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Evening star., 1955-07-10
THE MARSHALL PLAN AND

THE MARSHALL PLAN AND
ITS MEANING. BY Harry
Bayard Price. cornell Uni
versity Press; $50
The Marshall Plan. despite
strong bipartisan support. was
q highly controversial subject.
To its hackers it was a CO.
operative effort that would
save Western Europe from
economic collapse and COM
munism. To its enemies 1t
was q giveaway program on a
global scale.
Officials Of the Economic
Cooperation Administration
naturally inclined to the for
mer view. But when it came
time to write the agency's
history, they turned the Job
over to the Government AZ
fairs Institute. an independ-
ent research organization.
Mr.. Prices book is the re-
suit. Based on hundreds Of
interviews and free access TO
the records. 1t represents an
unbiased evaluation Of the
sgency's shortcomings as well
90 It's successes.
Evening star., 1955-07-10
Germun Lithoqruphs

Christian Kruck, a young
German artist (born Hamburg
1920 is having his first Wash
ington one-man show at the
Whyte Gallery, 1918 Connecti-
cut avenue, through July 20.
He has had many years of art
study in Nurnberg and Freid-
berg-im- -Bresgau, and since
1858 has been teaching lith-
ography in the Stadel Akad-
emie in Frankfurt-am- Main.
He has exhibited extensively
in Germany, where he is rep
resented in museum collec-
tions. In the past few months
his Autographs have been pur-
chased in the United States
by the Museum of Modern Art.
New York. Baltimore Museum
and the Library Of Congress.
Following his Whyte Gallery
show, he will have one in New
York City at the Weyhe Gal
lery.
On view here are more than
20 Autographs in modern
idioms, ranging from strongly
sim pl 1 fl e d representational
prints such as Small Circus"
with bare back riders to COM
plete distractions. Mr.. Kruck
is also a painter in oils and
watercolor, and some of his
Autographs have the fluid ap-
pearance Of wash drawings or
Evening star., 1955-07-10
For the Young

Everyone knows. or should
know, that friendly monkey,
Curious George, created by H.
A. Rey. But it may come as a
surprise that Mr.. Rey. who
must have a large bump OF
curiosity himself, is also
author illustrator Of a new
style handbook of the heavens
called Find the Consultations
(Houghton. S3).
In this age Of space ships
and jet planes. 1t is important
for even the youngest to know
something Of the stars and
planets. Mr.. Rey makes this
seem very clear and simple.
Best Of all are his Sky-Views,
which bring the stars into
your lap. where you can ex-
anime them at leisure.
--B. N.
Evening star., 1955-07-10

ana Drought 70 tne ElAyuOuSe
Art Gallery, 727 Fifteenth
street, where the 20 prizewin-
ming works will remain
through July 81. They repre-
sent II States and Puerto
Rico.
The distinguished jury Of
award CRuth Reeves of CO.
lumbia University. Theodore
Rousseau. jr.. Of the Metro
politan Museum of Art, and
Mort Walker. cartoonist) GER
tainly revealed catholic tastes
In bestowing the prizes. There
is considerable variety in
techniques as well as themes.
The first-prize-winning oil
painting. an extremely primi-
tive "Crucifixion" by Corpl.
George P. Englert, struck me
as the least meritorious of the
five winners in this medium.
Corpl. Harold Carney's abstract
"Oriental Mandolin" (sec-
ondD, 1.-The City" by Pfc.
Manuel Villamor (third) !,
semi-abstract with rectangu-
lar forms and good distribu-
ton Of lights and darks. Pfc.
Fred Marvin's portrait of a
blonde young woman (fourth)
set Of against dusty pink, and
Corpl. Richard S. Schneider's
Portrait Of q Young Man
With q Reverse Z" (fifth) all
surpass the top winner, and !
suspect others among the 30
oil paintings in the complete
show at the Pentagon were
better.
Outstanding Work
But for fine craftsmanship
the MISUNDERSTANDING water
color tops all the other WORKS
on view: Corpl. Kennard Har-
ris' trompe-l'oeil Still Life"
I liked next Capt. Donald
Mundt's gouache Brooklyn
Evening" (5th) depicting a
commonplace part of the city,
romanticized with the lights
blooming in the twilight. Pfc.
Warren Davis House on
Rush Street" which fetched
third prize. conveys the de-
teriorating Victorian pile:
Cpl. John Prevols Land
scape" (4th) is the most ira
ditional in technique.
Winning drawings and car
toons are mostly black and
white. Cpl. jerome Ryan's
portrait of a Japanese G. !.
(1st) and Cpl. John Wilson's
fine head of a soldier t3d) ap-
Evening star., 1955-07-10


