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Evening star., 1961-01-17

AIS CApSCGcU W gCbulL III y COI
.responding increase In Govern
ment jobs.
At any rate, Government
employment promises to be
stable in the next few years; to
go up, II anything. and not
down. With national unem-
pleyrnent rising. that's some
thing to be thankful for.
&&*
JOB BREAKDOWN-Under
Mr.. Eisenhower's budget here's
how some Of the department
and agency employment would
fare for the 1862 fiscal year
starting July !. 1861 and end
ing June 80. 1862:
Post Office, up 1000: Labor
Department. up 400: Veterans
Administration. medical care,
UP 5000; general administra-
ton. down $50: Health, Edu-
cation and Welfare, up 500:
Social Security Administration,
up 1000; General Services Ad-
ministration, UP 900; Interior
Department, UP 500.
National AeronauticS and
Space Agency, up $40, including
600 new jobs in NASA's new
Goddard Space Flight Center
at Beltsville, and l35 new jobs
ut agency headquarters here:
State Department. up 800;
Housing and Home Finance
Agency. up 1900, including 800
more jobs In Federal Housing
Administration; Interior, up
1900: Commerce, up 400; Agri-
culture. up 100.
Defense Department, inclu-
ding Army, Air Force and Navy
Departments, no change In
number Of civilian personnel
in each Of the departments.
The Office Of the Secretary Of
Defense would be cut by 79
jobs.
:, FINAL PROPOSALS-In his
final budget message, Mr..
Eisenhower asked Congress to
make the civil service retire.
ment system more financially
sound. although he made nc
specific proposals along this
line: he asked for permanent
. funds for the Bureau Of Labor
{ Statistics to make annual sur
veys of Federal salaries in COM
, parison with industry pay To
enable the Government to be
better informed in setting pay
Of its employees. particularly
those In the middle and top
brackets; and he asked for q
single new law on dual COM
pensation in Government in
volving the combined military
retirement income and Federal
pay Of retired military person.
mel holding Federal civilian
Jobs. I" ~"
Mr.. Eisenhower said the new
law should eliminate uSineces-
sary dual payments. adequately
safeguard the civilian career
service, and permit the Govern
ment to hire members Of this
group (the retired military
possessing needed skills under
conditions that are fair to the
individual" He made no spe-
'cific proposals, however.
LAME DUCK TACTICS 8
CHARGED - william Doherty,
president Of the National Asso-
iciation Of Letter Carriers. has
charged outgoing Postmaster
General Summerfield with a
cheap political maneuver de-
signed to sabotage the merit
system"
Mr.. Doherty charged that
Evening star., 1961-07-06

Store Hours: Mondays. Thursdays
and Fridays, 10 to g. Tuesdays.
Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10 to 6.
Free Parking!
Evening star., 1961-01-08

professionals strategy, nee
ding them into attacks which
were poorly conceived and
hastily launched.
IncOmprehensible Person
The biographer describes
Maj. Gen. George B. Nc
Clellan as the Union COM
mander most feared by Rob-
ert E. Lee, and leaves the
implication that II Mcclellan
had been let alone Richmond
would have fallen at q rela-
lively early stage.
But much of the drama Of
Lincoln's achievements is
lost because of the authors
pedestrian style. This WE'LL
annotated biography suffers,
also. through lack Of dis
eliminating editing as well
as faulty proofreading.
Weighing all the Lincoln
virtues and faults and COM
ing up with q valid appraisal
Is no simple task. An old
time Wing associate said Of
him: HE was. take him all
in all. one of the most
incomprehensible personages
we have ever known"
JOSEPH O'KEEFE
Evening star., 1961-01-08
|RoisingMo
For Health
lin nAmericu
THE GENTLE LEGIONS

