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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-11
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
A Shakespeare Character AnoIyzed

as a spurious motive for his
hatred of Antonio.
The process of analysis by
which Professor Grebanier
comes to his conclusions
about Shylock is fascinating
and convincing.
The discussion Of the plays
other main characters Is no
less so. In the light Of Eliza
bethan assumptions about
styles Of life and a close
reading Of the text. Professor
Grebanier demonstrates that
BasSanio is not a foolish
waStrel as so many modern
readers-and modern Schol-
ars. too-tend to assume.
The defense of what at
first appears the egregious
nonsense with the three cas-
kets is equally forceful. In
deed. the discussion Of these
scenes is so sensitive that
it comes very close to over
shadowing the rest Of the
book. the title notwithstand-
ing.
IN VIEW Of all this, 1t Is
too bad that Professor Gre
banter has set about his chos-
en- task in a frame of mind
that can only be called jul
venile. He is out to caSti-
gate scholars-all scholars.
Actually. his own apparent
erudition is derived from Sec
ondary sources, that is from
the poor. flayed scholars. So
he must owe them something.
And he seeks to Willy the
entire fraternity by violent
assaults on a relatively small
number of individuals, a fact
that one does not become
aware Of until a good part Of
the book has been read.
Why such gratuitous bad
temper? Judging by his pre-
viouS books. Professor Gre
banter is a poet and at least
to some extent a practical
man of the theater. He Is
employed by a college Eng
liSh department. He must
perforce co-exist with Schol-
ars. Departments like art,
English. music that include
both creators and scholars
(and performers too, where
appropriately are not usually
Ravens Of utter peace.
But a book intended for
the general reader is not
really the place for Professor
Grebanier, or anyone else for
that matter, to purge him
self of the accum ula tie d
tensions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-11
Spectacle On the Hill

Senator Humphrey says the Demo
Gratis are digging their own political
grave by tolerating the silly prOcedural
Squabble which has blocked action on
appropriation bills, and he may be right
In any event, they are making an un-
holy spectacle of the legislative process
Senator Mansfield, the Majority
Leader, insists that the leadership is
doing everything it can to end the i'm
pasSe, referring, We suppose. to behind
the-SceneS activity. If this doesn't work,
and it hasn't worked up to this point,
there is at least one more thing that
could be tried The congressional lead
ers or perhaps the President could put
the finger Squarely on the guilty parties
Chairman Cannon and those mem
bers OF the House Appropriations Com
mittee who, we think, are responsible for
the deadlock.
The Senate Appropriations Com
mittee has made reasonable effort to
settle the dispute. The House Commit
tee, however, responded by drafting a
resolution which Senator Willis Robert
son terms 'the most insulting document
that one body has ever sent to an
other :" This accusation certainly
Is not without basis. More to the point,
however, is the affront to the voters who
sent these men to Congress in the ex-
pectation that they would discharge
their Legislative duties II this childish
row is permitted to go on much longer
there viii be some new faces on Capitol
Hill in January.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-11

PrESaEn1 EennedE'S Phil
RdH1-hR In1epenGence Day
SpHEgM WzS q gam which
CurlRreS EBEcrzhlE with his
1nEuErz1 address.
ThR ErExI<EnE Rft no room
i'm 1zuitr Gr miSzr1GerStand-
1nE- In SINGLE RnE1aGe. Mr..
KHnHSy made q strong ap-
pHRl, and UEI1RG al the na-
Tl1us Il tina world To JOIN
with ux IN n Inrg-rznge pro-
ErEn GHEHmeG and directed
TUHR-E tina economic i'm
ErUEsnH1 and welfare for
FEEpvue..
IkG Ux hrre tfse Prupa9an-
Gis1x d1nt EWlEE this an cut
I'd SharE. HErnerS Sammerx
Slk1EusrEY ma1R July 5
by RreEESEui Kenne1y and
RrgnKr KhruanrneT drama
rtR tns ex-ErE this admin
1Err11lzn has "SWaruwed''
TIM gzErerE Communist line
ID -rEReEni en-exixtEncR. -
BUth talk Of security. |"
-pHREE-- tine easing Of ten
SINS" and -fesSeufug the
chance III crnEIirt." These
RTe m1tlR sfsnughtz and
phrases however. each has
n c11EerE meaniuR To the
C1uuIrLE1A- The REdS have
mi and VIII not abandon
their anal II ecmuiefe world
1nr-Rmzn. yet cur foreign
pnhCT-makErx prefer not To
1ehEEg ThLS fzc1.
Our BGHErExnce az the
NAIVE htItEf that the Com
mEnLE1x really do not mean
what TheT say 6RhcuE world
CEmulsza9 gnupIed with their
nUEREEE Eli1EerNye and
overt sr1x In every remain
1nE GrSt world nation il
dangerously weakening the
Czrl " MAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-11

