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Mr.. Herter's
Book Behind
On Events
TOWARDS AN ATLANTIC

= ~ AhANA<S INV a. = ~
COMMUNITY. BY Christian
A. Herter. (Harper g. Row
$3.50
Events in the West have
moved so quickly in recent
months that much Of Mr..
Herter's admirable little book
is already dated. When the
former Secretary Of State
wrote his argument for an
Atlantic community, he did
not know whether Britain
would have entered the Com
mon Market and he did not
know how the discussions
about q European nuclear
force would develop.
President de Gaulle's veto
and the Nassau pact have so
changed the contemporary
scene that Mr.. Herter will I'M
doubtedly have to revise some
Of his pages. In general,
however. Mr.. Herter has pre-
sented q clear, brief (105-
page) study of the reasons
for the United States joining
O closer Atlantic community
on economic, political, and
military lines. This volume is
another in a series Of policy"
books published by the Coun-
Gil on Foreign Relations to
present major questions in
succinct form.
BERNARD GWERTZMAN.
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SMITH & JONES. BY Mic

oMIIh q JONES. BY Nlch-
olas Monsarrat. civilian
Sloane Associates; $500
This is purportedly the
story Of two foreign service
employees who defect to the
enemy. But Mr.. Monsarrat
has given not so much a pic
ture of men who turn their
backs on their homeland as
a sharp, disturbing portrait
Of the man who must track
them down.
This is the story Of Drill
Pig" the nickname Of q Sc
curity policeman. He is re-
sponsible for the two defec-
tors as far as those in charge
Of his country's security are
concerned. Drill-Pig knew the
defectors, knew their weak
nesses. and at the time we
meet him, is responsible for
bringing them back or max
ing sure that they are no
longer a risk to the country.
Mr.. Monsarrat, who gave
us the unforgettable THE
Cruel Sea" among others, is
a def writer whose strength
Is simplicity and starkness Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-14
SELF PORTRAIT. BY Man


Ray. (Atlantic, Little,
Brown: $3.50
AT the end of the game I
was condemned to strip COM
pletely. I asked jokingly
whether they could Judge
from my nudity what my
propensities were. Jumping
up from the table, I unbut-
toned my shirt. / wore no
undershirt, and, with a single
gesture, peeled off my clothes
down to my shoes, till they
lay in a pile at my feet.
Being somewhat drunk, I
performed a little dance,
kicking glasses and bottles to
right and left. 1t was the
most embarrassing moment
of the session. But it had
psychological significance for
the surrealists."
The thing is, though, that
II you are not somewhat
drunk. If you are not a sur
realist and, above all, If you
are not present at the scene
but only being told about it
some 35 years later. it has
no significance and not even
much embarrassment.
That's the main problem
with this entire book Of
memoirs by Man Ray, the
ingenious photographer and
rather laboriously surrealist
painter. Indeed the problem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-14
Mr.. Unmosks
A Traitors Nemesis

language. There Is in his
prose an economy that gives
his book power. and makes
Drill-Pig a very real and
depressing character. Drill
Pigs story is a good one. and
Mr.. Monsarrat's portrait Of
him Is sharp and an expert
ence In good writing.
But the book has serious
shortcomings. The two de-
fectors are not so unimpor-
tant that they can be dis
missed as lightly as Mr.. Mon
sarrat dismisses them. He
paints them as weaklings,
and readily identifiable trail
tor material. But the paint
ing Is only two dimensional,
lacking depth.
The most serious defect Is
that somewhere around page
40, one begins to suspect who
Is detecting from whom, and
the novel loses much Of its
power. Mr.. Monsarrat's sur
prise" ending Is no surprise
at all. He is too good a
writer. too acute an observer
to be allowed TO get away
with such q contrived device.
JAMES LEE.
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For the Sofety Of African Wi|dIife

The journey was frightful,
the cubs skin and bones, but
the Adamsons found Jespah
(Elsa's favorite) and Gopa
and Little Elsa a new home.
Mrs. Adamson is now de-
voting her time to writing,
lecturing and raising funds
for the preservation Of Afri-
can wild life. She was in
Washington several months
ago, seeking interest in her
wild life project.
She will long be remem-
bered. as will Elsa, for these
beautiful books :. "in every
lion I saw during our
searches I recognized the
intrinsic nature Of Elsa,
Jespah, Gopa and little Elsa,
the spirit Of all the magnifi-
cent lions in Africa. May God
protect them from any arrow
and bless them all and their
kingdom" she writes in the
final sentence Of her saga.
LEE WALSH.
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Eurly California
Under the Dons
THE CALIFORNIA DONS

