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Evening star., 1941-07-31
The Political Mill
La Guordio Appears Assured Of Third
Term; Dewey Faces WiIIkie Challenge

nomination. But the leaders OF
the Bronx and of Queens have
not, and John r. Davies, for
mer president of the National
Republican Club, has declared
himself a candidate for the Re-
publican nomination against La
Guardia. The belief is that Da-
vies will be showed under in the
Republican primaries if he sticks
to his candidacy. Mr. Davies,
however, does not think so. He
is planning to run as a non-in-
terventionist-on the ground that
La Guardia is for intervention
to bring the international issue
into the mayoralty campaign If
ne can, on the theory that he
will get a lot of votes from those
who are anxious to keep this
country out of the wars abroad.
Dewey and Willkie Rivals.
Republican politics in New
York is of more than passing in
terest-and will be for the next
three Gears. District Attorney
Thomas E Dewey of New York
County may be challenged IN the
State for party leadership by
Wendell L. Willkie-and there
may be a clash between the two
men over the Republican nomi-
nation for Governor next year.
He says he will not run. If he
does not run and goes out of Of
flee, will he lose the prestige and
glamour of an office which
brought him into national promi-
nence?
That is one of the things he
must take into consideration If
he intends to be candidate for
Governor next year He has
dominated the Republican State
organization for year or two
and he may be able to continue
to do so.
There is Mr.. Willkie, however,
as a potential threat. Mr.. Willkie
is not saying so, but he is a presi-
dental aspirant right now; feels
he is entitled to have another
try. However, should Mr.. Dewey
be nominated and elected Gov
ernor of New York in 1912 1t
would be practically impossible
for Mr.. Willkie or any other
Republican to head him off for
the presidential nomination in
1914.
At least that is what Mr.. Will
kie's friends-as we'll as those of
Mr.. Dewey-believe. So strong is
this feeling on the part of the
Willkie supporters that they are
even talking now of nominating
their man for Governor to pre-
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has been generated chiefly by
wealthy couples, who have split
their dividendpaying property for
the sole purpose of escaping the
higher surtaX brackets, but the vot-
Ing power of this movement comes
from nine community property
States.
These States, situated in the
South and West, have SO Repre-
sentatives, all but IL of them Demo-
Gratis. The loss of 81 Democratic
votes, assuming all non-Democratic
members voted against the rule,
would be more than enough to de-
feat it and thus throw the whole
bill open to amendment. The
House leaders didn't dare take this
chance.
Every time 40 tax bill has been
offered for more than 20 years,
elimination of the community
property" discrimination has been
proposed, but always this effort has
failed because the eight-State mi
nority now increased to nine
through Oklahoma's adoption of
community property law for the
specific purpose of avoiding taxa
tion-held a balance of power.
Court Upheld Test.
Community property, derived in
eight States from Spanish or
French law, means simply that all
property and income of husband
and wife is jointly owned In the
beginning of the Federal income
tax a California taxpayer asserted
the right to divide all income, in
Guiding his salary, with his wife for
purpose of Federal taxation. In
lieu of any congressional stipula-
ton to the contrary, the Supreme
Court sustained this view, but it
never has been seriously disputed
that Congress has authority to re-
Evening star., 1941-07-31
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

by CONSIANIlNE bhOWN.
The Russian armies are .coun-
terattacking the German forces
on all fronts, but the most sue
cessful counteroffensive so far
has been on the Kiev front.
Not later than last Monday the
Axis troops had completely en-
circled the Ukrainian capital and
had cut the only remaining rail-
way leading to Kiev from Odessa,
Russias principal Black Sea
port. Field Marshal Budenny's
forces counterattacked and yes
terday the German-Rumanian
forces had withdrawn, not only
from the railway but also from
the whole area. The withdrawal
some Is miles-is considered
significant in military quarters
since this is really the first i'm
portant setback of the German
forces.
According to reports which
have reached Washington in the
last "a hours, the Soviet forces,
Evening star., 1941-07-31
This Changing World
Russian Holt Of German Offensive
MAY Mean Failure of Fifth Column

