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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-01

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Evening star., 1960-06-05
Americas Competency
Under Soviet Threats

countrymen that the sands
are running out.
Justice Douglas offers some
Of the answers, beyond his
call to intellectual rearma-
ment: Exploitation of our
common interest with Rus
sia, i.e., fear of Communist
China; American leadership
in bringing about progressive
world disarmament; the
gearing of our farm surpluses
to world needs and greater
concentration on technical
assistance to help other
countries solve their agricul-
tural problems; a free world
common market.
He concludes with a warn
ing that we must build
bridges Of understanding"
with Red China to reduce
this most enigmatic of our
foreign policy problems to
negotiable proportions. AS
for the Soviet, he offers this
word Of good cheer: IF we
are defeated in the political
contest. it will not be be-
cause the Russians are 9
feet tall. They are not. They
are only human beings-and
often perform below average.
Defeat. if it comes, will re-
suit from our own failure to
draw out Of the best that is
in uS!"
ROBERT CLARK.
Evening star., 1960-06-05

For my part, I could
easily do without the post
office. I think that there
are very few important COM
munications made through it.
To speak critically, I never
received more than one or
two letters in my life-I
wrote this some years ago
that were worth the postage.
The penny-post is, common
ly, an institution through
which you seriously offer a
man that penny for his
thoughts which is so often
safely offered in jest. And I
am sure that I never read
any memorable news in a
newspaper. If we read of
one man robbed or murdered,
or killed by accident, or one
house burned, or one vessel
wrecked, or one steamboat
blown up, or one COW run
over on the Western Railroad,
or one mad dog killed, or
one lot of graSshoppers in
the winter-We never need
read of another. One is
enough. If you are acquaint-
ed with the principle. what
do you care for a myriad in
stances or applications? To
a philosopher, all news, as it
is called, is gossip. and they
who edit and read it are old
women over their tea"
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Still More Melancholy
In the World of Words

Another melancholy event
in the world of words tran
spired last week. The Senate
Subcommittee on Constitu-
tional Rights is looking into
cases where the PoStoff1ce
Department has held up the
delivery of Communist liter
ature from abroad. No court
case has been made of its
refusal to do so. The Ameri-
can Civil Liberties has taken
issue with it's father knows
best" attitude on the grounds
that the truth" may not
make men free in this case,
but it might make them
wary.
Postmaster General Arthur
Summerfleld, who attempted
to come between Lady Chat
terly" and her public, might
gain a little perspective about
his department by reading a
passage by Henry Thoreau in
Where I Lived and What I
Lived For"
Says Mr.. Thoreau, defying
future generations who would
be subjected to letter. writing
week and a move on the part
of the Postoffice to keep dogs
from biting mailmen, not to
mention the talking stamp
machine:
Evening star., 1960-06-05

clue which will help a boy or
girl decide: This is the life
for mel" or Not on your
life!"
In KETTERING, MASTER
INVENTOR CDodd; So, Sig
mund Lavine stresses the
simple, folksy character of
the near-sighted farmboy
who didn't care about money
but made millions for others.
In those days, the gifted child
often had to conquer pow
erty, physical handicaps, bad
luck and adverse public opin-
ion. These success stories like
Kettering's make exciting
reading:
FIRST WOMAN EDITOR,
Sarah j. Hale, by Olive
Burt. OMessner; $2.950
THE WALLS OF WINDY
TROY. A biography Of
Heinrich Schliemann, by
Marjorie Braymer. (Har-
court; $500
GREAT LADY OF THE
THEATRE. Sarah Bern
hardt, by Iris Noble. Mess
ner; $2.950
Evening star., 1960-06-05
What About College,?

