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Butau Chiefs’ Pover Abets Dbbying 1_———- Set-1b Promotes Fat Feespr Those Know- hg Ropes. BY t\’lb LAWRENCE. HISk the open season for “fixs,” for lobbyists, for pro- fesqnnl exploiters. For Con- gre{ is about to convene and the usual jmber of bills threatening to businesses or business men is taed about and the usual vices are being adopted t affected. ve always been profes- uts always but under the eir opportunities for big nsation have been multi- believes invest- ing more and more discjtion- ary powerj ex- ecutive n31 Y When disletion is vested In & bureau orfin a mmmlssiol{ 50 that an Mcial may dec or rule upon l;xven question jvolv- ing perhay mil- lions of pllars in economi gains or losses, the mere payment ofa fee ranging from $5,000 to $25000is very little, relatively speaking, p pay for a favorable decision. | Somet: "t it is just one of those “inquiries’rt which the victims are exploited § headline-hunting prose- cutors why are engaged for a little while andlhen go back into private practice tqreap the rewards of their notoriety. metimes is is a high official whqresigns from an important post in wich he himself has influ- enced the plection or appointment of many of ¥s assistants or subordnate officials. Mturally they feel friendly to him whn he comes back to argue the case oja big corporation. Imflies No Corruption. It shoul| not be assumed that just because g former official practices before higformer associates there is something wrong about it. On the contrary, $me of these former officials know how often the point raised is merely thedifference between tweedle- dee andl‘F:edle-dum with emphasis David Lawrence. on the “rm” part. For too often the victims of this form of exploitation pay mone} just to exploit some piece of routine wlich they innocently believe might be ised to hold up their trans- sctions. It is dificult to estimate how much money ispaid annually just “to get things though” and without the slightest fiint of corruption. Yet the wvery existnce of this whole scheme of exploitdion is directly fostered by the politial system. " It is closely akin to tke spoils system. It is rae that political managers want anyhing for themselves in the way of pwlic office. They are, to be sure, impatuned by their henchmen to get mirr jobs and once in a while they migh capture an impertant job for an imbortant constituent, buv on the whole what the politiclans want 4s a metiod of making money for themselves They would rather play upon their influence, real or fancied, with officills of the New Deal, than to hold ofice. Busitess Hires “Enemies.” The bes sidelight on this sort of thing may be obtained among business men thepselves nowadays. Though many of them denounce the New Deal and take part in campaigns against its continiance, they turn around as goon as jossible and hire the most alert or the shrewest New Dealer they can find t4 look after their interests in Washingten. Senator Black of Alabama con- ducted a lobby investigation last year and while it is true that his committee was subjected to considerable criti- cism for endeavoring to pry into pri- vate affairs through telegraph offices, it is nevertheless a fact that this was one way to get evidence of lobbying or clues to what was going on. Unfortunately, the committee em- phasized the activities of political or quasi-political organizations which ‘were engaged in fighting causes more or less in the open instead of con- centrating on the individuals who were appearing before executive de- partments and commissions dealing in the public’s business. Black’s bill, which aimed at restricting activities of lobbyists, failed of passage but as between his measure and the one that passed the House there is no doubt that the Senate bill was far more comprehensive. None of the bills, however, reaches adequately the root of all the evils of lobbying, namely, what goes on in the commissions and executive agencies of the Government. If it was required that the name of every lobbyist not only be registered but that his fee in a given case be published along with the rulings or decisions in which he submitted briefs or arguments, there would be less lobbying one, or rather, less “fixing.” “Cure” in 5-Year Limit. Also if members of Congress as well #s members of the executive branch of the Government were forbidden by law for a period of five years after they left office from practicing before any Government department or legislative committee, there would be still less Jobbying and “fixing” done. But the