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We Should Get Busy Inside Russio
Reviewed by EorI H. Voss

vided a handy guide to gold
bricking. AS an Old practitioner
of the art, this reviewer picked
up several refinements, such as
how to throw an epileptic fit
to dodge a particularly re-
pugnant work detail. Some Of
his methods are slightly ex-
IRENE, however. He himself.
for instance, first submitted to
q hernia operation for a nom
existent hernia. Then he
faxed his way through a long
convalescence. Later he had a
burly prisoner shatter his
wrist with a log. to get off
a heavy work shift which was
running his health.
Lest some ,atter-day buck
private try any of these
things, it should be added that
the author Is a medical doctor
who could minimize the bad
effects Of his own gold-brick-
ing.
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students into reflections of his
or her individual style. pros-
pective students can certainly
get an idea of these art teach
ers' predictions by studying
each trio of works.
Prentiss Taylor offers the
most precise, clean-edged oil
paintings in the group. in his
cool-toned still life and carri-
val detail, the latter done from
an angle which gives il an abb
stract appearance, and COM
positional counter-thrust, He
also shows q little watercolor
landscape with a spontaneous
freshness. He is currently
president of the Society Of
Washington Printmakers, also
Of the Artists Guild, and direc-
tor of the Playhouse Art Gal
lery.
George T. Hamilton, whose
lectures at the Phillips Gallery
for some years have made him
well known to laymen as well
as students, is represented
with an abstract still life, a
simplified landscape and q
charming. naturalistic still life
with subtle color gradations.
Josef Pielage also shows paint
ings ranging from abstract to
naturalistic. I liked best his
landscape with its strong pat
tern of trees.
Theodore Kane, who teaches
at the Y in addition to carry.
ing on a large program Of
other art activities, shows q
self-portrait and a figure
painting done in Haiti last
year. Laura Glenn Douglas
three paintings represent the
most advanced modern idiorl
in this exhibition.
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THE PUBLIC PHILOSOl

THE PUBLIC PHILOSOPHY.
BY Waiter Lippmann. Cat
lantic-Little. Brown; $500
Deeply troubled by the fall
ure of the liberal democra-
cies to cope with the harsh
realities of the last so years.
Mr.. Lippman has turned back
to the 18th century for a po-
litical formula capable of halt
ing the decline of the West.
One cause of our difficul-
ties, he is convinced, is de-
mocracy itself-the gradual
shift from government with
the consent of the governed
to government by the sover-
eign people. For the people.
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Merely Unpleasant

Richard Gehman had a
sound idea for "The Slander
Of witches" Rinehart; $3).
This was the impact of
malicious and unfounded gossip
on two persons, a girl and her
employer, an older, married
man, who did not realize they
were in. love until the talk of
this town in Pennsylvania
suggested it. Regrettably the
author has smothered his story
with a welter of extraneous
detail that slows the drama
practically to a standstill for
many pages. Unfortunately,
too, the married man is such
a vague character and the girl
SO confused that it is hard to
care what happens to them.
Thus when the climax finally
is reached, it does not attain
the stature of tragedy; it
merely is unpleasant.
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THE SIMPLE TRUTH. BY
Elizabeth Hardwick. tHar.
court. Brace & Co.: $500
Here is a murder trial where
the onlookers are the princi-
pals ana the defendant be-
comes in effect a minor figure.
Every wrinkle Of character Of
the two onlooker-principals-
the easy rationalizations that
justify their regular attend
ance at the trial, their self
conscious search for justice.
their conviction that no small
town juror could ever see the
truth as they see it-goes
under the authors microscope.
Their reaction to the verdict is
the final irony in a novel that
permits the reader only to ap-
preciate the ironyAnever to
indulge in such luXuries as
sympathy or suspense.
CUE FOR MURDER. BY Matt
Bryant. vanguard Press:
$2.50.)
An ex-director now selling
tickets in q rundown movie
house rates as prime suspect
in the murder of a hit plays
director but it soon becomes
apparent that every member
of the plays cast is keeping
secrets from the police. The
plot moves swiftly up to q
surprisingly inept denouement.
Otherwise, it's an entertaining
peek at -backstage lives and
loves.
LOVE CAN BE DANGEROUS.
BY Octavus Roy Cohen.
Macmillan Co.; $2.75.)
A prowler is shot in a cot
tage of the swank Hotel Mira
monte (Los Angeles. Turns
out he's the brother of a hotel
guest. And the girl who found
him insists he was right there
on the floor. But the police
discover him tucked into her
bed. Stolen jewels. threaten
ing calls and more corpses add
to the fun. So does a high
powered romance.
THE MASK OF ALEXANDER.
BY Martha Albrand. (Ran-
dom House; So
A Partisan coutourier and q
girl whose father might have
been betrayed by him get in
volved in a series of cloak and
dagger episodes from the banks
of the Seine to the waters Of
the Adriatic. Murder is of the
most foul-to say nothing of
the most multiple. The back
grounds are glamorous but the
heroine is the most bird
Drained damsel in distress
you're likely to meet in fiction
this season.
DEAD AND GONE. BY Manly
Wade Wellman. university
Of North Carolina Press: So
AS the Regional Murder
series has long since demon
strated, a locality's violent
crimes-if properly recounted
can reflect the folkways of a
place and a period as truly as
the record of battles and poll
tical campaigns. Such is the
case in these 10 classic crimes
of North Carolina. Included
Evening star., 1955-02-20
Many Philosophers

