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Evening star., 1955-06-19
If You re Going
To Europe, Mister,
Tuke This Along
THE MEMS GUIDE TO EU-

THE MEMS GUIDE TO EU-
ROPE. Edited by Eugene
Fodor. David Mckay;
$4.50.)
On the jacket you see a man
on skis, and a woman holding
a glass and giving you q come
on look. Together they sum
UP the masculine. gay. some-
times q bit ribald. contents OF
this book which has arrived
Just in time for you to grab 1t
before you grab ship or plane.
There are the usual chap
ters of elementary informa-
tion for men, women and
children.
For you men only. however.
there are some extra-speciai
items. You may read all about
tailoring. tennis. skin diving,
fox hunting, fishing, mountain
climbing, roulette, slot ma
chimes, chemin de fer. Isn't
that what you expected? Then
maybe you'd like to hear about
the sections called useful ad-
dresses?"
Fodor, the man who's really
been around, says that if you
count on a Paris such as Holly
wood pictures. you won't be
disappointed. He goes into
detail-the girls who grow on
bar stools in all countries, or
on street corners, and on which
corners, the dance partners.
how bare are the floor shows,
where to find a festival de
strip-tease." and some honest
to-goodness phone numbers.
And Paris isn't Fodor's only
city. w. G. r.
Evening star., 1955-06-19
THE DAM BUSTERS. BY Paul
Brickhill. (Ballantine Books;

THE DAM BUSTERS. BY Paul
Brickhill. (Ballantine Books;
$2D
NEW WINGS FOR A WAR
RIOR. BY Russell Braddon.
(Rinehart: $500
When the British Air Min
istry had a particularly tough
target to wipe out during
World War II. it called on a
special-duty squadron called
popularity the dam busters"
The squadron would work out
new bombing methods and
frequently new bombs and go
after the targets. Casualties
were tremendous. but the
squadron destroyed many key
targets-dams. rocket launch
ing sites, U-boat pens, the
pocket battleship Tirpitz, etc.
Evening star., 1955-06-19

order changes, there's some
thing distinctly old-fashioned
about this class-conscious saga
of shocking developments at
Swevenings. Could it be that
one Of the gentry would bash
in the skull of a fellow member
of the tribe? Fish scales help
Chief Detective Inspector Rod
erick Alleyn arrive at a salts
factory, If long delayed, an
swer.
BEAST IN VIEW. BY Mar
garet Millar. (R a n d o m
House; $500
An evil woman, building in
her victims a structure Of
fatal doubts from a splinter
Of uncertainty, is the focal
point of this chilling study of
insanity. The man who final
ly reaches the truth is a mid
dle-aged investment COUNSEL
lor impelled by pity for the
first victim. Mrs. Millar en-.
ploys her knowledge of ply
chiatry to sketch in the
background clues to the cred
ible but shocking denouement
while subtle understatement
and adroit scene-shifting con-.
tribute to the steadily mount
ing horror.
UNFINISHED CRIME. BY
Helen McCloy. (Random
House; $2.75.)
A fabulous ruby is hidden
after the fashion of the pur-
loined letter in mass Of dime
story sunk jewelry. The girl
who buys it is promptly thrust
first into confusion, then, via
mounting dread. to total ter
ror. Her escort disappears and
the man who shows up in his
place is obviously an imposter
but she's the only one who
thinks so. An Indian with a
cat tattooed on his wrist slips
in and out of the action and
she is followed by a stranger
with a limp. The author re-
verses her field several times
to spice suspense with. bafde-
ment. A tense one.
QUEENS BUREAU OF M
vESTIGATION. BY Ellery
Queen. (Little, Brown 81
CO.; So
In 18 new and reprinted
short stories. Queen runs the
gamut of criminal lore-from
the suicide that wasn't to the
impossible crime. There's n1ur-
der, kidnapping, embezzlement
and robbery, all stripped down
to the bare essentials Of plot.
Most are devious. a few OBJ
vious. An uneven collection
but with some surprises.
Evening star., 1955-06-19
Some COLONEL Characters
Most SchooIbooks Skip