= a@@@M@ NsNA"Aah a~ANhts
BY Edna Deu Pree Nelson.
(Appleton-C entury-Croft
$500
The Spanish dons for rs
years ruled California. They
came first 10 the settlements
Of San Jose and Monterey
as soldiers and hunters with
only slight interest In agri-
culture. They and their de-
scendants prospered amaz-
ingly, and controlled the
land from huge spreads esti-
mated In square miles rather
than acres. They protected
the Spanish galleons. foisted
off the threat OF Russian
creep along the coast, helped
found missions and small
pueblos such as Los Angeles.
At long last, with Mexico
battling for life. they became
divided on allegiance 10 the
Americans. The book Is not
q history. II Is a tapestry
Of colorful lives. Olimpses 81
power and romance shine
from the stories by Edna
Deu Pree Nelson, magazine
editor and contributor TO
This Week and other publi-
cations. III. A. LYON.
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Valerie Storie (who had had
only q glimpse Of her assail-
ants face, and whose inden-
tification Of him was i'm
paired by a prior false iden-
tification) recount that at
one time the murderer tried
to take off black gloves he
was wearing. He told her to
pull off one; she did, and no.
ticed they were Of q very
thin nylon type texture"
The prosecution was prepared
to introduce q witness to
testify that Hanratty was
in the habit Of wearing this
type Of article, and that Just
prior to the murder q pair
was missing from her home,
at which Hanratty was stay
ing.
Defense counsel submitted
to the Judge that the EVIL
Dental value Of Mrs. Ander-
sons proposed testimony was
in the circumstances so
greatly outweighed by its
prejudicial value that 1t was
one Of those cases when the
prosecution ought to be di-
rected not to tender the
evidence. Mr.. Sherrard freely
admitted that II this were
trial by Judge alone he would
not object to the evidence
which q trained tribunal
could put, and probably
would succeed in putting,
into its proper and true per-
spective. Because Of your
Lordship's training, in this
situation your Lordship can
differentiate, 50 far as the
human mind can, between
what is prejudicial and what
is really Of probative value:
q jury cannot" The judge
ruled that the testimony not
be admitted. Under English
law with the system Of trial
by amateur Jury" comments
Mr.. Blom- Cooper, "the rul-
ing was impeccable."
Hanratty was found guilty
and executed. Mr.. Blom-
Cooper does not argue that
he was innocent, but says
that most English authori-
ties believe that the jury had
insufficient evidence for a
verdict Of guilty. A jury's
verdict can be challenged
only If 1t is perverse-on no
other grounds. Otherwise,
the concern Of the Court Of
Criminal Appeal is not the
merits Of the jury's finding,
but only to insure that the
trial has been conducted
according to the rules.
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The Spying
Techniques
Of Today
A SHORT COURSE m THF

A SHORT COURSE IN THE
SECRET WAR. BY Chris
topher Felix. &c. p. Dut-
ton; So
This Is q most valuable
book for those of US who are
not professional spies.
Christopher Felix. or what
ever his real name is. gives
us q serious textbook on the
techniques Of contemporary
espionage. Unlike other
books on spying. 1t Is neither
an expose Of the mistakes
Of the CHA nor an adven-
ture story. It does criticize
the CHA here and there, and
it does wind UP with q very
readable story Of one espio-
mage operation, but Mr..
Felix's only purpose Is to tell
Legitimate" people (as the
spies refer to the non-spies)
how the secret war is car
ried on.
Mr.. Felix obviously has
worked for the CHA as well
as other American espionage
organizations for many
years. This reader Is strictly
legitimate and therefore no
expert, but the book rings
true. Mr.. Felix surely knows
what he Is talking about.
He tells why spying Is
necessary; explains the in
tricate business Of our know
ing that the enemy knows
that we know one Of his
secrets without letting him
know that we know that he
knows that we know; how
"cover" works and how we
blew 1t In the U-2 case; who
does zee" (counterespio-
nage) and how (they don't
catch enemy agents, they
Join them and why the
"open-faced American" fire.
quently does q lousy job of
spying.
Mr.. Felix has filled O real
need. Any American who L.
interested in his country's
troubles with the world can
do well TO take Mr.. Felix's
short course.
RICHARD FRYKLUND.
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$500 A statement OF the
liberal approach TO pres
ent-day problems. and how
this differs from the con-
sentative approach and
from earlier liberal ap-
proaches.
EDUCATING THE INTELLI-
GENT. BY Michael Hutch
inson and Christopher
Young. "a Pelican Book;
IS cents.) Based primarily
on experience in Great
Britain. this book Is for
parents, teachers and all
who are interested In i'm
proving educational oppor-
tunities for the intelligent
child.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-14
High Life in Paris
Between the Wars

