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ADRIFT IN SOHO. By Colir

ADRIFT IN SOHO. BY Colin
Wilson. (Houghton Mif-
film; $500
This novel is the story,
sharply seen and coolly told,
OF a young provincial's in
PRODUCTION to the Bohemian
life Of London's Soho district.
1t is a romantic tale in which
all are polite to the point of
courtliness, and most are in
tellectual. not unintelligent,
generous, friendly, and, in
their continual wistful quest
for personal freedom, touch
ing.
Harry, discharged from the
Raj and with money in his
pocket, first tries to bridge a
fallow period in his life as
a writer by becoming a day
laborer in his hometown in
the Midlands. The work is
not especially uncongenial,
but in a moment of vision
he decides to quit and go to
London.
In Soho he becomes a
member of a society that
works hard to live without
laboring in any conventional
pattern. Meals are cadged
from those who have a few
shillings in pocket-money that
is earned in a variety Of ways,
none particularly easy and
all more or less colorful.
Lodging is found in COM
muter railroad cars made up
and put on sidings the night
before their runs, or in the
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intransigeant. Their repre-
sentative, called "Stoneface"
by the others, proceeds with
Gromyko-like hauteur. The
English are skeptical. The
French are distraught. Only
Caleb, with Calarabelle's
help, remains hopeful and
firm, putting his trust in the
United Nations. The resolu-
ton is reached through a
series of formal meals where
the food is as heavy as the
sense of doom.
Mr.. Childs' story is some
what static and is perhaps
most interesting as a study
in national attitudes. In fact,
1t Is one Of those novels where
the atmosphere and the
asides absorb the reader as
much as the characters of
the action.
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HOPEFUL DIPLOMATS
You'll Find Them
Eosyto Recognize
BY MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer
THE PEACEMAKERs

THE PEACEMAKERs BY Marquis Childs Harcourt. Brace
& World $3.50
Man and boy, Coumnist Marquis Childs has been at
tending the convocations of hopeful diplomats the
of Lake Geneva He has not been doodng in the press
section He has instead been registering impressions steadily
and his findings recorded in short novel called with
minimum of irony, THE Peacemakers"
1t is work Of fiction which invites comparison with
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lens. He rearrangeS slightly
and adds q few comments of
stage direction. The persua-
SiveneSS of his version is en-
hanced by his denial that
what he esents is tn e
truth about Johns Gospel"
it is merely the story as
it speaks to him, a sensitive
man, but, by his own dis
claimer, not a biblical schol-
ar"
The new version is simply
and beautifully written, and
is noteworthy not for its de-
Walton from accepted texts
but for its general conformi-
ty. Father Vann has not re-
stricted himself to any sin
gle source. apparently, for he
cites Greek and Latin origi-
mails, and mentions as a pos
sible influence the contempo-
rary translation of Rieu. But
many of the little additions
to the gospel are extraordi-
narily provocative. For exam
pie, Father Vann remarks Ito
say that PLATE shrugged as
he asked What is truth2' is
certainly to add to the text,
though one can argue that
the addition is implicit in
the context" Exactly. PLATE
must have asked his question
in some revealing tone of
voice. just as the meaning of
Lady Macbeth's I'VE fail" is
not vouchSafed us by Shake
speare but by each individual
director or actor, and since
Jewish sacred tradition. and
I suppose early Christian
also, was predominantly oral,
the attitude of PLATE was
universally appreciated.
For Father Vann he
shrugs. but of course he could
also have sneered. or laughed.
1t Is also dramatically very
possible that the Roman, con-
fronted by this young rabbi
who could bring everybody
under his m a agnetic spell.
who, intent on martyrdom,
could consolidate his friends
with his words and out-face
his enemies with his silence,
was curiously moved and in
terested. Perhaps he too had
wondered what is truth, and
asked his question not rhe-
torically but for an answer.
Father Vann here and in 9TH
er similar places does not
equivocate or doubt, for he
wants his Johns Gospel to
be a work Of art to be read,
not a theological tract.
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GENERAL
THE DIMENSIONS OF LII

