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Evening star., 1959-12-06
Poetic Novel

Alexander Cordell's THE
RAPE OF THE FAIR COUN-
TRY doubleday; $3.95) is a
poetic novel of Wales as he
imagined it nearly $50 years
ago. The author tells with
unSparing realism of the un-
bearable life Of poor Welsh
families in that day, when
small children had to work
in the mines IL hours at a
time. The unions which grew
out of this slavery and the
trouble in their wake are
depicted. This is one of the
years best-written novels.
Pat Frank, a former Wash
ington newspaperman, did
excellent work in ALAS,
BABYLON Gippincott;
$3.50, a story of what hap
pened to a community which
was spared when atomic
bombs swept the country but
left dangling in a newly
primitive world.
James Jones, author of
From Here to Eternity"
bounced back from his in
coherent 1,200-page saga.
Some Came Runnin," to
write a concise and clear
story. THE PISTOL (Scrib-
ner; So
THE Pistol" shows Mr..
Jones can still write when he
recalls that he is not obliged
to produce something coloS-
sal every time he sits down
at his typewriter.
The mental anatomy of a
professional pool player is
sketched with accuracy and
at a fast pace in THE HUST-
LER, a first novel by Walter
TnViS (Harnpr. S2 60O
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Robert Ruurk

Robert Ruark, the news
paper columnist, whose
Something of Value" a
griSly story of the Mau
Mau troubles in Africa, had
power, coasted in with an in
terminable novel calle d
POOR NO MORE (Holt;
Evening star., 1959-12-06
Popular NoveIists

Several of our most promi-
nent novelists, those whose
books sell fabulously and are
invaria bly, purchased by
Hollywood, brought out new
novels.
James A. Michener, author
Of the South Pacific tales,
gave us his most ambitious
project in HAWAII (Ran-
dom House; $685..
This 937-pager, no less
than an attempt to trace the
history Of the 5Oth State in
the form Of a loosely con-
structed novel, is not an en-
tire success-it has too much
Of everything in it-and yet
1t is a remarkable yield Of
the storyteller's art, readable
throughout its vast design.
Another Pulitzer-winner,
John HerSey, author of "a
Bell for Adano" and "Hiro-
shirna," gave us THE WAR
LOVERS. (Knopf; $50, a
long psychological study of a
man who took pleasure in his
constant brushes with death,
in the whole saga of killing
and destruction that was
World War II. While this story
is well written, as all Mr.. Her
sey's work is, it is not one of
his best novels. Its sequences
are awkwardly interposed on
two time levels and its tech
nical details would be more
appropriate to an aviation
journal than to a book for
the general reader.
Thomas Gallagher's story
of the MORO Castle disaster,
FIRE AT SEA (Rinehart; $4)
is an excellent job. So is
HOLOCAUST! (Holt; 1885,
Paul BenZaquin's story Of the
terrible fire at the Cocoanut
Grove night club in Boston.
Evening star., 1959-12-06

$3.50 The familiar story of
a ruthless man who rose to
power by stepping on every
one who got in his way fails
to add much to this writer's
literary prestige.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
Historical Novel

A remarkably fine histori-
cal novel is SEEK THE FAIR
LAND, by Walter Macken
macmillan; $685.. The au-
thor. an experienced and
skilled novelist, has brought
into sharp focus the Irish
Evening star., 1959-12-06
Meaning Of Prayer

HIGH HOLIDAY LIT
URGY: WHAT DO THESE
PRAYERS MEAN? (Jona-
than David Co.: $4.50) by
Army Chaplain Louis Barish,
recently with the Military
District of Washington, in
terpretS the prayers of the
Jewish High Holy Day Prayer
Book.
A great Seventh-Day Ad-
ventist Church figure and
vigorous champion of reli-
gious liberty is the subject of
a biography by Nathaniel
Krum, CHARLES S. LONG,
ACRE (Review and Herald
Publishing Co.; $2.50).
All in all, 1859 proved a
busy year for writers of books
on religious themes. In this
respect they were merely con-
tinuing a movement that be-
gan earlier in the present
decade and that bids fair to
go without interruption into
the next one.
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Alien DruY