Treasury of Philosophy"
edited by Dagobert D. Runes
Philosophical Library; $15),
contains, in brief form, some
thing of the lives and ideas Of
philosophers from Anaxagoras
and Socrates Of the ancient
world to Santayana. william
James and John Dewey Of our
times. &C. B. J.
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paintings and prints in q
portfolio, which will be shown
on request. It seems to me
that her technical virtuosity
in etching and engraving
makes her prints the best part
of her work.
Minna Citron is one of the
comparatively few contempo-
rary artists included in Who's
Who in America" where those
interested can find complete
data on her professional
career.
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YWcA Faculty

An exhibition Of paintings
by the fine arts faculty of the
D. c. Young Women's Chris
tian Association was opened
in the Playhouse Art Gallery
t727 Fifteenth street, to
honor the Tooth anniversary
OF the International YWCA
and the 50th anniversary Of
the Washington YWCA. It
will remain through March IL.
Although q good teacher
does not necessarily mould
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News of Artists and Exhibitions
Austrion Drawings
At National GoIIery
By Florence S. Bergman

A special exhibition Of more
than 100 Austrian Drawings
and Prints" from the Al
bertina Museum in Vienna
will open at the National Gal
lery of Art this afternoon at
3 o'clock. to continue through
March 20. It Is the first Of
its kind to come to the United
States. Sponsored by H. e.
the Austrian Ambassador. DR..
Karl Gruber, it will be circu-
lated under auspices Of the
Smithsonian Institution Trav-
cling Exhibition Service for
one year. during which it will
visit nine other art museums
in the Middle and Far West
ern and Southern United
States.
DR.. Otto Benesch, director
Of the Albertina Museum.
which houses one Of the
worlds greatest collections Of
the graphic arts. selected 90
original drawings and 20
prints. ranging from the 18th
to the beginning. Of the goth
century. The Austrian For
eign Office and the Ministry
of Education in Vienna CO.
operated in bringing the show
to this country. DR.. Eckhart
Knab. curator of the Albertina,
!. accompanied it.
World -Fomed Collection
The world-famed Albertina
Collection was founded in 1795
by Duke Albert of Saxony-
Teschen. It has more than
10000 old master drawings
and many-hundred-t Thousand
prints from every important
European school. The palace
In which it is housed, was
partly destroyed during the
war, but has been completely
rebuilt since.
The prints included in the
exhibition are mostly woodcuts
of the 18th and 18th centuries,
many hand-tinted. Particu-
larly important is a group from
the Benedictine Monastery at
Mondsee. Among many fine
examples of Austrian drafts
manship, one of the earliest
(f1rst quarter of the 18th CEN
tury) is identified only as be-
longing to the Viennese School:
Joseph Interprets His Dreams
in Prison." est. Christopher"
was done by the famous Ger
man printmaker Albrecht Alt
dorfer during a period when he
lived and worked in Vienna.
Two early 10th century por-
traits are remarkably vital:
Wolf Huber's of a man. a
gross. unflattering likeness,
and one of a boy by Jacob
Seisenegger, known as the AUS
trian Clouet. Foot Soldier in
a Landscape" is an arresting
figure in a fabulous uniform"
with a stupendous feathered
hat, done about 1910. There
are also some charming early
landscapes.
The Baroque period, late
18th and 18th centuries, is
represented by religious and
secular scenes. and particular
interest singles out a chalk
drawing. "St. Magdalen Peni-
tent" by the Empress Maria
Theresa (1717-178O.
Characteristic drawings by
all the best known Austrian
artists of the 10th century in
clude a number of engaging
portraits and family groups,
charming and sentimental.
An illustrated catalogue
published in connection with
the exhibition, has q brief but
comprehensive foreword on
the Austrian school by DR..
Benesch.
Evening star., 1955-02-20
Mystery and Suspense
Reviewed by Miriom Gutenberg

