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The Arizona post., 1960-01-22
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CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER I'm not, and I've
never gone overheard for nightclub entertainment
where you sit in jammed, smoke-filled room, eat
ing warmedover food, slipping on watered drinks
and choking on cigarette smoke
But my last trip to New York had un-
forgetabe evening in a night club-the Sahbra Club,
the only Israelstyle club the Western Continent.
The Sahbra, operated by the veteran entertain
er Leo Fulds is no place of beauty. AS night clubs
go, it would rank rather low for decor.
But what it lacks in decor it makes up in what
can only be called hamishness' AS Jew you feel
very much at home in the Sahbra. But oddly enough
it appeared that good many non-Jews also felt very
much at home in this Israeli night club.
THE FOOD wasn't anything special. They had
Israeli Dishes such the famed Falafel - but the
little, fried vegetable balls were so hard you could
have used them for game of baseball.
But as I said there was real warmth in the Sah-
bra and it was projected by the unique floor show
that featured the great Yemenite singer, Shoshana
Damar Her style is magnificent She sings not from
deep in her throat, but from her heart and from
her eyes.
Shoshana belongs to the small list of great
tertaners She to want to leave the stage
and frequently she turns to the crowd to have them
join with her in singing.
With her on the show was Aryeh Lave, one of
He also is dynamic singer with striking person
ality that reaches into the audience.
Leo Fulds also presented two delicatey featured
Yemente dancers and young Israeli girl who played
on a goat-skin drum and made the most amazing
music.
BUT AT THE Sahbra there is more than pro-
fessional entertainment Like some of the less
famed continental clubs, the Sahbra has its custo-
mers join in the entertainment.
When the band struck up 'froeich music, the
audience clapped and sang as if it at tradi-
tional Jewish wedding.
And imagine, sitting next to a table where
young man wears a Yarmulke and leaves it on as he
steps onto the crowded dance floor to do cha-cha-
cha!
This is modern Judasm
OUR APOLOGIES tongue in cheek, we'd
like to apologize to non-Jewish friends and neigh
bors who apparently took the brunt of the recent
anti-Semitic incidents in Tucson.
They didn't, those young hoods spend all their
time smearing swastikas and Mogen Davids Jew
ish homes Oh, no, to show their ignorance, they
painted up the homes which bore such
Thomas, Phillips, OMaley, Putnam and Bennett.
One gentleman who found Naz symbol
his truck told police that he not only is not jewish
but he is of German descent!
We're sorry the young hoodums weren't more
seectve in their childshness Perhaps it was good
thing, however.
Maybe the O'Malleys, Thomases and Putnams
will get mad enough to slap down these hoodlums
once and for ALL
THE AR1zuNAP Posi-
| Anzonus Pioneer Ango-Jewis Newspaper
Evening star., 1960-05-15
EXPLOSION IN WASHINGTON
Senator McCorthy Returns
As FictionoI Prototype

tues somewhere inside his
thick crust of viciousness.
People are seldom all black
or white. Senator Mccarthy
may have been very little as
he is pictured in his personal
life by the average liberal.
And yet so completely does
the author go into Kane's
mind-he comes to believe in
himself through a sort Of
self-hypnosis-that we feel,
in spite of all his derelictions,
a certain sympathy for him
as political and personal
tragedy stalks him.
Mr.. Frankel, a New Yorker
who graduated from the Uni
versity of North Carolina, was
on duty with the Marines in
Washington and during the
Korean war and attended
many congressional hearings.
His account Of the way things
are done on the Hill is mostly
quite accurate. This is the
authors second novel. His
first, Band Of Brothers"
about the Korean war, was
well received.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Other Books of the Week in Brief

