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An Illuminating, Life-Study
OF the United States Senate
CITADEL: THE STORY OF
THE UNITED STATES
SENATE. BY William S.

SENATE. BY William S.
White. Harper; $3.50
A penetrating, objective biog-
rar ny does not come easy when
the biographer is in love with
his subject. But Mr.. White. a
mainstay CT the NetO York
Times Washington staff. has
come up with just such a book.
1t is the biography of that
great Institution which pos
sesses. in Mr.. Whites words.
1.-The one touch Of authentic
genius in the American polit-
ical system, apart, Of course,
from the Incompatible majes-
ty and decency and felicity Of
the Constitution itself"
Mr.. White. aware Of the
Senate's shortcomings - its
frequent abuse of the investi-
gative power, for instance
does not agree that some Of
its most criticized evils are
in fact evils at all.
Prolonged debate, often nee
essary to the eternal agenda
of compromise that is part Of
the Senate's genius, is. he
demonstrates, a formidable bull
wark against greater evils. AS
for the seniority system, who
in the Senate would make a
more capable Armed Services
chairman than Senator Rich
ard Russell, who now holds
that chair by virtue of senior
ity? If ability is to be substi-
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Hairy Experiences
Of q Flying Man

THE FLYING YEARS. BY Lou
Reichers. Henry Holt a.
Co.; $4.50.)
Mr.. Reichers, a retired lieu
tenant colonel who pioneered
air routes for the Air Trans
port Command, had a lot Of
what today's airmen call
hairy experiences. Not the
least of these survivals is an
evening with Joe Stain and
Company when Col. ReicherS
successfully navigated 33
vodka toastS.
From the early days of en-
durance flying through the
war years, the colonel sets
down an account interesting
TO the laymen: edifying to the
airmen who lived the period.
CHARLES YARBROUGH
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ART NEWS
Corcoron
Biennio|'s
5Oth Year
BY FLORENCE BERGMAN

The Twenty-fifth Biennial
Exhibition of The Corcoran
Gallery of Art. which opens
to the public this afternoon,
marks the 50th anniversary
of this major art event in the
United States. the most i'm
portant show which is pre-
sented periodically in Wash
ington. To Signalize the half
century mark, The Gallery
has assembled an historical
section along with the bien-
NAL proper. The historical
sections two parts have 48
paintings-all first prize win
ners, and "a other paintings
Of exceptional interest from
past Biennials.
The biennial proper comprises
1911 paintings-120 invited, II
from 90 states and the District
of Columbia selected by the
jury: Hermann Warner Will
liams. jr.. the Corcoran's direc-
tor. chairman; Henry Clifford
and Theodore Rousseau, jr.,
curatorS of paintings of the
Philadelphia and Metropolitan
Museums Of Art. respectively.
Mr.. Williams was responsible
for the invited section. He
also wrote the explanatory in
PRODUCTION to the catalogue
and the admirable review, of
Fifty Years of Biennials,"
which is not only factually in
formative but has consider
able food for thought. Histori-
cal perspective is too easily
lost in the rush these days;
it should be in everyone's per-
manent intellectual equipment.
Well-ROunded Show
Making due allowance for
the inevitable lacks dack of
space, frailty of human judg-
ment and others stated or i'm
piled in Mr.. Williams essays
the 25th Biennial impresses me
as an admirable. well-rounded
exhibition. The jurors obvi-
ously studied examples of
many contemporary move
mentS as well as traditional
work. The larger proportion
of the Biennial is abstract. in
line with major shows today
which give innovators every
opportunity. But time will
winnow these mercilessly. AS
Mr.. Williams concludes,
I'VE know from the statistics
of previous shows that only
three or four of the exhibitors
will be names to conjure with
IN the year 2UUT.
A SOLDERING thought. and one
to clamp the lid on apopletic
reactions by the layman to the
unintelligible in today's art;
and conversely. the contempt
of esthetic radicals for expo
nentS of older jdioms. There
is too much insistence by some
in the avant-garde that art
which receives widespread
public popularity and approval
is bad art" position Just
as untenable as that of tradi-
tionalists who see no virtue in
experimentation and invention.
The shows installation is
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The New Speakers

The Library of Congress,
which hitherto has shown a
certain prediction for ivory
tower jewellers in it's Gertrude
Clarke Whittall Lecture series,
has come resoundingly to the
marketplace for this years
speakers.
Irving Stone. author of
Lust for Life" Immortal
Wife" and other Geographic
cal novels of great box-office
success, led off. He will be fol-
lowed by John O'Hara of
"Butterfield 8" and Ten
North Frederick" tomorrow
night. McKinlay Kantor
whose "Andersonville" had a
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Fine First Novel