Mr.. Swiggett has excavated
correspondence and diaries to
bring into human. everyday
focus the lives Of some Of the
men who played vital roles in
building the young Republic
but who were virtually sifted
out of Revolutionary history.
Il wrote it," he says. from
profound. though good-hu-
mored impatience Of long
standing with the pious theme
Of biographies portraying
the Founding Fathers as a
group apart to whom. unlike
the rest Of us. love fun, mon
ey, incidence and a desire for
security did not matter"
CHARLES YARBROUGH
Evening star., 1955-06-19
FORGOTTEN LEADERS OF

kO6OOII ZEN AEhDLn6 Or
THE REVOLUTION. BY
Howard Swiggett. Double
day; 50
A name Of some stature in
highly entertaining history
writing. Mr.. Swiggett has pro-
filed a la New Yorker maga-
zine some of the Colonial
characters most school books
barely mention.
Undoubtedly some Of the
,long-hair students Of the Re-
volution are going to call 1t
"frothy," but it's q safe bet
that if any Of them ever write
o book, they'll draw on his
mint Of reference, II only to
humanize their characters.
Evening star., 1955-06-19
'Eckert to Speak

The Silver Spring Art Gal.
lery, 92l6 Flower avenue, will
open this afternoon to the
public. at 4 o'clock, an exhibi-
ton Of paintings by Mariana
Eckert, an artist from the Do
minican Republic. He will he
present to greet guests and dis,
cuss his work. He also be-.
gins this month a term as in-
structor at the Silver Spring
Gallery. He has exhibited
abroad and in the United
States, and is represented In
the current SD annual exhibi-
ton Of the Society Of Wash
ington Artists at the National
Museum
Evening star., 1955-06-19
Shows in Brief

The Montgomery County
Art Associations outdoor fair.
exhibition can be seen only
through next Thursday. This
show was selected in mid May
by Washington area artists
Leonard Maurer. Marjorie Dec
and A. E. Baum. It is on view
at the Wheaton Public Libra
ry. Old Bladensburg road and
Georgia avenue.
Evening star., 1955-06-19

past two years, were inspired
by the magnificent Renaissance
architecture Of Florence, VEN
ice and other Italian cities.
Piazza San Marco" Venice
Remembered" tboth purchased
by the Library Of Congress
along with another In this ex-
hibition), Florence" (also in
the current Pennell show
"Palazzo Vecchio," 'sDomes OF
Padua" and several others. are
large. handsome color wood
engravings with strong, simple
lines. None Of them is . nat.
uralistic glimpse Of the fami.
liar scenes. but an expression
istic summary of the most
characteristic features OF each
subject.
Work Is Vigorous
Mr.. Amen's work is vigorous
and direct, In the tradition Of
the German expressionists Of
this century: Kaethe Kollwitz,
Ernst Barlach and Frans
Masereel. Mr.. Amen's other
woodcuts at the Whyte Gallery
include some figures. among
them Scandal" "a group Of
vicious gossiping women.
Born in New York in 1918.
Mr.. Amen studied at the Art
Students League, at Brooklyn's
Pratt Institute. and the Grande
Chaumiere, Paris. He has ex.,
hibited widely, both In group
and one-man shows, and is
represented in important mu-,
scum collections, here and
abroad.
Evening star., 1955-06-19

