Malamud's 'FideIm an': Portraits of a Shlemihl Artist

Bernard Malamud adds another
attraction to his literary efforts I
with "Pictures of Fidelman," an-
other of his noteworthy works just
published by Farrar, Straus and
Giroux.
There are six portraits of Arthur I
Fidelman in this exhibitive work. I
It is, indeed, an exhibition of a
young Jew who goes to Rome to
write a book, having failed as an
artist. But in Italy it is again his
art work that gets him involved — I
with the women in his new life,
a young Jewish refugee, a cuck-
old, a homo.

other chapters — the additional ex-
hibitions — out of which Fidelman
emerges the hard luck guy.
There is the woman artist with
whom he shares an apartment, who
makes life miserable for him while
he strives to make love to her,
who exploits him and finally yields
to him completely when he paints
in holy garb — sort of blasphemy
that a very religious person won't
like or approve of.
And the story of Fidelman's love
affair with the glassblower's wife
is another comic experience. The
glassblower catches him with his
wife in the act of her betrayal.
The husband nevertheless be-
friends Arturo, teaches him his
trade, ridicules his art but likes
his last works. Arturo Fidelman

becomes a glassblower, a pupil
of the husband who is described
as a homo. It's a charming tale
and relates to the total exhibition.

There is no doubt about Mala-
mud's skill as it reaches new
heights in this collection of Fid-
elman stories.

Wise's Article Depl ores 'Age Barrier'

Jewish Communal Staffs !
to Hold Annual Meeting.

icle in the current issue of DAC
News, by Herman Wise, poses a
serious problem.
Based on a great deal of re-
search, Wise. a prominent former
newspaperman who had served as
music editor of the Detroit Free
Press, among other posts he has
held, points to the "ever-mounting
perplexity" stemming from short-
age of skilled managerial em-
ployes.
Warning that "the executive
shortage that developed after
World War II is destined to wor-
sen," Wise draws upon the ex-
periences of many large corpora-
tions and indicates the error in-
herent in permitting highly train-
ed men to leave their jobs at the
presently judged retirement age.
Wise states in summing up his
splendidly researched article:
"Undoubtedly many companies.
acting with foresight in the face of
the acute executive shortage, al-
ready are enacting variations of
such programs to stem the drain
of leadership brainpower. They
have realized that American busi-
ness, engaged in a fierce compe-
tition for youthful management
potential, has virtually ignored the
proven talent being ushered out
the back door while the interview-
ers wait hungrily out front. The

the voluntary retirees, and the few
fortunate enough to begin a sec
and career, there remains a verit-
able army of active. able pension-
ers with time and talent to offer.
No nation, however prosperous
and powerful, can continue to
thrive meaningful with that much
talent standing idle. This country,
more than ever, must have the
full benefit of all the expertise in
business and industry it can mus-
ter. Anything less is a tragic
waste.
"Management must raise its

sights and relax its outmoded
rules to adjust to today's condi-

tions. It has ignored the economic
and social facts of life entirely
NEW YORK—An in-depth exam-'
too long. In the words of Willard
ination of the responsibility of pro-
Wirtz, ex-secretary of labor, "We
fessional Jewish communal work-
must break away from the sterile
ers for enabling the American and
view of man that fixes a time to
Canadian Jewish communities to
learn, a time to earn, and a time
cope with deepening internal crises
to die . . . hire on the basis of
will be made during the 71st annual
ability rather than age, and stop
meeting of the National Conference,
arbitrary discrimination.
of Jewish Communal Service
"To the busy executive, the
(NCJCS).
sunny lure of eternal leisure
Mrs. Martha K. Selig, NCJCS
seems
at times an attractive goal.
president, said that more than
But if the sudden realization of
1.000 Jewish communal workers
the goal leaves him restless, frus-
from the United States and Canada '
trated, and seemingly at a loss,
are expected at the conference, I
it's understandable. When the Na-
which will be held at the Waldorf-
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Astoria Hotel May 29-June 1.
Automation, and Economic Pro-
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April 28—To Mr. and Mrs. Ben-' April 26—To Mr. and Mrs. Jerry and skills, they had our executive
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Joseph Harris.
"He is not wanted."
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Of course, there is some profan- ment that commemorates Jews
ity here. The exhibitions, however
present interesting portraits of life
in Italy, the peddler presonality,
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The Malamud brilliant style
dominates the exhibitions, all the
themes, about a sort of shlemih1.1
Fidelman is the disenchanted,
the failure as an artist who nev-
ertheless sticks to his aim, al- ,
though he becomes involved in '
other ventures, always being the
underdog.
"Can Business Break the Age numbers of this untapped resource
In the first portrait he has the Barrier," a thought-provoking art- are legion. Allowing for the infirm,

aim of writing a book about Giotto ,
but his first chapter is stolen and
the thief is Shimon Susskind. And
here we have a delightful tale
about a refugee who emerges as
one of the familiar characters in
Rome — a shnorrer, a salesman of 1
holy objects, a freelancer. Fidel-
man helps him but tries to shake !
him off; and when his brief case
disappears with his manuscript he '
resumes his search for him. The
brief case is recovered but not
the first chapter of Giotto! It's sort
of a tragedy, but so also are the'

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