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New DiiIus Novel
Likely to Blast
Some Opinions
MONTENEGRO. By Milovan
Djilas. (Harcourt, Brace &
World; $5.75.)

MONTENEGRO. By Milovan
Djilas. (Harcourt, Brace &
World; $5.75.)
Montenegro" is a novel
that is bound to have political
repercuSSions. Written by Mi
lovan DjilaS during the time
he was in prison between 1856
and 1861, it was sent out of
the country in the brief time
that elapsed before he pub
lished Conversations With
Stain" and was promptly re-
imprisoned by Tito.
Djilas has had a stormy
career in YugoSlavia'S brief
history and much of his per-
sonal life is undoubtedly re-
Elected in his book, which
covers the bloody years be-
tween 1916 and the fusion of
Montenegro, Serbia and Yu-
goSlavia into its present
shape. DjilaS himself says,
Il have little material
for the writing of history, but
l remember too much-and
too much that is evil-to be
able to keep silence = am
torn between the ideal and the
reality"
Himself a Montenegro, Dji-
las joined the Communist
Party in 1922 and when he
was expelled by the Commu-
mist Central Committee in
1854, he was one of the four
chiefs Of the Yugoslav gov
eminent. But, as his book
clearly shows, the gap be-
tween the ideal and the real
ity became increasingly diff
cult for him to bridge for he
was, above all, loyal to the
"Yugoslav idea" Djilas' love
of his native Montenegro IL
lumines the whole book, but
it is a love tinged with Bit
terness because of opportuni-
ties missed and causes be-
trayed-more by pride and
stubbornness than treachery.
One of the characters In the
book might well be Djilas
himself as he sums up the
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Inner child of the past"
that is by the tensions that
can be set up in childhood
and carried into the adult
life. 1t is the purpose of
this book to help make
peace with this elmer
child" and thus free the
energies for adult living.
WHO'S WHO OF AMERICAN
WOMEN. 1964-5. marquis
Who's Who, Inc.) The third
edition of the biographical
dictionary of notable living
American women.
PAPERBACKS
THE UNITED STATES IN
WORLD AFFAIRS, 1862. By
Richard p. StebblnS. "a
Vintage Book; $2.45.) An
account of the international
activities of the United
States in 1862. 1t continues
the series of annual foreign
policy surveys initiated by
the Council on Foreign Re-
lationS in 1881.
AN AUTO BIOGRAPHICAL
STUDY. By Sigmund Freud.
Authorized translation by
James Strachey. Morton
Library; $1.25.) Originally
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This Novel Is q Total
Rocking Success
By MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer

CAREFUL, HE MIGHT HEAR YOU. By Sumner Locke Elliott
(Harper; $4.95D
Sumner Locke Eiots novel about the struggle of two
sisters for the custody of their 6year-od nephew is total
racng success Mr. Elliott has told the heatbreakng story
in gnng SaccatO style, which catches every syllable Of
strain tension and childish confusion adults whisper fearful
riddles over his head
p S. the postscript of his will O. the wisp mothers ride
ulOuS life, is the bone of contention He lives happily in
Australia with his poor hapeSs Aunt Lila and Uncle George
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As characters as well as
supernumerarieS.
Don't bother about a con-
tract" said Shaw, seeing
Langner off to New York,
after having promised the
Guild that it could do the
gigantic work. at isn't likely
that any other lunatic will
want to produce Back to
MethuSelah. The play Lang
ner thought should be called
Back, Back, Back, to Me-
thuselah," was a great sue
cess, losing only $4,000,
though the producers feared it
might lose $4,000. 'My name
is worth $4,000 to any theatre
cal venture" commented
Shaw.
Shaw may be ones favorite
playwright or not, but few
readers can escape the spell
of his prefaces or deny that
he was able to have books
written about him that, on the
whole, are more entertaining
than those on any other public
figure. Mr.. Langner's book is
posthumous, since he died last
December; the amazing thing
is that he did not write and
publish it years ago, for the
story of his friendship with
Shaw throughout II h e cite
productions of his plays by
the Theater Guild and several
more by the Westport Country
Players, is absolutely first
class Shaviana. Mr.. Langner
was him S elf a very witty
man; furthermore, he was not
the least intimidated by Shaw,
and in the hurly-burly of let
tiers, cablegramS, and Occa-
Sional personal meetings, he
always gave as good as he
got.
Perhaps the most fascinat-
ing logomachies we're those
involved with Shaw'S adamant
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whom he dearly loves. His
ne'er-do-well father is off dig
ging for gold.
Into his humble round comes
a letter from Vanessa, the
family goddess, the hostage
given in girlhood to rich Aunt
Elite. VaneSSa is coming from
England to claim half the
custody of P. S., and she ar
rives, all Mayfair accent and
cutting remarks to cause
havoc in the life of P. S.,
through whose wondering eyes
most Of the action is seen.
You'll Coach EN-
Consummate gameSman,
VaneSSa is cobra to Lila'S
mongOoSe. P. S. is packed off
to Vanessa's house to nope
and long for home, to be
given the advantage of a pri-
vate school with Sadistic rich
children for playmates. Lila,
frantic, muddle-headed, stands
up to Vanessa at the wrong
time, dragS P. S. to a forbid
den squalid writer's picnic,
where his dead mother (al-
ways Dear One" to Lila) is
poSthumouSly honored.
Vanessa takes her griev-
ance to court, and excruciat-
ing confrontations follow thick
and fast, with P. S. all but
pulled apart by the contend
ing sisters.
Careful, He Might Hear
You" is one of those rare nov
els that cannot be read with
detachment. You will find
yourself coaching the char
acters throughout, telling Lila
not to be a chump, urging
P. S. to say the right thing
to the judge, telling Vanessa
to 60 away.
But Mr.. Elliott, an Aus
tralan born New Yorker,
does not make this a simple
contest between good and
bad, arrogant and humble,
rich and poor. With the most
cunning use of flashbackS, he
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Costro's Cube, oCrozy
Carnival of Hatred

THE MORNING AFTER By Victor Franco Translated BY Ivan
Kats and Philip rendered Frederick A. Praeger; $595J
Here is an explosive ravelOgue about the cOntro
verSial Of islands-Castro Cuba
Victor Franco noted French journalist spent one month
travelling the length and breadth of Cuba in 1861 doing saying
and seeing what American reporter is allowed these days
what emerges IS vivid human portrait of "crazy carnival
hatred made all the authentic by the fact that was
originally written for a skeptca French audience
Mr. FRANCOIS account loses little in translation Wherever
possible he takes pains to contrast the reality Of Communist
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Cuba with the socialist TO
manticism of such European
apologiSts as Jean Paul Satire.
Cuba has gone crazy" he
S avs in one representative
passage. ever since / came
here I've felt as if l were at
the movies watching a horror
film. Time goes by, the
rhythm gets faster and faster,
and things become more and
more horrible"
Mr.. Franco is at his best
when reporting his personal
contacts with various types of
Cubans. He pOrtrays the mood
of CaStroite fanatics, political
neutrals, and fervent anti
Communists. He brings home
what is both attractive and
repellent about the Castro die
tatorship.
There is the whole chapter
d devoted to a conversation
with a Negro militiaman, who
adoreS the maximum lead
er" because he has raised
him from shoeShine boy to
equality with wealthy whites.
There are lengthy exchanges
with Anita, the 2O-year-Old
militiana, who yearns just to
be a girl instead of a soldier.
There is the overnight stay at
a new collective farm, which
Mr.. Franco reached on his
own by bus and on foot, and
which embOdieS all the more
sinister aspects of the Castro
revolution in the countryside.
But the most exciting chap
tiers are those describing the
pent-up violence on the island.
Mr.. Franco recounts how he
went from fashionable dinner
with well-tO-do leaders of the
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A. }. LiebIing: Terrific
On Fouror Five Counts
THE MOST OF A. J. LIEBLNG. By