Iot doubt the sincerity and pa
design and color suggesting
the shapes of windows and
architectural features; Samuel
Bookatz' large Granite
Guardian" Richard Miller's
strong dark Interior" Jack
Perlmutter's "Under the El"
and Ferol Warthen's "Har-
bour," which utilizes evoca-
lively the shapes Of ships and
boats.
Approximately half the
sculptures were winners Of
awards and mentions Gre
viewed last Sunday. Other
pieces that stand out are
Hazel Van Matters abstract
Grace Note" Seymour Gres-
ser's sullen girl. and Alicia
Neathery's marble head
Elizabeth" with interesting
facial structure.
The SD annual will remain
on view through July Z.
ID. c. Sculptors
The Washington Sculptors
Group is having an exhibition
of recent works at Franz
Bader Gallery, 1705 G Street.
through June 80. Nearly 80
works in this miscellaneous
show, in various materials and
many techniques, illustrate the
range and individuality Of
some Of the Washington areas
best known sculptors. 1t is
more representative than the
sculpture section of the So
ciety Of Washington Artists
annual.
Lenore Strauss over-life-
size limestone head cut in q
ridged technique is one Of the
strongest works on view. Flor
ence Higgs' terracotta portrait
head Of a little girl Is un-
doubtedly the most winsome.
Complete figures are more
numerous. Dean Carter's
bronze bather has near
naturalistic forms. emphasized
by angular modelling. Reuben
Kramer seems to be in a rut
with his little bronze women;
one in this show is wearing a
ballet skirt. but has the same
figure, face and stance as
many Of her predecessors.
Kate Kramer conveys action
in her "Striding Figure" with
the swing of arms and legs,
while Marilee Shapiro's simple
figure of a woman ancestor"
is in complete repoSe.
Robert Kuhn's polychromed
hickory Colonial Drummer"
has primitive look. despite
its modern attenuated elonga-
ton. Betty Williams little
ceramic Singer" has the ex-
pansive gesture of a real
shouter finishing song. Lila
Ascher's Mother and Child"
conveys tender devotion. Ges-
ture is strong also in Hazel
Van Matters abstract wood
"Adolescents." an excellent
work. as is Belle Bellerose's
semi-abstract marble draped
figure.
For Animal Lovers
Animal lovers will find sew
eral good items in the show.
Jane Loves wild Horses of
the Sea-" with it's lifelike
heads, is symbolic of the
cresting waves. Katherine
Hobbs "Kyloe Bull" In repose,
the stone porcupine by Mrs.
Bellerose, and Rowland Lyons
several variations on the ele-
phant theme, all small sculp-
lures from different woods.
some streamlined to near
abstraction. others exaggerat-
ed into humorous little figures,
all have merit.
The sole non-objective sculp-
ture is Colin Greenley's walnut
and plastic construction, neat
but not exciting.
Evening star., 1955-06-19

missions for his country. He
won a quick reputation as a
writer for Hotel Talleyrand"
and sSPQR,p comedies Of the
European haut monde. Now
he offers 'Excelsior!" (Scrib-
ner; $3.50, an amusing, abb
sorbing study of an interna-
tional banker and his family.
The story Of "Excelsior!" is
built around Robert Eggh. a
Zurich banker. who at 80 is
the most vigorous, respected
and feared figure in Swiss
finance. He rules his sons.
one In Switzerland, the other
in America, and his daughter
and son-in- law with the same
ruthless assurance with which
he governs his powerful bank.
The sons, brought up in awe
of him, cut sorry figures when
they are around him, and he
holds them in contempt for the
weakness he brought about.
Only One Loves Him
The aging widower. sturdier
than his middle-aged sons, is
fully understood and loved by
only one person, his mistress.
the Baroness de Marty, who is
half French, half English, a
charming, woman of the world.
The beginning of World War
II throws the banks interna-
tional clientele--Ge Brit
ish, French, American-into a
maze of intrigue in search OF
more funds and more credits.
Old Robert, while he Is Ger
mar-Swiss, hates Hitler and
hopes for his downfall, but
feels, nonetheless, that his
clients are a sacred trust to be
served regardless of his SYM
pathy. His son Jacques has
married an American woman,
become a citizen of this coun-
try and has a son who goes
to Europe as a pilot when
America enters the war. When
JACQUES returns to Switzer-
Land on an ultrasecret mission
for OSS, he is confronted with
q dilemma in loyalty. OSS
wants him to obtain somehow
the code numbers of German
accounts in the family bank.
The old man, with his uncanny
shrewdness, guesses his sons
covered-up mission and deter
mines to prevent its success.
The old banker is a we'll
realized character. Mr.. Bonner
knows the mileu he describes.
He writes colorfully of Switzer-
land when 1t was a center of
espionage and covert plotting.
EXCELSIOR" is a Literary
Guild selection.
Praise and Sales
Gladys Schmitt achieved
wide sales along with critical
acclaim "a combination not
too frequently found - with
her historical novels. Such
books as David the King"
proved that she could explore
the past with the urgency
and vividness Of the present.
This time she writes Of to-
day. "The Persistent Image"
dial; $3.5O) is an unusual
sort of love story.
John, a musician, who has
given up playing viola in the
symphony to open a record
shop, discovers that Helen. the
girl who Tilted him six years
ago, has returned to the city
with her mother and little
girl after divorcing her hus-
band. John still loves Helen,
but in the child he sees the
rival who won her, treated her
cruelty and went through her
farnjlv'S money. Every time he
encounters the child John sees
the image of the man he de-
spises. Helen wants to marry
him, but the small girl is a
stumbling block. 1t takes a
tavern brawl to shock John
into realizing certain things to
which he had been blind.
This story. as can be seen. is
focused on a small canvas,
Evening star., 1955-06-19
Learned Poperbocks

