S-HERALD—WASHINGTON, D. C.

Washington Scrapbook

BY WALTER TROHAN

A recent dinner party in the home of Supreme court Justice Felix Frankfurter wound up with a new version of the paper and pencil games so dear to the stressers of exercise for the intellect after food. Guests were asked to write down the name of the person whom they believed had been the most highly exalted in the press for the least reason.

And lo! The name of Bernard M. Baruch, who has been termed in the press as adviser to presidents and the park bench statesman, led all the rest.

A veteran of World War II adds this bit to the pages of history: A baby flattop was bringing home some troops a few months after the war with Germany ended. In midocean the boat received a message that was being sent out to Navy ships at sea ordering them to be on the lookout for the Europe-bound Queen Mary, which had Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt aboard. The President had not long been dead. The ships were told to give her a salute. When the flattop sighted the liner, it pulled up close by and fired a salute. Mrs. Roosevelt came out on deck and waved. Aboard the flattop all the veterans and every available stolen binocular turned in the direction of the much traveled woman. One veteran turned to a companion and said "Where in the world would you have to go to get away from that old gal?"

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HOLLYWOOD—If Clark Gable elects to co-star with Lana Turner in “Tried and True,” in Paris, for Gottfried Reinhardt, he won’t be coming home until after November. Reinhardt writes that he has Lana Turner’s promise to play the femme lead, and that he has had several conferences with “King” Gable.

Reinhardt, who both directs and produces “Tried and True,” is scouting locations in Denmark and England.

The story concerns a Dutch girl who is in the underground service during the war.

I announced this as Lana's next picture some time ago, but the Gable casting is brand new.

Could hardly hear Mervyn Roy for his laughter when he telephoned me from Mammoth lake where he is on location making scenes for “Rose Marie” for M-G-M.

Finally, when he calmed down he told me that he had recruited a number of town people to play the Royal Canadian Mounties he needed in the picture.

One of the extras, resplendent in red coat and blue pants, looked vaguely familiar, and then, all of a sudden, Merv recognized the mountie—and who do you think it was? None other than Jack Benny, who had flown up for a surprise visit with Merv

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Dear EP:

No, you sent Lebeck to me. But eye had not seen his so-
called interview until Cheyney showed it to me in desperation
having just heard from said Lebeck that it was to be submitted.
Cheyney is a next-year's senior who lives in Newhaven and works
for me summers, doing odd jobs about library, running errands,
looking up books on shelves usw. That explains his use of my
envelope. Alas he did not mean to rush; the Lit people thought
all OK (actually I didn't think much of interview-prose was
frightful; my eyebrows raised at the Stein remark as given, etc.--
but that another matter, and I have gar nichts zu tun with the lifeless
Lit. I gave up some moons past). But they were trying for once to
have an issue out when they solicited undergraduates for subscriptions,
and Saturday was Saturday. Anyhow IT IS NOT BEING PRINTED, so that
part is OK. Score now is: Cheney, being book review editor, was
happy to oblige with cancellation; he was not in on original acceptance,
I gather. Sent it on to you instanter after receiving Lebeck's letter.
I suggested telegram back since I did not dare risk its being OK without
imprimatur. Lebeck, very young, probably thought he was doing loyal
and spirited writing, can, I think, be saved. Suggest you do not be
too hard on him; I'll shake him a little and explain a few fax-uv-life;
then set him back to some decent reading. Whole problem of his training
here in Chinese based on the situation I discovered, if not known to me
before, in attitude locally towards yr Analysts. Department staffed by
sons of missionaries who have lost belief of parents and have nothing to
substitute for it except some slick (occasionally) verbal facility which
they now employ in training of army officers, minor state department
officials, potential businessmen, etc who want to be able to read news-
papers. No sensibility, no reason, Aristot. or non-Aristot., no under-
standing of history. Now LISTEN to this one: last week I was asked
(unfortunately couldn't, though am actually too ignimbrent anyhow) to
give an oral examination for a doctorate in Chinese area studies, with me
giving the literary questions! No one else available. For Gawd's sake!
Am not sure Cheney interested in Chinese, but anyhow have had him learning
Latin, Greek, German, French, Italian. Probably would have been better
for Lebeck (whom I did not know to advise) to concentrate thus, and pick
up Chinese somewhere else, quickly and literately. Dunno. Anyhow, thank
God, no damage done, luckily, and he may learn. Only regret anguish
(natural) to you and Mrs P.

Will get at Moralia, but this is not summer, it is hell. Temp.
is not quite the 100 you record, but well in mid-90s, and humid as a
dishrag. My office absolutely impossible to work in except as substitute

for Turkish bath, sans masseur and cold douche.

Interested in Davenport's citation of Kyd's translation of
Tasso, and so got Cheney to dig out book for me. The Householder's
Philosophie. Wherein is perfectly and profitably described the true
Oeconomics and forme of Housekeeping. 1588. In Boas edition of Kyd.
Based on talk at a pastoral table to a guest who has come out of Italy.
The care divided for a good householder into two things, that is his
body and his goods. In case you hadn't seen, copied out the more
pertinent paras. Nothing new but of some interest possibly. File and
forget.