permit foreigners to be on such
an elastic front.
While the hopes regarding the
continuation of the 6nquestion-
able Russian successes are still
very high, it would be mistake
to shout victory yet. The Ger
mans have large reserve forces
at their disposal.
The striking army of Herr Hit
Ter was at the outset of the cam
paign thrown against the Rus
slams on three distinct fronts.
This, observers believe, has been
the principal reason why the
Reich's forces have not been able
to crash through with finality on
any given point.
The German high command
seems to have believed that after
the first few days of blitz the
Russian forces would be so de-
moralized all the reserve forces
would have to do would be to
mop up the remnants of the
Muscovite armies.
In this the Germans admit now
to have been very much mis-
taken.
The German bombing of the
railroad communications was of
little avail. The Russians moved
through the roadless country with
the same facility the Germans
moved over their intricate and
complete network Of highways
and railways.
In the war against the West
ern European countries, the fifth
column has been of great assist
ance TO the Germans. A small
number of men were able TO
cause panic in the invaded re-
gions and set hundreds of thou
sands of individuals-men, Wom-
Ell and chlldren-on the march.
In some cases. as in Belgium
and France, one or two fifth COL
umnists got hold of the central
telephone exchange and warned
the population to move out be-
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cause the Germans were coming.
The exodus began, and there is
nothing more contagious than
fear.
Nothing of the sort happened
in the U S. S. R. To begin with,
there were no telephones except
foi the officials. And they sell
dem worked. The Russian popu-
lation used to hardships, oppres-
sion and invasions was not get
ting panicky 1t accepted its fate
with the famous fatalistic mich
tevo" which characterizes the
race.
Evening star., 1941-07-31
New ZeuIund's Women
Police Are Versatile

New women recruits to the Well
ington New ZealanO police force
have entered on a course of inten-
sive training for three months.
They have been drawn from
MANY walks of life and include
school teachers, typists, nurses and
social workers, who will find their
previous experience valuable in their
new work.
Evening star., 1941-07-31

Living costs advanced between
May and June in all of the 56 lead
ing United States industrial cities
surveyed by the National Industrial
Conference Board. Highest was 20
per cent for Baltimore.
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ship to modify
its o t h erw i s e
alright g a g.
rule, governing
consideration of
the pending tax
bill, to permit a
separate vote on
the provision for
joint income tax
returns by hus-
band and wife.
The steam be-
hind the drive
for elimination
of this DroViSiOn
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tnlnR.
Now, who elSs
would take time
and trouble to
sit doyn and
write postal
cards to people
he doesn't even
know?
If his strength
a n d frsnking
privilege hold
out, he Is going
10 see to 1t that
nobody ever has
Evening star., 1941-07-31

extension among
the troops is like
q breath of fresh
air. 1t is a tonic
to democracy
and carries with
It an example
that is all too
rarely followed
in the polemics
of government
and in the con-
duct of public
officials.
Somehow or
Evening star., 1941-07-31
|McLemore-
Wheeler Makes U. S.
Post Cord Conscious

NEW YORK-That lovable pa
triot from Montana, Burton K.
Wheeler, has put us to shame again.
He just seems to think of every
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HE opinions the rriters this their
necessarily Such opinions presented
Stars effort gipe all sides OF questions of interest
readers although opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1941-07-31
Ry JAY HAYDEN.

The, power of close-knit, aggres-
sive minority to control legislation
was never better illustrated than
in the decision of the House leader
Evening star., 1941-07-31
Stimson's s
ApoIogyHeId
Significant
Bosic Fairness
Of U. S. Politics
Indicated
Bv DAVID LAWRENCE.

Secretary Stimsons public apol-
osy to Senator Wheeler for having
wrongly accused him of stirring up
legislative opposition to the draft
Evening star., 1941-11-02

have turned from painting to the
graphic arts.
Among the paintings shown by
students and staff members are two
or three charming flower and still
life studies, a few portraits in which
characterization is strong, land
scapes, marine and the usual run
of rather grim city pictures, as we'll
as a humorous transcription of
group of students or visitors listen
ing to a dissertation on famous
painting by one of the leading post
impressionists which hangs in the
Phillips Gallery.
At no tine, because of limitation
of space. can all the paintings in
the Phillips Gallery's collection be
shown simultaneously. This sur
plus. however, has the advantage
of permitting frequent rearrange-
ment.
Since the gallery has reopened
this autumn, special stress has been
put upon works by the so-called
"modernists," which, to some, are
particularly novel and engaging, and
to others. utterly disconcerting and
unintelligible. 1t should be remem-
bered, however, that this gallery
was primarily purposed as testing
ground, with gates wide open to
innovators and abundant opportun-
ity given for comparison with the
best. In no better way can the
novice learn or measure his own
strength.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
Record Revievs
Bv Elena de Sayn.

