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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
CHANG Kali sHEK. By Emily

Hahn. Doubleday: So.
When Washington worries
about the morale of Chang
Kai-shek's fighting forces on
Formosa one of the main fears
is that high-ranking generals
and admirals may try to sell
the Generalissimo down the
river.
It wouldn't be the first time.
They used to do it to Chang
with maddening regularity be-
fore land after World War II.
Suddenly. often at the height
of the battle, some key war;
lord would discover that
Chang had "lost the man.
date of heaven. Then he'd
take his army over to the
enemy side, usually for a
handsome reward, monetary,
territorial or revenue-produc-
ing.
The 'Christion General
Emily Hahn's favorite turn
coat was Feng Yu-hsiang, who
liked to call himself 1.-The
Christian general" Chang
never knew exactly which side
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
Reading and Writing
Gruening Exposes Stacked Cards
In Long-Stonding Alaskan Game
By MorY McGrory

by those who make money from
the sale of lewd materials"
ed. note: Among attackers
and ridiculers were several of
the most respectable journals
in the republicD
Then they liberated Lysis-
trata. saying the frankly il
Illustrated copy was only one
and was going to a collector.
1t was never anything else.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
An Unauthorized Biography
Of General Chang Koi-shek
Reviewed by Eoh \. voss

his fellow Christian was on.
Miss Hahn relishes the oppor-
tunity to belittle the Christian
missionaries prize converts in
China, and to puncture other
myths that have grown up in
this country about Chang and
China.
For the most part, her ''un-
authorized biography" is a
nicely-detached account of
Chiang's up-and- down life
until. that is. she reaches the
. period after World War II.
The United States misjudged
China SO tragically then that
Miss Hahn loses her objectiv-
ity about Chang. She tends
to give him rather more ben
eft of the doubt than he de-
serves.
His Militory BIunderine
The fact is that Chang lost
Manchuria and North China
to the Chinese Communist
guerrillas by military blunder-
ing. There was no question
of stingy American aid, Ma
tionalist corruption or ideo-
logical inferiority. Miss Hahn
devotes exactly one sentence
to admitting that Gen. George
c. Marshall was right and
Chang was wrong about how
to fight the guerillas.
Gen: Marshall will have to
content himself with this, and
then smart under chapters
long criticism for other mis-
judgments he and his govern
ment made in China.
Chang most assuredly
stands indicated today as a
much better judge of the Com
munist threat than President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the
Foreign Service, or the world
press. Orientals being SO in
scrutable, our early mistakes
in China might have been for
given if We had shown a ca
pacity to learn. We didn't.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
Against Socialism

Speaking of the '20s, Max
Eastman, founder and editor
of the old Masses, was a lead
ing spokesman for the radi-
Gals of that era. A long STAY
in Russia took away most of
his admiration for the new
Utopia. Gradually over the
years he has abandoned So
cialism, which he chung to for
a long time. In reflections
ON the Failure of Socialism"
(Devin- Adair; $2.75) he tells
why. While most everyone
who cares much about free
dom is against communism, cit
is not only the Communists,
it is in a more subtle way the
Socialists who are blocking
the efforts of the free world
to recover its poise and its
once-firm resistance to tyran-
n.y." In America. he con-
tends, the Socialists have
dropped their party label to a
large extent and adopted the
Fabian policy of inf1ltrating
other groups" Thus a liberal
labor coalition has already
transformed the Democratic
Party from an organ of Jeffer-
sonian resistance to centralized
power into the recognized adj
vocate Of increasing state con-
troll. 1t played a major part
in the follies of Yalta, Te-
heran. Potsdam and the China
story. which gave away we'll
nigh half the world to the
Communists" .
Mr.. Eastman, whose prose
and poetry have always been
eloquent. argues forcefully for
limiting the power of the state,
so that it can never become a
tyranny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
Mr.. Henry's Book Will Fuscinute You
Reviewed by WiIIiom Hines

WILDERNESS MESSIAH:
The Story Of Hiawatha and
the IrOquOis. BY Thomas r.
Henry. tSloane. 81
1t is the thesis of Mr.. Henry,
science editor of The Star, that
when civilized man and the
savage first met in what is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27

pencil, covered with delicate
fluid wash. These comments"
are incisive, witty and in some
cases, devastating. They are
contemporary" even though
dated occasionally by the cos
tunes las in the case of
'Bathers' 1916. and that Of
1934),
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27

