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Evening star., 1945-01-16
Record Audience
Hears 1t. Conrad
At Phillips Gallery
BY ALICE EyERsMAN.

The program which 1t. Doda Con-
fsn, bass, gave in the Phillips CAL
lety last night brought out record
audience that braved the bad
weather to hear the Polish-born
singer now an officer in the U. S.
Army. The highly developed style
ofshis artistry is remembered from
his first appearance here some
years ago when he was a member of
a group of singers presented by Ma
dia Boulanger 1t. Conrad was
wounded in active service and is
nov giving few concerts before
Joining his unit overseas.
Accompanied by Paul Nordoff who
appeared here as soloist with the
National Symphony in 1899 in the
premiere OF his own piano concerto,
Lts Conrad sang program superior
to any given recently and one which
few singers would have the courage
orr the ability to select. While it
featured four modern composers,
Poulenc, Stravinsky, Ravel and
N4doff, two of the older masters,
Schumann and Chopin, were rep
resented. By the former were the
"Dcterliebe, all 16 of them sung
without interruption, the recital
concluding with six Polish songs by
Chopin.
Poulenc's very devotional and
beautiful "Priez pour Paix" with
words by Charles, Due d'Orleans,
made a fitting beginning This was
followed by an excerpt from Stra-
virSkyS 'Oedipus Rex" the cantata
in which the composer uses a Latin
text and has sought to return to
the older style by simplifying the
lyric line and by having the action
announced by reciter. In spite of
StravinSky's effort to avoid senti-
ment, the aria is dramatic and in
tereStingly written.
The full cycle of Schumann's
"Dcterliebe" is practically never
essAyed bv a recitalist so that 1t.
Conrads singing of it was another
instance of his advanced attitude
toward music. He is thoroughly en-
doTed both by the excellent quality
and training of his voice and by his
pre-eminent musicianship to give a
more deeply understanding interpre-
tation of works that are beyond the
ken of the ordinary singer and
proved it completely in the course
Of the program.
The beauty and tenderness of the
Evening star., 1945-01-16
THE EVENING STAR, Washington. D C.
TUESDAY, JANUARY is. 1915.

Schumann songs was recreated with
great insight into their varied and
delicate sentiment and the same ex-
pertise was employed in the five
"Histoire Naturelles" by Ravel where
the composer has admirably embel-
lished Renard's poems, "The Pea
cock.' THE Cricket" THE Swan" !"
"The King Fisher" and 1.-THE Guinea
Hen" with musical portrait.
Mr.. Nordoff, whose accompani-
mentS last night were superb, Is a
writer with an individual touch and
broad vision. His three songs,
"Dirge for the Nameless," Pastor
al" and "Madrigal," performed for
the first time here, are gems of lyric
writing in the three moods the songs
represent. His comprehension of the
voice as an expressive medium is
seldom equaled by a composer
whose idiom is more complex than
that of the older masters. 1t. Con-
rad and the composer shared the
ovation that followed.
Six songs from Chopin's opus IA,
many of them unfamiliar, brought
the program, which was history
making in this city, to a close.
Evening star., 1945-01-16

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War Bonds really work.
Evening star., 1945-01-16
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Evening star., 1945-01-16

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Evening star., 1945-03-30
Molotoff Stuys Home

Because he headed the Soviet del
egation at Dumbarton Oaks. Moscow
may believe it is being wholly logical
In choosing Andrei Gromyko, Rus
sian Ambassador to the United
States, to play the same role again
at the forthcoming San Francisco
Conference. Yet, since the British
delegation will be headed by Foreign
Secretary Eden and our own delega-
ton by Secretary of State Stettinius,
the Stain government ought not to
be surprised if many Britons and
Americans are disappointed by the
fact that Foreign Commissar Molo-
toff has not been named instead of
MIR. Gromyko.
1t is no reflection on Mr.. Gromyko
to say this, but he is not equal in
rank to Mr.. Eden and Mr.. Stettinius.
whereas Mr.. Molotoff is, and it is
hardly a happy augury that The
latter will not be at San Francisco
at the head of the Soviet delegation.
Rightly or wrongly, this gives the
impression that Russia does not
attach any outstanding significance
to the conference, that Premier
Stain thinks less of it than Prime
Minister Churchill or President
Roosevelt. and that therefore he is
satisfied to match the British For
Evening star., 1945-03-30
In Prospect for Jupon

