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Evening star., 1962-01-28
Evidence
On Dope
Cases
THE MURDERERS. B

THE MURDERERS. BY
Harry j. Anslinger and
Will Oursler. (Farrar,
Strauss g. Cudahy; $4.95.)
Harry j. Anslinger, United
States Commissioner of Mar
cotics since that office was
established in 1880, is recog-
nized the world over as an
outstanding and relentless
leader in the international
war on the illicit drug traffic.
1t is a war in which he
and his anonymous agents
have risked their lives to
bring to book the individual
criminals and racketeering
gangs which, through their
narcotics "pushers" and sor-
did pads, spawn degrada-
ton, prostitution and - as
the books title suggests
sometimes murder.
If Co-author Cursler seems
to have made the story read
more like fiction than fact,
the records of the Narcotics
Bureau itself contain cases
that read like paperback de-
tective- -thrillers. Commission
er Anslinger has revealed
lurid details of many Of these
more interesting cases in his
account of the drug racket
and it's Shiny operations.
Through the story run the
names of such well-known
hoodlums as Lucky Luciano,
Louis Lepke and Little Au-
gle" and of many lesser pub
licized but often more dan
gerous underworld charac-
terS, both in this country
and abroad.
Mr.. Anslinger is a man of
mixed emotions - of SYM
pathy for the unwilling VIC
Tins of drug addiction and
of contempt for the peddlers
and the higher-up big shots
who profit from the misery
and violence they spread. He
describes the fate of some
victims he and his men have
found and the arrogance and
affulence of some of the more
notorious smugglers and dis
tributors. Many of the latter
have gone to prison or been
deported, but others have
taken their places and the
war goes on, night and day.
The story of this grim war
is fascinating and, withal, in
dicative of the fine work be-
ing done out of public view by
a dedicated group of fearless
Federal agents.
REX COLLIER.
Evening star., 1962-01-28

pational therapy. If you your
self fall into neither category
and still go along with the
princes-in-the tower canard,
then you had better read Mr..
CoStain and get the facts.
History a la CoStain makes
lively and informative read
ing, but the lack OF a bibli-
ography is disconcerting.
What is needed in a book of
popular history is not neces-
sarily a long, meaningless list
of source titles. But there
should at least be a note, in
addition TO the authors Per
sonal Postscript" to indicate
the general direction of his
own research. and to offer
suggestions for further in
vestigation on the part of
the reader.
RUTH HUME.
Evening star., 1962-01-28
Poperbocks Aid
In Science Study
SCIENCE STUDY SERIES.

SCIENCE STUDY SERIES.
doubleday Anchor; 95
cents each.)
Numbers S-22 through SIS
in this worthwhile series of
paperbacks have just reached
the bookstalls. They are:
1872: Gravity" by George
Ganow: An examination of
the classic and modern views
of gravity on earth and
throughout the universe.
"S-23: Life in the Uni
verse;" by Michael w. Oven
don: A discussion of life as
we know it on earth and of
other forms that may have
developed elsewhere under
entirely different circum-
stances.
"S-24: Radar Observes the
Weather." by Louis j. Bat
tan: A meteorologist's au-
thoritative explanation of a
new tool in the science Of
weather observation and
forecasting.
rs: Nerves and
Muscles" by Robert Ga
lamabs: An introduction to
biophysics by the chief of
neurophySiology at the WAL
ter Reed Army Institute of
Research here.
WILLIAM HINES,
Evening star., 1962-01-28
Civil War Railroads
In North and South