THE MOST OF A. J. LIEBLINC. By of course A. j. Liebing
(Simon & SchuSer; S5.95)
don't want to sound proprietary about A. j. Liebing,
but after ALL in my NeD Yorker days / worked cheek by
ow with him for nearly decade This familiarity bred
contempt For my money Joe Leblng was and is terrific
four five counts I've never known which to admire
most in him. the styshness of his STYLE the mlary of his
humor the totaity of his total recall the depth of his
portage; he-er-encyclOpedOSity of his eruditOn.
The firm Of Simon Schuster has done all favor by
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tragic story Of Montenegro by
saying: eff only there we're as
much intelligence as there is
heroism. AS much unity as
there is quarreling. AS many
iberators as rulers"
Montenegro" is a fine
book, but it is not likely to in
ere a S e his popularity with
Tito.
-HIBBARD G. JAMES.
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Bovril, 0rson W elles, suet
pudding, functional furniture,
les sir, perpetual motion, Car
negie Hall, Gertrude Stein,
dpGrtheid, Don Giovanni,
MargOt Fonteyn, Kafka, Ca
mus, Artur RubinStein, the
Unities, the HumanitieS, hu-
bris, Ahab, nemesis, and bull
fightin G ('Tn the second
round, Marciano tried a varia-
ton, throwing a right, then
pulling a shoulder back to
throw a left-this seemed to
have confused Moore, as a
matador might be confused
by a bull who walked in on
his hind legs").
Liebling tops off this per-
formance-ties his whole sport
aS-art package together with
a beautiful bow knot-when
he writes: albert Camus
used to be an amateur mid
dleweight." Anybody got a
counterpunch for that?
Bernhard on the Mat
His piece on wrestling,
From Sarah Bernhard to
Yukon Eric" is equally won
drous. Being an aficionadO
myself of the art-sport of
modern-day wrestling, or
wrasSling-and taking espe-
cial delight in wrestlers'
names-I felt snobbishly supe-
rior to Joe for a while, be-
cause he failed to mention
several of my favorite heroes
and heroines of the fancy
Blimp Levy, Sweet D addy
Sikh, Porto the Great, Hay
stacks Calhoun, Neck VanSky,
Skull Murphy, Baby CheryI,
and Little Darling Dagmar.
(The latter two are celebrated
female midget wrestlers.) But
then, suddenly, Liebling the,
Great pinned me to the mat.
and won the match, with one
name-just one new wres-
tiers name-for my collec-
ton: Ach du Lieber Won
Poppenheim. :.
The sincereSt tribute a
reader can pay a writer is to
surreptitiously thumb through
the pages still to come Of a
book or a chapter or an arti-
cle-not in the hope that it
will prove to be short but in
the hope that it will prove to
be long. l did this again and
again as l read "The Most of
A. J. Liebling." You will, too.
CHARLES COOKE.
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Smuggled in. At first the
greatest difficulty is keeping
his cast, for every day MEM
berS of his chorus and or
cheStra simply disappear.
Later, the NaZis agree that all
artists connected with his ven
ture will not be moleSted, but
even so he loses his people be-
cause his artists will not let
their families be taken away
alone.
Finally, the work with its
"Confutata maledictis" an d
its prayer, Liberia me" is
brought to performance be-
fore a small audience of
which Eichmann, a visitor at
the camp, is a member, the
only man who is aware that
the entire cast is to be killed
the next day. The only weak
spot in the story is the I'm
necessary, unconvincing and
melodramatic addition of the
Beethoven "V for victory"
motive to the Verdi music for
the "Libera me-" for until
that moment the musical ele-
ment of the book has been
handled adroitly. Also, it is
not the kettledrum but the
side drum that is the con-
spicuouS feature of the ''Dies
irae." Nevertheless, the novel
takes a high place among the
few books that have been sue
cessful in making music a ba-
sis for fiction.
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Eichmann and the other Nazis
in the story are genuine; the
rest is fiction, but fiction de-
veloped so without any trace
Of sentimentality or mawkiSh-
ness, and so directly and
simply told, that it is ex-
traordinarily moving.
Terezin is a ghetto cOncen-
tratiOn camp established as a
cover for a nearby Jewish ex-
termination factory. To it are
sent Jewish artists and their
families who are allowed a
certain freedom in organizing
concerts so that their work
can be photographed and used
for propaganda. Schachter's
purpose in working for a per-
Torrance of the Verdi Re-
QUEEN is neither therapeutic
nor reigiOus-he becomes OBJ
Sessed with the idea the re-
QUEEN, the great hymn of
wrath and atonement, Italian
music with a L attn text,
Catholic prayers, Jewish sing
ers, conducted by an unbelieV-
er in a ghetto, would in a way
expose the mendacity of ideas
about pure and impure blood,
superior and inferior races.
At the time he starts rehears-
ing the requiem, which takes
10 months to bring to per-
Torrance, he does not know
that Terezin is an assembly
point for determination.
Instruments are allowed in
the camp, but they have to be
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BOOKS IN REVIEW
A Day of Wrath
In q Czech Ghetto
By DAY THORPE
star Book Critic