Choosing a career isn't
easy. A few boys and girls
may feel a definite call. Many
more are just browsing, shop
ping for summer jobs or the
right" college. One out Of
three high school graduates
go to college nowadays. Still
more want to go. Supple
menting official publications
on official admission require
mentS and costs is a small
book with a bright red jacket
called is COLLEGE FOR
ME? (Sterling; $2.95.)
The value of this book lies
in its evaluation of college
alternatives. 1t helps the
candidate to analyze his own
interests and abilities and de-
eide whether college is the
answer. Especially valuable
are suggestions for summer
jobs and ways of earning
while learning"
Evening star., 1960-06-05
By CARTER BROOKE JONES
Star Book Critic

yet, as the authors point
out, President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Churchill
had agreed tentatively that
the atomic weapon, which
seemed near completion,
would be used against Japan.
The administration, how
ever, and the military COM
mands, were split. While
Secretary of War Stimson
felt it should be used to end
the war, Assistant Secretary
John j. McCloy and Navy
UnderSecretary Ralph A.
Bard held strong reserva-
tionS. Admiral William D.
Leahy, then the Presidents
chief of staff, was most un-
happy over the decision, feel
ing that Japan was beaten
as it was and would soon
surrender. Gen. Henry A.
(Hap) Arnold, commanding
Evening star., 1960-06-05
THE FIRST ATOM BOMBING
Story of Hiroshima Bores
Secrets Hidden Until Now
NO HIGH GROUND, by

NO HIGH GROUND, by
Fletcher Knebel and
Charles w. Bailey II (Har-
per; $4.
Two Washington corre-
spondents have told fully for
the first time the story Of
how we developed the atomic
bomb. what led up to its
devastating use at Hiroshima
and what happened on that
fateful mission.
Much hitherto secret ma
terial is woven into their mar
rative, which not only is an
authoritative general account
of pertinent events, but a
tightly written documentary
that holds breathlesS interest.
WeH SOrLeu FactS
Naturally volumes could be
and have been written about
technical phases of the un-
leashing at atomic power and
the military historian could
write endlesSly about the ex-
changes of orders, the con-
ferenceS and controversies
that led up to the bomb. But
Mr.. Knebel and Mr.. Bailey,
addressing their story to a
general audience, sorted their
mass of material expertly,
keeping the most interesting
and significant. And, like
good journalists, they've
written simply and clearly.
The authors, in expressing
their gratitude to the Air
Force and the Navy for max
ig available all the secret
papers sought, thank the
Army for turning over a few
specific papers. They add:
But we cannot accept with
out protest the Army's re-
fusal. in the name of ma
tional security to open the
rest Of these papers to re-
sponsible historical research.
1t is perfectly clear to the
authors that personal and
policy considerations, not
security, dictated the with
holding of these 15-year-old
papers,"
Debate Continues
In telling the story of the
bomb and of its first use on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the
writer's have not neglected
the ethical debate which pre-
ceded the decision to drop the
weapon that changed history
"a debate that still goes on
and undoubtedly will con-
tinue, 1t was, when the mo-
ment came, President Tru-
mans terrible responsibility
to make the decision. And
Evening star., 1960-06-05

only works of art but current
events"
Perspective, of course, is
what everyone is frantically
pursuing in relation to the
U-2 incident, and its lamen-
table consequence, the sham
bles of the summit. Walter
Lippman describing the di-
lemma Of the United States,
gave the aptest image, COM
pairing the Government to a
man with a double life. On
the one hand he gives off the
most uneXceptionable evil
denceS of domestic tranquil
ity. On the other, he is re-
vealed as deeply committed
to the seamy side, dallying
with spies and the like.
No Perspective
The debate on the matter
at the U. N, in which speaker
after speaker either prom
ised or insisted on "perSpec-
tive" provided little illumi-
nation. The friends of the
United States piously de-
plored the existence of espi-
onage but would not grasp of
the nettle Of the U-2, be-
yond a passing reference to
a "single-engined. unarmed
plane" Speaking for the
neutralistS. Sir Claude Corea
of Ceylon bluntly called the
whole thing IAN unhappy
blunder. But he in no way
pointed out the dispropor-
tion of KhruShchev's scream
ing fury in Paris, so no per-
spective was forthcoming
from him, either.
Otherwise, except for An
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Ties of Youth
Make Adult
Life Hard
LASSO ROUND THE MOON.
BY Agnar Mykle. (E. P.
Dutton & Co.; $4.50O


