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Evening star., 1960-11-13
The Confederucy's S
Keenest Weapons

CONFEDERATE EDGED
WEAPONS. BY William A.
Albaugh, III. (Harper &
Brothers; $7.50D
Mr.. Albaugh of F ais
Church, Va, an outstanc ing
authority on arms used by
the Confederate States of
America, has added another
interesting and valuable book
to a list which includes, THE
Original Confederate Colt"
THE Confederate Brass
Framed Colt g. Whitney"
and Confederate Arms"
In his latest, Mr.. Albaugh
divides the book into three
parts. With drawings by Carl
Pugliese Of Yonkers, N. Y,
the author names the makers
whose arms are identifiable;
describes swords, bayonets
and pixies whose makers are
unknown, and gives an al
phabetical directory of per-
sons and locations connected
with the making of Southern
edged weapons. He also adds
historical facts concerning
the war throughout the book.
Collectors of the South
ern forces edged weapons
of any kind, including bowie
knives and lances, will well
come this latest work.
JAMES F. MOSER.
Evening star., 1960-11-13
New Light on Africo's S
Darkest Problems

modern but is widespread.
One is certainly not more
conscious Of it in Africa lex
cept in the Union) than in
America"
OF Africa in general, he OBJ
serves that while no one can
accurately predict the future,
"all know that there is no
solution in parliamentary
democracy"
Mr.. Waugh Is always inter-
eSting, no matter what he
writes about. There are some
typical Waugh touches. He
advises tourists in East Africa
to keep away from hotels run
by the British. I'VE have no
calling to this profession"
While he was in Tangan-
yika a policeman was murd-
cred because his heighbors
thought a witch was enjoying
police protection. THAT, at
least. is the current story"
&C. B. ].
Evening star., 1960-11-13

were luckier than those who
had gone to the crematory.
Then the boy saw his father
die.
Today Ellie Wiesel is COR
respondent at the United Ma
tionS for one of Israel's
largest newspapers and au-
thor Of a novel published in
France this year and of
another to be published this
winter. He recalls that when
he was liberated from Buch-
enwald "a later camp and
recovered in a hospital, he
looked into a mirror. From
the depths of the mirror a
corpse gazed back at me. The
look in his eyes as they stared
into mine has never left me-"
Francois Mauriac, the
French novelist, contributes
to this book a memorable
toreWord. Reading it and
reading Mr.. Wiesel's docu-
ment, you are impressed once
more with the certainty that
there was no darker deed in
all history than Hitler's at
tempt to exterminate the
Jews. &C. b. ],
Evening star., 1960-11-13

Bowen. explained that he
himself became a disciple
of Zen Buddhism while
working on the American
edition Of the book. He's
emphasized this angle;
combined with Hollywood,
it makes strange reading.
THE LADY WITH THE
MAGIC EYES. BY John
Symonds (Yoseloff, So
The biography of Madame
Blavatsky: Medium and
magician.
A SHORT HISTORY OF
CHINESE PHILOSOPHY.
BY Fung Yu-lan. Edited
by Derk Bodde. (The Mac
milan Co., $l.65.) A paper
back reprint land a good
one) of the first book in
English which attempted to
give a really comprehen-
sive and systematic account
of Chinese thought as a
whole from its beginnings
with Confucius to the pres
ent day. Originally pub
lished in 1948. The author
is professor of Chinese at
the University of Pennsyl-
vania.
THE MAGIC OF THE
OPERA: A picture Mem
DIR of the Metropolitan.
Photographs by Gjon Mill.
Text by Mary Ellis Peltz.
Design by Tina S. Fred
ericks. Frederick A. Prae-
ger, Inc, $l0). A handsome
picture souvenir book Of
the Metropolitan which au-
tomatically solves gift
problems for the opera
lovers on a Christmas list.
There are fairly wide Sc
iectioas from the Metro
Evening star., 1960-11-13
traditional
Jewish Book
OF Prayer
SIDDUR. Translated by