THE TEREZIN REQUIEM novel by Josef Bor Translated
from the Czech by Edith Pargeter. KnOpf $500
Before the war, Josef BOr Jew, prominent lawyer
in CzechoSOvaa In 1912 he and his entire family
to the concentration camp at Terezn hereSienstad Only
he survived. While at TereZn he met young conductor
Raphael Schacher whO finding artists among the inmates of
the camp rehearSed and performed number of operas and
oratOrioS and finally the Verdi Requiem This episode the
basis Of Mr. Boris novel, fact both Schacher dead
and another conductor Karel Ancer musical director
OF the Czech PHILHARMONIC real people at Terezn.
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No People, No War
A Suggested Utopia
The WANTING SEED. A n
Norton & Co.; 1885,

"HE WANTING SEED A novel by Anthony Burgess CW w.
Norton & Co.; 1885,
TiStram Foxe is in difficulty with his employers one of
the two big governments left earth at future date
like his nameSake, TrSram Shandy he is of ambiguous
sexual oentaon and the School Board the Department
Education, where he is teacher is suspicious Of hint
possible that he really loves his wife,
For the State has really achieved its goal Of the total
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@. B. S. at Swords Point
With Theuter Guild

G. B. S. AND THE LUNATIC. By Lawrence Langner lathe
neum; $685.
In 1920 Lawrence Langner of the directors of the
young Theaer Guild went to London ask George Bernard
Shaw, whose Heartbreak House" the Guild had given its
premiere the year BEFORE for contract to produce his
performed dramatic epc "Back to Methuselah which
sisted Of five separate plays in eight scenes with total Of
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Liebling, most Of it having ap-
peared originally in The NelU
Yorker. The topics treated
are wildly, and typically, var
iegated - World War II (bel-
lum and antebellum), Harold
Ross, "mustanging," Ole Earl
Long, a drama called "Cut
Yourself a Piece of Throat"
the art of the gourmet, the art
of wrestling, and the art of
prize fighting.
And Liebling
It used to be said of Harold
ROSs-and it was true, though
I've never seen it in print
that his dearest wish was to
have "art written about as if
it was a sport, and sports
written about as if they we're
art" in the pages of his be-
loved NelU Yorker. And some
times that was what he got
from his best writer's, that
is-White and Thurber and
Benchley and Alva Johnston
and Jack Alexander and Jo-
seph Mitchell and Abbott Jo-
seph Liebling.
Take, in this book, the slice
Of prime Liebling entitle d
"Ahab and Nemesis" How
this piece would have rejoiced
Ross heart, had he lived to
read it! 1t is an extravagant
carrying-Out of the great edi-
tors wish, if also something
of a peacock display Of Lieb-
ling's range of knowledge.
You'd hardly guess it from
the title, but "Ahab and Men,
esis" is the story of the Rocky
INTERCHANGEABLE Moore fight
which was st &c d at the
Yankee Stadium on the 10Th
of September, 1855.
All Bases Covered
In the short space of thir-
teen pages, Liebling touches
upon, or expatiates upon, Ed
ward Gibbon, Sir T h ON a S
Mallory, Faust, Walt Disney,
the Sea Of AzOv, bel cdnto,
Winston Churchill. Gallipoi,
, 1963-12-19
so FIRE CHIEFS
FROM so STATES
VISIT ISLAND

