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...them. Firsthand, the funniest thing he remembers is when the left-wing press said his Tom Paine should have been written by "a competent Marxist." In a lame conclusion he tells in detail how he wrote each of his biographies, stresses above all the need for complete candor. In the light of this maxim, his own self-biography will seem to most readers a conspicuous exception...
...Lack of candor in statements to the Congress and the public concerning the power program...
What made M. Céline an anti-Semite is explained with Gallic candor in the first 40 pages of Trifles for a Massacre. It appears that at 43, a successful novelist, War hero and practicing physician, Céline suddenly felt a great liking for dancing girls. To get acquainted with these attractive creatures he composed a ballet, filled with dancing shepherds, pure emotions, sweetness & light, and consequently much different from his usual pessimistic and obscene prose. It was rejected. Jewish musicians, actors and production managers, he decided, wanted the girls themselves. For the next 337 pages of Trifles...
Despite this greater candor, critics are not likely to describe Saturday Evening Post stories as very strong meat. Of the 22 in Post Stories of 1937, seven follow its classic pattern of a happy ending with marriage or its promise, and three others salute the beginnings of romance in their last sentences. The favorite story of Post writers is that of an inconspicuous worthy who is pushed around at first, finally comes out on top, usually triumphing over some flashier rival in the process. They tell it expertly, with no waste motions, sometimes with humor, frequently with a good deal...
Irritated but by no means flustered by these tactics, the President asked Directors Morgan and Lilienthal about the charges, found them eager to deny them, occasionally in chorus. As to "boyish open candor" being a "mask for hard-boiled selfish integrity," as the chairman maintained, Director Lilienthal retorted: "I certainly wouldn't argue whether I have a pleasant personality...