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» .. 8 ols (Res. 7-56) re = ig in ee em nil, Ae ~ A ‘ By — gpuhithe © , ESE. DAYS: | '~ Steinbeck’s List Wd... a roves N othing”: EORGE E. SOKOLSKY. ° Poe de os ee TEINBECK, who writes novels and things, has compiled a list of those who could not enter the United States under its present laws. He says that it te not 2 Joke and, of course, as it is published in the erd= dite “Saturday Review,” it cannot possibly pe a joke, bat cm te Ot _ fit does seem to be a futile occupation for so noble & " mind. After all, every country determines who is to be PaaS | Beene admitted to it, just as every well-ordered household decides what Kind of persons it wants to invite. to “dinner, I shall take the first five names on Bieinbeck’s ust “as an example of his thinking and because the entire list would add nothing to the reader’s knowledge, ex- cept perhaps to wonder at Steinbeck's logic:. - “NAME CHARGE. 26-5 foe ; ADAM Morals - ° ; oe yee : CAIN . Murder . . oe NOAH . Alcoholism, ‘cruelty to animals SAUL Assault with intent to kill DAVID Revolution” - 7 ot course, John Steinbeck has a perfect to, understand the book of Genesis, in the Bible, as he. chooses, in whatever language he has learned to read . it. However, if he accepts the theories of the Hebrews an - the subject of Adam, -that progenitor of the human _ Face bears no moral stigma, except the Fall which made | us humans instead of angels, seraphim and other dis- | embodied spirits. 80, Steinbeck’s trouble is not that he does not understand a Semitic folk-tale, but “its | mystical meaning is beyond him altogether, ~.. . As for Cain, naturally we should keep him out, A man who kills his brother is undesirable In any society. Would Steinbeck have him admitted? Would he build an arch of triumph for him? I saw a preview of Leo McCarey's picture, “An Affair to Remember,” and I could not help thinking that these are perfectly normal, healthy human beings—nothing dirty about s one of | them, Does John Steinbeck object to such a picture? ; i Must we welcome murderers to our company to Please ‘Steinbeck? — ees ‘Teaches Respect for Parents *: His next objectionable character Is Noah, who built “the Ark. The story of Noah ts particularly significant _in Hebrew folklore because it teaches respect for par- ents, Noah liked his wine and he lay asleep, uncovered and improperly exposed, Shem covered the shame af "his father with respectful delicacy, Perhaps Bteinbeck "Goes not, in this age of, sophisticated ignorance, grap the beauty of of this tale, or even know of it, rent tae ere 2s om teat a Se Trotter Nease Tele. Room Hollomon ‘DLT, INFORMATION CONTAINER @ERTIN 1S UNCLASSIFIED --~ WXCEPT WHERE SHOWN hno-(0GaetyY-f- NOT RECORDig 46 JUN 12 1987 eee “eee eee Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N, Y. Journale_ (4 American N, Y¥. Mirror N.Y. Daily News N.Y. Times Daily Worker The Worker New Leader ee Date JN 1-9 7059