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, 1941-08-11

INDUSTRIAL disputes was again VOU
another great legislative victory
efforts to obtain this un-America1
On the roll call, 1873 Republicans
lib Democrats, three Progressive
Party and one Labor Party Con-
gresham voted on the side OF
labor. Virtually all the poll takers
were lined up against labor. OF
the LA who voted against labor,
113 were Democrats and one Re
publican. The debate was short
and to the point and left the pro-
ponents of government strike
breaking without a leg to stand
on.
This vote was on a revised Con-
nally amendment which was in
cluded in the House-Senate con-
ference report on S.1524. It came
two weeks after the House de-
feated the same type of amend
ment (more sharply worded)
which had been sponsored by
Congressman May, chairman of
the House Military Affairs Com
mittee.
Despite the earlier House re-
lection of the May amendment,
May continued to support the
similar provisions reported out
by the conferees. Conferees ap-
pointed by him to iron out the
differences between the Senate
and House bills were stacked
against labor, and the bill as re-
ported out included-in slightly
changed form-the Connally anti
strike amendments. This bill
would have imposed the following
conditions on labor:
l. 1t would have authorized
the Federal Government, by
order of the President, to take
over temporarily and operate
struck plants.
2. 1t weuId have permitted the
use of the Army and Navy or
or any other power Of the Gov
eminent, to keep open and e
sumo production in struck
plants.
3. 1t would have required re-
turn of plants to private owners
after full operation is resumed
in other words, after the
strike is broken.
4. This Government power to
break strikes could have been
used to force upon labor, COM
pulsory arbitration.
The vote demonstrated that
labor has some staunch friends
in Congress whom it may count
on to defend its interests even
against Administration pressure.
Rep. Arthur Healey, D., Mass,
who sponsored the motions that
twice defeated this type of anti
labor legislation, was an out
standing leader in the fight
against this Fascist proposal.
Another who battIed valiantly
with labor was Rep. Raymond s.
McKeough, D., Ill. There are
many more such friendsi
PUNK FOR CROMWELL -!
, 1941-08-11
CONGRESS REJECTS
NO STRIKE BILL

Government stikebreaking through the use of bayonets to settle
industrial disputes wa again voted down, 255-114, by the House in
another great legislative victory for labor, which had exposed new
efforts to obtain this un-American power. ~@
Evening star., 1941-05-04

Don't suffer from painful
corns. One touch of Free
zone stops the pain in
Stantly then, shortly,
the corn lifts right off.
Removes hard or soft
corn, or callouS.
Evening star., 1941-05-04

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cologne on t h e
wrist is. forehead,
nape of the neck
use it as a re-
fres h in q h o t.
weather rundown.
Choice of Noun
tain Laurel, Trop-
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or the new Blue
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A very nice set for such
q low price! Lots Of
fun and heolthfui ex-
ercise out in The fresh
air.
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Flash unit is removable for
ordinary daytime use. Takes
pictures in the popular "a
by 81 inch size.
Evening star., 1941-12-28

music of another day, the Trapp
singers have learned to play the in
struments that were popular at
that time, particularly the recorders
in various musical range. The
Trapp family have started a vogue
for these old block flutes of Shake
speare's day and instrument makers
in New York report a sudden de-
mand for recorders of all kinds.
While most suitable for the intimate
type Of concert giving that the
Traps have specialized in, modern
science in the form of amplifiers.
will assist in projecting their deli
cate tones in the larger spaces OF
Constitution Hall this afternoon.
Music in the home, performed by
members Of family. is almost un-
known in this age. How charming
such family gatherings can be is
exemplified by the Traps who be-
gan their communal singing purely
for pleasure. 1t is easy to under
stand that the Baroness Won Trapp
is responsible for the sustaining
interest in this form Of music
making by herself and her children.
Her five daughters and two sons
watch their mother as she sets the
mood for each number. They smile
affectionately at her halting expla-
nations in English yet admire her
courage in striving to acquaint the
audience with the meaning OF their
songs. So greatly did her program
explanations please at the last visit
Evening star., 1941-12-28