THE DIMENSIONS OF LIB
ERTY. BY Oscar and Mary
Handlon. Harvard; $2.750
Oscar Handlor, winner Of a
Pulitzer Prize for history
and director Of the Center
for the Study Of the His
tory Of Liberty in America
at Harvard, and Mary
Handon discuss the char
acteristics of liberty and
raise many questions.
WAITING IN THE WINGS:
A Play in Three Acts. BY
Noel Coward. Doubleday;
$2.95.) THE Wings" Is a
house in the Thames VAL
ley where a group of aging
actresses are spending
their last days.
GRAPHIC CHARTS HAND
BOOK. BY Anna C. Rogers.
Public Affairs Press: $6.)
The author is now engaged
In preparing visual matter
for the State Department.
This book gives examples
Of all kinds Of charts and
tells how to make them.
FE ERAL CENSORSHIP:
Obscenity In the Mail. BY
James C. N. Paul and
Murray L. Schwartz. Gree
Press Of Glencoe; $7.50J
Two professors of law ex-
anime In a non-technical
manner the censorship of
the mails. They are con-
cerned over the dangers to
liberty through obscenity
laws.
AUTOMATION III THE Of
FICE. BY Ida n. HooS.
Public Affairs Press;
$4.50.) Mrs. Hoos is inter-
ested in the past and future
Of automation in office
work and particularly In
the social impact of
automation. Interviews of
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The Intriguing Story
Of Elsa and Her Cubs
LIVING FREE: The Story o

LIVING FREE: The Story o
Elsa and Her Cubs. BY Joy
Adamson. (Harcourt, Brace
and World; $3.50
You either have it or you
don't-the ability to COM
municate with animals-and
Joy Adam son has it in
abundance.
Animals always sense 1t
themselves. but humans seem
slower at comprehending the
communication. Whatever it
is, when it exists 1t is a pretty
wonderful thing as Mrs.
Adamson showed in Born
Free" the story of Elsa the
lioness, and as she shows
again in the sequel.
Sir Julian Huxley has
written the introduction and
explained the value OF Elsa's
story in scientific terms, but
real animal lovers will miss
that almost mystical quality
that exists between a beloved
animal and a human, for it
is q thing that like so many
emotions. defies scientific
exploration.
Why, for instance, would
Elsa tolerate some humans,
play with others. and growl
threateningly with others?
What Is the lioneSs' criteria
for judging what human be-
ings to be friendly with? BY
what scientific terms could
her defense Of Mrs. Adamson
against q charging buffalo
be judged-instinct? If so,
what is instinct. and Why
was 1t defense of a human
who had loved and sheltered
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doing a job amid the crash
of great events.
MATTHEW FONTAINE
MAURY AND JOSEPH
HENRY: SCIENTISTS OF
THE CIVIL WAR. By Pa
tricia Janis. tHastings
House; $3.50. The lives Of
two of Americas trail
blazing scientists are af-
fectionately examined here.
Prof. Henry was Smithso-
nian Institutions first Sec
retary and something like
its patron saint. A discov-
erer in the field of electro
dynamics, he was for SCI
ence and the Union, did
his work for the public
veal rather than personal
gain. Maury, pioneer in
oceanography, labored for
the South but received
mostly ingratitude.
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ana Consent. Like Alien
Drury's humping popular
success, Mr.. Childs' book has
the reader constantly match
ing characters against their
counterparts in real life. al
though the usual disclaimers
are made. It also has q presi-
dent whose decisions are
shaped more from expedi-
ency than moral considera-
tions.
Dulles Prototype
The principal character of
THE Peacemakers" is the
American Secretary of State
Caleb Fulton, who resembles
John Foster Dulles in several
particulars. For one thing,
the achievement of his posi-
ton is the realization of a
lifelong dream; for another
he Is uxorious, deriving from
his wife ClarabelIe the re-
assurance that the world
denies him.
The central situation is one
that, apart from a detail or
two, could have been lifted
from any western newspaper
of the past 10 years. The
French are advancing in
Africa. Ranged against them
is a mercenary force, which
has been armed with nuclear
weapons by the Soviets.
Gathered at the brink as
the opposing armies prepare
to clash are the Foreign Min
listers Of the four great pow
ers who find themselves in
Geneva for, Of all things,
The Conference on the
Reduction Of Tensions In the
Middle East and Africa"
The Soviets are, as usual,
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and fed her from the time
she was a cub?
In Living Free" we read
how Elsa, turned loose in the
African bush to live the life
Of a wild lioneSs, mates with
a wild lion and learns to
fight for herself and her
cubs.
A touching story is told
by Mrs. Adamson on how she
and her husband, George
Adamson, senior game ward
en- Of the Northern Frontier
Province Of Kenya, searched
for the cubs and how Elsa
would deliberately mislead
even so beloved a duo as the
Adamsons in protection of
her cubs.
Eventually, when they are
big enough to travel, it is Elsa
herself who brings them into
camp to introduce them to
the Adamsons, and a lovable
trio they are. There is beau
tiful Jespah. much the light
est in color" with his acutely
slanted eyes and a pointed
nose. His character was not
only the most nonchalant,
daring and inquisitive, but
also the most affectionate."
There is Gopa, his brother,
who is very jealous of Elsa's
affection for the Adamsons,
and there is Little Elsa, the
only female in the litter, so
timid that she never does
enter the Adamsons' tent.
And although Mrs. Adamson
tries hard to give each of
them equal affection, it is
very obvious that aggressive,
playful. beautiful Jespah is
Evening star., 1961-10-15
A Life Portrait
Of Nine. MeIbu,
A Stur's Star

