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Evening star., 1960-12-25
The World
OfLetters
In the 3Os
TOTAL REC0m. Bu KYLE

TOTAL RECOIL. BY Kyle
Crichton. Doubleday;
$685.
In selecting this title, Kyle
Crichton shows he can write
not only a humorous but an
irreverent "famous-persons-
1-have-known" book.
Unlike many authors Of
such books and fortunately
for the reader, he also puts
his own ego in its place. True
the inevitable first person is
there but the land then I
said" phrases are minimized.
It. is a more gentlemanly
recounting of what others
said and did in his presence.
AS a Scribner editor and
Golfers writer, Mr.. Crichton's
job carried him through sew
eral decades and celebrities.
With no pattern a 1916
anecdote jostles a 1859 one:
Danny Kaye bumps into D.
H. Lawrence and Henry Ford
as Mr.. Crichton plays hop
scotch with his memories.
He juggles them with
agility and the book on the
whole is refreshing, although
name dropping gets to an
almost supercilious pet name
stage - Erskine Caldwell be-
comes Skinny" Caldwell,
Sinclair Lewis Red" Will
liam Saroyan Bill"
The literary world of the
'30's, SO fascinating-at least
in retrospect-comes to life
as he includes a marvellous
interview with D. H. Law
renee atop Mt. Taos and
personal obscure tales of
Dorothy Parker, anon
Runyon, Eugene O'Neill, and
the often morose mountain
called Thomas Wolfe.
For the movie happy, his
typewriter took him to
Hollywood often enough for
stories Of Valentino, Pola
Negri, Charlie Chaplin,
Carole Lombard, Dick Powell,
Humphrey Bogart.
At the top of each chapter
are phrases bearing no
meaning to anything. Mr..
Crichton explains them away
in an introduction as some
are factual, some are fig-
mentS of my imagination,
some are plain lies" To this
we add some are funny, some
miss by a mile.
Best remembered is "our
weekend guests arrived for
lunch Friday and left late
Sunday night. AS we stood
watching them drive away,
May (his wife) sighed and
said. Il like the Northern
lights; I like the lights of
carnivals, but the lights I
like best are tail lights"
-MYRA Mac PHERSON.
Evening star., 1960-12-25
Winnie
lille Pu
WINNIE HLE PU.-A A

WINNIE LILLE PU. A.
Milnei in Latinum con-
versus auctore Alexandra
Lenardo. Outton; $3.)
GeSta Eduardo Ursi in
quacumque lingua narrentur
gratissima sint innumerabili-
bus amicis animals dilecti
nobilisque. Pui autem fab
Non-Lotin sehoIors moy see bot.
tom Of poss for an English version.
ulae Latino redditae prae-
Sertim commendendae sunt
cum universities sint ct
supra temporis &C loci fines.
Quis est enim qui huic
iudicio aSSentiatur vehemen-
titus Puo ipso?
Alexander LenarduS acta
Pui, Cangae. Porcelli. IoriS
ct Christopher Robini ele-
gantissime cecinit in lingua
lepida plus argentea guam
aurea.
Liber conversuS memora-
bilium sermonum celeber est.
{" 'Hodie heffalumpum vidi,
o Porcelle.'
'Quid agebat2' rogavit
PorcelluS.
'Heffalumpabat.' dixit
Christophorus Robinus &.
'Rari inventu sint.'
'Rari ad prasens tempus,'
diXit Porcellus.
'Rari hoe tempore anni,'
dixit Pu.'")
Nos qui "ex amino, o urse,
diligimus" maximas Rratias
agimus non modo bono
medico Lenardo sed etiam
ills viris humanisSimiS qui
librum edendum curaverunt.
RUTH FOX HUME.
Ruth Fox Hume ipsa nom
nullOs librOs pueris puellisque
scripsit quorum nOviSsimus,
FlOrentis PhilOmela, nuper .
Landmark" edituS est.
Evening star., 1960-12-25
More 18th Century
In Book World

The 18th century is having
a small vogue these days in
the book world. In addition
to Miss Fosters book, we
have had "Uncorking Old
Sherry" Oscar Sherwin's
lively life of Playwright
Politician Richard Sheridan
and now Betsy Sheridan's
Journal" letters from Sheri-
dams sister, edited by Will
Evening star., 1960-12-25
INDEPENDENCE FOR AF-
RIGA. BY Gwendolen M.