are murders committed as
early as 1908 and as late as
1914. murders for gain and
crimes of passion. murders Of
children and of such varied
adults as a Confederate gen.
eral and an obnoxious poll
tician. All these cases drew
wide public excitement. AS the
author re-creates the crimes
and the trials that followed in
his well-documented and thor
oughly readable narratives, the
reader shares that excitement.
Evening star., 1955-02-20

MICHAEL w. STRAUS.
There can be enough for all.
is running for Congress. The
diplomat and his son are old
enemies.
There are several other
engaging characters. The State
Department man who comes to
the town and college to try to
persuade the diplomat to re-
turn to public service is a man
who apparently thinks that the
letters F. D. r. should mark a
new division of history, but also
is stuffy. platitudinous. and
self important. The ex-Com-
munist Rudenko. who now
stands somewhat to the right
of Pegler," is, paradoxically,
a literary man of attainments,
former editor of a deeply re-
spected little magazine. There
Is the breezy editor of the local
paper, And we meet a famous
playwright, a homoSexual, with
the strange name of Cairo
Thornton, who drops by for a
visit. and two interesting STU
dents, a Spanish girl and a
French girl.
The suspicion that attaches
widely to the professor (the
retired diplomat) merely be-
cause he invited the playwright
to a party is incredible, but
perhaps it was intended to be
broad satire. The ending. in
which the diplomat compro-
misses with his principles. is
feeble, but probably it was de-
signed to show the bewilder-
ment and insecurity of an in
tellectual these days. There's
an episode in the campaign of
the young man for Congress
that strongly suggests a GER
tain incident in the national
campaign of 1852.
More to the point. Mr.. Sykes
writes in THE Children of
Light" with a subtle humor
and a wise comprehension of
the current scene rarely found.
Evening star., 1955-02-20

not be gainsaid," concludes
Mr.. johnson. The only ques-
ton is. can this book be merely
q historians record for future
historians. Or can it be a
'thinly disguised "how to" book,
in case citizens like Mr.. john
son might want to draft Mr..
Stevenson again In 1856?
Evening star., 1955-02-20
Books in Review
Mike Strous Sees q Balanced
World Economy Key to Survival
By corter Brooke Jones

This weeks harvest from the crop books includes
scholarly and provocative study of world
"Why Not Survivor" by Michael W. Straus (simon &
Schuster; $D.
And highly amusing satirical about political
atmosphere
"The Children Of Light" by Gerald Sykes arar straus
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Tuxes and Fiscal

Existing corporate income tax rate and various excise
eveS continued for another House Democratic
proposal for $40 individual income rejected
Debt limit increase to 1921 billion was continued.
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Senate 10 Pick
Five Greatest

The Senate. during the next
10 years, is going to select five
of its all-time great Senators to
be honored by medallions on the
walls of the reception room out
side the chamber.
One Of the last acts Of the
session yesterday was to adopt
q resolution proposed by Dem
ocratic Leader johnson of Texas,
and Joined in by Republican
Leader Knowland of California,
setting up q committee to make
the selections.
The committee will consider
all who have served as Senators
since the formation of the Gov
eminent, but no one will be con-
sidered during his life time. Only
one selection will be made dur
ing each Congress. Since a
Congress covers two years, this
will stretch the choices over a
decade.
Acting Democratic Leader
Clements and Senator Knowland
explained that they prepared the
resolution after visiting Senator
johnson Sunday in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, where he is re-
cuperating from a heart attack.
They said Senator johnson has
a deep interest in creating in
terest in the Senate as an insti-
tuition and felt this proposal
would focus attention on the his
tory of the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03