OF Art houses came from many lands
and was produced during many CEN
turies. Would modern building of
structural steel especially we'll
adapted to industrial purposes be as
suitable a home for such art as the
grave dignity and simplicity of the
classical? Styles in architecture
have, it is true. stood for the spirit
of the time in which they were
evolved. and that evolution was nat
ural rather than forced. The one
contribution that this country has
made in this field is the skyscraper
which found natural birth through
limitations of ground space and add
ed beauty because of the necessity
of lighting A National Gallery of
Art which looked like a boiler fac
tory or laundry. might be novel.
convenient, labor saving. but would
it lift the spirit Of visitors as does
the modernized classic building
which Mr.. Pope and his associates
designed for us here and carried to
such perfection in completion?
There are certain buildings
which upon sight or entrance have
this effect. For instance, Chartres
Cathedral, Saint Chapelle, the Par
thenon. the Pantheon. our own Lin
coin Memorial. Watching for sew
eral months now the reaction of the
rotunda and halls of the National
Gallery of Art upon casual visi-
tors, it has become certain that in
this building there is likewise some
thing which takes the beholder into
higher realm than the mundane
the realm Of dream fulfilled. II
this is not gift of the gods and
an avenue to better understanding
of the art which has been brought
hence to be seen and enjoyed
what is?
In recent years, through much
misuse, the word beauty has fallen
low in esteem, but it Is beauty
which still contributes largely to
joy in such a building as our Ma
tional Gallery of Art-beauty of
proportions, of color, and design
LightneSs Of touch combined with
monumental grandeur. This light
ness of touch is found In the gar
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very picturesque and decorative In
treatment.
Mrs. Moses work Is well known
through exhibition in the annual
displays Of the Society Of Washing
ton Artists and the Washington
Water Color Club. She handles
water colors with exceptional
breadth and charm. essaying often
very elaborate compositions of
flowers, fruit and other still life
and carrying them to great success.
Her portraits. too, are done in a
professional manner. with gravity
and technical skill. Mrs. Moses
younger daughter. inheriting her
talent, is exhibiting also this year.
This exhibition will be changed
from time to time, works of other
capable young artists replacing
those now on view. In fact, in op-
ening this gallery, Mrs. Moses
thought was to afford such, by
invitation, another place in which
to make display-a friendly, gen.
erous gesture.
New Medal Issued
The Society Of Medalists, which
was founded in Washington IL years
ago, but now has headquarters at
lis East Fortieth street, New York
has just issued to its constituent
membership its oath medal. The
work Of Edwin Springweiler. sculp-
tor, pictorially represents the Arc
tic and Antarctic regions. Among
this sculptor's works are the Ant
eater" bronze in our ZOO, the George
M. Cohen Congressional Gold Medal
and the Naval Reserve Medal.
Evening star., 1941-12-28

of her family here that C. C. Cap
pei, who is again sponsoring their
concert, has asked that she con-
tinue them.
Since the liturgical music and
carols, which make up great part
of their program this afternoon, en-
phasizes the holiday spirit, an ap-
propriate background will be given
by a Christmas tree on the stage.
AS far as is possible in large audi
torium, the character OF the Traps
singing, which was a daily feature
in their own drawing room and
which finally led to concert plat
forms in Europe and this country,
will be preserved For a brief con-
cert period, their audience will be
transported back TO another day,
when family interest centered in the
home, when simple pleasures suf-
feed and when music was sweet
sounding, fresh and appealing.
Symphony and Swing
Seats for the special joint con-
cert of Benny Goodman and his
orchestra and the National Sym
phony Orchestra under the direc-
ton of Hans Kinder will go on
sale tomorrow morning at the sym
phony box office in kits music
store, 1880 G street NV.
In Washington first union OF
symphony and swing on Sunday
evening, January 25. in Constitu-
ton Hall, DR.. Kinder will conduct
the first part OF the program with
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Review of Recordings

The Damnation of Faust" on the
reverse side Columbia, presented
by the same unit, are brilliantly exc
cuted and complete the release. to-
gether with Tochs 'rPinnocchio"
"a merry overture. played by the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra under
Frederick Stonke Columbia. The
latter Is splendid example of the
composers talent and skill.
Edna st. Vincent Millay's Poems"
read by Edna St. Vincent Millay
(Victor). Nineteen poems in all,
chosen from several collections, such
as the "Harp-Weaver," Second
April Fatal Interview" Figs
From Thistles.' and from others.
The selection includes the moving
Ballad of the Harp-Weaver." :"
Childhood Is the Kingdom Where
Nobody Dies" Portrait by a Neigh
Dor, Travel" and Miss Millays
extraordinary "Renascence, written
by her in her teens and responsible
for her first success. The poetess'
defamation and her knowledge of
how to project her voice over a
wide range Of human emotions. lend
color and variety to her reading.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Bv Alice Epersm an.

