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Pro Arte String Quartet In
teftrets Early Work in
First Concert.
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BY ALICE EVERSMAN.
The Pro Arte String Quartet of
Brussels yesterday afternoon opened
tiie series of concerts at the Library
of Congress, in which will be pre
sented the complete cycle of Bee
thoven's Quartets. The concerts are
sponsored by the Columbia Broadcast
ing System through the courtesy of
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. Two
quartets will be played every Friday
and Saturday afternoon until Febru
ary 22, when the last one will include
three.
This opportunity to hear the cham
ber music of the great Beethoven, in
progressive form, is both rare and of
inestimable value. It Is perhaps the
most noteworthy of all cultural en
deavors—making known for the first
time to many the personal angle of
the development of Beethoven's gen
ius—while to those already familiar
vith the quartets in their entirety
these concerts *>ffer an unique occa
sion for refreshing their judgment.
Quartet Has Balance.
No better choice for the interpre
tation of Beethoven could have been
made than the Pro Arte String Quar
tet. already the purveyors of much
chamber music knowledge to the mu
sic lovers of this city. An organiza
tion of balanced artistry, the serious
character of the musicianship of the
four players is a guarantee of a correct
end understanding presentation.
The first two quartets chœen were
the "Quartet in F Major. Op. 18. No.
1" and "Op. 18, No. 2 in G Major."
Both purely lyrical in style, their gay
ety carries no hint of the searching,
troubled Beethoven so tragically por
trayed in his later works, and no
display of that spiritual grandeur, with
its touch of the superhuman, that was
to definitely mark his writings in the
luture. In these quartets he sings
with free, untrammeled joyousness '
interspersed with tender reverie. But 1
always there is present the thoughts
of a man with his eyes on the stars, J
conscious of the glorious expanse about j
them, where only the good and the |
beautiful can be found free from hu- |
man tetnering.
Freshness and Yearning:.
In »the tender moments there is no
eadness, but sweet yearning and hope,
while a fresh exuberance Invades the
quicker motives with accentuated
rhythm and playful pauses. Perhaps
the finer of the two quartets is the "Go
Major." with the adagio eontabile
expanding in fuller expression, and the
allegro, scherzo and allegro mol
to." more inspirational in their con
ception. It was also in this quartet
that the musicians from Brussels gave
greater reir. to their interpretive feel
ing. which warmed their tone and 1
edded grace to delivery.
In the "Quartet in F Major. No. l." j
their reading bordered a trifle on the |
sedate and thoughtful so that the 1
adagio missed the warm inflection j
the composer intended for it and the
lighter movement lacked delicacy of I
epirit to add brilliancy to a fine tech-1
nical presentation. The mood was dif
ferent with the opening movement of
the second quartet and grew in beauty
to the end.
The entire program yesterday was
broadcast, but some of the others, be
cause of their length, will be heard
only partially over the air.
A large audience was present yes
terday and enthusiastically acclaimed
the famous players.
SUSPENDËDWÂRDEN
QUITS OHIO PRISON
prisoners Cheer, but No Sign of
Disorder Appears as Troops
Stand Guard.
Br the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. January 26.—
With a parting admonition. "Take
rare of the boys," Warden Preston E.
Thomas vacated Ohio Penitentiary to
day under a 30-dav suspension ordered
by Gov. Martin L. Davey.
Prisoners cheered and pounded on
tin pans. National Guardsmen rushed
Into the prison yard, but found no
disorder.
There were shouts of "Woodard,
hurrah for Woodard," referring to
James C. Woodard, 62, deputy warden,
who became acting warden.
With Thomas went his wife and
their daughter. Mrs. Thomas has
been matron and Miss Amanda
Thomas prison mail clerk, but their
positions were abolished by Gov. Davey
es "unnecessary."
The Governor said of the 25 Guards
men and four officers stationed at the
prison: "We are just taking precau
tions during the transition period."
The waiden's suspension, first ad
ministrative change in the peniten
tiary in nearly 23 years, was based on
charges of misconduct in the prison
administration.
I Senator Pope to Speak.
Senator J. P. Pope of Idaho, mem
ber of the special committee investi
gating the munitions industry, will
«peak on the "High Priests of War"
at a meeting of the University of
Chicago Club of Washington, which
will be held at 6:30 p.m. next Sun
day at the Admiral. 1640 Rhode Island
avenue.
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Anti-New Deal Debaters Greeted by Hoover
Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
Members of the Stanford debate team, who will make a tour of 40
colleges throughout the country debating against the New Deal, pictured
with former President Hôover at Palo Alto, Calif. Left to right: J. P.
McFarland, Robert Grantler, Prof. L. T. Chapin, faculty adviser; Mr.
Hoover, R. R. Oroe, Andrew Bright and David MelllnkofT.
