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SPORTSMAN

Doctor. lawyer, professional man
20-acre secluded club. lodge, re-
treat, home or estate, 10 large
rooms with a trout-stocked noun
tain stream surgine through the
front yard, In the Blue Ridge foot
hills OF Va, 65 miles D c. A
wonderfully built dual-level ma
sonry home erected in 1919 at .
cost OF more than $4,000. Oak
beamed 40xl6 liv. room with fire-
piece. A terrific 4O-ft. .hagstone
hoored club room with a log burn
ing fireplace huge paneled bed
rooms with built-in furniture 2
modern tiled baths. kitchen, ga
rage. workshop and laundry room.
A well engineered hot-water heat
ing plant with cireulators and
thermostats, Beautiful wide planked
screwed-and-peg floors. Large
built-in bookShelves. Priced at
S3O.500 and subject TO an offer.
A tremendous find for the par
NirNinr htNaF
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HOUSES FOR sALE-vA.
S11.5OO

white picket fence frames this pic
liv. .rm., sep. din. rm,, nice
sized bedrms.. beautiful loo. at
edge OF Falls Church in Airing
ton Gov county yasan cant lin &C.
Munson Realty, JE. 2-0699
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WAREHOUSES FOR RENT

A MODERN BUILDING Of 2s.50O
feet, adapted to manufacturing.
printing. fabrication, distribution
or warehouse operations, with s.
car RI. siding, q recessed truck
docks, . once areas. viii modify
for responsible tenant for specific
operation. Phone UN. 4-S003 or
see your broker
STORAGE SPACE available imme-
diatelv: by the so. IT.. or on q
piece basis. Sprinkler system and
rail sidings. Can be rented on q
month-to-month or long-term ba-
sis. Call now. AID. $4,000
WAREHOUSE or light Industrial
property. 1,500-6. 900 50. IT..
compl with truck entrance, once
space and layatories, 81 per SO.
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LOTS, ACREAGE FOR SALE

ALEX.-Lot 5Ox270, CT CONNER
CIAL. also suitable for S-unit apt.
AL SMITH REALTY, XII. S-6652;
ewes. JE. 2-0454. -
APT. LAND
High density apartment sites: best
part Silver Spring. Elevator or
walkup. S125 square foot,
THOMAS J. FISHER a. CO, 53S
18th st. NV, Mr.. Bauer. D1.
7-6S30, JU. a-S792.
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$500 DOWN $50 PER MO
3-BEDROOM RAMBLER, SI2,b0O
Milky REALTY IA 1-n2h0
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Lee Boulevard Heights
BY Owner


Stone: two bedrooms and bath
downstairs, two bedrooms and
bath up; screened porch. full
basement with rec. room and
bath, detached garage. hot-water
heat. Close TO Z Corners shopping.
schools and transportation. S"6,-
900. Take first left of Arlington
blvd beyond dTivinR range. left
on wooten drive to 1924. Open.
LORCOM LANE AREA-4-BEDRM..
SOLID BRICK. CAPE COD, hrepl,
sep. din, rm. bsmt. rec. rm'
shaded lot: excel close-in LOG.
real buy AZ Sl7,75o. KRoNEN-
SURG. Agents IA 5-e25a
MCLEAN = CONTEMPORARY brk.
rambler with bedrms., 2 baths:
rec. rm., . frepls., earport and
patio A beautiful home for S25.
$50 on easy terms. KEY REALTY
CO., IA. $1,000.
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INVEST. PROP. WANTED
BUSINESS PROP. FOR SALE

WE HAVE CLIENTS for all types
Of property. MILTON p. RuP-
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STORES FOR RENT

LAUNDRoMAT LOCATION - e55
Constitution ave ne, next to
HiEh'S in cor. bldg: SIS mo.
ME. s-OO4l.
1905 LOCATION, for any busi-
ness. 1924 Wis. ave. Call WO.
$780,.
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HOUSES FOR SALIVA.
FIRST TIME

