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SATURDAY, TEERUARY .2, 1052 EAVES Capitalism And Socialism; War Would Transform Asia As Citizen, Communist, Spy Philbrick Tells His Story Capitalism and Socialism on Trial, Fritz Sternberg, The John Day Company, New York, W. Y , COS pages, $6.00. Fritz Sternberg's new book is the culmination of thirty years of writing on the economic trends of -the twentieth century. He is the author of "Der Imperialism us," "Der Niedergang des Deut schen Kapitalismus" neither of which were ever translated into English, and "The Coming Cris is," published in English in 1947. In his new book he carries for ward his general theory of the revolution of capitalism from feudalism to democratic social ism. "Capitalism and socialism on Trial" is organized into five gen eral parts, dealing with world and national economics for the past hundred ears. It is all but impossible to re view a book of the depth and breadth of this one in the space allowed. A century of economic, military and social conditions cannot be adequately summariz ed, even by Mr. Sternberg. But it may be possible to touch upon some of the general ideas and outstanding points of the book. Three significant events have left capitalism in an extremely untenable position, according to the author, with half the popu lation living in a state closer to feudalism than to modern indus trialism, with totalitarianism creeping into every country; and with socalism already well-es tablished as the advance guard economic movement. The author predicts that "a great part of the second half of the twentieth century will be marked by the efforts of the Asiatic countries t;o raise their present ignoble standards of liv ing." "The unanswered question is which powers will lend support, and what social systems will en ter into the fight for life. But a thjrd world war would probably transform the asiatic peoples into active participants in the shaping of world history, be cause, of the comparative invul nerability to an atomic war, the author contends. The author sees Britain as too small to succeed under socialism without support from the United States, but believes, "any Ameri can intervention in the social structure of Europe which runs counter to the general historical trend in Europe (to socialism) is a gift for the Communist Parties, which represent one of Soviet Russia's strongest weapons in her efforts to prevent a united Eu rope?' The book has been lauded as readable and understandable by the layman. That it most certain ly is not. However, it is a com petent survey for the student of the rise and fall of that set of factors in the desiny of the hu man race which has come to be known as Capitalism. GAH "I Ised Three livesf Citizen "Communist" Counterspy by Herbert Philbrick. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York.- $350. ".Have you ever suspected that you were being unwillingly drawn into something to which you were morally opposed? Have you ever doubted your own( loyalty and moral obligations? X Eed Three Lives" is the story of a college .student living mod erately in a Cambridge commun ity. It is the autobiography of an American citizen (the author) who started in church circles to rise to the position of leading top Communists in the" country. The star witness of the Medina trials of some months ag& is now re vealing the whole story of how he became an innocent right hand of the Communist party. His loyalty to his country and his failure to see any disadvan tages to Communism and Com munist methods of getting fol lowers convinced nim that he should seek the aid of the FBI. The force of Led Three Lives" rests within the story it self rather than in the narration of it. Dialogue forms the major portion of tLis illustrative work and displays how easy it was for a well-meaning youth to fall help lessly into the hands of top-notch Communist organizers. This is a valuable book for this age plagued by McCarthyism and political accusations. No punches are pulled and the author is jtiirt another guy who became confut ed. The story could happen to any one and may be happening to any one of us now. "I Led Three Lives" is not a book that blindly throws around defamations and points fingers, but it is scientific in its observation of the Unitsd States citizen in relation to Com munist forces. It makes good read ing, too. our Sir Ralph Dorafield Owen, writing in Morth Carolina Education, asks what you call a man who 'handed you a card reading JOHN POUGH. Would you say Mr. Po (o as in dough or toe)? Mr. Puf (u as in rough or cuff)? Mr. Pawf (aw as in cough or off)? Mr. Poo (oo as in thorough or too)? Mr. Pou (ou as in bough or doubt)? Or one other that Mr. Owens did not mention: Mr. Pup. (up as in hiccough)? That's the trouble with the Eng lish language. You can never be sure how a written word is pro nounced or how a spoken -word is spelled. What's the use of the four silent K?s in knickknack? And why not spell circus like this: psoloquo ise ps (as in psychology) for the initial c; olo (as in colonel) for ir; qu (as in bouquet) for thesecond c; oise (as in tortoise) for the final us. Mr. Owen recalls that Geprge Bernard Shaw once proposed that we use the spelling ghoiies for a familiar word gh (as in rough); o (as in women); to (as in nation); es. The word is fishes. And to illustrate still further the vagaries of English spelling, Owen gives us, a few of Prof. Ern esj; Horn's Rimes Without Reason: , A : teacher whose spelling's ,j unique,,. Thus wrote .down the days of ' i . ( the wique: ; The, first he, spelt 'Sonday,' The second day Munday,' And now a new teacher they sique. A Merchant, addressing adeb- Remcked in , the;. course of lus lebtor That he choose to suppose A man knose what he ose; And the sooner he pays the beb- tor. - A wise old owl lived in an oak; . " The more he saw the less he spoak, The less he spoak the more he "heard; Why can't we be like that old beard? Professor Owen thinks the only thing we can do is to .rebel against the spelling of the English lang uage to become spelling Bolshev ists, as it were until we force the adoption of a system of phonetic " spelling that would duplicate the sound of the words as spoken by a majority of the people. By using for each sound the letter or com bination of letters that has rep-' resented it most frequently in our traditional spelling, this sentence: "Although he stubbed his toe,' Tony towed four more boards tlirough the open door" would be come "Auldhoe he stubd hiz toe, Toeni toed f oer moer boerdz throo dhe oepen doer." And the old nursery rhyme would come out like this:" X)eld King KLoel woz ,a meri oeld soeL i , And a meri oeld soel woz he. He kauld for his piep, and he kauld for hiz boeL And he kauld for hiz fiddlers - three. - - Does it appeal to you? It does to us after trying to explain to the seven-year-old such torment ors as 'Mary, watch Tommy caich the ball" and "Tommy, put your cup on 'the table." ! 1 --The Charlotte' Hews 1 t':::ii-i i 1 M M 111 111 ill :-:::; i i f i II &5S i i H mm r r ill t I 5 t I v ? Campus Interviews on Cigarette Tests 1 No. 34.. Descended from a long line of distinguished researchers, this studious scholar has burned too many gallons of midnight oil to gloss over'a subject lightly. Especially such an important item as cigarette mildness. He burrowed into the matter with his usual resolution and concluded that a "quick puff" or a "fast sniff" doesnt offer much evidence. Millions of smokers agree there's but one true test of cigarette mildness. Ifs the sensible lest... the 30-Day Camel Mildness Test, whichT simply asks you to try Camels as your steady smoke on a day-after-day, pack-after-pack basis. No snap j udgments ! Once you've tried Camels for 30 days in your "T-Zone" (T for Throat, T for Taste) , youTl see why . . ' n rTi j. i ; v " 'A 0 'tRwil HI Alt '00 i iiJ Vxr' mimiik Lhs WwM jg mn-w' -' "-it time t A-
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