The japanese now have it straight
from the man who Is in the best
position to tell them. General Arnold
chief OF the Army Air Forces. leaves
them without the slightest shred of
comfort. When the war ends in
Europe, he says, every American
plane now pulverizing Germany
every one that can be effectively
sed-will be moved to the Far
East to make rubble of Hirohito's
empire. Moreover, the number of
Super Fortresses currently in OPERA
ton against the home islands will
be doubled or tripled before autumn
comes. These ships alone, striking
IN fleets of 300, today unload as
much as $500 tons of bombs in single
attacks, but before next summer is
over they will be capable of under
taking vast assaults involving per-
haps 5000 or more tons of bombs.
And that is but part of the picture
Just the B-29 part. After We day.
Japan will be exposed to every form
OF our air power-the giant bombers.
the big bombers. the medium bomb
ers the fighter bombers, the carrier
planes and a deadly array of other
craft, including the "jet." AS Cen
eral Arnold says, we cannot defeat
this enemy merely by hitting him
from the sky, but certainly the aerial
offensive will play tremendous and
decisive role in fastening his final
collapse. The havoc recently wrought
against Tokyo. Osaka, Kobe and
Nagoya is merely sample of the
real thing to come. The Japanese
have General Arnold's word for that:
it is a prospect that must make them
tremble.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Letters to The Star
Believes Veterans Will Desire
to Be Treated as Regulars

To the Editor Of The starr
One recent night young Navy heu-
tenant dropped around for dinner. He
was assigned in Washington temporarily.
having just completed Is months Of
service out New Guinea way. We were
discussing home-front plans to receive
the veterans and he exclaimed en-
phatically. IF any one tries to re-orient'
me, I'll give him a swift kickP'
Your good editorial, "Pretentious
Poppycock," expressed his views so ex-
actly that he would have shouted:
"Hearl Hear!" AS he has returned to
active duty, allow me to serve as his
shouting proxy. One would almost Inn
agine that the returning servicemen
were going to be virtually 100 per cent
casualties-medical, psychiatric or eco
nomic-when reading some of the wild
suggestions of amateur panacea purvey-
ors. Those who are casualties should
receive, of course, the ablest therapy
Uncle Sam has available. But the great
majority, we believe, who have incurred
no grave disabilities. will hope to come
back to their normal surroundings and
be received normally as regular guys"
NOT as subjects for social coddling
nor as sacred cows. At least that's the
impression we get from close associa-
ton with many of them.
RAY H. EVERETT.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Good Eriduy