demand our respect.
At the opening meeting,
Miss Elizabeth Nesbitt, of the
Carnegie Library School of
Pittsburgh. stressed the need
of a sense of wonder in chill
dren's books. She said that
children's books cannot sur
vive without this sense of
wonder which applies equally
to their curiosity about the
physical world. and to books
Of imagination.
Understanding Children
In a talk called Youth,
Libraries. Delinquency" DR.. E.
Preston Sharp. director Of the
Philadelphia Study Center.
urged Librarians to understand
children as well as books.
"Know the children" he said.
"Learn their tastes. Help them
develop their own critical
sense. If you once earn their
confidence and approval. books
viii become an important in
f1uence in their lives"
DR.. Sharp has great respect
for the present generation of
youngsters. vintage 1855. AS
for murder mysteries and hor-
ror comics, he feels these are
not a menace except to the
child who lacks security and
approval at home or in other
adult relationships. At the
same time. it is important to
improve the media wherever
possible.
1t would have taken more
than a week, even with seven
league boots and a magic car
pet, to do justice to the variety
of materials, and workshop
discussions at the convention.
Looking for highlights, I
questioned Frederic Melcher,
godfather of children's book
week. Did anything strike him
as outstanding?
American Picture Books
Yes. Twenty-Five years ago
our picture books came from
Europe. Today, American pic
ture books have been trans
lated into many languages and
literally spread around the
world. They are our ambassa-
dors Of good will.
The most spectacular ex-
hibit of this international ex-
change was a panel of golden
books, big and little. printed
in IA different languages
and distributed in 26 coun-
tries. The exhibit empha-
sizes the universally OF chill
dren's interests, but reveals
some national preferences. too.
Newbery- Caldecott Awards
The most important event Of
the conference, during which
hundreds of librarians exam
ined hundreds of books, was
the Newbery- -Caldecott din
ner, at which medals were
awarded to Meindert De Jong
for his "Wheei on the School" "
chosen as the most distin-
guished story-book of the year.
and to Marcia Brown for the
best picture book of the year.
a new edition of cinderella. -
This year, for the first time.
the Newbery award book will
be dramatized on a long play
ing recording.
Mr.. De Jong's books-he has
written 13-combine sturdy
realism with the best i'm
aginative writing. In an
interview, shortly before the
award dinner. Mr.. De Jong
said, "Unless you can get in
side a child's mind. you have
no business writing for chill
dren. You cannot stare over
an adult high fence--not even
a white-washed, 9-foot Mark
Twain fence-and get back
into the essence Of child
hood"
Gather Round
A rather quiet, solid man,
slow Of speech. Mr.. De Jong
fulfills his own definition of
q story-teller: Gather the
children around you. Just as
II you sat with legs crossed
under you. at eye level with
all children. as II saying,
Come, gather round and
listen to me-"
Mr.. De Jong's books are full
! Of animal pets: A rabbit, q
Evening star., 1955-07-10
Lives in Brief