It is rather a strange coincidence
that a definite trend toward a re-
vival of music of the earlier CEN
turies is in progress. Whether the
too modern ideas of modern COM
posers is responsible or whether the
serenity and simplicity of the music
of a less complicated era is what
holds a particular appeal in these
momentuous days, is difficult to de-
termine, but the fact remains that
the works of composers OF the
18th. 18th and l7th centuries are
featured on every program.
The Trapp Family Singers who
return this afternoon at 4 o'clock
to give another of their delightful
programs, this time in Constitution
Hall, have done a great deal to
popularize the ancient classics In
their vocal form. They have
searched deeply in the archives
where such music has lain forgot
ten by other artists and have shown
in each of their concerts how rich
and rewarding are the items that
have been so long overlooked. The
talented young priest who is their
director and who willingly shared
their exile when they fed from
Austria has been the moving spirit
in a search for the unusual, adapt
ing the treasures he found to the
vocal combination of this group.
In keeping with the spirit of this
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Music Notes.

The Friday Morning Music Club
will present a program by Howard
Mitchell, first cellist of the National
Symphony Orchestra, and Ina Holtz-
scheiter, soprano. The meeting
will be in Barker Hall, the Y. w. c..
A., Seventeenth and K streets NV,
at 11:30 am. Friday.
The Washington Alumnae group
Of Sigma Alpha Iota will hold Its
founders day dinner at the A. A.
U. w. tomorrow at 7 pm. A Christ
mas program will follow the dinner
and there will be vocal solos by
Margaret Garthoff and Mildred
Snesrud, group of violin solos by
Carolina Randell. and Margaret
Knoblock will give the evolution of
the Christmas carol. There will also
be choral singing of carols by the
entire group.
Gan Evening of Music" tonight at
8 o'clock at Waugh Methodist
Church, Third and A streets NE.
Christmas anthems, solos and organ
music will be presented by Gene
Stewart, organist and director Of
music.
The Washington Missionary Col
lege Oratorio Chorus, under the di-
rection Of George w. Greer, will be
heard In its final performance this
season of Handel's Messiah" in the
Foundry Methodist Church at Six
teenth and P streets NV. tonight at
g. o'clock.
The soloists appearing will be
Myrtle Mead. soprano; Ruth Mitch
ell. alto; Justin Lawrie. tenor. and
Robert Adams. bass. Nancy Poore
Tufts will preside at the organ.
Louise Bonnet, soprano. sang q
group of songs at the Hanging OF
the Green" party at the Y. w. c. A.
in New Xaxk City last week.
The Twentieth Century Club fea-
tured special musical program on
Monday. December Is, at the Y. w
G. A., Seventeenth and K streets
honoring the composer. Wolfgans
Amadeus Mozart, on the 1S0th IN.
niversary Of his death.
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Trend Toward Revival of Early Music Noted
Tapp Family Singers, Constitution Hall Today, Have Done
to Popularze Ancient Classics il VocalF

the nations number one clarinetist
appearing with the National Sym
phony Orchestra In the Mozart
Clarinet Concerto, and possibly the
Debussy Rhapsody for clarinet and
orchestra. After intermission, the
Goodman forces will take over for
swing concert featuring, in ad-
dition to the leader. vocalist Peg
gy Lee and the Goodman small
band. Both the size and instrument
tation of the small band has been
varying recently so it is not known
at this writing whether 1t will be
the Goodman Sextet or Septet. In
any event, the evening is almost
certain to end up in jam session
by some of the greatest jazz art
lists the world has ever known.
1t is an interesting coincidence
that both Goodman and the VIOLIN
ist whom he calls his musical idol"
Joseph SZigeti-Will both ap-
pear with the National Symphony
next month. Mr.. Szigeti, with whom
Goodman has appeared as soloist
with the New York Philharmonic
and the Boston Symphony Orches-
tras, will be heard as soloist with
the National Symphony, Sunday,
January 4. For his solo offerings on
this occasion Mr. Szigeti will
play the Busoni Violin Concerto
oin honor of the seventy-fifth an
niversary of the composers BIRTH
and Corelll's La Folia' with or
chestra accompaniment.
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Bv Elena De Sayn