THE SOUND OF SILENCE,
by Mary Redwood (Dutton:
So is a first novel by a young
Englishwoman who shows a
decided fair for terSe narrative
rare these days-and for
crisp phrases.
This is the story of war
marriage in England which,
like a lot of others. turned out
to have been between strangers.
With the war ended, Enna's
husband, John, has been away,
serving in distant places. for
three years. and she and their
little boy are awaiting his re-
turn on leave. He comes back
to the small English town with
the intention of telling his wife
that he cannot live with her,
that he does not love her. But
when he finds her, just after
her mothers death. bewildered
and reaching out for him, for
anyone who will relieve her
loneliness and confusion, he
cannot bring himself to tell
her. Nor can he force himself
to make love to her, and they
are as casual friends. with the
baby their only interest in
common. After another six
months away. John returns,
free from the service, and they
go to London, but are still
strangers.
What happens to the YES
tiges of their marriage takes
up the rest of the story. Emma
is curiously immature, half
child. half cropping adult. The
book is rather morbid, an I'M
relieved gray mood, and the
authors method is so entirely
psychological. with the minds
of her characters always up
permost. that we learn little
about the practical aspects OF
their lives. But Mary Rickwod
is a writer of unusual gifts,
whose future work will be
worth watching.
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piction of Americans as FUN
bling conquerors who delayed
rather than facilitated the
characterization of Germany,
is. l think, worth reading. We
see Germany rising from her
ruins and moving in diverse
directions, animated by con-
flicting aims-the militarists
trying to rebuild their rule;
the dealers in black markets;
the average people frantic
merely for food, clothing, shell
ter. However accurate Mr..
Habe's panorama may be. no
one has drawn this scene so
thoroughly.
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IAVivid Sketchbook
Brought to Life
MY CONFESSION. Nv Sam

MY CONFESSION. BY Samuel
E. Chamberlain. Harper &
Bros; So.
Half rascal, half hero, Sam
Chamberlain wrote a series Of
yarns about the deplorable
ways of soldiers. Mexicans and
Indians Of the $4,000 era in
the history of the Southwest.
He nlled a sketchbook during
his swaslabuckling days and
this may have fired his imagi-
nation. but his confession"
rings true. The things the
whites did to the Indians and
the things that the Americans
and the Mexicans did to each
other are almost beyond be-
lief. Chamberlain, of course.
is long since dead Q908) fol-
lowing a career in the Civil
War. Life Magazine carried
fractions of the narrative last
summer. A. L.
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tuted for seniority, who is to
determine ability?
One of the more fascinating
chapters in this fascinating
book examines the Senate's
inner club" that group of
select Senators that often is
the voice of the Senate, and
sometimes. the voice of the
Republic.
Since this book does not deal
with small sins of small towns,
the Civil War, or illiterate
Southerners. 1t probably will
not become a best-seller. But
it ought to.
DAVID KooNCE.
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18th Century Beasts
THE BOOK OF BEASTS. B,

AAhG DOON vi DLho % by
T. H. White. &C. P. Put
mans Sons; So
People interested in going
back to the origins of words
and things will find much to
amuse and instruct them in
this new version of a Twelfth
century Latin bestiary. 1t has
been handsomely illustrated
with contemporary drawings
and is complete with comment.
1t Is, equally, an illuminating
way to show the progress OF
knowledge.-E. T.
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A Startling New Picture
Of German Occupation
By CARTER BROOKE JONES

BY we've had than few books of the late
from the German point of view, especially novels depicting
their nation faced defeat. We've had number
of novels well noncon books describing phases Of the
occupation But this week have what might be described
that attempts de1ntYe (if de1nve)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
READING AND WRITING
Authoress in Her 9Os
Keeps Young and Busy
BY MARY McGRORY

