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If It It werent weren t that the budgetwere budget budgetwcre budgetwere wcre were compiled complied by one party andxnthorized and andauthorized andauthorized authorized by mother another wewonldn we wewouldn wewonldn wouldn wonldn t have bave as s much wranglisg wrau wran wraughng wranglrng ghng glrng : Now there Is nothmg nothing nothmgwrong nothingwrong nothingwrong wrong with mth having havmg plenty of de debate debate debate bate on a subject like hke this pro pro- proVided provided provided - vided one or both sides are vot votIng voting voting Ing on the basis of actual bcts facts factswhich factsnhich which \ hlch are set forth by a dlsm disin dlsmterested disinterested disincrested terested ( authority authonty whom ' \ horn thepublic the thepub thepublic pub public c will wlU accept Such an authonty au authonty authority thonty thority will be provided wehope we wehope wehope hope by the staff statf of fiscal experts ex experts e\perts e perts \ perts next year yearWlthOl yearWithott yearWitnoit WlthOl Withott t such experts what hap happens happens happens7 pens ' The house goes on record as asto asto asto to the budget cut it at th nks it wants wantsto \ ttantsto ants antsto to make The appropnat appropriat ons com corn commlttee cornrarttee cornmittee mlttee rarttee cuts down the various itemsA Items ItemsA itemsA A bill is submitted again agam to thehouse tbe the tbehouse thehouse house and the flght fight beg ns each congressman con congressman congressman gressman attempting attemptUlg to restore asmuch as asm1tch asmrfch m1tch mrfch of the appropriation appropnahon for his hispet hispet hispet pet projects as possible Log roll ng nggets nggets nggets gets under . way .ay ay and the tot total a ] IS ISraised israised israised israisedThe raised raisedThe The same thing happens in m the thesenate thesenate thelenate senate where an individual mdlvldua ] senator sdemands s sdemands sdemands demands are accorded even moreweight more moreweIght moreweight weIght Eventually the ante is raiseda raised a little 11lUe more And it if it 11 doesn t getback get getback getback back up to the Pres dent song s ong prig na nal nal$37 nal37 ] $37 37 $ $ 500 000 000 estimate ( \ which hich may mayhave mayhave mayhave have been too high Itself ItselO ) tbereill there tbere \\ill ill will willbe \ willbe illbe be a supplemental bill bull passed later laterwh laterwh laterwh wh ch \ will ill absorb any extra dollars dollarsthat dollarsthat dollarsthat that are lying lymg aroundWb aroundWhLn around aroundWhin Whin WhLn Wb n Senator Taft was asked byDemocratic by byDemocrallc byDemocratic Democrallc Democratic Senator McMahon ( whowas who whowas whowas was attacking attackmg the Bepubl Republ can cutif cut cut ) ) If Taft wanted the senate to passon pass passon passon on the quest on without bavmg having bavmgmuch havingmuch havingmuch much information Informahon as to " , what shat hat we weare weare weare are doing domg Taft frankly rep repi repl ] ed"e edIle ed edWe We "e e Ile " can only make an Inte Intel IntelI ] 1 ] gent guess We have no IDfor infor IDformahon informatron intormadon mahon matron before berore us as to the part par t cular items of the $37 37 $ $ 500 000000 000 000 budget budgetm budgetin in m justification of thefigure the thefigure thefigure figure fixed fh.ed fhed . by the budget ( bnreau bu bureau bureaD reau reaD ) " we "e e ouy only ] know what is isreq isrequested isrequested isrequestedThat req requested uested uestedThat requestedThat That is the keynote We only onlyknow know what is requestedWhy requestedWhy requested requestedWhy partytake Why should sbould the oppos t on party partyI I take on faith the adm lustration rustratlOn nistration s : figure " ' ' We have two 1\\0 1 0 ' \ part es to checkon check checkon checkon on each eacb other Taft Taftadmits admits the Hepubl Re Repub Republ pub publ ] cans haven t the tacts facts now but buthe he adds that in m Orduidrv ordmdT ordmdry ) years yearswe yearswe " , we e will have a staff " workng ork ng dur durIng durlag Ing lag the recess recesssupposedly supposedly -supposedly - com corn composed cornposed cornPosed posed of these neutral experts who whonow whonow whonow now are be hlred- hlred hired- hired hired ng fig