Those who, only recently,
could see the paperbacks as
no more than a cheapening
influence, pointing to lurid
covers and startling titles in
dime stores and bus terminals.
surely by now realize the good
that is coming out of the
movement toward cheap edi-
tions. Publishers who spe-
cialize in reprints of classics
continue to turn them out, a
sure indication that they are
selling we'll enough to make
these projects worth while.
Most Of these reprints are
being produced by old-line
publishers Of hardcover books,
who are finding in the public
a perhaps unexpected thirst
for history. philosophy, essays
on the arts and novels which
have met the test Of time.
These are some new Anchor
Books, published by Double
day: "The Modern Theater:
Five Plays" (95 cents), plays
by Nikolai GOgol, Eugene La
biche and Marc Michel, JO-
seph Conrad, Jean Giraudoux
and Jean Anouilh; ''Six Plays
of Strindberg" ($1.25); give
Stages Of Greek Religion" by
Gilbert Murray (95 cents) /;
"Shaw on Music" (95 cents) !;
Travels in Arabia Deserta," "
by Charles M. Doughty, an
abridgement by Edward Gar
nett (Sl.25); "The Myth Of
the State" by Ernst Cas5irer
tSf.25); "The Tale of the
Genji," by Lady Murasaki t95
cents), the first novel of a
classic sequence of novels of
11th century Japan; "Amer-
ika," a novel by Franz Kafka
(95 cents.)
Evening star., 1955-06-19
THE WEEKS BEST READING
Two Popular Writers
Present New Novels
By CARTER BROOKE HOMES

The week brings novels by two writer's who
gained deserved popuarityenertaning Paul Hyde
Bonner and perceptive skilful Gladys Schmitt.
Before he a novelist Mr. Bonner had remark
able background business executive with special IN
the International and head Of diplomatic
Evening star., 1955-06-19
ART AND EXHIBITIONS
Washington Artists Show
Wrinkles Critics Brow
By FLORENCE S. BERGMAN

The 63r annual exhibition Of The Society Of Washington
Artists seems to me disappointing show in several respects
conclusion regret admit because Of the widely recognized
gifts decades Of experience and international of Max
Weber the American artist who served oneman jury OF
selection and cannot doubt the sincerity and
Evening star., 1955-06-19

with only a few characters
John, his old sweetheart and
her mother. the child. Johns
mother and sister, the di-
vorced husnsnd who turns up
and makes trouble. 1t Is es-
sentially a psychological study
of Johns orientation toward
life and love.
In the end John arouses
greater sympathy. At first his
complete selfishness and bad
manners make him seem far
from admirable and a poor
bargain for any girl.
But Miss Schmitt is a writer
with rare attributes. She
writes with a Subtlety that
never is obscure. She evokes
character and atmosphere
with touches that suggest
more than they tell and SO
impel the imagination to dis
Germ the rest, a far more eff
fective method than pages of
fiat description.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18
Resume Arms
To Egypt