probably applies to the en-
tire Dada-Surrealist move
ment. High life In Paris be-
tween the World Wars can
be interpreted In about eight
ways. Whatever the inter-
probation, surrealism was an
adjunct Of 1t. Both the high
life and the surrealism must
have been a lot Of fun for
the players, but neither one
survives very well.
Man Ray. an American
participant in the era Of
games, recounts in endless
detail his acquaintance with
the rich and famous. the poor
and hubble. and the Paris
artists Of the period. Hitler
broke the whole show up and
neither Ray nor the others
have ever been able to get
back to the sunnyland of
perpetual adolescence. In
stead he and they have grown
older and taken to lecturing
on sunshine. There is a GER
tain pathoS in the authors
efforts to find the vanished
land in Hollywood and again
in Paris. Also. the book is Of
undoubte d value to any
serious student Of the art or
the period in general. For the
ordinary reader. it Is next to
impossible to imagine why
the author is so intrigued by
his own days and ways.
FRANK GETLEIN.
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Another Reprint
By Henry Miller
BLACK SPRING. A nov,

BLACK SPRING. A novel by
Henry Miller. Grove Press:
So
BLACK Spring." written In
1885. is the third Of Henry
Miller's autobiographical
books to be reprinted in the
Grove Press saga Of perhaps
the only Twentieth Century
American to match Leo Duro-
cher in loquacity.
Those who were not salts
fled with the revelations of
Miller in '"rhe Tropic Of Cap
ricorn" and "The Tropic Of
Cancer" will welcome this new
volume. Others may feel that
his opinions Of literature, the
world Of New York and Paris,
and Of his own navel. though
interesting enough In small
amounts. have too little va
riety or depth 10 be 30 long
drawn out. Shouting must be
brief TO be arresting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-14

LEuCu WHERE SeI1DIaIlCe. IL is
Mr.. Blom-C ooper's conten-
ton that in the highly devel-
oped game which an English
murder trial has become
through the evolution of
common law, truth is Of Sec
ondary Importance, the es-
sential being instead only
enough fact necessary to con-
vict or acquit.
The book is not particu-
larry concerned with the
crime, which was both sordid
and without many unusual
or interesting details, nor is 1t
primarily concerned with an
account Of the course Of the
trial. Its purpose is to show
that the jury which found
Hanratty guilty had no OPP
portunity Of knowing many
truths Of the case with which
both prosecution and defense
were familiar. Mr.. Blom-
Cooper does not criticize ad-
versely the conduct of the
trial. the work Of Judge,
prosecution, defence, or Jury:
he does not argue that Han
ratty was unjustly convicted
or treated with anything but
fair play. His thesis is that
criminal justice in correct
ing 18th century abuses
that arose from selecting
juries with as great as posi-
bic prior knowledge Of the
crime is now erring in its
zeal to keep the jury in ig-
norance.
The jury never knew that
Hanratty was q certified
mental defective, although it
and the state would doubtless
not have wanted to execute
an insane man. But Han
ratty's contention was that
he had nothing to do with
the crime and, as Mr.. Blom-
Cooper says, it was mot
logically possible to say. But
If you, the jurors, find that
I am lying, then I say my
mental condition should re-
duce the offence to man
slaughter" The rule against
hearsay evidence kept from
the jury the knowledge that
a prison guard overheard
Hanratty confess the crime
to q fellow prisoner, even
though there were details in
the guards deposition 1t was
absolutely impossible for him
to have learned from any
body but Hanratty.
Ah -
To me the most interesting
aspect Of the case is the
black glove. The jury heard
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husband, George Adamson.
who went through the heart
break Of Elsa's death from an
infection. After Elsa had
been dead for but half an
hour, the senior veterinary
officer from Isiolo arrived
at the camp where George
Adamson, with the help Of
his men. had put Elsa onto
a stretcher and moved her
into his tent, where he
nursed her himself.
What follows is as remark
able a story as the preceding
two. George relinquished his
game warden job, and he
and Joy took UP what might
seem an impossible task for
anyone but the Adamsons-
the rescue Of Elsa's cubs
and moving them from Elsa's
home to another territory in
the Serengeti. An arrow was
embedded in the hide Of the
beautiful Jespah, where he
had been shot by an African.
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GRANDMOTHER AND THE