trains Lee had failed to reach
at Farmville and at Apo
mattox.
The Confederates can claim
a number of interesting rail-
road firsts. The worlds first
military railway was built
from Manassas Junction to
Centreville by Gen. Joseph
Johnston. The deliberate
massive destruction of enemy
lines was first begun by
Stonewall kson. The
worlds first railroad gun was
used at the Battle of Savage
Station. The first railroad
ambulance cars were put into
use.
In the early years of the
war the South handled her
railroads as we'll as the North.
But as the war continued the
contrary became true. The
Northern roads were unified
into a United States Military
Railroad System under a gen.
ius named Herman Haupt.
Remarkably enough, one of
Haupt's simplest rules that
all cars be unloaded instantly
upon arrival at their destina-
tions, was the key to much
Northern success and South
ern failure. Many of the
South's deficiencies were in
evitable. The blockade shut
off sources of supply for rails
and moving equipment. The
labor became more and more
scarce. There we're never
enough cars to handle the
wounded and generally not
enough to bring forage to
Lees armies.
DR.. Johnston highlights
the chronological and other
achievements of the roads
under most difficult circum-
stances. Most of the positive
accomplishments were due to
the roads. Most of the fail
ures can be blamed on the
Government.
-ARMISTEAD BOOTHE,
Evening star., 1962-01-28
Other Books of the Week in Brief Review

known love story by the
late Louis Bromfield, set in
one of the most exciting
multi-colored periods of
American history.
THE NEW Am ERICAN
GUIDE TO COLLEGES.
BY Gene R. Hawes. CA Sig
net Book, New American
Library: rs centsD The
completely revised, brand
new edition of the book
that helps you to select the
college you want 1
THE OUTLINES OF MYTH
OLOGY. BY Lewis Spence.
"a Premier Book, Fawcett
World Library; SO cents.)
A guide to the worlds great
classic legends and the
gods and heroes of old.
SUFFERING AND WHAT
YOU CAN DO ABOUT 1T.
BY Wendell Johnson. GA
Dolphin Handbook, Double
day; SIS cents.) How par
ents and teachers can help
children-how adults can
help themselves.
Evening star., 1962-01-28

Rimanoczy. (Van Nos
trand; $4.95.) A brief ac-
count of the role of invest
ment banking in American
history and its place in the
economy of today.
CHINA AND HER SHADOW.
By Thor Mende. Coward
McCann; So An eyewit-
ness account of the Com
munist terror in the Far
East and what this means
to the Western World. Ti-
Dor Mende is professor of
Political Science at the
University of Paris and is
author of several best SELL
ers in international affairs.
THE FIRST HERETO: The
Life and Times of Ikhna-
ton the King. BY Fred
Gladstone Bratton. tBea-
con; $4,95.) A biography
of Ikhnaton, child pharaoh
of Egypt, brother husband
of Nefertiti, Incorporates
the art and religion of
Egypt.
DIALOGUE AND DESTINY.
BY Albert Edward Day.
(Harper, $500 A book
written for those who seek
greater meaning in their
personal relations with
others. with society, ma
ture, self, and God. DR..
Day has taught at Wesley
Theological emina ary,
Washington. D. c., and is
author of "An Autobiogra-
ply of a Prayer"
Evening star., 1962-01-28
FICTION

COME AND JOIN THE
DANCE. BY Joyce Glass
man. (Atheneum; $3.95D
The first novel by the
26-year-old authoreSS; it is
the story of a young girl
about to graduate from COL
lege and face the unknown
future.
ESCAPE FROM JAVA. BY
Harvey Haislip. Double
day; $4.50) A novel of the
dark days just after Pearl
Harbor.
THE NEXT FINE DAY. BY
Eliza b e III Yates. John
Day; $3.75D A love story
set in a little English town.
GENERAL
THE ROAD TO MODERN
SURGERY. BY Hugo CHASER.
Translated by Maurice Mi
chael. Dutton; $5.750 The
phenomenal advances in
medicine and surgery dur
ing the past hundred years.
THE WONDER OF FOOD.
By K. Cyrus Melilian and
Lloyd K, Rudd. appleton
Century-Cro So A look
at some of the historical
aspects Of food and food
processing. using recipes to
supplement and illustrate
the story.
WHERE THE MONEY
COMES FROM. BY Fred
G. Clark and Richard S.
Evening star., 1962-01-28
CAPTAIN NEWMAN, MD.