41NAI6A GENDGENNG EOn AE
RIGA. BY Gwendolen M.
Carter. (Praeger; $4.500
In this interesting and
authoritative study Of the
African situation (Which is
changing on the surface
almost hourly, but has not
been altered basically since
this book was written) the
author makes some points
perhaps often overlooked.
Africa for Africans is more
than a slogan.
"At least politically" Miss
Carter writes, there is q
sense for Africa as a whole
which is much more real to
the educated Africans Of the
continent than is the notion
Of Europe to educated Euro
peans or of one America to
the inhabitants Of North and
South America.
"A major reason for this
sense for Africa as an over
riding concept lies in the
efforts of Africans to differ
entiate themselves from what
they call Europeans or
whites. The latter have been,
or are. still dominant as
Colonial authorities or as
white residents who have a
monopoly Of political and
Evening star., 1960-12-25

and others like it which he
describes with DickenSian af-
fection.
When he left the modest
home Of his boyhood. he
studied at the University of
Iowa, then went to oxford
for three years as a Rhodes
scholar. He became a mem.
ber of the Iowa University
faculty. He is an established
poet and critic. He directs
the university's nous
course in creative writing.
which has turned out so
many novelists and short
story writers.
NOthing's the Same
But what could be sim
pier, what written with less
literary affectation than his
recollections Of those early
Christmases. And what, after
all, could be lovelier to pom
der over this Christmas Day?
Mr.. Engle is far from old.
And yet so completely has
the joyous season changed
over the years he can re-
member that nothing Is
quite the same.
Dinner at the Farm
It's doubtful that even in
the more remote country
areas, far from cities. people
continue to make everything
themselves for the Christmas
table and for gifts to the
family and relatives. But in
Mr.. Engle's boyhood they
still did.
He comments on a typical
Christmas feast on the farm
which the family had 10 miles
from Cedar Rapids: There
are no dinners like that any
more. Every item from the
farm itself, with no deep
freezer, no car for driving
into town for packaged food.
The pies had been baked
Evening star., 1960-12-25
FICTION

A MIDDLE CLASS EDUCA-
TION. BY Wilfrid Sheed.
(Houghton Mifnin; $4.75D
The dilemaS Of an English
exchange student in Amer
lea.
THE RIGHT TO ANSWER.
BY Anthony Burgess. (Nor-
ton; $3.50 A tragic British
comedy.
THE PAPER WALL. BY Ira
Morris. (Knopf; $685.
The story Of how one mans
troubles effects the Amer
lean professional and diplo-
matte colony in Japan.
THE GRACE DIVORCE. BY
Frank Swinnerton. (Dou-
bleday. $3.50 An English
marriage and its complica.
tions in the late thirties.
THE WHITE STONE. BY
Carlo Coccioli. (Simon
and Schuster, $4.50D The
story Of a priest which re-
wolves around the question
Of whether he lost his faith
during World War II.
ELENA. BY Elena Zelayeta.
(Prentice-Hall, $685. The
autobiography Of a woman
who became blind.
FORGERS, DEALERS, EX-
PERTS: Strange Chapters
in the History of Art. BY
Sepp Schuller. Translated
from the German by James
Cleugh. g. P. Putnam's
Sons; $4.50) Forgery is
exactly as old as art. It's
still going on. Here are
some famous examples in
episodes as exciting to art
lovers as mystery stories.
These are the things that
haunt museum directors
and the things that the
experts who buy and sell
pictures don't even like to
think about.
SON AND HEIR. BY Edith P.
1egner. (Holt, Reinhart
& Winston; $3.50 Am
bition and uble-dealing
on the hospital staff.
Evening star., 1960-12-25
BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY

THE LIFE OF MARY IN
LEGEND AND ART. BY
Mary L. McCarran. WANT
age; $685. A first book by
a local author, the daugh-
ter of the late Senator.
CURSORY OBSERVATIONS
MADE IN UEBEC,
PROVINCE OF LOWER
CANADA IN THE YEAR
1911. BY Jeremy Cockloft.
(Oxford; $500
RUMPUs. BY Billy Sea. (van-
tage; $3.95D An autobiog-
raphy.
THE IMAGE OF WAR. w.
Fletcher Thompson, jr.
(Yoseloff; $780, Pictorial
reporting of the American
Civil War.
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. BY
Leonard Van Matt and
Louis Cognet. (Regnery;
ST. A profusely illus
trated biography.
AWIND FROM THE NORTH:
THE In EE OF HENRY
THE NAVIGATOR. BY Err
Evening star., 1960-12-25
GENERAL

EXPLORING THE RIVER.
BY John and Jane Gre
veruS Perry. (Whittlesey;
$3.50 Two Washington
authors explain the geol-
ogy. geography and geology
Of a river and mans de-
pendence on it.
HUNZA. BY John H. Tope.
(Rodale; $3.50 The story
Of Himalayan people who
thrive on vegetables.
ESQUIRE'S EUROPE IN
STYLE. BY Richard Jo-
seph. (Harper; $4.95.D In
triguing, luxurious places
to go and things to do.
IN THE STEPS OF THE
CRUSADERS. BY Regime
Pernoud. (Hastings; $8.5OD
A profuSely illustrated tour
Of the battlefields and
routes taken by the men
who fought to free the
Holy City.
THE FACE OF MISSOURI.
BY Elio Lee Battaglia. A
Photographic look at mid
west America.
BRING FORTH THE CHILL
DREN. BY Yul Brynner.
(McGraw-Hill; $4.95.) A
poignant picture story of
today's displaced persons
camps in Europe and the
Middle East.
THE UNFORGETTABLE
AMERICANS. Edited by
John A. Garraty. (Channel;
$60 Stories on the men
who nodded the American
way Of life from Vespucci
to Doubleday.
HANDMADE JEWELRY. BY
Louis Wiener. Wan Nos
trand; $685. The second
edition of the handbook on
making professionally fin
iShed jewelry.
A COMMITMENT TO
YOUTH. Edited by Abra-
ham S. Goodhartz. Brook
man; $4.50D The Brook
lyn College student per-
Sonnel program.
TIE FARMERS AGE. BY
Paul w. Gates. (Holt,
Evening star., 1960-12-25
NO LITTLE THING. BY Eliz

NO LITTLE THING. BY Eliz-
abeth Ann Cooper. Dou-
bleday; $3.95.)
This novel is the dramatic
story Of a priest who yielded
to temptation and had to
leave the church, but never
gave up his fight to regain
the kingdom Of the spirit.
It is a theme that might
have appealed to Graham
Greene, and Miss Cooper. In
this first novel, has told her
story well, though at times in
too much detail and at too
great length.
Father Michael Mundy
went as curate to a parish in
a seedy section Of a city.
Young, enthusiastic, the
priest had plans for a youth
center and other reclamation
activities. But he saved a girl,
Evening star., 1960-12-25
Winnie the Pooh.
In English

The epic Of Edward Bear in
whatever language 1t should appear
would be most welcome to the count
less friends OF that noble and be-
loved animal. But the tales OF Pooh
translated into Latin arc particulars
to he recommended because they
are universal, beyond the boundaries
OF time and place And who indeed
would agree with this opinion more
strongly than Pooh himself?
Alexander Lenard has sung the
saga of Pooh, Kanga, Roo, Piglet.
and Christopher Robin splendidly.
in graceful language more reminis-
cent OF the silver than the golden
age. The translation abounds in
memorable dialogue.
II saw a heffalump t&day. Piglet :"
What was he doing7t asked Pig
He was Jumping about" said
Evening star., 1960-12-25
This War Novel
Quite Exciting
But ImpIuusibIe
THE SOLDIER. BY Richard
Powell. (Charles Scribner's
Sons: $4.50.)

