Evening star., 1937-03-16
Laughs at Laevs Restricting Art
Here to Lead Symphony Tomorrow King of Jazz Says Lega
tion Can't Stop Invasions.

NTROM symphony to the dogs
- and back to symphony
again." aighS Paul White
man. who hopes you won't
take his little figure Of speech
though true-too seriously.
Whiteman and his orchestra ap-
peared not long ago in concert with
the Philadelphia Symphony in New
York. More recently his orchestra
played two tunes between every race
and = fanfare at the beginning at =
Miami. Fla, dog track
Yesterday in Washington he was
back to symphony again" rehearsing
his and the National Symphony Or
chestra for a joint concert to be given
in Baltimore tonight and at Consti-
tuition Hall here tomorrow night
Yesterday, also, he held open house
1T his suite in the Willard at noon,
appeared before the House Immigra-
ton Committee to declare, with con-
ductorlike gestures, that American
musicians and singers should be given
the same protection other countries
afford their artists. held the Joint re-
hearsal in the main ball room of the
Raleigh Hotel, presided at an open
house cocktail party At the Raleigh
at pm, and heaven knows what in
the evening. He was talking about
another rehearsal.
Art Create Than Laws.
In his hotel room in shirt sleeves
yesterday noon Mr. Whiteman pro-
nounced sasely that art is greater
than geographical boundaries, and
real art will move from country to
country in spite OF legislation. Laws
l mean he said, cant stop it. It's
international"
In more or less the same breath:
Il don't believe foreign actors and
musicians have to pay as much income
tax ~ ! do, either. I nave to give the
Government about SO per cent of what
/ make. ! bet they don't have to pay
the Government that much. If the
Dickstein committee or the Immigra-
ton Committee will do anything about
that situation, I'm for it,
'Umm, hmm" said Mrs Whiteman,
and 4 manicurist, 4 barber, three re-
porters, three photographers, a bellboy
and . lady from next door agreed in
awed unison.
Abruptly. Mr.. Whiteman. Mrs
Whiteman and an omnipresent genii
who can talk your arm Off you have
a pad and pencil in your hand-left
the hotel suite for lunch and the I'm
migration Committee. Better come
along" said the maestro. IN prob
ably need some help"
FavorS Reciprocity.
Whiteman told the committee he
favored . system of reciprocity to con-
troll entry of foreign stars. He ex-
pressed belief enactment of the Dick
stein bill to establish such = system
would soon break down the barriers
other countries have erected against
Americans
The King of Jazz conceded the
Dickstein bill might react unfavorabiy
on grand opera in this country-but
not for long.
The Metropolitan might suffer at
first,' he said, but these foreign stars
would raise such hullaballoo in their
own countries, they would soon relax
their barriers"
Mr.. Whiteman hurried back TO the
Raleigh Hotel and on the way molted
heavily his covering of suave, Nip ask
me-anotherness He vas very
serious, tall lsS-pound man when he
stepped to the conductors stand be-
fore the combined orchestras.
The first three pieces rehearsed were
one where the orchestra played TO give
the impression OF 4 bagpipe. another
called Tabloid" depicting in music