham
examines them carefully and
shows how each one con-
Evening star., 1955-11-20

party is the better one to
guide foreign policy!
John Fischer, editor -in-chief
OF the magazine, approached
John Foster Dulles, appar-
emily In one of those unchar-
acteristic moments when he
was not flying to some distant
corner Of this troubled globe,
as the logical candidate. Mr..
Dulles pondered a bit and
then said no and took of for
Geneva. Mr.. Fischer put the
matter up to Senator Wiley
Of Wisconsin, the ranking Re-
publican on the Foreign Re-
lations Committee. Senator
Wiley said no, also.
Is
Delicate ProbIeni
Finally, and perhaps feeling
like the man in the Bible who
could not get people to come to
the wedding feast, Mr.. Fischer
went to Senator Knowland.
Republican of California. Sem
ator Knowland said yes. HIS
acceptance posed a rather deli
cate problem. For while Sena-
tor Knowland is unquestion-
ably the Republican leader in
the Senate, it is a-fact that
he does not speak for all Re-
publicans in the Senate and
cannot rightly be considered
as a spokesman for the Eisen-
hover administration in mat
ters Of foreign policy.
Convinced that the only fair
thing was to have two Repuhli-
cans answer one Democrat,
Harper's went manfully to
Henry Caaat Ik,SJOa ottY am :
Evening star., 1955-11-20

Titanic Wne1 Sne Slruck an
iceberg April IA. 1912.
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER.
BY Walter Lord (Holt: $500
reconstructs in exact sequence
and in grim pageantry the loss
of the Titanic. Mr.. Lord not
only describes this event, one
of the worst shipwrecks in
recorded history, but he brings
out its far-reaching signifi-
canoe.
A ReportOrial Feat
His book is a reportorial feat
(if reconstruction Of an event
43 years later can be called
reportoriaD as extraordinary
as was Jim Bishops THE Day
Lincoln Was Shot" early this
year.
The Titanic, bound on her
maiden voyage from South
ampton to New York. was the
wonder of the day-the big
geSt, fastest, most palatial ship
ever built. She was called. with
her watertight compartments,
unsuitable. Rich society oc-
cupied her most suInptuous
cabins. The hundreds who
went second class and the hum
dreds more In the steerage were
forgotten in accounts of her
sailing.
Most Of the steerage passen-
gers were lost, and little effort
was made. according to Mr..
Lords exhaustive information.
to save them, despite disclaim-
ers at the courts of inquiry
that there was any discrirli-
nation.
Started Ice Patrol
The Titanic disaster was
more than the loss Of around
1890 lives and of the great
liner. Its immediate effect was
to make ships safer. The Brit
ish and American govern
ments joined in an Ice patrol
which goes on to this day.
charts DANGEROUS ice fields,
shepherds bergs away. And
ships in winter sail farther
south.
The most inexcusable as
pect of the tragedy was that
the Titanic had enough life
boats for only q fraction Of
the persons aboard. Never
again would this happen.
Wireless up to that time was
q new toy which was not even
worked "a hours a day. After
that it was perfected. The
Titanic marked, too, the end
of class distinction in filling
lifeboats.
The indirect effects are less
tangible, but Mr.. Lord sees
them none the less clearly.
Writing Of the luxury in which
the rich travelled, with a stew
ard almost for every suite, the
author adds:
The Titanic somehow low
cred the curtain on this way
Of living. It was never the
same again. First the war,
then the income tax made
sure of that"
Never again would people be
50 sure Of man-made convey
ances. however overpowering.
Evening star., 1955-11-20

