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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12

doughty Republican Of Mas
sachusetts, who has served in
the House for IS years and
was deposed as leader last
winter. is taking a backward
look for publication.
Every morning at 9, he and
Robert. j. Donovan, the bu-
reau chief Of the New York
Herald-Tr;b sit down in
Representative Martins Of
flee. The Congressman begins
to reminisce over the tape
recorder under questioning
from Mr.. Donovan.
When last sighted the pair
had arrived at the 1924 con-
vention, which Representa-
tive Martin attended as a
delegate. He was permanent
chairman Of every Republican
convention since 1910.
And a freshman Senator,
Muskie Of Maine, the Demo-
cratic hero Of the hitherto
rock-ribbed State, is also
embarked on the composition
Of memoirs that cover of
necessity a shorter span.
Harcourt. Brace wants to
publish his book in 1860. He
is writing 1t, says the 46-
year-old Senator. because
they asked me to-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
Madison Avenue Shop
Setting for 1st Novel
TRY FOR ELEGANCE, by

TRY FOR ELEGANCE, by
David Loovis (ScribnerS;
$3.50, is a first novel about a
young man who works in a
plush mems store on New
York's Madison avenue and
carries on an affair with a
19-year-old girl who first APP
pears as a customer.
Paul, the salesman, wants
to be an artist and has
studied abroad, but must
make a living while he pur-
sues art. The girl, Lee, also
draws and is at a school OF
design. They meet often,
more or less casually at first,
but finally they live together
for a time. They talk of
marriage, banteringly, but
never do anything about it.
Paul finds himself more
and more obsessed with the
girl while she gradually cools
toward him.
The story is an expert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12

and development Of new
FORMS"
They Save Their Lives
He commended: Every
limitation Of thought, even
in the name Of the most
beautiful ideals-and most
frequently limitations made
in their name-only degrades
those who perpetrate them.
Giordano Bruno and thou
sands like him were burned
to save mankind from hellish
heresies. In the same way, in
our time, millions were
burned in Hitler's camps to
save the human race from
the hell of communism. De.
spised and disgraced. millions
rotted in Siberia only because
they did not believe in the
Brightness Of Stalinist doc
trineS.
ideas in themselves are
not responsible for this. Not
even fanatical belief in ideas
is responsible. Ultimately this
fanatical faith is produced
by reactionary fanatics who
have a political monopoly"
In one Of the later essays,
we have this candid COM
ment on the state of affairs
in Jugoslavia: THE present
dull, outmoded and super
imposed bureaucratic meth
DDS of theological activity
here remind us of the Soviet
Unions. We, however, are
not the Soviet Union and our
Communists are not Stains
servile officials. There they
teach and are taught what
Stain said, what Marx and
Lenin preached. but there
still exist the shedding of
innocent human blood, des-
potism. famine and back
wardness.
This theological activity
within the Soviet Union has
no connection with either con-
science or life. These meth
DDS are excellent for keep
ing people backward. They
resemble anesthesia Of the
conscience, because human
conscience operates against
the profit Of shady bosses
and masters of deSpotiSm."
Such an assertion was all
the worse for Djilas because
Tito had broken with the
Kremlin and fancied he had
a fine Communist govern
ment Of his own.
There is a perceptive in
PRODUCTION by Paul Willen.
Anatomy of a Moral" is,
in its way, as important a
book as "The New Class"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
He Put All Other
Con Men to Shame

his life has been one pose
after another and he has
assumed every role as though
he was born to it.
This is Demara'S story but
it leaves unanswered the
question Of why he continu-
ally trades on other peoples
names and other peoples
professions when he seems
eminently capable of forging
a fine life for himself if he
ever wished to.
His most memorable pose
was as a doctor on a Cana
dian destroyer during the
Korean war when he per-
formed exacting battle sur
gerry on wounded men as
1t, Joseph Cyr-all of his
skill based on reading and
brief service as a hospital
orderly.
Demara doesn't seem to
bother much about his in
ability to be himself. He does
make his doings appear to
be a great waste of a great
talent.
JERRY oLEARY, JR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
Impartial Appraisal
Of zionisn Todoy

