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De Seversky Surveys
AI-Out NucIeor War

AM ERICA-TOO YOUNG
TO DIE. BY Maj. Alexan-
der P. de Seversky. INC
Graw-Hill; $4.95)
Mai. de Seversky has long
had the reputation of being
a military fanatic. His new
book leaves his reputation
intact.
He tells us that all-out
nuclear war between the
United States and Russia is
inevitable. perhaps by next
year. But no need to worry.
If we do as he says, we will
win and survive. How many
of us will survive he doesn't
say.
De Seversky's key recon-
mendation is that we build
a missile defense which will
explode enemy rockets mo-
ments after they leave their
pads 5000 miles away" II
we do this. the balance of
power will shift our way.
But the author ignores two
considerations here: Cd No
body invents on schedule. It
is unlikely we will have, hard
as we try, an effective anti
missile system in operation
even by 1865; (2) the threat
of submarine-launched mis-
siles which, unfortunately,
allow virtually no warning
time.
The author, whose "Vic-
tory Through Air Power" did
much to oversell the Nation
on strategic bombing as a
cheap, easy and complete
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PAPERBACKS
GOETHE'S FAUST.

GOETHE'S FAUST. An
abridged version translated
by Louis MacNeice. (Oxford
University Press; $1.25.)
This paperback version
was originally commits
stoned by the BBC for
broadcast during the
Goethe Centenary in 1949.
The play has been reduced
by about one-third. Mr..
MacNeice is a good poet
and this version reads
well. And the translator
does not disarm the critic
by saying in his preface
that Goethe himself ad-
mitted that his MASTER
piece needed cutting.
DEMOCRACY AND EDUCA-
TION. BY John Dewey.
macmillan, $2.45O The
father of the progressive
school movements best
known book.
PASSAGE FROM HOME. BY
Isaac Rosenfeld. (Meri-
dian. $1.35.) A well-re-
ceived Americana e wis h
novel reprinted.
FLAUBERT: THREE TALES.
Translated by Robert Bal
dick. penguin. 95c.) One
of his most successful and
representative works.
THE PENGUIN RONALD
SEARLE. penguin. ESQ.,
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way to wage war, is back
with his one-weapon. one
strategy theme: Long-range
bombers and missiles, based
in Fortress America.
America Too Young to
Die" is 228 pages long and
one is compelled to chal-
lenge something on almost
every one of them. For ex-
ample, he asserts:
Surprise attack is no long
er possible; it is nonsense
that nuclear war can start
by accident; we should re-
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call our divisions from Eu-
rope; the limitation or aboli-
ton of nuclear weapons is
untenable and ridiculous, etc.
De Seversky blasts our last
three Presidents and virtu-
ally every World War II and
postwar military leader. He
is particularly venomous in
his assessment of Gen.
George c. Marshall. As for
John F. Kennedy, he says:
He'll be either our great
est PreSident-or our last"
Inasmuch as Mr.. Kennedy
has largely ignored the au-
thor's advice in setting his
defense policies, this leaves
de Seversky pretty much
alone against the world.
L. EDGAR PRINA.
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OWlSJoh, Cdllcu OOLlllIllC, WLlO
finds himself torn between
the intellectual values"
ideas" ;" concepts" of ma
turity and the very dras-
tic idea" of immaturity.
He decides to forget about
whether he is a man or a
boy, and sets about writing
his Memoirs of a Time of
Immaturity", but is inter-
rupted by Professor Pimko
who makes him decline men
SG, menSdm, menS1e, and
conjugate Gnto, 1m1S, dmdt,
and then says Come along
now. Johnnie, let's go to
school,"
The reader finds himself
In a nightmariSh Wonder
land in which there is no
Alice to serve as a sane foil.
He is whirled into "a mael-
Strom as crazy as the Nab
bot Street of Joyce's "Ulys-
SeS", but the atmosphere of
"Ferdydurke" is never be-
wildering. Cause and effect
may seem to acquire a dis
torted relationship, there
may be a topsy-turvy rever-
sal of all values, but there
is nothing "difficult" the
scenes that pass before our
eyes may bear no resem-
blance to experience but they
are never dimly-lit, puzzling,
or confusing. There is bril-
liant immediacy about every
act related, every thought
propounded, and the whole
book is infused with humour
that is sometimes absurd fun
and always infectious de-
light.
Like the great early Eng
lish novelistS Gombrowicz
frequently breaks off his tale
to talk to his readers, or his
critics, or his "auntS"-these
last his didactic elders of
either sex and any relation
ship. Two-thirds through
the book, deep in a long
enumeration of facts and
things that would be loved
by RabelaiS, he stops to tell
those not willing merely to
enjoy "Ferdydurke" what,
if they insist, they must de-
eide about it. The passage is
good GombrowicZ:
"AlSo the task is to evalu-
ate and to assess, and to
decide whether the work is q
novel, or a book of memoirs,
or a parody, or a lampoon,
or a variation on imagina-
tive themes, or a pSychologi-
cal study; and to establish its
predominant characteristics;
whether the whole thing is a
joke, or whether its impor-
tance lies in its deeper
meaning, or whether it is
Just irony, sarcasm, ridicule,
invective, downright stu
pidity and nonsense, or a
piece of pure leg-pulling;
and, moreover, to make sure
that it is not just a pose, a
piece of mystification, a
fraud, or a result of a total
lack of humor. a total def
cheney Of feeling or atrophy
of the imagination, a collapse
of all sense Of order, and a
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READING AND WRITING
Storm Jameson
Master Novelist
By MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer

Storm Jameson is mastery novelist who cope with
the awful demmas she poses She goes about her with
brilliant efficiency. The stage set with dramatists
omy the action well advanced at the the
rises The characters strongly drawn the action swift
She to the mark in LAST SCORE Harper; SO 95).
The conflict begins with the first when
ter pair of fugitive lovers stealing to refuge in the boys
fathers house She is the daughter of efiSt editor
the of the correct overbearng colonial governor
Their love is all of piece with the electric
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Other Books of the Week in Brief

More biting cartoons by the
creator of the terrible bellies
of st. Trinians.
GOLK. BY Richard G. Stern.
meridian, $1.35D A bitter
and sophisticated spool of
the televiSioned-centered
American scene.
THE MEANING AND MAT
TER OF HISTORY. By
M. c. Darcy, S. j. (Meri-
dian, $1.55) A Christian
view.
LOVE AND LIKE. BY Her
bert Gold. Meridian.
$1.450 IA stories.
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BOOKS IN REVIEW
A Wonderland
Without Alice
By DAY THORPE
Star Book Critic
FERDYDURKE BY Wi

FERDYDURKE BY witold Gombrowcz (Harcourt Brace &
World, Inc; $4500
"Ferdydwke" Is the name of novel first published in
Warsaw in 1887 by 34year-old Pole living in Argen
tina The word does not in the text of the book ITSELF
is the of nobody only of the book The author of
whose distinguishing traits logic wiped fairly clean of
the distortions OF habit custom doubtless thinks it
reasonable to give book the of Why the
ambiguity of "Ivanhoe' Lorna Doone'?
"Ferdydmke" is about 30-year-old man named Anton
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CIVIL WAR BOOKSHELF
LincoInWork Becomes
Centennial Landmark