Miss Edith Hamilton, one of the quieter ornaments of
Washington has written book 1t is called THE Echo
Of Greece and it was published last Saturday.
The fact that Miss Hamilton is at co. still thinking still
writing with freshness that is the of her juniors
wonder all her She ereney
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felicitous. On his first trip to
the Biennial, the layman will
find most of the traditional
works and modern paintings
with a representational base,
concentrated in galleries 10,
II, and u, while the abstract
expressionist and other in
ventive and explorative paint
ings are in the atrium and
block of galleries at the front.
The familiar offers uncompli-
Gated enjoyment. Those who
have a questing interest in
new developments, will then
study the distractions in all
their variety, will endeavor to
understand why the artists
who painted them are devoting
their energy to constructions
of line, arrangements of color
and form. spatfal relationships
and tensions; and to assess
how closely these artists have
come to their detectives.
Prize Winners
The William A. Clark prizes
and Corcoran medals, coveted
both for the prestige they
carry and the size Of the
awards. we're bestowed on
paintings which as usual will
occasion surprise and disagree
ment. in view of the large
number Of good works in this
Biennial.
First Prize
The first $4,000 and gold
medaD went to THE Street"
by Loren MacIver. She is one
who does not have 10 seek
beauty but finds it all around
her in the most commonplace
objects las witness her "Old
Windowshade" in the Phillips
Gallery collectionD THE
Street" an unpretentious block.
is seen as if in a dream or
through a mist, luminous not
only in the lighted windows,
but through the very walls of
the buildings.
Second Prize
Fritz Glarner's "Relational
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Abstract Work

OF work in various modern
idioms Samuel Bookatz Sig
nal Tower large painting
(about 80 square feet with a
strong structural design. in
a gray tonality enlivened
with flashes of color: Rich
ard Florsheim's triumphant
Vertical City" with its coun-
telpoint of light and dark,
warm and cool colors and an
gular architectural forms:
Edmund Lewandowski's "Steel
and Gray" a handsome con-
struction; Robert Gates
Mountain Storm" echoed in
tonal rhythms: Leonard Maur-
er's Army with Banners" as
gay in color and pattern as its
title: Jack Perlmutter's Flor
ist Shop" an abstract riot of
color. One of the most anus
ing modern paintings is Man
fred Schwartz Judgment of
Paris" in which circles and
curves admirably suggest the
voluptuous charms of those
first beauty contestants.
1t seems invidious to men,
ton so few paintings out Of
nearly 200, when so many have
noteworthy merits. But certain
paintings, no doubt, will baf-
fle the layman: for example,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13

