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the Stain situation issued Mon
day.
g. Radio Moscow reported that
the Red high command is blan-
keting the Soviet Union with
"agitators' a Red term for prop
agandists-to carry forward and
explain the doWngrading of
Stain. The action suggests a
central control of political
thought of the type which was
characteristic Of the Stain pc
Rod.
4. A Budapest radio commen-
tator said that from now on his
country will pursue a policy
based on Leninism MarXlsm
and in lire with the tradition OF
the country This was regarded
by officials here not as a def
ance of Moscow. though super
ficially it might seem to be. but
as straightforward acceptance
of the new Kremlin line of
greater freedom of action for
Communist parties in all coun-
tries.
Secretary Dulles said a week
ago he thought MoscoW's hold
over Communist parties Of other
countries was shaken and
weakened. He attributed this to
what he called the strength and
unity of the free world, saying
communism could not maintain
iron controls throughout its
ranks except by providing a
steady succession of victories.
This, Mr. Dulles said, it has
been unable to do for many
years.
Most official experts agree
with Mr.. Dulles that the or
ganized resistance of free ma
lions to Communist conquest =
dating back to 1947-has Gre
ated in many parts of the world
stone wall to which the Com
muniSts have had to adjust. But
they also attribute great signifi-
canoe. in explaining present
changes, to the fact that when
Stain died in March, 1858, there
was no heir apparent.
Khrushchev and others who
served Stain have spent their
time since his death trying to
break his authority over Com
munists everywhere in order to
establish their own. To do this
they have diSavoWed Stalinist
tyranny-no one of them could
assert the power of a tyrant-
and have sought to rule by more
relaxed and flexible methods
This was essential since only a
new Stain could have made
Stalinism work.
The looSenlng of the Krem-
Inns hold on Communist parties
outside Russia thus appears to
be deliberate. 1t seems, in fact.
to be designed to serve a specific
purpose.
Violence Not Ruled Out
That purpose is to permit ma
tional Red leaders to promote
communication by whatever
process is most promising IN each
country. The general line laid
down by Moscow is to seek pow
er by united fronts and through
parliamentary means But local
violence is not ruled out.
The statement issued by the
Soviet Communist Party Central
Committee Monday sought to
explain how Stain could have
come to absolute power and why
Khrushchev and company per-
mitted him to stay there.
The statement ignored two
obvious factors: Stain rose to
power because the Soviet Com
munist system provides no
checks of anV kind IN nrevent
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tend to on that certain Tuesday
next November? Such a question
makes us dig much deeper than
a simple recording OF the end
product in an election but this
approach would seem to me to be
a primary obligation of the po-
litical surveyor.
Each Election Different
We have made some progress
in our understandings of what
makes man tick in the political
area. But we are far from the
point where We can say we have
the ultimate answers on the
why's" among American voters.
For each election is different.
Each Presidential race has its
own peculiar set of circum-
stances. Each campaign presents
a new challenge to the demo-
cratic process.
What we do hope is that our
level of understanding and pres
entation to that part OF the
public who follow election re-
search is at least on an upward
spiral of greater clarity and per-
ception If we can, in the coming
months, throw a little more light
on the complex problem of why
men and women behave as they
do, we shall be satisfied.
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More Collectors Needed

