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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-20
A SENATE JOURNAL, 1943-
IS. BY Allen Drury. INC
Graw-Hill; $7.95.)

AAA1 P''SS'(
OCTOBER, 1868. Allen
Drury's latest book arrives.
His day-by-day diary of the
Senate's deliberations 20
years ago. Not so long as
advise and Consent" or "A
Shade of Difference" Only
5O4 pages.
OCTOBER 9, 1868. Interest
ing biog on Drury on last
page. Didn't know he was edi-
tor Of Tuldre Bee. Drawings
in book not bad; thought they
were by author, but somebody
named Joseph Papin did
them. Will try to start reading
book tomorrow.
OCTOBER 10, 1868. Got as
far as foreward.
Here also is the flavor of
that special and fascinating
amalgam that is life on the
Hill. =. Here it is, caught in
a time Of tension when bitter
ness between President and
Congress was rising to a point
rare in American history. :"
OCTOBER IL, 1868. Slow
going. Got through 10 pages
each of last two nights, fell
asleep. Sample:
This afternoon the Senate
took four temporary receSses
before the House would agree
to a compromise on the subsi-
dy fight and accept a proposal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-20
BY MARY McGRORY
Star staff Writer

THE LETTERS OF F. SCOTT
FITZGERALD. Edited and
with an introduction by An
drew Turnbull. (Scribner's;
S1O.)
The glittering and tragic
figure of F. Scott Fitzgerald
returns to haunt US anew in
this collection of his letters.
Here he is again in that rue
full romanticism, that grace
and beauty of expression, and
that extraordinary self-aware-
ness that makes him so en-
thralling a writer. Some Of
the letters fairly simmer on
the page.
His life is well known by
now. 1.-THE Crackup" was a
mercilesS autopsy of his own
career. Arthur MiZener's ''The
Far Side Of Paradise" was
an admirable study. So was
the recently published biog-
raphy of his present editor
and longtime friend, Andrew
Turnbull. But despite the
familiarity of the material,
Fitzgerald admirers will find
fresh fascination in this COL
lection. Mr.. Turnbull has
grouped the hundreds of Sc
lections according to the per-
son addressed. So we have
almost a panel of Self-por-
traits: The exacting father,
the heartbroken husband, the
writer who abuses and treas
ures his talent, the friend, the
critic, the struggling Holly
wood scriptwriter, the calam-
ity-ridden celebrity, the would
be teetotaller, the ever hope
full, gently staggering man.
In almost every case, it is
impossible to anticipate Fitz-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-20
BOOKS IN REVIEW
A Social History
OF Bourbon
BY DAY THORPE
Star Book Critic

THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF BOURBON BY Gerald Carson
Dodd, Mead Co.; $685.
There is, was bar in Madrid which offers any avail
able drink on the house unable to supply that requested
by the customer number Of years ago. wishing play the
game by not calling for something outlandsh vet
protecting my hand by asking for what felt could not
be made in the Old World, suggested mint juIep.
"Yes sir" said the bartender. "Old Crow Old Taylor
Old Heaven Hill, Dant, Fitz, Beam, or Pepper"
felt glow Of patriotic PRIDE the one hand we have
been successful in keeping the national disgrace of Southern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-20
Newest Fitzgerald Letters
A Panel of Self Portraits

flame than ! ever had" was
a mental patient. In most Of
the letters, Fitzgerald was i'll
and in debt. His novels are
out Of print. But he knew
he was a great writer, and
he told Maxwell Parkins, his
long-Suffering and loyal edi-
tor, Each Of us has his vir-
tues and one Of mine happens
to be a sense Of exactitude
about my work"
To Hemingway
With Hemingway, he was the
hero worshipper. He said
with his usual clarity about
himself, 81 half bait, half
truckle to him." When Hem
ingway wrote his shattering
line in The Shows Of Kill
manjaro" about Fitzgerald's
romantic awe of the RICH"
Fitzgerald replied with gallant
forbearance. cts a fine story
one of your best - even
though the poor Scott Fitz-
gerald, ETC. rather spoiled it
for me-"
The letters to Zelda, i'll and
in need, are a quiet celebra-
ton of the death of love. He
writes to her without one jot
of former love-only concern
and patience and duty, telling
her that Scottie and her edu-
cation come first.
Perhaps the most distressing
are the Hollywood memOes,
where we see the creator Of
1.-The Great Gatsby" arguing
with producers over Joan
Crawford pictures. And the
last brings the life full circle,
Fitzgerald, all washed up in
Hollywood, is giving advice to
the editor of the Princeton
Yearbook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-20