Beethovens "String Quartet No.
13. in B Flat Ma jOr, Op. $780," Busch
Quartet (Columbia)-A fine exam
pie of what a leader can do who has
made a specially of particular
style as is the case of Adolf Busch
with Beethoven. Pleasantly re-
membered by his many perform
ances of the latters sonatas at the
Library of Congress, Mr.. Busch and
his associates give reading to the
quartet which allows a more intl-
mate glimpse into Beethoven the
man. Their treatment of the COM
position reveals human side of the
composer often lost or obscured by
too 'high-brow" an approach. Mr..
Busch's tone acquires sweetness in
combination with other strings and
the attention which the ensemble
pays to details lends distinction to
their Interpretation. The finale of
this particular quartet is the last
piece known to have been written
by the master. who died four
months later. In the first version of
this opus. Grand Fugue" formed
part of it as a final movement.
Mozart's "Serenade No. II, in E
Flat Major tK375) for six woodwind
instruments, two clarinets, two
horns. two bassoons and two oboes
(Victor). A lovely piece of music
written with special care" accord
ing to letter of the composer. Mo-
zart was not free from the human
trait of showing off" occasionally,
with the result that his exerting
himself to make an impression upon
a courtier whose help he hoped to
enlist, left to the posterity one of his
most perfect compositions. Its
beauty is enhanced by the excellent
ensemble of the members of the
Alumni Orchestra of the National
Orchestral Association under the
supervision of Richard Korn.
EnescO's "ROumanian Rhapsody
No. l, in A Major. Op. H." Philadel-
phia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy,
conductor. and "Roumanian Rhap-
sody No. 2, in ID Major, Op. H." by
the same composer, performed by
the National Symphony Orchestra,
under DR.. Hans Kinder (Victor)
Both numbers. forming part of
one album. are colorful. rich in
changing rhythms and invigorating.
Calling on all technical resources
for great speed and intonation, the
first rhapsody in Mr.. Ormandy's in
depreciation can set any two feet
in motion. DR.. Kinder brings out
the dramatic element of the second
and draws a vibrant tone and con-
siderable volume from his strings
His viole, which have a charming
bit toward the end, deserve special
mention.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
Agriculture Concert
Tomorrow Niaht

Victor Herbert in a symphonic
mood will be .one of the attractions
at the Agriculture Department Or
chestra's concert tomorrow at $50
pm. in the Agriculture auditorium
in the South Building. Two move
ments from his Romantic Suite" "
Wedding Festival and "Aubade." ="
make up the first part of the pro-
gram, together with Chadwick s
Tam O. Shanter," musical YER
sion of Robert Burns Well-known
ballad, and "Mandodari's Lament. +"
from the "Ramayana Suite" by
Shapleigh, which is based on a
Hindu epic of the same name. An
ton Dvorak's Symphony From the
New World" will conclude the pro-
gram, under the direction of DR..
Walter Bauer.
The concert is one of series given
in cooperation with the Committee
on Government Employees Services
OF the National Defense Council for
men in uniform and civilian defense
workers. The general public is cor
daily invited. Admission Is free; no
tickets are required.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
Perole Quartet
To Play Tonight

The Perole String Quartet will be
heard this evening in the Cafritz
Auditorium of the Jewish Com
munity Center, Sixteenth and @
streets NV. The concert is the
first of a series sponsored by the
National Center Forum.
The music department of the CEN
ter has undertaken an ambitious
program this season, sponsoring
concerts twice a month by the w. P.
A. Little Sympony and presenting
evenings of recorded music on alter
nate Mondays. w. P. A. Little SYM
phony. with Van Lier Lanning.
director, and Maurice Sklar, guest
conductor, is giving its second con-
cert in the American composers and
conductors series at $50 pm. tomor-
row. The program includes COM
positions of Herbert, Hadley, Grofe,
Bloom, Kern and Friml.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
Mrs. Fowler Wins Award
For Fedora! Sculpture