SIDDUR. Translated by
David de Sola Pool. CUni-
versity Books; $12.50D
This monumental task of
translating the Siddur, ira
ditional prayer book of the
Jew, from Hebrew into Eng
lish marks a definite mile
stone in religious literature.
Although the Siddur was
printed in New York 10 years
before the Declaration of In
dependence, this is the first
authoritative and definitive
translation for Americans of
the book.
DR.. David de Sola Pool,
rabbi emeritus of the Span
lsh and Portuguese Syna-
gogue in New York, took IL
years to complete the job.
The project, authorized in
1948 by the Rabbinical Coun-
Gil of America. required the
amassing. studying, verifying
and translating source ma
terials drawn from more than
1000 years of Hebrew litera-
ture. A special committee of
experts assisted DR.. Pool,
recognized as one of the
great Hebrew scholars of our
period, in the task.
-CASPAR NAMES.
Evening star., 1960-11-13

spurned by us. We have pro-
duced few military philoso-
pliers. among these Admiral
Alfred Thayer Mahan and
Gen. William Mitchell.
We've always had a tend
ency to distrust what we call
the military mind. We've
often thought such a mind
formalized, ponderous and
inflexible, whereas some of
our generals and admirals
have been, like the best of
the European military men,
f1rst-rate intellects.
Worse Than War
There are worse things
than war, the author Is con-
vinced. among them sur
render to Soviet power. He
cites President Truman's
showdown in Korea and
President Eisenhower's de-
fiance of the Russians in For
moSa, Lebanon and else
where as proving a stiff policy
does not necessarily bring on
a nuclear war.
"The years 196l-196S," the
author adds. may well be
the most critical years ever
faced by the American re-
public. It is during this
period that the most severe
testing of our national char
acter and courage will take
place. The apparent new
phase in Soviet policy for the
period calls for a softening
up process, during which the
non-Communist world, but
the United States especially,
will be propagandized on a
scale never before witnessed"
Challenging Book
DR.. Atkinson has written q
thoughtful book which calls
for thoughtful reading. Dur
ing World War II he was q
colonel of intelligence in the
European Theater and now
is president of the American
Military Institute.
There is a foreword by
Admiral Arleigh A. Burke,
chief of naval operations.
Evening star., 1960-11-13
Rozor-Edged
And LethuI
Narrative

INCENSE TO IDOLS. BY
Sylvia Ashton-Warner. ISL
mon & Shuster: $3.50
Chic, soignee. a la mode.
All white and gold and blue
eyed like the spring herself
in person, like Paris herself
in bloom. All this magic
about you the feeling you
give a man that heaven Is
real"
So recites one of the men
in this novel who is in
love with Germaine de
Beauvis, a widowed French
pianist who suddenly turns
up in New Zealand for rea-
sons of her own. She is a
provocative creature, indeed.
beautiful, talented, self-cen-
tered and predatory. Sylvia
Ashton-W arner tells her
story in incense to Idols"
with such dazzling finesse
that sometimes the glitter
gets in the readers eyes.
Among Germaine's Suitors
is another French musician
who departed the Left Bank
after his wife was stabbed
to death; a doctor who treats
the bruises inflicted by the
musician, and Gordon Hood,
a wealthy. unperceptive
father of three whose wife
lies dying.
But the real point of con-
flict is the Rev. Brett Guy
mer who wages a fiery war
against sin from the pulpit i'll
such magnetic tones that
Germaine can scarcely stay
away from church. Some
times she puts on her Paris
creations and drives pell-
nell down the road to serv-
ices, propelled by several
cocktails. Germaine is a sen-
sualist and an unbeliever who
SCOTS at the minister's
teachings.
Mr.. Guymer remains dis
turbingly immune to all her
inducements. Indeed, when
Germaine asks for spiritual
guidance, he is preoccupied
with his own problems. Be-
latedly she realizes she has
drastically wronged innocent
persons, and the story ends
on an appalling note.
Last year. Miss Ashton
Warmers work, "The Spin
Ster" won wide commenda-
ton as an outstanding first
novel. Her new book reaffirms
that she is a writer Of excep-
tlonal talent.
incense" is razor r-edged
and lethal and markedly
feminine. Mere men are
much-too uncomplicated and
defenselesS to get involved.
eJOSEPH O'KEEFE.
Evening star., 1960-11-13
TOURIST IN AFRICA. By

TOURIST IN AFRICA. BY
Evelyn waugh (Little,
Brown; $3.75.)
In describing q two-month
tour he made early last year,
the novelist relates mostly
his outward impressions of
people and places, avoiding
politics. Yet, speaking of
apartheid in South Africa,
a plan started by the Beors,
he recalls:
In Washington, D. c.,
when I was last there, I
visited a segregated pets
cemetery. The loved ones
were separated not by their
own color but by that of their
owners: black and white pets
of white women lay indiffer-
emily in one quarter; black
and white pets of black wo-
ment in another"
Racialism, Mr.. Waugh
adds. "is dotty and rather
Evening star., 1960-11-13
RACES OF MANKIND
rVTCrD AnrrwNy