THE GENTLE LEGIONS:
A Probing Study Of the Ma
tional Voluntary Health
Organizations. BY Richard
Carter. doubleday; $4.500
Despite its subtitle, this is
not an expose" sort Of book.
Mr.. Carter, a New York
journalist and m agaZine
writer, deals sympathetically
with the big health organiza-
tions-TB, polio, heart and
cancer - and their many
smaller cousins.
In an engaging anecdotal
style, he describes their his
tory, their structure and their
methods Of raising and
spending money. In some
cases, such as that Of the Ma
tional Foun d a t ions Basil
O'Connor, he also gives a con-
vincing and entertaining por-
trait Of an organizations
chief organizer.
He regards the United
Fund movement of the last
is years with outright hos
tility and hopes the health
organizations will continue
to flourish independently. He
trusts the American giver to
do the right thing, however:
"He is no fool. When per-
mitted the modern luxury Of
relatively free. relatively
well-informed choice. he acts
wisely. His abiding intelli-
gence is demonstrated in the
inescapable fact that his
most generous support Of
health causes has been given
to the National Foundation,
the American Cancer Society,
the National tuberculosis
Association and the Ameri-
can Heart Association-the
voluntary health associa-
tionS which not only repre-
sent socially important
causes but have demon
strated their ability to make
most effective use Of the Civ
er's money"
The health associations
are important social mecha-
nisms," Mr.. Carter says. be-
cause except for the desc
gregation movement. health
voluntarism stands virtually
alone nowadays as a means
whereby millions Of Ameri-
cans assemble for direct ac-
ton against an array Of ma
tional problems"
The book should be useful
to anyone who wants to know
more about charitable giving
in America today. and it is
delightful reading.
HARRY BACAS.
Evening star., 1961-01-08

The real marrow Of the
book. naturally enough, is the
parodies Of Max Beerbohm.
Mr.. Macdonald cites the
Beerbohm parody Of o Shaw
preface as a typical and per-
feet example Of the art
"A Straight Talk"
when a public man lays
his hand on his heart and de-
clares that his conduct needs
no apology, the audience
hastenS to put up its UNI
brellas against the particu.
larly severe downpour Of
apologies in store for it. I
won't give the customary
warning. My conduct shrieks
aloud for apology, and you
are in for a thorough drench-
ing.
"Flatly, I stole this play.
The one valid excuse for the
theft would be mental star
vation. That excuse IShan't
plead. I could have made a
dozen better plays than this
out Of my own head. You
don't suppose Shakespeare
was so vacant in the upper
storey that there was nothing
for 1t but to rum m age
through cinquecento ro-
mances, Towneley mysteries,
and suchlike insanitary rub
bishheaps in order that he
might fish out enough scraps
for his artistic fangs to fasten
on. Depend on 1t, there we're
plenty Of decent original
notions seething behind yon
marble brow. Why didn't our
William use them? He was
too lazy. And so am I ="
The anthology presents
many varieties Of parody,
some exceedingly curious.
Standard parody is funny--a
humorous exaggeration of
style or manneriSm. hut
what about parody that is
precise imitation, in which
the spirit Of ridicule is lack
ing? For example, j. K. Ste
phen's "A Grievance" is a
pm o to Er phicoi image of
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Col. Seoune
Recalls Days
As q Spy
BEYOND THE, RANGES. BY

BEYOND THE, RANGES. BY
Col. Consuelo Andrew
Seoane. USA. ret, as told
to Robert L. Niemann.
(Speller; So
Col. Seoane, q retired ON
Ger with many friends in
Washington, where he spends
much Of his time. had an
active career in the Army
Of unusual scope and in
terest.
During his 40 years Of
active service. stretching
from the Spanish-Ame
War to World War II. he was.
part Of that time. an intelli-
gence officer with a positive
role In espionage.
Even back in 1908. Japan
resented our restrictions on
her emigration to America
and the authorities in Wash
ington feared war would
break out some day. They
were eager to learn what
defenses Japan had-in that
pre-bomber day. coast de-
fenSes were important and
1t. Seoane, then stationed
in the Philippines. was sent
with a naval medical officer
who spoke Japanese to
Japan as a spy. The two
officers posed as naturalists,
a role the medical officer,
Comdr. Joseph Thompson.
could fulfill we'll. They
roamed all over Japan, Korea
and Formosa for nearly two
years and. though they had
some narrow escapes. they
managed to evade detection
and to gather invaluable
data.
Col. Seoane's account of
this and other adventures Of
his service is absorbing.
He entered the service as a
private in the Spanish-Amer-
ican War. Then q sergeant,
he was badly wounded at
Kettle Hill near Santiago,
Cuba. Later, on his recovery,
he went to Cuba as a lieu
tenant in the Regular Army.
I recommend his book to
all who enjoy reading of ad-
ventures and who are inter-
ested in the military affairs
which have paralleled so
closely our diplomacy for the
last go years. Col. Seoane's
views, as well as his expert
ences, deserve reflective con-
sideration. There is a fore
word by Brig. Gen. Henry J.
Reilly, retired.
Col. and Mrs. Seoane spend
part Of the year at their
Georgetown home and the
rest in Portugal.
GARTER BROOKE JONES.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Other Books in Brief
GENERAL