10 Comdr. George KrauSe,
USN, and to a convoy cross
ing the Atlantic in the most
critical days of the war.
And Mr.. Forester steps easily
across the years and into a
strange navy. You'd never
know. from reading his expert
description of q destroyer,
flagship of an escort to a big
convoy. as she directs the
fight against a wolf pack of
U-boats, that he wasn't an
American and a naval veteran
at that.
Meet Comdr. Krouse
This Krause is quite a char
acter, too. He's no glamorous
hero. He is entering middle
age. He graduated from An
napolis 20 years ago. He got
to be a lieutenant commander.
Then it looked as If he'd get
no higher. Twice he was
passed over for promotion, not
because he'd done anything
wrong, but more because he
hadn't done anything, be-
cause he was colorless and
lacked the social charm with
which other officers eased their
way to higher rank. Then the
war came and officers were
needed desperately, and he
was quickly made a three
striper. Because he happened
to outrank the other officers in
this escort, he commanded
the whole convoy.
We stand beside him on the
bridge of his destroyer, the
Keeling, as the radar and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
Faulkner Stories

go Down, Moses" random
House, Modern Library: $1.45)
contains seven stories by Will
liam Faulkner which are more
or less related in theme and
locale. The title story and
some of the others are among
Mr.. Faulkner's best.
&C. B. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27

n o W t h e
N OR t h e IN
U n / t e d
States, it
W a S the
savage who
had Just dis
embarked.
w it'll a
rich back
ground of
both orig
inal a nd
hand = m e -
d o W n re-
search on
the Iroquois
Indian, M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
Legion Policies

THE AMERICAN LEGION
AND AMERICAN FOREIGN
POLICY. BY Roscoe Baker.
(Bookman: $4.75.)
In this objective study Prof.
Baker neither criticizes nor
defends Legion policies. . He is
interested only in the effec-'
tiveness of the Legion as a
pressure group seeking to in
fluence the position of the
United States in world affairs.
B. F.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27

sonar warn
lin that
enemy subs
are near. He
S t a VS. on
duty con-
stantly more
t h a n 48
hours, be-
cause Navy
r e gulations
require a
m mand-
ing officer
actually to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27
Books in Review
C.S Forester, HonbIower's Boswell,
Sets New Novel in Present-Duy NAVY
By corter Brooke Jones

The calendar is turned ahead years That re-
sourcefu British naval officer of the
Hornblower is only memory these many years are
World War H. and Of all places in the American Navy.
c. s. Forester Hornbower's exciting Boswell turned
in his novel. "The Good Shepherd" Little Brown $685.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27

detail about courses, speeds
and messages. and yet Mr..
Forester manages to keep the
narrative moving with growing
suspense. He can, after all,
tell a story as few writers
can these days.
Perhaps THE Good Shop
herd" will appeal more to
men than to women. Aside
from a few brief references
to Krause's wife, there are no
women in the book. 1t is a
mans world we see, a hard one
in which no one knows how
long he will survive. Mr.. For
ester expresses on a flyleaf
his thanks to Vice Admiral
Ralph w. Christie, USN, re-
tired, and Comdr. ]. D. P.
Hodapp. USN, who instructed
him in the ways of the United
States Navy.
Writers of the '20s
1t might be thought that
by this time the 192Os had
been pretty thoroughly ex-
plored. But Frederick J. Hoff-
mans "The Twenties: Ameri-
can Writing in the Postwar
Decade" Viking; So has
much to say that is fresh
and provocative, now that we
are in the. middle of another
postwar decade.
Mr.. Hoffman, who is pro-
fessor of English at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, feels that
most of the studies of the
decade that followed the first
world war were superficial.
While it is difficult to sum
up in a brief review a book
as thorough and scholarly, a
few of its significant findings
may be pointed out.
He finds that "the power
and influence of American
liberalism suffered a serious
decline in the years following
the war. Liberalism, "a sort
OF casualty of World War
l." did not regain it's
prestige until the early days
of the New Deal. Radicals
were not influential. The
young intellectuals were more
inclined to scott at popular
ideas, following Mencken, than
to do anything about the sit
uation. Many writer's. like
Hemingway, became expatri-
ates.
In Comparison
Perhaps" he concludes.
the young men and women of
the l950s are immensely more
sophisticated, learned and
disingenuous. 1t is perhaps
unfortunate that we who
know SO much are so helpless
at the same time. Why.
then, are We restless, un-
certain and unhappy? Why
is our literature not first
rate? Why are the ma
jority of our critical essays
written about the literature
of the 1920s and not about
that Of our own time? Some
thing must be true of that
decade that has nothing to do
with the big party they were
supposed to have had. Per-
haps they were more sane, less
frivilous, than we have been
led to believe"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-27