best-way of all to cure the growing opportunities for bureaucratic discretion is to eliminate much of the discretion itself, It was Andrew Jackson, idol of the New Deal, who said in a message to Congress just about a hundred years ago: “No one can be more impressed than I am with the soundness of the doctrine which restrains and limits, by specific provisions, executive dis- cretion, as far as it can be done consistently with the preservation of its constitutional character.” (Copyright, 1936,) | ld Holds 13 Spades. MIAMI, Fla, December 28 (#)— Joseph Simonsen of Philadelphia re- ported yesterday a perfect hand »—13 spades. He bid seven but was not doubled. Simonsen’s partner was Deniel Robins of Warren, Ohio. Their op- ponents were Edgar Steinhardt and Issay Eisenberg, both of New York. I, 1 PAINTS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1936. This Changing World French Indicate Willingness to Fight if Hitler Steps Into Spain. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. REMIER BLUM had a Christmas present for Hitler. He sent him two packages. In one there was a sharp sword, in the other a nice fresh olive branch. The first package indicated that the Prench, with Britain's backing, are willing to fight if Der Fuehrer decides to send German reg- ular troops into Spain. The second package told the German people that France was willing to forget all about the Versailles treaty and would be prepared to consider the Reich's colonial claims, if Hitler was to call off his war dogs from Spain and decide to talk business with the other powers. The French have, of course, & powerful argument in their favor at the present moment. It is no longer a question of well-founded German grievances which are in- volved at present. It is just a gross violation of the neutrality agree- ment signed by the European pow= ers not to interfere in Spain's pri- vate little war. As long as the Germans and the Italians were helping Franco sub rosa nobody objected very strenuously. Neither the French nor the British had a very clear comscience about it. All big powers were playing their own political game at Spain’s expense. But if Hitler actually decides to send troops—regular Reichswehrmen —info Spain, the breach of a treaty signed without coercion only a few months ago would be so patent that the French feel they could enlist world public opirion against the Reich. - x % % For the time being it seems Great Britain is behind France. Blum and Delbos shook Baldwin and Eden out of their somnolence and warned them that unless they go ahead with him now they will have to pay later a heavy price. Hitler, who is trying to play up to the British, has just made another gesture to show his concern for the welfare of the British statesmen and legislators. He decided to answer the Fremch note only after the Christmas holidays. He did not want to put to shame Anthony Eden, the young and brilliant foreign secretary, who pre- dicted only last week to the departing members of the Commons that they need mot worry over the situation. Everything was well under control, ¢ X k¥ X Mussolini is keeping remarkably quiet these days. The crisis is on and Il Duce has made no speech and has given no indication of his atti- tude in the present rumpus. But he must be amused at the way every- body is courting him. It is just a year since the British and French states- men could find no adequate words in the diplomatic dictionary to qualify the character of the Italian dictator and what they thought of him. Opin- ions change rapidly in Europe. * x k% All the revorts from Paris and Rome that 11 Duce does not agree with Hitler's policies in Spain and is ready to desert him and join the other cagp must be taken with plenty of salt. For the time being the team work between Il Duce and Der Fuehrer is excellent. When Blum proposed the mon-intervention pact last August, Hitler kept quiet and Mussolini did the talking. Now it is Hitler who will do the talking and Mussolini will keep quiet. But there is no reason why there should have been a change in Mussolini's policies toward Spain. Both dictators have set down a line of conduct in their “fight against Communism”—whatever that may mean—and none of them is embarking into any adventures. Mussolini and Hitler are im- pulsive men, but their policies are not dictated by impulses. And this was shown in the conquest of Ethiopia and in the remilitarization of the Rhine, x ¥ X ¥ . It is queer how little imagina- tion political propagandists have, At the height of the Ethiopian campaign “unimpeachable sources,” highest “confidential au- thorities” and so forth were spread- ing the news that Mussolini's days ‘were numbered, that Great Britain had loaned $150,000,000 to the anti-Fascist forces to organize a revolution in Italy. Propagandists went so far as to say that Count Sforza, former Italian foreign secretary, at that time in New York, was rushing back to Italy to take over his old portfolio with Italo Balbo as prime minister. mention of a revolution in Italy. * x The same thing is happening now. And people shook their heads and were surprised to see * x “Unimpeachable sources” just returned from Germany prophesy that within the next few weeks we shall see another “blood purge” in Germany, this time with Hitler as the victim. The stage is all set and Great Britain has promised the anti-Hitler forces to refinance Germany to the tune of $2,000,000,000. highest price ever put on an individual's head. It's undoubtedly the But these “unimpeache able” sources fali to say where the anti-Hitler forces will be drawn from. They merely indicate that the Reichswehr might have something to do with it. FARM CREDIT HEAD OPTIMISTIC FOR '37 Gov. Myers Points to Decrease in Loans as Reflecting End of Emergency. By the Associated Press. A bright outlook for the financial status of farmers next year was de- picted today by Gov. W. I. Myers of the Farm Credit Administration. Myers said total loans to farmers by the various F. C. A. agencies amounted to $670,000,000 this year, compared with $1,060,000,000 in 1935. The decline reflected a decrease in the “emergency demand” by farmers for assistance from Federal agencies, because they “had no other source of credit after the depression,” Myers said. “In the country as a whole, farm- ers apparently had more money for equipment, machinery, farm build- ings and repairs in 1936 than in any year since the depression,” Myers said. He added that this should continue next year because of “increased pur- chasing power and the opportunity to get short-term cash loans at the pres- ent reasonable rates.” Myers reported that long-term mortgage loans by F. C. A. this year amounted to $184,000,000, less than half the 1935 total of $444,000,000. He said this drop was due to passing of the depression emergency “and less pressure by other creditors for liqui- dation.” 2 DR. GUY CARLETON LEE, 73, EDUCATOR, IS DEAD Was Author and Former Literary Editor of Neilp-per—!u- neral Wednesday. By the Associated Press. CARLISLE, Pa., December 28.—Dr. Guy Carleton Lee, editor, author and educator, died Saturday. He was 73. Lee once was literary editor of the Baltimore Sun and later published the Carlisle Herald, now discontinued. He wes one of the founders of the Carlisle Chamber of Commerce and erected Carlisle's first apartment building. The funeral will be held Wednes- day with private burial at Center- ville, o ESTABLISHED 1865 o FATHER TIME é Turns Another Page 7 A new yeor soon begins. Another book of life opens for all of us; let us plon to fill our 1937 edition with more good deeds . . . more thought of others. EO. M. BARKER ¢ COMPANY o LUMBER and MILLWORK % 649-651 N. Y. Ave: NW, 1523 7th St. N.W. TWICE DECLARED CONGRESS VICTOR Jenks Gets 10-Vote Edge in Sec- ond Tabulation by New Hampshire Board. BY the Associated Press. CONCORD, N. H.,, December 28.— For the second time since election day Arthur B. Jenks, Republican, today was United States Representative- elect from New Hampshire's first dis- trict. The State Ballot Law Commission, after an 11-hour session last night, announced Jenks had defeated Al- phonse Roy, Democrat, previously named winner of the contest by 17 votes, by a 10-vote margin. The com- mission gave Jenks 51,649 and Roy 51,639. On the first tabulation Jenks was declared the winner by 550 votes, but Roy protested and a recheck tied both at 51,679, the first congressional tie in the country since 1826. Another recount gave Roy the elec- tion by 17 votes. Jenks ted. The commission’s announcemeént of Jenks’ final victory came after an exhaustive check of 337 disputed bal- lots. Roy will carry his fight to the National House, said his attorney at Nashua, N. H. Girl, 8, and Boy TH! opinions of the writers on this page are their ‘own, not necessarily The Star’s. Such opinions are presented in The Star’s effort to give all sides of questions of interest to its readers, althou, themselves an: h such opinions may be contradict amon; directly opposed to The Star’s. o A We, the People Radio and Newspapers Seen to Compete Little, Eachi Having Own Assets. BY JAY FRANKLIN. refusal of the SBupreme Court to review the