PARIS (JTA) - A spokes-
man for the French Foreign
Office confirmed that France
will resume munitions Ship
ments to Egypt because Cal
ro radio broadcasts have cas-.
ed attacks on France and the
North African situation is re.
turning to normal.
In Rome, it was announced
that Italy would refuse ex-
port licenses for 80 Vampire
jet fl G h ter planes which
Egypt has ordered from a
private Italian manufacturer
A report from Geneva said
that the Western Big Three
foreign ministers, during a
there had decided to
impose diplomatic, economic
and some military sanctions.
backed by air and naval block.
ade, If necessary, against a
East aggresSor.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18
KnowIund Mixes
Sending Arms

MIAMI BEACH (JTA) -
Senate Republican leader Will
liam Knowland, of California,
came out against US. arms to
Israel. The California Repub-
Hcan said any attempt by the
us. to give arms to Israel
would only end up in an arms
race with the Communists
ru S lin G more arms to the
Arabs.
Sen. K n w a n d S stand
against arms for Israel was
considered surprising in view
of his tough attitude toward
Communism in the Far East
and frequent demands for
military support of Chang
Kai Shek'S Formosa regime.
Sen. Knowland said: "It is up
to the United States to make
the decision in this troubled
area but it is the job, and the
duty, of the U.N. to act"
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18

raePs economy through agri-
cultural and industrial devel-
opment. "T h e n e is no task
more urgent than the Israel
bond campaign to assure the
soundness and progress of the
economic life of Israel" he
stressed.
Senator Estes Kefauver, ad-
dressing the audience, a d
that the United States must
give Israel the opportunity of
obtaining defensive ar m S.
1--WE cannot afford to let Is
rael down." he said. Neither
can we continue to deal with
this explosive situation by
double-talk."
Adlai Stevenson, who an
nounced Tuesday that he is a
candidate for the 1856 Pres
idential nomination, address
ing himself to Mr.. Sharett at
the dinner, said: II believe it
will be the policy of our gov
ernment that no change in the
status quo shall take place by
force. The u. S. does not
choose sides when it chooses
naoooV
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18

one to t h r e e years b f or e
Egyptian military training
will reach a level necessary
for effective use of Commun-
ist equipment especially jet
planes and S u b m a r n S.
Therefore, the State Depart
ment advised President EiSen-
hover that there is no great
urgency to Israels plea. The
amounts of munitions to be
sold Israel for "eligitimate
Self-defense" is expected to be
small.
The State Department will
restrict American sales of de-
fenSive arms to Israel to a
minimum. Official sources
said the State Department is
aware of heavy Communist
arms shipments arriving in
Egypt, but nevertheless re-
mains convinced that Israel
military strength will contin-
ue for some time to be super
ior to that of Egypt.
The President reaffirmed
the Tripartite Declaration of
1850 under which the United
States, Britain, and France
guaranteed the existing Arab
Israel borders. He a i d the
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18

The Syria n Ambassador
said that an American Secur-
ity pact with Israel would
create a situation of "Amer-
lean youths fighting against
Arab youths in great blood
she'd" He charged that Jews
are trying to incite Arabs and
Americans against each other
for their own Zionist" pur-
poses. why not let New York
be a homeland for the Jews?"
he asked.
He said that the Arabs are
determined to "liberate" Pal
estine and compared this goal
with the aspirations of George
Washington and the early
A m e rican colonistS who
sought to rid America of Brit
ish domination. The Syrian
Ambassador claimed h a a
curtain of confusi o n" is
thrown about the American
mind by transformation
that the Zionist pressures''
exert on the US. Government.
He asserted that American.
Arab relations were based not
on fact, but on Zionist propa
ganda.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18