On Good Friday, as on no other
day in the year, 1t is fitting to re-
member that nothing new comes
into the world without pain. The
price which the Son of God paid
on the cross at the place called
Calvary was heavy price. 1t was
not paid without bitter suffering.
Christ knew the agony He must face.
He came to die crowned with thorns,
His body beaten, His face spat upon.
But He refused the vinegar and gall
which might have eased His distress.
When He had been raised up, even
the thieves Knocked Him while the
darkness fell. About the ninth hour,
He reached the crisis of His ordeal
and cried out the pathetic question:
why hast thou forsaken Me?"
For the modern reader the chron-
icle of the Passion as reported by
Matthew is compelling experience.
1t is not read in fragments. Once
it is begun, 1t must be continued to
its climax. There is no compromise
In 1t. At the last, Jesus Himself dis
misses His spirit. Thus He remains
His own master even as He perishes.
His redemptive work is finished by
His volition. So the law and the
prophecy are fulfilled. Further, it is
in this manner that Christ's faith
is justified. He had believed in His
Father, in the mission He was sent
into the world to perform, in the
purposes of that mission and in the
achievement of those purposes
illimitably and forever.
The story of the first Good Friday
cannot be understood unless it be
considered in relation to the larger
story of which it is necessary part.
Agnostics again and again have re-
marked that Jesus represents a
fatalistic contradiction of His own
sacred doctrine. They say, as the
chief priests, the scribes and the
elders said, He saved others; Him
self He cannot save" But they fail
to comprehend the meaning of His
1mmolation when they deny Him
His character as a willing sacrifice.
Christ did not choose to avoid His
suffering. He gave Himself that a
new reality might appear in the
world, and the spiritual victory for
which He freely offered His blood
was worth what He gave for it.
In 1945 there are millions of men
and women who appreciate as people
never did before in nineteen CEN
turles the essential covenant be-
tween humanity and the Power
which rules the universe. They real
lze that righteousness and Justice.
fellowship and peace are not to be
hao Tor the mere asking. Such
blessings must be earned. Thev
would be useless, if it were not So
Only when they have been acquired
by toll and tears are they precious.
The young lives that have been
expended since 1899 for the saliva
tion-yes, and the expansion-of
civilization are not lost. Good FRIDAY
Will be followed by Easter.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Well Done!

Is is an idle gesture, in way, to
attempt to commend the thousands
of Red Cross volunteers whose splen-
did efforts during this War Fund
campaign now nearing its close have
been crowned with such singular
success.
For, more than any comparable
endeavor in time of war, work. for
the Red Cross carries its own in
innate form of reward-that deeply
personal feeling of satisfaction over
having contributed something to the
real beneficiaries of the Red Cross,
the men in uniform.
But yesterdays fine report is GER
tainly an occasion for congratulation
to Washington and the adjoining
counties in Maryland and Virginia
on the manner of their response to
the efforts of the volunteer workers.
To reach and pass new high money
quota for this area before the end of
the formal period of the campaign
the month of March-is in itself
new record, and one to be proud of.
To have established this record, with
some 10000 contributors yet to be
reached, is a healthy thing for the
Washington community, aside from
the direct benefits to the Red Cross.
Those in charge of the campaign
have very wisely emphasized, from
the very outset. that there is dis
tinct difference between the dollar
quota set for this area and the final
goal of the drive. The dollar quota
has been exceeded. yesterdays re-
ports sending the total to 103.93 per
cent. The goal will not have been
achieved until every prospective
contributor has been enrolled as a
member of the Red Cross.
Next Thursdays final report meet
ing should record new triumphs-
for the Red Cross workers and for
the Washington area.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Priorities on Personnel

The condition confronting private
firms in Washington because of the
Governments prior claim on white
collar workers-typists, stenogra-
pliers, telephone operators, etc
probably is unique and 1t should re-
ceive special consideration by the
appropriate authorities OF the War
Manpower Commission.
Washington's main business is
Government, and that business is
being run by those who establish the
priorities of need. The Manpower
Priorities Committee is composed
exclusively of Government officials,
with no representatives of private
business. Priorities are so allocated
that a private establishment stands
no chance of obtaining necessary
white-collar replacements until the
Government needs are filled, and the
accumulated requests by Govern
ment agencies far exceed the per-
sonnel supply.
The danger is that private en-
ployers, whose establishments rem
der vitally important civilian serv-
ices, will be SO handicapped under
the existing system of priorities that
they will choose to take a chance
and ignore the regulations and the
whole system will break down. What
seems to be needed is a more ra-
tional approach. which recognizes
that certain establishments, al
though nongovernmental, render a
service to the public that is for the
time being of greater Importance
than that rendered by some agencies
which derive their priority status
merely from their connection with
Government.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Mr.. Dewey Wins Friends

