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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22

lures and graphics are done in
a variety of styles, but the ma
jority are midway between
repreSentational and abstract.
In several instances, it seemed
to me that other works on
view by the winners are better
than those which fetched the
awards. Denis C. Bourland,
for example, received first oil
award for his blue still life,
whereas his watercolor Can
merry" appears to be a more
competent performance.
A. Lloyd Lille, jr., won first
sculpture award for a rough
hewn bearded head of a fellow
art student with the provoca-
tive name of Michael Angelo,
who is himself represented in
the show with a heavily pig
mented "Conch Boat" with
good carrying quality. Mr..
Angelo had a one-man show
at the Alexandria Public Lii
brary recently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
It's About Time We Got Away
From frustrated AdoIescents

ing themselves, often stimuli
taneously.
Nanny, who tells the story
in a proper Brooklyn idiom.
has a wife to whom he is de-
voted and with whom he has
some splendid arguments; he
has an attractive daughter
whose romance with a neigh
Dor boy is on the rocks and
must be rescued somehow; a
father who in his 80s finds his
chief interest in life at the
radio listening to the Dodgers
games; a brother. an ex-pugi-
list who drives a cab and whom
Manny's wife is spiteful
enough to want to marry off.
It's all pleasantly diverting,
without ever straining to be
funny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22

spent by the American Gov
eminent to spray the world
with news through its man.
moth broadcasting equipment"
the author adds, American
news agencies are sending
abroad adequate news reports
over public transmission facili-
ties. These are being printed,
broadcast and paid for in
some fourscore foreign coun-
tries. The list continues to
grow"
News Is Selected"
If this country's official
voice sets out to be truthful, it
is not objective, as the news
agencies are, Mr.. Cooper ex-
plains; it sends selected items
which do not reflect on this
country or the administration
instead of letting the news
speak for itself.
Worse than news propa-
ganda," Mr.. Cooper contends,
sis government suppression of
news. American newspapers
do have the right to print.
That is the So-called freedom
of the press. But they cannot
properly serve the people if
governments suppress the
news"
Weapon of Propaganda
Mr.. Cooper feels that propa-
ganda had a lot to do with
getting us into both world
wars. Speaking of the period
between 1914 and 1917. he
says: The trick of using the
news in a highly dramatic
manner as propaga and a
brought success to the war adj
vocates and the American peo-
pie the tragedy of their first
world war-and paved the way
for the second"
He deplores that what he
calls, at mid-century. "the
philosophy of putting our
faith in government to care
for us instead of caring for
ourselves is gaining ground"
And he adds:
If the American layman
continues to find himself COM
fortably borne along in the
present current of changes in
which his government does his
thinking for him and decides
his fate. he is not going to
awaken to the necessity of re-
sisting infringement by the
government upon his Right to
Know"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
Student Artists

The George Washington
University Art Club is holding
its 9th annual art show in the
library. 1923 G street NV,
through April. Nine awards,
provided by the club and by
an anonymous donor through
John Russell, Mason, librarian
and art curator of the univer-
sity, were made by Helen Co.'S
tello. artist and member of the
women's committee of the
Corcoran Gallery, and Alexan-
der Giampietro, sculptor and
ceramist, on Catholic Univer-
sity's art faculty.
Sixty-five paintings, sculp-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22

mistress for years. The three
ladies all seek flight and sue
coed in varying degrees.
Excruciating Comedy
Intertwined with these mat
tiers are scenes of excruciating
comedy. Miss Murdoch writes
with a poker-faced prose that
makes the maddest goings-on
all the funnier. Perhaps her
happiest inspiration is a board
of directors meeting among
some daft old suffragettes,
who, mad with youthful radi-
caliSm and sky-high on cham
payne. rclive their headiest
days. Not to be missed either
is an episode of a licentious
bureaucrat who calls for his
formidably efficient lady as
sistant too early.
THE Flight from the En-
chanter" is a weird and bril-
liant effort definitely not for
the old lady from Dubuque. 1t
may be read by others with
sometimes appalled, fascina-
ton.
M. MEG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
READING AND WRITING
Spanish Writer Reflects
Changed Political Climate
BY MARY McGRORY