0NUO Lee HlRhWay NJ. h-oibU
FOUR ON ONE-Nsw rambling
brick rambler with 4 bedrms. and
. baths on one floor; 2S-ft. liv.
rm., picture windowed dinins rm..
fabulous kitchen cr rrep I;,S ,S Gay,
$4,000. JE. i-2aSS, PARKER.
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NO
SUMMIT
CONFERENCE

Is needed to agree that this 3
BEDROOM. 2-BATH BRICK RAM
BIER is one OF the best va.ues
on today's market. Fabulous rec.
kitchen with eating space. much
extra equipment; BUILT-IN GA
RAGE; 16.0OO-ft. level wooded lot,
in very popular suburban neigh
borhood; FAST POSSESSION:
owner transferred Yours for
500 nnO
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m ENcHANIMENI. Ode

ideal home and q sound investment
for the family needing space at low
cost. This brick Cape Cod offers
4 bedrms, > baths and fun base
within walking distance of shop
ping. schools and TRANSPORTATION
almost at the door. Price SIS 900,
with FHA Financing available. Wait
no longer-call IA $4,000. SHAN
NON a LUCHS, REALTORS. 2o55
Uuan, Mud
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ed in the garden =. labors
described as "healthful and
relaxing" The fact that I
can't seem TO get rid OF a
cold came about after my
first yard exercise. and the
fact that I'm too tired TO 90
out weekend evenings is, of
course, sheer coincidence and
not to be attributed to our
being in our own home again.
Do I miss the apartments
Do I regret giving up the
ease Of rented living in order
to be a possessed" home
owner again? Didn't / say
the house had CHARM? But
I do confess to wishing every
now and then (mostly now
that The Management would
appear and take over some of
the repairs and services to
which ! now am heir.
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my own instinct for self
preservation.
1t was q case Of love at
first sight" After a quick
walk through the house, I
told the agent, ITS just per-
feet. II you can get It for US
at our price, ! don't care If it
has termites."
Termites in Possession.
Fortunately, our contract
included a termite guarantee,
for our 28-year-old dream
house did have termites. Adj
ditionally. 1t had 10 rotted
odd-size windows that had to
be replaced, a sunporch with
an incline reminiscent of a
toboggan slide. dangerously
insufficient wiring (electri-
cali, an interior that cried
for paint, and an impossible
kitchen. These minor imper-
fections were ignored. The
house had CHARM and, adj
ditionally, one full bath and
three half baths Call in need
Of caulking and with leaky
faucets three bedrooms with
fantastic closet space, dining
room. living room with fire.
place, a basement fully tiled
that was dry, a handsome
barbecue grill on a level.
double-sized, well-landscaped
lot. and a bonue of an 8-foot
expandable attic. with no
visible means of getting to it.
We took legal possession
after the FILA gave its sane
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Confessions Of Reluctant House Hunter

lily. majority rule prevailed
g TO ID. I stated the difiicul-
" nay. the impossibility
of finding a house TO suit
our needs in an established
and developed community at
a price within our means.
This was met by an over
whelming vote Of confidence
in my ability to find the i'm
possible IF you really
want to. Mother. How could
pessimism survive such fiat
tering optimisml
Their enthusiasm became
contagious. tFlattery does
help.l ! threw caution to the
winds =. putting away from
me memories of past experi-
ences as a homeowner that
had made me feel "the pos
sessed" rather than the pos
SCISSOR Of property.
That week end we went
house hunting. Specifications?
Our object was a spacious
home on a level. well-land-
scaped lot, with a minimum Of
3 bedrooms and 2 baths. a full
dining room. a large living
room with fireplace, full base
ment, in a well-established
suburban area :. all this at
a $4,000 ceiling.
In less than two weeks, /
found the house that is now
our home. thereby yindicat-
ing my family's touching
faith in me and betraying
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ASH Cumberland Ave.