tributor to the molding of
Lincoln'S character. So
firmly did their friendship
and mutual reliance on
each others judgment be-
come that the judge ulti-
mately served as Lincoln'S
1860 campaign manager
and Justice of the Supreme
Court, a post he held with
distinction during and
after the Presidents life
time. A first biography of
one of the secondary but
important figures of the
era, it is highly satisfactory.
CITIZEN OF NEW SALEM.
By Paul Horgan. CFarrar,
Straus and Cudahy. $3.75O
A beautiful and moving
short historical account of
Lincoln the young FROM
tiersman in Illinois gain
ing wisdom and knowledge
of people while struggling
for a livelihood as flatboat-
man, Storekeep, land sur
veyor and postmaster, and
for a career as politician
and counsellor-at-law.
LIFE OF ABRAHAM LIN
colin. By John Locke
Scripps. Edited with Intro
PRODUCTION and Notes by
Roy P. Basler and Lloyd A.
Dunlap. (Indiana Univer-
sity Press. $7.95.) OF all
the 1860 Presidential cam
paign biographies of Lin
coin, the one written by
Editor Scripps of the
Chicago Press and Tribune
and published in that
paper and the New York
Tribune was the most
reliable and widely read.
Lincoln authorities Basler
and Dunlap have rounded
out the 100-year- old
account with background
notes, and the publisher
has given the work an
attractive format.
Evening star., 1961-05-14
Still q Few
Old Russians
Among Them
RUSSIANS AS PEOPLE. BY
Wright w. Miller. (Dut-

RUSSIANS AS PEOPLE. BY
Wright w. Miller. (Dut-
ton; $3.950
Mr.. Miller has made a
major contribution to under
standing that human side Of
Russia so often obscured by
the famous claims of Com
munist propaganda. Under
his skillful pen the new So
Wet man" turns out to posses
many more cid Russian
characteristics than the re-
gime cares to admit.
From the outset Mr.. Miller
emphasizes that he has not
written a political book. In
his own Introductory words:
Il have tried in this book to
write about the Russian as
people, not primarily as vic
tins of communism, but as
people different from our
selves who are only partly
formed by communism, and
geography and history, man
ners and morals and tastes
and traditions which, being
Russians, they are born to-"
No Guide Book
The result, on the other
hand, is no ordinary tour
ist guide-book" so popular
these days. With a compass
sion and fineSse born Of
26 years experience, Mr..
Wright uncovers the bedrock
of Russian character for
readers who may never set
foot in Russia.
The author believes the
key to understanding the
Russian is the elusive cock
iStence between the natural
ness of individual Russian
behavior and the unconscious
sense of community they feel
as a people. He points out a
truth so often overlooked in
the West: The Russians lack
both the sophistication and
the traditions necessary for
development of an individ-
ualist society. Their life is
geared, not toward making
people feel separate from one
another. but toward making
them feel part of one indivi-
Sible whole.
Not Self Governing
Mr.. Miller is well aware
that some potent political
conclusions come from his
analysis. He points out that
a large part of Soviet
achievements - despite op-
preston and suffering - is
due to the Identification.
most Russians make with the
State through their commu-
nifty.
Although Mr.. Miller finds
the first traces of individual
ist development among the
budding Soviet intelligent
sia." he concludes there is
little hope of representative
self-government developing
in the near future. That
seems a realistic, If some
what disheartening, conclu-
sion.
GEORGE SHERMAN.
Evening star., 1961-05-14