To Mary Blackford Fowler of this
city has been awarded the commits
sion for five reliefs in sculpture to
be placed in the lobby of the New
port News VA PO55 c3ac7, which
also serves as courthouse and GUS
tomhouse This competition. set
up by the section of fine arts, Public
Buildings Administration. Federal
Works Agency. was open to all
American sculptors of Virginia,
Maryland and the District of Col
umbia. The advisory jury which
passed on the models submitted
consisted of Edwin c. Rust, head of
the Department of Fine Arts Of the
College Of William and Mary, Will
liamsburg; A. Edwin Kendrew, ar
chitest, of the same city. and Allan
D. Jones, jr., painter, of Hampton.
The reliefs will be executed in
unglazed terra Gotta. They will
symbolic industries of the locality
in early days and today-corn-rais-
ing, tobacco-cutting. shipbuilding,
transportation of coal and the like.
Mrs. Fowler is we'll known here by
her work and her interest in the
development Of art With her hus-
band, Harold North Fowler, she is
joint author of The Picture Book
of Sculpture" Born in Findlay,
Ohio, she is a graduate of Oberlin
College and a former student of the
Corcoran School of Art. She also
studied under Maxwell Miller and
Hans Schuler of Baltimore, George
Demetrios of Boston and Carl Nose,
now of St. Louis. She has exhibited
with the Society of Washington Art
lists, of which she is a member. and
in both the Corcoran Gallery OF
Art and the Maryland Institute,
Baltimore.
Among her works are a tablet in
memory of Frederick Gillett, former
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives. which is in Springfield, Mass,
and tablet in Findlay, Ohio, COM
memorating the first great oil we'll
Evening star., 1941-11-02
Popular Music
By J. ". Sfebb

The Victor SituatiOn-The tang
of the gridiron has reached Camden,
as it usually does each fall, and the
result is an album -four records
of rah-rah songs sung by the ALL
American Glee Club. The emphasis,
generally speaking, is on the little
fellows in the college football
sphere; for example, Syracuse, Tenn
pie, N. Y. u, Colgate. Brown, Holy
Cross, as well as several big ones,
such as Notre Dame and Pitt. Need
We say the tunes are done with
gusto?
On Single Discs-Tommy Dor
sey's all-out performance of that
tragic saga, The Skunk Song" is
the best to date. Mr.. D. is also
responsible for another pair of
glowing records of fairly recent
release: Two in Love"-"A Sinner
Kissed an Angel and That Solid
Old Man" Artie Shaw has a
mellifluous coupling, Blues in the
Night This Time the Dreams on
Me" The much-abused Tschai-
koWSky Piano Concerto is now las
seed and branded by Joe Reichman
and Enric Madriguera under differ
ent titles and tempos. Art Jarrett
does the new maWkish Magic of
Magnolias" paired with Rose
ODay" waltz. while Barry Wood
sings the former on his own disc.
Mr.. Wood has also donated City
Called Heaven" and Call 1t ANY,
thing, It's Love" to the cause of
two hearts, June moon, etc. Jan
Savitt spends pleasant weekend
in Havana" amid Tropical Magic"
on his latest record. The aura is
Latin, no less. Sam Kaye is typical
Kaye for when Winter Comes"
Current Toast of Bluebird-Shep
Fields has the best to offer on this
label at this time. Autumn Moe
turne" and Who Can I Turn TOP"
the latter a very pretty number
despite (tsk, tsk) its ungrammatical
title. The metamorphosis of Fields
becomes more gratifying every day.
The Four King Sisters with Alvino
Rey's Band give b I BIZ c'B I Bi,
B. I. Bitty Boo" and so onD Q
thorough workout.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
Lecturer to
Programs
Series Designed
To Teach Music
Appreciation

A series of lectures in connection
with this seasons National Sym
phony programs will be given by
Harriet D. johnson of the Layman's
Music Courses on Tuesday after
moons at 5 o'clock at the Carlton
Hotel. The Women's Committee of
the National Symphony Orchestra is
sponsoring the course.
The first lecture will be given on
Tuesday. when the subject will be
The Symphony" How to listen to
this complicated art form and derive
pleasure and understanding of it
will be explained during the lecture.
On November II. Beethoven's Sym
phony No. s. will be discussed. with
illustrations. The solo instrument
as a means of lending individuality
to the symphonic form will be ana
lyzed on November 18, when the lee
ture will be devoted to The Con-
certo."
Beethoven's Emperor Concerto"
is scheduled for performance by
Egon Petri with the National SYM
phony on December IA, and on the
Tuesday preceding it will be studied
from listeners point OF view. The
subject on January is yet to be
announced. but on January 20 Mod
ern Music and the Concerto" will be
considered. Why Is Wagner Played
on Symphonic Program" is to be
discussed on February 3. and the
final lecture on February II will be
devoted to study of Brahms Con-
certo No. o. to be played by Rudolf
Serkin. pianist. with the Symphony
the following day.
Miss johnson is we'll known for
her lectures during the Layman's
Music Course, which she conducted
for several years at Barker Hall.
The course was originated by Olga
Samaroff Stokowski when serving
as music critic on New York paper.
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of the Conservatory of Geneva. The
life of concert pianist followed, and
he arrived in this country in 1929.
The world premiere scheduled for
Wednesday evening is Jaromir
Weinberger's Czech Rhapsody
just-completed work based on three
Czech folk tunes by the author of
"SchWanda" and Under the Spread
ing Chestnut Tree. it carries an in
PRODUCTION with the heading For
Hans Kinder only" On the same
evening Samuel Barbers Violin
Concerto"-which was introduced
by Koussevitsky at the Berkshire
Festival last summer-Will be given
its first Washington performance
with Mr.. Spalding taking the solo
role. The American violinist will
be heard also in the Mozart Violin
Concerto in A Major" and the pro-
gram will be opened by DR.. Kin
dlers arrangement of a Handel
prelude and Fugue." The SYM
phony scheduled is the Sibelius
First in E Minor"
1t should be noted that Wednes-
day nights concert is the first of
the midweek series. which this
year will be an all-subscription Sc
ries. No single tickets are available
to the individual concerts.
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Cappel
SalzedO
Ensemble

