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WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, February 10, 1953 ‘AT THE BEGINNING. TELL ME ie Tau a ERED ONS OETA RANGE UGH! UGH! HOW FAR 1S IT ‘TO YOUR EVEN! PAJAMA: IAG = =e INED ER OVER MEN. DRESSES: LOLNG! = HOSTESS GOWNS BeeS conn. jim Sek ey The World Today By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON W—Even though ex-Communists have provided con- gressional committees with sensa- tional testimony on the conspiracy of communism, there is a wide gap in public knowledge and under standing of what makes a Commu- nist: why Americans join and quit the party. The committees themselves have spent little time on that question. FBI files are rich with this kind of information but are secret. A few ex-Communists who have won prominence with their public testi- mony have written books about their lives. But theirs were unusual cases, Yet, in the past 30 years an esti- mated 700,000 men and women have joined: and left the party whose known membership now, ac- cording to FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover, is less than 40,000. Morris Ernst and David Loth have tried to fill some of the gap in public knowledge on Communists. They interviewed about 300 ex- members of the party and, from this information, drew some gen- eral conclusions which, together with case histories, they have put in a book: “Report on the Ameri- can Communist.” It’s a book well worth anyone’s time. Ernst, a New York lawyer, has been a pillar of the American Civil Liberties Union. Loth has a newspaper background. There is no one reason why people join or quit the party. There are many reasons, some complex, that go back into childhood and home life. Here are some high- lights from the book: Age—The peak age for joining seems to be 18 to 23. A majority of the rank and file have joined and left by 23. Schooling—The average Commu- nist has had far more schooling than the general population. A np Roe has been to college. e life—Generally, brought up in comfort and luxury. Many are the children of professional men, a bankers and minis- Ts. “Another factor in the family background that struck us was the extremely high incidence of sui- cides, desertions and divorces among ents, brothers, and sis- ters” or other close relatives. Parents — “Equally impressive was the great number of men who had grown up with a marked hostility to an aggressive father who usually was a conservative in politics and the number of women who thought themselves less than beautiful and complained about an overwhelming mother.” Jobs—Most occupy jobs which do not call for any work with their hands. Motives for joining — Financial gain almost never a fa Power Hi ightly stronger motive. Usually “'@Communist thinks of himself an idealist joing the party, because of hatred ,of war, poverty, discrimination or other in- justices, “although millions share these hates without becoming Com- munists. In many recruits there is an obvious sense of never having “belonged.” . . . “These are the men and women who as boys and irls were unpopular or ignory ther because of looks or a social stigma or shynesseor overeager- hess or some other reason.” Reasons for quitting—These vary too. The shock of disillusionment because of a turn in the party line, like the Hitler-Stalin Pact, or a youth who joined through emotion- al instability matures, or a loved one leaves the party. Some of the book is shocking. For instance, the story of the spying on one another required of the mem- bers and the blackmail the party uses against people who quit. But Ernst and Loth filled only part of the gap in public knowl- | edge. For some unexplained rea- son they did not explain what hap- pens at party meetings where members get their indoctrination in philosophy and discipline. This is not a profound book. Ernst and Loth didn’t intend it to be. But it’s an interesting and very informative one. GETS HER WINGS AT 4 QUAKERTOWN, Pa. # — Mrs. Nellie Ruser at 64 has realized a 30-year ambition-she won her pilot | wings. Mrs. Ruser- indmother of 21-- soloed at Quakertown municipal airport last week, then remarked “Now it's going to be hard to “Since she enrolled last Septem- | , she’s been here at the field morning, noon and night--and Sun- ys two or three times.” PROMISE OF DELIGHT Chapter 29 ‘I WASN'T well, you remember, before you left, so I decided to take a little holiday. I wan- dered about the Continent, and then decided, before I went home, to come here to see you. I’m stay- ing at Cannes.” “At Cannes? Why can’t you come over here? How long are you staying?” “T’'ve decided to start back to- morrow. Your father’s been liv- ing at his club quite Jong enough. Then will you be 2? When will you have finished here?” Anthea turned to Mario, who said, “Very soon, at the end of this week, I think, and then we will come back to England to make the interiors. I thought we should be away longer, it mio Dio,” his hands ew ‘what has ot into the Devil. this week, cannot think. She is to be an angel. She will have to be beatified. The Blessed Gina of Les ‘Fleurs, complete with halo. If this | Sad g we shall soon have fin- ed.” Anthea flushed. “It’s Joe’s good influence on her,” she said dryly. “She eats out of his hand. Are you going now, Mother?” “Yes, [have a car waiting down by the harbor, I want to pack and also see if I can get a plane reservation tomorrow. I think I Marian’ very important that. she arian very im} it should get back quickly. ARIAN and Anthea turned down the steep, stony road that led downwards, curving be- tween crumbling stone walls, be- tween