hlredwhich hiredwhich - whichcan which can cangive cangive cangive Informalthan informatthan give us more mtell untell gent informat informal than we now have haveThere haveThere haveThere There s the hope hopee e . e . Music Basi3 BasIs Bails for forWorld forWorld World Understanding UnderstandingFew Few Russians heard the early earlystate earlyIstate earlyestate Istate estate ( department broadcasts Inaug tnaug urated Inaueurated Inaugurated tnaugurated last month and those who whodid did were cnt Grit cal of the musical se lccllons loctions selections selccllons seloctions objecting to toh -h h 'h ' - h IIbilly llbilly llbiUytunes IIbillytunes llbillytunes tunes like Turkey In 1u the Straw StrawThey They complained complamed too about Bing BineCrosby BingCrosby Crosby Fosterditt FosterdiU s sing smg ng fig ol of Stephen Foster diU ditt es esThis esThis esThis This is only one Instance wheremusic where wheremusIc wheremusic musIc has segued into world news newssince newssince newssince since + ' "ie ie " 'e e > ' ie war I remember visiting Vlslung when whenGcrman whenGerman whcrGerman Nuernberg House In the Opera pera I Gcrman German musicians were first per permltted permitted permitted , mltted mitted to assemble there The house househad househad of the theroQt therogf theroof had four walls intact and part roQt rogf bi bl bit t only omy part of it The Therest TesIas -rest rest test restas testas - as covered with 'Ith Ith " ' canvas which kepiout kept keptout keptout out most of the falling fallmg snow buldidn but butdldn butdidn dldn didn t keep out the cold No pretensewas protcnse protense protcnsewa protensewag wag wa $ made of heat ng the auditorium auditoriumand auditoriumand auditoriumand and the place was freezing freezmg cold coldYct coldYet coldYet Yct Yet it was packed The program programhowevcr programhowever programhowever howevcr however could not be completed completedThIs completedThus completedThis ThIs Thus was not due to the fact that the theaudIence theaudience theaudience audIence walked out out-they out they - - they stood orsat or orsat orsat sat with the snow seeping seepmg in m onthem on onthem onthem them The musicians fingers simply slm aim slmply aimply ply got too cold to function tunctlon junction That Thatwas Thatwas Tha t twas was a year ago last NovemberToday NovemberToday November NovemberToday Today with the cooperation of the theAmerican theAmerican theAmerican American m litary Iltary htary government or orchcstras orchestras orchcstras chcstras chestras have sprung up in m every to vn Y1l yn in m the American zone a alarge alarge alarge large part of the broadcast pro programs programs programs grams are musical musicalReeducating muslca musicalReeducating ] Reeducating Reeducatmg the German Inthe In Inthe inthe the field of music muslo will wll ] be a lessHerculean less lessHercuean lessHerculean Hercuean Herculean ] tisk hsk task than it is in othcr oth other other er fclfls feds felds ] for musio muslo basIways has bas \Iways Iways tlways tlwaysbeen ' \ ilwaysbeen Iwaysbeen been part of the home training tralrnng tralmng of ofthe ofthe ofthe the German child-not child not child - not merely merelysomethmg merelysomething merelysomething somethmg something for which the musIc musIcteacher musicteacher musicteacher teacher was alone lone responslbe responsible responsibleI ] I remember a German home I Iused Iused Iused used to visit VlSlt before World War I inwhich in inwhich Inwhich which the short period penod after theevening the theevemng theevening evemng evening meal mea ] and the time theyoungest theyoungest the theyoungest youngest went to bed and the eldest eldestwent eldestwent eldestwent went to his other studies was largelya largely a muslca musical ] hour The most interest mterest- mterest interest- mterested interested interested - - ed and active acflve member of the group groupwas groupwas groupwas was the fatherHere fatherHere father fatherHere Here in 1u America Amenca we lea leave lease , e too toomuch toomuch toomuch much of the child s musicdl musical muslcd ] trainingto trammgto trammg training to the schools As the Hungariancomposer Hunganan Hungarian Hunganancomposer Hungariancomposer composer Zoltan ZoUan Kodaly Koday ] who is visiting VIS vas VISftmg vasitmg ftmg itmg this country remarked