James L. Martin finance Off
Ger, said that the sales tax is
bringing in around $40 million
and said that because the with
holding tax is being put into
effect for the first time, IS new
positions are needed in the tax
department and funds
are also needed for equipment
Albert + Jordan, superintend-
ent of the department of insur-
ance, pointed out that business
and insurance in the District
have increased enormously in re-
cent years. He asked for addi-
tlonal funds TO cope with this
situation He emphasized that
it is important for the public
to be advised of the solvencv Of
insurance companies here and
thus closer inspection Of then
books is required He said the
requested funds would permit
four new positions.
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A, and his son, Richard, IA. Mr..
Payne's wife, Margaret, SO, and
daughter, IL, are also injured
and hospitalized at Dwight Vet
Grams Hospital.
Driver of the other car was
Charles C. Nelson Of Madison,
III. He was not injured but three
members of his family and
another person are hospitalized
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administration leaders may have
been working on detailed pro-
posals to prevent the further
buildup TO nuclear weapons sup
plies and to reduce them through
the diversion of supplies to
peaceful uses.
Some proposal along this line
is due to be made by Mr.. Stassen
to Russia when the great powers
resume their negotiations, prob
ably next fall. under the con-
sponsorship of the United
Nations. 1t is also due to figure
prominently. according to pres
ent thinking, in President Eisen-
hower'S next letter to Soviet
Premier Bulganin on the subject
of disarmament.
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its own special complications in
the way of disarmament. AS the
peaceful uses of atomic energy
increase. the materials for max
ing nuclear weapons will be
scattered across many lands;
whereas up to the present they
have been concentrated primarily
in the United States and Russia
and to a lesser degree in Britain,
Canada and France. This means
that the problems of inspection
and control are about to become
far more difficult. 1t means a
small nation under a ruthless
dictatorship might posses the
power to wage a policy of atomic
blackmail. 1t opens the pos
'sibility of an ambitious leader
outside one of the great power
centers setting off, by accident or
miScalculation, the devastation
of atomic war.
Diversion Control Sought
But the spread of peaceful
uses of the atom also opens the
possibility of helping the devel-
opment of atomic controls. For
one thing, the international
atomic agency due to be char
tered by more than 80 nations
this fall is scheduled to operate
a far-reaching system of inspec-
ton and controls to make GER
tain that the materials which
smaller nations get for peaceful
purposes are not diverted to
weapons.
The atoms-for-peace agency
thus could provide, if the powers
would use it that way, a testing
group for inspection procedures
which Russia and the Western
powers might be able to agree on.
Another assist to disarmament
may come from the atoms for
peace agency in the form of the
diversion of atomic explosives
from weapons stockpiles for
peaceful purposes. Mr.. Eisen-
hover, Mr.. Stassen and other
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least make a beginning on inter-
national control agreements in
the near future.
In this connection, this re-
porter was told that the Presi-
dent will probably order some
manpower cuts in United States
armed forces after studies now
being made under the Joint
Chiefs Of Staff.
Response to Russia
The reduction would be in a
sense, at least, a response to
Russia'S announcement several
weeks ago of determination to
cut its manpower strength by
200, 900 men, down to total
of about 100000 or less.
At the same time officials said
that cutbackS would reflect in
creased confidence in the pros
poets for peace due to Russia S
changed behavior, as well as the
hard military reality that in
creaSing reliance on nuclear
weapons has made it possible
for all the powers to reassess
their manpower requirements.
Presidential Disarmament Ad-
visor Harold Stassen gave the
clue to administration thinking
about the urgency of diSarma-
ment negotiations when he held
IA news conference here Friday
after comforting with President
Eisenhower at Gettysburg.
Mr.. StaSsen said I'VE are in
what may be the crucial year of
negotiations on control of arma-
mentS among the major nations
of the world"
Dramatic Concept
Government officials often en-
ploy dramatic concept of that
kind to symbolic the Importance
of their work; some have a
weakness for setting headlines. 1t
was not Immediately clear
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Joins Convict

OKLAHOMA CITY. (P.-A
woman who married convicted
burglar just before he began a
l5-year prison term, is joining
her husband. Her four-year sus-
pended sentence for forgery was
revoked after officers accused her
of going into the marijuana
business.
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REVERSE IIle dTHlS JTenQ ana at
whether Mr.. Stassen's comment
represented sober estimate of
an extremely dangerous posi-
bility or was more in the nature
Iof rhetorical remark.
But a check among top-level
officials shows that this concept
of a time limit on the drive for
disarmament is widely held. 1t
is not expressed in terms of a
precise date. Mr.. Stassen's use
of the word year" was explained
as meaning this particular time
in history-a time measured
more in terms of months than of
decades.
Reasoning Outlined
There are two reasons for the
belief that if the arms race goes
on the powers may be unable to
turn back to peaceful solution
of their problems. The reasons
are:
!. Work on new weapons of
mass destruction is going forward
rapidly. This is particularly true
of missiles. which may one day
carry hydrogen bomb warheads
from one continent to another
to destroy millions of people. The
day of pushbutton warfare is not
far off and it will raise such COM
plicated new problems of inspec-
ton and control that a reliable
disarmament system may become
almost impossible to work out.
Furthermore the concentration
of power which some mad leader
of great power in the future
might have at his control is
staggering; officials ask, what
would be the chance of disarma-
ment. or conversely the dangers
of war, if a dictator with the
temperament of a Hitler found
himself in control of such push
button power.
2. The age Of atomic plenty
now dawning, threatens to create
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Father and Son Killed
In Collision in Illinois