RED PLUSH AND BLACK
VELVET: The story Of
Melba and her time. BY
Joseph Wechsberg. Little,
Brown & Co.: $500.
Mr.. Wechsberg, one of the
most literate of opera fans,
takes his public on a rambling,
anecdotal journey through the
Edwardian musical era. Mel
lie Melba is the prima donna,
all right, but she's far from
the whole show. Her life story
is told in a scrapbook setting
OF musical stories and COM
ments ranging from a discus
sion Of the origin of the
prima donna to an exposi-
ton on the state-supported
opera in the Iron Curtain
countries.
When he does reach Mel
ba, Mr.. Wechsberg offers a
very temperate interpreta-
ton. Famed in musical lore
for her feuds, Melba is shown
here as essentially a consid-
crate and rather likeable
woman. She was exacting
(her punctuality was an OBJ
session. but she was also
quite warm and human and
capable of spontaneous ges-
lures of generosity.
To Mr.. Wechsberg she was
the perfect prima donna: !:
She had everything - COM
manding presence and beau
tiful voice, talent and tech
nique, wealth and power. The
moment she came on the
stage, even before she sang a
tone. she could cast a spell" I"
Voice, beauty and technique
were possessed by other sing
ers but few are so well re-
membered as Melba. Mr..
Wechsberg's analyses are
both profound and brilliant
but a quotation from an old
friend and contemporary ex-
plains 1t best. Dear Nellie"
he said, had class" ."-E. T.
Evening star., 1961-10-15
BOOKS IN REVIEW
Fourth Gospel
In New Version
BY DAY THORPE
Star Book Critic

THE EAGLES WORD: Presentation Of the Gospel accord
ing to ST. John BY Gerald vann o. P CHarcourt Brace
q World; $4.50)
Father Gerald Vann, Dominican priest, at present
teacher in Catholic University has prepared
Of the Fourth Gospel 1t is neither translation
exegess The precise descriptive word is difficult to find for
work that is explanatory but also highly personal Father
Vann tells the story Of John appeals to hhe does not
discuss alternative interpretations or difficult texta prob
Evening star., 1961-10-15