full organization Of American
physicians, the American
Medical Association. This Is
no mere bread and butter and
dollars and cents dispute.
Justifiably or not. the organ
lied doctors Of this country
see themselves as under at
tack as q learned profession
accustomed to total inde-
pendence and almost as Sus-
picious Of lay opinion Of mat
tiers even touching their pro-
fession as they are on lay
opinion of their diagnoses.
Doctors Consent Necessary
Whether they are right or
wrong is almost Incidental
and. in practical fact, almost
irrelevant. Even If they are
wholly wrong, they cannot be
treated as bus drivers or
postal clerks. This is not be-
cause they are better than
bus drivers or postal clerks.
or are more equal. so to
speak, under the law. It is
simply because no medical
care system. Of whatever
kind, and no matter how
many votes it marshals In
Congress, will ever work so
long as they remain MORALLY
opposed to it.
Some degree Of their con-
sent simply must be a pre-
condition to any plan having
the slightest chance for sue
cess. This being the central
reality, the time is at hand
for some politician to arise
in Congress and become q
statesman by finding an &C.
ceptable middle way in that
art Of compromise which is
the heart of good politics.
Such a thing can be done.
1t was done in 1947 by a man
named Robert A. Taft amid
all the nationally dangerous
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT struggles
that followed the war. Sena-
tor Taft put all his prestige
and skill-though admitted
on a somewhat less sensi-
tive iSSue-into making q
a rational labor-management
act which would be fair to
both. He had to fight ex-
IRENE management quite as
hard as extreme labor.
But in the end he pre-
vailed. and reason and the
national interest prevailed,
in the Taft-Hartley labor
act. Was it sound? Well, IA
years later there it stands,
not only unaltered but never
even seriously challenged in
all the Congresses-liberal,
moderate, conservative, what
not-which since then have
Come and ooY1a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-11

We have derived E1eHf
pleasure from the use a tine
swimming pool nj Hams
Point. This pool is closed nj
8 pm. 1nRSmnch ms rnRuy
employees get OF frum work.
near or after 6 pm. II leaves
them no opportunity To uR
the pool On hot nights.
During this period N the
year there still remain 2 rr
3 hours Of daylight without
the necessity Of turning un
lights. It would be highly de-
sirahle to keep the pool 0pen
after s pm. even rs pert N
the Presidents physical III
ness program.
Monty MHrrRk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-11
Precinct Hearings

The District press has
given most praiseworthy COW
erage to the series Of open
precinct hearings by the Com
miSsioners' Council on Crime.
Aside from the formal re-
port Of the council and con-
sequent action stemming
from it. the most valuable
outcome of the whole pro-
cedure will doubtless be the
intensified and. let us hope,
continuing interest Of a thor
oughly aroused citizenry.
There is. after all, a limit to
the effectiveness Of crime
prevention and law enforce
ment machinery in direct re-
lation to public apathy. The
community's first line Of de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-11

Tense against al WTunEd1inE
win always be good citizens
ever On the qui vlVe.
One positive suggestion,
not elsewhere heard On seen
by me. comes to mind the
use Of plaincl0thes police
These men could be employed
either Singly or in pairs IN
unmarked automobiles. m
separately On foot. in RrnRs
that are special targets ID
HOUSEKEEPING p6bberlEk, and
the like. Appropriate Tuta-
ton would help conceal in
dixiduRl identity. The mere
knowledge Of the circulation
Of such disguised Officers
would in itself be n further
deterrent to crime
j. w. Haywood n.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-11