When the New York State CIO
finds something to praise in the
record of Governor Thomas E. Dewey
that is interesting, if not significant,
news
During the recent presidential
campaign the CIO was in the fore
front of the opposition to Governor
Dewey. Nothing that he did was
good Anything that he said was
suspect. If he was not a reaction
airy at heart himself, according to
the the CIO spokesmen, he was at
best front man, puppet of the
reactionary Old Guard elements in
the Republican party.
Because of the vehemence of that
campaign attack, the about-face on
the part of the New York CIO has
been received with some surprise
probably more than the incident
should have caused. So far as the
CIO is concerned, the New York
statement merely tends to prove one
of two things: Either that the lead
erS of the labor group were the cam
paign victims of their own bad
judgment, or that they are as prone
to indulge in campaign oratory" as
any one else, and that their polit-
ical statements should be discounted
accordingly. More to the point is
the question of what new light, If
any, has been shed on Governor
Dewey.
The CIO statement was based on
the exceptional record of the 1945
session of the Republican-controlled
State Legislature, for which Cover
nor Dewey personally deserves much
credit. During this session the
Legislature was able to blend sound
fiscal program with series of ad-
vanced social enactments, chief of
which was the New York State fair
employment practices act. This
latter measure met with considerable
opposition in the Legislature, and it
is generally recognized that the de-
termined support given to it by
Governor Dewey was a decisive
factor in its adoption.
Governor Dewey, of course, advo-
Gated the same thing on a national
scale during the presidential cam
paign. But there were many people,
both in and out of the Republican
party, who did not take this and the
other espousals of liberal programs
at face value. They seemed to think
that the COP candidate was bidding
for votes, but this years performance
at Albany is rather conclusive evil
dence that the Governor was in
earnest.
This business of practicing as well
as preaching liberal doctrine may
come as jolt to some of the Old
Guard. But it can no longer be
doubted that this is the direction in
which the Republican party must
and will continue to move, regardless
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Green-J Johnson-Murray Code
By Raym ond Molev

relative share of industrial income. but
from improved productive efficiency
and chronological advancement"
Management gets some recognition In
Article III: 1.-The inherent right and re-
sponsibility Of management to direct the
operations of an enterprise shall be
recognized and preserved so that indus
try may develop and expand and earn
reasonable profit. Management must
be free as well from unnecessary gov
ernmental interference or burdenSome
restrictions"
The section on foreign trade Is so
carefully worded that both high and low
tariff people can sleep peacefully therein.
Tariffs are not mentioned, and opposi-
ton to unreasonable and arbitrary"
restraints of trade permit a wide lati-
tude of Interpretation. On this matter
Of the tariff 1t Is probable that the labor
signatories of the code are more SEN
sitive sthan Is Mr.. johnson. In the post
war era, labor is likely to be much more
protection minded than is management.
4
The suggestion in this Joint statement
Of national committee of Representa-
tives Of business and of labor organiza-
tions Is all to the good. It Is high time
that In country that boasts of free
economy, labor and business create their
own committees. Joint committees spon-
sored by the President and the Secre-
tary Of Commerce have, over the past
few years, been little more than stooges
for Government which Is far from
always being truly impartial And now,
with Secretary of Commerce selected
against the wishes of management and
with the support of labor, Government
sponsorship of free economy commit
tees would be ridiculous. Let's have
committees Of management and labor
which are sponsored by management
and labor
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Sonnet for Good Fridoy

So again. in our time, has Christ been
slain,
THl the sun is darkened and the rocks
rent:
The ueiI OF the temple Is torn In t,puin.
And thunder shakes the mighty frma.
n1ent.
1t Is the ninth hour oper an the .porld,
10 Earth Mother, behold thu sons
toddylJ
Only the stars hare peace, and they are
tDhirled,
T'ranscending space, far and farther
We should despair again II toe forgot
HotD many times despdirino man has
risen
Above the treasons OF Iscdriot,
Hoto nrany times hope has escdped
her prison,
HON. One. h. oldsn days, brape and
aIone,
GGrs np the ghost, but rolled a,odp ths
stoHs. PAUL Il OEHSER.
Evening star., 1945-03-30