case of the Asso- ated Press against s radio tation charged with having pirated A. P. news coincides with the conclusion of the First National Con- ference on Educational Broadcasting at Washington. This conference was the first occasion on which formal consideration in the country has been given to the relationship between radio and public opinion, politics and propaganda. After a presidential campaign which was apparently fought and won in the ether, it would seem dangerous to question the omnipotence of radio in politics, but the fact remains that there are very serious technical limi- tations on radio, limitations which are reassuring to the newspapers as organs of public opinion. Whatever people choose to say about government by radio in Russia, Ger- many and Italy, it must be remem- bered that neither Hitler, Lenin nor Mussolini came into power over the microphone. In fact, Hitler built up his Nazi majority party in the face of a government which denied him the radio as an instrument of po- litical propaganda. Nine-tenths of the German press was also against him, 80 that his movement was reduced to word-of-mouth agitation and man- to-man organization, based on the common experiences of the German people. Ether Impressions Sketchy. In the second place, radio is most effective in registering a swift, sketchy impression, least effective in trans- mitting an argument or detailed in- formation. For this purpose the print- ed page is supreme, for it lets the reader turn back and reread and study and reflect, if he wishes to, or to skip entirely. In a democracy this process is basic to political opinion. Even the best and most persuasive oratory is crippled unless it is but- tressed by printed material and com- mon experience. It was this which frustrated both Huey Long and Father Coughlin in their air-attacks on the New Deal. They, like Roosevelt, were past mas- ters in the art of conveying impres- sions by a turn of phrase, a quality of speech which was vital, colorful and held the interest of the listener. The human voice has too long been neglected as an instrument which can convey ideas apart from the words it utters, and radio has reminded us of its importance. Yet Coughlin's and the Kingfish's arguments were too emotional or too remote from common experience to find detaled justification in print. 2 JEWISH GROUPS VOTE FUNDS FOR PALESTINE Resolution Urges Conference Here Set $5,000,000 Quota for Amer- ican Contributions, BY the Associated Press, NEW YORK, December 28 —Finan- cial support of settlement work in Palestine was voted by two large Jewish organizations meeting here vesterday. The Advisory Council of the Jewish National Fund voted to apply about $500.000 of American contributions to the Palestine Land Fund for the Lake Huleh land reclamation project on the Syrian border of Palestine. At the thirteenth anniversary con- ference of the Greater New York Council of Jewish organizations, 1,000 delegates adopted a resolution urging that at the National Conference on Palestine in Washington January 24 a quota of $5,000,000 be set for Amer- ican contributions to the United Palestine Appeal. _— ROBBERS ONLY POLICE Man Reporting Car Theft Gets Good News in Phone Call LINCOLN, Nebr. (#).—J. M. Gordon of Fort Collins, Colo., almost lost his faith in the efficacy of police pro- tection when his car disappeared from in front of the Lincoln police station. He was inside telling the sergeant about the theft when the telephone rang. Said the voice: “We just stole somebody’s car and we're bringing it right back.” 5 Shortly two officers returned with it. They mistook it for a police car in their haste to answer a call and discov- ered their error when they couldn't find the short-wave radio. , 13, Awarded Annual Prizes for Politeness BYthe Associated Press. PARIS, Mo, December 28.—Liza Sproul, 8, and George Nevins, 13, were honored last night at & union church service for being the most polite and courteous children in this Northeast Missouri city during 1936—and espe- ciaily during December. Each recejved a cash prize of $10. It’s an annual custom here. The Iate Henry J. Boatner, bachelor, who died in 1922, set aside $§00 in his will, the income of which was to provide Prize money for the most courteous girl and boy. An award has been made every year since then. Boatner was inspired in his act by the kindness of 9-year-old Phoebe Sparks to his aged mother and him- selt, Miss Sparks, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Sparks, was the ——————————— At Public Auction AT SLOAN'S 715 13th St. Wednesday December 30th, 1936 At 10 AM. - first girl winner. She now is Mrs. J. B. Corkins and lives in St. Louis. Stuart Bassett, the first boy winner, is a traveling salesman. Liza, one of the youngest ever to receive the award, is in the third grade. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sproul. George is in the eighth grade and works outside school hours at a feed and produce company to ald in sup- port of his widowed mother, Mrs. Mar- garet Belle Nevins. The awards were presented by Rev. Harold Roberts. Names of the com- mittee members who select the wine- ners never are made pul RENAULT AMERICAN 79 FULL FIFTH AT ALL GOOD STORES (Alcohol 20% by volume) L K. Ronauit & Sons, lnc. N. Esteblished The impressions which they created over the microphone faded under the daily drizzle of typography and be- came irrelevant to the rising tide of individual and general prosperity. The facts of substantial business recovery and the arguments based on New Deal policies were what put Roosevelt's radio personality over with a political bang. Radio Tool of Propagandists. As a mater of fact, since propaganda is the art of creating impressions, unsupported by reason and often con- trary to experience, radio is a tool made to order for the propagandists. That this is so is shown by the way in which an advertiser will buy an hour of music on the air and insert a couple of minutes of reference to his product—in order to transfer the good- will of the audience from a swing number or a symphony to some par- ticular type of cigarette or automobile. This is also shown by the fact that dictatorial governments hammer away at their regimented peoples over the ether. In one field alone is radio an ap- perent competitor with the press— n imparting basic news to the general publie. The simultaneous radio quality of being everywhere instan- taneously robs much spot-news of its commercial value for selling new edi- tions. It was this consideration which lay beneath the Associated Press suit against Seattle Station KVOS. Whether the injury can be reduced to dollar values is a matter for court decision. May Prove Boon to Papers. Yet it might be argued that the very nature of radio, even in this fleld, may serve to advertise rather than eliminate newspapers. Few peo- ple who heard King Edward VIII's magnificent farewell to his empire failed on that account to buy the next day's papers in order to get fuller details. Even when catastrophes are “broken” over the air people clamor for details, lists of names, etc. The public wants precise information as well as a swift general impression. There would seem, therefore, to be reason to make haste slowly in cur- tailing the right of radio to take its news where it finds it and to broad- cast it to a public which has cer- tainly shown itself willing to support both press and radio in the style to which they are now accustomed. But since radio is required to pay musical and other copyright charges in broad- casting, there is no reason why radio should not also pay a service charge to the A, P. or any other news source for the privilege of putting copy- righted news on the air. (Copyright, 1936,) READING PUBLIC HELD MORE CONSERVATIVE Library Association Head Says Trend Is Away From Mob- Mindedness. 85 the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 28.—Mal- colm Glenn Wyer of Denver, president of the American Library Association, said yesterday the American reading public had become “more conservative, less mob-minded, more willing to ‘live alone and like it ” Arriving for the opening of the organization’s annual convention to- morrow, Wyer asserted a survey of reading trends in public libraries dis- closed Americans “are more interested now in self development than in col- lective bargaining.” “During the early years of the de- pression,” he said, “there was a cer- tain deviation from our national phil. osophy. People showed a great deal of interest in Russia, Italy and Ger- many. Now they have decided the collectivist or the totalitarian state are not the answer to the American problem.” ‘Wyer said the Ilargest proportion of non-fiction works in demand dealt with painting and music. SR nm o Gold Rush Delayed. Gold was discovered at Juneau, Alaska, in 1880, but the great Klon- dike-Yukon rush did not begin until 1896. LOWEST ANTI-FREEZE CosT PER SEASON ICIENTIFIC tests prove that Super Pyro lasts longer than methanol (wood alcohol) mixtures. That it pro- tects to temperatures than or- 33 to 60% less per season, compered with expensive brands, even if 2 or 3 quarts are added during the winter. Besides, Super