long stay on the best-seller
list and won the Pulitzer
Prize, will be the final speaker.
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wi III Oh NOPpCA AllCOdl IL
N at the COrcOran Gallery
Painting" won the second prize
($1, 500 and silver medal. This
is another Of the long series
of rectillinear geometric paint
:ngs he has done. concerned
with spatial relationships in
fitting together many four
sided oblongs, bars. narrow
strips, ETC.. some Of them
slanting on one side to enliven
the composition. He restricts
his colors to the primaries,
with black, white and grays.
The painting has, perhaps. a
vague suggestion of the pat
tern of a city seen from the
air.
Third Prize
Third prize, $1,000 and a
bronze medal was given to
Josef Albers' Homage to the
Square: Yes" This will doubt
less be the top puzzle to visi-
tors. 1t is a lemon yellow
square framed successfully by
light brown, reddish brown
and orange, each forming a
square, the bottom strips mar
rover than the top. Mr.. Albers
is one of the famous teachers
of the Bauhaus School at Des-
sau who came to the United
States after it was closed by
the Nazis in the early 1930s.
He has continued to paint
meticulously calculated pat
terms. undeniably austere, and
to some of us, shallow in in
terest. The merits of this Sort
of painting . seem severely
limited.
Fourth Prize
Robert Gwathmey, winner
of the fourth prize $500 and
copper medaD for his Clear
ing" (illustrated) is another
artist whose reputation dates
from the 1905. when he was
one of the socially conscious
crusaders and reformers with
the brush. against the miser-
able conditions of the depres-
sion. There is q decorative,
posterlike quality in Clearing"
in which the workers and trees
are sharply silhouetted against
a yellow sky.
Representutionul
So many living artists have
won acclaim that if all long
recognized, and all promising
newcomers could be represent
ed in one exhibition, it would
have to be a hippopotamus
type of how such as the Metro
politan Museum of Art had
some years ago. Although Mr..
Williams gives another expla-
nation for the absence of GER
tain well-known names" from
this biennial, lack of space
alone would prevent an "All
American" inclusion.
But there are many artists
of long-established reputation
here. as we'll as many in their
early careers. Realistic effect
and perfection of detail give
outstanding charm to John
Koch's warm interior THE
Connoisseur," Honore Sharrer's
miniature Still Life and Girl"
like a 18th century Flemish
painting. Andrew Wyeth's
THE Boot" disintegrating in
a sand dune, Leonid's Com
mcahio" and Herbert Saslcw's
Bird, Bouquet and Butterfly"
Gladys Rockmore Davis
searching and loving portrait
Of an old woman. mostly in
black. white and grays, is
matched in excellence by Peter
Hurd's near-lifesize portrait Of
Young Felix Herrera self-con-
fident against a spectacular
desert landscape. Very differ
ent in technique is Larry
Rivers portrait of his mother
in-law Birdie in the Garden,
a monumental figure in a light
summer dress, somewhat thin
ly painted, but fresher and
better realized than the figure
which won him an award in
the last Biennial. Cornelis
Ruhtenbergs self-portrait, lin
ear, and golden brown, recalls
Flemish portraits of several
centuries ago.
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labor unions and labor leaders
be accountable equally with in
dividualS. corporations and other
organizations.
Other parts of the program
affecting labor call for abolition
of compulsory unionism, prohi-
bition of the secondary boycott,
prohibition of picketing to en-
force union affiliation, and pro-
hibition Of picketing Of a plant
by others than employees Of the
plant.
Among other items in the pro-
gram are laws requiring: "A
judicious reduction and closer
supervision" in the foreign aid
program. a balanced budget and
systematic deduction in the ma
tional debt. carrying out Of the
Hoover Commission report. over.
1aul Of Government procurement
and elimination Of business ac-
iivities Of the Government.
New Trustees Elected
Newly elected trustees are
Thomas B. HUI, American Serum
Co., Sioux City. Iowa: Ralph r.
West. West Steel Casting Co.,
Cleveland; Harry Weiskittel,
Weiskittel Co., stove manufac.
surers. Baltimore: Seaborn Col.
Inns. Las Cruces, N. Mex, former
national commander of the
American Legion: Harry Baker
Jordan. who is In the barge and
oil business, New Orleans; H.
Pettus Randall. Randall Enter
prises. Tuscaloosa, Ala; A. r.
Baxter. automotive parts manu-
Iacurer. Buffalo. N. Y, and d. B.
lewis. Lewis Foods, Los Angeles.
There was a panel discussion
Of Federal taxes and spending
oy members of Congress last
night. But it was announced
t was a closed meeting.
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amendment set aside pointed out
in opening arguments yesterday
that, in previous balloting by
mail, the District Bar Associa-
ton had turned down proposals
to admit Negroes.
The meeting in question and
the voting were variously de-
scribed yesterday as "a shouting
contest, "bedlam," an explosion
among the people (members) "
and an "uproarious" situation.
Members Of the association
called by attorney Wesley E. Nc
Donald, one of the lawyers who
filed the suit, testified that many
Of the $50 persons at the meet
ing were associate or honorary
members not entitled to vote and
guests or wives of members.
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Two-Doy Display
Of British Autos
Set at Shorehum

Some Of the worlds most lux
urious and expensive automobiles
the Rolls Royce and Bentley
will 60 on exhibit at the Shore
ham Hotel tomorrow and Thurs
day.
The display will be opened to
the public at 1920 am. tomor-
row by Sir Harold Caccia, British
Ambassador to the United States.
Seeking to dispel the idea that
the British-built Rolls Royce and
Bentley are for the wealthy,
elderly dowager. the exhibit is
pointed toward the successful
businessman and his wife" &C
cording to Roger Caster, export
sales manager Of the British
company.
In addition to the automobiles,
aircraft engines built by Rolls
Royce, including those used on
Capital Airlines' Viscounts and
the British Comet. will be shown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-21
Motorist Freed
In Name Mixup

Discovery Of mistaken identity
yesterday set free a 37-year-old
motorist, accused of driving with
a revoked permit.
The confusion came to light in
the Traf1ic Court trial of Leroy
Watkins of the 400 block of
Twentieth street NE. Another
man with a similar name, James
Leroy Watkins. 81. admitted that
while he was in the District Jail,
he accepted a revocation notice
intended for the other man, &C
cording to Assistant Corporation
Counsel Owen j. Malone.
Mr.. Malone dropped the
charges before Judge Mildred
Reeves after he learned the De-
partment of Vehicles and Traffic
gave the revocation notice to the
wrong man, James Leroy, who
was serving a 180-day jail term
for trafiic MISUNDERSTANDING
operating after revocation.
He has trafiic record with
convictions for drunken driving,
having no District permit. oper-
ating after permit revocation,
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plaintiffs contesting the bar as
ISOLATION vote. testified there
was terrific confusion" after the
vote was taken. He said he had
questioned the vote and was
ruled out Of order.
Mr.. Sweeney testified he ap-
pealed from the ruling of the
chair. A voice vote then was
called for on the chairs ruling
and 1t was announced that
Charles S. Rhyme. who then was
president of the association, had
been sustained.
Trial Of the suit is before
visiting Judge Robert N. Wilkin,
sitting in District Court.
Following the vote, several
Negroes applied for membership
to the bar ASSOCIATION, but pro-
cessing Of applications was held
up pending a court decision.
Previous Reflections Told
The group seeking to have the
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Police Bride Attempt
Charged to D. G. Man