CHEVY CHASE, MD. Ills Rideewood Ave
S22,75o-BETWEEN THE CLUBS-Walking distance to
rosemary Grade, Leland Jr. and B-CC High Schools
colonial; 2o-ft 1v rm, l5ft. din rm tiled kit bkfst
nook den or bedrm, "a bath, good bedrms full bsmt
workshop garage; open porch. Heavy wiring for
power tools.
BElHEoDA 1850 Wilson Lane
29.95O-CHARMING WHITE BRICK COLONIAL ON
WOODED LOT 80x200-Paneled den powder rm; new
Iuy equipped kit, separate breakfast rm. twin bedrms
patns; finished recr rm- z BATH 2-car garage SCR
porch many extras Swimming pool membership available
out Ri0er Rd to Wilson Lane, left to SIGN
kENSlNCTON --$l8,950- 1909 Adams Drive
NEW ~BRICK RAMBLER WITH SEPARATE DINING
ROOM nothing like 1t for value! Newest-syle kitchen
with eating space bedrms and BATH plus u bath in
basement Attractive of newer homes, with own
school and playground Fine terms
Conn Are past KensiR0og Shopping
foHop " 49, ''S"' VIZ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-16
BY LILLIAN LEVY
contIIbutins Writer

H. RECENTLY HAVE re-
uoined that ever-expanding
class Of Americans, "The
Homeowners." after the lux
ury and freedom Of apart
ment-living for the past
three years.
Three happy, care-free,
wonderful years OF freedoml
Freedom from seeding lawns,
fertilizing them and moving
them; freedom from caulking
tubs. basins, and bathroom
tiles: freedom from repairing
leaky faucets and. above all,
freedom from Improve
ments." a term that only the
emancipated "home-ownedp
can appreciated
We sold our first and only
home and property three
years ago when we decided
homecoming had made us
house-bound. Also. as pio-
neers in a new development,
we were tired of being active
In civic affairs.
Occasionally. there were
expressions Of nostalgia feel
ings for our former home-
stead by members of the
family with shorter memo
ries than mine. This nostal-
gia for things better forgot
I neither shared nor encour-
aged. However. inevitably the
family began to speak Of
owning q home again.
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BETHESDA

BETHESDA 9o23 Mon,a,L A..
$l6,250-BEST VALUE IN GEORGETOWN VILLAGE
Three bedrms up-to-the-minute equipped Kitchen full
bsmt, FINISHED REC R level lot off street parking
Near bus new shop center all schools Low down pay
ment FILA ~
From Georgetown Rd TO mem shoppin
center LEFT BeHs Mn straight into MoHtaai and
" - '' 'O "-'"'~"" e""
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free week ends. a gift Of
apartment living. / mem
toned the fact that the chill
dren loved their schools and
associates, and they would be
disturbed by a move. I was
ignored.
Finally. In desperation, I
described with eloQuence the
horrors Of moving. the UNI
settled and disturbing chaos
Immediately prior and fol-
lowing any move. the pack
ing and unpacking. the dis
carding and sorting. and
the rearranging Of furniture.
This gave them all pause,
and l let the matter drop.
But The Management failed
me completely.
IL sent US q NOTICE OF q rent
increase, accompanied by an
explanation that this was be-
ing done lin order to mann
tain the same quality Of
service"
That did it! Service had
been a bit of. I win admit.
A notwithstanding refrigera-
tor had not yet been re-
placed despite several COM
plants. With this as back
ground. 1t is easy to UNDER
stand why The Manage
ment's explanation for the
increase appeared as a threat
rather than a promise Of
better things to come.
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ton. Legal possession, for
those who have never taken
1t, means giving over all your
savings plus. in exchange for
a mortgage which binds you
for the next umpteen years
to make regular. rather large
monthly payments so that
you may occupy the property
Of your choice but only
for so long as you make the
regular payments.
In fact, the bank or mort
gage company really has pos
session. both Of your money
and property.
An Expert couIker
Since returning to the
privileged elite, 1.-THE Home
owners" / have caulked (I'm
really quite expert), fixed
leaky faucets, painted. work.
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She Was overruIed

1t was decided over my
loud but lone objections that
we were buying a home and
moving out of the apart
ments as soon as possible.
Our being a democratic fam
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Apartments Gifts

I objected. reminding them
Of harassed week ends spent
on projects ito improve"
property. I pointed to our
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BOCLEY-HOmes Open Sunday, 10
CHEVY CHASE, MD.

