Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-10

that there will be a season,
the troubles of opera will
doubtless recede from promi-
nence and resume their usual
place on the music page of
the countrys newspapers.
But the bitter squabble will
leave a bitter taste.
The leadership of what
President Kennedy rightly
called "A great cultural re-
source of the United States"
has revealed itself shockingly
irresponsible to the public
veal. All the heatedly reit-
Grated statements of the
management that it was too
late to have a season; that
the singers were no longer
available; that the President
and Secretary of Labor Gold
berg were wasting their time
have been demonstrated
patiently untrue.
And if the management fl
nally agreed to accept arbi-
tration at so late a date and
still the curtain will go up
on time, why did it fatty
refuse to do so weeks earlier?
For reasons that are OBJ
scure, it certainly seems as
if the management did not
want a 1852 season, and it
seized on the dispute with
the musicians union in order
to shift the blame for such
a peculiar desire.
The Nets management
blandly shirked it's RESPONSE
bility to the Nation. and
without the personal inter-
vention of the highest Gov
eminent officials, it might
have gotten away with MUIR
der destruction of the COM
pany as we'll as the orchestra.
Surely, some way must be
found to make sure that a
similar disastrous situation
does not develop again.
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NEWS FROM HERE
The Met crisis has apparent
ly impelled Representative
Giaimo, Democrat Of Con-
necticut, to issue a call for
an exhaustive study into
conditions affecting the in
come and employment of per-
forming artists in America"
The Congressman submitted
a resolution calling for such
study to the House Edu-
cation and Labor Committee,
of which he is a member.
Now that the drive for
a National Cultural Center
has a directing head at long
last. action is eagerly antici-
pated. Roger L. Stevens
sounds like an ideal choice
to get things going in a big
way. A new record of
sacred music from the roper
tory of the Washington Ca
thedral Choir of Men and
Boys has just been released.
The disc available in mono
phonic or stereo form from
the curator's office at the
CathedraD is called Sing My
Soul" and was recorded by
Paul Galloway and his Choir
listers in the Cathedral. E.
The University of Maryland
is embarking on a new prof.
ect in string instruction for
youngsters in grades three to
eight this fall. Glasses in
violin, viola and cello will be
conducted On Saturday morn
lngs, beginning october IA,
by Professor Joel H. Berman,
conductor of the University
Community Orchestra. De-
tails are obtainable from the
department of music at Col
lege Park.
BITS AND PIECES &.
Show Business illustrated,
the new magazine of the per-
forming arts sponsored by
Playboy, made its debut last
week. Despite it's self-con-
scious "sophistication," it is
lively publication intelli-
gently edited. The serious
music listener can find food
for thought in its pages. .
In case you are one of those
who love the ads on TV, you
will be happy to learn that
commercials appear to be the
coming thing on jukeboxes.
Advertising agencies plan to
buy space on the machines to
plug their clients products