OntINDNOA hER AVN AlG
PRIESTS. BY Taylor Cald-
well. Doubleday; $3.50
The indefatigable Miss
Taylor Caldwell has come
through with another big fat
one-468 pages. 1t seems to
have been written for her
own entertainment as well
as the readers. Miss Cald-
wells very recent best-seller,
"A Prologue to Love-" was so
relentlessly lugubrious that
one can see why the poor
author wanted a little fun
out Of this years book. The
new item Is q collection Of
10 tales, bound together by
a thread Of q story about q
little girl whose sparring
parents keep shipping lIer
off to stay with an eccentric
grandmother.
Granny has q hobby Of
entertaining the clergy. The
price Of one Of his sumptu-
Gus feaSts Is q story Of some
past adventure. Since most
Of grandmother's priests
spent their youth in the more
obscure parishes of Ireland
and Scotland. many years
ago, they naturally have q
better-than-average supply
Of fantastic tales on hand.
The leading character in
several Of them Is the devil
himself. making tempting
conversation with various
humans, including o bishop.
And all but three Of the rest
deal with some other ele-
ment Of the supernatural.
In coping successfully both
with this difficult subject
matter and demanding form,
1t is a big help If your name
happens TO be Dostoevsky or
Forster. or Eliot. or Dinesen,
or Lewis. They call for q
kind Of subtlety and stylistic
invention that are not among
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THE DEVIL TO PAY IN
THE BACKLAND DIS. BY
Joao Guim araes Rosa.
Translated from the Portu-
guese by James L. Taylor
and Harriet de Onis. (Al-
fred A. Knopf; $3.50
I know too little Of Bra
lillian literature to assess the
opinion Of those familiar with
it that THE Devil to Pay in
the Backlands" is one Of the
greatest novels in the Portu-
guese language. 1t is, to be
sure, an extraordinarily fine
novel when considered in
relation to the traditions I
do know.
It is q long book, the life
story Of q Brazilian jd0unco,
"a member Of q lawless band
Of armed ruffians in the hire
Of rival politicoes, who warred
against each other and
against the military. at the
turn Of the century, In North
eastern Brazil" Riobaldo Is
an old man who tells his
story not to the reader, but
to a stranger, q guest we see
only through occasional ques-
tons put to him by the mar
rator. The story itself Is
remarkable a nd fascinating
- roundabout, garrulous,
sprawling In It's main out
lines, It Is vivid and concise
IN its details.
The jd0uncos Of the book
seldom fit the description I
have quoted from the CLOS
sary. They are not typically
mere ruffians, and they live
under the hard law Of their
leaders. Riobaldo. like other
heroic characters Of the
novel, is religious and SUPER
stitious yet intelligent and
far from unlettered, ruthless
yet compassionate. brave yet
not without fear. loyal yet
tinctured with faithlessness.
At the close Of his life he
has accepted the gods Of all
the religions he has come In
contact with. but he knows
that the devil does not exist
and Is tormented by q be-
lief that will not down that
he is In league with him.
The picture Of the Brazil
ian Northumberland birds
and animals, colors and
weather. the lives Of their
inhabitants, hard and mean
or dangerous and opulent--
Is the background Of the tales
OF violence and heroism that
take shape In the memory Of
Riobaldo. What gives the
book It's real vitality. how
ever. is the stature and
Wilderness Of It's teller. q hard
man wrapped in fantasy. a
cunning one beset by imagi-
nation, a noble one insure
Of himself.
Senior Rosa was born In
1908 and studied medicine.
Since 1884 he has been in
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FOREVER FREE. B,

FOREVER FREE. By Joy
Adamson. (Harcourt, Brace
g. World; $3.50
Forever Free" ends the
saga of Elsa the lioness
and her cubs, and the thou
sands, perhaps millions. Of
readers who grew 50 fond
of Elsa in Born Free" and
her cubs in Living Free"
will find this the saddest Of
the three books.
Elsa is dead, as everyone
knows who followed the re-
markable story of affection
between humans and animals.
Mrs. Adamson writes that
the last time she saw Elsa,
she was dragging meat for
her three cubs UP q steep
slope and into a thicket
where the cubs were. with
this last picture Of Elsa help
ing her children, I reluc-
family left them" While Mrs.
Adamson was gone for help.
Elsa died, and 1t was her
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Plain Entertainment
By ToyIor Caldwell