CAPTAIN NEWMAN, MD.
BY Leo RoSten. (Harper &
Bros; $4.95)
The psychiatric ward in
the Air Force base hospital
is, according to its chief, DR..
Newman, "the only place I
know where you can go
around telling the truth all
the time" DR.. Newman be-
lieves that Ito call someone
mad is meaningless" He per-
sists there is a reason,
always a reason" and he
seeks it. That the ward in
mates are crazy, therefore,
is the beginning not the end
of their story.
Mr.. Rosten, in a recent
television debate, claimed
that we understand others
only in so far as they are like
ourselves. He has devised
two keys to such understand
ing in this story. One is
Capt. Newman himself. whose
many sided personality per-
mits him to vary with each
patient. The other, amusing
ly enough, is a ward orderly
who has been diagnosed as
crazy as his patients.
One cheerful Alabaman be-
comes an inmate because no
one-not even the colonel
can force him to make his
bed. This episode is as glor-
iously funny as the best es-
capades in "Mr. Roberts," the
World War II novel. But "Mr.
Roberts" is a far better war
novel than Captain Newman,
MD" is a psychological
study. Perhaps Mr.. Rosten's
short stories on "H"Y"M'A'N
K"A"P*L'I'N" are more his
forte. Mr.. Rosten's devotion
to every last detail of both
Evening star., 1962-01-28
Great Queen
Is Revisited
ELIZABETH AND LEICEs-

ELIZABETH AND LEICES-
TER. By Elizabeth Jenkins.
(Coward-McCann $5.75.)
Elizabeth Jenkins biog-
raphy Elizabeth the Great"
was a literary event of two
seasons ago. It was a bril-
liant, understanding portrait
of a great queen who was a
surprisingly difficult woman.
Now Miss Jenkins has taken
essentially the same material
and reworked it in this
new book, focusing on the
ambiguous relationship be-
tween the queen and the
Earl of Leicester, who had
the same birthday and who
Dragged that he had known
the queen better than any
other man from the time she
was 8 years old.
AS a profound admirer of
Miss Jenkins style and
scholarship, it Is this re-
viewers sad duty to report
that she has not brought
any new information or in
sight to the subject. That is
to say, anyone who read
Elizabeth the Great" would
not need to read Elizabeth
and Leicester" Miss Jenkins
has not improved on her
earlier masterpiece, nor in
any meaningful sense ampli-
fled it. The center Of Eliza
beth's emotional life was her
fear of sex, an understand
able reaction, in one who had
seen at such an early age
the fearful consequences Of
passion.
She loved Leicester. She
gave him every mark of her
favor. But Miss Jenkins
thinks, despite scandalous
intimacies, they were never
lovers. Elizabeth was always
the queen. Miss Jenkins un-
derstands Elizabeth's pro-
found and lasting romantic
attachment to her Master of
the Horse. He was tall, dark
and dashing. He knew how
to soothe her. But the ruling
passion Of her life was to the
Evening star., 1962-01-28
POLLY BERGEN'S
OWN HIGHLIGHTS
ON PULCHRITUDE
POLLY BERGEN's BOOK

POLLY BERGEN'S BOOK
OF BEAUTY, FASHION
AND CHARM. BY Polly
Bergen. prentice, Hall.
Inc; $4.950
Miss Bergen is a Success
full singer, comediepne and
actress as is we'll known,
and she has established a
reputation for being
charming, and beautifully
dressed. She has written
this book in laymen's terms
covering all aspects cf
beauty, fashion and good
grooming.
Highlights are; her diet
recon m e n d tion for
health, not just for weight
control; step by step skin
care and many of her own
makeup tricks, as well as
a series of thum b n all
sketches of the Who's Who
amoung the leading cou-
turiers, including Balenci-
aga, Givenchy and Norman
Norell.
Advice from Polly: Don't
buy label, buy what's for
you. The key is to learn
how to turn your defects
to assets. Be individual. AS
Gertrude Stein would say
"a copy is a copy is a
copy"
LORRAINE FRICKA.
Evening star., 1962-01-28
PAPERBACKS