The same changed political
climate that brought about the
recent visit of SPANS foreign
minister has also made pos
sible the publication of a first
novel by a Spanish reporter
travelling in his train.
Ten years ago, probably, no
American publiS her would
have published The Sun and
the Snow" a story of the Blue
Division. The author, Rodrigo
Royo. correspondent of the
Franco paper "Arriba,"
couldn't have written it ten
years ago. either. he says.
Since 1916. young Mr.. Royo.
who is himself a veteran of
the Spanish volunteer forces
who fought side by side with
the Germans on the Russian
front, has spent most of his
time in America. Now his
papers correspondent at the
U. NJ. he thinks that life here
has enabled him to give a more
universal quality to his novel.
None Published Here
The Blue Division. a popular
subject of fiction in Spain ever
since the war, has figured in
some dozen novels. None, how
ever, has been published here.
Il wrote it for everywhere"
says Mr.. Royo, lively, COM
municative Latin. who left the
University of M adrid Law
School to fight communism on
the eastern front IN 194I.
He explained that the char
acters in his book do not dis
cuss international politics. He
does, though.
Anarchists at Heart?
He has, he explains, good
friends in New York who de-
plore the authoritarian gov
eminent in his country, a
reg ne. which the United
States refused to have any,
thing to do with for four years.
Mr.. Royo, who is a member of
the Falange Party, volubly de-
tends it. Like many of his
countrymen, he battles Ameri-
can critics of the totaltarian
government by telling them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22

first that all Spaniards are
anarchists at heart"
He readily grants that "cer-
tain techniques of freedom,
such as freedom of speech and
Of the press, are not operating
in the Franco government, but
insists in the same breath that
there is no restriction for you
to express your freedom Of
thought"
Freedom of Ideas
"You are not molested in
your IDEAS" says Mr.. Royo
THE way Of life is based or
the natural rights of the irdi-
vidual."
The cult of human dignity
he says, is still preserved in
Spain as in no other country.
Ten years in a democratic
country have not changed his
ideas of the comparative free
dom enjoyed in America and
in Spain. Here, he thinks, the
circumstances of life, the con-
ditions of work. the intense
competition, and the precision
of the time dictate to people
Our laws make the community
strong and free, but the in
dividual less so.
Today. of course, thousands
of Americans who are going to
Spain in the wake of our vast
military constructions there
are finding out for themselves
what the differences are.
Mr. Royo will write a book
about his decade here called
Democracy in Action" ano
another novel about his own
village in Valencia.
He does hope that American
readers of his novel, which is
being published here first and
later in Spain, will understand
that he and his comrades were
not fighting for Nazism in
Russia, but against commu-
nism.
Metaphysically. he says, il
would have been impossible
for Spaniards to embrace
Nazism. with its tenets Of
German racial superiority.
I'VE have nothing to do in
that club" he says.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22

paintings by Harold Weston,
is the feature of his one-man
show at the Corcoran Gallery
of Art, on view only through
next Sunday. A number of
people representing science.
education and art considered
this series so important that
they have formed a commit
tee for its purchase and pres
ervation as well as public
presentation and display both
in the United States and
abroad. Duncan Phillips said
of it:
This series of largely con-
ceived. intricately designed
mural decorations by Harold
Weston should be seen all over
the world"
The Smithsonian Institution
has approved these paintings
for acceptance and circulation
for some years to the member
countries of the U. N. The
exhibition at the Corcoran
Gallery is their first public
showing. after which they will
be turned over to the National
Collection of Fine Arts, to
start on their pilgrimage.
Mr.. Weston painted the
series during the construction
of the United Nations head
quarters. They are small
scale murals (42 by So inches)
in order that they might be
readily transportable MY
hope" said the artist, twas
that they might bring to peo-
pie in other lands a certain
feeling about their U. NJ"
The composition of each
panel has strong upward
movements. vertical lines be-
ing inherent in the buildings
design. of course, but further
emphasized by Mr.. Weston
and seeming to symbolic the
soaring hopes of the nations
represented in this worldwide
endeavor They are done in a
naturalistic style easily UNDER
stood by anyone. However. the
strong emphasis on design is
such that they are, to the
trained eye, constructions of
nature which, when shown
with abstract paintings. lose
nothing. One of them was
included in an annual of the
Federation of Modern Paint
ers and Sculptors, of which
Mr.. Weston is president.
AS a visitor studies these
murals in proper sequence, he
may feel. as I did, that the
artist has achieved another
symbolism of forms and color
schemes. The earliest paint
ing June 1949 is dominated
by the vermilion-painted steel
work and an atmosphere of
feverish activity by many
laborers, already dwarfed by
their own handiwork. In the
next four paintings (July 1850
through September 1850, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
REMEMBER THE HOUSE. B