Low 30s--1 BLOCK
FROM WIS. AVE.
BUS On dead-end
street near Somerset
School. Built 1858;
3 hedrms., 2 baths,
powder rm., splendid
kitchen, full bSmt.,
finished recr. rm., scr.
porch. slate roof. Lot
67xl50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20

port from a three-man subcom-
mittee upholding the right 81
the metal trades department TO
coordinate the organizing and
collective bargaining activities
Of its member unions. The only
limit. the subcommittee recon-
mended, should be the sum Of
the jurisdictions Of the depart
ment's afiiliated unions.
Thus, for example, the Sheet
metal Workers. the Pipefitters
and other metal craft unions
would be allowed to organize
an entire aluminium plant as a
unit. Construction unions and
other craft unions could do the
same in their fields.
The subcommittee recon-
mended the same rights for the
industrial union department.
but the nature Of industrial
unons makes this almost an
empty gesture. They organize
plant-wide anyway.
Craft Victory Seen
Industrial union leaders, real
izing they lacked the votes To
reject the subcommittee's rec
ommendation. lodged a clear
cut test. Instead, the council
referred the matter to its eight
man Executive Committee for
further study. But the craft
unions believe they won at least
a temporary victory.
On a narrower jurisdictional
issue, the council yesterday
considered but took no action
on charges by the Sheetmetal
Workers that the International
Union Of Electrical Workers
(IUE) is 'raiding" members at
the Belock Instrument Co.,
Long Island. N. Y. The Tue
iustifies the raiding by charg-
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Industrial unionists blocked q
Npal decision. but nevertheless
appear TO be bound TO lose the
light.
n An insider reported debate
iht the closed council meeting
was "blistering." The council
Continues its quarterly meet
ing at headquarters here today
Metal Trades at Issue
The declarations industrial
union department and the
United Steelworkers charge
that the metal trades depart
tfnent Illegally organizes plants
40 competition with AFL-CIC
unions. The compliments con-
end. for example. that the
metal trades department has no
right to organize aluminium
plants in competition with the
Hteelworkers.
Craft unions such as the
sSheetmetal Workers and Pipe
titters believe it no longer is
practical to organize automateo
plants by segments. They
want TO band together TO or
Ranize on a plant-wide basis
using the metal trades and
uther departments as vehicles
= Industrial unions are based
on the concept of organizing
ell workers in a plant through
one union. regardless of craft
distinctions. In effect. the
craft unions are adapting some
Of the industrial unions prin-
cipies. They fear a rapid loss
0f membership and bargaining
power unless they can unite in
q plant-wide organization.
Some craft union leaders
have threatened to secede from
the AFL-CIO unless they win
their point.
At yesterdays session, the
executive council received a re.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20

To promote economic growth
and expand employment. the
council said, the Government
should establish Federal stand
ards for Unemployment CON-
pensation. aid depressed areas.
launch a big housing program.
raise and extend the minimum
wage and liberalize health and
welfare programs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20

ing the Sheetmetal Workers
entered q collusive agreement
with the company.
The council yesterday also
renewed It's attacks on the Ei-
senhower administration's eco
monte policies. THE drop h
Unemployment Ia the last two
months, welcome as It Is. muzl
not be permitted 10 serve as al
excuse for complacency or in.
action the council declared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-20
ClO industrial Unions
Bow to Crofts in Test

Industrial unions Of the old CLIO have lost major battle
70 their rivals the ALL craft unions informed disclosed
today Bitterness at the defeat agnravae dssension in
The merged AFL-CIO.
The labor federaon Executive Council yesterday tenta-
lively upheld the craft unions urisdctonal dispute
Evening star., 1959-11-15
Souvenir Book
Shows France
In Rich CoIors