o. TIM Il erxznized Eroups
1inB1 enur1sR TIM Adams
MuIzn Flaming COMMITTEES,
q have exrrgMe6 basic
RE-SauerE win the prelIrnt-
mET urban rneWzL plan
Tins II q most heArtening
show Ut UNITY Only q fkW
VIM mzE have hsB uuERIdSn
motives have wiEnheId AZ
ErwTzl.
Certainly many Of the
TISSUES IN tina plan are not
resolved. nv Gwn business
Rzs1glEz1Em 1eeIx that n1uch
mre parking than tine pres
euI plHn Gals f1r Il ahsO-
1u1eaE mFgzGSaEE Il tine pres
erT businesses hRre are To
ETv1Ue and rruEpE- How
eTU. W. MEAN u work
hunEEzlF and snuNe heard.
TtrwuEn 1fne A6annE-NEcrxan
Planning CnuTuIEree, To
RrAuEe 9T RnnIk dEzn0Grztic-
any. urTruza1RlF o few
alrEEa1rrEi1le girizKuR are at
IHurE1rg IN create the view
IhrEE GtIEzEirT and faction
RfEn hare SrltE TINS area.
ThE1 rexISEnfxs interests ap-
Pnse kRE1n&k nfEestz.. that
rRcR Gu1GEeS rzcE.. that class
CulGRS class. mis- Ii un-
uR
S1cA eEu3g1gEY Vi1lateS
eEEy principle of gn-0perztion
and tEr plET that the major
1rg II gzazErE IN this AREA
have struggled fur over two
gERrS u 4GsezEEe. One can
THINK EHE1 tneT Seek only
1hEr own EarruW and SeI1iSn
sn6x.
ThEe II hcrefIITE no truth
u TIM ESX1EmeuEx To the
e1tHc1 1ha1 MEnr ministry Is
I'D he mweS CUT CT their own
bEEfnGS III MAKE place for
GtlsllRrAE rRarle frum the
flpp houses. roaming houses
and 5zETI-E houses The
BUSINESS PHcrle here are first
ClRK glnIHHnS lust LIKE every
QnR e1R- The calm rational
pe1rIR I'm tina planning ecm-
mnaRR and IN subcommittee
See Tt11 u @Exye1 business
ErsR mrEET kR renewed and
parking FruEuse6 Ct that the
Residences VII b. adversely
Rf1Hr1sE IN q snort time We
are wrEng wiEin the plan
-E-S, i'm tina good and the
hFrffrrnE5 OF tina entire cum
UT
ThR rwREE Cur r-Cperat11n
Win EaR Government has
hHan eEaAZ1TTe Is that We have
s-ruReAes eacn problem
E1hEaF and IN n1CE tzifh- We
VIII EuugnrE eur problems
RS tiny E-iSE m tits same
mErnE YhnnraN n. Smith.
EszISEn1 EiE1rRentn and
CrnunIdR Eca6 Business
AEEggsHlIzn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-11

House; $3.50
Depending on your point Of
view. Shylock Is (a) a deep
dyed. moustachio twisting
villain. OBJ . low comedy
figure or (c) q noble victim
Of hatred and bigotry.
In the Truth About Shy
lock-" Q book whose title
shows q certain lack of mod
est restraint, Bernard Greba-
nier. a professor OF English at
BROOKLYN College. has set out
to give US. as he says. the
truth"
As q matter Of fact, the
truth takes US beyond Shy
lock For however fascinating
he may be. Shylock is not the
merchant Of Venice to whom
Shakespeare'S title refers nor
il he the main character Of
the play. Professor .Greba-
niEr discusses the entire play
and seeks to convince us of
the correctness Of his view
Of all the principals. So the
title. it must be said. ap-
pears to have been chosen
more with a view to senSa-
ton mongering than to q
reasonably precise description
Of the contents.
Professor Grebanier begins
by taking US through a dis
cuSSion Of the sources of
Shakespeare'S play and the
attitude towards Jews enter
tanned IN Elizabethan Eng
land in general and possibly
entertained by william
Shakespeare in particular.
Els CONCLUSION about
Shylock is formed both by
knowledge Of the background
and the closest possible read
ing Of the play itself. For
one of Professor Grebanier's
greatest virtues is that he
seeks neither to explain a
great maSterwork entirely in
terms of the circumstances
under which it came to life
nor as an exotic growt h
which because 1t is q mas
terwork cannot be bound to
time. place and circumstance.
But what is this conclu-
Sion2 Shylock Is a man of
powerful mind and PERSONAL
ity- But he is eaten up
with hate" In the end. he
can really give no reason
for desiring Antonio's death.
This cancerous hatred, nour-
ished by greed. is all that is
left of him"
why then should he have
been q Jew at all? Why i:
he given the magnificent
speech that contains the
celebrated passage beginning
Hath not a Jew eyeS?" Be-
cause. Professor Grebaniel
seems to say. it adds a di.
mension to the character thai
could not otherwise have beer
obtained Every once IN 6
while" he writes. "Shylocl
does wrap himself in tht
cloak of his religion, Just a!
many a money-hungry Chris
tian will wrap himself in thu
folds of Christianity-in botl
cases only to serve his owl
rreligious ends"
Though Professor Greba.
nier does not say so direct
". it is obvious that Shy
lock could not have been
Christian wrapping himself
IN the folds" of his religion
For this could not have servet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-11
LETTERS TO THE STAR