Abercrombie. (Basic, $4.500
Incorporates the findings of
the authors 10 years of re-
search and experimentation
with science teaching
methods.
THE TER OF
AMERICAN HISTORY. BY
w. r. Brock. (St. Martins,
$500 Explains through
historical analysis what it
means to be an American.
SPIRITUAL THERAPY. BY
Richard K. Young and
Albert Meiburg. (Harper,
$500 How the physician,
psychiatrist and minister
collaborate in healing.
VICTORY THROUGH
DAR r X N E S S AND DE-
SPAIR. BY Norman Lip
schultz. CVantage, $2.95)
Tells Of the struggle of the
Jewish people to achieve
natio n h hood; as seen
through the eyes of a sur
vivor of the Nazi death
camps.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Letters Reveal Twain
More Than q Humorist
The Un-American Issue

tempted to sway public opin-
ion. Howells expressed SYM
pathy for the Haymarket
Riot anarchists who were
sentenced to death.
Twain joined a campaign
of protest against the policies
of the United States, Britain
and other powers in the
Philippines, South Africa and
China. But troubles pressed
heavily upon him. He strug-
gled to make a fortune in
business and retire from
writing, but plunged into
bankruptcy instead. The
deaths of his daughter and
his wife deepened his grief.
HoWellS was the first critic
to discern that Twain was
more than a humorist. In the
time and the stronghold of
Emerson, Lowell, Longfellow
and Holmes, he spoke out
strongly for the Western
writer whose books showed
little reverence for traditional
culture.
JOSEPH O'KEEFE.
Evening star., 1960-05-15

tors having romped through
a half dozen fortunes. At
least, so it is in Sicily; it's a
kind Of law of nature, like
those which regulate earth
quakes and drought"
Or this vivid picture of a
man of action in action:
Many problems that had
seemed insoluble to the Prince
were resolved in a trice by
Don Calogero; free as he was
from the shackles imposed
on many other men by hon.
esty, decency, and plain good
manners, as he moved
through the jungle of life
with the confidence of an
elephant which advances in
a straight line, roofing UP
trees and trampling down
lairS, without even noticing
scratches of thorns and
means from the crushed"
1t is a rare novel which
combines genuine wit and
distinguished prose. This is
one.
EDWIN TRIBBLE.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Encyclopedia
NoWCoVers
Space Age
THE WORLD BOOK ENCY-
CLOPEDIA FOR 1860,

4AAG "ONAD DOOh GGNN .
CLOPEDIA FOR 1860.
(Field Enterprises Educa-
tional Corporation; 20 VOL
umes; School edition, $139;
de luxe edition. $3.50
This comprehensive work,
just published, the newest
encyclopedia of its kind, con-
tains an authoritative section
on space travel and guided
missiles. 1t analyses the pos
sibilitieS of exploring the
moon in the light of the
latest scientific information,
and we learn that the basic
design for space suits has
already been adopted by the
Navy and Air Force.
New countries and govern
ments of the world are dealt
with in full detail, and these
include our two new States,
Alaska and Hawaii. There
are many new features, with
fine appropriate illustrations,
a large number of them in
new process full color. For
latest information on any
subject in addition to the
storehouse Of facts and fig
ures for which this standard
work has long been known, it
is a must for the research stu
dent Of today.-C. b. ].
Evening star., 1960-05-15

he disliked only one oppo-
nent, Carl Morris; that he
knocked out the dying Billy
Miske because I loved the
guy; that his fight with
Georges Carpenter was the
worst mismatch in the his
tory of the heavyweight di-
vision; that he, personally.
wanted to give Harry Wills
his title chance, and that 1t
is a base canard to say that
he feared no man.
"The hell ! feared no mani"
Jack says. There was one
mamie was even smaller
than IL wouldn't fight be-
cause I knew he would fiat
ten me. ! was afraid of Sam
Langford." That may be.
but Dempsey wasn't afraid
of telling his side of a great
wild, crazy-quilt story, phases
of which must have made
him vince in the recital.
FRANCIS STANN.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
An-Time Ring Fovorite
Tells His Own Story