FRANCE. A PORTRAIT IN
COLOR. Edited by Dore
Ogrizek. (McGraw = Hill,
$7.95).
Such names as Andre Maui
rois and Jean Cocteau pro-
vide the text for this pro-
fusely illustrated tribute to
France. The flyleaf boldly ad-
mits that only those authors
who love their mother coun-
try have been included. The
color illustrations are princi-
pally by contemporary artists.
The book gives an excellent
background, as we'll as setting
a mood, for places to see in
France. 1t would be an item
appreciated on the Christ
mas gift list for friends who
plan a trip to France, for
those who have been there,
or for those who dream Of
going some day.
JACK JONAS.
Evening star., 1959-11-15
A Soldier Tells
Of Fighting in
Wartime Norwuy
THEY CAME IN THE

THEY T. A M Il IN The
NIGHT. BY Brede Klefos.
(Harian Publications. $3.95)
These are the wartime ex-
periences of a Norwegian
American who was a cadet in
Oslo when the Germans and
the Quislings took over his
Scandinavian homeland.
Mr.. Klefos, now a success
full business man in New
Hampshire, Joined the Nor
wegian underground after his
release from a Nazi military
hospital and eventually made
his way via Sweden and
Russia to Canada.
There he joined the resur-
gent Royal Norwegian armed
forces and was among the
first to re-enter his homeland
after the German collapse.
The reader will be pri-
marily interested in the Nor
wegian battle as a little
known front but the descrip-
tions of how the Morse people
reacted to the unfamiliar
aspects Of war is quite in
teresting.
JERRY O'LEARY, JR.
Evening star., 1959-11-15

WIN OdihSu VI blillluLlJly dAlu W
in Paris when all art and
literature were in a ferment
and through two world wars.
Her friends were many Of
the to-be-greats. and soldiers
in both wars. She knew she
was a genius and was at the
same time the most obscure
and the most famous writer
in the English language.
Mr.. Brinnin's explanation
and examination Of her
stylistic and structural ex-
periments in her writing and
its relationship to cubism
are not always so clear but
1t is a good try. Sometimes.
even he despairs and shows
some irritation.
Pierre Roche, who intro
duced Gertrude and Leo
Picasso, wrote to her once,
Il start reading your style
only when I feel very strong
and want to suffer. =. The
last things stand upon the
strength Of your personality.
Far from your eyes, they fall
to pieces"
It is worth reading to
learn that she read Shake
Evening star., 1959-11-15
FICTION
A BESS STREETER

A BESS STREETER AL
DRICH TREASURY. (Ap-
pleton Century Crofts,
$4.95. Two complete nov
els and five stories by the
beloved chronicler of the
American Middle West.
A TREASURY OF GREAT
SCIENCE FICTION. Edit
ed by Anthony Boucher.
doubleday, $3.50 Two
volumes of fantasy.
FICTION OF THE FIFTIES.
doubleday, $3.50 Select
ed stories with an intro
duction by Herbert Gold.
ELOISE IN MOSCOW. BY
Kay Thompson. (Simon &
SchuSter, $3.750 The Won
derful little girl comes back
in text and pictures.
GREAT FILM PLAYS. BY
John Gessner g. Dudley
Nichols. Grown, $1.95.)
GENERAL
THE COMPLEXITY OF LE-
GAL AND ETHICAL EX-
PERIENCE. BY F. S. C.
Northrop. Little, Brown,
$6) BY the author of The
Meeting of East and West.
THE CATHOLIC FAMILY
HANDBOOK. Rev. George
A. Kelly. Brandon, $4.95.)
Practical guidance.
STANDARD HANDBOOK
FOR TELESCOPE MAX
ING. BY N. E. Howard.
(Crowell, $685.
CATHOLIC VIEWPOINT ON
EDUCATION. BY Neil c..
McClusky, S. j. Double
day; $3.50.
THE CIGARETTE HABIT.
BY Arthur King. Double
day, so. Breaking the
habit and the controversy
of cigarette and cancer.
HOW TO DESIGN YOUR
OWN DRESS PATTERNS.
BY Adele P. Margolis.
Doubleday, $4.95). An il
lustrated primer in pattern
making.
IN IT E r N t / N A L
DRAUGHTS AND CHECK
ERS. Wiswell, Tinsley, Fra
ser and Oldbury.
FACTS OF FAITH. BY Msgr.
j. D. Conway. doubleday;
Evening star., 1959-11-15
Picturebook
Brings Back
The TWenties