In the fiction division,
Washington's Allen Drury's
novel of the Senate, ADVISE
AND CONSENT doubleday;
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Martins Press; $2.95). The
book deals with Mr.. Mobiles
10 years as a Communist
prisoner and relates how
Christians kept their faith
in Iron Curtain countries de-
spite obstacles.
Five Washington clergy
men and the late Secretary
Of State John Foster Dulles.
a Presbyterian elder, are in
BEST SERMONS 1959-I96O
PROTESTANT EDITION
CThomaS Y. Crowell Co.;
$3.50. The ministers are
DR.. Joseph r. Sizoo of George
Washington University; the
Rev. Calvin De Vries of Sher-
wood Presbyterian Church;
DR.. Edward Hughes Pruden
of First Baptist Church; Air
Force Chaplain Charles I.
Carpenter and DR.. Henry.
DR.. Clovis G. Chappell,
pastor of Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church from
19l9-1924, one of our coun-
try'S great preachers, had
MONS ON SIMON
PETER abingdon Press; $2)
published this wear.
Evening star., 1959-12-06
THE RELIGIOUS BOOKSHELF
Washington Church Leaders
High on 1859 Publishing List

Press; so discusses the prob
lens facing our world today.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-22
Plant Cover Crop
On Your Garden

Did you spend a lot of good
TV time wedding your vegetable
garden this year? More than
you would have liked, no doubt.
The family garden is a great
institution when it supplies
fresh vegetables to the table,
but like all good things it makes
demands of some kind upon
you.
Agricultural Extension horti-
culturist, Robert F. Stevens,wit
the University of Delaware, has
a suggestion that will keep the
weeds down considerably in
your gardens. He says to work
up your vegetable beds right
now, as the plants stop produc-
ing with the frost. Turn it over
to a depth of three inches or
so. But don't leave the soil bare.
Plant a dense cover crop of
ryegrass or rye on next years
garden bed. Not only will this
keep the annual weeds from 60
ing to seed, but it will also
turn up the underground parts
of perennial woods. A cover
crop will also hold the soil a.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-22

sociation will arrange for pro-
cessing for anyone who wishes
it. The owner of the grand
champion lamb will be an hon.
ored guest at the association
lamb banquet in Dover Novem-
Der IL.
The lambs we're placed in the
hands of the youngsters in early
August and will run about 100
pounds on the hoof or 40-50
pounds dressed, Shropshire said.
Four-H and FLA m m b S
from New Castle county who
will participate in the show are:
Beverly Butler, Bud Butler, Bob
Cahall, Eddie Foster, Ruth Gil
bert, Helen McQuail, Phillip
Patterson and Leo Tammi.
From Kent county: Buddy AL.
len, Danny Anstine, Susan Ben.
son, Karen Brown, Cal Hollis,
Mary !Grampp, Mary Hollis, Jim
my Lyon, Brenda Hood, Gretch-
ell Marvel, Kenny Marvel, Harry
Morris, Bonnie Scott, Billy Simp-
son, Lewis Starkey, Ray Star
key, and Linda Stayton.
From Sussex county: Phyliss
Dempsey, Charles Pepper and
Joey Williamson.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-22

contrast to evergreens, decidu-
Gus plants are those which shed
their leaves each year. There
is a difference, however, between
evergreens and conifers or cone
bearing plants. Some conifers
are deciduous such as the lar
cheS and cypress. There are al
so many broad-leaved ever.
greens which are not conifers,
as rhododendrons, holly and the
palms.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-22
State Farm Youth
|Readying Entries
For Junior Show


Twenty-eight All and FLA
members will bring their Sc
lambs to the Harrington Fair
grounds November 7 for the
Delaware Junior Lamb Show
and Sale.
John H. Shropshire, extension
livestock specialist with the
University of Delaware, says the
young ters will bring their
lambs in about $50 Saturday
morning. The lambs will be
weighed and assigned pens.
The showing will begin at
loo and the sale at 800.
Professor Donald Kniffen, Rut-
gers University, N. j., will be
the judge and Harry Rudnick
and Sons will provide the auc-
tioneer.
The Delaware Sheep and Woo
Producers Association and the
Agricultural Extension Service
are sponsoring the event. The
All and FLA members bought
their lambs from the members
of the association at below mar
ket price and the Kent county
Links organization sponsored
ID of the youngsters.
All the lambs are grain fec
and this is an excellent oppor
tunity for people to buy a freez
er lamb" Shropshire said. The
Sheep and Wool Producers AS
Smyrna times., 1959-10-22
Modern Milking
Parlors Replace
Extra Dairy Hand