Dutton & Co.; $4.500
The old and painful dilem-
mas that enmesh a young
man as he tries to adjust to
an adult world provide the
framework for "LaSso Round
the Moon" A young Nor
wegian novelist, Agnar My
kle. fills in the story of a
fumbling young intellectual
who discovered that neither
a widening span of time nor
distance could completely
dissolve the ties to his youth.
With more than a passing
nod to Thomas Wolfe, Au-
thor Mykle provides his in
troverted hero with a gloomy
home and an annoying fam
lily. Ash Burlefoot couldn't
communicate with his father
who was a dour, withdrawn
bus driver. Ash's mother was
overly possessive, and a
younger brother, Balder, was
bratty and troublesome.
Ash jumped at the chance
to get away, but after he be-
came a school principal in a
small coastal town in North
ern Norway, new anxieties
beSet him. He became in
volved in love affairs with two
women and fathered a child
by each. The awesome re-
sponsibility almost crushed
him. He deserted Gunnhild,
the younger, and his mother
persuaded Siv, the older, to
give up her child for adop-
ton. Of the two, his heart
lay with Siv. But the re-
mainder of his life was in
f1uenced by these escapadeS.
To keep his racy story
moving, Mr.. Mykle does not
hesitate to toss in a trans
parent gimmick or two, But
at the end he sustains a note
of melancholy.
When Ash returned home
after II years, he had at
tained a small measure of
success as a composer. But
young Balder had become a
clarifying factor in his life
by then, so much so, that Ash
was able to see his own
transgresSions in a clear light
of remorSe.
JOSEPH O'KEEFE.
Evening star., 1960-06-05

the Air Force, was opposed
to using the bomb.
Gen. Eisenhower expressed
hope that we wouldn't have
to drop it, because he hated
to see the United States the
first to use a weapon with
such an incredible destructive
potential.
1t is interesting to learn
that neither Gen. Eisenhower,
then supreme commander of
the European Theater, nor
Gen. Macarthur, Pacific
commander, was let in on
the closely guarded secret
that the bomb had been
made until days before it
was dropped.
Those who felt the bomb
should be used argued that
it was no worse to wipe out a
city with one bomb than to
lay waste much of Tokyo
with a mass of incendiary
bombs, as we had done, at
a cost of $4,000 lives. More
than 10000 were killed at
Hiroshima or died within
hours.
The Flight Itself
The historic flight of the
bomber Enola Gay, COM
manded by Col. Paul w. Tib-
bets, which dropped the first
atomic bomb, is described
wildly. Each member of the
crew comes to life in these
pages.
Security measures guard
ing the Manhattan District
designation for the far
flung operations involved in
making the bomb) were un-
precedented. And yet two
spies leaked its design to
Russia-an ally we did not
trust.
mo High Ground" is a
r e m arkable achievement.
Fletcher Knebe1, who writes
the Potomac Fever" column
which appears in The Star
and many other newspapers,
and Mr.. Bailey are in the
Washington bureau of the
Cowles publications. They
have written effectively, leav-
ing it to the reader to form
judgments.
Evening star., 1960-06-05

about nurses are among the
most popular career stories,
but this doesn't mean that
the profession is overcrowded.
Pat O'Malley, herself has
written eight career books, all
about women in aviation. Her
latest, LESLIE TAKES THE
SKYROAD Dodd, So tells
about the stiff training girls
have to take before they
can serve as hoSteSses in
jets. THE training startled
me-" she admits, even
though I've been associated
with civil aviation since its
rugged beginnings, back in
the days when we had to beg
people to ride the airways."
Actually, to write a good
career book, knowing the
subject isn't enough. The
author must be able to create
a person as we'll as a job.
Pat O'Malley does this, and
so does Robin McKown in
FOREIGN SERVICE GIRL
putnam. $2.75> and Mar
jorie Hall in HATBOX FOR
MIMI (Funk ar.d Wagnalls.
$2.95). There's romance in
these books why not0 but
it doesn't obscure other val
ueS.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Other Books of the Week in Brief