The publisher Knopf. con-
tinues the Great Lives in
Brief" series with ''Napoleon
Ill.," by Albert Guerard ($2.50.
The books in this series are in
tended to be "as informative
as bulkier volumes, as authors
tative as the regulations Of
their writer's" The biographies
are not designed for special
lists, but "for intelligent adults
who have a sound curiosity
about the lives and &C
complishments Of notable
people," &C. B. j.
Evening star., 1955-07-10
WORLDWIDE COMMUNIST
uDnD ANnA HTTVT

WORLDWIDE COMMUNIST
PROPAGANDA ACTIVI.
TIES. BY F. Bowen Evans.
Macmillan; So
The world has developed q
deep respect for Soviet Rus
sia's farf1ung propaganda
machine. Mr.. Evans proves
in this small volume how we'll
founded this respect is.
He calculates that Tass was
the major source for inter-
national news among about 80
per cent of the worlds popu-
lation-some 745 million peo-
pie. The Kremlin spent So
billion on propaganda in 1853
and more in 1854. he reports.
The Reds free spending, Of
course. is enough to make the
United States Information
Agency's overworked crew
drool.
Evening star., 1955-07-10
Puperbuck CIussics

The latest in scholarly paper
backs: "The Greek Myths" by
Robert Graves, volumes 1 and
2 Penguin Books, each volume
95 cents: "Outlines Of the His
tory of Greek Philosophy" by
Eduard Zeller meridian;
$1.35); "Rabelais' Gargantua
and Pantagruel," a new trans
lation by ]. NJ. Cohen PEN
guin;. IS cents); Essays on
Freedom and Power" by Lord
Acton Meridian; $1.25).
Evening star., 1955-07-10

pear to be good likenesses.
Cpl. Michael Klacik's Power"
tsteel workers at q furnace)
is technically excellent.
The print group is the most
varied, from Pfc. Paul Tho
mes abstract Composition"
(1st) Of ovals and iunettes, to
Pfc. Lohr Gonzales Three
Kings" t5th) obviously des-
cended from playing card
royalty.
Eckert Solo
Mariana Eckert's one-man
show at the Silver Spring Art
Gallery. 9216 Flower avenue,
to remain through the sum-
mer. is the best exhibition the
Gallery has had In some time.
Between 20 and 80 works in
clude oils. watercolors. pastel
and charcoal drawings, DEM
onstrating the young artists
experience in the various me-
dia, in which he is instructing
classes at the gallery. twice a
week.
Mr.. Eckert's natural talent
Is well-grounded in art train
ing. He began his study at
the National School Of Fine
Arts, Trujillo City. Dominican
Republic, where he was born
Santiago, 1920. He came to
the United States (of which
he is now a citizen) in 1947.
studied four years at the Cor
coran School, where he re-
ceiyed 6 awards. first and sec
ond prizes and mentions.
During several years of serv-
ice In the United States Marine
Corps, Mr.. Eckert instructed
in art at the Post Hobby Shop,
Quantico, also at the Corcoran
School. He is already known
as a participant in local group
shows. having been repre-
sented in the Metropolitan
State art contests, annual area
shows, Society of Washington
Artists (his "Crucifixion" was
in the SD annual, just closed)
the Washington Water Color
Club, the Whyte Gallery and
George Washington University
students art club annual. in
which he received second prize.
His first one-man show in the
Washington area was at Roth's
Theater, Silver Spring, where
the artist lives. He had pre-
viously exhibited in Trujillo
Evening star., 1955-07-10
ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Second AII-Army Art
Contest at Playhouse
By FLORENCE S. BERGMAN

The Second Annual A-Army Art Contest at the Penta-
gon June to IT. reported In The Stars columns
Immediately after the opening Of nearly
paintings watercolors drawings and prints Five prizes
o number Of honorable mentions awarded each
category The Of the Pentagon show SKINNED
Evening star., 1955-07-10

lithotints (e.g., Cathedral In
Spain" and plaza In Flor
ence"l.
Some Of his semi-abstrac-
tions, the large color litho-
graphs Fishing Boats In
Spain" their bright colors
making a pattern on contrast
ing water. and "Ponte Vec-
chic" dark blue rectangles
and arches against a gamut Of
orange and yellow, are admir-
ably organized.
Evening star., 1955-07-10
MORE MEN AT ARMS
Evelyn Waugh Closes
British Army Sega
By CARTER BROOKE JONES

