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would jeopardize the white
mans present supremacy2
A great many more immedi-
ate and practical difiicuities
might be cited. But there can
be no argument with Lord
Boyd Orr's thesis that food
production offers d fruitful
basis for international co-op-
Grafton.
Evening star., 1955-01-02
Books in Foreign Policy

On the question OF books as
ambassadors. q committee
captaiped by Arthur A. Hough-
ton. jr.. president Of Steuben
Glass. Inc. plans . two-day
conference on Books In Amer
ican Foreign Policy"
Chairman Of the National
Book Committee Is Gilbert W.
Chapman, president Of the
Yale and Towne Manufacture
ing Company: Thomas K. Fin
letter, an author himself and
q former Secretary OF the Air
Force Is vice-chairman and
Frank Altschul. chairman Of
the board Of the General
American Investors Company.
and q past president Of the
American institute Of Graphic
Arts, is secretary-treasurer.
Other members Of the Ma
tional Book Committe include
John Mason Brown. Hunting
ton Cairns. Frederic G. Mel
cher, Alfred A. Knopf. Werner
Clapp and Archibald Mac
Leish.
Evening star., 1955-01-02
Reading and Writing
Signs That Point to q Bright
And Better New Yeur in Books

Each such library costs $50,
contains 90 books which repre-
sent o cross-section Of Ameri-
can thought, ideals and cul-
ture. The USIA picks the
books, which include titles by
Whitman. Robert Frost, Hem
ingWay, Steinbeck, Wilder.
Marquand, Mark Twain and
Emerson: CARE ships them
overseas to libraries. schools
or other institutions. where, If
history repeats itself. they viii
be read literally to pieces.
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came Tin g
to take the
oath to the
new Queen
lAnne Boz
leynl and
her h eirs
and TO ac-
knowl e d ge
Henry Tu-
dor as the
head Of the
church In
England
More, ''The
Kings good
: servant i1tlt
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Saga Of Pioneers

When Ernest Haycox, the
popular writer OF Westerns.
author Of many books and nu-
inerous short stories died in
1850 ct the age Of 81, he left
the manuscripts Of two unpub-
lished novels. These were to
begin Q series Of more serious
novels about the early days Of
the Oregon country. In which
he grew up---stories which
were more nearly to express
his ideas. without concessions
TO the requirements romance
and action nicely blended. q
happy ending) Of the maga-
hines OF great circulation
which published most OF his
books serially. one Of the
different novels. 'sThe Earth
breakers,s q story or the set
tlement Of Oregon. was pub.
lished BY Little, Brown In 1852,
and Il was d worthy addition
to the real literature OF the
Old West. And now appears
Evening star., 1955-01-02
Books in Review
Don Monkiewiczs S H0rper Prize
Novel Storts Yeor off Well
By Carter Brooks Jones

with the very FIRST books Of 1855 Harper prize
novel, awarded only ia indeed there Is
q manuscript considered worthy Of the award
This time the $4,000 prize to novel called Trial
by aneWicz Harper $500. The author puhlished
q previous novel. sSee How They Rum
Trial" absobink swift t-movng story which
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sThe -Adventurcrss -uittle,
Brown: 1896. which actually
Was the first Of the new prob
ect which Mr.. Haycox wrote.
He finished it IN 1047. but for
some lindisclosed reason It re-
NAMED unpublished for more
than seven years.
"The Adventurergs Is the
story Of some men and women
who went to Oregon to try
their luck IN 1855. about 20
years after the region around
Portland was settled. The
main figure Is Mark Sheridan,
q man Of strong character,
who knows the lumber busi-
ness from his native Michigan
but realizes the many oppor-
talnities Of 9 new country and
Is willing to branch out and
gamble on various businesses.
He acquires sawmills and tries
to establish Q stagecoach line.
Through the dreadful expe-
rience Of o shipwreck he Is
thrown with o young woman
and q man. The three were
strangers, but after that their
fates converged.
Mark. despite his courage
and resourcefulness, is, In .
way, q lost man, lonely, need
ing the love Of an understand
ing woman. but unable for q
long time to make UP his mind
which Of several attractive
girls encountered in different
ways Is the one he wants and
must have.
The story is grim-too bleak
to be . rounded picture Of
such 8 pioneer community.
The tragedies which are al
ways striking ct the handful
Of highlighted characters are
relieved BY little hum0r, few
light touches. It's not that
such things do not and did
not happen to people. but the
constant emphasis on them
gives you the impression that
there was nothing else. no Joy,
no trilmphs. The descriptions
Of the country around Port
land are beautiful, though
sometimes too lavish, perhaps
the result Of long writing for
q certain market. where exact
local color" passes for real-
ism. The characters are clearly
depicted.
Ernest Haycox was q gifted
man. It Is Q pity that he could
not have lived to complete the
rest Of the novels he had al
ways wanted TO write. We can
be grateful. though. for '"The
Earthbreakers" and. In Q diff
ferent way, for %The Adven-
turers," which, for all its un-
relieved grimness, is Q fine
panorama Of the busting,
brawling country that was
Western Oregon nearly q CEN
tury ago.
Evening star., 1955-01-02
By Mary MeGrory