THE SOLDIER. BY Richard
Powell. (Charles Scribner's
Sons; $4.50D
1t. Col. William A. Far
ralon. hero of this rather
pretentious novel of World
War II in the Pacific, is rep
resented as that most tragic
OF creatures-a regular Army
officer who is earmarked to
be passed over.
1t seems the officer was the
first man of his beleaguered
island. instead of the last,
and this circumstance has
placed an olive-drap mark of
Cain on his service record
book.
Yet, the moment he lands
on the mythical and embat-
tied island of zoanga, Col.
Farralon begins outdoing
Frank Merriwell in feats Of
genius, deeds of daring and
the solution of uncrackable
problems.
One throw of a hand gre
made in a most improha hle
skirmish gives him his trade
mark a la Gen. Matthew
Ridgway. One stroke of
genius permits him to de-
feat a japanese detachment.
He even locates a bathroom
for some unwelcome WACs
in his incredible theater of
war.
The reader may not cavil
at his rise from an obscure
staff job to Army commander
but anyone who ever fought
against the Japanese simply
will not be able to swallow
his armored attack (head-
lights on against the enemy
as the climax to his come
back. It just wasn't done.
Still, the book has its
exciting nom nts, even
though most of them are too
implausible to credit.
j. A. O'LEARY, JR.
Evening star., 1960-12-25
New Light on q Grave
Situation in Africo

economic power and social
prestige. The best way for
Africans to identify and
strengthen themselves
against the whites has been
to affirm the solidarity Of
the bond between all Afri-
cans"
The author is professor Of
government at Smith College.
&C. b. ].
Evening star., 1960-12-25

liam lie Fanu (Rutgers Uni
versity Press: $4.50.
Betsy's letters comprise a
fetching period piece, which
offers a wealth of informa- =
ton about the daily life of
the 18th century, in addition
to sidelights on the great
world in which her brother
played so great a part.
Betsy Sheridan, who wrote
daily to her sister in Dublin
over two two-year periods,
was both genteel and OBJ
servant. She rather disliked
her brothers flne-feathered
friends.
Here she is in her own
words and punctuation, on
the subject Of Georgianna,
the same Duchess of Devon
shire and the strange men,
age at Chatsworth the ducal
estate:
Too Much of Her
"She cannot I think be
call'd fat but upon the whole
I think there Is too much Of
her. She gives me the idea
Of being larger than life. I
do not think her Elegant
She was here last night and
with her Lady Elizabeth
Forster who lives with her
and is her bosom friend, but
is supposed to be more par
ticularly the friend Of the
Duke-such is the system Of
the fine World"
Threaded through her ac-
count Of the lamentable gap
between Dicks promise and
performance is Betsy's ro-
nance with her sisters
brother-in-law, Henry Le-
Fanu. Betsy conducted her.
self with a circumspection
and discretion Of a Jane
Austen heroine.
This is a most diverting
book, a wonderfully intimate
and artless picture of the
world and the household of
the author Of "The Rivals"
as we'll as his life and times,
Evening star., 1960-12-25
GUIDE TO SCIENCE
Dr.. .Asimov's ROUNDUP
Covers Brood Field

Standably is skewed by this
one mans bias. DR.. Asimov
happens to be q biochemist-
q very good one, incidentally
and so Vol. II (The Biolog-
ical ScienceS) has 1t q bit
over Vol. I (The Physical
Sciences.
But every collection Of this
sort has shortcomings, and
all too frequently these boil
down to an inability on the
part Of the writer to present
his topic Interestingly. This
Is not a fault of DR.. ASimov's
two-volume work; it is fun,
as well as informative, to
read.
No scientist Is likely to
learn anything new in his
own discipline by reading the
Guide" Nor Is one generally
well read in science likely to
broaden his knowledge. But
this work Is not for wise men
or wise guys; as its title i'm
plies, 1t Is for Intelligent
Men" who wish to become
better informed in q field Of
human experience that may
have sped past them.
Being human, DR.. Asimov
commits a few errors. Exam
Piles: He dates Tsiolkovskii's
initial publication on rockets
as 1911 instead Of 1903; he
refers to the Manhattan En-
gineering Project" instead Of
Manhattan District, Corps
Of Engineers" But his ability
to explain sticky points of
science in common language
makes his Guide to Science"
valuable enough that d few
minor boo-booS can bS@ex-
cuSed. WILLIAM HINES.
Evening star., 1960-12-25
THE INTELLIGENT MANS

THE INTELLIGENT MANS
GUIDE TO SCIENCE. BY
Isaac Asimov. (Basic Books,
Inc: 2 vols, boxed: $50
A number Of roundups for
science -skimmers are already
on the market. but this one
deserves consideration along
with the best Of the others.
1t has its shortcomings, Of
course. The chief of these Is
that 1t is one mans overview
OF science, and thus under
Evening star., 1960-12-25