PEN names naEy be used u
letters cG17T EDrsbe7y correct
names and ndfreEseR-Al III
tiers are subject 70 c1ndezRn-
from. Those mot used 1rll bE
returned only zDhga nccU7z-
panied bT sell addressed,
stamped eEuelopeR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-11
On Bill Faulkner

Your editorial Death IN
Yoknapatawpha" is q fair
summary Of the works turned
out by the late William
Faulkner. According to Phil
Moon Mullen Of the Ok
ford Eagle, who knew him
quite well, Mr.. Faulkner felt
that the tragedy Of life in
Yoknapatawpha County was
the mixture Of blood. mis-
cegenation. But ! wouldn't
know, having read very little
Of his works, not over 10 per
cent Of his huge output. When
Mr.. Faulkner won the Nobel
Prize in Literature / asked
Curtis Mullen, editor and
publisher 81 the Oxford
Eagle, to tell US something
about the famous author,
take him apart and let US
see what makes him tick.
He wrote:
Mr.. Alexander. we are
afraid you have given US a
good size assignment, and
one we are not quite able
to carry out. For II years
we edited the oxford Eagle,
and knew Bill Faulkner well.
Once he wrote an article
about dogs, which we pub
lished. Then he often wrote
Letters to the Editor. which
we also published. and prided
ourselves on having a high
priced novelist on our staff
who didn't charge us q cent
>. Bill Faulkner is short.
wears rather nondescript
clothes, and would scarcely
be noticed in the average
crowd. He will stand for
hours on the town square,
staring out beyond the court
house. and never speak to a
friend unless spoken to first.
His name for oxford in his
novels Is jefferson. While
standing there staring into
space he composes those
long and complicated SEN
fences :"
Mr.. Mullen had sold the
oxford Eagle, and had be-
come editor and publisher Of
my home town paper. the
Partisan when Mr.. Faulkner
won the Nobel Prize, but con-
fessed that he had read very
little Of Faulkner's work in
its entirety. I suppose he
meant that he frequently
started reading and became
bored (aS I do when read
ing Faulkner stories, then
laid the story aside. Except
for the fact that he frequent
ly wrote about Negroes 1t is
doubtful If he ever would
have got on in the world Of
literature. For there is some
thing about Negroes that
gets" the Northerner. the
Yankee, the European. But
not the Southerner. In OK
ford at least half Of the
townspeople considered Mr..
Faulkner's writings trash.
according to Curtis Mullen.
who was in q position to
know.
We can picture the Euro
pean choking up" as he
reads Mr.. Faulkner's novels,
and ditto for the Yankee
Small wonder the Mississippi
author kept inventing a
steady stream Of myths about
what The Star considers
that terribly dark, swampy
mythical and altogether i'm
probable place atrociously
named Yoknapatawpha."
It paid well. But even so
Mr.. Faulkner always insisted
he was a farmer and he fire.
quently plowed his farm lands
behind q mule which he con-
sidered one Of the most in
telligent Of animals.
E. Harry Alexander.
Formerly on staff Of
The Paris CTenn.D Pari-
eiovA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-11
THE TRUTH ABOUT SHY

LOCK, BY Bernard Greba-
nier. 369 pages. Random
House; $3.50
Evening star., 1962-07-08

"The Pride and the Passion" with
Cary Grant. Frank Sinatra and
Sophia Loren, is the Hollywood Spe-
cial highlighting the TV schedules
for Sunday. July IS. (This list is
compiled from available informa-
tion.)
Issues and Answers a pm,
WMAL-D. Cabinet member Abraham
Ribicoff appears the day after he is
expected to be nominated for the
Senate in Connecticut.
Robert Herridge Theater Is pm,
WRC-D. THE Easter Story" COM
bining words. music and famous
paintings.
Wide World Of Sports Is pm,
WMAL-D. Daytona's "Firecracker
$50" Stock Car Race; also, the 1862
British Open Golf championship at
Troon, Scotland.
The Sundoy Stor TV Mosozine,
Evening star., 1962-07-08

Follow the Sun T:30 pm,
WMAL-D. Celeste Holm and Alan
Hale in "The Irresistible Miss Bull
finch" Repeat.)
Hollywood Special $3.50 pm,
WMAL-D. Because Of the films
length, The Lawman is pre-empted
for tonight only. Cary Grant stars
in drama set during the Spanish
War Of Independence in the Ma
poleonic era.
GE Theater 20 pm, WTOP-O.
Irene Dunno plays a widow who runs
for political office in opposition to
the political machine. CRepeat)
Show Of the Week 90 pm.
WRC-D. An exciting look at New
York City's Police Emergency Serv-
ice division in action. Squad veterans
are shown on actual calls in lower
Manhattan.
Washington. D. C.. July 8. 1862 IS
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The Nome nugget., 1962-06-01
CAPITAL LOCATION ISSUE MAYBE OMITTED FROM ABSENTEE BALLOTS