In "the good ole days" it took
a good man to care for a herd
of dairy cows without drafting
ma and the kids to help, says
county agent George Vapaa.
One man could milk up to IL
cows in an hour. And feeding,
barn cleaning and milk handling
all took extra time-and prob
ably an extra man.
But now days the dairy barn,
like everything else, is different.
Instead of hiring a man, today's
dairy farmer buys some machin-
cry and goes modern with a sys-
tenn that helps him milk any,
where from % to As cows per
hour all alone. This includes
feeding and barn cleaning, too.
Bulk tanks, pipeline milking,
mechanical feeding, bulk feed
handling and barn cleaners have
made this possible, says Mr.. Va
paa.
What do these systems cost?
According to the us. Depart
ment of Agriculture, the first, a
stanchion barn, was a two-story
concrete block structure, equip
ped with "around the barn"
milk pipeline, bulk tank, pipe
line washing system, barn clean
er, ventilating system and three
milking units. One man could
milk 80 cows per hour. Building
and equipment costs based on
80 COWS averaged $3.50 per cow.
A second system coupl e d
loose housing with a double
two-stall milking parlor and
four milking units. Each stall
had two side openings. The sys-
tenn could handle % cows per
hour with equipment costing
$225 per cow. Some milking
time was lost while the COWS
were let in and out.
However, a double three-stall
milking parlor was considered
one of the most advantageous
as far as cost and efficiency was
concerned. Since cows can be
handled in groups of three, little
time was lost between cows.
Based on 80 cows MIXED per
hour, the building and equip
ment cost averaged $2O7 per
COW.
The new herringbone milking
parlor was superior in efficiency
because cows are handled in
groups and placed at an angle
in the parlor. The compactness
of the system cuts down on the
area required per COW. Hence,
building and equipment cost pei
cow was estimated at $l84. Us
ing a double four-stall herring.
bone parlor, skilled operator
could milk from 40-45 cows pei
hour, Mr.. Vapaa said.
Comparative costs tend tc
favor loose housing barn
coupled with a milking parlOr.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-22
What Makes Cement Get Hard

The hardening of cement is
due chiefly to the decomposi-
ton of the compounds of lime
upon the addition of water, re-
sulting in the formation of cal
cium hydrate, which on crystal
lization binds together the other
solid ingredients. The initial
setting is due principally to the
decomposition of the alumni
ates, while the final hardening
depends more upon the action
of the silicates.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-22
Evergreens Keep
Leaves Is Years

Evergreens, as the name is
commonly used, refer to plants
which retain their green leaves
throughout the year. All the
leaves are not shed at one time
but they gradually drop as they
become overshadowed or crowd
ed. In some instances, the same
leaves persist for Is years. In
Smyrna times., 1959-10-22

Health levels in the Western
world are at an all-time high,
Health Information Foundation
reports. The average life ex-
pectancy in the United States,
England, France, and Sweden,
for example, is now about 70
years-an increase of 20 years
since 1901.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-22
PUBLIC SALE

Having sold the farm where / now
reside. located on the road leading from
Kenton TO Lockwood Chapel. miles from
Kenton / will sell the following. articles
at public auction. on
SATURDAY, OCT. "a, 1859
At l 100 O'Clock p. M.
FARM EQUIPMENT
Wagon. 1-horse plow. 2-horse plow
walking cultivstor. 2-section drag har-
row. good extension ladder. hog feeder.
seed sower. crosscut saw large sedge
hammer and 5 wedges. farm bell, 2
chicken crates. $50 grain bags.
80 May-hatched pullets. mostly Sex-link.
Two electric brooder stoves. chicken feed
ers. water fountains. coal brooder
stoves. 60 chicken feeders waterers. etc.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Extension table. buffet. serving table
dining room chairs. stands, rocking chairs,
sofa bed. studio couch. in good condi-
tion: vanity dresser and bench. folda-
way bed. treble sewing machine. Majes-
tic cook stove. oil cook stove. small chunk
stove. lard press. on bench: porch glider
porch chairs, 9x12 fibre rug. g. IL Az
minister rug, IL IL Administer rug, dish
es. glassware. fruit jars. and many other
items too numerous to mention.
TERMS CASH
JOHN WILLIS,
Owner
j, c. WALKER. Auctioneer
ROBERT SCHREINER. Inside Clerk
Smyrna times., 1959-10-22

Speedy roof rafters guarantee
easy, proper placement of roof
panels the first time. Rafters add
great strength to the roof. Panels
need only to be bolted together in
three places. It's another big
time-saving feature you get only
in Speedy Bar-Lok corn cribs.
sfonds up besf-Iasfs longer
Wire mesh panels are 5-gauge
wire = thick as a IL" bolt! No
Smyrna times., 1959-10-22

gainst the Fall and Spring rains,
Stevens said.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-22

bulge or sag. Sturdy 26-gauge
galvanized roof is securely an
chored to 9 steel roof rafters and
side panels. Can't blow off!
Come in today and see the
Speedy Bar-Lok corn crib. Let
us prove to you that Speedy is
twice as fast = twice as easy to
erect. Let us show you all the
other features that make Speedy
Bar-Lok your best corn crib buy.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-22