Christopher Robin They're
quite rarely found" "
Quite rare these days" said
PiGlet
Quite rare this time of year"
said Pooh.
We who love you from the heart,
o Bear, are most grateful not only
to the good DR.. Lenard but also to
those most humanistic gentlemen.
his publishers.
Ruth Fox Hume has written sew.
eral books for young people OF which
the most recent, Florence Mehts
InEale, has Just been published BY
Landmark. -
Evening star., 1960-12-25
READING AND WRITING
The Vicissitudes
OF Authorship
By MARY McGRORY
Star 9taff Writer

Incredible vicisstudes attended the writing of CHILL
DREN OF THE MIST MACMILLAN; $45O), true and in
formal account OF famous 18th century triangle by Eliza
beth Foster Maine-born author who concidentay has
the name the notorious femme fatale who was
Evening star., 1960-12-25

SELF-DEVELOPING AMER
ICA. By Harold j. Rutten-
berg. (Harper; $4.50D Au-
thor emphasizes the need
for labor-management CO.
operation.
Evening star., 1960-12-25
A HOMEMADE FEAST
Christmostime
In Days Gone BY
By CARTER BROOKE JONES
Star Book Critic

PRAIRIE CHRISTMAS. BY Paul Engle (Longsman Green:
$250)
It's like an album of haf-forgotten wholly
figures faded letter out of the long this de-
scripton of q boyhood Christmas on an Iowa farm.
Paul Engle things since that Christmas
Evening star., 1960-12-25
Other Books of the Week in Brief Review

Rinehart and Winston; So
Agriculture from 1915 to
1860.
HOW I HELPED MORE
THAN 10000 INVESTORS
TO PROFIT IN STOCKS.
By E. George Schaefer.
(Prentice-Hall; $4.95O
THE WEAVERS' SONG
BOOK. Edited by the
Weavers. (Harper; $3.50
THE CONCISE ENCYCLO-
PEDIA OF CONTINENTAL
POTTERY AND PORCE-
LAIN. BY Reginald Haggar
(Hawthorn; $20D
GREAT SHIPS AROUND
THE WORLD. BY Penrose
Scull. (ziff-Davis; $12.50D
The illustrated story of the
worlds merchant marine.
WEDELN. BY Clemens M.
Hutter. Doubleday; 3.95D
An illustrated instruction
on the new Austrian skiing
technique.
Evening star., 1960-12-25

ME Bradford. (Harcourt
Brace; So
THE INDIAN WAR OF 1854.
BY Capt. Eugene F. Ware.
(St. Martins; $7.50D The
story of the Confederate at
tempt to incite the Indians.
PRUSSIAN-AMERICAN RE-
LATIONS 1775 1871. BY
Henry M. Adams. (WeStern
Reserve University
C. S. S. SHENANDOAH. Ed
tied by James D. Horan.
Grown: $4.) The war and
postwar voyages of a leg
endary Confederate cruiser.
THE CIVIL WAR IN THE
NORTHWEST. BY Robert
HUM Jones. university of
Oklahoma; So The War
Between the States as
fought in Nebraska, Wis
consin, Iowa. Minnesota
and the DakotaS.
WILD, WOODY AND WICK
ED. BY Harry Sinclair Dra-
go. (Clarkson N. Potter;
So The history of the
Kansas COW towns and
the Texas cattle trade.
Evening star., 1960-12-25
PAPER BACKS

GREEK POLITICAL THE
DRY. By Ernest Barker.
BARNES and Noble; $1.95.D
DRUNKARD'S WALK. BY
Frederick Pohl. (Ballan-
tine; 35cD A science f1c-
ton satire.
Evening star., 1960-12-25

Ruth Fox Hume ipsa non.
nullOS librOS pueris puellisque
scripsit quorum nOviSsimus,
F1Orentia PhilOmela, nuper .
Landmark" editus est.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-12-30
Los Angeles, California
Utility Pays Multi
Million Tax Bill
American Public Power Association

American PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION
Taxes to be paid by the Los Ange-
les Department of Water and Power
to six California counties for the
current fiscal year amount to ST.
913,8O8.
The biggest payment, $1,131,27
to Inyo county, includes $466,622
'water rights tax which is in addi-
ton to the normal property tax levied
on land owned by the department in
that county.
In addition to paying these direct
taxes, the department transfers each
year to the Los Angeles city treasury
$50 of it's gross revenues, which this
year will result in payment of &c.
$50, 700, according to J. C. Moller,
Jr., president of the city's Board of
Water and Power Commissioners. The
department also pays about 100000
annually in taxes on properties owned
in Boulder City, New, which are in
connection with the operation of
Hoover Dam power plant.
Mr.. Moller said the new ''water
rights" tax was imposed two years
ago and has been strongly protested
by the department. A similar tax also
was imposed recently on the City of
San Francisco and the East Bay
Municipal Utility District by counties
in which their water supplies origi-
nate.
eve are cooperating with those
agencies and others that depend upon
water supplies in seeking re-
lief from such unjust taxation
legislation and through con-
amendment Mr.. Moller
said.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-12-30
Only One State Offers
Maternity Benefits

Maternity benefits in the United
States are provided women workers
chiefly through the voluntary action
of employers and unions rather than
through legislation, according to
'The American Workers Fact Book
published by the U. S. Labor Dept.
The book notes that the only state
where pregnant women workers are
entitled by law DO cash maternity
benefits is Rhode Island. There the
Temporary Disability Insurance Act
provides that employed women are
entitled to cash benefits for disabali-
ties due to pregnancy for 6 weeks be-
fore and weeks after childbirth.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-12-30
Lobbyists Must
CONTINUED From Page One)

| dastardly use of the registration law.
Will they be able to prevent the
ordinary citizen, not in the hire of
any special interest, from reaching
the ears of his elected representative ?
In their attempts to have their pa
irons protected, will an excessive
share of government costs continue
to be paid by the individuals least
able to carry the load?
While newsmen are often accused
of being a cynical bunch they are
poisoning pollyannas compared to
the narrow views expounded by the
hardened lobbyist.
1t would be well if the registered
lobbyists would meet and work out
a code of ethics. for the scope of their
operations, not that I am opposed
to the operations of the downtown
social rooms with the flow of wine,
women and song, but they are liable
to hurt one another vying for victims
for their soft brain wash approaches
to law-creating.
Now that they are being flushed
OuI lliCo Lie OPSH ~ Inlay re well lOI
them to organize TO protect whatever
good name they may attain in the
work of influencing solons.
Z In the closing days of the session
when the pressure is ON to find the
for the operation of the state
the influence of the lobbyist is most
Then will be revealed how
they have spent their
time whiting away at state services
and preventing their patrons from
assuming reasonable share Of taxa
tion.-FS
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-12-30

/ source of income would cause ever
more emotional stress if that is the
source of my discomfort.
Let's get back to the political side
of my treatment. (By the way, may
| compliment the Fort for the speedy
and courteous service given my cpl
dermus). am receiving what the
Montana Medical Association would
call socialized medicine. The drugs
! am taking were purchased by COM
petitive bidding. Gail the traffic will
BEAR prices paid by others who are
suffering in this country are con-
sidered the American way according
to dictates of this bastion of con-
servatism. Not only must the drug
hucksters get all the "blood" they
can from the torment of flesh but
the doctor himself must be given a
free hand to diagnose and cure a fat
pocketbook.
My doctor was willing to accept
whatever he is charging the Fort
to care for my hide but would not
care to accept money from the
Social Security system to pick up
the tab on his services to senior
citizens of our country. At least
this was his implication when he
supported Orvin Flare in his un-
successful bid for u. S. Senator.
Emotional stress? If that is caus-
ing my physical discomfort one
source is the medical associations in
sistence that government is only de-
signed to solve our problems in time
Of war; Government is what rational
people use to solve a problem which |
IAN not be solved by individuals or
Individual groups in private groups. |
Why is everyone not in the medical |
profession considered irrational or |
1nder emotional stress? We're crazy
because we didn't study medicine and
ret in on the big money.
| would like to talk to you some
more about this subject but right now
We got to go spray my exterior with
ONE more "socialized" medicine.