Governor Ralph N. Pale
wonsky greeted a delegation
of 80 visiting Fire Chiefs in
ST. Thomas Tuesday.
These Fire Chiefs repre-
scented 50 states and Canada &
had come from San Juan
where the Annual Board of
Directors meeting Of the Inter
national Fire Chief Associa-
ton was held.
The Governor was intro
Continued on page A.
, 1963-12-19
Continued on Page 4
PEST MOVIE TO BE
BE SHOWN AT
EXPERIMENT STA

"A movie entitled @The Pro-
lection of Fruits will be
shown at the office Of the Fee
deral Experiment Station at
Kingshili on Friday afternoon,
December 10th at 2 pm. ac-
cording to Morris Henderson,
Extension Agent.
This film Mr.. Henderson
explains, gives an idea Of the
havoc caused by insect pests
and diseases in citrus and de-
ciduous orchards throughout
the world. Members Of the ST.
Croix Growers Association
are encouraged to attend by
Mr.. Henderson.
, 1963-12-19
CAROL CONCERT
HIGHLY PRAISED
By AUDIENCE

The spirit that is Christmas
came to st. Croix last night
with good will and friendli-
ness among song and music.
The Christmas Carol concert
held in Christiansted last
night brought the warmth Of
friendly joining by the entire
audience in the songs loved
by free people everywhere.
Comments such as 1T was a
beautiful evening", "a moving
and wonderful experience &
SO many more were heard az
ter the concerts conclusion.
High praise was given to
the 200 young singers, to the
seven conductors and the mu-
sicians who contributed to-
Continued on page ~
, 1963-12-19
AMERICAN
HIRES ISLAND


Pan American World Air
ways has hired, and will con-
tinue to hire, stewardesses
from the Caribbean Islands.
Already on the Pan Am pay
roll are young ladies from
Guadelocpe, Martinique and
Jamaica.
SteWardesses hired by this
airline must be tri-lingual, es-
pecially must one Of the lang
uages be French. in order to
serve the passengers from the
several ~cocntries.
, 1963-12-19
a WORRIED CITIZEN WRITES ABOUT
DISRESPECT FOR LAW IN LETTER

In a letter to the AVIS, a~citizen who declines to be
named, has written a letter this newspaper feels de-
serves front page space. This is the letter:
Ever since Twas a child, in this island Of ST. Croix,
there was always respect for the law.
AT school and at home children were taught to
obey and respect the law.
To-day, there is such a laxity in our homeland,
where law and order is concerned, that the juvenile
delinquent is becoming more and more disrespectful
AS sat il my house on Monday night, last, on
Hospital Street, ! heard what seemed to be an argument
with a policeman and some boys. The policeman was
trying to take a boy into custody, while this boy tried
desperately to take away his club; he finally took it
away.
In other countries to touch the clothing Of a police
man would result in being shot, much less to harangue
with a police officer as this boy did.
Something ought to be done and all citizens
should join together in a united effort to stop this dis
respect of the law
, 1963-12-19
FESTIVAL TALENT
SHOW TONIGHT m
FREDERIKSTED