A MONTH AMONG THE
MEN. By Maryse Choisy.
Translated by Lawrence G.
Blochman. "a Pyramid
Book; so cents.) Nine.
Choisy, currently editor of
Psyche" an international
review Of psychoanalysis
and the sciences of man,
which she founded in Paris
in 1916, smuggled herself
into Mt. Athos, where 5000
male saints and sinners de-
vote themselves to denying
the very existence of
women.
ONE WILD OAT. BY Mac
Kinley Kantor. Gold
Medal; IS cents.) This is
a novel of marital infidel-
ity. originally published in
1850 by the man who wrote
"Andersonville."
MRS. PARKINGTON. BY
Louis Bromfield. "a Pyra-
mid Book; go cents.) A re-
print of the powerful we'll
Evening star., 1962-01-28

largely with the party and
its goings-on.
Mr.. Sansom's book may
for some possess the admira-
BILE qualities of what is pop
ularly known as light read
ing" Others will be wearied
by the continual oh-so-funny
witticismS, the breathless and
corny dialogue, and the lag
ging plot.
Evening star., 1962-01-28
VIRGINIA RAILROADS. IN

"VIRGINIA RAILROADS IN
THE CIVIL WAR. BY An
gus James Johnston, II.
published for the Virginia
Historical Society by the
University of North Caro-
lima Press, Chapel Hill: $6)
DR.. Johnston's scholarly
book gives us a clear, detailed
picture of the influence of
rail power upon the Civil
War in Virginia. At times
skillful handling of railroads
enabled both armies to per-
form prodigious feats. At
other times poor understand
ing of railroading was re-
sponsible for unnecessary
failures. Railroads enabled
the South to prolong the war,
for instance, by playing a
positive part for the South at
First Manassas and by oper-
ating negatively against Pope
and the North at the Battle
Of Second Manassas. Rail-
roads also made it possible
for the North to shorten the
war and indeed to bring it to
an end.
In 1868, 1864 and 1865 the
Army of Northern Virginia
was immobilized by made
quate transportation as much
as by enemy action. Lee was
constantly deprived of the
initiative he nstantly
sought. Time and again he
won battles only to lose cam
paignS. Grant realized the
vital Importance of railroads
to Lee and brought the war
to an end by destroying rail
transportation. He broke
every rail line in a full circle
around Lees Army and it
was only after the last line
was cut that the surrender
at Appomattox took place. 1t
is indicative of the influence
of rail power that on April 8,
1865, Lees Army was rationed
with supplies taken from
Evening star., 1962-01-28
Story of Search for Love
With q Business Settino

by chat open-faced, listen
ing look. 1t rested him. Gave
him time to sort through his
own f,lmbling intentions"
Tenderness and quiet hu-
NOR are always close to Mrs.
Rosen's smile as she draws
the little inauspicious, in
nocuous but not quite incon-
sequental world of the third
rate school. The charm of
her book lies in her adroit-
ness III picturing Illustration
not SO much as sickness as
a way to happiness. The book
is curious in theme and de-
lightful in execution.
Evening star., 1962-01-28

and discomfort of those days,
the innocent pleasures. the
rude amenities. Interspersed
are Mr.. Tugwell's retroactive
criticism Of the education Of
the times, which he believes
untitled that generation for
the great moral decision Of
Hiroshima, which he believes
was a disaster.
But while he being made
quately educated for democ-
racy, he was having what he
conceded was a fortunate
boyhood." His mother and
father loved each other as
well as him; a country boy
whose father was in the can
ming business, could roam the
woods and fields and partici-
pate in the fascinating work
of a small industry. It was
a cloudless growing-up that a
psychiatrist would applaud.
even though it was not the
stuff for a memorable memoir.
Mr.. Tugwell's book, al
ternately nostalgia and di-
dactic has little emotional
content and less humor. His
generalities about the nature
of society and education are
interesting enough, but give
to the recollections a rather
carping tone.
"T'he Light Of Other Days"
is 404 pages long and only
takes the author through his
high school days.
Evening star., 1962-01-28
BOOKS IN REVIEW ~ f.."
TheVitoI Torrent
That Is Soroyon
BY DAY THORPE
Star Staff Critic