Technology was not trusted
entirely after that. g. to
anybody who lived at the time,
the Titanic, more than any
other single event. marks the
end Of the old days and the
beginning Of a new, uneasy
era"
Before drawing these con-
illusions Mr.. Lord describes the
death Of the Titanic, q dying
that fingered between 11:40
pm, when she struck the ice
berg, and 2:20 am. when she
slid bow first into the sea. The
dash northward by the Car
pathia and her rescue Of the
people in the lifeboats make an
equally vivid chapter,
He has done an almost in
credible job of research. OF
course, 1t took many years. He
talked to 63 survivors, besides
studying all written reports
and letters which could be To-
Gated. He must have had ma
terial for a 1.o00-page book.
Instead. he has compressed 1t
into 200 pages. without q
wasted paragraph. It often
was hard to tell what hap
pened at q certain moment.
because accounts would be
conflicting, but he determined
what was most likely or sup
ported by most evidence. His
selective account is more strik-
ing than mere volume could
have been.
In the Background
Mr.. Lord can not be COM
mended too highly for the way
he has handled this dramatic
narrative. He has kept him.
self In the background and yet
told of what various people
from the master. Capt. Edward
]. Smith to immigrants in the
steerage who are named--were
saying and doing at particular
moments. He never fills In
gaps with his imagination;
every word quoted or episode
depicted is in the memory Of
someone who should know.
You'd think, II you didn't know.
that Mr.. Lord was aboard. an
alert reporter picking UP de-
tails.
Some legends which prob
ably will persist are denied in
Mr.. Lords account. The band,
from his best information,
after playing ragtime for two
hours after the collision,
played an Episcopal hymn
called Autumn" as its final
number, not Nearer, My God.
to Thee" Contrary to popular
belief, although women and
children went first into the
lifeboats. many men were
saved The rescued included
1l9 male passengers, compared
TO 393 women and children
and 139 crew members.
The book contains a passen-
ger list, with the fate Of each
person indicated. and an in
dex. II is illustrated with pho
tographs.
Evening star., 1955-11-20
NO TEARS FOR SHIRLEY
MINTON. BY Kenneth Lowe.

MtNTON. By Kenneth Lowe.
Doubleday g. Co.; $2.75.)
Crime Club
The young lawyer thought
the town was Just about per-
feet until Shirley Minton was
killed in his car. Then, he
saw friendliness curdle into
malice. Faced with the al
tentative OF getting out Of
town or finding Shirley's kill
er, he starts probing the dead
girls background. The result
is a chilling story Of a wom-
ans evil. Compact and
forceful.
THE YELLOW TURBAN. BY
Charlotte Jay. tHarper u
Bros: $2.75.'
Pakistan. described with
candor and considerable affec-
ton, dominates this sensitive
account Of a mans search for
q mysteriously missing old
friend. Bouts with murder,
the Vaccinations Of rival ex-
ploiters and dengue fever
combine to create a high level
OF suspense which is matched
by the fascination of the To-
Gale as Miss Jay pictures it.
A worthy successor to the
authors earlier prize-winning
BEAT Not the Bones" and
"The Fugitive Eye"
MOoNRAKER. BY Ian Flem-
ing. macmillan Co.: $2.75.)
Like the best Of the British
suspense films, this tale Of
espionage-sabotage around q
giant rocket combines a tightly
constructed plot with hair
breadth escapes for the hero
and a large segment Of the
population. Probably the whole
concept of the rocket would
appall scientists, but Fleming
makes it all palpitatingly be-
lievable. As an extra treat,
made part IT the plot develop
ment. he throws in a fabulous
bridge game. A top-notch
thriller.
BEFORE MIDNIGHT. BY Rex
Stout. Viking Press, $2.759
The author Of q perfume
company's millidn-dollar con-
test is murdered and the an
swers stolen Just when the
contest has been narrowed to
five potential winners. Nero
Wolfe is hired to find out who
stole the answers. but when
someone has the temerity to
knock of one of Wolfe's clients
In his own home. the great
man really bestirs himself.
Satisfying diversion by a mas
ter craftsman.
STAB IN THE DARK. BY Joe
Raytor. mill MORO VI;
$2.T5.)
An artist disappears in Quad
alajara, pitching his young wife
into an incredible series Of
horrors. First. she gets drunk
on pink gin. Then, she's high
on marijuana. She witnesses
murder. ID nearly suffocated
and even has time to fall in
love. It's a weird one.
THE LISTENING EYE. BY
Patricia Wentworth. q. B,
Lippincott: $275.)
A lip-reader ''hears" two
men plotting murder across
Evening star., 1955-11-20

bassador TO the United Nations.
He win reply to Mr.. Acheson
at some future date.
Politics Is Q many-splen-
dored thing.
Evening star., 1955-11-20
Toward Resolving Anxiety
In d Christian Community

chiatry and religion, shows how
psychiatry can diagnose and
faith can cure. It is a wise and
helpful book.