FOLK TALES.
Told to and edited by Bar
para K. and Warren s.
Walker. (Rutger5, $4D
These stories were record
ed by Prof. and Mrs. Walk
er almost entirely verba-
tim from the recital by two
Nigerian students attend
ing college in this country.
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RevoIutionoYWor
Finally Comes In
For Attention
MONMOUTH. BY Charles
Bracelen Flood. (Hough-
A.A Akika1I.. - IA ne

MONMOUTH. BY Charles
Bracelen Flood. (Hough-
ton Mifflin Co.; $4.950
The American Revolution
(you remember that other
war; finally gets some atten-
ton in a splendidly dramatic
novel that centers around the
crucial battle at Monmouth,
N. j. An ingenious spy net
of Philadelphia women, the
desperate necessities of the
year Of Valley Forge and a
brilliant cast of historical
characters make a vivid
background against whic h
Floods principals achieve a
rare degree of personal SYM
pathy and involvement on
the part of the reader.
-R. H.
Evening star., 1961-10-15
CIVIL WAR BOOKSHELF
Historic Diaries Bring
Civil War Into Focus
BY JOHN w. STEPP
Star Staff Writer

Historians launching big picture projects the Civil
War bound to little for such diarss
Gideon Weles and Mary Chestnut Without the comments
and observations of the likes of the Yankee Navy Secretary
and Dixeands Mrs. c. any laterday assessment Of the
life times of the would be imperfect At this late
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philanderer as well as a
gifted philosopher.
FICTION
PRIVATE DEMONS. BY Mac
Donald Harris. (Houghton
Mifflin; $4.500 A first nov
ell based on the improbable
fantasy of the final cruise
of the royal yacht of the
Emperor Franz Joseph of
Austria. The yacht had SOL
i'd silver plumbing and the
passenger list had some big
names but considerable
fake sheen. Mr.. MacDon-
AIDS short stories have ap-
peared in magazines.
THE CLOUD FOREST. BY
Peter Matthiessen. Viking;
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bosses and workers went
into the preparation for
this work.
FROM GORKY TO PAS
TERNAK: Six Writers in
Soviet Russia. BY Helen
Muchnic. (Random House;
$7.50) The four bracketed
by those in the title are
Leonov. Sholokhov, Biloxi
and Mayakovsky.
BIOGRAPHY
JEAN JACQUES ROUS-
SEAU: CONSCIENCE OF
AN ERA. BY Frances Win
war. (Random House; $60
A biography based on orig
inal research and said to
show Rousseau a reckless
Evening star., 1961-10-15
TRAVELOG PIECES

Strother before the war
prepared illustrated travelog
pieces for Harper Brothers
publications based on trips
North and South. The expert
ence served him we'll as a pri-
vate recorder of wartime
events and as a Union Army
Typographical expert especial
ly in the Valley of Virginia.
He served on the staffs of
Mcclellan, Banks, Pope, Sigel
and Hunter in important
campaigns in the Valley.
His contacts enabled him
to drop many big names into
his diaries-and he did. But
Strother wasn't really a
name dropper. He under
stood all kinds of people and
their behavior. With his keen
eyes, ears and sensitivities, he
was simply a good reporter
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date another rewarding col
lection of wartime scribblings
has been plucked from the
cobwebs.
The diaries tapped are
those Of David Hunter
Strother, a professional writ
er-artist. He was a Virginian
who signed his works Porte
Crayon." Though a native of
the lower Shenandoah Valley
he hitched his loyaltiest to
the Union cause. The diaries,
telescoped into one, are en-
titled A VIRGINIA YANKEE
IN THE CIVIL WAR. CUni-
versity of North Carolina
Press; $6.75). Editor Cecil D.
Eby. jr., has confined Stroth-
er's restless pen to within 800
printed pages-one-fourth of
the original output. He makes
it read as if old Porte Crayon
might really have wanted it
that way.
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FICTION

philanderer as we'll as a
gifted philosopher.
Evening star., 1961-08-19
Area Man Heads
Church Service