Despite all that novets have written about World War u
Evelyn Waugh In his wry way has something to add.
His "0ncers and Gentlemen" little Brown; s375), the
the adventures Of 1t sometmes temporary
Crouchback of its kind within its sphere
tstrng Waugh Perhaps this novel will appeal to
Evening star., 1955-07-10
CHILDREN'S LIBRARIANS MEET
Use of Books to Curb
Delinquency Stressed
By BARBARA NoLEN

PHILADELPHIA PA pair of seven-league boots and
would have been useful to the chens librarians
attending the of the American Library Association in
Philadelphia July Al keeping with chldrens books
of today requires both toughness Imagination Like the
children themselves their books attention and
Evening star., 1955-07-10
Colony Shows End

The series Of one-artist and
group shows which have been
presented for several years at
the Colony Lounge. 1927 De
Sales street, will be discon-
tinued.
James v. Cupoli, who has di.
rected the program Of exhibi-
tions at the Colony, wishes to
express his regrets and apol-
ogies to any artist to whom he
may have promised a one
man show. in the future.
Art Contest
The Museum of Modern Art,
81 West Fifty-third street.
New York 10, will hold next
spring a major exhibition. "Re-
cent Drawings USA." un-
der sponsorship of the Mu-
seum's Junior Council. Entries
are invited from artists work.
ing in all parts of the country.
Entry cards can be obtained
by writing to Junior Council
Drawing Exhibition. Museum
of Modern Art. Each artist
may submit from one to three
drawings, and entry cards
must be returned no later than
November /.
Work executed since JAM
uary l, 1850, is eligible. APP
proximately l25 drawings will
be selected to demonstrate re-
cent directions in American
drawing and to emphasize new
talents. The selection will also
be considered for an exhibi.
ton to be circulated by the
museum, and drawings will be
eligible for inclusion in the
Art Lending Service sponsored
by the Junior Council. Finally,
purchases will be made for the
Museum Collection.
Evening star., 1955-07-10

her to work turning out IA
bulous examples Of the Col
cha stitching her Spanish
father taught her. Her room
upstairs, where she goes to
live. Is known as Spain, and
there she gradually accumu-
lates the atmosphere and the
spirit Of the romantic past Of
her fathers people, to which
she always wanted to belong.
People drop In on Marietta,
one at q time. and one Of them
dies, or seems to. and there is
q wake. attended by q priest
and q nun, and each Of the
eight or nine present. tells his
or her story. The place be-
comes, for all purposes, her
old ranch house in Texas.
This is a brief fantasy, to
be read slowly and savored,
not to be described. It is
beautifully done. It does not
derive from anyone that I
know, but it recalls at times
the best of Cabell, without
Cabell's sophisticated allusive-
ness.
In Rebellion
Mr.. Goyen has rebelled,
rightly, at being called "a
young Southern writer" since,
as he points out. he is fully
40" and from Texas, which is
more West than South. His
first novel, 1.-THE House Of
Breath" was more on the
esoteric side. Earlier he
brought out a book of re-
markable short stories, "Ghost
and Flesh"
Duvy Between Covers
Americas latest hero,
straight out Of the early 10Th
century. Davy Crockett. Of
course. appears in a new edi-
tion Of his autobiography.
"Davy Crockett's Own Story"
(Citadel Press; $500 includes
three volumes of his autobiog-
raphy first published between
1884 and 1886, the last book
appearing posthumously after
Col. Crockett perished at the
Alamo. The story of Davy's
amazing adventures recently
ran serially in The Star. A
publishers note in the new
book points out that although
some have questioned the au-
thenticity of the autobiogra-
ply, lone has but to read the
speeches delivered by Crockett
in Congress, several of which
are reproduced in this book.
to conclude that he was quite
capable Of producing these
photographed accounts. +"
Crockett's own story will ap-
pear in q paper-back edition
July %: "The Life of Davy
Crockett tNew American Lii
brary, q Signet Giant: 35
cents.
Evening star., 1955-07-10