MORRIS, III. July IA (P.-A
father and son from Minneapolis.
Mimi, were killed and six others
we're injured today in a two
car collision at Routes AZ and
IS near Dwight.
Dead are John Scott Payne.
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.'Point-of- No-Return' Fear
Cited Atom Arms Race
BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
Associated Press STAFF Writer

High Administration officials said yesterday that the world
atomic approaching point of return Unless
be checked before that point they said disarmament
agreement with Russia become impossible.
President Eisenhower represented determined to do
everything within his power to reverse the arms trend and at
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NEWS OF MUSIC
BY DAY THORPE

wilhelm Backhaus,. piano. consti..
tuition Hall All-Beethoven program:
eonatas in, r, Opus 10. No. 2; IN Z
81 variations on a waltz BY Dia-
belli, Opus 100.
Beethoven's thirty-three vari-
atoms of a waltz by Diabelli,
played yesterday afternoon in
Constitution Hall by Wilhelm
Backhaus, are for many the
most fascinating work in the lit
erature of the piano. Like a
great mosaic. it Is composed OF
many separate miniatures, each
with its own characteristics,
which when put together create
a magnificent whole in which
the detail is fused in one large
balanced and breathing organ
ism. No mood of Beethoven that
we know in the rest of his music
is absent from the Diabelli Vari-
ations. and no technical resource
of composition we have met with
In the sonatas does not have its
place in the variations, always
In perfect relation to the whole.
In some individual variations,
such as the sixth, the ninth, and
the twenty third, Mr.. Backhaus
was in harmony with certain of
Beethoven's humours. but the
piece as a whole lacked coher-
ence. The pianist'S tempos were
sometimes erratic almost from
measure to measure; he would
bring out inner voices by the
expedient of playing one hand
sooner than the other; time
and again he would completely
overlook alterations of piano
and forte.
Slow movements Jared the
worst. Numbers IA and 20 were
perfunctory. and No. "a. the
fughetta, was badly distorted by
Mr.. Backhaus'' lack of precision.
Even the big variations that
moved we'll, such as the fugue
and Numbers 26 and q, were
blurred by the pianist's excess
sive pedalling. This fault was
in evidence all through the reci-
tai. not only in the variations,
but in the sonatas. The finale
of the F major sonata, for ex-
ample, did not sparkle but swan
in a sea of pedal. Beethoven's
inspiration is at its highest in
the minuet that is the last va
ration and coda of the Diabelli
Variations. This ending does not
climax or epitomize what has
gone before but. as a friend of
mine remarked at the recital, it
dissipates and dissolves the en-
tire work. With Mr.. Backhaus
the magic gauze seemed to be-
come worn velvet.
In general, Mr.. Backhaus'
playing is highly personalized
and even hayward, but even If
you do not care for it you are
never in doubt that you are lis
tening to a man who recreates
Beethoven in the life. after years
of perceptive and receptive study.
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tralto Mary Mackenzie, winnerl
of the coveted Walter w. Naum-
burg Foundation Award for 1856
and a,fairly recently graduate of
the Juilliard School Of Music In
New York.
Miss Mackenzie proved to be
an attractive young singer Of con-
siderable poise and finesse, equip
ped with a full. rich contradict
voice. One of the most engaging
features of her art was the easy
and relaxed manner with which
she projected her tones. never
forcing at any register.
The program Miss Mackenzie
chose to offer was solid. If unad-
venturous, and was constructed
along orthodox lines. In the TIA
liam and German groups before
the intermission, her interpreta-
lions. while always intelligentlyI
conceived, seemed to this reviewer
somewhat on the cool side.
The singer did catch fire in
the second half of the program,
however, and showed that she is |
quite capable of exciting as well
as tasteful singing. Particularly
fine were Honegger's four brief
"Chansons" and Samuel BARRIERS
tender Sure on this shining
night"
The concert was one of the
hortest which has been presented
this season at the National GAL
lery. 1t would have, oeen a plea
sure to hear Miss Mackenzie. who
has scored tellingly in modern
opera by Vaughan Williams.
Strayinsky. and COPELAND tamong
in at least one extended
work. i
Norman JohnSon's piano ac-
compartments were unobtrusively
Skillful and sensitive.
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Mary Mackenzie Gives
Recital at Gallery
BY IRVING LOWENS