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (AP).-
Hugh D. Farley, of Washington,
a Government foreign aid ex-
pert, yesterday was named to
head the country's biggest Prot
eStant relief agency, Church
World Service.
The agency is the relief arm
of the National Council of
Churches, which includes 35
Protestant and orthodox de-
nominations with 40 million
members.
Mr.. Farley, of 4901 Dorset
avenue, Chevy Chase, Nd, has
been in Government service
since World War II, most re-
Gently as evaluation officer in
the International Cooperation
Administration, and assistant
director of United States aid in
Korea.
He formerly was director Of
the United States operations
mission in Lebanon, assistant
executive secretary of the spe-
cial staff of the National Sc
curity Council, and assistant
chief of the State Departments
Division of international Con-
ference.
He assumes his new post Sep
ember /, succeeding retired
Methodist Bishop Frederick
Newell of New York.
Evening star., 1961-08-19
Reformutoy
Aide Is Fired

BALTIMORE, Aug. 19 (AP) .
Robert L. Cropper, assistant
superintendent of the Reforma-
tory for Males at Hagerstown,
has been fired for insubordina-
ton.
The State Board of Correc-
tion took the action yesterday
on the recommendation of
Clement j. Ferling, superin-
tendent of the reformatory.
Mr.. Chopper, an employe of
the institution for the past
nine years. had been suspended
since an August 8 incident at
the reformatory in which Mr..
Ferling said he had been in
subordinate.
The board voted 81 to dis
miss Mr.. Chopper. DR.. John T.
King dissented on grounds that
Mr.. Chopper should have a
hearing.
Mr.. Ferling said in a letter
to the board that the incident
involved a prisoner who had
been denied athletic privileges
for medical reasons but had
been kept working on the rock
pile.
Evening star., 1961-08-19
Mrs. Mary S. Decker,
Victim of Luwnmower

Mary S. Decker, "a, Of Hern-
don, Va, who was struck by a
stone thrown from a lawn
mower, died Thursday at
Arlington Hospital.
The accident occurred Tues
day while Mrs. Decker was
working in the Shakeburger
Snack Bar at Browns Chapel,
Va. which she operated with
her husband, r. Grant Decker.
The stone, propelled through
the back door of the snack bar
by the mower operated by a
workman, struck Mrs. Decker
in the head. She was knocked
unconscious and taken to
Arlington Hospital.
Mrs. Decker was active in
school work, with the PTA
and as a class room mother.
She was born and educated
in Kulpmont, Pa. and later
came to the District to work
in the Hot Shoppes restaurant
chain.
Mrs. Decker moved to Hern-
don with her family about two
Evening star., 1961-08-19
Governor Joins
Virginia Fans in
FenWick Tribute

RICHMOND. Va, Aug. 19
P).-State Senator Charles
R. Fenwick of Arlington, a
member of the State Athletic
Commission since it's organi-
zation. was honored yesterday
by Gov. j. Lindsay Almond
and Virginia sports fans.
Gov. Almond, who was once
floored by Fenwick during a
University of Virginia boxing
match, presented Mr.. Fenwick
with an engraved plaque and
gavel in recognition of his 81
years of continuous service on
the commission.
The plaque and gavel came
from boxing and wrestling
fans and officials from across
the State, who witnessed the
presentation ceremonies.
Gov. Almond, a collegiate
middleweight, and Mr.. Fen
wick, a heavyweight, reminisced
about their boxing days for the
spectators.
The Governor said he was
knocked down by Mr.. FenwicE
while the two were sparring
Fenwick was named to the
commission when it was Gre
ated June 19, 1854, and has
served continuously. He has
been instrumental in drawing
up many of the States laws
governing professional ath-
letics.
Evening star., 1961-08-19
Policeman Fined
In Mans BEATING