City. and won prizes in his
native land.
Mr.. Eckert paints in both
traditional and modern tech
niques. His "Crucifixion" is
stylized and faceted, the heavy
lines giving the painting an
appearance somewhat remi-
nisent Of stained glass design.
Most Of his paintings at the
Silver Spring Gallery are ira
tional. "I believe" he says.
that every artist should learn
to paint realistically or objec-
lively before going into the
abstract or nonobjective art,
as we all have to learn to walk
before we can rum"
He is showing three por-
traits, including one of him.
self; several paintings of a
ballerina in different posi-
tions; 1.-THE Old Canal,
Georgetown" a colorful
glimpse on a sunny day, in a
well-organized composition: a
number of still-life arrange
ments one with fruit (pasteD
wholly traditional, another
with decoys, modern in con-
ception. with close tonal and
color harnonies. On an easel
are eight or more large figure
studies from life in charcoal
and wash. AS for the influences
in his modern paintings, Mr..
Eckert mentioned two sources.
He said that as a child he
loved the beautiful windows
in the churches of his native
land, full of the light of the
tropical sun. Later, he was
impressed by the cubist works
of Picasso and Braque.
D. c. Art
The Franz Bader Gallery,
1705 G street, in accordance
with its commendable policy
Of giving young artists and
newcomers exhibition oppor-
tunities, has just opened its
1855 summer show of New
Faces in Washington Art" to
remain through July 81.
With the objectives of OBJ
tanning variety of taste and
judgment in the exhibition,
Mr.. Bader invited three per-
sons not attached to the gall
lery. to select artists for the
show: Agnes Delano,. formerly
on the faculty of Mount Ver-
non Seminary, currently on
that of Howard University;
James Truitt of the Washing
ton Bureau of Time and Life
Magazines, and Marc Moyens,
who has a distinguished pri-
vate collection Of modern art.
Most Of the paintings on
view are abstract expressionist
works. Several by Stanley
Jacobson appear to reflect the
influence of the late Bradley
Tomlin. The best work in the
show. in my opinion, is the
still life by Don Aquilino.
The people's voice., 1955-09-09
BENSON BACKS
PEDDLER OF
PHONY CURES

Another Cabinet member has writ
ten a letter in behalf of a private
firm" the Scripps-Howard newspa-
pers reports. This time it was not Air
Force Secretary Talbot but Agricul-
ture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson, the
reports said, and told the following
story:
Fred J. Hart operates San Fran
cisco firm with the high-sounding title
of Electronic Medical Foundation,
turning out devices supposed to dag
nose and treat various diseases. The
Food and Drug Administration, after
a series of tests, concluded these de-
vices are complete phonies, unable to
diagnose or cure a single disease.
The FDA obtained permanent in
junction barring Hart from shipping
his devices in interstate commerce.
Hart, however, had a friend in high
places, namely Secretary Benson. Last
May Benson obligingly wrote to Mrs.
Oveta Culp Hobby, then Secretary of
Health in charge of the FDA, boosting
one of Hart's products.
Despite Benson's intervention, the
report noted, FDA has not backed
down and the injunction still stands
The people's voice., 1955-09-09