total loss of reason. But the
sum- total of all these poSsi-
bilities, tormentS, descrip-
tions and parts is so vast, so
incommensurable, so incon-
ceivable and, what is more,
so inexhauStible, that, with
the most profound respect
for the Word, and after the
most scrupulous analysis, it
must be admitted that we are
no wiser than when we be-
gan, cluck! cluck! cluck! as
the chicken said. So I invite
those who wish to plunge still
deeper and get a still better
idea of what it is all about
to turn to the next page. :"
The story of "Ferdydurke"
is an exciting one, but as i'm
possible to retell as that of
Anna Livia Plurabelle." You
will learn about a colonel of
zouaves who, sitting in the
stands at a match, shot a
tennis ball in play and
wounded a shipowner on the
other side of the court, and
about DR.. Philifor, whose
speciality was breaking down
individuals into their con-
stituent parts. and who
was able to invite a nose to
enjoy a separate existence of
its own and make it move
spontaneously this way and
that, to the great terror of
its owner" You will meet DR..
Anti-Philifor who, together
with his mistress. Flora Gen
te, found sobriety more in
toxicating than alcohol"
The books skeleton con-
Sists of a number of recur-
ring themes: the idea of the
multiplicity of parts and the
impossibility of wholeneSs;
thighs, in their erotic conno-
tation; faces that are masks
or identifications, or per-
haps neither, but only the re-
verse of backsides; heroism;
the doubtful value Of perfec-
ton in form. Nearly every
page is a fascination. I am
always amazed to hear of
persons reading long books at
a single sitting. for I tire
quickly in marathons. But I
could not put this book aside.
and found the only weak part
its final episodes in which
the translator is forced to
render extensive Warsaw dia-
lect as a sort Of Cockney or
Cornwall. Gombrowicz is an
unequaled master of the alb
surd, but when super-absurd-
ity is thus forced on him by
circumstance, he breaks un-
der the load.
"Ferdydurke" was banned
by the Nazis and later by the
Communist censor. Any po-
litical inference in the book,
if it exists, is obscure: the
governments were infuriated
by non-demotic art. The
book has recently been re-
printed in English, Polish.
French, German, and Span
ish, and has had high critical
acclaim. 1t is in my opinion
an extraordinarily entertain
ing work and 1t is certain
that it will become a contro-
vorciol Oy,a
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FICTION IN BRIEF
IF A MAN ANSWERS,

IF A MAN ANSWERS. BY
Winfred Wolfe. Double
day; $3.50 A proper Bos-
tonian lass with nonpuri-
tanical inclinations sets
her cap for a determined
bachelor.
MIDLAND. Edited by Paul
Engle. (Random House;
$6.500 Fiction and poetry
from Is years of State
University of Iowa work.
shops.
Evening star., 1961-05-14
FICTION IN BRIEF

1 AM ANTHONY. BY Peg
Stokes. (Pentice Hall:
$685. A recently deceased
sinner returns to earth to
help a troubled family and
redeem himself.
A NEARNESS OF EVIL. BY
Carey Mills. Coward
Mccain; $3.95.) Scandal in
the prewar international
set.
DEATH AND FOUR Low
ERS. By Joseph Carter.
Doubleday; $3.95.) A story
of love and racing cars.
Evening star., 1961-05-14

and of the reporter on his
beat are typical of the slow
drag of a book that never
uses a sentence where three
paragraphs will suffice. In
short, "The Heartless Light"
will find a favorable audi
ence only among insomniacs.
Evening star., 1961-05-14
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GENERAL
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Lou Jacobs, jr. (Amphoto;
$2.50O For the shutter bug.
BIG TIME BASEBALL. ed
tied by Ben Olan. (Hart;
81 Major league proceed
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THE ART OF ORIGAMI. BY
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$685. Traditional and
modern paper folding.
WOODWORKING FOR EV-
ERYBODY. BY John G.
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$6.25.)
SUPERVISORS IN ACTION.
By Joseph j. Famularo.
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people.
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
PAWNEE, BLACKFOOT
AND YENNE BY
George Bird Grinnell.
(Scribner; $4.950 Selec-
tions from his history and
folklore of the plains.
PIONEERS OF THE PO-
TOWMACK. BY Horace P.
Hobbs, jr. (p rivately
printed, 50. A local author
recounts the history Of the
discovery and exploration
of the Potomac.
Evening star., 1961-05-14