Richard Strauss Till Eulenspie-
gels Lustige Streiche." The Cleve-
land Orchestra. Artur Rodzinski,
conductor (Columbia). A tone
poem, famous for its wit and origi-
nality of the subject as well as for
its short but difficult French horn
solo. Listening to the unnamed ar
tist Of the Cleveland Orchestra and
to his accomplished execution of the
passage in question one can be mis-
led as to the extent of its difficulty
by the ease with which 1t is played.
Mr.. Rodzinski's concertmaster and
his clarinetist have also an oppor-
tunity to distinguish themselves.
The conductor gives the work a
sparkling reading.
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Quar-
tet in E Minor" The Coolidge Quar-
tet Victor). Few people suspect
that Mrs Coolidge, the world famous
patroness Of music, is herself mu-
sician and q composer. Her string
quartet on review, written in mod
ern idiom, follows the trend of the
times and shows a serious technical
equipment. Mrs. Coolidge is at her
best, however, when she turns to
the classic form, as in the "fugato''
variation which climaxes her COM
position. The pattern is clear and
concise. free from conflicting ideas
Irregularities Of the recording of the
first movement are somewhat re-
sponsible for obstruction and its
partial inteligibility The good re-
production which follows helps the
pleasing effect of the second and
third movements.
Two successful single discs made
by Beniamino Gigli and Ossy Rem
ardy, violinists, are engaging for
their rhythm and gayety. Beau
marchais-Rossini's La DANA" and
Tostis "Marechiare. sung to an Or
chestral accompaniment under WAL
ter Goer by the celebrated tenor,
differ from his other recordings be-
cause of their vivacious character.
He is especially good in La DANA, !"
which lies well within his vocal
range. Young Renardy lends signifi-
canoe to Dvorak's meaningless Bal
lada in D Minor. Opus 15," and to
Zarzycki's engaging "Mazurka. Opus
26," which he plays to the piano
accompaniment by Walter Robert.
Both records are made by Victor.
Meyerbeer's Coronation March, !"
Howard Barlow conducting the Co.
lumbia Broadcasting Symphony, and
Berlioz's Hungarian March," from
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Rare Copley Painting Placed on Exhibition
Original Received by National Gallery O Being

den courts decorated with growing
plants which flowers in profusion-
first, acacias, then chrysthemums,
now the Yuletide poinsettas. Also.
in the fountains ana, above all, 80.
fountain figure in the rotunda,
which rests so fleetingly upon his
frail footing that, to find him there
upon repeated visits is wonder
in itself
The National Gallery of Art has
been dubbed "the last Of the Ro-
mans" by one who is regarded as
an authority on the fine arts; but
Il this is so, how great the parting
gift. The cry of the modernists is
for buildings which are functional,
but on this score the National Gal
lery of Art is outstanding-it shows
its exhibits to the best possible ad-
vantage, and it is arranged for the
greatest convenience Of visitors, as
we'll as operation and administra-
ton. That it is the result Of long
and thoughtful study on the part
of the architects, the sketches,
plans and designs now on view
abundantly show. And those now
exhibited are but few in compari-
son to the whole, there having been
more than 5000 in all made from
first to last. They are lent by
Mr.. Eggers and Mr.. Higgins.
Paintings by Mrs. Moses.
Again one Of the spacious pub
lie rooms on the ground floor of
the Burlington Hotel has been con-
verted into an exhibition gallery.
There Mrs. A. C. Moses is showing
some of her recent work both in oils
and water colors and with them
works by two young artists whom
she chanced to meet last winter in
Florida-John Ward and Evelyn
Hott. The former is represented
by a group of water colors of the
Florida coast with its blue water,
tall palm trees and in most in
stances, white sandy beaches. They
are all fresh and colorful, show
command of medium and feeling
for nature. The latter shows only
f1amingos. gay in pink plumage.
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Holiday Recitals

Two holiday recitals and a recre-
ational program of music are sched-
uled for tomorrow, Wednesday and
Saturday, 8 pm, in the free public
series offered at the Washington
Chapel, Church Of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. Hymn fantasies
associated with the turn Of the year
comprise the first recital, with COM
ments interspersed by the organist.
D. Sterling Wheelwright.
Pieces with chimes will ring out
the old year on Wednesday, while on
Saturday Edna c. Wheelwright, So
prano. will join in q light program
for organ and voice. AS an expert
ment in program printing. the ira
ditional designations in Italian are
translated into everyday English
this week, and the music itself will
be interpreted in a manner designed
to interest the listener who has never
studied music.
The chapel is located on Sixteenth
street. at Columbia road, and visf.
tors to the city are especially invited.
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By Florence s. Bergman.