Heart, Made men sociabIe,
And in them days Evry Boldly
invite d Evry Boldly That
Come to their house to par
take Of this hosesome Bever-
age" His words conform to
the image almost all of us
have of Kentuckians today,
but apparently not every one
in the State is so enlightened.
No whiskey whatever is made
in Bourbon County, and as
long ago as 1903, wit h
$3.50, 0O0, 900 invested in distill-
cries, Kentucky was 81 per
cent legally dry. The State is
undoubtedly schizophrenic, as
Mr.. Carson says, but there is
something admirable in its
federation, its dissemination to
lynch either the temperance
speaker who says "God is a
Prohibitionist" or Henry Wat
terSon, who, in his editors
chair within shifting distance
of the Old Forester plant,
wrote: 81 should not like to
take the hand of a prohibition
list if l knew him to be a pro-
hibitionist. l should not like it
because in the event he be not
a fool outright he must be
sterile Of mind and heart as
well as a traitor to the institu-
tons of his country"
In the cary days Of the
Republic taxation Of whiskey
was disastrous. George Wash
ington had to put in the field
an army almost as large as
any he commanded in the
Revolution to fight the en-
battled farmer distillers of
Pennsylvania, and Jefferson
repealed the tax. To help de-
fray the cost of the Civil War,
whiskey was taxed 20 cents a
gallon in 1862, and by 1865 the
bite was raised to $500 a gal
Ion. How staggering this was
can be appreciated when one
considers that the price of
good bourbon had been Is to
IS cents a gallon; even today,
with the Federal taxes $1,000
a gallon and others from rs
cents to $3.50, taxes are only
about SIS per cent Of the retail
price. The Nation parched out
considerably; in 1860 the per
capita liquor consumption was
4.8 gallons annually, while to-
day it is only 1.3 gallons Cal
though we Westinghouse are
doing even better than the Ma
ton was a hundred years
ago.
Avowedly uniting the
subjects of Temperance and
Prohibition, Mr.. Carson COW
ers every other aspect of
bourbon and its effect on our
national life. He is a writer of
great wit, and an extraordi-
narily entertaining story tell
er. He has terminated that
Carlisle whose picture, on the
cork Of every bottle of bonded
whiskey released since 1897,
has intrigued all of us. A man
who had fought for the bot
tled-in-bond bill to protect
both drinker and distiller, he
drew four cards in a poker
game with Grover Cleveland
and turned up four kings.
Carlisle" said Cleveland,
IF Pm President again, I'm
going to make you Secretary
of the Treasury" He was and
did.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-20

fried chicken hidden from the
rest Of the world, on the other
soft-shell crabs are not ex-
portable and there is not
enough good Wisconsin cheese
to share with foreigners, but
the world can know us by our
one indubitable ingestible
glory, bourbon whiskey. Ger
aid Carson, in his book 1.-THE
Social History Of Bourbon"
tells us that today people are
drinking it, with happy unbe-
lief, even in Scotland.
Mr.. Carson is not sure ex-
actly when and where the
elixir, a whiskey distilled at
160 proof or lower from a fer
mented mash at least 81 per
cent corn, the rest rye and
barley, and stored in new
charred oak barrels Scotch
natures in barrels not new
and not charred; Canadian
whisky in barrels charred
but not new was first dis
TILED; he doubts the claim of
Elijah Pepper, of the town
that came to be Lexington,
KY, but what was then in
Virginia, that his whiSkey
"0ld 1776" was, as its slogan
proclaimed, "born with the
Republic" A more likely con-
tender for the honor is the
Reverend Elijah Craig, a Vir-
ginian, who by the 179Os was
an active diStiller in what lat
er became Georgetown, Ky.
The fact that he was a man of
the cloth Is not evid en- C e
against the theory, for not the
least Of the many surprises
the reader of Mr.. Carson's en-
pertaining work can expect is
that until the middle of the
18th century there was almost
no opposition to strong drink
by the church in America.
Another Baptist preacher by
the name of James Garrard
may have been the first dis
tiller Of Kentucky whiskey, at
any rate he was indicted in
1887 for selling whiskey retail
without a license, as we're two
other tavern keepers in or
near Paris, KY. (Garrard lat
er rose to be Governor of the
State for two terms.) But by
1910 there were distilleries in
Lexington, Lawrenceburg,
Harrodsburg, Frankfort, LOU
isville, and Bardstown, and a
year later there were an esti-
mated 1000 in the State. Ken
lucky whiskey became bour-
bon as the result of two acct
dents the genius Of the early
distillers was prepared to ap-
preciate. The whiSkey was
originally colorless and a lit
tie sharp. When it was sent
long distances, to New Or
leans, for example, it aged
perforce, and when it Travelled
in charred barrels it colored
and grew smooth. The whis-
key, so far as Mr.. Carson has
discovered, was called "bour-
bon" in 1876; the word first
appeared on the label Of a
bottle in 1848.
+
"In the Early days of Ken
lucky" wrote an old paper
maker, Ebenezer Hiram Sted-
man, quoted by Mr.. Carson,
lone Small drink would Slim
ulate the whole Sistom 1t
Brot out Kind feelings of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-20
Memories of Cocteuu
And Others by CoIette
THE BLUE LANTERN lie