ANCHORAGE R The capital location issue will apparently be omitted from the absentee ballots of the primary election unless the Supreme Court modifies an injunc- ton issue by lower court in Juneau.
 The Attorney General has writ ten a letter to the Supreme Court suggesting such a modification but not saying that the issue would be printed on absentee ballots without court action.
 The Anchorage Times said Tues day a report it published last week saying that the Attorney General was proceeding in defi- ance of the injunction was in error.
 Chief Justice Buell. Nesbett acknowledged receipt of the letter but declined to discuss it or in-
 iicate what procedure the court might follow if 1t should be con- sidered.
 The capital relocation issue is pending before the high court on appeal from the Juneau Superior Court. Tn Juneau the judge issued an injunction to forbid the State from placing t on the ballot on the grounds that 1t would cause irreparable injury to the people of Alaska.
 The Attorney General suggested that permission to place the issue on the absentee ballot would en- able the court to hold the matter. under consideration until July IS without preventing primary vote in the event the lower court is reversed.
 The issue arose after more than ' ,000 Alaskans signed q petition asking that the people be allowed to vote on proposal to move the capital from Juneau to Western Alaska. The City of Juneau spon- sored court action and won all injunction to forbid the State from doing sn The matter is heino appealed to the Supreme Court.
The Nome nugget., 1962-06-01
GLASSES IN THONGS PLANNED FOR AUGUST

A unified phonics course" will be offered this summer for all state teachers, interested parents, and school administrators, at Wendler Junior High School in Anchorage, by the person who ori- ginated the teaching method, Mrs. Ronalda Spalding.
 A resident of Honolulu, Mrs. Spalding wilt travel extensively from Mexico to the East Coast and to Alaska this summer. She will offer the course in Anchorage from August 1924.
 It was explained that the Spald- ing method iiss iiss a way of teaching the four basic language skills - speaking, spelling writing and reading.
 Compared to former phonics methods, the most striking differ ence is that beginner starts off with writing, not reading, Letters and letter combinations which stand for sounds of speech are taught first.
 Then the beginner is taught to write spoken words, the meaning of which are easily understood.
 Glasses at Wendler Junior High School will meet from 8:30 am. to 12:30 non, five days a week, with nursery provided for a small fee. Interested persons may write to Mrs. Robert w Dunaway, 1901 z3rd Ave, Anchorage, Alaska, for further in formation, or they can register for the course by simply mailing a check for $40 to the above address to cover the cost of the course.
The Nome nugget., 1962-06-01
Two Days of Peace in AIgiers
By Andrew Borowiec

ALGIERS tR = Europeans and Moslems mixed peacefully in the streets of Algiers today as the sec ond consecutive bloodless morning drew to a close.
 The terrorist European Secret Army Organization continued it's mysterious truce in an apparent effort to prove it's bargaining power in any negotiations with the Moslern national liberation front.
 Secret army leaders want to talk directly to Moslem nationalists to seek additional guarantees for Al geria's European community be- fore the Moslen majority takes over an independent Algeria.
 So far, Moslen quarters have vehemently denied any contact has been made.
 The truce, which began with the ascension holiday yesterday. gave the city a new face.
 Moslern women penetrated the heart of the European city without incident. Moslern bootblacks and flower vendors, long absent, set mp their stands again.
 Markets were crowded by Eu- ropean housewives, many of whom have been feeding their families canned goods for weeks.
 Europeans close to the Secret Army said it's commandos had re- 'ceived orders to acease fire' until Saturday.
The Nome nugget., 1962-06-01
BRITISH WOMEN SEEK NSIIATER PROTECTION

LONDON LR An itch under Jeannie Buchan's brassiere budded into d demand Wednesday for the British government to set Up a ministry for consumer protection. The demand was voted by 800 women leaders of the Labor Party after hearing comely Mrs. Ruchan, 35, tried in vain to get back the .ssase,..sayss F ssse,.saayss she paid for hrassiare.
 Bemused by an advertisement which suggested that almost any girl would stop traffic in bra of this brand, Mrs. Buchan in- vested 16 shillings - $1.22 in one of them.
 sTt itched, she told the women's conference in Blackpool. sIt was so scratchy that within two days had to discard 1t. know why the girl in the advertisement stop ped the traffic she had to take off her bra. Well, complained to the makers \
 The conference agreed with Mrs. Buchan that the complaint of an individual consumer carries too little weight to get much action out of big company. It formally resolved that a government de- partment should be created to deal with such beefs.