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□ Left Over from September: Volcker: Portrait of the Money Man (Congdon & Weed, $18.95), by William Neikirk, is an interesting biography of the former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board written by a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.

□ More October Titles: In Klaus Fuchs, Atom Spy (Harvard, $25), Robert Chadwell Williams explains why Fuchs became a traitor (his Quaker background provided him with a sense of “moral idealism”) and how his activities went so long undetected (the British, in desperation to recruit scientists at the beginning of the war, gave him top-notch security clearance, which the Americans accepted at face value).

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Chilton Williamson Jr.

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□ Left Over from September: Volcker: Portrait of the Money Man (Congdon & Weed, $18.95), by William Neikirk, is an interesting biography of the former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board written by a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.

□ More October Titles: In Klaus Fuchs, Atom Spy (Harvard, $25), Robert Chadwell Williams explains why Fuchs became a traitor (his Quaker background provided him with a sense of “moral idealism”) and how his activities went so long undetected (the British, in desperation to recruit scientists at the beginning of the war, gave him top-notch security clearance, which the Americans accepted at face value).