Santha Rama Rau. (Harper
& Brothers; So
Miss Rau has written a de-
lightful novel of India that
is at once gentle and penetrat-
ing. She has just the tolerant
view. the light touch, and the
eye for the absurd to make this
novel of the young republic
painlessly enlightening. !.
Her plot is of the simplest.
Bahia, a charming Indian girl
meets an American couple and
soon is dazzled by their aura
of high romance, enthusiasm
and drive. She defends them
against her slightly bristling
Indian friends and even tries
to adopt a few of their ways.
The consequence of this
little meeting between East
and West is that Bahia turns
her back on the suitable"
match which has been tenta-
tatively arranged for her and
seeks romance. Western style.
With extraordinary delicacy.
Miss Rau follows the course of
Baba's attempts to make her
own choice. All is resolved, not
with cascades Of tears and a
crashing of hearts, but with
the rueful wisdom that en-
barrassment so quickly fosters.
In a sense, and most unob-
trusively, "R m e m Der the
House" is a tour of modern
India. We see Baba's father
an old nationalist who is
superfluous in the new order;
her mother. a political widow
of a sort who finds refuge in
religious activity; her wonder
full old grandmother for whom
tradition is all. We see life in
the smart country clubs of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22

Castro. reproduced here last
Sunday, and other national
heroes, as well as beautiful
women in the romantic and
picturesque costumes of their
times. with their hair in curls
or elaborate coiffures. Not a
few of these portraits are
aquarelles, done with facility
and tonal richness.
Outstanding are convincing
and handsome portraits of
Mr.. and Mrs. Calzadilla by
Pueyrredon, who is also repre-
Sented by a large genre work;
La Esposa del Pintor." in
formally dressed and truth
fully recorded by Sivori; figure
paintings 'Desnudo" by Vic
torica, and Los Mantones" by
Fader. in which the colorful
shawls add greatly to the
paintings decorative appeal.
The life of Argentina's early
settlers is set forth in detail
and human interest in many
genre paintings, as we'll as far
reaching landscapes and ar
chitectural subjects. Several
battle scenes by Candida Lopez
with the primitive painters
close attention to detail, are
important from the docun- en-
tary standpoint, as are paint
ingS of gauchos, cockfighters,
musicians ard other types.
Surveyed as a cross-Section
of the evolution of Argentine
painting during century and
a half, the exhibition presents
parallels to the development in
other countries, including our
own, up to the emergence of
various modern movements,
which have almost no repre-
sentation in the show. Nearest
approach to abstract painting
are Square in Buenos Aires"
and one other by Horacio
Butler, with heavy outlines
emphasizing the design of
Simplified forms. Another
forceful contemporary work
is EneaS Spilimbergo's over
life-size figure of a peasant
woman.
The exhibition was selected
and assembled under the direc-
ton of a committee composed
of Senior Julio Payro, art
critic; Senior Jose Marco del
Pont, and Senior Alberto
Prando. counselor in charge of
cultural affairs of the Argen-
tine Embassy in Washington.
In his introduction to the
catalogue. David E. Finley,
director of the National CAL
lery, says in part, These works
of art will contributes to a
better understanding, on the
part of the American people,
of the history, the life and
aspirations of the people of
Argentina"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22

work continues undated. the
steel structure still prominent,
but now dominated by the
vertical block of concrete and
glass which, in the final paint
ing October 1882, stands
complete at the edge of the
river which reflects it, cool,
serene. four-Square and. one
hopes. indomitable.
The Weston exhibition has
q other paintings, about 10 of
them lent by Duncan Phillips
from the Phillips Gallery COL
lection. 1t provides a RETROSPECT
tive of Mr.. Weston's work over
a period of two decades or
more. All are representational,
with strong emphasis on de-
sign. whether the subject is a
portrait, figure, still life, land
Scape. interior or animal. He
finds themes in unusual angles,
such as one of snowShoe tracks
and tree branches submerged
in drifts.
His latest paintings are par
ticularly fresh and clear in
color. among them an au-
tumnal view of a mountain
and lake. with decorative treat
ment of water; and Forest
Floor" with intricate patterns
of plants and leaves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
Dos Pussos' Best
Essays on Freedom

