The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 30, 1953, Page 8

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OKAY, CUT TH Wiee/— V7 LL KEEP \l ji WOLNVHd 4aHL NOGUOD HSVv1s NVIDIOVW JHL IIVYGNVYW 2 =) = 319009 AANUvVa UAIHLVA dN ONIONIUG L Rg i i f i Key Books (CHILDREN OF \WONDER edited by Willian Tenn, collection of 21 short stories, published by Simon and Schuster, New York.City, 336 Pages.) eee “ Ambitious editors and publishers find every excuse for getting to- gether a collection of short stories. They use thé sea or ghosts, dogs or the Victorian era, as the rea- son for printing stories in the same volume. They collect the tales of one author, or Welsh au- thors, or authors writing at the fin de siecle. Editor William Tenn, who is a regular contributor to science fic- tior. and fantacy magazines, builds his collection around unusual chil- dren. The author has long been annoyed with a current prosaic world where children read books with such unappetizing. titles as “How Many Vitamins In a Fork- ful of Broccoli” or “A First Book About Floors for Boys and Girls,” Inspired by a repulsion for the matter-of-fact; Author Tenn tees off editorially with “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D. H. Lawrence. The hero of the yarn is the kind of a boy who would find a wel- come in any household, By rock- ing on his nursery rocking horse, in a mad and earnest fashion, Paul can tell the horse who will win, the derby or the Lincoln races. E. M. Forsters, “The Story of a Panic” is about a lad, Eustace; who has something of a Baccha- nalian faun about him. Truman Ca- pote in his inimitable lush prose dishes up a real wierdy in a pesky little girl, ““Miriam.” Dress- ed effectively in the clothes of other generations, and asking for candied cherries and white roses, she sets about to annoy a widow lady for the course of ten fine- print pages. “Adam and Eve and Pinch Me” by A. E. Coppard offers a little chap named Gabriel who | manages to trouble his paternal | parent before he is born. H. H. | Munro gets into adolescence with |a very funny story about a prank | Played by a young lady of fifteen. | Richard Matheson’s story “Born of Man and Woman” has a sug- | gestion of Kafka. A boy some- | where in the mental realm’ be- tween an idiot and a maniac writ- es pages in a diary describing his life chained in the basement of a house. Graham Green in “The End of the Party” doubles the unusual in his tragic story of boy twins. Because the collection is made on the basis of a title which no editor seems to have thought of before, none of the stories have | been over-anthologized. Most of the 21 tales have never appeared before in collections. And most of them are well worth re-reading, which is the best reason for the inclusion of a book in a personal library. * (CLIMATE OF EDEN, played by Moss Hart, 177 pages, and SEVEN YEAR ITCH, a romantic comedy by George Axelrod, 149 pages, both published by Random House, New York City) neglected intellectual and artistic pleasure. The public expects to find Shak- espeare, Moliere and Shaw avail- able for reading in book form. But it is only recently that several as- tute publishers have decided it was remunerative to make current Broadway hits immediately avail- able to the reading public. Moss Hart's “Climate of Eden” was first presented at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York last fall. Based on Edgar Mittelhal- ter's novel “Shadows Move Among Them” it has an unconvemtional THE STRAW DONKEY CASE AP Newsfeatures Chapter Two T’ five-thirty Brindle locked the office door from the in- side, got a leather kit out of the bottom desk drawer and shaved at the old metal washstand near the window. On the street he picked up an evening paper, walked to an open parking lot on Eighth Street, and sat for a moment in his blue Chrysler coupé, scanning the headlines. It was growing dark fast: He put the paper aside and Started the car. ‘Working his way out of the business section, he took the new Toad that bordered the harbor and ended where'the peninsula of Point Loma juts from the shore. like a hooked finger. A steep road By A; S. FLEISCHMAN took him twisting over the crest of the peninsula and dropped into Ocean Beach. Turning left on ve, un | the left of the lights caught a large two-story house, the customary white stucco and red-tiled roof. A porch light burned yellowly over the house number. This was it. The heavy Moorish door opened and Ranson stood smiling, still wearing the hound’s-tooth jacket. “Glad you could make it,” he! said. “Come in.” “The others .will be down in a moment,” Ranson explained. “Let's have a.drink. What would you diket? » + “Anything-but milk.’ Ranson ee chuckled: “Rourbon ther. ch?" He opened the doors} of” a’ bleached maple bar and mixed two tall glasses. Brindle began to feel uncom- fortable. He took out a cigarette and Jit it. Brindle heard muffled footsteps on the carpeted stairs and got to his feet as a young woman ip- ared. Auburn hair, wu he wore a sheer wool dr eyes were flecked with gr: a little on the sad side. Ju? from the faint marks'on he she wore glasses and hed just taken them off. “This is Max Brindle,” Ranson | id, taking her hand, “My niece, Frances Lilly. Mr. Brindle, dear, is also interested in astrology.” Brindle didn’t know exaetly how to take that. “That's. very interesting,” Fran- ces Said seriously. “You see, I'm writing a book on the subject. Perhaps we can exchange opin- ions. By JAMES MARLOW. WASHINGTON (M—How can a woman working in the Children’s man {Service? Both seem pretty far {removed from anything that could hurt national security But President Eisenhower's new secarity . program covers every government worker in every agen- cy. It is far from a complete blue- print, as it stands, for getting rid of government employes who are considered security risks. Details will have to be worked out. Some flaws moy show up as it goes along, because Eisenhower rules. for all agencies. He left much of the ;ulemaking up to ‘The reading of plays is a much! them. So the test of what is a security risk in the Children’s Bureau may not ‘be the same as a test in an agency like the State or Defense Department,. where a man who talked or drank too much might do national damage. Yet, Eisenhower said he wants uniformity in this «program im order to treat all employes fairly and equally, 5 He has ordered the Civil Service | Commission to oversee the pro- The World Bureau be a.security risk? Or aj in the Fish and Wildlife | did not lay down the same rigid | po! He was the kind of a guy who was either a genius or @ moron, At that moment a tall, thin man moved quietly into the room. “And this is my nephew,” the old man beamed. “Harry West.” The two strangers shook hands. | There was something unwhole- | Some’ about West, and Brindle | was glad to gét his hand back. The guy had a tearshaped head.