have seen the like in my life"
Eddie Arcaro isn't among the top 10
Jockey winners and the word around the
stables is that the Old Master isn't what
he used to be. Well, how long does a guy
last? -. Billy Loes is the most underrated
good pitcher in the major leagues. Carl
Braun, tlred by the New York Knickerbock-
erS put now Boston Celtic, admits that
perhaps he didn't do the greatest job" as
coach. Lets say lost six or seven games
by not coaching correctly" Braun saws.
who in the hell lost the other So games?"
The new Pentagon City Sports Center,
claimed to be the worlds largest, has a
dozen billiard tables, all with shocking pink
felt instead of the traditional green. The
idea is that the ladies will be pleased.
##
ACOUPLE OF STICKS of type referring
to the Original Celtics of basketball fame
brings deluge of mail bent on setting the
personnel of the cast straight, including a
note from Bart Meany, a newcomer to the
area after go years in New York. "I am in
an absolute position to clear up the matter,
having been travelling manager of the Gel
tics and one of the organizers" he writes,
1AA nAOAIlOlA w JOIlIlIly b6CkIQdn, NaG HOl-
man, Chris Leonard, Dutch Dehnert, Horse
Haggerty and Elmer Ripley there were
Johnny Pete) Barry and Johnny Whitty.
Ripley, one of the finest players and char
acters I've ever met, was used by us when
we needed substitute, either through &C
cident or illness on the original squad"
More Strengthening of the record, this
time by Charles Kronfeld, veterinarian
from Herndon, Va. "You comment that the
dam of Garry Back Joppy) was $500 mare
that could not and would not run. I bred
Joppy and owned her mother and grand
mother sold Joppy when she was one
year old for $1,000. That made her more
than $500 mare.
when she did rum" continues the good
doctor, "she ran like Carry Back, but not so
fast. She was finally ruled off for not get
ting out of the gate" The reference Doc.
was to Jack Prices paying only the euuiva-
lent of $500 for Joppy, bless her departed
bones.
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sponsibilities, such as contracts
and leases and stadium
matters"
Bonus Player Market
The club president empha-
sized that the Senators def
nitely were in the bonus player
market and that they were
prepared to spend in excess of
the 100000 previously ear
marked for this years player
development program.
The general pointed out that
the Senators were perfectly
willing to trade within reason.
But I'm convinced that ex-
pansion to 10 teams has made
that avenue much more diff
cult than in the past. All the
teams are in the same boat"
Asked about the progress in
negotiations to play in the new
stadium, QueSada said that
there was no real difficulty and
that he was confident some
thing satisfactory would be
worked out similar to the prac-
tices in other municipality
owned parks.
He did say the ball club con-
Sidered the new stadium less
valuable to it because of the
contract recently signed by the
Armory board for concessions.
However, he emphasized he did
not feel this was a serious
stumbling block to the compile
tion Of negotiations. - BILL
FUCHS.
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HINTON BROUGHT UP
Senators Start Stressinq
Development Of Players

new emphasis was being put OF
player development.
In view of the difficulties ir
obtaining players through the
trading market, the Senators
have decided to put more em-
phaSiS on their player develop
ment program.
Quesada said the board OF
directors was highly satisfied
with things to this point and
was encouraged by the attitude
OF the community.
But Quesada and his general
manager, Ed Doherty, are any,
thing but encouraged over
their efforts to make trades.
DOherty at Work
ED has been working night
and day trying to further pos
Sible trades" Quesada said,
"but without avail. We have no
alternative except to go basical-
ly for the development of the
team.
We're going to accelerate
that phase. We're going to take
chances on young talent. We're
going to bring fellows up and
give them the opportunity to
play. Some will prove out well
and some will prove out badly"
Quesada said that Doherty
henceforth would turn all of
his attention to player devel-
opment. HE will no longer be
burdened with any other re-
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lingo Will Fight
Liston in u. S. If
Tax HussIe Ends

GOTEBORG. Sweden, May
l3 (AP).-Edwin Ahlquist, ad-
wiser to Ingemar Johansson,
former world heavyweight
champion, said today his pro-
tege will meet top-ranked
Sonny Liston next September
"either in Europe. Canada OF
the United States"
But that depends on the
outcome of Ingemar'S current
tax fight in the United States"
Ahlquist said.
If Ingemar gets his money
the fight will be held some
where in the United States
otherwise we will stage it in
Europe or Montreal.
There is no hurry in sign
ing a contract. June will do"
added the Swedish promoter
JohansSon and United States
tax authorities are in disagree
ment over how much tax, if
any, the fighter owes on purses
received from his last two
fights with Champion Floyd
Patterson.
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Pumpsie Green's S
Condition Good
After Operation