Pyro’s patented in- tredienhpmtectfl1625¢ metals of the cooling sys- tem. Thus you get most protection at Jowest cost per season. Be sure to Qllllfl tell the service man:—Put News Behind the News Rift Between Morgenthay and Oliphant Blamed on Silver Policy or Earnings Tax. BY PAUL MALLON. HE Treasury keeps its secret well, but it has not been able to keep the news from getting around inside the New Deal cloister that a rift has developed between Mr. Morgenthau and his ace braine truster, Mr. Oliphant. b Whether the difference will lead to Mr. Oliphant’s departure down the primrose and molasses paths of Profs. Tugwell, Moley et al. has been a subject of much animated but whispered discussion. Mr. Morgenthau is as quiet as the gold he sits on. Mr. Oliphant is general counsel of the Treasury and s lawyer. Their friends have pried little from them except vague diplomatic denials. ’ Ezactly what started the trouble is consequently a matter of surmise, but the situation is of far more than personal significance, Out- siders may not know it, but Mr. Oliphant thought up the silver policy and the new tax program on undistributed earnings of corpora=- tions. Diflerences over one or both of these two policies undoubtedly led to the break. Most insiders believe it was silver primarily. If Mr. Oliphant goes, some of the silver policy and most of the enthusiasm for the new tax policy will go with him. * * ¥ x ‘This does not mean any important changes in the corporation tax structure will be recommended at the coming session of Congress. Mr. Morgenthau apparently is not that angry. If you could get him to take down his hair and tell you frankly what he thinks you would undoubtedly learn that he would like to modify the law, but here is the situation: The act was passed only this year. It was greatly ballyhooed during the campaign. New Deal spokesmen advertised it as a major reform of the corporation tar structure. They cannot turn around now, after election, and change the law before it has been tried. Despite what you heard from Congress, therefore, the plan seems to be to keep the law substantially intact for a full year before under- taking to correct its defects, ok x % The roots of these matters (Morgenthau-Oliphant, silver, taxes) run down deep into the fundamental present problem within the New Deal. Up to last week, Treasury policles leaned on the inflationary side. ‘The Oliphant silver policy was designed to increase the price of silver directly and other prices indirectly. The Oliphant tax bill was conceived to force money into circulation and buoy up purchasing power. It seeks to take earnings away from corporations and give the money to stock- holders who will spend it or invest it, and pay larger taxes on it, whereas the corporations would only hide it away in reserves. These policies suited the uphill climb, but the situation now is changing. Mr. Morgenthau himself virtually conceded this the other day when he announced the Eccles plan jor purchase of foreign gold imports by the Treasury. This move was counter-inflationary and in a direction ezactly opposite to that in which Mr, Oliphant has been leading the Treasury. . The problem now is not to increase prices, to buoy up, and to inflate, but to keep the threatening boom from running away with the New Deal. Prices have been jumping so fast that the Federal Reserve Board is frankly apprehensive. They must be kept in hand. The New Deal is taking its foot off the throttle and reaching for the brake. ks ‘This change of technique is likely to throw a whole new list of brain trusters into the front P————— seats from which the old ones are withdrawing. To the fore are coming men like Gov. Eccles of Federal Reserve, Chairman Landis of Securities and Exchange, Agriculture Secretary Wallace, Electrifier Cooke, Bankers Crowley and Jones, Vice President Garner, Senators like Pat Harrison. Receding are the Tugwells, Hopkinses and Oliphants. The change will make an entirely different kind of New Deal, * ¥ ¥ ¥ Senator Borah has said nothing publicly about it, but he has definitely declined to head a movement for reorganization of the Republican party. He said it would be of no use. Borah looks best in, and likes best, the lone wolf role. He will continue to urge the party to come to him. He may attack National Chairman Hamilton later on, but he is not going to tangle with the organization seriously. In this space recently it was related that Senator Borah was back of Representative Hamilton Fish's fight against Hamilton. He was, but away back. A more accurate way of stating the situation is that Mr. Borah wished Fish well, but advised against the, fight he made. MISSING GIRL FOUND DROWNED IN BARREL 8ix'Weeks’ Search Ends Within 200 Feet From Grand- parents’ Home. Ianniello, 7-year-old mute whe dis- appeared on November 11, ended yes- terday when her body was found in a water-filled rain barrel 200 feet from | her grandparents’ home. Medical Examiner Amos O. Squire said the girl apparently had fallen into the barrel head first and drowned. He listed it as an accidental death. BY the Associsted Press. . NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., December | Willi Hempel of Breslau, Germany, 28.