ESKIMO CHILDHOOD AND
INTERPERSONAL RELA-
TIONSHIPS. BY Margaret
Lantis. university of
Washington Press: $4.75D
A sociological study Of ma
tive culture is presented
Geographically and genea-
logically.
A TREASURY OF WITCH
CRAFT. BY Harry E. We
deck. philosophical Lii
brary; $10D Who's who in
demonology and other su-
pernatural information.
THE EUROPEAN PHMOSO-
Pliers FROM DES-
CARTES TO NIETZSCHE.
Edited by Monroe c.
Beardsley. Modern Lii
brary.)
BODY DYNAMICS. BY Ger
trude Enelow. (Citadel
Press; $3.50 Self-develop-
ment and body balance for
better health and appear
ance.
PAPERBACKS
IN HIS STEPS. BY Charles
M. Sheldon. pyramid;
35c0 A religious sect at
temptS to follow in the
steps Of Christ.
PHOTOGRAPHY: CAREERS
AND OPPORTUNITIES
FOR YOU. BY Charles
Abel. (Chilton; $l.950
THE NAME is CHAMBERS.
BY Henry Kane. (Pyramid;
35c.) A collection Of tales.
naNuRn~u @ u,u HuaNY~
Evening star., 1961-01-08
and precisely executed con-

and precisely executed con-
ceit: &,
+" Nowadays great
sportsmen hunt with cameras.
The practice started while I
was still in Africa; Denys as
q white hunter took out mil
lionaires from many coun-
tries, and they brought back
magnificent pictures, the
which however to my mind
(because ! do not see eye to
eye with the camera) bore
less real likeness to their OBJ
ject than the chalk portraits
drawn up on the kitchen door
by our Native porters. It is q
more refined sport than
shooting. and provided you
can make the lion join into
the spirit Of it you may here,
at the end Of a pleasant. pla-
tonic affair, without blood
shed on either side. blow one
another q kiss and part like
civilized beings. I have no
real knowledge Of the art; I
was q fairly good shot with q,
rifle. but I cannot photo
graph"
Dinesen presents the par
ticularly fine lionskin to the
King Of Denmark. and re-
ceives from him o letter Of
thanks. Shortly after. with
the letter still in her pocket.
she Is called upon to comfort
as best she can q young
African, tree-feller. whose leg
has been horribly smashed.
Until transportation arrives
to take him to q doctor. she
sits by his side and feeds him
a few sugar Jumps she has
with her. When they are
gone and the poor boy be-
seecheS her for something
more. she in desperation tells
him:
"I have got a Barud a
Solddni'-a letter from q
king. And that Is q thing
which all people know, that
Q letter from q king mokone
ydke'-in his own hand
will do away with all pain.
however bad"
She shows him the letter
and miraculouSly 1t assauges
the anguish of the sufferer.
There Is no more pain. Soon
the talismanic letter be-
comes q cure for all the Sc
verely afflicted in the entire
plantation-but note, 1t was
never asked for, never used,
except in extreme circum-
stances. It would fend OF
death. but the natives knew
it wrong to expect 1t to cure
q toothache.
Dinesen still has the let
ter-"brown and stiff with
blood and matter of long
ago." She believes that it is
as much history as the hand
kerchief King Christian ~
held to his empty, bleeding
eye-socket' three centuries
ago in the battle Of Kol-
berger Heide-a relic now in
the museum in Copenhagen.
There are many more such
charming and magical sto-
ries. It is amusing that two
quite distinct ones concern
doses Of medicine Dinesen
sends a servant to bring un-
supervised from the cabinet.
Once the patient gets Lysol
instead Of quinine: again, d
tumblerful Of arsenic in
stead Of six drops in water.
Dinesen seems to find II
easier to live than to learn.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Fine Art of Parody:
Impressive Anthology