OA mfA4NN1IND -
THEIR ORIGIN AND MI.
GRAFTON. BY DR.. Calvin
Kephart philosophical Lii
brary, New York, N. Y; So.
Interested in finding out
where your ancestors came
from? This monumental
record Of the migrations of
mankind. from the dim days
OF prehistoric man to the
present. traces Homo sapiens
back to where DR.. Kephart
believes he originated - in
Southeastern Asia, probably
Java. DR.. Kephart, an au-
thor and researcher of di-
verse talents, has encom-
passed in his 566-page
volume what appears to be
the first comprehensive ef-
fort to relate modern man
to the ancient tribes which
survived the terrors of the
ice ages, thousands of years
ago.
AS a result of studies ex-
tending over many years, DR..
Kephart, a resident of Shady
Side. Md, who is a retired
Army colonel, a former In
terState Commerce attorney
and the author of numerous
books and papers on ethno-
logical, genealogical and
kindred subjects. has fol-
lowed as nearly as possible
the wanderings of tribes and
nations from mans Asian
cradle to Europe, Africa and
America. He attributes the
development of today's white,
black and yellow races to
the effects. over many mil
lenia. Of changing climatic,
dietetic and other environ
Evening star., 1960-11-13

making every aspect Of life
and society political"
Despite the purity of its
intention. the first call that
politics in a democracy
makes on its practitioners
is compromise. The Senator
views the compromise neces-
sary in the very choice of a
party. "The only really pure
position offered on the ma
tional ticket" he remarks
dryly, "is that of the Veg
etarians. He compassionate
ly notes the compromises es-
sential to political survival.
Having excused them, he
calls for the ultimate profile
in courage from the politi-
clan faced with the intran-
slgeance Of a backward con-
stituency. HE should trust
that by his actions and by
his influence, and even in
some cases by his political
death. he may advance the
cause of justice"
Mildly Partisan
The Senator though a COM
mitted liberal Democrat is
only gently partisan in this
book. His most pointed criti-
cism is leveled at the Re-
publican campaign of 1852,
with its strong appeal to the
cult of Innocence" which
has always an untenable
idea that Americans live in
a condition of natural good
ness. a happy state. a state
OF existence not knowing
evil"
The Eisenhower forces ex-
plotted this belief by claim
ing that their followers
were unsoiled and unspoiled
pure citizens. Their opponents
were denounced as politi-
clans" Senator Mccarthy
tolerantly says this may be
all right in a campaign. But
in adversely it shows danger
GUS weaknesses, for the inno-
cent naturally inclines to
false optimism and oversim-
plification."
Evening star., 1960-11-13
Newspaper Criticism
In Broad Strokes
THE FADING AMERICAN
NEWSPAPER. BY Carl E.
LindStrom. Doubleday &
Co., $685.

THE FADING AMERICAN
NEWSPAPER. BY Carl E.
Lindstrom. Doubleday &
Co., $685.
Among the livelier chap
ters in "The Fading Ameri-
can Newspaper" is one on the
critic. "One must not" writes
Carl Lindstrom. "be misled
by what he says in his sar-
castle moments. 1t may be
something he has had for
breakfast. =. :" Mr.. Lind
strom himself undertakes the
critics role in these pages.
One can only assume that he
didn't enjoy his breakfast
at all.
AS a matter of flgurative
fact, he didn't Along about
page 100, Mr.. Lindstrom tells
us the story which surely ex-
plains much Of his bitterness.
AS executive editor Of the
Hartford Times. a Gannett
paper, he appears to have de-
veloped a taste for public and
unfavorable comment or the
state of the press in general
not excluding. in particu-
lar, the type of newspaper
operation eXemplified by the
Gannett group. His associates
took umbrage, one thing led
to another, and Mr.. Lind
strom ended up as a pro-
fessor of journalism at the
University of Michigan.
Healthy Comment
Though this experience
soured the authors stomach
for journalism, there is some
good stuff here for those who
may be seeking a literate re-
view of the faults of the
American newspaper. The
basic thesis is that news
papers do not pay enough at
tention to news, which is
their reason for being. Mr..
Lindstrom thinks they should
not try to compete with other
mass media in Turing the au-
dience with entertainment. 1t
is a good thesis, subscribed to
by the editors of most sue
cessful newspapers. He makes
intelligent fun of headlines,
of the structural distortion of
the typical news story. and
so on. On this level of criti-
cism. his comments are con-
structive and healthy.
But Mr.. Lindstrom by no
means lets it go at that, and
the broad spray of his dis
cussion is somewhat less
helpful. There are timeS-as
in his treatment Of the Asso-
ciated PreSs-when it is plain
that he hasn't the foggiest
idea what he is talking about.
But that is a side issue. Pri-
marily, he seems to find it in
furiating that newspapers,
like other concerns or in
dividuals. have to consider
the problem of money. He
cannot use the word pub
Usher" without an almost
audible snarl, as though no
one in the business Except
possibly Mr.. Sulzberger of
the New York Times) could
care at all about the fine con-
siderationS which motivate
Mr.. Lindstrom. There is, of
course, a school of thought
which has held that if news
papers want to do a job for
the public, they had better
keep in the black. But the
"fancied obligation to stay
in business" simply gives Mr..
Lindstrom a pain.
The corrupting influence of
money appears again and
again as the villain of the
piece. The author, for ex-
ample, considers the editorial
page "the verminform ap-
pendix of the American
newspaper, of no known use.
-" He explains that because
an insurance company ad-
vertises once a year, we write
Evening star., 1960-11-13