mind if you call his book
objective" But the title in
dicates a definite point of
view: "The State of Alaska"
Mr.. Gruening, who was
Governor of the Territory he
calls the most beautiful part
of America" from 1889 to
1858, is in Washington now,
roofing for the passage of bills
that would make his title lit
orally true. g.
His book, originally con-
tracted for in 1910 and re-
vived in 1853, when he quit
the governorship, is not the
first history of Alaska, where
he makes his home for most
of the year. But it is, he says
firmly, 1.-The first history which
tells the story of fragrant dis
elimination which Alaska has
suffered for 81 years as the
victim of absentee and long
range government, absentee
industrial control and labor
control"
An S7-Yeor Expose
And if that isn't clear. Gov
ernor Gruening puts it an
other way: Its an expose of
81 years of misfeasance, nom
feasance and occasional NAL
feasance, of exploitation and
colonialism."
Even so, says Gov. Gruen-
ing, THE State of Alaska" is
an objective and factual his
tory. No stranger to author
ship-he wrote Mexico and
It's Heritage" in 1928 and 1.-THE
Public Pays" in 1931-he is
now working on a subjective
history of Alaska in which he
will employ . the adjectives
withheld from 1.-THE State"
The new book is an auto
biographical account of his IA
years as Governor. He's hope
full that Congress will see
things his way about Alaska.
Library Bill
Other hopeful advocates
around town these days in
clude friends of the library
bill. which they say supposed
ly has a better chance of
passage this year than at any
other time since it was first
introduced 10 years ago.
The bill, which in one form
or another has been scrutin-
lied and rejected by five Con-
crosses, has this happy pros
pect, it is said. not just be-
cause of its intrinsic merit
there's never been any ques-
ton but that the 81 million
Americans now without pub
lie library service are entitled
to it.
Things look better because.
for one thing, this years bill
has more sponsors than ever.
Fifteen Senators and q Rep
resentatives.
increased Populor Interest
Then again, there is more
genuine popular interest in the
People who have had
a taste of library services in
their community inevitably
want more. They are not in
terested in the argument that
the States could and should
finance libraries themselves.
Some States just can't.
This years bill is expected
to disarm objections of oppo-
nents who have prophesied
Federal control of libraries en- 8
Joying Federal aid. All the
has been written out.
The American Library Asso-
citation, which is mastermind-
ing the measure, is already
lining up witnesses.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-03-15

BAND SEEDING attachment for all
principal makes of grain drills is made
by Starline, Inc. Attachment permits
banding fertilizer below legume and
grass seed, practice which has been
proved to be most effective method of
seeding.
Addresses of manufacturers and fur
ther information about products on this
page are available ON request. Write
New Products Department, Montana
Farmer-StOckman, Box 1929, Great
Falls, Montana.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-03-15

JOHN BEAN PUMP KIT mounts di-
rectly on tractor power take-off shaft,
delivers up to 400 pounds pressure at
z gallons per minute New feature is
Sapphire-hard, diamond honed pump
cylinders, said to be so hard that alb
rasive spray materials, even whitewash,
will not wear them.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-03-15

ldeul For SfUbble Mulch TiIIage
Dempster No. lO0-l2 is ideal stubble
mulch tillage machine when equipped
with Dempster 80" sweeps and rolling
coulters. (See picture, top.)
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-03-15

Reversible wheels permit variation
to needs of attachments without af-
iecting operation of double power
lift, engaging hubs.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-03-15
MORE WORK MORE ways!

For deep subsong subbe mulch age, listing cultivation weed
eradication planting and fertilizer application the Dempster No. lOOl2
the ideal Demp attachments specifically designed for each
purpose available be quickly mounted the double tool
bars The IL bar permits the of TOOLS
fexibiliy of spacing.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1955-03-15

strength per weight built versatile
in greatest the Depster No. lOOl2
Heavy Duty II f. Carrier It's the big rugged smped double tool
lift addition famous Dempster No. 100 Series
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18
Visitors here last year have