THE BLUE LANTERN lie
Fanal Bleu). BY Colette.
Translated from the French
by Roger Senhouse. (Far-
rar, StrauS & Co.; $685.
AS Colette grew old, she be-
came crippled with torturing
arthritis. The doctors of Gene
va couldn't cure her. For a
while she went about in a
wheel-chair, touching, smell
ing, hearing, tasting things,
and putting what she found
out on paper in words as &C.
curate and as lovely as any
written in our century. Then
she would travel about in the
car of a friend, letting her
cat stop for a bite in Saulieu
or a lap in Vienne, and finally
she was confined to her bed in
the Palais-Royal where she
could look out over the gar
den. There, between 1916 and
1948 when she was rs, she
wrote her last book, realizing
that her senses were failing
her, but unwilling to trail off
into the usual literary remi-
niscences of old age. "The art
of selection, of noting things
to mark, retaining the I'm
usual while discarding the
commonplace, has never
been mine, since most of the
time I am stimulated and
quickened by the ordinary e.
l have covered 200 pages
which are neither memoirs
nor journal.
Her book is a little a me-
moir-her memories of Coo
teau are timely today as I'm
whiting obituary, and her
chapter on her greatest
friend, the actress Marguerite
Moreno, give it that charac-
ter. But Colette even at the
end did not look back but
around her. Her subject can
be a steel sewing n e e die,
which must for her be exactly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-20

ed her remarkable study into
two parts, the first dealing
with the white cat, the second
with the black cat. The diver
gent attitudes toward the ami
nal does not refer so much to
its color as to whether it was
regarded as an omen and
agent of good or evil, though
the black cat did come to be
associated with witches and
the cunning Of hell, the pow
ers Of darkness which medic
val people believed the cause
Of death, accidents, pestilence
and other disasters.
There was, in the Egypt Of
the Pharaohs, Bastet, the cat
headed goddess, who played a
great part in bestowing happi-
ness on earth and a good life
after death. There were sa-
cred cats in the temples, and
the ordinary feline pet, the
alley cats Of that day, were
protected. 1t was a terrible
offense to kill a cat. Not
many centuries afterward, we
find cats in the old records of
Chinese emperors and priests,
usually as an honored symbol.
japanese folklore reveals a
mixed feeling, with the cat
sometimes a benevolent crea-
ture with supernatural powers
who helped the poor and dis
couraged, in other tales a de-
mon who took enormous
shape and was slain by some
gallant knight.
In Folklore
After citing legends and su-
perstitions about the cat at
various periods all over the
world-and every region from.
the highly cultured to the
most primitive seems to have
had beliefs, fetishes or taboos
concerning 1.-THE author asks
why people have nurtured
such an elaborate and contra
dictory folklore about a sin
gle animal. These things, she
feels, were derived largely
from the nature of the cat-an
aloof, fey creature, capri
ciously affectionate, nocturnal,
with eyes that glow in the
semi-darness, a silent hunt
er who plays cruelty with
its prey.
There was, she concludes, a
firm basis for the cult Of the
cat-not, Of course, objective
ly, but psychologically. People
transferred their hates, fears,
insecurities and fixations to
the cat. And she r educes
these feelings to Freudian-
Jungian formulas. Perhaps
she carries this theory too
far, but it is decidedly inter-
eSting.
The book is well illustrated
with actual and imaginative
pictures.
CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-20
WHITE HOUSE
IN VOLUME OF
FINE MANSIONS