PARODIES: An Anthology
from Chaucer to Beerbohm
and After. Edited by
Dwight Macdonald. Ran-
dom House; $7.S0J
Parody, as Dwight Mac
donald points out in his
new Anthology Of Parody, is
difdcult to define precisely.
How can you distinguish it
from traveSty and burlesque
except by the degree of its
artistry, as you distinguish
poetry from doggerel? Each
individual reader does, in his
own way and according to his
own taste and experience, but
the results are often too con-
flicting to be q help in deflni-
ton.
But II we don't know ex-
actly what parody. is, Ger
tainly every genuine reader
that is. every one who is
interested in the craft of
words-finds good parody a
keen delight. Oddly enough,
he is happy to read a parody
OF a writer he loves, for there
Is no lese majestic in parody,
but nevertheless he can en-
joy the private sensation Of
malice In reading a parody Of
q writer he finds ridiculous.
Mr.. Macdonald's book is an
excellent one - voluminous,
as any anthology worth its
salt must be, yet not a CATCH
all, but a carefully chosen
selection. The good parody
is in one particular at a dis
advantage with other forms
Of literature in that it can
not very well stand by Itself
the reader must know the
style Of what is being
parodied, even though he
may not be familiar with the
actual piece or author.
Though Mr.. Macdonald
selects his parodies from the
time Of Chaucer until last
year, he has been remark
ably successful in keeping his
Seader in touch with the joke.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Happy Triangle With
DurreII and Friends

amended since 1t was made
generally known by the ia
nous decision of Judge Wool
sey in the ulysses" case Of
1898? The unfortunate thing
about modern censorship
controversy Is that in those
cases which attract wide
spread interest only good"
books are involved. making
the fight q contest between
literature and state. Thus
the issue is clouded. for 1t Is
not whether o book is dirty
that Is important but wheth-
er the state should have au-
thority to restrict the publi-
cation Of books in any man
ner or to any degree what
ever. French postcards. I
grant, are another matter.
The outrage Is not that
books by Henry Miller are
banned. but that any book is
banned. How long will we
tolerate the state as censor
when we have that admirable
one. the publisher? He can
say, after reflection and with
out self-righteousness. 1--WE
are not interested In this
manuscript, but perhaps some
other house will be-"
For the rest. the Durrell-
Perles-Miller letters are
touched with comedy. Dur
rell, an old friend of Miller.
suggests to Perles, Miller'S
biographer, that the two ex-
change a series of letters
which will result In "a por-
trait Of the artist, mirrored
in his work" It is not a por-
trait the two create, however,
but rather a paean of adula-
ton unalloyed with exposi-
ton Of either Miller's work
or personality. The two vie
with each other in exalting
their common god. "Ameri-
can literature today begins
and ends with what he has
done. I don't want to deni-
CRATE Faulkner, Hemingway.
ETC.. but they are simply lit
erary journeymen like our
selves. There is a qualitative
difference between the obses-
sional power of genius and
the head-contrivances Of us
folk. Gf Durrell were less of
a journeyman. by the way, he
wouldn't write "denigrate"
when he means "belittle," nor
"etc." when he means "et al.")
God, with him, suffers no
Intermediary; his footprints
are all over Mount Sinai"
Henry is no Plato, no Lao
TZu, no Spinoza, no Me
tzSche. no Freud-he Is
better: he is himself. :"
Finally, a quotation which Is
a perfect epitome Of the book
His writing has often been
criticised. even by his closest
associates and friends, but
that Is quibbling." Mr.. Miller
himself obviously enjoys these
idolatrous worshippers Of his
who are >averse to quibbling.
In those letters he himself
contributes to the collection
he sedulously avoids quib-
bling. ~. ".
Evening star., 1961-01-08
ART AND OUTRAGE:

ART AND OUTRAGE: A
Correspondence about
Henry Miller between Law
renee Durrell and Alfred
Perles, with Intermissions
by Henry Miller. (E. P.
Dutton & Co.: $2.75J
The latest book Of Law
renee Durrell Is not a
quartet but q trojan ex-
change of seven letters be-
tween Durrell and Alfred
Perles on what o great man
Henry Miller Is. with three
additional epistles Of delight
from Miller himself. who had
been sent carbons Of the cor
respondence in progress.
The "art" of "Art and Out
rage" is the life-work Of Mil
Ter; the Outrage" Is per-
haps the censorship which
deprives Americans Of much
Of the writing Of Miller. (Or
perhaps the title Is derived
from Durrell's question "Is
art GlUays an outra0e-must
1t by its very nature be an
outrage?" The question is
abandoned. unanswered. un-
discussed.)
It Is too bad that the let
ters are not Informative
about the present state Of
American censorship. Just
what is the law-has it been
Evening star., 1961-01-08
New Research Shotters
Many Lincoln Legends
THE REAL ABRAHAM LIN.

COLIN. BY Reinhard H.
Luthin. prentice Hall.
Inc: $100
In this Civil War centen-
nial year, a major re-evalua-'
ton Of Abraham Lincoln
seems certain to provoke
controversy.
Or. Reinhard H. Luthin of
Columbia has arnassed a vast
array Of facts about the
sixteenth President. and
drawn some conclusions that
are decidedly ct odds with
many Of the Lincoln legends.
Out Of the window goes the
story of the Ann Rutledge
romance, Into the discard
beside 1t falls the picture Of
young Abe as an industrious
railsplitter and farmland.
Neighbors said the boy was
lazy.
Newspaper Lessons
An avid reader, much Of
Lincoln's basic education
came not from books but
from newspapers. The papers
nourished Lincoln's ambition
to become q politician, DR..
Luthin maintains, q purpose
that Jointly shaped his life
and the course Of the Re-
public. As he matured. Lin
coin became q prosperous.
conservative lawyer, and an
energetic. but temporizing
party worker. But he was
never a blazing liberal. as
many admirers have depicted
him.
AS he approached the
White House Lincoln avoided
q firm stand on secession.
But once inaugurated. and
with the Nation aflame, the
policy was politics as usual,
DR.. Luthin emphasizes. Lin
coin kept one eye on the war
operations maps and the
other on the political cam
paigns. He goaded his gen.
erals to quicker action,
Weighing the impact Of a
combat victory upon the bal
lot box. He overruled the
Evening star., 1961-01-08
THE SIRENS LET HIM GO.
BY David Demarest Lloyd.
(Bobbs-Merrill: $3.50

\oOUbS0uACAAA A1s So.So.I
Mr.. Lloyd, who used to
help Harry Truman in the
White House. has turned his
back on all that Government
experience for the theme Of
his second novel. He is
writing about an innocent
abroad in Fascist Italy.
His Joseph Fletcher is a
wide-eyed 19-year-old classi-
cal scholar who through his
fathers letter to an old
flame blunderS into a den Of
thieves in Naples. The chief
agent Of his undoing Is the
Countess Vicopugno, an aging.
New England-born adven-
turess who sees to 1t almost
Immediately that Joseph ex-
periences "the holy emotion
Of having rescued q lady in
distress. Joseph pays her
rent, obligingly elopes with
her lovers youthful mistress.
single-handedly recoups the
fortunes of a failing tourist
agency and learns much
more about corruption than
the classics during a bewil-
dering five days.
But If Joseph has paid,
Mr.. Lloyd suggests. it is
money well spent, for 1t is in
a sense his tuition in the
great Italian university Of
realism and paradox. And
the education is mutual. For
the rogues he has moved
among. Joseph's innocense,
his generosity, his chivalry
are a reminder Of those quail
tiles so fallen into disuse in
the Old World.
Mr.. Lloyd, his style uncor-
rupted by years Of federal
prose. writes with cheerful
disenchantment about the
human vultures who prey on
Evening star., 1961-01-08
BIOGRAPHY

b BEARS ED. BY Robert
Henriques. Viking; $7.500
A biography Of Marcus
Samuel, the founder Of
Shell Transport g. Trading
Co.
GREAT JEWISH PERSON
ALITIES IN MODERN
TIMES. Edited by Simon
Noveck. (Taplinger; $4.95)
Volume II.
Evening star., 1961-01-08