Tonight, the Frederiksted
Stadium will be the scene of
a big talent show which will
feature singers and dancers
from ST. Croix, St. Thomas &
ST. John.
Dr.. Randall James will be
in charge Of the show.
On Friday, December 10th
the counting Of the votes in
Festival Queen contest will
take place at Ewes Garden at
IL pm and the Queen will be
crowned at midnight. The Fes
tivai Ball starts at 10 pm.
, 1963-12-19
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LISTS MAJOR
Al ANNUAL MEETING
Continued from yesterday


G1 THE 5000 CUSTOMS EXEMPTIONS: This cardinal in
ducement to Y tourisra once under attack in Congress in
~mid-year, after having been seriously questioned by Treasury
Department officials earlier. On both occasions we marshal
Washington, to preserve the 5000 customs exemption. The
Governor took a leading role in this effort also, with the re-
suit that the Congress voted continuation Of this special ex-
emption;
(O PUBLIC SAFETY: No REMINDERS needed as to the
public safety" situation on st. Croix during the year. The
Cnamoer was oDageu, not once DuI rwlce 70 ealI Tie Deparc-
nent to account for its malfeasance. It began with a fuH-scale
crime wave in April, with numerous instances of burglary
rape, robbery, felonious assault, and s~hootings. At the height
Of it, the Chamber sent an urgent cable to Governor Pale
Wonskys urging that he taken immediate action toward great
er police protection. Tht Governor did not bother to reply
to this appeal. In October, when a second ~iail-break resulted
in an entire new outrage of death and new death, the Cham
Der took tht forefront in exposing and critizing the tragic fail
ures Of the Department Of Public Safety. And at last, the Ad-
Continued on Page 2
, 1963-12-19
GOV. SENDS SIX
TO s.
LEGISLATURE

Aside from the public beach
proposal tsee story) in Fred
eriksted. Governor Paiewon-
sky sent five other bills for
consideration in the regular
session which commences the
18th of January.
The Governor proposed an
amendment to the Virgin Is
lands Code to provide nom
competitive examinations for
employees transferred from
uncIassified to classified jobs
Continued on Page 4
Evening star., 1963-05-15
Colonel to Speak
Showdown Postponed d

Col. Albion W. knight, USA.
an ordained minister, will speak
on the topic, "Our Western
Dilemma" at 8 pm. tomorrow
in the Truro Episcopal Church,
Fairfax, Va.
Evening star., 1963-05-15
House Debates
Higher Limit
On U. 5. Debt
BY the Associated Press

The House debates q raise
in the national debt ceiling
today, just two weeks before
the debt is expected to break
through the present $305 bill
lion limit.
Democratic leaders said they
have the votes to pass a two
stage increase to 5000 billion
a figure they concede will have
to be raised again by fall.
Republicans insist the Gov
ernment, by practicing econ
omy and good fiscal manage
ment, can live under the pres
ent $305 billion limit for many
months.
Showdown Postponed
The issue is highlighted by
concern with budget deficits
and their influence on the
chances for President Ken
nedy's tax cut legislation. The
division is close-so close that
House leaders postponed the
showdown that had been sched-
uled for last week.
Democrats said they now
have q safe margin, even
though they do not contest
Republican claims Of q solid
front.
The pending bill would in
crease the ceiling Immediately
to $307 billion, then on July l
to 5000 billion, effective
through August 81. BY that
time, Congress expects to know
the tax and appropriation out
look. 1t then would be- able to
set another, and certainly
higher, figure for the coming
year.
Alternative proposed
The House Republican Policy
Committee has indorsed a sub
stitute measure by Represent
ative Byrnes Of Wisconsin,
senior Republican member of
the Ways and Means Commit
tee. 1t would indefinitely ex-
tend the $305 billion limit,
canceling the automatic re-
ductions provided by existing
law, but providing no increase
either.
Republicans privately con-
ceded they do not expect Dem
ocrats to vote for a frankly
Republican measure in suffi-
cient numbers to adopt the
Byrnes substitute.
But they hoped that, If II
fails, they will be able to at
tract enough Democratic con-
servatives to defeat the ma
jority bill as well, and thus
force the Ways and Means
Committee to produce q COM
promise measure.