]. c. WALKER. Auctioneer
ROBERT SCHREINER. Inside Clerk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
DAVID LAWRENCE
Meeting the Threat of War

feet which had been lnte-
grated into the NATo sea
forces Is an example Of the
kind OF protests that could
arise. Certainly. NATO would
not look with favor on such
a project. and the only GER
tain way that the United
States. either alone or IN as
ISOLATION with another ally.
could act would be 10 have
forces available that are in
dependent OF NATO. as was
the case In the Lebanon and
Jordan episodes IN the sum-
mer Of 1858.
All this means that the
Communists could exploit the
military situation In the Md
die East. and there would be
no way for the United States
and another ally 10 handle
this problem expeditiously.
Yet an emergency OF this kind
In a local area could bring
on the first stages OF a limited
war and find the Western al
lies militarily unprepared 10
meet Il.
II is being suggested that a
mobile force-consisting OF
United States Army and Ma
rine forces fully equipped for
such tasks and supplied at
first by air and later by sea
should be set up for the
specific purpose Of dealing
with Communist infiltration
in areas where the constituted
government invites help from
Western governments. as was
the case in Lebanon. The
whole idea is not merely TO
confront the Communists
with a potential deterrent by
the NATO "shield" and other
armament in Western Europe,
but to take into account pro-
tective measures against the
wider range Of Communist
military activity in North
Africa, the Middle East and
Southeast Asia in what is
euphemistically termed the
cold war"
(copyrisht. 1850
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06
CONSTANTINE BROWN
Trumon's View Not HELPFUL

as we'll as on the Atlantic
coast OF iberia.
The determination of
Franco and the stamina OF
the Spanish people 10 with
stand hardships almost as
bad as during their civil war
saved the free world from q
threat Of international COM
munism which might have
rendered impossible organiza-
ton Of NAro. and saved
Western Europe from becom-
ing engulfed by the Reds.
This truth was recognized
later. particularly by the
present administration which
has improved relations with
Spain 10 the point where II
can be considered as almost
an official ally. Il was also
recognized by most Of Europe.
and particularly the French
who are preparing the way
TO include Madrid in the ex-
listing unofficial Paris-Bonn-
Rome axis.
Our headaches caused by
the present increasing inter-
national difficulties are suf-
ficient without creating new
ones. 1t is in this respect
that the incorporate state
ment Of the ebullient T5-
year-old Mr.. Truman that
Franco is mo good" has Gre
ated a mild storm in the
Washington diplomatic tea
pot. We need genuine
friends all over the world
and have only a handful.
The former President is be-
lieved abroad to continue to
have real power in his own
party. He could use it to the
detriment OF those foreign
countries he happens not to
approve of or whose leaders
he dlSlikeS.
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RARIs.-The military men
stationed here do a lot Of
talking among themselves
about the next war. But,
oddly enough. they don't
always mean the same war
First. OF course. there Is
ever present the thought OF
a nuclear war, which pre-
sumably would be decided In
a brief period and would not
involve ground forces 70 any
great extent.
Then, second. there's the
concept OF q limited war"
which might or might not
lead 10 a general war but
which. II bungled through
lack Of adequate preparation,
could plunge the world into
a nuclear holocaust. whereas
proper measures taken In adj
vance could act as a deter
rent power"
But there's a third con-
tinRency about which rela-
lively little has been said in
print. II involves such ac-
ton as was taken by the
United States last year when
Marines attached TO the 9Th
Fleet and some Army units
were landed in Lebanon. This
did not involve the forces Of
the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization. but was solely
ian American action.
Surprising, therefore. the
argument goes. the United
States for reasons of its own
should wish to provide a mill
itary demonstration. either
in the Middle East or in
Southeast Asia where the
Soviets, through their infil-
tration technique, had virtu-
ally taken over a small
country. The Russians the
oretically would not them
selves be a belligerent but,
for all practical purposes,
would be testing the retalia-
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Mobile U. S. Unit Discussed as Means
OF Dealing With Soviet lnfiltrotions