EXPERTS' CONTROL
IN. RELIEF URGED
Edith Abbott Would End Po
litical Rule Over Ma
chinery.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. January 26—A dras
tically new system of caring for the
needy, calling for modern relief ma
chinery down the line from Washing
ton to the smallest county seat, was
advocated tonight by one of Amer
ica's foremost sociologists.
The plan would excommunicate pol
itics from relief agencies, put experts
in charge, require support from every
government division, save money ar.d
put relief on a permanent operating
basis.
Miss Edith Abbott, member of the
Relief Advisory Committee to Presi
dent Roosevelt's Social Security
Commission, proposed the new set-up.
It embraces the vast store of knowl
edge she has gained from years of
intimate contact with the problem.
As dean of the University of Chicago's
Social Service School, she knew it
in its smallest stage. As a counsel
to Chicago relief administrators shs
saw it take on gigantic proportions.
She found much to praise in present
methods.
Miss Abbott contemplates the es
tablishment of a "division of public
assistance" in the welfare depart
ment of each State. Politicians would
have no part of it. Trained social
workers would be in charge. Sub
sidiary bureaus would be opened in
each county. Employers would b°
chosen through civil service on the
basis of their competency. «
All welfare work—employment or
relief for the father, aid for the en
tire family, care of the sick and dis
abled. administration of widows'
stipends and old-age pensions—would
be centered in these offices. Archaic
pauper laws would.be abolished—"no
body wants to be called a pauper"—
and all overlapping departments would
be consolidated.
The Federal Government would con
tribute grants. Cities and counties
would do their part.
"Those who could be taken care
of in other ways would be taken
off the list." Miss Abbott said. "Busi
ness would be conducted with the
efficiency of a big corporation."
She suggested that the Govern
ment's (4.000.000,000 work program
be separated entirely from relief.
Holding Company Legisla
tion Held Menaced by
New Differences.
By the Assocltted Press.
Chairman Ray burn of the House
Interstate Commerce Committee said
yesterday that "powerful Influences"
had brought division between admin
istration advisers over proposed hold
ing company regulatory legislation.
He indicated that he believed a
stubborn effort had been and would
be made to prevent a stringent bill
from being enacted this session.
As a result, he indicated, there has
been delay in formulating the measure
asked of Congress by President Roose
velt to abolish the "evil features of
ι holding companies."
j In an effort to expedite drafting
j of the bill, a special committee of
Government legal and holding com
pany experts was set up last week
by Mr. Roosevelt.
This followed a conference of Gov
| ernment officials with President
Roosevelt, which was attended by At
| torney General Cummings and mem
bers of the Federal Power, Trade and
Interstate Commerce Commissions.
At this conference, which followed
one Chairman Rayburn had previously
with the President, it was found that
members of the various commissions
differed as to which agency should
administer the law as well as the
form of the legislation.
The Power Commission wants to
1 control utility holding companies and
the Federal Trade Commission, which
made a seven-year study of utilities,
also wanted the authority.
Consequently, It was tentatively
agreed that the new Securities and
Stock Exchange Commission would
administer the legislation. The Inter
state Commerce Commission, however,
would continue to administer the Ray
burn bill, which would give it juris
diction over railroad holding com
panies.
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CONSTITUTION BILL
Cites Century Delay by Some
States in Acting on
Amendments.
Br the Associated Press.
Asserting that some States have put
off for more than a century the rati
fication of propoeed constitutional
amendments. Representative Wads·
> worth, Republican of New York pressed
yesterday for more prompt and uniform
ratification machinery.
He is proponent of a bill setting a
maximum time limit of two years and
28 days for holding Nation-wide ref
erenda on changes In the Constitution.
Urging Its adoption, the New Yorker
told a Judiciary Subcommittee many
proposals to alter the Constitution
had been' approved by Congress, but
forgotten by the States since the Con
stitution Itself was promulgated.
He cited the 10 original amendments
constituting the ao-called bill of rights.
Explaining there originally were 12
amendments submitted In 1879, Repre
tentatlve Wadsworth asserted the
two others never were ratified although
ostensibly they still were before the
States for action. One was to limit
th· number of Congressmen by popu
lation and the other would have sub
jected constitutional amendments to
election campaigns before legislative
action on them.
Virginia to Save Money.
Virginia counts on an estimated
saving of 136,806 during 1935 by plac
ing treasurers of counties on salaries
Instead of paying them in fees, as
practiced heretofore.
AUDIT HERE COMPLETED
The District of Columbia units of
the Salvation Army were given clean
bills of health by Ma J. A. R. Miller,
auditor for the organization with of·
flees in Atlanta, Ga , who completed
a semi-annual examination here yes·
terday.
At the Social Service Center, where
approximately >80,000 is handled an·
nually In revenues received from the
resale of -discarded materials, which
i are collected by the Indigent men on
the pay rolls, the records showed the
I center well within Its budget.
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