Senator Eugene Mccarthy,
the quiet man from Mime
sofa who has given the name
Mccarthy a new lustre in
American political history,
and who lit up the sky at the
Democratic convention with
his nominating speech for
Adlai Stevenson.
Old Frontiers
Senator McCarthy's little
volume Is a sensible and IL
Illuminating excursion along
what might be called the old
frontiers Of democracy, those
ethical boundaries which
were OWNED by Plato when
he called man a political ami
NAL. 1t is refreshing to read
following overwrought ten
sions Of the campaign.
The Senator takes issue
with the view that has per-
sisted from Thomas Paine to
Clarence Manion that gov
ernment is at worst a punisn-
ment and at best a necessary
evil. Man needs political in
stitutions." he says. Govern
ment has a positive and nat
ural function to assist man in
the pursuit Of perfection and
happiness. Government ac-
complishes this purpose by
promoting the common good"
All Politics
And the essence Of the
democratic system, with all
its imperfections, he sees is
ito establish conditions un-
der which individual choice
and decision, the fullness Of
personality can be achieved"
Its principal argument with
totalitarianism is that the
dictators have taken unto
themselves the authority for
setting the limits and direc-
tions of the physical, intel
lectual and moral develop
ment Of persons. thereby
subordinating individuals to
the purpose of the state and
Evening star., 1960-11-13
Book Tells Where
Ancestors Came rom

mental conditions which
were encountered. He says
the Aryan race originally
was brown, but lost pigmen-
tation of the skin through
long existence. in northerly
regions of scarce sunlight.
The black race, on the other
hand, was darkened by ex-
posure to heat and sun Of
the Ganges Valley in prehis-
toric days, before its migra-
ton to Africa and some of
the Pacific islands.
The aboriginal Indians of
America. according to DR..
Kephart, evolved from move
ments of tribes or groups
from Asia via the Aleutians
or possibly also via the South
Pacific islands. The Amer
lean Indian stems from the
ancient Turanian, or yellow,
branch of mankind, he states.
White Americans can trace
their ancestry to the Kim
merriam tribes which invaded
Europe and Britain from
Asia. He classifies Negroes
as belonging to the Inda-
african race that was driven
out of India by savage Aryan
and Turanian tribes at the
dawn of civilization.
DR.. Kephart is not one to
avoid controversy-and he
has included in his book some
opinions regarding the races
that, to say the least, are
controversial. All in all,
Races of Mankind" is q
highly interesting history of
man from the dawn of civili-
zation-albeit with many
gaps still untitled or mat
ters for conjecture.
REX COLLIER.
Evening star., 1960-11-13

IL WIFI WedpOIlS VI uIlCOIlVeIl.
tional warfare.
DR.. Atkinson, who is asso-
ciate professor of government
at Georg e town University.
has written a challenging
book in which he makes a
fresh approach to the East
West problem.
Latin America
The unconventional war;
fare which he stresses con-
sists Of many things - "nu-
clear blackmail," making us
fear the most terrible weap-
ons; boring within all sus-
ceptible countries, especially
at the moment Latin Amer
lea: endless propaganda and
intrigue.
Americans in general have
been slow to understand Com
munist principles, DR.. Atkin-
son says. These principles go
back to Marx and Engels ard
were first put into practice
on a grand scale by Lenin
and have been carried on by
his successors. These pioneers
of the Communist autocracy
preached their doctrine plain
ly: it stands out in the ex-,
cerpts from their writings
which the author quotes.
The plan was to stir up
revolutions in capitalist"
countries by whatever method
or combination Of methods
were feasible at the time. You
were to fight when you had
to. retreat when forced to,
talk war when that was ef-
fectlve, make peace (tempo-
rary) when that was indi-
Gated; advance and retreat
until you saw a chance to
seize power.
Americans, in dealing with
such an adroit foe, are apt
to oversimplify. DR.. Atkinson
feels. We have always felt
that war was war. peace was
peace, and could not easily
grasp the war-peace tech
nique of the Soviet con-
spiracy. Furthermore, the
underlying philosophy Of war
which is involved has been
Evening star., 1960-11-13
MoneoI Customs
Are Described
SECRET BEYOND THE
MOUNTAIN. Nv Rjta