Mary Mackenzie. contralto; Nor
man johnson. piano. National Gal
me from orfec dnek pansa dae noa
fanciulla gentle, Durante; Invoca-
Zione di Orfeo, Peri; Widmung, Schu-
mann: Meme Rose, Schumann: Volk-
sliedchen, Schumann; Der schwere
Abend, Schumann; Err, der herrlichste
Won allen. Schumann; Rencontre,
Faure: Prison, Faure: Les Berceaux,
Faure: Quatre Chansons. Honegger:
Sure on this shining night. Barber;
pello Joio: Look, Edwin, Wagenaar:
Evening, Duke.
Heard last night in recital a
the National Gallery was con
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There are two things about
college glee clubs: first, when
they sing really well one wishes
that their glee club repertoire
could be traded for music worthy
of the groups talents: second
they can't logically be blamed
for singing what comes natural
ly-after all. a glee club is by
definition a glee club.
The Georgetown University Glee
Club under Paul Hume last night
gave a concert which showed it
to be meticulously trained and
to have much better than av-
erage voices. Also, while there
was a certain amount of vocaliz-
ing suitable for a barbershop
rather than an institution of
learning, and while the alluring
incentive or the cruel pressure
that must have induced Mr..
Hume to be a party to the
Steffe -Ringwald Battle Hymn
of the Republic" was not obvious
to the casual observer. there
was nevertheless considerable
interesting music in the eve
ning's show. The Miserere of AL
legri is an excellent piece, and
was very well sung. and the
simple tune Wealth" of Father
Woollen, accompanied by a
truly charming piano obligato,
was music of great distinction.
The group sings so weIl in
fact, that I suggest it forget 1T
is a glee club. and take motif
that it is an aggregation of mu-
slcians. D. T.
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NEWS OF MUSIC
AI-Beethoven Program
At Constitution Hall

I find the result unconvincing
and unsatisfactory. but provoc-
alive.
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anu lJduknIeTS, hTT. RATkeT ana SHAW,
My Soul Doth Rest In Thee, sateren.
The choral portion Of last
nights service at the Lutheran
Church Of the Reformation was
entrusted to the Reformation
Chamber Chorus. a group of
about sixteen voices, presumably
selected from the larger choirs of
the church.
They sang music of the 18th
md 18th centuries appropriate
for the lenten season, one
chorus from Bach's cantata.
Christ Lay in Deaths Dark
Prison." an effective arrange
'ment Of a 18th century melody,
20 Sons and Daughters" and
two recent, though traditional
anthems.
The singing was, on the whole,
good, although it lacked the
precision. blend. and suppleness
characteristic of a really fine
chamber chorus.
The best singing Of the eve
ming was in 20 Sons and Daugh-
ters," and in 20 Come and
Mourn With Me-" an anthem /
had not heard before.
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Chamber Chorus Sings
At Lutheran Services
BY WENDELL MARGRAVE

By WENDELL MARGRAVE
Reformation Chamber Chorus. julie
zabawa. conductor. Church OF the
Reformation, Program: Adoramus TIE
Borne Our Griefs, Lott: o Come and
Mourn With Me. Williams: Ger Death
No Man Could Prevail; Bach: o Sons
and DAUGHTERS, arr. Parker and Shaw:
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Georgetown GIee Club
Sings Really Well

Georgetown University Glee Cub.
Paul Hume. director. John Michael
Walls, accompanist. McDonough Me-
mortal Gymnasium. Program: Alma
len: Concordis Laetitia. Gregorian:
Miserere Mel. Deus. Ailegri; Awake,
A Voice Is Calling. Bach: Piano Sonata
in E, minor tallegrol, Gries; Gaudea-
Woman, HAYDN; TaranteIia. Randall
Thompson: Battle HYMN of the Re-
public. Steffe, arr. Ringwald: SONGS
by qeorgetown Chimes: The Magnet
and the Churn. Sullivan: Chariot
town. arr. Bryan: The Bachelor.
Kodaly; Set Down 9arYant. arr Shaw
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NEWS OF MUSIC
st. Matthews Passion
Givenin Abridged Form