THE THEME IS FREEDOM,
by John Dos PaSsos (Dodd,
Mead: $3.50 is a reprint Of
some of the novelist's best
known essays since 1926. THE
Failure of MarXism" shows Mr..
Dos Passes establishment
with radical theories he once
embraced and also with big
government in general. To
day." he concludes, I'VE are
more and more governed, in
stead of by old fashioned poll
ticians, by people who are
adept at institutional manipu-
lation."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
STRICTLY FROM BROOK

STRICTLY FROM BROOK
LYN. by William Heuman
Morrow; So is a refreshing
interlude in a lot of dour nov
els about frustrated Adde'S
cents and their inhibited
elders.
Strictly From Brooklyn" is
highly amusing "a quality
which sometimes seems to
have gone out of our fiction.
Within its pages some typi-
cal citizens of Flatbush come
to life, going through the daily
chore of living. worrying about
their jobs, their bills. their
children and the Dodgers
chances; battling and enjoy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22

uU VIEWS VI It's OWu. NOW, III
his new book. he throws off his
wraps and tackles some cur
rent problems with bare
knuckles.
THE RIGHT TO KNOW
tFarrar. Straus and Cudahy;
$4D is an important book
which will arouse controversy
but deserves the wide atten-
ton it is certain to receive.
A TOtalitarian Pattern
Perhaps the most controver-
sial phase of this hard-hitting
book is Mr.. Cooper'S attack on
the Voice of America and other
means of Government propa-
ganda. He feels that with our
official propaganda we are
simply copying the totalitarian
countries and using a method
thoroughly discredited. even
though we dedicate it to the
service of freedom and truth.
1t would be far better, he
thinks, to break down the
censorship and allow the free
flow of news from the ordinary
channels of news agencies and
correspondents. This, he
points out. could have been
written into the Treaty of YER
Sailles after the first world war
and might have done much
toward preventing the second
war.
What Mr.. Cooper prefers to
call the Right to Know - and
1t is an excellent phrase -
could have been extended,
wherever the Iron Curtain had
not already fallen, after the
second war. 1t could have been
written into the United Ma
tons charter. Instead a lame
phrase. freedom of informa-
ton" was written in, which
turned out to mean nothing,
Mr.. Cooper says. President
Wilson was not interested in
the provisions, nor were PreSi-
dents Roosevelt and Truman,
Mr.. Cooper charges.
Government Suppression
Mr.. Cooper accuses our Gov
eminent of a growing tendency
to suppress news unfavorable
to the administration which
happens to be in power. He
charges it with devising a sys-
tenn of keeping foreign and
domestic news from the de-
partments bottled up, uncork-
ing it only as prescribed by the
President or the department
heads.
In spite of the millions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
News in Brief

H. E. the Ambassador Of
Pakistan, Mohammed Ali, will
give an informal talk illus.
trated with a film this after
noon at four at the Silver
Spring Art Gallery, 9216
Flower avenue, opening an ex-
hibition of paintings by Shaikh
Ahmed of Pakistan. There
will also be an exhibition of
ceramics and sculpture by the
Ceramic Guild of Bethesda.
The two shows will remain
through May 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
"A Tour of Modern India
With Sunthu Rama Ruu

Bombay and in the compound
of an old country house. Miss
Rau's wit and taste Eliminates
it for us in a way that shrill
dispatches never could.
A most felicitous book.
M. Meg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
Love Solo