Cape Gods many devotees should
find especially interesting the exihi-
bition of prints and drawings by
Ross E. Moffett at the Corcoran
Gallery of Art until January 8. AL
though a native of Iowa, this artist
has long been identified with Prov
incetown. where he has lived and
painted the whole year around, and
knows the cape far more intimately
than do those who join the artists
colony in summer.
Mr.. Motfetts subjects are what
one would expect of an artist with
his background: The cape, the fish
ermen and Portuguese who live on
it, and the sea. Twenty-one OF the
works on view are monotypes. exc
cuted during the past year. These
are single prints made from a glass
plate on which the picture has been
painted in oils. AS the name indi-
Gates, there are no duplicates OF
monotype prints.
The average person will probably
wonder why an artist takes the
trouble to transfer painting from
glass surface to piece OF paper,
instead of painting it directly. Art
lists who make monotypes usually
reply that the process yields a spe-
cial quality of surface and texture
not obtainable otherwise.
Mr.. Moffett's monotypes, to some
eyes will doubtless appear similar to
crayon or chalk drawings, with con-
siderable depth of tone. Individual
brush strokes. somewhat rectangular
in shape, are much in evidence,
which with dark outlines in some
subjects, give the monotypes an alb
stract quality. Forms are simplified
| but undistorted, and colors, predom-
inantly green. blue, mustard yellow
and earth-red. are slightly grayed.
The clear, Zestful atmosphere OF
Cape Cod is conveyed by the vigor-
Gus treatment of these monotypes,
and their titles will arouse nostalgia
in those who hasten to the historic
country each year The chief criti-
cism of Mr.. Moffett's work would
seem to be that he has neglected his
skies in number of instances, leav-
Evening star., 1941-12-28
Lectures Cancelled
Because of the War

Because of the unsettled condi-
tions resulting from the war, the
second series of four symphony lee
lures scheduled to be given by Har-
riett D. Johnson of the Layman's
Music Courses of New York CITY at
the Carlton Hotel during January
and February has been Cancelled. it
was announced today by Mrs. Will
liam Ayres Borden, chairman of the
Lecture Committee.
-Four lectures in connection with
National Symphony programs were
given by Miss johnson in November
and December under the auspices of
the Women's Committee for the
National Symphony Orchestra. In
canceling the remaining four, Mrs.
Borden feels that, although the lee
lures are of inestimable value in
furthering understanding and en-
Joyment Of the symphony concerts,
people are occupied with affairs more
directly connected with the present
emergency.
Mrs. Borden added that those who
bought season tickets for the entire
eight lectures will have half the
price of the tickets refunded to them.
Evening star., 1941-12-28

building itself. together with prog
ress of the building photographs and
a model of the exterior which was
used for study purposes. These COL
lectively show the development of
the building from the first sketch to
the final drawing.
The architect of the building was
John Russell Pope, and following
his death in 1887, his associates Otto
R. Eggers and Daniel P. Higgins of
New York carried the building to
completion under the directions of
the trustees of the A. w. Mellon
Educational and Charitable Trust,
Paul Mellon, Donald D. Shepard and
David K. E. Bruce.
1t is extremely interesting to see,
through the medium of the draw
lngs now on view. how the plan
and design grew in dignity and
beauty as the work went on. For in
stance, the dome surrounding the
rotunda was studied and restudied,
its proportions changed again and
again, and always toward refinement
and effect. So, also, the plan and
facades with view to simplicity and
significance. Not least interesting
are the numerous studies made in
pencil, crayon, and wash. of the
galleries, their proportions and wall
paneling.
Question for Critics
There has been much criticism of
this building from those who have
phobia concerning the classical
but who as yet have nothing better
to offer in its place. To all such,
columnists are anathema, steps and
a monumental entrance abomina-
tions, the concealed use of modern
and mechanical aids looked upon as
deceit. Obviously this is ridiculous. If
we are inheritors of the past why
should We not use our inheritance,
provided we use it we'll The great
art of the past is that which gen.
erations have agreed to admire and
is founded upon fundamental, i'm
mutable laws. If these are not bro
ken We are free to create in accord
ance with our present day needs.
The art which the National Gallery