The third concert in the cappel
Concert Guild series will be held
on November l3 in Constitution
Hall at 8:45 pm. 1t brings to Wash
ington the ever-popular Salzedo
Concert Ensemble.
The Barrere Trio, originally sched-
uled for this date had to be can
celled due to the illness of the trio's
leader, Georges Barrere. In seek
ing a substitute Mr.. Cappel, guild
manager, first thought of securing
Rene LIE Roy. who is considered sec
ond only TO Mr.. Barrere as f1utist.
It was then discovered that the
Salzedo Concert Ensemble, of which
Mr.. LIE Roy is a member. was also
available for the November IS date,
In securing the entire ensemble Mr..
Cappel is able to present not only
great f1utist but can offer in
addition the most accomplished of
present-day harpists, Carlos Sal
zedo.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
Alumni and Students to
Exhibit at Corcordn

Sponsored by the faculty of the
Corcoran School of Art, the Corco-
ran Gallery will hold, from next
Saturday to November 80, an exhi-
bition of works in various media by
those who have studied or are now
studying in the school. This will be
set forth in the gallery of special
exhibitions on the second floor.
The requirements for admission
are stated as follows: First, high
quality; second, medium in size;
third, of a kind which would en-
hance the charm of an ordinary liv-
ing room; fourth, price to run from
S. to $50, no more or less.
Entry slips are available at the
school, and works must be delivered
there on Thursday. The jury will
consist of two members of the
faculty, two laymen and two recent
students OF the school.
Evening star., 1941-11-02

and in so doing round out their
existence.
This country has passed beyond
that phase and in passing has
learned that when the remembrance
OF finer and more beautiful things
Is present hardShipS can be faced
with greater courage. People have
become conscious of the power of
the arts, and especially OF music,
as fortlflers of spiritual strength,
something that no amount Of finan-
clal security or Well-planned living
can give. Adults have discovered
now helpful a mind attuned 10 the
great thoughts of great men can be
IN facing daily trials and have been
Vlshful OF imbuing their children
with an appreciation of this part of
education from their earliest years.
Beauty Should Be Stored.
The future is more threatening
at present than it has ever been in
the lifetime of MANY of lis II is
necessary then that a greater prep
aratlon be made for a storing of the
sort OF beauty the arts give against
a time when it may not be possible.
Particularly is this a duty parents
must not neglect toward their chill
dren. The finer the sensibilities of
the coming generation the greater
our chances OF preserving all that
We have built up and of expanding
that building to lasting memorial
OF our clear thinking.
A great portion of the popula-
ton Is faced with the necessity of
curtalllng expenditures and of liv-
ing within restricted budget. But
1t Is a mistake TO feel that a musical
education or the attendance at con-
certs can be among those things
to be done without. They are as
necessary to the life of the spirit
as food is to that of the body. Music
offers means of escape. if you will.
from the pressure of painful
thought, but it is a legitimate es-
cape bringing renewed courage for
the solving of problems.
Evening star., 1941-11-02
RuSSell.Claxon
Recital Thursday

Constance Russell. pianist, and
Juanita Claxon, soprano, will be pre-
sented in joint recital by the Arts
Club on Thursday evening at $50
O'Clock.
Miss Russell received her training
at the Curtis Institute Of Music and
at F'ontainebleau Conservatory. She
won a five-year scholarship at Cur
tbs, from which she was graduated
with the artists diploma. In France
she received high honors, studying
with Robert Casadesus and Nadia
Boulanger.
Miss Claxon, also a Boulanger pu-
pill, is now studying with Oscar
Seagle In New York and is . mem.
Der Of the Colony Opera Guild.