THE JAZZ AGE, by Mar
vim Barrett, with William
Calm as picture editor
putnam; $3.50 is a selec-
tive story of the '20s in pic
ture and text. A glance at
the fine pictures brings hack
many memories to those of
us who can remember the
jizz age vividly. Even the
captions open old vistas Of a
vanished era. A few: The
Wall Street bomb, Sacco and
Vanzetti, The Klan on
parade. Alice White. Gloria
Swanson, Mary Pickford.
Rudy Vallee. Miami Beach
on the ascendency, the big
board on Wall Street, the
Hall-Mills murder, Lind
bergh, Helen Wills max
ing whoopee.
&C. B. j.
Evening star., 1959-11-15
AND GOD MADE MAN

AND WOMAN. BY Lucius
F. Cervantes, S. j. Henry
Regnery; $4,000
In a word-aSsociation test,
let the stimulus word be,
blue. 1t would remind a man
of a spectrum; a woman of
a dress.
And God Made Man and
Woman" is a comprehensive
discussion of just such psy-
Geological and emotional diff
ferences between the two
sexes.
The author, a noted st.
Louis Sociologist and marri-
age and family counselor,
deals at length with the COM
plex and interviewer pattern
Of masculinity and femininity
that enters into human be-
havior from infancy through
adulthood.
The differences between
the two sexes in the field of
sports, intellect. crime and
health are dealt with in a
profusion of Interestingly
put detail.
The question of leadership
within the home and outside
the home. the physical and
emotional obstacles in the
Evening star., 1959-11-15
Beethoven Letters
May End Long Quest

BEETHOVEN'S BELOVED,
by Dana Steichen Double
day, $685., written before
the authors death in 1857, is
the story of her scholarly
search through Beethoven's
letters and music for the
woman who was "The I'M
mortal Beloved" first brought
to light in the famous letter
found after he passed away
and believed to be the inspi-
ration for much of his most
beautiful music.
1t is a speculative book, of
educated guesses that Mrs.
Steichen bases on clues in the
plentiful excerpts she quotes
from Beethoven's (some that
she has translated and on
Evening star., 1959-11-15

scured the tragic facts from
the moment of Booths fatal
shot. And the mystery per-
sists, despite the best efforts
of historians to unravel. be-
latedly, the twisted skeins.
In 1.-THE Web of Conspir-
acy," Theodore Roscoe ap-
plies very skillfully his al
ready established talent for
writing mystery stories. But
in this mystery which he can
only describe rather than
create. there can be no solu-
ton. The butler didn't do it.
after all. AS a gripping and
well-written story of an in
credibly complicated drama,
this book of 562 pages is i'm
pressive indeed. But this re-
viewer at times found himself
wishing that the author ID
had never written a mystery
story, and 90 had something
less of admiration for DR..
Otto EiSenschiml's researches
into the subject. why Was
Lincoln Murdered? Grosset
& Dunlap, 1879
For Civil War buffs and
for any reader of Americana,
this book is a substantial
contribution. 1t is thor
oughly fascinating, well doc
umented. smoothly organized.
Its illustrations are ade-
quate, although captions
could be better. It delves
with painstaking attention to
detail into even the smallest
aspect of this tragedy that
altered history. But it fails
to explain convincingly-per-
haps no explanation is pos
sible in any case-why the
assassination conspiracy was
wrapped in official mystery
from the moment Lincoln'S
breathing ceased.
Mr.. Roscoe makes plain his
conviction that the Booth
plot was more than the pri-
vate obSeSsion of a madman
actor and a few willing ac-
completes. The threads, he
points out, lead directly to
Richmond. and the compile