HERE COMES THERE GOES YOU KNOW wHO-Wiiam
saroyan. An Autobiography (Smon & Schuster; $685.
IF have to weigh it. don't it's waste of time.
have to it, don't it's waste of time" So
says William Saroyan, who has spent lot of his life
abstanng from measuring and weighing and just much
performing these calculations The contradictions Of
the world fascination for Saroyan-ony humanity
is more interesting to him.
The above quotation is not to be found in these precise
Evening star., 1962-01-28
Privately Printed

A privately printed mono
graph on the life and work
of the late W ashington
painter, Robert Kaufman,
is available at the liza. Gal
leries ($10) There are COM
ments from friends, including
Arthur Miller and Theodoros
Stamos, some of Mr.. Kauf-
mann'S verse and a hopefully
complete illustrated cata-
logue of his paintings, many
of which are now in Ameri-
can museum collections. The
tragedy of his early death,
in a fire, is at once height
ened and mitigated by the
solid evidence of achieve
ment in the book.
Evening star., 1962-01-28

government of her country
and this she shared with
Cecil, her most trusted min
lister.
Miss Jenkins does not care
for Leicester, an attitude that
was prevalent among Eliza
beth's contemporaries. He
combined ruthless self-inter-
est with an unattractive
strain of hypocrisy. He never
ceased to conspire to increase
his standing, his holdings.
Elizabeth knew all this, but
she loved him for 80 years,
and when he married for the
second time, her cousin, Let
tice Devereux, Elizabeth was
so furious she thought to
send him to the Tower. She
was desolate at his death.
Elizabeth dominates the
book, magnificent, petulant,
royal to the bone.
Evening star., 1962-01-28

JOY TO LEVINE. BY Norma
Stahl Rosen. (Alfred A.
Knopf, Inc; $500
In her first novel Norma
Stahl Rosen tells the story
of a pathetic employe CT a
shabby shorthand school. Le-
vine has grown up partially
crippled, dominated by his
father. lacking ambition, and
in search of love. He finds it
in Theresa, a new stenog-
rapher at Rutborough. He
doesn't mind that his flam-
boyant beauty is a trifle too
fat-he is attracted not by
her good looks but rather
Evening star., 1962-01-28
A Mixture Of Nostalgia
And DisopprovoI
BY MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer

THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS. BY Rexford G. Tugwell
Doubleday; $3.50
Rexford G. Tugwe one of the most famous of the New
Dealers has written what is probably the first nstament
of his autobiography 1t is curious mixture of nostalgia
and dsapproval.
Mr. Tugwell had dyllic childhood in Chatauuua
County in New York. His mother dotted her only son.
his father understood him and let him go free Much
his overlong book period piece evoing the warmth
Evening star., 1962-01-28