Miss Caldwell's claims to
fame. Most Of the stories
simply do not come off, and
a few are embarrassing dis
asters. Among the few unfey
ones, though, there is q
rather nice item about q
doughty Scotch laird who
kidnaps q couple Of English
girls and tries to marry the
wrong one. RUTH HUME.
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THE SILENT PAST: The
Mysterious and Forgotten
Cultures Of the World. BY
Ivar Lissner. 60. P. Put
nam; $6.95.)
Bookstores have been
flooded in recent years with
journalistic rehashes Of
archaeological reports. This
volume is one Of the best
Of them. In 40 brief chap
tiers 1t seeks to present the
historical background for
some Of the worlds most
famous excavations. Some Of
these. such as the Sandman
nuraghi. the cave temples Of
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head in order to be Vure to
be first into Rome.
Gen. Patton was impulsive
and "a bit Of a poseur." But
Alexander liked Patton be-
cause Patton would take
chances and in the last anal
ysis he was Americas best
fighting general"
Alexander has limitless
praise for the Germans and
their fighting ability even
when their losses were great
est.
He gives no credit to Gen.
Auchinleck, his predecessor
as commander in chief in the
Middle East, for turning the
tide or at least stemming the
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Other Books of the Week in Brief Review

Hebrews. In addition, Prof.
Hooke discusses the nature
and function Of myth
and devotes a chapter TO
the subject Of the place OF
the myth In Christianity.
HOW TO MAKE A TELE-
SCOPE. BY Jean Texereau.
"a Doubleday Anchor
Book; Sl.45J A Step-by-
step course covering every
operation and piece Of
equipment necessary TO as
semble a telescope. Latest
addition TO the Natural
History Library"
THE EVOLUTION OF LIB
ERALIsM. BY Harry X.
Girvetz. "A Collier Book:
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Field Marshal Alexander of Tunis;
His Memoirs Are Mokinq History
THE ALEXANDER ME-

THE ALEXANDER MEN,
OIRS 1940-1945. BY Field
Marshal Earl Alexander of
Tunis. (McGraw- Hill;
$3.50
Field Marshal Alexander
was q scrawny, pint-sized,
priggish British soldier who
headed the successful British
campaigns in Africa and
Italy during World War II.
He was also one Of the most
popular and respected Of
British military men.
Lord Alexander is the kind
Of man who can brag that
his men came back from
Dunkirk with their pants
pressed. In his memoirs he
blasts his fellow officers, both
British and American, and
saves his highest praise for
the enemy.
OF his fellow officers he
says:
Field Marshal Montgomery
was mot an easy man to deal
with" He was cautious and
reluctant to take chances"
OF Eisenhower
Gen. Eisenhower was mot
so conversant with modern
methods as were his junior
commanders" and the gen.
eral was grossly at fault for
stopping the drive through
Italy to Vienna as proposed
by Churchill.
Gen. Mark Clark, perhaps
Intentionally, did not fulfill
his task at the Anzio beach,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-14
BOOKS IN REVIEW
The English
Murder Trial;
ACIassic Game
BY DAY THORPE
Star Book Critic
THE A6 MURDI

THE A6 MURDER: Regina vs. James Hanratty, The Sem
blance Of Truth. By Louis Blom-Cooper "a Penguin
original IS cents)
Some authors have trouble in finding good title for
good book; Louis Blom-Cooper unable
three SO he used them all The first is the Of road in
London where August %, 1861 Michael Gregsten was
shot dead in his by a gunman who then raped and
seriously wounded his companion Valerie Sto The
is the name OF the longest trial in English criminal history
at the conclusion of which January 1862 James Hanraty
was convicted OF murder and the third from Shakespeare
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German advance in North
Africa. Recent historians
have insisted that the con-
tribution of Auchinleck has
been underestimate by both
Alexander and Montgomery.
When published in Eng
land in 1861, the memoirs
stirred up a controversy be-
cause Alexander admits that
a 1912 dispatch from him
was altered to read that Mont
gomery had agreed to the
original plan of Alan Halfa
in North Africa rather than
he, himself-a change that
might tend to solidify what
some writer's have called the
Montgomery myth"
Layman and TheOrist
The dispatch still init
mated that the generals,
whether Alexander or Mont
gomery, agreed to a previous
plan, but Alexander denies
in his memoirs that the plan
had anything to do with
Auchinleck's strategy for the
crucial battle that proved to
be the turning point in the
African campaign.
Alexander continued his
success story in Italy with
dramatic and slashing tao
tics with a motley army
composed Of troops from all
over the world. His memoirs
are Of interest to both lay
men and theoriSt. He pro-
vides detailed battle analyses
for the expert interspersed
with chapters of broad edi-
torial commentary.
HUGH WELLS.