GREAT AMERICAN MAN
SI0NS AND THEIR STO-
RIES. By Merrill Folsom.
tHastings House, Inc;
slOO The storieS-snd pic
tures-Of Americas great
est mansions from the his
toric ones to the latest of
the 10th century's million
aires are included in this
handsome volume, ideal
as a gift book. Washing
ton is represented, spprO-
priately, by the White
House.
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to continue the life of the
Commodity Credit Corpora
ton. Finally it did, and that
out the way, Barley offered
a concurrent resolution to adj
journ sine die after next Tues
days session, and a resolution
to convene the second session
of the 18th Congress at noon
Monday, Jan. TO-"
OCTOBER 10, 1863. Do you
know what happened to the
Senate January 2, 1874? "0PA
has added another 5-pOint ra-
ton bonus for pork to its list
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-20
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So A study of why the once
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extinct.
PAPERBACKS
A BEGINNERS BOOK OF
SPORTING AND HUNT
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Cornerstone Library; ST.
Pointers for the expert as
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-20

ADVENTURES OF THE
MIND: Third Series From
the Saturday Evening Post.
Edited by Richard Thruel-
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Vintage Book; $1.65.) Con-
temporary thought explored
with 20 eminent creative
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Kodiak mirror., 1963-08-30

to be determined by the council and subject to such regulations as the council may prescribe. Every contract for public improvements of more than $1O,OOO shall be awarded to the lowest and best re- sponsible bidder after such notice and opportunity for competitive bidding may be given.
 Personal Interest
 Section 5-19. Neither the mayor, any councilman nor the city man. ager shall sell or barter anything to the city or to a contractor SUD- plying the city; or make any con tract with the city; or purchase anything from the city other than those things which the city offers generally to the public Gas for eX- ample, utility services), and then only on the same terms as are of fered to the public; unless an in vitation to submit sealed bids is published, and the city accepts the sealed bid which is most ad- vantageous to the city; provided that such sale, contract or purchase of not more than $500 in value, may be made without bids at prices or rates prevailing in the commun- ity and without discrimination. Any such officer violating this sec. tion, upon conviction thereof, shall thereby forfeit his office. Any violation of this section, with the knowledge, express or implied, of the person or corporation con- tracting with the city, shall render the contract voidable by the city manager or the council.
 Claims for Injuries
 Section 5.20. The city shall not be liable in damages for injury to persons or property by reason of negligence of the city unless, with in four months after such injury occurs, the person damaged or his representative causes a written mo- tice to be served upon an officer of the city upon whom process may be served. Such notice shall state that such person intends to hold the city liable for such damages and shall set forth substantially the time and place of the injury, the manner in which it occurred, the nature of the act or defect com plained of, the extent of the injury so far as known, and the name and address of witnesses known to the claimant.
 No person shall bring action against the city for damages to person or property arising out of any of the reasons or circumstances aforesaid unless such action is brought within the period pre- scribed by law, nor unless he has first presented to the city man. ager claim in writing and under oath, setting forth specifically the nature and extent of the injury and the amount of damages claim ed. The city manager shall prompt ly present such claim to the coun- cil for action.
 Failure to give notice of injury or to present claim within the time and in the manner provided, shall bar any action upon such claim.
 This section shall not be deemed to waive any defense of immunity which the city may have from claims for damages arising out of negligence; but shall apply in all cases where such defense is not available to the city.
 Independent Annual Audit
 Section 5-21. The council shall designate a certified public ac-
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KODIAK MIRROR