Visitors here last year have
returned to establish t h eir
home here. They are Mr.. and
Mrs. William Travis. He was
in the liquor business in Chi
cago until his recent retire
ment. They are long-tim m e
friends of the Nathan Fem
stems and expected to become
active in the Chicago Club.
The Travises live on E. 1st.
Mrs. Edward Horwitz, who
came for the wedding of her
son, Louis to Hermine Fisch-
man, left Friday to return to
Chicago after a visit of a
month. Son, Harold preceded
her back. Mrs. Horwitz looks
forward to again establishing
a home here.
Last w e e X Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Rosen, Tombstone
were hosts at a dinner here
honoring Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
uel Sher on h e r 25th we'd
ding anniversary. Guests in
cludes Mrs. Sher's sister, Mrs.
Edward Fisher, Detroit, and
Mrs. Rosen's mother, Mrs. An
ma Cole, LA. On S aturday y
night the Shers entertained at
a reception to mark the ami
versary and to h onor their
houseguest, Mrs. Fisher, who
came in to help celebrate the
occasion.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18

They saw about everything
there was to see hereabOutS.
Alittle more t h a n two
weeks ago Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Auerbach and children
arrived from Madison, Conn.,,
planning to remain until April
at least. They operate a poul-
try farm and are related to
the Sandy Rosenthals. With
Leslie 13, Brenda II, Paul 10
and they live on E. 18th.
DIR. Benjamin ROthman is
now at 2O31 E. Speedway. The
Robert Hellers moved to 4649
E. 18th.
Recently Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Beckenstein, Bronx,
Joined their son and daughter
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Beckenstein, Wetmore Road.
The latter, it will be recalled,
were the subject of a news
story telling about the build
ing they constructed, much of
it by the junior Mr.. Becken-
stein, overcoming the handi-
cap of the loss of sight. Prev
iously he had been a chemical
engineer with Infilco. The
newcomers will assist in the
business. Mrs. Earl Dove re-
newed acquaintance with the
f a mily, having attended
school with the Beckenstein
daughter in the east.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18
In their beautiful new hom,

In their beautiful new home
1t 1921 E. 5th are Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Gilberg and Sidney.
A "simcha" was marked I'm
the M. ]. Brown family with
the recent marriage of their
grandson, Harold Jack Vein
berg, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Weinberg. former res
idents of Nogales, to Ruth
Jean Rolnick of Trenton, NJ.
They were m arrie d at the
home of the groom's uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Brenner Betty Rae BROWN
in North Hollywood. The new
Iyweds received masters de-
grees in psychiatric social
work at UCLA last June and
are both with LA social agen-
cieS.
On the "mend" and at home
is Morris Kleinerman a f t e r
recent surgery. In the hospi-
tai at the same time and also
convalescing at home is A.
A. Kalish. Their friends wish
them a quick recovery.
Here for the seventh sea-
son are Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Lazar, Monticello, NY. They
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Pfifer, E. Sylvia.
Mrs. Jack Smith, E. Whit
tier, was called to New York
last week by the death of her
father.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18
Surprised honOree at a stOrk

Surprised honOree at a stOrk
shower last week was Mrs.
Larry Robbins. Hostess was
Mrs. Sol Isakoff. Earlier in
the month Mr.. and Mrs. Nit
chell Robbins came in from
LA to help celebrate the dis
charge of t h cir son, Larry
from the service. He had been
stationed at Davis Monthan.
Sad news reached DIR. and
Mrs. Alexander Tretiak of the
passing of his mother, Mrs.
Rebecca Tretiak in LA after
a long illness. She was SO and
had lived in Tucson for about
a year.
Taking time out from a
strenuous concert schedule
Leonard Rose spent four days
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Rose. He is the emf
nent cellist, and was guest
soloist with the Tucson SYM
phony last season.
1t is most gratifying to
friends that Joe Kaplan, E.
Mabel, is out of the hospital
and gradually feeling like his
old self. They look forward
to his active return to the Chi
cago Club, among other activ-
tiles.
Recently entertained by Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Svider was
his mother, Mrs. Isadore Svi-
der, LA.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18

Last weekend Mrs. Henry
Berman, Al. Sisterhood pres
ident, was at the coast attend
ing sessions of the National
Women's League.
Going east last week for
funeral of her husband, Mrs.
Jacob Fox is expected to re-
main in New York for the
next several weeks, at least.
Last Saturday night Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur GruneWald re-
turned from a trip to Europe.
For the second time they visit
ed the Scandinavian contries
and the continent.
Elizabeth "Liz" Solomon, E.
Burns, has as her guest this
week Sandy Radner of North
Hollywood.
Members of Richard Rich's
school class were guests at a
bar-b-que lunch and theater
party last Saturday given by
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Rich to mark his 10th birth
day.
Notification was received
by Herman Goldstein on Mon
day that his father, Wolfe
Goldstein, passed away in
New York after short illness.
He was in the nineties, and
retired from business six
years ago.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18
I1al:I ....I.lI::, [.
Personals;