Pumpsie Green, Boston Red
Sox shortstop, this morning un-
derwent an emergency opera
ton for removal of his appendix
by DR.. George Resta, Washing
ton club physician.
Green, who doubled and
scored a run as the Red Sox
beat the Senators Friday night
at Griffith Stadium, became i'll
at his hotel after the game. He
was taken to Georgetown Hos
pital where the operation was
performed.
Bill Harrell took Green's
place at shortstop yesterday.
DR.. ReSta said Green was in
good condition and should be
able to leave the hospital in
four or five days. He will be out
of action two to four weeks.
Green was hitting ITO.
Evening star., 1961-05-14
WIN, LOSE OR DRAW
Of This and That
By FRANCIS STANN

NOW THAT SONNY LISTON has re-
terred his new managers credentials TO
Senator Kefauver will George Katz, the
new boy, become famed as boxing'S "Mr.
Clean? e. And what if it turns out, after
all this alleged house cleaning, that Liston
can't fight lick? Apparently Fora Foley
can't and there's some doubt about Heavy
weight Champion Floyd Patterson.
Alvin Dark now is calling Willie Mays
"the greatest player I've ever SEEN" To
which Willie replies, Hes wonderful. Al
wins so much like Leo Durocher." Incl
dentally, don't bet much that Durocher will
be the manager of the New York Nets of
the National League. The better tip, ap-
parently, is that it will be Casey Stengel
The Nets, unlike the Yankees, lust don't
believe that Casey and George Weiss al
ready named their general manager, really
are that used up
Pimlico'S Charlie Johnson, not only
knoWledgeable but a cautious Judge of
horseflesh, may have gone out on the limb
inadvertently In his latest note here, Speak
ing OF Jockey Johnny Sellers hobby of
hand tooling leather he said of Carry
Backs rider, "He's probably making wallets
in which to put his 10 per cent of the
Preakness winners share of $127, largest
sum any 3-year-old horse will win this
year." Maybe he meant maybe"
incidentally, Ogden Nash, poet laureate
OF the PreakneSS, will journey from his New
York studio to his home town in Baltimore
next Saturday for the 85th running of the
PreaknesS 1t was Nash who penned the
Preakness' answer to the Kentucky Derby:
"The Derby is race of aristocratic
sickness
For horses of birth to prove their worth
To run in the PreakneSs"
WHEN THEY GO INTO ORBIT the
Russians, apparently, go all out. A cable
gram from John H. Harris, producer of the
Ice Capades, includes the message that in
order to get the cast off the ice in Moscow
they had to turn out the lights. We've
decided not to go to Kiev but stay all 10
weeks IN Moscow" Harris cables. will play
to more than one million people. Never
Evening star., 1961-05-14
BY a Star Staff Writer

The Senators are bringing ur
Outfielder Chuck Hinton from
Indianapolis as the first ster
in a new policy of accelerated
player development.
Hinton, a .3l8 batter with
Indianapolis, was expected to
report in time for today's
double-header with the Red
Sox.
To make room for the right
handed swinging Negro, who
was impressive in spring train
ing. the Senators sold Catcher
Dutch Dotterer to Syracuse.
In % games this season with
the American Association club,
Hinton went to bat IS times,
scored 18 runs and raped out
q hits, including 3 doubles,
4 triples and 4 homers. He
batted in 18 runs and stole 4
bases.
Plan Player Development
The Senators got Hinton in
the player expansion draft
from the Orioles and farmed
him out near the conclusion
of spring training on hour
recall.
The announcement was made
just a few hours after Gen.
Pete Quesada, club president,
told members of the press that,
because of trading difficulties,