The New Year begins with
hopeful signs that some people
at least are determined to
make books matter more IN
1855.
For one thing. the National
Book Committee IS pushing
ahead with its plans to adj
vance the use Of books and the
freedom to read.
Brajnchild Of the American
Library Association and the
Book Publishers Council, the
committee has set itself three
lofty goals: To aid the de-
velopment Of lifetime reading
habits, encourage the expan-
sion Of library services EN-
phasizing the Importance OF
public libraries and to stiml-
late the adequate fiow Of
American books overseas.
Reading Habits
The Committee on the de-
velopment Of lifetime reading
habits, Of which Marchette
Chute, biographer Of Chaucer,
Shakespeare and Ben Jonson,
is chairman. has already be-
fore 1t O report that might
discourage the less dedicated.
Item: Only about $50 of
American adults read as much
as q book q month.
They have q number Of
suggestions, including career
research into the question. In
our day, there was no such
committee. They taught you
the alphabet at the Phineas
Bates School: they gave you q
card at the Public Library.
and you were on your own.
Some read and some didn't.
Work on the library phase Of
the National Book Commit
tees work has begun with
David Gift, executive secretary
Of the American Library As
sociation and L. Quincy Mum
ford. the new director Of the
Library Of Congress as prime
movers.
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Anniversary

Literary biography In the
New Year: "Sir Walter Scott
by Hesketh Pearson. and to
celebrate the centenary Of
Leaves Of Grass q sympo-
sium edited by Milton Hindus
called Leaves Of Grass
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BY Florence S. Berrymon

FtUEeHGe ?. OeltyWuu
show is sponsored by the Ger
man government. It had its
inaugural opening more than
. year ago In Chicago; prior
to that, most Of the water
colors and drawings had never
before been shown in public.
During the past year. the ex-
hibition has visited cities on
the Pacific coast. the North
and Middle West.
Ii Georgetown
Paintings and sculpture By
members Of the recently
formed Georgetown Artists
Group are on view at the
Georgetown Public Library.
Wisconsin avenue and r street.
through next Saturday. The
show is composed Of nearly
SO oils and watercolors and
. third as many sculptures.
Most Of the artists are WELL
known and frequent partici-
pants In local exhibitions. The
new organization now has 56
members, who live or have
studios in the romantic oldest
/ section Of the city.
Since the major bond be-
tween these artist members Is
geographical. one expects and
finds many approaches, rang
ing from the beautiful tradi-
tional interior by Charles Bit
finger Whose work Is seen far
too seldom these days. to alb
stract paintings BY Samuel
Bookatz, Frederick Sterling
and Lucille Evans.
Portraits and figures are
few. practically limited to Caro-.
line Binyon's charming portrait
of little Putzi Smo0t, Helen
Costello's aKanto Farm Wom-
an and Gladys Moon Jones'
sculptured head OF Charles
Bittinger. q speaking likeness.
Harry Leroy Jones shows q
delightful view Of Georgetown
from the Potomac; Cyrus
Thomas modern Red Sails"
has good color and compost.
tion. Philip Bells '.Sun and
Rippling Water really SPAR
kles. and Marjorie Moore,s
Ida Lewis Light" adds TO the
number Of appealing harbor
scenes.
Several well-composed and
colorful flower and still-life
paintings include those by
Alice Acheson, Marcella
Comes and Betty Keto: and
Jules Eboli's large "Sunfiow-
ers" is.formidable in its reality.
Hazel Van Matters semi-
abstract Skaters. $780, and
several well-modified animals
BY Katherine Hobbs, are best
IN the sculpture section honors.
Robert Willis
Robert E. Willis Is having 1
one man show at Wilson
Teachers College Eleventh and
Harvard streets) through
January IA. The art gallery,
third floor. west end, is operi
$3.50 to $40 Monday through,
Friday and Monday evening
until Q.
Mr.. Willis abstract paint
ings have been seen In many
local exhibitions, including the
Society Of Washington Artists.
OF which he Is q past president.
The current group OF "a oils
comprises work OF the past
three years. Mr.. Willis varies
his technique to obtain his e.
fects, sometimes iilcising heavy
impasto. as In Cock Fight, 4
again swiriing threadIike lines
Of black or white, or making
9 strong pattern OF heavy pIack
lines over . colorful back
ground.
Several paintings are based
on Architectural themes, rec
ognizabie II one reads the
labels. although it is hard to
say whether the average visitor
would get" them unaided.
S;lvar Sn,;rc
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Collecting Animals