for two years, and increases the
limit on its loans from $50. 900
to $250,000. But, as finally
passed, the bill did not in
Grease the total amount avail
able to the agency for loans.
The executive pay bill was
blocked in the Senate by Senator
Russell, Democrat of Georgia,
who said it contained some in
lequities and had been brought
before the Senate without hear
Iings.
Since the 1856 session will be
ia part of the same Congress, the
bills which were left unfinished
last night will retain whatever
progress they had made.
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tion in the Federal Register q
Hist of all their stocks and bonds
They will also be required to
make a report every six months
lof any changes in their hold
ings. while they are serving the
Government.
Extended One Year
The bill extends the Defense
Production Act for one year,
and authorizes the Government
to organize and train a civilian
reserve corps of businessmen
who could be called quickly into
special Government jobs in
time Of war.
The small business bill ex-
tends the life of that agency
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typographical Error

BELTON, Tex, Aug. 3 R0.--R
E. L. Jones of Bolton, who has
some barbed wire for sale, has
been getting tongue-in-cheek Of
fers throughout the Southwest
since his for-sale ad in the Tenn
pie Daily Telegram came out
farbed wife"
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Business and Labor

Federal minimum wage level lifted from rs cents to 81
hour.
Small Business Act was continued
Proposals to amend Taft-Hartley Act remained in
committees
Bill to exempt natural gas producers from Federal
regulation passed by the House. The Senate deferred
action until next year.
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Public Works

Highway building legislation killed by House defeat
Of the Presidents proposed plan well Democratic
Earlier the Senate passed somewhat smaller
road building bill.
housing bill was passed by both branches It differed
considerably from the Presidents requests but contained
compromise for authorization of As 900 public housing units
in year.
School construction proposals Of the President and
others in greatly changed form from the House
Labor and Education Committee The bill begged down in
the Rules Committee repeatedly unwingness to risk
floor fight intended anti-segregation amendment.
The atomic peace ship urged by the President was
jected by the Senate Later attempts failed to put through
an authorization bill in House Senate
Action on 81 billion Upper Colorado River develop
ment bill not cleared by the House Rules Committee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03
General Government

Congress increased the salaries Of its members and
of Federal judges but failed to approve boosts for cabinet
members It also gave a pay raise to many legislative
employees and provided various fringe benefits for
bers of Congress.
Hawai-Aaska statehood moves died in the House
constitutional amendment to lower the voting age
to Is never reached either floor.
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LOST

white, lost in vic. Riverview Camp. For
e svenins.. s II. s..sssss. reward. 3
BRIEFCAsE, leather. under arm; initials
7s IL vi t. E." 71 Liberal reward, MA: 8
CAMERA AND CASE. 400 blk Randolph
r. 81 Ga.s g n R.x 81 eau "a s.10'
COCKER. tan, female. "Taffy"; nea,
oeoTgetown; no collar: reward. ~
COLLIE. fuli-sroxn. female. white and
r masisd u! Js ei ErIs ohulen-Nlne5Sn'
CONTACT. solid gold. with multi col
stones, in brocade case: NV. vic: great
sentimental value: liberal reward. ma,
$500. Ext ID. %
DIAMOND RING, Tiffany setting. July
%. Reward for recovery: CO: 5.7909.
DOG. Canary Island. male. small. brown
"Habidi": last seen in Capitol View
and Clay Terrace area; reward. LU.
DOC, young. large. male. hound. tan.
white and black no collar or tag: an an;
Home Home s re RA. $500. sHjS Ext. ~.
GLASSES, semiblack rims: vie, wis. and
N ST.: reward. Call 10. b-2455: .
KEYS. vic. Of 1910 Vermont ave. and 8
st. NV. 5 keys on corkscrew key
holder. Call AID. 2-1694. =
PARAKEET. green. band NO. 81. vic. 18th
and Girard SITS. NV. HU. 3-3467.
PARAKEET. BUDDY" dark blue. white
ward Rx. e:sss2.
sIAMEsE BLUE POINT, female; about
July 10 at Reservoir I'd. and 44th st.
NV. Reward EN-. 3-l069. IS
sIAMESE CAT. small, short curly tail;
vic i st. Sc; reward. Call Lu'
roy FOX TERRIER, male, about 4 mos.
old. Since July 81. White body with
large black area on back. black
Chihuahua face and ears. Reward. OIL.
2-E132. %
WRIST WATCH. iady's oruen, white
gold. with Clipped diamonds. Fri, 20.
betw. E and p on 9th. or vic. Metro
politan Theater: reward. K1. D-0437.
WRIST WATCH, lady's, white gold
Gruen; vicinity Cabin John. Md. Re-
ward OIL 2-1AOO. -
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Agriculture