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 10
(AP).-A Richmond policeman
was fined 500 and given a Co.
day suspended jail sentence
yesterday on a charge of as
saulting a prisoner in the
Chesterfield County Jail.
Neil D. Morrison, a Richmond
patrolman for almost five years,
appealed the conviction in
Chesterfield County Cour A
charge of being disorderly in
the county Jail was dismissed
by Judge D. w. Murphey.
The policeman is also under
a 59-day suspension from the
Richmond Police Bureau. He
was off duty when the event
occurred August 10.
Cecil w. Bryant of Hopewell,
the man whom Morrison was
convicted of assaulting, was
fined $50 on conviction of be-
ing disorderly in public. The
complaint was signed by Mrs.
Dorothy Morrison, the police
mans wife. Morrison said Bry-
ant cursed his wife.
Evening star., 1961-08-19

TORONTO, Aug. 19 CAP).-
Spokesman for tourist and re-
tail associations say Ol.t,.rio's
new sales tax will have little
effect on business. But beat
the tax" sales flourish all over
the province.
The provincial government
has set September / as the
starting date for its new : per
cent tax on retail sales, making
Ontario the eighth province to
have a sales tax. Only Alberta
and Manitoba have resisted
the trend.
Faced with the job of collect
ing the tax for the provincial
government, many merchants
in the province have been cap
italizing on the period of grace
until the tax goes into effect.
Won't Hurt Business
Store windows have blossom
led with banners urging Gus
Evening star., 1961-08-19
Auto Labor Vote
Fuvorinq Strike

DETROIT, Aug. 10 (AP).-
First returns from votes at Big
Three auto plants across the
country are running 81 to 81
per cent in favor of strike ac-
ton if necessary to back up
labor contract demands of the
United Auto Workers Union.
The voting is continuing this
week end and is to be COM
pleted by August 20, when the
UAW executive board meets
here. The board will discuss
strike strategy and possibly de-
eide which of the Big Three
General Motors, Ford and
Chrysler-to single out as a
strike target.
After a week Of bargaining
mainly on non-economic is
sues, contract negotiations in
the industry we're in adjourn
ment today. But heavy action
is expected next week.
Evening star., 1961-08-19
Alabama Voter
Speed Sought
BY the Associated Press

The Justice Department has
asked a Federal court to speed
up voter registration in two
Alabama counties to make Ger
tain that eligible Negroes will
be able to vote in the May, 1862,
primary.
Attorney General Robert F..
Kennedy announced yesterday
that the request was made in
two motions fild Thursday in
United States District Court,
Montgomery, Ala.
Judge Frank M. johnson, jr.,
set September 8 for hearings on
both motions, one involving
Macon County and the other
involving Bullock County.
In a suit filed February 5,
1959-one of the first of its kind
under the 1857 Civil Rights Act
the department accused elec-
ton officials of discriminating
against Negroes trying to reg
lister as voters in Macon County.
A SIMILAR suit was filed last
January 20 covering Bullock
County.
Evening star., 1961-08-19
Cuba EMBARGO
Votd by House
Rn the Associated Press

The House has voted unani-
mously to authorize President
Kennedy to clamp a total en-
barge on trade with Cuba.
1t wrote this power, proposed
by Representative Fascell,
Democrat of Florida, into the
foreign aid bill yesterday.
The House also shouted ap-
proval of a flat prohibition
against any aid to Cuba under
it's present government. The
amendment, sponsored by Rep
resentative Meader, Republican
of Michigan, removed the dis
cretion given the President
under the bills original ver-
sion.
1t also approved an amend
ment by Representative Rogers,
Democrat of Florida, authoriz-
ing the President to withhold
aid from any country that pro-
videS military or economic aid
to Cuba.
All of these actions are sub
ject to negotiations with the
Senate in a joint conference
committee handling the foreign
aid bill.