Early In life Cecil Webb
learned In England that he
had q flair for handling birds
and animals without injuring
them. Later he worked on Q
farm In South Africa and was
absorbed In the wildlife Of that
country. He became, In time.
one of the best known Of ami
NAL trappers, and expeditions
sponsored BY geological socie-
ties sent him to every corner
of the earth. He now is super
intendent OF the Dublin Zoo.
His interesting story Is called
aThe Odyssey Of nm Animal
Collector" (Longmans. Green;
$500. It Is illustrated with
photographs and sketches.
Evening star., 1955-01-02
Bible Ncrrctive I

sThe Holy Bible in Brief"
Mentor; so cents Is the lat
est venture In condensing the
Old and New Testaments and
forming them into q continu-
Gus. easily read narrative. The
book Is edited and arranged
by James Reeves from the
King James version. Bishop
Angus Dun Of the Washington
Diocese Of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church writes in q fore
word that "the careful COM
preston and rearrangement OF
the Old and New Testaments
achieved In this volume pre-
sents the great events Of the
Bible story In q continuity
which can be easily lost in the
traditional arrangement"
A painting which Is repro
duced on the cover was pre-
sented to President Eisen-
hover at the National Presby-
terian Church. This picture,
Stimulating q stained d : glass
window, Is the work Of Joep
Nicolas, noted Dutch artist.
Evening star., 1955-03-15
Lions Choice 10 Beat
Clippers Tonight and
Take Eastern Title
SpssieI oispossh 10 The S'or

BALTIMORE. Mar. l5.--The
Washington Lions are expected
to return home tonight with the
Eastern Hockey League cham
pionship in a heat package after
playing the Baltimore Clippers
at Carlins Park at $3.50 O'Clock.
The Lions are working on a
late-season and post-season rec
ord of IA victories in their last
II matches and lead Baltimore,
80, in the best-of-seven cham
pionship series.
If the Clippers should win to-
night, the intercity rivals will
square off again tomorrow night
in Washington's Uline Arena
at $3.50.
AS recently as 10 days ago, the
Lions faced an uphill struggle
to win even the semifinal round.
They dropped the first semiflnal
playof game to New Haven. AS,
in overtime for a disappointing
start in the best-of-five series.
Then Washington rallied be-
hind Player-Coach Stan War
ecki to sweep three straight
from New Haven and now three
more from Baltimore The Clip
pers had beaten Clinton. three
games to one, in the preliminary
round.
In post-season matches the
Lions have pumped in AZ goals
while limiting the opposition to
II.
Evening star., 1955-03-15

a fine performance yesterday.
His first pitch was blasted over
the rightf1eld fence by sturdy
Jess Levan, certain to stick with
the club as a pinch hitter. but
Pascual restricted the Haynes
team to four hits in six innings.
The Clarys pried two runs
from Chuck Stobbs in the first
inning on two singles, a walk
and a pair of errors. Steve Kor-
check belted Chuck for a home
run over the short leftfeld
fence in the second inning and
the Clary nine added a run in
the fifth when Julio Becquer
singled. stole second and scored
on Tony Roig's single.
Stobbs famed five in the first
three innings.
Hal Griggs finished for the
Clarys and allowed only one hit
In three innings, while Vibert
Clarke held the Haynes club
scoreless on one hit in a two
inning trial.
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Pan American
(Continued From Page C-1D

