Evening star., 1961-07-23

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dickering over q collection Of
his newspaper articles. His
Conscience Of a ConServa-
tive" has sold 100000 copies
in hard-cover and reprint
editions. The Senator is the
subject Of a biography by
the APPS Jack Bell. Senator
Morse, Democrat Of Oregon,
is being portrayed by Oregon
newspaperman, A. Robert
Smith, in the provocatively
titled, "a Tiger in the
Senate"
Former Senator Burton K.
Wheeler Of Montana is telling
his life story to Paul Healy of
the New York Daily News.
Over on the House side,
Neil Mcneil. Time corre-
spondent, is preparing a his
tory Of what Senators call
"the other body" George B.
Galloway, jr., has just finish
ed one. D. B. Hardeman is
toiling over research for a
biography Of his boss, Speak
er Sam Rayburn.
Life in Washington
Several lighter versions of
life in Washington are in the
works. Russell Baker of the
New York Times calls him
self for the purposes of an
essay collection, IAN Amer
ican In Washington" Colum-
mist George Dixon's view will
be contained in Leaning on
a Column" Dick West of
United Press International
calls his "The BackSide Of
Washington"
Olive Clapper, who served
in CARE, provides the wom-
ans touch with "One Lucky
Woman" meaning herself.
She is the widow Of Raymond
Clapper, the famous colum-
mist.
Justice Douglas the climb
ing jurist, has another out
door volume ready for the
press. It's called MY Wilder
ness: East to Katahdin."
Judge E. Barrett Prettyman,
jr., Of the United States Court
Of Appeals, will have his first
book, Death and the Su-
preme Court" published on
September 81.
Newspaper People
Several local newspaper
men have been thinking
longer thoughts than the
daily paper can absorb. Alan
Barth Of the Washington
Post and Times-E5erald has
written "The Price of Lib
erty," a study Of the invasion
Of private rights in the name
Of law enforcement. Richard
Fryklund, this papers Pen
tagon correspondent, is the
author Of zone Hundred
Million Lives: q Nuclear War
Strategy that Makes Sense"
Earl VoSS, State Department
correspondent of The Star,
has finished a manuscript on
the troubling subject of nu-
clear test-ban negotiations.
Charles Wingenbach Of the
New York Herald Tribune's
Washington bureau has al
ready written a history of
the Peace Corps. Haynes
johnson is working on dusk
at the Mountain" an expan-
sion Of his series for The Star
on Negro life in Washington.
NOveliSts
The noveliSts, a smaller
group, will be represented.
Allen Drury Of advise and
Consent" is facilely compos-
ing a sequel, with a United
Nations setting called "A
Shade Of Difference" Col
umniSt Marquis Childs' "The
PeacemakerS" is a fictlonal
view Of high-powered nego-
tiations at Geneva. Robert
Knowlton, author of a we'll
received first, THE Court Of
Crows" is forging ahead on
a novel of life in Washing
ton. Michael Straight is
working on a second histori-
cal novel. Patricia McGerr,
who abandoned the mystery
for the religious novel, will
shortly leave for Africa to do
more research on a bio
graphical novel of Saint
Monica, the mother of st.
Augustine. And Edward
Fisher, who has three novels
scheduled for publication in
the next three years, will
have his first, Amazon Key"
published in September.
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