SOASAA DAz - O2NO
MOUNTAIN. BY Rita
Ritchie. (Dutton; $500
The customs Of the Mon
gols in the era of Genghis
Khan are recounted in this
colorful book with a some
what labored plot. The giant
panda is among animals that
play an important role as
the hordes engage in a two
month game drive involving
several thousand warriors.
The story concerns an effort
to slay the great khan's three
chief military leaders, per-
haps even Genghis himself.
Mrs Ritchie is an authority
on this period and has writ
ten several commendable
works about the ancient
Asiatic tribesmen.
H. A. LYON
Evening star., 1960-11-13
READING AND WRITING
Mccarthy Name Gets
New Luster in u. S.
By MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer

The air has been filled with talk-not say harangue
and demagogueryabout the of Government and its
leaders that you may feel you have had enough
But there is still for restaeent Of basic philoso-
ICAN DEMOCRACY (World; $375). It is the work of
Evening star., 1960-11-13
NUCLEAR BLAcKMAIL
Are We Beinq
Softened Up?
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES
star Book Critic

THE EDGE OF WAR. By James D. Atkinson. (Regnery $6)
Neither peace but fusion of the two calculated
to confuse the Western world up policy
authors belief.
This that not quite war, and peace that far from
peace seek not much atoize" Western civilization
with nuear weapons he contends does to dstinegrate
Evening star., 1960-11-13

INCENSE TO IDOLS. BY
Sylvia Ashton Warner. ISL
mon & ShuSter:: S3.95.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-08-14
|nLdos::
New Coup

Last week a part Of the Royal
LaOtian Army seized control of
the government at Vientiane and
called for a neutralist foreign
policy.
There are only 140 miles between
the working" capital of Laos,
Vientiane, and the royal" capital.
Luang Prabang. But those $40
miles of mountain and jungle were
effective last week in combining a
revolt to Vientiane, and as of yes
terday the Royal Laotian govern
ment was still functioning in Lu-
ang Prabang.
Led by Capt. Kong lie, a para
trooper. and a few other officers,
about 300 Laotian soldiers oc-
cupied the Vientiane government
Offices without violence.
Capt. Kong called for a gov
eminent that will incline neither
to the Communists nor to the
free world" Laotians. he de-
clared Friday in an address, were
tired of civil strife" His regime
asked former Premier Prince Sou
wanna Phouma, a moderate, to
form a cabinet but the Prince
refused.
In the absence of detailed in
formation from Laos. where the
monSoonS have made travel next
to impossible, the State Depart
ment was taking a wait and-see"
attitude. Failure of the Kong
regime to extend its control out
side Vientiane bolstered belief
that the royal government could
maintain control of the nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-08-14

full to distinguish between the
Roman Catholic hierarchy and
the revolutionary parish priests"
But he charged that there were
some 500 Spanish priests, many
of them FascistS, serving Cuban
churches.
The Castro regime took a set
back Monday from the Organiza-
ton of American States. A reso-
luton sponsored by the United
States. calling on the members ma
tons of the GAS to take a firm
stand lin defense of the demo-
cratic American institutions
against the Subversive activities of
any organization, government. or
their agents :" was approved by
a vote of 20 to /. Cuba alonesop-
posed.
In other Cuban developments:
. The vanguard of the Soviet
diplomatic mission to Havana
arrived to set up the Russian
Embassy;
Q All military exit permits, re-
quired by anyone seeking to leave
Cuba, were suddenly Cancelled.
New permits must be obtained
now. an obvious move to clamp
down on defectors;
. Forty more newspapermen
were "purged" as counter-revolu-
tionarieS, bringing the total of
Castro reprisals against critical
Journalists to l01 in the last two
weeks;
. Seizure of American owned in
dustries and utilities was speeded
after last Sundays announcement
by Fidel Castro of nationalist
ton of United States owned