—A six weeks' search for Rachel | will teach Afghans to fi; Headline Folk and What They Do Fiery Igor Stravinsky Arrives to Stage Poker Opera. BY LEMUEL F. PARTON. GOR STRAVINSKY pins good luck charms on his underwear. Fite tingly, he is the great composer to write the first poker ballet. Come missioned for this work last Oce tober by the American ballet, he ar- rives in New York to prepare for its metropolitan production in April. It won't be strip poker and, naturally, the ace-kicker will head the cast. M. Stravinsky long has been a joker wild in the musical deck. His “Pire Bird” and “Sacre du Printemps” have upset many an old-fashioned pat hand. Their first rendering caused riots. He never took back a single note of either of them—he never re- tracts or backs up. Everything was wild in Diaghileff's Russian ballet, whose mad rigadoon bridged the years of wars and chaos in the capitals of the world. Diaghileff was its angel and Stravinsky and Nijinsky its creative geniuses. Diaghi- lefl is dead and Nijinski is mad. So here is little Stravinsky, steely and whippy as ever, at 54, bundled up to the ears, slaying demons with his baton, but scared of drafts. He's a Rolls-Royce engine on a frail chassic, racking himself to pieces every once in a while and going to Switzerland for repairs, He used to be a musical outlaw— public enemy No. 1 around the salons and conservatories. Now he wears as many garlands as he does muffiers. His striped orange and purple shirts are as dissonant as his music. There is an insatiate gleam in his myopic eyes, behind double-lensed glasses. He's always catching some superaural cacophanies, watching for them like a trapshooter, spearing them with a sharp pencil. Paris hooted his compositions at first, but now he is a naturalized French citizen and loves Paris, and vice versa. There's nothing precious | about him and the Dadaists and Sur- realists couldn't head him into their squirrel cage no matter how they tried. “Modernism is a soiled word,” he says. In Russia they groomed him for a lawyer, but at 18 he cut loose, as a pupil of Rimsky-Korsakoff, with a niagara of pent-up genius which swept him to the heights of his profession. He has relayed his master's inspira- tion far into the modern world. He is & nervous, temperamental little man, witty and sharp in repartee, smoking two or three packages of cigarettes a day. He conducts rehearsals in & sheepskin coat and a muffler, (Copyrizht, 1936,) TWO DEAD IN BLAST Explosion Aboard Tanker in Gulf of Mexico. NEW ORLEANS, December 28 (). —The death toll of an explosion aboard the tanker Dillwyn of C. D. Mallory & Co. in the Gulf of Mexico reached two yesterday. One man, reported to have struck & match which caused the blast in & gasoline storage tank aboard the vessel, was killed instantly. The identity of the man, an able-bodied seaman, was not immediately learned. The other seaman. identified as Kenneth Horton, 23, of Virginia, died Jate Saturday night while being brought here in another ghip for hospital treatment. "I'M a traveling salesman—but up until a few months ago I was spending more time traveling than selling! Often I'd have to take a six- or sevi customer for just an hour. arrive after business hours en-hour trip in order to see 8 And only too frequently I'd and have to wait overnight before I could get to my man. “A few months ago I had to make an unexpected trip between Washington and New York and I discovered that I could fly it in 80 minutes—instead of wasting more than 312 hours on surface travel. So I joined the ‘80-Minute Men® and went down as a passenger in one of Eastern Air Lines’ huge planes. It was the most pleasant traveled thousands of miles. trip I've ever taken—and I've My chair was so cemfortable I took a short nap and awoke just as the journey ended. I arrived feeling rested and ready to go—and that’s worth money to a salesman! 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