8la inches-his world record is
go feet 10-and led the way to
a three-man sweep in the event
for Uncle Sam. Second was
Hollywood's Gordien. 52-5, and
Martin Engel of New York was
third with 47-10.
O'Brien's effort erased the
mark held by Big Jim Fuchs
the meet record of $50, set in
1851.
Army Ii. Rod Richard, for
merly of UCLA. captured the
100 meters in 1913. The time
tied the new meet record set
just previously by himself, Willie
Williams of the Army and Mike
Agostini of Trinidad.
Favored Dean Smith of Texas
pulled a muscle Immediately on
the takeof and limped off the
track.
Josh Culhreath of Norristown,
Pa, and Morgan State won the
400-meter hurdles in a tight
duel with Jaime Aparicio, the
defending champion from Co.
lombia. The time was 5l.5.
In women's track, Cuba S
Bertha Diaz beat out Isabel DAN
iels of the United States in the
60-meter dash in the time of rs.
Two U. S. Boxers Lose.
Other results included:
The favored United States box
ing team lost opening matches
when Flyweight Sherriedale Nor
gan of Flint, Mich, was whipped
by Hilario Correa of Mexico, and
Airman Harry Smith, 1854 Gold
en- Gloves and worldwide service
champion, lost to Claudio Bar
rientos Of Chile in the feather
weight division.
Two United States weightlift-
ing champions. lightweight Jo-
seph Pitman, Vero Beach, Fla,
and Pete George, Olympic mid
dleweight from Akron, Ohio,
broke their own records in re-
tanning their titles. Pitman lifted
a total Of 781 pounds and George
89l pounds.
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lr th. A..eela.sd Rts,s

HAVANA, Cuba. Mar. Is
The squatty little Hoot Mon. q
so-called ugly ducklinR" OF
yacht racing. outsailed It's arch
rival. the Finisterre. and IS other
boats to win the 2s4-mile st.
Petersburg Havana yacht race
today.
The blue-hulled Hoot Mon OF
Miami. Fla. finished seventh
shortly before midnight. But
with its time allowance it won
the race with a feet time of
48:12.37.
Victory in the race gave the
Hoot Mon, a 39-foot yawl. big
lead in competition for the
Southern Ocean Racing Confer
ence championship.
This was the second straight
year the yawl. owned by Worth
Brown, Charles Ulmer and Woody
Pirie of Miami, had won the St.
PeterSburg-HaVana race.
The little Finisterre, owned by
Carleton Mitchell of Annapolis,
Md, was second in fleet stand
ings with a corrected time of
50:36.02. It is a 38-foot yawl.
The Tioga. a 50-foot yawl
owned by Bradley Noyes of Mar
blehead, Mass, was apparently
third in the race.
But some of the boats were
still struggling in today and the
Tioga could be displaced for
third when the time handicaps
are worked out.
The boats pushed off from
Tampa Bay Saturday noon and
Evening star., 1955-03-15

diary by Coach Joe Fitzgerald at
the direction of Dresser. Joe
must jot down whether the pitch
is a fast ball, curve, slider,
change up, screwball, forkball,
etc. Thus far Johnny Schmitz
has expended the least effort in
a three-inning chore, throwing
only 81 pitches.
Shortstop Lyle Luttrell is
wearing a slit for a left eye,
the result of a collision with a
bad-hop grounder in practice
yesterday. Centerfielder Jim
Busby's aching legs are respond
ing to treatment and he expects
to be able to play in a couple of
days.
Shortstop-outf1elder Juan Delis,
giving it a brave try in an at
tempt to learn English, gets off
to a faltering start when he
tries to express himself.
ME, me, me. me-" Delis chirps,
then sputters mixed Spanish
and English leaving his listeners
bewildered.
Mrs. Jim Busby holds the fish,
ing record among Washington's
baseball colony here with a i0la-
pound large-mouth bass she
plucked from a lake across from
their rented house. Dresser
has instructed Pitcher Gus Keri-
azakos to discard his hanging
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Hoot Mon Repeats '54 Victory
In St. Petersburg-Hovono Race

beat their way down Fiorida's
Gulf coast 10 the Gulf stream.
where they headed southeast 10
get here. Winds generally were
light and the boats set no speed
records. But II was far from
the slowest race on record. The
same event in 1858 took 72 hours
and in 1882 the boats required
80 hours to make the run.
The scratch boat of the fleet,
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Senators
Continued From Page CID