our, new abundance in liv-
ing, new fun for all the
family through planned
diet and directed exercise.
REFLECTIONS ON A LIT
ERARY REVOLUTION.
By Graham Hough. Cath
olic Univ, $2.95). Review
of the literary upheaval
between 1910 and the Sec
ond World War.
YOKE IN FREEDOM. BY
Thomas David Kasey.
Vantage, So. Interpreta-
ton of the escape Of the
Children of Israel for Egypt
and the sufferings they en-
dured until the Walls Of
Jericho tumbled down.
PUT 1T ON THE FRONT
PAGE PLEASE. BY John
Henry Cutler. CWashburn,
$3.95). The editors role
in a small town.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
AMERICA CHALLENGED

By William o. Douglas.
Princeton University Press.
$2.50O
Whose would be a man
must be a non-conformist,
said Emerson. What pur-
pose is left in this soft, easy
life where man is pampered
and protected and groomed
to be just like all other
men?" asks Associate Justice
Douglas. America Chal-
lenged" is a trenchant and
tersely articulate essay on
the now familiar theme of
Americas complacency in
the face of the Soviet threat.
But its IA pages also contain
much Of the credo of one of
Americas most distinguished
non-conformiSts.
Conformity is the virus
that is sapping America S
strength, Justice Douglas
feels-conformity that makes
the intellectual a coward, the
corporation man a robot
and. eventually, the Nation a
mediocrity. 1T is the right
Of dissent, not the right or
duty to conform, which gives
dignity, worth and individu-
ality to man." advised one Of
the Supreme Courts most
frequent dissenters in first
addressing to Princeton STU
dents the words now pre-
sented in printed form. The
book is comprised o. two
essays delivered as the
Walter E. Edge lectures at
Princeton earlier this week.
But Justice Douglas OBJ
viously had much more in
mind than goading the con-
science Of the undergradu-
ate. This is a militant lib
erals urgent warning to his
Evening star., 1960-06-05

drei Y. Gromyko, who des-
perately needs a good course
in rhetoric, and whose per-
spective is so awry that he
made his charges boring,
the prose at the U. N. was Of
the homogenized variety
which diplomacy shares with
Madison Avenue. Most of
what was said was in a class
with such phrases essentially
meaningless as for your lis
tening pleasure" or "for your
shopping convenience"
Words on Words
When he was here recently,
Father Dominique Pire, the
Nobel Peace Prize winner,
said, in discussing the sum-
nit, 1T is a sin to pile words
on words"
1t is a sin which will be
committed, alas. thousands Of
times before the campaign is
over.
The book-lover is, of
course, better situated than
others having as always, an
escape from the current at
mosphere of sour recrimina-
tion.
He can always turn to an
author like Jane Austen, to a
book like Pride and Preju-
dice" the first line of which
states an eternal verify with
perfect perspective:
1T is a truth universally
acknowledged, that a single
man in possession of a good
fortune must be in want of a
wife"
Evening star., 1960-06-05
FICTION
SPRING.

ANYBODY'S SPRING. BY
A. A. Murray. Vanguard,
$3.95). The story of a
wealthy man and his fam
lily and of the things that
concern him.
THE SUN SHINES ON THE
IMMIGRANT. By Marga-
ret N. Harada. (Vantage,
$4.50). The story of a Jap
anese boy who immigrated
from Japan to Hawaii.
THE HOWARD FAST
READER. Grown, S4.95).
Novels and short stories.
GENERAL
THE JACK LA LANNE WAY
TO VIBRANT HEALTH.
By Jack La lame. (Pren-
tice-Hall, $4.95). TVS ia
nous health authority
tunes you in on new CLAM
Evening star., 1960-06-05
PAPER BACKS