DEMPSEY, BY THE MAN
HIMSELF. BY Jack Demp-
sey as told to Bob Consi-
dine and Bill Slocum.
(Simon and Schuster;
$685.
To avid collectors of
Dempseyiana much of this
story is known, but only in
part. To others it will come
as a frank, revealing tale of
a one-time bindle stiff. a
rod-rider, a hobo who rose
to become heavyweight box
ing champion of the world
and by far the most famous
pugilist ever to pull on a pair
of gloves.
This is Dempsey talking.
To the reviewer, who has
known the old Manassa
Mauler for years and has
listened to him on fishing
trips off Florida waters, the
words are Dempsey's, pains
takingly drawn out by Co.
author Slocum and unerringly
and succinctly put down on
paper by Co-author Consi-
dine. AS in the prize ring,
Dempsey pulls no punches.
All other Dempsey books
some seven or eight in all
are paled by Jacks own.
The story of the semi-il-
literate boy, who fought for
nothing in Goldfield. Nevada,
in 1915 and was wheeled un-
conscious and undoctored to
his lodgings "a cave) and
who later was to collect
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Fun forAII
The Children
s3S WAYS TO AMUsE A

CHILD. BY June johnson.
(Harper; $3.50
Did you know there we're
83S ways to amuse a child?
Well, June johnson lists that
many and tells all about
them, in this boon to moth
ers. In six entertaining and
instructive chapters she en-
braces the fields of crafts,
hobbies, science and nature
lore. The last two being most
in demand by mothers faced
with the task of confining a
child to bed for GONZALES
cence or in the family car
for travel-there is a differ
ence.
The author makes the
point that if children were
given a lively interest in a
worthwhile hobby or craft
they would be less likely to
end up delinquent.
-JERI MANWEILER.
Evening star., 1960-05-15

ter and admirable father
make him a dedicated, close
mouthed sleuth but a less
than satisfactory newsman.
A story of suspense, it is also
a love story, and a success
on both levels.
Il II
THE SCHULTZ MONEY. BY
Malcolm Gair Doubleday
and Co., $3.50
A most ingenious story on
an old, old theme-the re-
turn of the prodigal son. with
no one willing to kill the fat
ted calf. Sonny Schultz, buff
American gambler, claims he
is Cecil Schultz, heir to an
English fortune who was said
to have died of tuberculosis.
Mark Raeburn is hired by
Schultz sister, who insists he
is a fraud. Mr.. Gair has made
the most of the 'is he, isn't
he" nature of the story. The
plot takes several sharp turns
at top speed on the way to a
most original solution. Rec
commended.
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MIX ME A PERSON. BY Jack
Trevor Story (The Macmil-
Ian Co., $3.50
The author of The Trouble
with Harry" tells a beguiling
tale about a hapless car thief
tagged with murder, the lady
psychiatrist who believes in
his innocence, and the lawyer
who defends him because she
wants him to-against his
better Judgment. A sprightly
set of characters adorn an
exhaustingly intricate plot.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
TWAIN-HOWELLS

MARK TWAIN-HOWELLS
LETTERS. Edited by
Henry Nash Smith and
William M. Gibson. (The
Belknap Press of Harvard
University Press; two VOL
umes, $40 the Set.)
II tried to visit you yes
terday, but the trolley cars
were so crammed, the motor
men had to walk" Samuel
L. Clemens wrote to his
friend William Dean Howells
in 1902.
In Mark Twain's literary
life there were days of mag
nif1cent triumph and days of
bleak despair. But always,
there was HoWells to write to
and be assured of comfort
ing advice.
ttoWellS was crltlc OF the
Atlantic Monthly, and Twain
had just written The In
nocentS Abroad" when they
became acquainted in their
early thirties. A strong bond
of empathy developed be-
tween the two.
Amiable Correspondence
The Mark Twain HoWells
Letters" some 670 of them,
span the years 1869 to 1910.
Accompanying notes by the
editors provide helpful ampli-
flcation.
Much of the content of the
letters included amiable chit
chat, about family illnesses,
invitations for a visit and a
good talk, schemes for dodg-
ing boring events or dealing
with deadbeats.
"Say-stay right where you
are until you die. I've written
% letters today connected
with moving" Twain once
advised his friend.
Both were stage struck and
discussed plays and theater
people extensively. Both also
were active in attempting to
strengthen copyright laws.
Take Somber Turn
But over the years. the
tone of the letters became
more somber. The pace of
world events quickened, and
the two literary figures at
Evening star., 1960-05-15
AMiIestone
In Political
Biography
NELSON ROCKEFELLER,