small houses, the garden of villas and the fields of olives and be ie They reached the end _ the long slope, where the buildings of the town and she said, “ let's sit down By Mary Howard out a white-gloved hand, and|Joe for being took Anthea’s chin, turning her wh; face. “Dark shadows. Overwork? | an “Mi Lack of sleep? the cand] at both py geome — “A little of all, perhaps,” said “Worry? How about Joe? Are thea?” “Yes.” “And he?” “Yes . . . I don't know...” Anthea suddenly put her elbows on the little round table, and buried her face in her hands. “Tel mee A ere’s Gina, Mummy. Joe... indeed .everyone has to look after Gina, until the film is made. | i And because she is in love with him, she sees to it that it is Joe who is with her.” “She's in love with him?” “Yes.” Anthea suddenly faced her mother honestly. “And love to Gina, between a man and a wo- man, has only one meaning.” Marian’s brows went up. “I see what you mean,” she said. de “She wants Joe, and that’s the way she wants him,” said Anthea ruthlessly, as-though she were telling herself as well as her mother. “It makes no difference if he really loves you.” “But how do I kriow? What can I do, mummy, being sort 4 you love } gave a li women lo any lottis, but they can baie ee Anthea. got into her car, drove sey, love with him, An- a © REGORY had received of person, with my sort of “=| him, ground, against someone like that?” “There's nothing you gan do but*be yourself.” “Isn’t there?” Anthea’s face was so drawn and sharp that Marian’s heart ached for her. Marian shook her head. “You see, I know the Car- lottis.” And she told Anthea the whole story of herself and Mario, | t and have a di er something, | “That’ Anthea. It may be a week or two before I see you again. NEW-DIMENSIONAL FILMS Second Revolution In 50 Years Hits Movies By BOB THOMAS (First of three articles on Holly- wood’s new-dimensional revolution. HOLLYWOOD, 9 #—The movie industry is suffering the pangs of the second revolution in its 50 years of existence. Twenty - five years ago, the apathy of the movie-going public forced film makers to add sound to the silent screen. Today the gigantic rise of tele- vision in public favor has forced the same men to bring new dimen- sions to the movies. New - dimensional films have’ swept Hollywood like a prairie fire. Announcements of industry- shaking import are being made every day. Rash predictions are being made. Some foresee that the pres- ent flat screen will soon be dead. Others say that the 3-D novelty will wear off, and flat screens will prevail. Still others predict both styles. There is a strong feeling that the new film methods should be standardized. But the companies are already battling over which Soviets React To Eisenhower Order MOSCOW (#—The Soviets react- ed in print for the first time Mon- day to President Eisenhower's order deneutralizing Formosa. They blasted it as an attempt to prevent a settlement of the Korean | War and to expand fighting in the Far East. The Communist party paper Pravda declared in an editorial: “Is it not clear that the intention |of the United States to make use of Kuomintang (Nationalist Chi- nese) gangs for organization of acts of aggression against China pursues as its sole purpose not to permit cessation of bloodletting in | Korea and to expand the scale of | war action in the Far East? The newspaper said America’s j|mew Formosa policy and the ‘“ulti- matum and demands” on Western Europe by U. S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles “have aroused new aggravations of disagreement in the camp of the Anglo-American | bloc.” Pravda termed this “the in-| evitable result of the policy of the | United States—a policy which con-; | tradicts the basic vital interests of | all humanity.” | method will end on top., seream during the roller coaster What are these new-dimensional | ride in the cinerama show. methods? In simple terms, there are two main divisions: ‘1. Depth pictures. Scientists say there is only one way to achieve a sense of depth on a movie screen. That is byj going past your wi flashing two images on the screen | what big-screen movies at and having you watch througn special glasses. It is an optical trick. The two images of the same picture are filmed from slightly different an- gles. Each of your eyes sees only one picture because of the special gy You get a sensation of pth. This is the method used by Natural Vision and Paramount's Paravision. The argument against such pictures is that people find the glasses bothersome, 2. Big-screen pictures. These are NOT three-dimension- al. The screen is about two and a half times normal size and curves at the sides. Because it is so you feel as though you are a iy participating in the screen action. That's why New York audiences ery of the Bible that made sible. you are driving a car and you only the.road ahead. That's Look at it this way: (Sl | Ei RF ¥ Once Lather found forgiveness for bi for his mind in the simple “The just shall live by his faith, chart and compass of his life. For more than four centuries the Chi the name of Luther has remained faithf principle of the Reformation, ful “The Bible fuses to twist the Scriptures to human reason. Nor will it agree to traditions of the fathers.” The Scriptures To the Lutheran Church the Bible is the only measure ef spiritual trath, the only divinely given guide for faith and life. It is willing to rest {ts faith on the si of the Bible because it believes the Good says, “All Beripture is given by inspiration eves the Bible, because it accepts the Bil GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH FLAGLER AVE. & TH ST.