derstand his hot temper figured
in his bad year last season. Well,
I talked to him for about As
minutes about that and I think
I have him on the beam from
that standpoint.
Il don't mind players being
fiery" Dresser continued. I've
had some of them before, but
the way I hear it was that
Umphlett was directing all his
anger at himself-that if he
struck out or lined out the first
time up he got so mad he was
through for the day. It's just
a case Of focusing all that heat
toward the opposition. Get mad
at them, not yourself"
If Umphlett was being re-
garded in the light of a rookie,
mingling with major leaguers
for the first time, chances are
he'd be dominating the head
lines. But Washington fans, as
well as Dresser and Lavagetto,
recall last year and they're watt
ing to be shown.
Umphlett was idle yesterday
when the Senators played a
squad game featuring rockies.
A club managed by Coach Ellis
Clary defeated Coach Joe
Haynes outfit, Al.
The team will work out today,
then head for Jacksonville,
where Bob Porterfield will try
to travel six innings against the
Redlegs tomorrow. Dean Stone
also will attempt to pitch six
innings against Cincinnati here
Thursday.
Camilo Psscual gave Dresser
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-AP Wirephoto,
BY BURTON HAWKINS

curve and work on another pitch.
-. His curve is big, sweeping
thing that looks pretty" Dres-
sen said, "but it's too easy to
time"
The bulk of the Washington
squad won't be cut until the team
is ready to break camp late this
month. Virtually certain to
be shunted to Chattanooga,
Charlotte and other points are
Dan Porter, Bruce BARNES. Lut-
trel, Julio Becquer, Carlos Paula,
Roy Dietzel, Steve Korcheck. Roy
Hawes and Curtis Hardaway,
among others. And if Jim
Lemon doesn't care to join them
he'd better show something,
quick.
The Senators have attempted
six stolen bases, succeeded four
times and, landed safely on an
other occasion because of an
error. Still untested is the
arm of Catcher Bruce Edwards,
who has been behind the plate
16 innings in exhibitions and
squad games without anybody
running against him.
Iron man of the Senators is
Coach Ellis Clary. When
Washington farmhands played
nine-inning exhibitions here
Saturday and Sunday while the
parent club was in West Palm
Beach, Clary pitched both games
for both teams. A total of
SO innings in two days.
X
Dresser Is anxious to take a
peek at Bunky Stewart, about
whom he had received glowing
reports from the Senators brass
despite the lefthander's 0-4 rec
ord with Washington the past
two years, but Bunky has a sore
arm and hasn't fired a ball in
competition.
One of the current crimes of
baseball is the fact that First
Baseman Becquer can't hit
enough to make the major
league grade. He's an artist
with glove and a treat to
watch. Reserved bleacher
seats for Washington's opening
game with the Orioles still are
available.
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p. o. duRgenheimer's Mogu Of
81. Petersburg. was FIRST across
the finish line early last night.
But because IL had 70 yield
time TO every other boat In the
feet. 1t placed no better than
third in the Class A division.
The cislon. a 5l-foot cutter.
owned by Luis Vidana. Havana.
took first place in Class A and
the Mare Nostrum. q 7l-foot
yawl owned by Enrique Urrutia
Of San Sebastian. Spain. was
second.
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Colby Nine Will PIoy
Gu, Hoyus und AU

WATERVuLE, Me. Mar. 15.-
The Colby College baseball team
will start q seven-game southern
tour at Maryland State March 28.
The rest OF the tour: March
20. Catholic University; March
80. GEORGETOWN University:
March 81. University Of Balti-
more: April /, American Uni-
versity; April 4, Upsala.
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Fights Last Niqht
BY the Assoeiated Press

BROOKLYN-Rudy Garcia. 1269z, Los
Angeles, stopped Nate Brooks, 1875, Cleve-
land. 4.
NEW YoRK-sammy Walker. 1855,
Springfield. Mass, outpointed Milo
Savage, 100, Salt Lake City. 10.
NEW ORLEANS-Ralph Dupas. 13e,
New Orleans. outpointed Kenny Lane,
13s, Muskegon, Mich, 10.
1872, New York, outpointed Bob Bieh-
Ter, 17S, Rochester. 8.
PROVIDENCE, r. Lou Campanelli
1862. Providence, outpointed Jose
Contreras. 1853. Tauton, Mass, 10.
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n e W S p a p e r
h e r e a n d
promptly was
displayed on
t h e bulletin
board in the
Senators club
house, on Or
der of Man.
ager Ch u c k
Dresser.
Every pitch
made by every
w a S h in gton
pitcher in ex-
hibition games