A 32-year-old Northeast man
yesterday was held for grand
jury action on a charge Of at
tempted bribery Of two police
men.
Municipal Court Judge Ed
ward A. Beard set bond at 81 900
for John A. Bigelow Of the 5000
block Of Ames street NE. Bige-
low was arrested for unlawful
entry early yesterday by Pvts.
o. A. Cubbage and X. v. Kragh
Of No. IA Precinct.
The policemen said Bigelow
offered them SIS each and said
I'VE can get together" The
United States Attorneys office
dropped the unlawful entry
charge.
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for his work in promoting society
detectives in Mobile. including
the formation of two new local
posts, one student post and the
reactivation of the others.
The award was presented by
Rear Admiral H. Arnold Karo,
society president.
Other Awards Presented
The annual awards to an en-
gineer in each of the branches of
the service for outstanding
contributions to military en-
cheering through achievement
in design. construction, ad-
ministration and research or de-
velopment" went to DR.. Dean S
Carder. chief of the Seismology
Branch, Coast and GeodetiC
Survey. the Colbert Medal; to
1t. q. g. Richard A. Bowers
Civil Engineer Corps. Navy. the
Moreell Medal; to Col. Edwin M
Eads, Air Force installations
representative, South Pacific
Region, the Newman Medal. and
to Jacques S. Minnotte of the
Army Corps of Engineers Pitts
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burgh District. the Wheeler
Medal.
The George w. Goethals and
the Toulmin Medals. respectively,
went to Maj. David Steinman Of
of the Army for desinging the
Mackinac Bridge, and Prof.
Frank r. Barnett, director If
research at the Richardson
Foundation. Inc, New York City,
for an article, Cracking the
Thought Barrier" which ap.
peared in the society journal,
the Military Engineer. last year.
Student Post Awards
Duplicate awards. plaques for
the best student posts for 1856,
went to City College Of New York
and the Colorado School of
Mines. The society flag for the
best local post for 1856 went to
the Boston post.
Maj. Gen. Emerson c. Itsch-
ner, chief Of the Army Corps Of
Engineers. was guest speaker.
The society was to meet
through today. beginning with
a symposium in the Commerce
Department auditorium.
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being unlicensed hacker and
getting drivers permits by mis-
representation. He has more than
100 traffic points on his record,
which lists Leroy watkins" as
an alias.
The attorney for the wrongly
charged defendant, Leroy. said
his client admits only two speed
ing charges. He told the court
his client could not be charged
with operating on revoked per-
NIT II he never got the revoca-
ton notice. Under present pro-
cedure. permit revocations are
not final until the motorist ac-
knowledges receiving the notice
from the Department Of Vehicles
and Traffic.
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nual meeting IN the MaynoWer
Hotel. A small business, it was in
dictated, is one whose stock is
not listed on a stock exchange
and which does an average an
nual business of about 81 million.
Detectives Outlined
The delegates adopted resolu-
tons yesterday afternoon out
lining the legislative program
they want enacted.
On taxes they want:
Substantial reductions in in
dividual and corporate tax rates
over the next five years, reduc-
ton and an equitable adjustment
in present excise tax rates, SUBJ
stantial reduction in Federal
estate and gift taxes, elimination
of double taxation of dividends
and limitation Of the Federal
tax power by constitutional
amendment.
Also asked is the application
Of Federal income taxes to the
profit making business activities
Of tax exempt corporations. CO.
operatives. associations, founda-
tons and labor unions. The
businessmen also are seeking
simplification in the reporting
of Social Security taxes.
Union Laws Asked
Union activities should be
subject to antitrust laws. the
organization holds. 1t also asks
constitutional provisions and
subsequent laws providing that