1s'0SSNO''
| son: Chorale Prelude, Most Holy Lord
| and God. Purvis; Chorale Prelude. Pail
sades. Sowerby; Toccata and Hymn,
Peeters.
Heard yesterday afternoon in
the National Presbyterian Church
in the second of a series of four
Holy Week organ recitals was
Karl Halvorson, organist and
choirmaSter of All Souls Uni
tartan Church.
Mr.. Halvorson elected to choose
his program exclusively from the
works of modern composers. pre-
senting three chorale preludes
by Americans and an impressive
I"Toccata and Hymn" by the Hol-
lander Flor Peeters. generally
considered one of the solidest
talents among today's writer's
for the organ.
OF the three American works,
the most notable appeared to be
Garth Edmundson's Prelude on
a Chorale by Purcell" which
tastefully utilities model har-
nominations and long, plant
melodic lines. Richard Purvis'
Most Holy Lord and God" was
rather characterless, while Leo
Sowerby's Palisades" chorale
Iprelude is plainly one Of his
lesser efforts.
Making allowances for the
limitations of the instrument at
National Presbyterian, which is
not one Of Washingtons best,
Mr.. Halvorson demonstrated q
clean technique and rather sim
pie but effective registration.
The midday recitals are a very
pleasant feature Of Easter Week.
To be heard today is Harold Ash,
organist and choirmaster of
WeStmoreland Congregational
Church,
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Wesley I. Steele, the st. Johns
Lafayette Church Choir, an or
chestra of members of the Ma
tional Symphony. and a large
group of soloists gave a perform
ance of Bach's "St. Matthews
Passion" last night at the st.
Johns Church.
The work, which runs nearly
four hours, was cut by about
one half. OF this shortening, a
note in the program stated:
This abridgement has been
done with great skill by David
NICK. Williams. :. None OF the
dramatic intensity or religious
fervor has been lost"
Bach's libretto deals with a
rather well-known story - the
betrayal, trial and crucifixion OF
Jesus-So an abridgement can
quite reasonably be made on the
ground that the audience is al
ready aware Of the plot. Fur
thermore, as Mr.. Steele shows
himself to know. the passion is
q hack work Of no artistic integ-
rity. in which the composer took
little pride.
Bach often uses the same
music twice rather than bother
to write new tunes; one chorale
is duplicated note for note with
only a change of key; much of
the music is incomplete with
only melody and bass set down.
Mr.. Steele did what he could
to salvage the piece, which is so
appropriate for the Easter sea-
son. He frightened and brushed
up the text; he often omitted
the harmony which tends to in
terfere with our enjoyment Of
the melody. as In IT would beside
my Lord be watching; he added
q part for the harpsichord con-
tinuo in Behold my Saviour
now is TAKEN" In which Bach is
too negligent or lazy to write
anything at all for continue or
lower strings.
Also, he allowed the orchestra
to remain fresh and interested
by letting 1t rest whenever the
choir sang chorales-completely
a capella.
OF the soloists the best were
the two baritones, Robert Kearns
and Howard Ruff, both Of whom
sang with great tonal beauty.
william Croft, tenor, the evan
gelist. was effective when he did
not strain for excessive loud
ness. although he sang his part
with unusual speed. In the in
strumental solos. Vernon Kirk
patrick. oboe, George Steiner,
violin, and John Martin, cello,
were first rate.
The chorus sang with feeling
and good tone. On the whole, 1t
showed the effect of careful
preparation, although 1t had
some pitch difficulties.
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NEWS OF MUSIC
Rx DAY THORPE

ct. Johns Lafayette Square Church
Choir, Wesley !. Steele, conductor;
Orchestrs Of members Of the National
symphony. Boy Choristers from All
Saints Church, Chevy Chase. Wilfred
Briggs. director. Soloists: Anna May
contralto; william Croft, tenor; Rob
ert b. Kerns, baritone; Howard Run,
baritone; Harlan J. Laufman. harp
sicord; Sherman J. KreuzberE, organ.
Program: Excerpts from THE Passion
According to Saint Matthew" Bach.
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son: Chorale Prelude, Most Holy Lord
and God. Purvis; Chorale Prelude, Pail
sRdes. Sowerby; Toccata and Hymn,
Peters.
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HoIvorson Heard
In Orqon Series

BY IRVING LOWENS
Karl Halvorson. organ. In National
Presbyterian Church Program: Pre-
Jude on o Chorale by Purcell. Edmund