Cne dSScSSlneHL IS mdue, anu no change in the status of property after that day shall be considered in determining its value. In de- termining such values, any stand ards of appraisal established by law or ordinance shall be followed. The council shall equalize valua- tions of property assessed; pro- vided that the council by ordinance may delegate this power to board created by ordinance, when not prohibited by state law.
 Same: Lien on Real Property
 Section 5-11. The city shall have a first lien on all real property against which city taxes are asses sed, for the taxes and any collec- tion charge, penalties and interest which may accumulate thereto; and the lien shall continue until the taxes and any such charges, penalties and interest are paid. Same: Protection of Lien
 On Real Property
 Section 5-12. The city may pro- tect it's lien for taxes on real prop erty by sale at tax sale, or by pur- chasing the real property at any tax sale or other public sale, or by direct negotiation with the owner, or in any other legal manner. Any such procedure shall be deemed to be for a public purpose. When the city has acquired an interest in real property to protect a tax lien thereon, the owner of any in- terest in such real property may redeem the same by paying the de- linquent city taxes and all accrued charges, penalties and interest thereon, as provided by law or or dinance. After the city has held any tax-delinquent real property for two years, it may hold the same for public use or sell it at public auction to the highest bidder; pro- vided that, if the city sells such property before it uses the prop erty for public purposes, other pro- visions of this charter relating to tie sale of property shall not apply to such sales.
 Same: Protection of Lien on
 Personal Property
 Section 5-13. City taxes on per- sonal property shall be debt to the city from the persons to whom they are assessed. If any person to whom such taxes are assessed fails or refuses to pay the taxes, such taxes, and accrued charges, penalties and interest may be col lected by a personal action in the name of the city against the per son to whom assessed in a court of competent jurisdiction, or by dis traint and sale of any personal property of the person assessed. Neither of the remedies herein given shall be exclusive of the other or of any remedy provided by law.
 Disbursements: Authority
 Method
 Section 5-14. Disbursements of city funds shall be made only in accordance with appropriations made as provided in this charter, or, in case of funds which are not formally appropriated, then by authority granted by the council or by the qualified voters of the city. The council shall prescribe the method or methods of disburs- ing city funds.
 Deposit and Investment
 of Funds
 Section 5-15. The council shall regulate the deposit and invest. ment of city funds, and shall de.
Kodiak mirror., 1963-08-30

the council may prescribe, shall contract for and purchase, or is- sue purchase authorizations for, all supplies, materials, and equip ment for the offices, departments and agencies of the city govern ment. Every such contract or pur- chase exceeding an amount to be established by ordinance, shall re- quire the prior approval of the council. The city manager also may transfer to or between off ces, departments and agencies, or sell, surplus or obsolete supplies, materials and equipment, subject to such regulations as the council may prescribe.
 Before the purchase of, or con- tract for, any supplies, materials or equipment, ample opportunity for competitive bidding, under such regulations, and with such exceptions, as the council may pre- scribe, shall be given; but the council shall not except a particu- lar contract, purchase or sale from the requirement of competitive bidding.
 The council by ordinance may transfer some or all of the power granted to the city manager by this section to an administrative officer appointed by the city man. ager.
 Contracts and Sales
 Section 517. (aD Any contract which by its terms will not be fully executed within five years and which cannot be terminated by the city upon not more than one months notice without penalty; and (b) the sale or lease of any city property, real or personal, or the sale or other disposal of any interest therein, the value of which property, lease, or interest is more than $3O,OOOOO, shall be made only:
 CD By authority of an ordinance
 approved or enacted at an
 election by an affirmative
 vote of a majority of the
 qualified voters of the city
 who vote on the question of
 approving or enacting the
 ordinance (the ordinance be-
 ing submitted to the voters
 by the council or by initi-
 ative of the voters); or (2) By authority of non-emer-
 gency ordinance passed by
 the council, which shall be
 published in full within ten
 days after its passage, and
 which shall include sec
 tion reading substantially
 as follows: Section
 If one or more referendum
 petitions with signatures
 are properly filed within one
 month after the passage and
 publications of this ordi-
 nance, this ordinance shall
 not go into effect until the
 petition or petitions are fin
 ally found to be illegal andy
 or insufficient, or, if any
 such petition is found legal
 and sufficient, until the or
 dinance is approved at an
 election by a majority of the
 qualified voters voting on
 the question. If no referen-
 dunn petition with signatures
 is filed, this ordinance shall
 go into effect one month
 after its passage and publi-
 cation"
 Provided than an entire pub-
 lie utility belonging to the
 citv may be sold or leased