RUSSIAN LIBRARY. (Vint-
age). Just released are re-
prints of:
STAIN. BY Isaac Deut-
scher. $1.65;
LEO TOLSTOY q vols.)
By Ernest J. Simmons.
$1.45;
HOW THE SOVIET SYS-
TEN WORKS. By Ray
mond A. Bauer, Alex In
keles and Clyde Kluck-
holm. $1.25:
THE THIEF. BY Leonid
Leonov. $1.45.
THE KREMLIN AND
WORLD POLITICS. BY
Philip E. Mosely. An orig
inal. $1.65.
THE ANALECTS OF CON-
FUCIUS. BY Arthur Valley.
Modern. 95c). Translated
and annotated.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Surveying
AMoster's

THE LIFE OF MICHEL

THE LIFE OF MICHEL
ANGELO, by Charles H.
Morgan. (Reynal and Co.;
So
The standard popular biog-
raphy of Michelangelo is by
John Addington Symonds
and it was published nearly
10 years ago. 1t was an
extraordinarily complete and
sympathetic biography, per-
hapS so much so that other
biographers have been dis
couraged.
The author of this new
book is head of the Fine Arts
Department of Amherst COL
lege and although called a life,
it is little more than a guide
to appreciation of the great
Renaissance artists works.
Mainly About His Works
Mr.. Morgan's Michelangelo
is entirely the Master: Sculp-
tor, painter, architect, poet.
The author makes little effort
to get behind the facade to
find the man. Perhaps in a
book of this nature it isn't
necessary. But even when Mr..
Meyer does discuss the per-
sonal side of his subject he
seems impatient with himself.
There is the intereSting-and
perhaps Experimentation
ship of Michelangelo and the
handsome young Roman, To-
maSSo Cavalieri. Symonds de-
votes much attention to the
nature of this friendship, bas-
ing his remarks mainly on
the sonnets which are hard
to explain otherwise. To
Mr.. Morgan it was a purely
Platonic relationship despite
the extravaganza of the
poems and letters. This may
well be the true version but
it is surprising to see the
author write of any idea
to the contrary as absurd"
Well Tempered
So, the reason for this new
book is other than biograph-
ical. Its discussion of Michel
angeles best-known works is
well organized and well
tempered. Even this, I'm
sorry to say. is hampered
by an awkward piece of
bookmaking which put all
the illustrations in one spot
in the back so that more
than the average amount of
deXterity is required to keep
explanatory text and picto-
rial object before you at the
same time.
Mr.. Morgan has small gift
for the enlivening. He does
tell one good story:
Pope Plus w "unbearably
importuned by reformers over
the nudities in the Last
Judgment, asked Mcclellan
gelo's permission to have
them painted out. The art
ist replied contemptuously
that it was a small matter to
expurgate a picture, but a
large one to straighten out
the world which was the
proper business of His Holi-
ness"
EDWIN TRIRBLF.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Non-Fiction for Boys

For boys, non-fiction ca
reer material is preferred.
Harry Meals books are among
the best. DISEASE DETEC-
TIVES surveys careers in
medicine. PATHFINDERS
USA outlines job opportuni-
ties in Government service on
land, sea and air. NATURES
GUARDIANS is devoted to
conservation. SIX AGAINST
CRIME isn't exactly a voca-
tional guide but it does show
how six Treasury agencies
fight their battle against
crime. Cali titles, Messner;
$3.50 each.)
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Forthcoming

FAREWELL VICTORIA, a
panoramic novel of England
by T. H. White, the author
of "The Once and Future
King; and THE Cheerful
Day." by Nan Fairbrother, a
contented English house.
wife. M. MEG.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Mr.. Styron's S NewNoveI
IS q Disappointment