by the ZioniSts as historic
Palestine. Thus, Israel repre-
sents only an experimental
Jewish state. 1t has failed to
bring even a majority of
world Jewry within the
bounds of Jewish national
status. and it is sovereign
over less than half of his
toric' Palestine"
A Primary Objective
DR.. Taylor says that since
Israel was established the
Zionists have been more
careful to conceal the full
extent of their territorial
ambitions" He adds that
nevertheless occasional
frankneSS on the matter in
dicates that the establish
ment of greater Israel re-
mains a primary objective of
the movement"
He explains that when
the zioniSts implanted their
state in the midst of an
other people without first
obtaining the permission and
cooperation Of that people,
they ran the risk of engen-
dering a hostile opposition.
Today the Israelis are suffer-
ing from this condition, and
there is always the possibility
that the hostile opposition to
which Zionist methodology
gave birth may some day
make ISrael's position in the
Middle East untenable."
Only time can determine
how the factors surrounding
Israel will work out.
Probably ardent ZionistS
and their partiSans will find
DR.. Taylor'S book too critical
for their approval. More i'm
partial readers, however, will
discover a study that is Schol-
arly and fair. &C. B. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
Racial Prejudice
In the Southwest
STEPHANA. By Joseph Eos

STEPHANA. BY Joseph Fos-
ter. DUEL, Sloan and
Pearce: $500.
Mr.. Fosters novel just
misses being a truly fine
work.
"Stephana" is another
story pointing up the ugli-
ness and stupidity of racial
discrimination. Though peo-
pie of Spanish descent have
roots in the Southwest far
outdating the Anglo-Saxons,
they still are regarded as
second class" citizens.
Stephana. a teen-age Mex
lean girl, struggles against
and finally surmounts these
prejudices as a student and a
working girl in Albuquerque
N. Mex.
Mr.. Foster is a fine writer,
sensitive and intelligent, and
treats his subjects with deli
cacy. Unfortunately, his
Characters overriding preoc-
cupation with sex makes the
story somewhat unbelievable
at times
Even so, the book is better
than average reading.
ROBERTA HORNIG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
FICTION
THE ART OF LLEWELLYN

THE ART OF LLEWELLYN
JONES. BY Paul Hyde
Bonner (Scribner's; $500.
An ambassador to Belgium
mysteriously disa ppears
from Washington, D. C.
The reader discovers him
in the art colonies of the
South and Paris.
BIG RIVER, BIG MAN. BY
Thomas w. Duncan. Lip
pincott; $685.. The men
of the 10Th century con-
quests of the Mississippi
River are the Western he
roeS of this novel, by the
author of Gus the Great"
THE MOTHER BEACH. BY
Grace Elisabeth Allie n.
Zine Editions; So. A first
collection of poetry mostly
about Martha'S Vineyard.
SCRIMSHAW AND SUDDEN
DEATH. BY Brian lO'Brien.
Dutton; $3.50. A tale Of
whales and the passing Of
an era. Illustrated.
THIS VIOLENT LAND. BY
William H. Jacobs. Fell;
$4.50). Brother fought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
View
Of q Hosty Marriage

with the New Deal and less
with Olive. She gamely goes
to work, but she is no career
girl, particularly when she
has to leave her baby to the
bibulous landlady. All the
while, she is doggedly courted
by a Republican Wetaqua
banker. Olive manages to
keep her head amid the ex-
tremeS, and eventually she
discovers she has a backbone.
Miss Hollis treatment of a
fairly prosaic situation is en-
livened by her tart ticking
off of the crusaders of the
'30S and the good-humored
sophistication of her APP
proach. The story ends in a
burst of Capitol farce. which
local readers will especially
appreciate. M. MEG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
Lives of These
Unsung Heroes
Hunq byu Thread
UNEXPLODED BOMB. B,

ONEAE LODED DONAD' ~
Mai. A. B. Hartley. wv. w.
Norton g. Co.; $3.50.
Those unSung heroes OF
the aerial blitzkrieg against
Britain who defuSed the I'M
exploded German bombs
must have been a class OF
men apart. and this is their
story.
In the earliest days of the
war, these men were the
veriest greenhorns. All they
could do was tunnel down to
the dud, start unscrewing the
fuse and hope.
More PerilOuS
And then their work be-
came more perilous. For one
thing. the Germans began
putting devices in their
bombs that were calculated
to explode them If anyone
molested the fuse. For an
other, the British bombmen
learned that some of the
bombs were delayed-action
types, set to detonate at a
given interval. Others were
set with trembler switches.
An unwary football or the
stroke of a shovel would set
them of.
Many good men died using
this primitive equipment-de-
scribing every move they
made by remote control so
that the next man wouldn't
repeat the mistake. And so
the British learned as part
of their legacy of blood, sweat
and tears.
Instructions
Fortunately, the orderly
Germans helped in much Of
the bomb disposal work by
assiduously inscribing serial
numbers into their bomb
fuses which gave away the
type and indicated the pro-
cedure.
Yet it was hairy work at
best. However, there was no
shortage of volunteers and
the British bomb men did
their heroic work.
Maj. Hartley, who was one
OF them, tells his story with
a matter-of-fact reserve and
his low-key approach makes
it all the more thrilling.
y. OIL. Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12