are yet paying for it in wealth and
social wounds. The cost of refusing to
accept an election was the War Be-
tween the States.)
Inc second of our great strengths is
that we have always accepted the fact
that we must pay taxes. Many nations
do not. Few of the Latin American
countries, for example, believe in pay
ing taxes. There is none with truly
equitable system. This is one of the
oaslc reasons for their traditional in
stability of government.
here IN our country there are in
creaslng voices which seek to make
americans unwilling to pay taxes.
lney encourage Americans to want
services but, they paradoxically
raise their voices against taxes. Our
population increases. There are more
people for more services. Our birth
rate is up. Our old people live longer.
lhe very young and the old pay no
taxes. We will pay more.
1t is hard on the pocketbook
put there is no escape. IF we want. our
n, KIND OF civilization we must pay taxes.
They buy civilization. hn
The people's voice., 1955-09-09
Editorial
Diesel Tax Evasion /.
TRUCKERS SAID They WOULD. THEY HAVE!

Last of the trucking lndustryhOs
will remember who sold the Legislature boosting
gasoline tax by 16 centforeca that if the diese
fuel tax increased from nine cents there would be
widespread evasion of the tax by their industry
They knew what they talking about because wide
spread there has been industry which, whenever
threatened with having its equitable share of highway
COSTS itself the flag then goes vaant the
legislative portals and ner that all who object their having
free ride on the highways at best slightly
this widespread evasion by the industry which led to
The Board of Equalization requesting the cooperation OF the
Highway Commission weeks back to assist tighten
collection of such special fuel the innocent
diesel tax (See story, u.
How widespread has this tax evasion been Is it confined
only to occasional truckers tnerants etc. the industry
would now like to make out? Well, hardly.
Checking back highway fuel collections diesel
tax collections have dropped than third gaonage
basis since the higher took effect only
slightly despite the having from six cents
Here the figures taken from monthly reports
by the Highway Department the last Please note
all except the July 1866 based the cents
gallon diesel tax The July 1866 report innocent
gallon tax Note aso the tremendous drop gaonage which
paid July 1866 with the previous months
Ia view of the enory of the of evasion hardly
assumed that the occasional and neran truckers wholly
since diesel trucks for the most part heavy
hauers and not commonplace equipment but rather
the rolling stock established regularly operating trucking
concerns
The people's voice., 1955-09-09

is civilization which collects and dis
poses of garbage, instead of leaving it
to be reduced by buzzards, rats and
hordes of dogs, as is done in many
parts of the world.
1t is a civilization which provides
roads and highway systems at great
cost because the people of our peculiar
civilization like to be on the move
to possess great mobility to drive
500 or more miles to be on the coast or
in the mountains for weekend.
Ours is a civilization which paws
taxes for public schools. There are
enemies o. our civilization who
shrewdly seek to discredit those
schools. They are always in our midst
-slyly or openly opposing bond issues
for the needed new schools s-protest-
ing we need only the little red school
house idea; attacking teachers !.
anything to avoid paying taxes which
will provide public education.
One of the great strengths of our
civilization has been that we accept
the results of elections. (We failed to
do that once and paid staggering
price in blood, wealth and death. we.
The people's voice., 1955-09-09
Denver Post Asks Mckay
Resignation

DENVER, Colo. - (AFL) - The
Denver Post, long a supporter of
President Eisenhower, demanded in
an editorial the resignation of Doug
las Mckay from his Cabinet position
as secretary of interior.
Mckay has been anything but an
asset as secretary of interior" the
Post said. Mckay hasn't helped the
Eisenhower Administration articulate
a water and public works policy that
makes sense.
1.-THE people of the U. S. need a
secretary of the interior who will act
boldly in the demonstrated public in
terest-one who will not retreat be-
hind the famous double-talk about
socialism,, the pre-eminence of local
interests or the frightfully abused
phrase free private enterprise"
The people's voice., 1955-09-09
Frank Edwards Still On Air

LOS ANGELES, Calf. Frank Ed
wards, hard hitting former radio
newscaster for the American Fedora
ton of Labor, has weekly program
on Station XII here. Seven lodges
affiliated with the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen joined to sponsor
him, with sanction from BRIT Presi-
dent w. P. Kennedy. Edwards says
he now has more than $50 sponsors
across the country.