Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-01-27 | Page 11 | Orchestra Leader Ignores 'Internationale' Protests

Orchestra Leader Ignores I Protests Says Russian National Anthem Is Based on Teachings of Christ Buddha PHILADELPHIA Jan 27 UP UP-Leopold UP UP Leopold leader of ot the Philadelphia orchestra cited Christ Cht and Buddha Budde today tny In replying to t critics who assailed him for to the uIn planning play te Soviet national anthem at his hi next concert for tor children No INo one need sing unless he wishes to said At the last las youth concert the audience sang the the MarsCin Marseillaise e and I asked aked th m 1 If 1 they would like Ike to sing the at the next show chow They hey enthusiastically replied Y Yes so 50 we are ar planning to sing sine the Star Spangled Banner and the tonale I explained to The youth audience we should sing the Inter nationale as an expression expresion of international international inter inter- interI national good feeling and comrade comrade- comrade ship The was composed by a Frenchman named Degeyter in 1888 The idea back of ot the work 1 Is i not a new one Christ Chrit expressed i it i 20 centuries ago in the Golden Rule Rue and ad several centuries before Chr Christ Chris t substantially the same idea was wa expressed ex cx- pressed by Buddha and Confucius and Lao Lo Ta Opposition to playing the Russian Rusian national anthem was v DS led by the county count count- American legion The Te is a communist com song and therefore dangerous to t our ou democratic institutions Rest Hey Robert J J. chaplain of the legion asserted