dangerously upset, means to
favor the wou1d-be aggressor
and leave the WoJld-be vic
tim of a ggre S sion in the
lurch."
Declaring that he "felt GER
tain the President could not
have intended to a advocat t e
such a course" Mr.. Sharett
added: "On the contrary, he
expressly recognized the legit-
macy of the supply of arms
indispensable for defensive
purposes. Our request for
arms addressed to the u. S.
Government aims at precisely
the same end, and we, there
fore, hope that our call will
)e needed"
Armament Fund
Mr.. Sharett pointed out that
t is not up to A m erica a n
Jews to help Israelis acquire
he arms they consider so alb
;olutely necessary. "This we
must do by our own efforts
md at our own expense" he
aid. He appealed to American
-ewry for continued support
Tor the Isra el bon d drive
which is strengthening Is
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18

State Department asking the
U. S. to prevent" Mr.. Shar.
ett's interference in internal
American affairs" by partici-
pating in the Israel bond cam
paign in this country. At the
same time, Syrian Ambassa-
dor Zeineddine strongly at
tackled American Jewry, as
serting that they were not
ally Semites, but for the
most part descendants of Rus
sian Slavs who had embraced
Judaism. He revived the NaZi
racial theory in the course of
a speech delivered before the
Women'S National Democrat
ic Club.
The address embarrassed
the administration of the Club
to a point where a Democrat
ic spokesman found it neces-
sary to d declare after that
speeches at the Club do not
necessarily reflect the opinion
of the Club or of it's members
The spokesman pointed out
that the Club has also invited
Israel A m b a s IS a dor Abba
Eban to speak and that he ac-
cepted the invitation and will
speak on Jan. 80.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18

-ered the services Oh his gov
,rnment or himself as a med
ator to help achieve a peace
settlement.
Instructions have gone out
% the British Ambassadors in
Cairo and Tel Aviv to urge
r e S tr in t upon Israel and
Egypt. There is a feeling in
British official circles that the
present quiet along the Israel
Egyptian frontier is a lull be-
fore a fresh storm.
In his speech at the Lord
Mayor of London's dinner Sir
An t hony noted that the
Egyptians insisted that any
settlement be b bas ed on the
1947 UN Palestine partition
lecision while Israel refuses
10 bulge from the boundary
ines recognized by the armis-
ice agreement of 1948. He
hen said that "it is not right
hat the UN solutions S
should be ignored. At this
point he suggested that the
.Wo parties S must make a
compromise be wv e e n these
wo positions"
He warned that the Czech
egyptian arms d e a l had in
ected a new element of dang
r into the Middle East and
dismissed as fantastic" Sow
ct assertions that this was a
purely commercial transac-
ion. He cautioned the Arabs
hat they might be submerg-
d in the Communist empire
they fall victims" to the
Communist tactics.
In a statement comment
ng on the call by Sir Anthony
hat Egypt and Israel settle
oundary differences by a
compromise, the Israel EN-
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18

bassy in London made the fol-
lowing points:
l. The A r a b governments
rejected the UN resolutions
when they launched a war
against Israel; 2. While Israel
holds more territory as a re-
suit of the armistice agree
ments, Jordan received cent
raj Palestine and half of Jeru-
salem while Egypt received
the GAIA strip from tn csc
same pacts; 3. Nowhere has
Israel occupied territory be-
yond that of Mandated PaleS-
tine.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18

Morris Rosenbaum, prom
inent local resident, will head
the 1856 CJA Drive. He served
last year as a dvance gifts
chairman, is co-chairman of
the Center Building Fund
campaign, Center committee
vice-president and a member
of the Councils executive COM
mittee. He was designated
imam of the year" by the
Community Council in recog-
milton of his work on CJA and
the Center.
A campaign organization is
in process of being set and
will be announced shortly by
RoSenbaum.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18

to delay a peace settlement
by putting a premium on in
transigeance." He added that
Israel has no other choice but
to arm itself in self-defense
against Egypt which is now
receiving huge quantities of
arms from Communist coun-
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18
Warns E gypt- Israel |;
US Threatens Action


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