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...churchman is only slightly more radical than his local colleagues. The last two conferences of the New York area voted notably Leftist resolutions, even after some of the socialistic utterances had been laundered out of them. Last year it took a close vote for the New York Methodists to refrain from going on record for socialization of banking, basic industries, communications, transportation, natural resources, "economic processes and professional services...
...sang about when "me and a bunch of cowboys had that famous battle on Bunker Hill," and again about the Negro who "throwed his jelly* out of the window.' The minstrel was proudest when he chanted the petition which won him his first pardon. The refrain...
...cannot refrain from making the following suggestion to the civilized nations of the world...
...midst of the turmoil Stokowski played a Christmas Fantasy by young Ann Wyeth, daughter of Artist Newell Convers Wyeth, famed for his illustrations of Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Last of the Mohicans, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Philadelphia critics usually refrain from appraising the youthful talent which Stokowski presents. Miss Wyeth described her piece as "an expression of my personal reactions to Christmas day in our home : a weaving together of the solemn spirit of Christ's birthday with the festivities of a family holiday...
...party may arise by division of the Democrats. The leading conservatives in Washington today are Democrats. Outside Washington the leading conservative movement is the American Liberty League which has John W. Davis, Alfred E. Smith, Irénée du Pont, for directors. Very carefully did the League refrain from entering this year's campaign. Meantime, it has built up a campaign chest, and has been busy recruiting potent members. (Sewell Lee Avery, Harry F. Guggenheim and John J. Raskob were last week slated for its governing board.) To date Liberty Leaguers have only intimated that they will...