Also dug up the Parad XIX on Philip le Bel, and enclose. In
case conio di Vinegia not hitherto clarified thru other sources. Seems
to be case of counterfeiting.

Hope have arranged with Emery to have Kenner give me the copy
of his opus at NY for Pound festival next week. Did I ever send you the
program? Enclose in case I did not. Since I got them to put it on,
feel I had better go to observe. Will be pleasant anyhow to see Kenner
again, and hope to meet Fang and discuss the corrected text of Cantos
with him. The Frobenius section shd be interusting re prejudices.

Had just started letter to you when telephone rang and Warren
Ramsey called on phone from station. On his way to California after
summer in France. Have you seen his book on Laforgue. If he did not
send to you, and you are interested, let me send it. First attempt to
handle him in any broad sense.

Also just finishing reading Sister Bernadetta's metamorphic
study. Very perceptive, I think. Somewhat uneven, but at her best
with you. Says about all that needs to be said along those lines, with
basic understanding and sympathy. Will write her sponsor (academic, not
religious) and see what plans are for ms. Notice she has been making
articles out of it.

Spent a couple of days in Lenox, Mass., in Berkshires, (shades of
Edith Wharton and Henry James in the Versailles-like summer home I visited),
and read MY PAST (only thing in bedroom) by Marie Wallersee--fantastic
account of life leading toward Meyerling; no wonder the Empire fell.
Sounded like the Marie of Uncle Tom Possum's W-L opening. Lucky they could
go south in the winter.

But I shall shift, as I said, to the *Morte a morte*. Upper case accident,
but perhaps shows expected erhebung!

perfect concluding paper. Applause was real.

Dear EP

"wot elsZ ??" ez y' sed at the close of yr last but one. Then
yu answord yrsylph by the good news of the possible Eng. ed. I gather
the Pisan, their Pisan, must be out of print, for I am still waiting for
pasting copies to come. Which accounts for my not having proceeded with
the matter of yr definitive text.

So I start with the beginning of the queries I have in hand, typed
up on separate sheets (1 for you and 1 for me), which might be OK or
damned in each instance, in order to save repetition in the future. We
can transfer later, if and as needed. There will be others to come, but
I need some more checking, and take it that any corréxition is worthwhile
no matter whether noncorréxions occur betwixt them. Don't think I over-
value the queries; all I mean is that they might be made, and hence shd
be foreseen. Many no doubt come welling up out of the morass of sheer
ignurance on my part, or from insensitivity usw. Nonetheless.

(Others will come along in a few days.)

Dew yew wish me to type up the final selection of thirty most
useful changes, after your choice, or will you. Glad to oblige either
way!

The Yale Litany Mug is out, sans Lebeck interview. I send a copy
separately, not for yr udderfication but as proof.

The Institute program seemed to go well. Hugh K will have reported;
so doubtless will LaDriere and others. Much interest, and the meetings very
well intended. The opening paper by Frohack (a French lit man) not very
profound, but useful tactically, since it gave his not unfavorable response
and linked with French and other contemporary movements, thematic and
structural. Almost certainly will not be reprinted, and would add nothing if
it did. The Davenport paper on Frobenius I thought first class: very lucid,
meticulous, sympathetic, with good tone thruout. The only treatment I know,
and it made me wish for a volume on the Cantos, with an essay apiece on the
Poundeuma. Wd be most useful. Fang's paper just a little (zwischen uns)
disappointing, since he seemed to make the mistake of writing down to the
audience. Respect and knowledge for the Cantos both there, but it did not
contribute much, although it said some occasional good things. Kenner's
paper finished, and was brilliant--head and tails above anything he has
written elsewhere or otherwise, whether on you or otherbodies. It was a
stride beyond the book. He has the exident capacity to learn. It was a

book has been returned and I'll finish the essay pronto.

XXXX

Glad you mentioned the Pilsudski Institute. I've
already got half the stock in foreign languages: Classical Greek,
Latin, Medieval French, Provençal, Anglo-Saxon, Modern Greek,
French, ~~Italian~~, Spanish and German.

I attended the English Institute meetings where I met
Fang, Kenner, Davenport, as well as the old timers, LaDriere,
Norman Pearson, and Omar.

Frohawk's paper was an absolute menace to Ezratics
everywhere. He compared Gramp with Proust(sic) and said Ez re-
jects Western civilization as a whole. Kenner said nothing not
already in the book and Fang could not be clearly HEARD. Daven-
port, in my opinion did the best job. He gave a excellent intro.
to Frobenius using the Cantos ( Wan Jina and Hoo Faasa) as instr-
uction and commentary. Der Gasp got up afterwards for 15 minutes
and related additional information re die Geheimrat and added a
stern blast ( in combination with Davenport ) about the conspir-
acy of silence against Frobenius, using Agassiz as a similar
case in that respect.: it was probably the first time a good
percentage of the leading lights of the universities ever HEARD
of Agassiz and Frobenius.

Dave says he don't like my notion of a 1 page sheet of
information on books handled by United Distributors. Sez he
wants a 45 page catalogue. Please advise. There aren't enough
good books to fill a 45 page catalogue. And printing cost ~~wd/ make~~

a Sq ¢ book.

Yours,

[John Kasper]