transcription of life inside a
Madison avenue shop and,
after hours, in numerous
cocktail lounges, bars and
restaurants. But neither of
the young persons is very in
teresting. Paul is uncom-
monty self-centered and ex-
poets the girl to make all the
advances. She, with her I'M
disclosed past young as she
Isl, has the temperament, If
not the experience, of a
tramp.
The narrative moves too
slowly and not enough hap
pens to justify its length.
There's a lot Of repetition
same drinks, same necessity
for food, same amorous end
ing of identical evenings.
Mr.. Lows has been a sales
man for Brooks Bros. for
flve years. He is a graduate
of Colgate and has Travelled
widely. &C. B. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
How Aviation
Came to Life
In Canada
THE SILVER DART, by H.

THE SILVER DART, by H.
Gordon Green. brunswick
Press; $4.95.)
In his praising preface, Gill
bert GroSvenor, chairman of
the National Geographic So
ciety. says this is a book
which should have been writ
ten long ago, and I wish it
WELL" It is the story Of j.
A. D. McCurdy, Canada's first
pilot. whose rickety plane, the
Silver Dart, was watched with
awe by Mr.. Grosvenor.
On February %, with Mr..
McCurdy as a more-than-
interested spectator, an exact
replica of the Silver Dart
flew again, concentrating
Canada's Age of Aviation,
which began so years ago.
Unlike the Wright Brothers,
Mr.. McCurdy had lat witness
Ses to his first fight.
CHARLES YARBROUGH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
A Busy Nerve Center
Of Wartime Britain

For the most part. this is
the story of Gen. Leslie Hollis.
who for six years was secre-
tary of the Joint Planning
Committee of the Chiefs of
Staff. He sat in on all of
the important meetings of
the War Cabinet. He knew
what went on in "the hole"
the personal idiosyncrasieS
of the Allied leaders, why and
how some of them were fired.
The material is the sort Of
thing every soldier would
have given an eye-tooth to
know at the time but it still
makes titallating reading
is years later.
j. OIL, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
Our Pretty World
Is Torn Asunder
By an Expert
TWO PLAYS AND A PREF
ACE, Nigel Dennis (The
Vanguard Press, 1885,

w ~ AAA = ~ EAAND N 4 NIX
ACE, Nigel Dennis (The
Vanguard Press, $3.50
II you are a reader who
takes the world and our So
ciety seriously, avoid at all
costs the latest work of Nigel
Dennis.
Mr.. Dennis has a way of
disillusioning. the most faith
full and religious with his, al
though highly funny, deathly
Satirical comment on the
modern world. He is a
humorist of the first order
and the reader must be on
guard not to miss the phi
losophy of his work which
lies Mechanically dormant un-
der a veil of cynical COM
ment and a well-turned
phrase.
Those who remember Den
mis- earlier works, Cards of
Indemnity" and 1.-The Max
ing of Moo" will be happy to
find them included as the
two plays in the title.
The two works, as all good
plays should, entertain and
inform and then go one step
further to attack. The OBJ
ject Of Mr.. Dennis verbal
assault is those things which
most hold dear and a few
hold ridiculous. The authors
sharp satire on mans tribal
customs and beliefs are well
worth the book alone, but
when the explanation of the
authors purpose is included
it is a must.
jim LEE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12

Alan r. Taylor. who lives
in Washington and holds a
Pho degree from George
town University, has writ
ten PRELUDE TO ISRAEL
philosophical Library;
$4.75), a book notable for its
impartial appraisal Of a sub
ject usually approached with
violent bias on one side or
the other.
His book is a judicial anal
ysis of Zionist diplomacy be-
tween 1897, when Theodor
Herzl proclaimed the aims Of
the movement, and 1947
when the long cherished
dream became a reality. at
least in part.
There is today" DR.. Tay-
lor comments, "a prevailing
notion that the Zionist move
ment attained its ultimate
fulfillment ip the creation of
the state Of Israel. In actual
fact, however, this is not the
case. for the aims of political
ZioniSm have been realized
only in part.3
Anti-Semitism
The author points out that
the original aim of Zionism
was to solve the problem of
anti-Semitism through ma
tional status for the Jewish
people. To this basic princi-
pie was added a plan to &C.
cupy a nation within the
historic boundaries of Pales-
tine.
"At the present time" he
concludes. neither Of the
above conditions has been
fulfilled. for. the great ma
jority of world Jewry today
does not possess Jewish ma
tional status, and the state
of Israel does not comprise
nearly the area referred to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
Other Books of the Week in Brief