In town only a few weeks
but already "sold" are Sam
Goldstein and t h e e daugh-
ters, Sheila, Gloria in high
school, Bobbie in gra d e
school. They are from Brook
lyn and related to Mrs. Elaine
Barnaby. Mrs. Bessie B ern :
stein employed at Ft. Huachu-
ca is Mr.. Goldstein's aunt. The
family live on E. Fairmount
and Mr.. Goldstein is with an
appliance firm.
Word comes from Fargo, N.
D. that William Horwitz is en-
gagged to a Fargo girl, Zella
Rhea Hoffman. No wedding
date has been set. Couple will
live here. Since early summer
Mr.. HorwitZ has been in the
midwest. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. I. Horwitz, Avenida
Palmas. She is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph B.
Hoffman.
Returning this week were
Mrs. Caryl Kahn, her three
children and her mother, Mrs.
Esther Heron, Chicago.
They'll stay for the season.
Mrs. Kahn is the sister and
Mrs. Heron the mother of
Earl Heron. They live on E.
18th.
Richard Pearlman writes
from c olum b i a University
about the interesting campus
life. He conducts a weekly ra-
dio opera program for which
he has full responsibility,
from the campus station. His
roommate is from Israel. He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Pearlman, E. Exeter.
Another, who has gone east
to school is Jack Waltuch. He
writes that Yale provides
what is the most stimulating
atmosphere that any Amer
lean university can provide.
He is in the law s hool. AL
Waltuck is his father and Rita
Sadowsky his sister.
A week crammed with sight
seeing was the fare for Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Ruch and child
rem, LA. VIII en- tn ey were
houseguests of their cousins,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Picker.
The Arizona post., 1955-11-18

Arizona Post, Nov. Is. 1858
Evening star., 1955-02-04
Mississippi Boosts
Sales Cigarette Taxes
BY the Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss, Feb. A
penny hike in sales and cigarette
taxes won out in opposite ends
of the Capitol as lawmakers
struggled for means to finance
Mississippi's program to equalize
Negro and white schools. -
The House voted 100-27 yes
terday to raise sales taxes from
2 to 3 per cent to provide the
bulk of the estimated $40 mil
lion extra a year for schools.
The Senate raised cigarette
taxes from 4 to cents a pack
but cut in half a House-approved
1-cent tax on each nickels worth
Of snuff and chewing tobacco.
Each bill faces action in the
other house.
In addition. the House passed
a Senate bill providing an extra
So year for construction for
each Negro child attending
school. The additional SO would
give counties a total of SIS per
Negro child and $12 per white
child.
Just before the House passed
the sales tax bill, Representative
Don Colmer led a successful move
to delete the tax on advertising
in newspapers and on radio and
teleyiSiOn stations.
Evening star., 1955-02-04

VI CIl1PlOyCo
retired on disability is also
acute. These employees in many
cases were disabled before they
reached the peak of their earn
ing power in Government. This,
together with the shNHened
years of service. has shatGB cut
the amount of annuity they
would have received had they
been able to stay until retire
ment age.
A typical example Is the case
of a young career man in Gov
ernment. After working in Gov
ernment for nine years. he had
advanced to a $7.100 position,
amid prospects that he would go
much farther up the Govern
ment ladder. However. a Grip
pling illness struck him down
at 40 and now he is retired on
disability, unable to work at any
job to support himself, his wife
and their two small children.
His civil service retirement
pension is $76 a month. The
family has no other income and
their small savings are practi-
cally exhausted.
Several bills have been intro
duced in Congress to increase the
annuities of retired Federal
workers: They include measures
by Representatives Lesinski,
Democrat, of Michigan, and
Broyhill, Republican, of Vir-
ginia, both members of the
House Civil Service Committee.
However, there appears no real
sentiment in Congress to act on
such legislation. at least not
Immediately. Some legislators
candidly say that the whole
question of liberalizing retire
rnent benefits both for present
and retired Federal workers and
increasing family survivorship
benefits. should be put of until
next year. They declare that
Federal pay raise legislation is
the only major civil service bene-
fit Congress should vote this
year.
The Kaplan Committees re-
port also plays an important
part in the situation. The Kap-
Ian groups proposal for CO.
ordinating the civil service re-
tirement system with social