} A protruding forehead overhung nervous blue eyes, The chin was | Bointed. The kind of a guy that was either a moron.or a genius. “Glad to know you,” West dead- | panned, in a voice that suggested | just the opposite. i Te went into the difiing room. Brindle recalled that Ranson had spoken of two nephews. |.wondered where the ofher one Ss, and why nothing had been about his absence. After all, t was the purpose in having re detective to dinner: to meet | the relatives and-pass ju it | on their homicidal potentialities. | ., Ranson had kept his promise; it was an excellent dinner, The trimmings alone should last an- other two nights. What table conversation there was was supplied exclusively by Ranson. It develo that West considered himself anything but a moron. “My nephew writes music,” Ranson explained. “The kind with very long hair.” Today gram in order to get ay! | But because of the varied nature | of the agencies and their work, uniformity will hardly be achieved overnight. At the very beginning of his new order Eisenhower said, “Whereas the interests of the |national security require that all | persons privileged to be employed in the departments and agencies of the. government shal! be reliable, trustworthy, of goed conduct and |character, and of un- swerving ioyalty to the U. S....“ man might be completely loyal but he might not be consid- “reliable” from the stand- of national security. It will be “the job of agency heads to establish rules by which a man ean be judged “reliable.” That is a word which may need some pre- cise definition. Eisenhower must stand ultimate | responsibility for the success or jfailure of this program although it was prepared in the Justice Department. This is usual practice for any president since, with all his prob- Hlems, he can't possibly be expert himself on every one of them but must rely on subordinates. One thing seems clear: that a beopies, and still have space on the front for'a big red letter. Crossword Puzzle He/| those ‘The sarcasm in his voice was thin and it brought a leaden stare gestation i = ‘thi “¥ ber ery now LS itd sy . His ‘two, unfortunately, were a wanton waste of paper: Believe me, Mr. Brindie, it's difficult to live with a genius.” Brindle tried to remaiz detached from the tle oe that was Masquerading as banter. . “Tell me, Mr. Bindle,” Miss Lilly asked coolly, “what star were you born ler?” “Three stars, as a matter of fact," Brindle replied, hoping to Tt helped some. Even West *MiTht’s about what 1 pected a! al wha ex to say,” Miss Lilly laughed. She seemed to be loosening up a little, but just a little. “Let’s go into the patio,” and getting up. “It's too cold, Uncie Peter,” his Ran- coffee objected. “Nonsense. It'll do you good to get some fresh air.” The three of them trailed,after Ranson through the French déors that separated the cinint room from the patio, Miss Lilly and West took the only two single chairs, leaving Brindle to share the large swing with Ranson. “Nice place you've got,” Brindle said. “Not as nice as you think,” Ranson replied, “You see, when I first built this place the cliffs wete at.a safe distance. Every year the shore line moves closer. Hear those breakers? The wager hes undercut the cliffs, and One day this place will go down.” West seemed amused. Ranson lit his cigar, and con- tinued: “And don't you y cliffs aren't troach Someone is killed on them every “But the view must be inspir- ing to a composer,” Brindle s7id ing to West. “It should be,” swered for him. “Really, Uncie Peter,” Francs scowled, “it's too. cold to sit ou here. I'm going in.” . “Youvand Harry go i like Td like to talk ¥. Brindle for a mom=nt.” She went through ths doérs and West ‘follcy: Their resentment toword was partially conces was sure it was there. « (Te be continued) Ranson an number of government emp!oy. who could not ve proved dis!ovs: can, under the wide scope oi ti.< order, be fired as security risks It is assumed that all those in sensitive jobs have been fully investigated. The files of evorver> of them now’ will be examined again to see Whether, althoug: their loyalty may be unquestiese?- they could be considered secusit Under this order 2 government employe who holds his job tarougn competitive civil se-vice examina- tio? must be given a hearing by a board created in his own agency if he's challenged as a security government more than a year. If he got his job through com- petitive examination but has been with the government less than a year, he can be fired on security grounds without a hearing. What about a man who got his job through appointment? If be has had it less than a year he can be sacked as a security risk without a hearing. That is, if he is not a veteran. If he's a veteran it's not clear at this time whether he will get a bearing. If he's an appointed man and in his job over a year, it's still 341 WUYZO an ¢ 819 aH {charm which makes it pleasant to} But the story itself ig a rather j read as well as to see. slight triangle involving a summer The setting is a clearing hack-| bachelor, his wife who is out of | ed»out of the luxuriant foliage of] town, and a TV actress who lives the jungle of British Guiana. The} in the apartment upstairs. principal figures in the store are mental states ate the Rev. Gerald Harmston and his | portrayed as stemming from pre- most unusual cleric, and gathers! are contrasted with the realities to himself the wisdom of the na-| The first of these mental states is tives, as weil amusingly, | apimais and while it is not in the realm} Miss Foster builds her dramatic Mterature and | book around thit inclination of does not follow the conventional | young imagivation. Or pastel 3 a 2 i 9 5 3 ® aR 5 & £ 5 2 3 & ig i / HI WER rept a * ‘Hester Pryeese com om the Gast i | family, The Rev. Harmston is a| conceived attitudes and ideas, and}. Bess B* SS AB ties BENSBES § OS t S888 ART aBE& «BGh. Cad