NELSON ROCKEFELLER,
a biography by Joe Alex Nor
ris (Harper & Brothers:
$500. would be an object
lesson in political biography
in any year. Whether you
feel that the Rockefeller
presidential fires have been
eXtinguiShed or merely
banked. you will find the book
worth while.
Mr.. Morris has approached
his subject in the only way
a writer ultimately can. That
is. he writes as though there
had never been a line written
about the New York Cover
nor and his family. The re-
suit is a book which can hon.
estly be described as enthrall-
ing. Another result is that if
it is widely read, the Cover
nor's White House prospects
might be revived.
Although he is by no means
a slavish, Official" biog-
rapher, Mr.. Morris had drawn
a warm, vivid, sympathetic
picture of a man who is, he
says. "able. deeply religious,
tolerant, self confident,
highly ambitious, aggressive,
persistent, extraordinarily
competitive, and from a polit-
ical standpoint, often reck-
lessly courageous"
He has obviously had ac-
cess to the family archives
and reproduces an engaging
series of letters exchanged
among its close-knit mem
bers.
This is by far the most
readable, penetrating and So
phisticated political biogra-
ply of the year.-M. Meg.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Mr.WechsIer
Takes q Look
AtPoIitics
ECTIONS OF AN
AN CRY MIDDLE-AGED

r ECTION OF AN
ANGRY MIDDLE-AGED
EDITOR. BY James A.
Wechsler. (Random House;
$3.50
AS one of the more articu-
late liberals, James A. Wechs-
Ter, for 10 years editor of the
New York Post, has taken a
look at the political and So
cial scene. AS his title sug-
geSts, he is not happy with
what he sees, from the beat
niks to the politicians who
think "the muddle way is the
road to the White House"
Mr.. Wechsler scorns the
bland as well as the best and
the men who act "aS if the
way to glory was through the
glib evasion. the discreet re-
treat, the soft smile"
With politics his principal
interest Che is, proudly, a
member of the Americans for
Democratic Action, the a.
year-old editor is at his an
griest in discussing issues
and politicians. Former Pres
ident Truman is something
less" than a resolute liberal.
President Eisenhower, in his
opinion, has become some
thing Of a fabulous-if still
beloved - bore" and Vice
President Nixon is "the most
complete 'beatnik' on the
political landscape" He de-
plores the absence of q great
debate on the issues of the
times and attributes this to
mo shortage Of great themes
for political combat, but
rather a loss Of nerve among
our political warriors" Un-
til the present soggy stale
mate" ends, Mr.. Wechsler
says, zone will find it diff
cult to tell the beat genera
ton it ought to stop pouting
and start shouting"
Mr.. WechSler's self-styled
anger is constructive as we'll
as provocative. One does not
have to agree with what he
says to applaud him for say
ing it. In any measure, his
reflections are vastly stimu-
lating.
CECIL HOLLAND.
Evening star., 1960-05-15

ton in Chicago sometime in
the 1960s. The convention it
self is his principal figure,
and feminine in character
wary one minute. wayward
the next, totally unpredicta-
bic and ultimately unman-
ageable.
Mr.. Reichley's hum an
characters are not quite so
fetching or so deeply real
lied. He is interested far
more in political motives
than in personal ones, and
so his candidates have
a sketchy, rather obvious
quality. But they serve their
purpose. Each one in his
Evening star., 1960-05-15