NURSING HOME MANAGE
MENT. BY Ralph C. Will
liams, MD, and others.
dodge: $500
TUBERCULOSIS MEDICAL
RESEARCH. BY Virginia
Cameron and Esmond r.
Long. National Tubercu-
losis Association; So
IN SEARCH. OF A WORK
ING PHILOSOPHY OF
LIFE. BY VILLA m j.
Reilly. (Harper; $685. BY
the founder and director Of
the National Institute for
Straight Thinking.
WITH GRACIELA TO THE
HEADQUARTERS. BY Al
fred Boeldeke. mckay;
$3.50 A journey through
the land of the Amazon
SavageS.
WORLD BEYOND THE
POLES. BY F. Amadeo Gil
annini. Vantage; $500
On the mysterious struc-
ture of the universe.
PAPERBACKS
THE BEDSIDE MAD. BY
William M. Gaines. (Sig-
net; 35c.) Inner sanctum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
MiIovon DjiIos Explains His Stand
Aqoinst Communism From Prison
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES

BY CARTER BROOKE JONES
star Book Critic
While most Of these essays
are more temperate in tone,
more cropping perhaps, than
the conclusions in The New
Class" they got too candid
for the leaders Of the party.
Finally Tito himself, who was
reluctant to believe his right
hand man had detected. was
convinced and allowed Djilas
to be placed on trial,
At one point in his reflec-
tions. Djilas remarked that
Com m unist organizations
we're involved in "dogmatic.
moralistic, useless and mean
ingless discussions while life
goes on right next to them"
without Persecution
Elsewhere the Yugoslav
leader held: The first task
Of a Socialist and every other
real democrat is to make pos
sible the espousal of ideas
without the persecution of
the people who hold them.
Only in this manner can
new ideas-up to that point
the property of individuals,
Of a minority-come to the
surface"
A few paragraphs later
Djilas said: "At this juncture
the most important thing is
not new ideas. but freedom Of
ideas and the strengthening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
THE GREAT IMPOSTER.
BY Robert Crichton. IRAN
dom House; $3.50

~ AtCSNAb SAASAAbOAAs NAS0AA-
dom House: $3.50
Ferdinand Waldo Demara,
jr., of whom this biography is
written, may not have been
a man with a thousand faces
but he assumed enough iden-
titles in his 81 years Of life to
make the rest Of the worlds
con men look like so many
staid commuters.
Newspaper readers will re-
member Fred Demara as the
man who won acceptance as
a Canadian Navy surgeon, a
psychology professor, a re-
searcher in cancer, a teach
err, a law student, assistant
warden of a prison and a
Trappist monk-all without
ever finishing high school.
Never Himself
1t is not recorded that
Demara ever did anything
really bad, except that he
seems completely unable to
be anything on his own. All
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12

meet in dubious battle
through the years.
The congressional attitude
is more understandable than
defensible. Politicians are
committed to caring what
the neighbors think. Artists
couldn't care less. Politicians
for the most part must ped
die the good, the beautiful
and the true in that order.
They like US to export a
Readers Digest version of
life with a Saturday Evening
Post cover, showing Dad
taking the car apart in the
garage and Nom baking a
cherry pie.
Not for Them
Satiric illumination they
are opposed to unless 1t be
directed at the opposition. A
painting like Jack Levine's
welcome Home" which de-
picts q grumpy general sur
rounded by stuffed shirts is
not for them. In offlcial cir
cles, one does not laugh at
generals. Every painting we
dispatch should be a recruit
ing poster in the cold war,
they think.
The United States Infor-
nation Agency which dis
penses our culture overseas
is eternally running into this
problem of catering to an
aware overseas audience
without disturbing the dreams
OF the Congressman. We re-
member the time they wanted
to send around to their Ii
braries copies of Emily Davies
intelligent and spirited book,
Profile Of America"
Congress was Stung. Why?
Well, for one thing, there was
a picture of a little country
schoolhouse and the legiSla-
tors felt this did not do JUS
tice to the magnificent edi-
fees we have constructed for
the education Of our young.
Then another showed a de-
feated-looking old man. The
caption said, quoting Thor
eau, THE mass of men lead
lives Of quiet desperation"
The legislators huffed and
pulled and Profile Of Amer
lea" never went abroad.
Congressional DisapprOvaI
The USIA did an admir-
able thing when they in
structed their art jury for
the Moscow Fair to pick
works by their artistic merit
alone and to leave political
considerations out of it. Art
has its standards, like poll
tics, and they are quite as
arbitrary. To debate the
artistic merits is another
privilege of democracy which
was fully exercised by the
President.
But it is not too much to
hope that Soviet artists may
be struck by the diversity Of
expression that is reflected
in the paintings and envy
rather than deride what has
invoked this new clamor Of
congressional disapproval
over the American artists
failure to see things their
way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
In the Offinq