Ourears Our Ourears Ourears ears must be trained tramed to per per- per perceive per--ceive per ceive ' - - - celve ceive the simpler slmper ] musIc musical a ] phenom phenomena phenomena phenomena ena before being bemg able to follow the themore themore themore more complicated compllcated forms and it Is Isobviously isobviously isobviously obviously the duty of pub public c schools schoolsto to g ve ye this first tra nmg ring to everybody everybodyGermany every everybody everybody body bodyGermany Germany of course has anothergreat another anothergreat anothergreat great advantage that America lacksGoebbels lacks lacksGoebbes lacksGoebbels Goebbes Goebbels ] has been becn removed America Amer AmerIca America Ica s mus ca cal ] d ctator stator has not HIs HIsorganization Hisorganization Hisorganization organization has a standing standmg reso resolut resolut resolut lut onh on vh \\h h wh \ \ , ch reads The federabon federation federabonurges federationurges federationurges urges its locals to use their polit pollt pout cal caland caland caland and economic strength to combat the thecncroachment theencroachment theencroachment cncroachment encroachment of high school schoo ] bandsand bands bandsI bandsand bandsand | and orchestras I orchestrasThe The dictator I refer to is ofcourse of ofcourse ofcourse course one Pelnllo Petnllo Petrillo of the Amerlean Amer AmerIcan Amerlean Ican lean Federation Federahon of lIIuslclans Musicians lIIuslclansthe Musiciansthe Musiciansthe the resolution resoluhon is from their con conshtuhon constitulion constitulion shtuhon stitulion which in m conferring conferrmg au an authonty anthority authonty thonty thority on him uses phrases h.e he like h.ethIs likethis likethis ! . thIs It shall be bis his duty dut } ) aud and audprerogahveto andprerogativeto andprerogative prerogahve-to prerogahve to prerogative-to prerogative - - to make decisionsin decisIOns In cases where " here in m bis his opinion OplDIOl ! anemergency an anemergency anemergency emergency exists eXiststo -to to - to issue executive ex executlve executive ecutlve ecutive orders which "hlch hlch " shall beconclusive be beeoncuslve beconclusive eoncuslve conclusive ] and binding bmdmg upon all allmembersetc allmembersetc allmembers members-etc members etc - - etc etcSuch membersetcSuch Such a resolut resout ] on and suchabso such . abso absolute absolute absolute lute authority runs d rectly reety ] counter counterto counterto counterto to the advice of Kodaly Koday ] and to the thethmkmg thethinking thethinking thmkmg thinking of anyone interested mterested in m thecultural the thecultural , cultural development of America Amenca orIn or orin orin in democracy itself for that matter matterThis matterThis matterThis This is one of the many facets ofour of ofour ofour our mus ca cal ] ] life e " wh "h h ch touch poll poly pollhcs polytics polltics hcs tics as music touches many of ofthe ofthe ofthe the nation sather s other activit achvlt es past and andpresentFor andpresentFor andpresent present-For present For - For example exartiple during durmg the the"ar thewar thewar "ar ar war " cynic sm was expressed insongs in insongs insongs songs like Ilke L II Il e a Belle with ItsJmgle itsJingle its itsJingle Jingle Jmgle Jangle Jange ] Oh Am Ain t You GladYou Glad GladYou GladYou You re Single Smgle There were songscreated songs songscreated songscreated created out of a higher emotionallevel emotional emotionallevel emotionallevel level too like Ilke God Bless Amerlea Amer AmerIca AmerIca England Ica There 11 II Always Be an Eng land The Write Wh te Cliffs Cl ffs of Dover Doverand Doverand Doverand and andhat \ what \\hat hat was perhaps an escape escapesong escapesong escapesong song from all the sord cord dness of war warOh warOh warOh Oh MorningNo WI- WI Wl-at Wl at WIat WI-at WI - - - at a Beaut tul ful Morning MorningNo MorningNo No the Russ ans d dn do t like Ilke thahillbilly the thehillbilly thehillbilly hillbilly American music And Idoubt I Idoubt Idoubt doubt it If the average American couldabsorb could couldabsorb couldabsorb absorb much of the somber andmournful and andmournful I Imournful mournful Russian folk dirges a al although although ] though enoughto they contain beauty enough I to the ear accustomed to hear ng ngthem ngthem ngthem them and |