is any one who has not met
Maigret, here is the perfect
occasion.
AN ELIZABETH DAILY ON
NIBUS. Three Henry Ga
madge novels. (Rinehart
& Co.; $4.50.)
Expert on rare books and
rare people as well, Henry
Gamadge moves through
three mysteries with enough
of the occult to raise the hair
on ones head and enough
down-to-earth detection to
settle it reassuringly again.
Reappearance of dead ladies
even centuries dead ones
is a DAILY speciality. The plots
are so good that some strain
on credibility is forgiven.
y \ y y
THREE AT WOLFE'S DOOR
by Rex Stout (The Viking
Press, $2.95).
Three short novels so be-
low the best Wolfe they
leave the aftertaste of a bad
practical joke at ones ex-
pense.
THE HUNT FOR RICHARD
THORPE by Jerrard
Tickel Doubleday and Co.,
$685..
Any author who can bring
off a likeable l2-year-old
boy as successfully as Mr..
Tickell, couldn't fail to write
an interesting book. When
young Richard disappears
shortly after another boy has
died mysteriously, reporter
Piers Linley finds his affec-
ton for Richards lovely sis
Evening star., 1960-05-15

courtShip of the convention
illuminates some aspect Of
what one observer calls "the
divine nonsense" in "the
last stronghold of unreaSon
In the United States"
From Real Life
Almost all of the leading
figures embody tag-ends Of
real life politicians. Senator
Theodore Blair of the Mid
west, an intelligent conserva-
tive, is like Senator Taft,
twice rejected by his party
for the big prize. There is
Luke Starbuck, a decent
somewhat dim -witted war
hero haunted by memories
Of his own inadequacies. who
is bewildered by the hurly-
burly of his first domestic
tribal rite. There is Darrell
Gavin, the handsome Gov
ernor of Oregon, whose care
full generalities may remind
some readers of the conver-
sational style Of Vice Presi-
dent Nixon. And finally there
is Augustus Kilmeyer, the
Senator from Michigan, who
is just waiting for the light
ming to strike.
There are assorted observ-
ers and movers on the side
lines, who provide dialogue
that is mostly excellent. .
Senator Parkinson of Mas
Sachusetts and his daughter,
arguing for instance about
the Importance of a candi-
date with a pedigree (this
discussion is relevant to the
hopes of Darrell Gavin, an
orphan.)
Inspired leadership?
Says Senator Parkinson:
I'm not so sure that the
question of whether the Presi-
dent is a gentleman or not is
such a very important one
today. In the sense of the
ultimate ethical values, yes;
but in the sense of manners
and tone of mind, I think
that the gentleman may
really be incapable of giving
inspired leadership to demo-
cratic society" An argument
Adlai Stevenson may have
heard!
The thing about the con.
vention is that anyone can
play. Charles Danser, q
brooding journalist nursing a
hopeless passion for Gavin's
wife, contributes to the out
come. So does a blond model
called Zuleika Moon and q
couple Of oil men and a re-
dictionary columnist. The
great agent, however, is John
Carter Brady, a Negro leader
who thinks the Republicans
are ready to do something big
for his people. John Carter's
Civil Rights plank shakes the
kaleidoscope most vigorously.
On the first day, Blair is
ahead in delegates, Gavin in
primary victories, Starbuck
in prestige and political back
ing. But the convention has
her way with them all.
In his presentation, Mr..
Reichely may be giving as
much satire and farce as
history. Except for a few de-
tails, his story sounds fairly
plausible. Certainly all the
greed, cowardice, cunning.
self-seeking, hypocrisy, and
moments of nobility that
make up politics itself is
here.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
WIT AND DISTINGUISHED PROSE
Praise for Italian
Novel Well Deserved