tragedy, stunned Cass into
sobriety and made a differ
ent man of him.
The narrative develops from
Peters attempts to recon-
struct exactly what happened
following a furious all-night
party at MaSon'S palace-villa.
The search led Peter to visit
CaSS at his new home in
Charleston. S. C. There Peter
learned, as he suspected,
that the truth was not what
it had appeared.
The novel is beautifully
written, and there are many
of the subtle touches that
made "Lie Down in Darkness"
so memorable. But set This
House on Fire" seems to me,
for one thing, much over
written, at times to the point
of dullneSS. Its 500 closely
printed pages contain a great
deal of rambling, irrelevant
dialogue.
Evil in Detail
Then, too, evil, in various
guiseS, is explored in such
explicit detail and with such
candor of expression that it
is almost glorified at times.
While the author has ex-
plored his characters with
DoStoevskian thoroughneSS,
there is some doubt whether
such men as Mason and Cass
are interesting enough to rate
the vast space allotted them.
Sometimes the story seems
like a more literary version of
an O'Hara novel.
"Set This House on Fire"
is sure to attract wide atten-
ton. But I'm afraid I can't
regard it as great or even as
a major novel except in length.
1t is, despite it's obvious
merits, disappointing.
&C. B. ].
Evening star., 1960-06-05
READING AND WRITING
ArtondCurrent Events
In Proper Perspective
BY MARY McGRORY
Star STAFF Writer

Bernard Berenson the peerless art historian gives us
thought for today in THE Passionate Sghtseer" evewed
here May 22) his recently published account of beautiful
sites revisited.
THE cultivated places everything in perspective
OF time. 1t is out of his mind and it affects
Evening star., 1960-06-05
BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
GuidetoSummerJobs,
TroveI and Careers
BY BARBARA NOLEN
Contributing Writer

Whatever girl chooses these days there's book
about it. JOAN PALMER, POLICEWOMAN, by Gertrude
Schmmel Dodd 49, is of the latest But no one is quite
how valuable these books guidance material Wash
ngon author Patricia OMaey pointed out at ChidrenS
Book Guild luncheon the other day For instance books
Evening star., 1960-06-05
In Biography

Browsing in biography is
another good way to clear up
the mystery of the future.
The true story of an out
standing scientist, archeolo-
gist or inventor may be the
Evening star., 1960-06-05
SET THIS HOUSE O

SET THIS H o U S E ON
FIRE. By William Styron
(Random House; $3.50.
In 1851 a 26-year-old youth
from Newport News, Va,
published a first novel called
Lie Down in Darkness" 1t
was a POLITICALLY imaginative
concept of a doomed young
woman, her last frustrated
days and her inevitable .
suicide. The book received al
most unanimous critical &C
claim and won William Sty-
ron the PriX de Rome of the
American Academy of Arts
and Letters. Two years later,
the young author brought
out a short novel, The Long
March"
Since then the major novel
on which he was reported
working has been awaited
with unusual interest. Here
it is.
set This House on Fire"
(the title a quotation from
John Donne) is a very long
story about some Americans
in Italy. They are not ex-
patriates exactly. but pro-
longed tourists, leisurely
drifting across Europe.
Tragedy Enters
Peter Leverett, the nara
tor. who had been in Rome
four years, was returning
soon to the United States. He
stopped off at Sambuco on
the southern coast at the
invitation of his old school
mate, Mason Flagg. They had
been classmates at an Epis-
copal prep school in Virginia.
At Sambuco Peter met an
other American, a strange
sort of painter, from North
Carolina, named Cass Kin
solving. Cass, who stayed
drunk nearly all the time,
had a French wife and sew
eral children. There also was
a movie company from Holly
wood making a film at Sam
buco.
But Mason Flagg (and this
comes out in the early pages
was dead the next day, his
body found at the base of a
cliff. He was presumed a sui
eide. in remorSe for a we'll
established crime, the rape of
a lovely Italian girl who had
been working for him as a
servant.
While the story is seen
through Peters eyes and his
recording of what others said,
1t concerns mostly Mason and
CaSs.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Murder Will Out

Mason, pampere d by a
wealthy, alcoholic m o t h er,
fulfilled his promise in prep
school-he became an evil, ar
rogant man. And yet, as Peter
found from his occasional
contacts through the years,
Mason had a peculiar charm
which at times made you for
get his impossible ways. CaSs
seemed headed for what used
to be called a drunkard'S
grave. But the wild events in
Sambuco, ending in a double