tory power OF some Western
country like the United
States. With what military
forces would the United
States counter such a mover
This question Is widely dis
cussed nowadays among the
Marines stationed IN Europe.
who look back 10 a long his
tory In which emergency use
has been made Of their corps.
The problem Is not new, and
the usual answer heard Is
that this Is what the Stra-
tegic Army Command. known
as sTRAc, is intended TO
handle.
But there are some prac-
teal ditiicultieS. The various
divisions constituting STRAC
are stationed In different
parts OF the United States.
They would have TO be flown
70 a trouble area. This means
not merely adequate trans
portation for the troops but
a continuous supply line
thereafter. The point is made
that no such provision for
transportation by air has yet
been made.
Even granting that there
are enough cargo planes to
maintain the supply line. the
question arises as TO how two
objections Of a so-called polit-
ical character would be over
come. One is that flights over
various countries require per-
mission, and this can in
volve protracted discussion at
a critical time and perhaps
a refusal Of such permission.
Another difilculty is that
NATO has been governed by
the principle that forces or
supplies must not be with
drawn by its members for
their own national purposes.
The reaction to the recent
withdrawal by France Of a
part Of her Mediterranean
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-06

The politics of violence and
OF violent self-righteousness
, is not only unpleasant; it is
also not even good politics in
the most practical" and ex-
pedient sense.
He who takes up this sword
will likely perish by it, and
most Of all because he has
no perspective, no sense of
humor. And even if he does
not actually destroy his
career he will walk at length
in a sour and heavy air. He
2 may be a correct man and
even a man honestly devoted
to duty; but in the end he
will walk alone.
For politics is the science
of people. And people, as has
perhaps been remarked once
or twice before in human
history, are queer chaps.
They may quickly forgive the
sinner, real or alleged. But
they will not like the cold,
correct saint - perhaps be-
cause there are no truly cold
saints, and never have been.
These observations refer
back. for the purpose of look
ing forward, to what has re-
Gently been Topic A in Wash
ington. Topic A was the i'm
placable campaign of Sena-
tor Wayne Morse of Oregon
to destroy President Eisen-
hower's appointment of Mrs.
Glare Boothe Luce to be our
Ambassador to Brazil.
1t will be recalled that Mrs.
Luce, though confirmed by a
7-to-1 Senate majority over
Mr.. Morse's frantic opposi-
ton, at last resigned her
post. She felt, she said, that
, Senator Morse had destroyed
her usefulness.
Mr.. Morse has a brilliantly
wounding tongue. $50, too, it
is true, has Mrs. Luce; but
she is a private person and
her rhetoric is her own busi-
ness and hers alone0 For
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Senator Morse's Attack on Clare Luce
Believed Endorsed by Few

years Senator Morse has
used that tongue to cut down
his enemies, and even his
impersonal critics. An end
will come to all things, how
ever. Now Senator Morse's
actions are condoned only by
the excessively liberal" fol-
lowers of an excessively Glib
eral" Senator.
Even in our brave new
world, few really indorse the
policy of making political
warfare on the womenfolk,
even if motives may be the
very highest. Fewer still now
indorse the kind of invasion
of privacy involved in Sem
ator Morse's attempts to ply
out from a private physician
information concerning a pri-
vate patient, Mrs. Luce.
Indeed, it would be easy to
dwell long upon this arrest
ing fact: professional liber-
ais of Mr.. Morse'S sort
holly and rightly and along
with many others-have de-
nounced in the past tech
niqueS quite similar to the
kind he felt it right to en-
ploy against Mrs. Luce.
This, however, would be
only to put an all-too-f1tting
shoe upon the other foot; it
would serve no useful pur-
pose. No, this column is in
tended mainly only to prove,
or at any rate to argue the
case with the evidence at
hand, that nobody can afford
the politics of violence and
that nobody can long profit
from it.
This is one Of the genuine,
the bedrock, facts of "politi-
cal science" Far-right poll
ticians learned it to their cost
a few years back. They had
a great time of it for a while
those led by the late Sem
ator Joseph r. Mccarthy
in thrusting their views down
nearly everybody's throat.
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POTOMAC FEVER
FLETCHER KNEBEL

urges good and wisdom in steel talks And
If that doesn't work. he'll the full Of the Federal
Government-to demand cooperation.
Real Harry Truman refused to dine at the White
Ike wouldn't let him bring his ssl-as insurance
he wouldn't be seated below it.
Winston Churchill visits Ike at the White House. New
record manson-two distinguished overnight guests
under the roof.
Senator Anderson Commerce Secretary Strauss
of unqualified falsehood" Washington this is almost
bad lyng-and almost risky telling the truth
Big -Four conference glossary: Plenary seSsion-When
everybody gets together and sleeps through each others
speeches.
It's rumored the telegraph operators union will demand
that United States diplomats join their unonnow that
bassadors must learn the Morse code.
The project to the capital Of the United States to
the Middle West is fading Nobody knows where to
from Gettysburg or Augusta.