THE LEOPARD. By Giuseppe d Lampedusa. Translated
from the Italian by Archibald Colquhoun. pantheon
S4.50O
The great popularity this novel has had in Europe
understandable. 1t is its similar acceptance
in this country being current Month selection
The circumstances Of its writing unusual 1t
written 25-year period by Scian prince and
Evening star., 1960-05-15

$500,000 for knocking out
Luis Angel Firpo in 1923,
borders on the fantastic.
Never before has Demp-
sey dwelt on the World War
I years when he was branded
a Stacker" His famous split
with Jack Kearns, his best
known manager. is brought
into the open, and so is his
life among the jungle hoboes
and the stage and screen
stars of Hollywood and New
York. Reviewing many of
his fights, spanning many
years, Dempsey discloses that
Evening star., 1960-05-15
FICTION

SILVER ANSWER. BY Mar
ian Castle. Morrow. $3.50
The story of a young wom-
ans struggle to preserve
her happy marriage to an
outrageous minister.
MIGUEL STREET. BY v. S.
Naipaul. Vanguard. $3.50
Love, wisdom, Joy and pas
sion all beat with a tropical
rhythm in this story of the
Caribbean.
DROWNED MANS LODE. BY
Robert McCaig. (Macmil-
Ian, $685. A novel of the
Old West.
GENERAL
CHE SENSE OF HISTORY
IN GREEK AND SHAKE
SPEAREAN DRAMA. BY
Tom F. Driver. columbia.
$500 A story of the sense
Of history" in Greek culture
and in the Judaeo-Chris-
tian religious tradition.
TfsE ANATOMY OF JUDO
MENT. BY M. L. johnson
Evening star., 1960-05-15

his home town girl. who was
planning their early mar
riage.
The Un-American Issue
Dany fell hard for the
charming young Southerner
and worked necessarily to
help him build himself into
the national figure he COW
eted. When he stumbled on
the un-American issue, more
or less by accident, it was
Dany and of course Tod,
Kane'S shrewd assistant from
the home town, who saw how
1t could put him on the news
map. Kane, at Dany's sug-
gestion, persuaded the con-
servative Congressman who
headed a Government moni-
toring committee to give him,
Kane, a subcommittee to in
vestigate alleged subversion
IN the Government.
With the subcommittee at
his command and a fanatical,
scintillating counsel of his
choosing, Kane quickly be-
came the favorite subject of
headlines and television cam
eraS. The State Department,
he announced. was riddled
with Communists. He would
prove it. But he didn't. Then
he turned on the National
Experimental Center, the
chief Government research
activity, and came UP with a
quiet, middle-aged chief clerk
who in his youth, he admit
ted, had flirted with commu-
nism and had kept one friend
who was still in the move
ment. But what infuriated
the administration (then
Democratic, Kane's party of
course) was that subcornmit-
tee Sleuths had stolen the
personnel records of the
agency, which were under
wraps. There were demands
in the House for the expul-
sion of Kane. and a resolu-
tion was offered.
The Perfect ScoundreI
Kane turned out to be al
most 100 per cent scoundrel.
He wheedled large sums
from wealthy persons for his
crusade and devoted some of
them to settling his private
debts. He used every friend
in whatever way seemed to
his advantage. He couldn't
be true to his devoted Dany,
but often slipped up to New
York to be with a glamorous
call girl who had a highly
selective clientele.
. Kane would be a more
persuasive character if he
had even a thin layer of vir-
Evening star., 1960-05-15
CONVENTION HALL
Lost Stronghold
Of Unreoson,
By MARY McGRORY
Star Stan Writer

To James Rechley author of HAIL TO THE CHIEF
Houghton Miin $495J. personality at political con-
venon is half so interesting personality the convention
itself.
Starting with that entirely valid thesis he has written
rowdy funny knowing novel about Republican conven-