Byron's verse: 1t does not
parody Don Juan; 1t sim
ply Is don Juan" in every
particular. Then we have an
interesting question In Joyce's
The Oxen Of the Sum-" that
systematic compendium Of
parody. Is 1t really q parody
Of Sterne to write "a little
fume Of a fellow :" when
Sterne had written "a little
fume of q woman. %? If
so, the art of parody is as
easy as copying.
Unconscious self-parody is
the caviar Of the feast. How
can we any longer relish
Oliver Jensen's famous parody
of President Eisenhower.
when MIR. Macdonald has re-
printed the Eisenhower West
Point address Of June S, 1860?
Finally to cail q halt, for
to cite from q good anthology
is the most fun in the world,
and I could 60 on forever, it
should be pointed out that
while Mr.. Macdonald has
winnowed the best Of the
famous parodiSts, he has also
brought forth some extraor-
dinarily good unknown ones.
Nothing in the whole book is
better than the two contribu-
tions Of w. B. Scott, an
English teacher at Northwest
ern University. One. "Chi-
cago Letter." parodies the
preciosities Of some Of the
Little Magazines: the other,
"Gaetan Fignole: Pages de
Journal" the private-public
memoirs of several goth CEN
tury French writer's. Both
are long and unfailingly
hilarious. DIT.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
LIFE IN AFRICA fsrl. =. !
These Things All
ReoIIyHoppened'
BY DAY THORPE
star Book Critic
SHADOWS ON I
House; So

SHADOWS ON THE GRASS. BY Isak Dinesen Random
House, So
II you were to ask ISak Dinesen II her four reTinis-
Of life in Africa genuine autobiography these
things really happened she would doubtless smile and reply
"of they certainly they did The people real
mot only the servants my coffee plantation In Kenya
characters have heard o-bu also the Prince Of
Wales Negley Farson King Christian Of Denmark, people
obviously couldn't medde with" But she would under
stand and be little happy for question would be evi
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Picture Book Tells
Fascinating Story
Of San Francisco
THE FACE OF SAN FRAN.

THE FACE OF SAN FRAN
CISCO. BY Hal Gillian
and Phil Palmer. Double
day: $3.50
There is no Trevi Fountain
in the city by the Golden
Gate. But San Francisco does
not need one: 1t is not neces-
sary to toss coins into q
fountain to acquire an ir-
resiStible urge to return to
what MeSsrs. Gillian and
Palmer call Americas most
beautiful city"
I confess q strong bias for
San Francisco. having grown
up there in the day when
Jimmy Rolph was mayor and
McAllister street was
well, McAllister street. The
authors Of THE Face Of San
Francisco" share my in
ordinate love for the city,
an insofar as q picture book
can do it, their volome tells
San Francisco's story.
Beautiful Pictures
The pictures are by Mr..
Palmer. whose only fault
seems to be an overattach-
ment to the foreshortening
effect provided by q tele-
scopic lens. Certainly when
Mr.. Palmer uses a normal
lens he takes beautiful and
expressive pictures (such as
the one on Page 90 Of diner
and waiter framed before the
picture window at Castag-
nola's, where I have
demolished oh how many
iced cracked crabsJ
Mr.. Gilliam's words, ac-
companying Mr.. Palmer's
pictures, are adequate: in
deed, as adequate as any
mere word description can be.
Too Much TO Tell
My chief complaint is one
I would make Of any book
about this city: How can one
person transmit impressions
Of San Francisco to another
in pictures and words? What
about the smell of crabs cook
ing in vatS at the wharf?
Until they put these sensa-
tions between hard covers,
there will never be a defini-
tive book about San Fran
cisco. But until they do, the
Gilliam-Palmer effort will
stand as one of the best
ones. WILLIAM HINES.