Max Freedman. Washing
ton correspondent of the
Manchester Guardian, has
signed a contract with At
lantic-Little Brown to do a
full-scale biography Of his
friend, Supreme Court JUS
tice Felix Frankfurter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
The Teumsters

Clark Mollenhoff, the large
and able Cowles papers re-
porter who has become an
enormous figure in literary
circles since he overheard
Chief Justice Warren's fiery,
impromptu review of Earl
Mazo'S biography Of Vice
President Nixon, has a book
of his own coming out soon.
Called "TENTACLES OF
TERROR" it details the in
ner workings of the Team
sters Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
THE CLOCK WITH FOUR
HANDS. BY James Leaser.


(Reynal g. Co.; So
This is a closeup picture
of what went on behind the
scenes of World War II in
the British nerve center in
London $50 feet underground
below Whitehall from where
much of the war was con-
Quoted.
This was the secret room
from whence winston
Churchill had a direct line
to the White House and on
the wall was "the clock with
four hands" showing the
time in Washington and
London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
THE GOLDEN MOMENT.

BY Isabella Holt. (Random
House; $3.50
Miss Hollis heroine is a
pretty, romantic Midwestern
debutante who marries a
militant liberal right after
her coming-out party. Olive
can't wait to leave Wetaqua.
but Wetaqua will not leave
her. She comes to New York
determined to serve dashing
Brian good dinners and to
digest his progressive ideas.
Her cooking is splendid but,
ideologically, Olive is no
match for Inga, the editor Of
Brian's magazine, or lilly
Wipman, the ferocious social
worker.
Through the years. Brian
becomes more concerned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
READING AND WRITING
Did We Miss the Boat
To the Moscow Fair?
BY MARY McGRORY
star stan Writer

Grabbed and youth cannot live together" Shake
speare tells U.S. and neither seems art and government
In the United States.
The new furry over the pictures and sculptures have
sent to the Moscow Fair sts all Of piercing memories
for citizens who have watched the creators politicians
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
Capitol Hill Books

Capitol Hill is producing
its quota Of books, and not
just campaign biographies
either. Representative Jo-
seph W. Martin. jr., the
Smyrna times., 1959-04-02
Death of John Langrell

John Langrell, IA, died at his
residence in Clayton on March
81. He was the widower of the
late Arabella Maslin Langrell,
and son of the late Charles W..
and Hester Knox Langrell. Fun
eral services will be held on Fri
day, April 3 at 2 pm. at the
FAIRIES Funeral Chapel, with the
Rev. Frank Baynard, pastor of
Ewell's-St. Paul Church, officiat-
ing. Interment will be at Odd
Fellows Cemetery. Friends may
call at the FAIRIES Funeral Chapel
on Thursday evening. He is sur
vived by the following children:
Mrs. Ada Haug, Elsmere; George
w. Langrell and Mrs. Mary
Sheets, both of Clayton; Mrs.
Blanche Naylor, Chester, Pa.
and Mrs. Arabella Stinchcomb,
Harrisburg, Pa; also ten grand
five great grandchild-
rem, and one great great grand
child. Also, one brother, George
w. Langrell, Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1959-04-02
Mediterranean
Duty Tour Ends

Melvin E. Gardner, boilerman
third class, USN, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward w. Gardner of w.
Mt. Vernon ST., Smyrna, serv-
ing aboard the tank landing ship
USS Suffolk County, returned to
Morehead City, N. c., March "a
after an eight-month tour of
duty with the us. Sixth Fleet
in the Mediterranean area. Upon
arrival at Morehead City, the
five ships of Amphibious Squad
ron Eight off-loaded 1900 men
of the Second Battalion, Sixth
Marine Regiment, normally bas-
ed at Camp Lejeune, N. c. The
Battalion and ships took an ac-
tive part in the us. landings at
Beirut, Lebanon, last summer.
After completing the off-loading
of Marines, the ships of the
squadron returned to their home
port, Norfolk, Va, the next day.