Marshal Montgomery's forces are Tight
ing.
Long before the Germans Ardennes
break-through, the enemy had expected
the main Allied assault to come in that
area above Aachen and as a result had
concentrated large part Of their forces
there. As the war progressed, the forces
were realigned, Of course. but the main
strength remained In that sector. The
British break-through-and at the time
OF this writing no one knows its full
extent-is doubly important not only
because, by 1t, the cream Of the German
forces are being routed, but because It
Is over the North German plain that the
path to Berlin Is easiest.
The eastward sweep Of Gen. Patton's
tanks in the south and the westward
advance Of the Russians in Hungary
apparently loom large in the overall
Allied program. Gen. Eisenhower indi-
Gated that he did not believe the war
would end until the Allies link with the
Russians when, he said, between the
Allies in the west and the Russians we
will take over Germany. Whether the
Germans know 1t or not, we will know
1t is unconditional surrender"
A meeting Of Gen. Patton and the
Russians would cut OF italy entirely
from Germany and lend further en-
phasis to the Reich's poor plight. What
ever industrial capacity Northern Italy
still has would then be lost to Hitler,
and the repercussion would be greatly
felt when it comes to arming whatever
German guerrilla forces may try to con-
tinue the fight against the Allies.
All of this adds up to one thing-the
war is not far from its end. Observers
here, highly confident OF the outcome
since the first crossings Of the Rhine,
have revised their estimates as to when
final victory will come. Some of them
are playing safe and setting May / as
the outside date. Others say the middle
of April.
In any event, they do not take too
seriously the implications that might be
drawn from Gen. Eisenhower's comment
that the Allied advances will be limited
by the ability to supply the armies.
Reports have been received that supplies
have kept UP with the advancing troops
so far, and it is safe to say that ample
provision has been made to supply all
the men with everything they need, no
matter how far they go.
Evening star., 1945-03-30

eign Secretary and the American
Secretary OF State with one OF his
ambassadors rather than with his
Foreign Commissar. Obviously such
gesture does not add to the prestige
OF the meeting; on the contrary, un-
Willingly or not, 1t has the unfor-
tunate effect OF throwing damper
on that meeting even before it starts.
OF course it can be argued that at
this particular point in the war, with
Germany fast disintegrating, Premier
Stain may feel that Mr.. Molotoff's
presence in Russia is essential. But
II this holds for Mr.. Molotoff 1t holds
similarly for Mr.. Eden, and If MIR.
Eden can head the British delega-
ton. it is difficult to see why Mr..
Molotoff could not have been named
to head the Soviet delegation. In
the event of sudden, extraordinary
turn in the European situation, COM
ing either before or during the San
Francisco meeting, his conference
role could have been taken over by
Mr.. Gromyko or some other Russian,
just as Mr.. Eden's role would prob
ably be taken over In the same cir
cumstances.
Perhaps the point can be exag-
gerated. Perhaps Premier Stalin's
decision to keep his Foreign Com
missar at home has no serious i'm
plications. But the fact remains that
on the surface at least the develop
ment Is disturbing, and we can only
hope that it is not the forerunner of
even more disturbing things to come.
Evening star., 1945-03-30
Wants More to Eat

To the Editor of The Star:
I see by the papers that q movement
has been started to investigate the meat
shortage in the United States. Neither
my wife nor myself have anything to
fear from the investigation. 1t cannot
be blamed on us. Under the rationing
system as imposed by the OPA, we have
not been able to have piece of steak
or q chicken since the latter part Of
1874.
understand our President said: "The
American people should not complain
about giving 10 per cent of our food to
starving countries" I have heard no
one complain about giving 10 per cent
or so per cent or more. but when it
comes in some cases to giving nearly
the entire supply. it is time for action
j. L.