Jane Loves fifth solo exhi-
bition Fourth in Washington
is on view at the Artists Mart,
1861 Wisco nsin avenue.
through next Saturday. 1t in
cludes both paintings and
sculptures, the latter the more
important group. Mrs. Love
has been exhibiting and teach
ing sculpture in the Washing
ton area for a number of years.
On the invitation Of the late
Edward B. Rowan of the
Governments Section of Fine
Arts, she directed and taught
the sculpture section of the
American Red Cross Arts and
Skllls at Forest Glen Hospital
during World War II. She has
been on the staff of the Work
shop Center of the Arts for
four years.
The Mart exhibition COM
prises more than 80 works in
both media. The sculptures,
in stone, metal and clay, range
from abstract to naturalistic.
The single representations
work, a life-size portrait head
of William Crandall Suite, who
lent it. indicates to the lay
man what Mrs. Love can do
along traditional lines.
She shows a large variety
of abstract works, some based
on spiky angular forms C"Mat-
ador," Flock of Birds"),
others monolithic ("Family"),
proliferating forms such as
Ecstasy" which suggests a
many-branched cactus, and
finally, the little monkey-like
figures with thin tubular arms
and enormous feet which she
said she particularly enjoys
making.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
wITHERED MURDER. BY A.

and P. Shaffer. Macmillan
Co.; $2.75.)
Introducing Mr.. Fathom, a
detective of tremendous girth.
intellect and egotism. His
unique quality in a whodunit
world of obese sleuths is a
method of interrogation that
accuses. bludgeons and roams
into apparent irrelevancies.
The twin brothers who created
him also cooked UP a setting
worthy Of his skill-an isolated
hotel where each Of a weird
collection Of guests has some
motive for murder The plot
has the Christie touch. Mr..
Fathom is the authors own.
M. o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Latin American Art
At National Gallery
BY FLORENCE S. BERGMAN

More than 100 oils and watercolors in the exhibition,
"a Century and Half of Argentine Painting" which
opened last Tuesday at the National Gallery of by H.
the Ambassador of Argentina Dr. Adoo Vicchi predom
nany naturasc They introduce outstanding personalities
Of early days including Cen Martin painted BY Gil de
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
Kent. Cooper Cites
Evils Of Propaganda
And News Suppression
By CARTER BROOKE JONES

Kent Cooper retired six after IS
executive OF the Associated Press While he has the
forefront of the movement to keep extend
this freedom to countries denied it, refraned until his
retirement from expressing publicly his views
vera issues because the AP is unbiased agency with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
CIR Sunday Star
WEEKLY BOOK SURVEY

The Sunday Star has arranged Nth
some OF the leading booksellers OF
Washington and suburban areas to
report each ,ceek the books Which sell
best as a guide TO what Washington
is reading. The numbers represent the
rank OF each book among best sellers
at the store named
Report for week ending April 20
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-22
Historic Moment

Building the United Ma
TONS" a series of six oil
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-05-01
Show Case Sale
Proves Success
So head total $16,O12
"a bulls average 1888
Ken Councilman, AuctiOneer
Ken COnzeIman, AuctiOneer

WITH WARM SPRING days the
eighth annual Western Aberdeen-Angus
Show Case sale proved success.
Judge Burl Winchester, Bozeman, did
the placings. The buyers approved of
his good work by bidding the top figure
on the grand champion bull. Fred Rel
fenberger, Fairview, Wash, consigned
the champion, Lochaven Eileenmere
18th. Lawrence Hitler, Bozeman,
placed the final bid of 5000 on him.
This spirited bidding didn't stop with
this bull, for it began again on Tews
Angus Farm, Filler, Idaho, reserve
champion bull, McHenry Barbara T.
Eileenmere 18th, with determined bid
ding from Anton Lovfald, Belgrade, to
hear, 'Sold," at $815.
Bryan Corbett, Choteau, bought both
the grand champion and reserve cham
pion females at $4O5 and $40. They
were consigned by Victor Hansen of
Plains.
In the females Porter and Dorothy
Fender, Arlington, set a top of $500 on
Tews Angus Farm, Blackcap Empress
of T30.
After the Show Case sale two Angus
herds were dispersed:
Ernest Klepetko Herd, Plains, Sc
head total $7957.
Victor E. Hansen Herd, Poison, "a
head total $12,535.
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