An increase from $40 billion to $12 billion in Com
modify Credit Corp borrowing approved by both
branches
bill to restore rigid farm price supports passed only
the House.
Sugar Act bill to revise marketing quota provisions
for domestic and foreign producers passed by
the House, but caught in the Senate drive for adj
journment.
bill approved by both branches to repeal pen
atty against farmers who exceed planting aotments The
penalty withholding of soil conservation payments
such instances
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Ship Fire Out

MURORAN, Japan. Aug. 5 (1.
|-Firemen today doused the last
sparks of a weeklong fire in the
coal bunkers of the British
freighter Argovan.
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Here's How Major Bills
Fored in 84th Congress

This is ,chGt happened to major measures tn
session of the S4th Congress:
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General Welfare

Changes ithe Social Security Law to provide benefits
mainly for elderly women and disabled persons ap
proved by the House but not taken by the Senate
An extensive health program recommended by the
President not reported out by House Senate
mittees ~
Federal grants States to help polio vaccine pro-
grams authorized.
proposed broadening Of Federal aid to drought
stricken areas not voted
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FOUND

BLACK MALE HOUND, white markings.
vic. 500 N. Alfred st., Alexandria.
Owner or good home in Va. XII. $1,000.
DALMATION. female. MONTGOMERY AMI
DOG, red. female, part collie. med. size.
Vic. 500 N. Alfred st., Alexandria.
Owner or good Va. home. XII. 9-39b9.
DOG, red, male. white markings. Vic.
300 N Alfred st.. Alexandria. Owner or
good Va. home. XII. e-3969.
DOG, small collie type. brown back and
face, white underneath. Call .AD. g
1027
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GERMAN SHEPHERD, male, near Po-
tomac, Md. JU. 6-51s3 until pm.
PARAKEET, blue, banded, whistler. Vic
Glebe and Lee hwy. IA. 2-b777.
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National Security

Draft law affecting men from 1874 to 20 years old
was extended to 1852
Separate for drafting Of doctors and dentists
and for continuation of Dependents Assistance Act
passed Incentive pay increases and allowances for service
men provided but changes in military survivors bene
Ats approved only by the House.
manpower measure designed to increase the
ready Reserve 100000 to 20 million by 1860 and
require eight years of active Reserve duty for
entering armed services since 1858 Korean fighting
approved.
Defense appropriations totaling $319 billion
voted substantially requested by President
Defense Production Act extended until June &c. 1885,
with authority for President make ALLEGATIONS of strategic
materials fix priores and grant certain defense loans
Safeguards provided against illegal Importation manu-
facture acquisition Of atomic weapons and nuclear
material.
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FOREIGN Relations

President given authority to safeguard and
offshore islands.
Mutual defense treaty with Nationalist China. pacts
West German sovereignty and NATO membership Austrian
treaty and Southeast Asia collective defense treaty ratified
by Senate.
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act extended for three
years
Foreign economic and military aid bill approved for
approximately $27 billion.
Authorization voted for $57 million to complete Inter-
American Highway.
Bills liberaize Refugee Relief Act did not get out OF
House or Senate committees
Bricker Amendment to limit treaty-makng powers of
President stayed in Senate committee.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Mexican Artists

Only two days remain to see
the two-artist show at the
Dupont Theater Gallery, q pre-
liminary notice of which was
given here last Sunday.
Frank de Gonzales paint
ings. ali done In Mexico, COM
prise landscapes, still life and
several heads, about twice life.
size, eaunt and gloomy. In
his landscapes and still-life he
obviously favors compositions
involving eilyptical lines, join
ing successive mountain peaks
In the former, and emphasiz-
ing curves Of fruit. vases, etc,
In the stili-life arrangements.
One or the best Is Guitars. z
dominated by glowing reds.
Alberto Garcia Maidonado
was born IN Yucatan, studied
engraving there and Is now
president and founder Of the
Yucateca Society Of Engrav-
ers. He teaches at the Merida
School Of Fine Arts. His works
ct the Dupont are shown
through courtesy Of the Pan
American Union. They are
etchings. aquatints and wood
cuts. all dealing with dance
or Death themes.