Goes You Know Who" I in
tend to relate quite a bit Of
Saroyan's autobiography in
this notice, and perhaps it
will be more suitable to tell
what I remember than to
look up the exact words Of
the author. All ideas are in
flux, all past events change
with time. I think Saroyan
would approve of the stylistic
device of being retold rather
than cited, since in any event
his own words are on perma-
nent display in his book.
A liar and an honest
man. a wise and a stupid
one, a person whose superb
cial manners stink and whose
profound manners are almost
as bad, a disbeliever in God
except an inaccessible and
careless God, a man whose
purpose in life is to postpone
dying as long as possible,
William Saroyan was born in
Fresno, Calf, in 1908. Since
that time he has been observ-
ing people compassionately.
The people he has seen are
not the types we are accus-
toned to. There is the land
lord who, noticing that rain
is pouring through the CELL
ings of the Saroyan dwelling,
does not grab his pocketbook
but says, "Tell your mother,
sonny, that the rent will be
$40 instead of $12 a month
from now on" On the other
hand, there Is the school,
teacher who complains of the
smell of Armenian food on
the breath of the children,
and when young Saroyan
suggests she open the win
dow, replies that it's too cold.
"You wouldn't be cold if you
ate Armenian food and not
tuna fish salad sandwiches"
remarks Saroyan. He remem-
bers the last words of his
dying father-'Don't beat
the kids, Takoohi," and in
his retelling the incident is
infused with nobility.
One day as they are riding
in their car his little girl
cries out, Look, there's Rex
roth!" Its impossible" says
the surprised Saroyan. How
do you know Rexroth?" IT
saw his picture on the cover
of the Evergreen Review"
Saroyan swings the car
around, and a couple of
blocks back, sure enough.
there's Kenneth Rexroth
walking on the sidewalk.
Saroyan looks at his little
girl and all of a sudden Is
simply overwhelmed with
love for her, with the sense
of paternity. 1t may be that
Saroyan is sometimes a liar,
as he says, but there are few
writer's who could equal the
truth of this moment.
He looks at the Mt. Rush
more Memorial and is so
sickened with disgust for it's
monumental vulgarity that he
vents his contempt of the dis
figurement of a beautiful rock
by speaking, with characters
tic Saroyan humor, of the
three figures chiseled into it,
although he is well aware
there are four. At the point
in his chronicle where he
comes 5000 miles east to New
York to seek his fortune, he
remarks that in his books
when he uses the incident he
Evening star., 1962-01-28
Forthcoming

George" the autobiogra-
ply Of the great Welsh play
wright, Emlyn Williams; 1.-THE
World Of Carmel Snow" the
editor of Harper's Bazaar, a
posthumous memoir edited
by Mary Louise Aswell, and
Dearly Beloved" a musing
on marriage by Anne Morrow
Lindbergh.
Evening star., 1962-01-28
They Said
ItWouId End
In Six Weeks
THE GUNS OF AUGUST. BY
Barbara w. Tuchman.
Macmillan; $685.

NMdCLIlllldIi, 3O.0oJ
When the long lines of
Kaiser Wilhelm's grey-clad
troops marched into Belgium
on August 4, 1914, there were
few strategiSts on either side
who thought the first major
European war in a genera
ton would last more than six
weeks.
The Germans were conf
dent their carefully worked
out plan to push through
Belgium into a wide envelop-
ing sweep of France would,
in the Kaiser's words, bring
victory before the leaves
have fallen from the trees"
The French, with their gay
blue coats, red trousers and a
military plan based on
"elan," were equally positive
their strategy to ignore the
attack on their left and take
the offensive through the
Ardennes forest and Alsace
and Lorrain into the German
heartland would bring them
a quick victory.
Fought on Paper
Both sides soon learned
the lesson generals often for
get-wars are more easily
fought and won on paper
than on the battlefield. The
German strategy brought the
Kaiser'S armies to the gates
of Paris before one final,
fatal error eliminating a
months mistakes, none Of
them particularly serious,
gave the French and a small
force of British troops an
opportunity they barely ac-
cepted to halt the Germans
at the Marne.
Barbara Tuchman has
written a splendid history of
the first month of World
War I, a month that deter
mined the outcome of the
bloody war and Of a good
many years since then. mo
part of the Great War;" Sir
Winston Churchill has said,
compares in interest with
its opening the first COL
lision was a drama never
surpassed =. and all that
happened afterwards con-
sisted in battles which, how
ever formidable and devasta-
ting, were but separate and
vain appeals against the de-
cision of fate"
Mrs. Tuchman's history, a
Book -the-Month Club Sc
lection for February, adds
much to the understanding
of that drama. She has
woven an immensely inform
ative and readable tale that
covers the first four weeks
of the BATTLE with Germany
on both the Eastern and
Western fronts and the peril
nent diplomatic maneuvering
within as well as among the
countries involved.
Her story, solidly based on
fact and happily free of sup
position, is certain to rank
high when this years awards
for historical writing are
handed out.
BURT HOFFMAN.