BOOR JAC1KET REVIEW
Russia Revisited
Brings Surprises
(This is the first of a series of
reviews on current books to be
found in the Kodiak public library.
These reviews will appear in the
Kodiak Mirror at intermittent in
tervals as space allows.
Some of the reviews to appear
will be first-hand, and others will
be taken from the jacket of the
book itself.)
Russia Revisited
by Louis Fischer
When Louis Fischer returned to
Russia in 1956 he was searching
primarily for old friends. He want
ed impressions, recollections, feel
ings—and the truth—about what
it is like to be a Soviet citizen in
the post-Stalin era:
Since Fisichdr had lived in Mos
cow frofo 1922 to 1938 as a foreign
correspondent lie cotild still re
meirtber tlip “right” procedures
..Waiting Jd ca|l on an old
friend, lie feared , (wires tapped' by
NKV^,^ and other police proce
dures. Calling in person on his
friends, he said he “never had a
warmer welcome anywhere.”
Do you dare criticize and com
plain nowadays? Do people be
lieve what the papers print? How
do living conditions compare with
1938? What does the anti-Stalin
campaign mean? Aave you con
sidered the reasons behind it?
These were the sort of probing
questions Fischer asked in his
prolonged, frank conversations
with his friends.
After Louis Fischer left Moscow
he proceeded to Yugoslavia, Czech
oslovakia, and Poland. He des
cribes with graphic and exciting
detail the sudden, dramatic, and
tremendous events that have
occurred in the satellite countries,
ending with the revolution in
Hungary.
“My purpose as I planned the
trip, was to study human beings
.”, so stated Louis Fischer.
A competent and recognized
authority on world affairs, Fischer
has written eighteen books prior
to this one, many of them dealing
with Soviet Russia. As a foreign
correspondent he lived in Stalin’s
Russia for sixteen years. Other
books by the same author arc
"Soviet Journey,” .,. “Stalin and
Hitler,” "Gandhi and Stalin,” to
mention only a few.
Letter to the Editor
The Editor,
“Mirror”,
Kodiak,
Alaska, U.S.A.
Dear Sir,
Anglo-American Pen Club
May I introduce myself?
I am a Scot, (hometown—Ed in
burgh) now a Civil Servant ir
London. During the war I was i
radio operator in the British Mer
chant Navy and I visited Americi
many times. I was always impress
ed by the kindness and hospitality
shown to the “Limeys” like myseli
who were thrown up on youi
shores by the war.
I now have a lot of spare tirm
and so, as a hobby, I have startec
the above Club to enable cfulcfr^i
and teenagers in America anc
Britain to get to know each otfiei
better, exchange ideas, magazines
etc.
I already have a long list oj
young Britons who are eager tc
make pen friends in America but
my difficulty is putting them iii
touch with young Americans oi
similar interests. I am, therefore
taking the liberty of writing tc
you in the hope that you will bring
the Club to the attention of your
readers.
I am sure you will agree that
onlygood can come from such a
flow of correspondence across the
Atlantic and if any of your readers
are interested would you please
advise them to write to:
Mr. H. Henry
38, Crawford Street,
London, W.l.
England
Clark Wins Award
Kim Clark, biologist with the
Fish and Wildlife Service here,
and well-known camera fan won
the Metropolitan Stereo Club Cer
tificate of Merit for the third
highest scoring slide exhibited in
the Salon held in New York re
cently.
Clark’s slide was selected from
a total of 548 slides submitted b>
138 entrants, in tfte first New
York International Stereo Salon
sponsored by the * - Metropol itar
Stereo Club of New York, and
held in June. The Salon yras con
ducted in accordance with prac
tices recommended by the Photo
graphic Society of America.
Kim Clark’s winning stereo
was titled “Stoowshine.” Two oth
ers submitted, one titled “Oala”
and the other “Future Sky Rid
ers” were accepted in the salon.
He has had slides accepted on
numerous other occasions, win
ning awards at various times.
Police Report
Quiet Weekend
“A very good 4th of July, with
no one hurt as far as we know
and no serious vehicle accidents,”
was the way Chief Roland Vickery
of the Police Department sum
med up the long weekend. “We
want to thank the people of Kod
iak for their fine cooperation.”
There were only .thirteen ar
rests in June, according to . the
monthly police report Six were
drunks arrested, and three were
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