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Last week the State Department changed his plans. On the ground that he had misused his passport, DOS voided it (State took the same action against Paul Robeson a fortnight ago). Kent thought this was a dirty trick to play "on a man who was only working for peace," and added, "Anything that the Communists say about peace sounds good...
...Paulo airport when he flew in from Itu, with Adhemar at his side. "He's our little father," cackled a toothless old woman. It took 20 minutes for the police to get Getulio to a car and on his way to the chartreuse-and-blue Palacio dos Campos Eliseos, where São Paulo's great and near-great waited. (Amid the music and toasts, Adhemar had a happy thought for the future: "He'll stay [in the presidency] five years, and then it will be my turn...
Last week Director Chase had more cheering signs that Ballet Theatre is at the head of the class. This summer, when the Ballet tours the Continent for the first time, makes its second trip to England, it will go with U.S. State Department endorsement. DOS is giving its blessing because it "recognizes the great value of the arts as media for interpreting to other peoples the spirit of the United States and in furthering international understanding." It was that line about "the spirit of the United States" that Lucia Chase was particularly pleased to hear...
Under that kind of verbal assault, so is the naturalistic novel. Fifteen years ago, with such figures as Theodore Dreiser, John Dos Passes and the early Farrell in the crew, young novelists rushed to sign on the happy ship. But in the hands of those who seem to think of life as just another four-letter word, it becomes a drifting derelict...
Necessary Proof. In Rio de Janeiro, Carlos dos Santos, arrested during a routine roundup of pickpockets, was about to be released when the station detective rearrested him because he discovered that his wallet had been pinched during the questioning...