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L_ ae Pav’ Rabeson Sings’ 8 Scheduled Tunes, | Plus 6 Encores 7 to. EVANS CLINC “About 00, ening or- \derly people filedinto Weaver High School auditorium Sat- urday night to witness a much talke@ about concert by the Jewi People's Chofus, Moe Ve a Jo - ote aoe Wr. Paul Robeson, one of the greatest singers oft our time. It was mot a wery Well run eoncert. I did not get under way unti] almost 9 p. m., and Mr. Robeson himself did not ar- rive until @:36 pm. As 9 p.m. drew near, the peo- ple began to show thelr impa-t Hence by sporadic clapping. ¢ » 8 WHEN THE concert finaliy did” start, it opened with a group of; [songs by the Jewish People’s” iChorus, a ragged. amateurish en-i jsembie.. Under the direction of, jSamuel Goldman, the group sang jone or two Finging israeli pa- ‘triotic songs and gave a moving, ‘yendition. of the spiritual “Go! ‘Down, Moses”. Mr. Goldman’ ‘spoke a few introductory words: to each number, stressing the, wwocial and tribal_protes} that ran ‘through the music. . It was obvious from Mr. Geld-; man’s remarks that social as well as musical uplift was to be the. order of the evening. { Miss Foye. who received her- musical training at the Hartt. Schoot, then came On jooking yery pert and attractive in a pink dress. She sang a variety of songs, most of them filed with’ social and political significance, with a clear, light, sweet soprano: and in « delicate, intimate etyle.’ It is always something of a shock end e thrill to have Bir. Robeson appear on eny stage. His towering physical presence, that unbelievable, overpowering: voice, these ere the stuff of ma-| estic command. } * bd J | HE SANG eight scheduled, numbers and half @ dozen en-, Sli feicnonen ee “Over She i samee like “ the: wOcUEW ‘sumoig ‘sang @ ye da qy # ue do} syseyy @& soyujas UojAN @ ; C a { ‘he controversial eppearapoa-ot Paw. _ Standing Ovation Se ae a Ae OTE Snipe wore ene rere oe eae w 7 - [ ‘ son: turned into an. ordinary concert performance Saturday { as the noted Negro, baritone sang belore.an audience of 6 MME, Weaver High School! “There Were no demonstrations ar ineidents of consequence inside or’ toutside the hall. Police atood by to quell expected disturbances, but. ‘their services were néver required. More than 250 police were sta-: ‘tioned at strategic vantage points; , . 4im-the area. Scores of curiosity cert and reaped the profits from’ ~geekers converged on the scene, the $420 and $2.40 admissions. { -but they limited their activities; Robeson volunteered his services -to circling the high achool in theirjfor the concert, according to Dr ears or on. foot. John M. Marsalka, executive vice- chairman of the party in Con- Robeson was greeted by a-stand-'necticut. Other than traveling ex-; ing ovation a5 he walked. onte the penses, he recelved no fee, stage. Reporters counted only: Kebeson’s concert tare consisted three young boys seated near the of one of his typical artistic pro- back of the hall who failed te-rise grams. There were Negro spirituals and ‘applaud, =~ cs land folk songs, Israelic ang He In apparent reference to the brew songs as well as works from. barrage of criticism leveled at his classic Russian composers. Also on appearance here by the City Coun-'the program was Miss Hope Foye, €il, three memberg of the Board: Meriden-born soprana who received ef Education and numerous jocal her training at the Harit School organizations and individuals, Rob-'of Music in Hartford, and the eson prefaced his singing’ with Jewish People’s Chorus. The latter the statement: + ; jwas & composite chorus made up “T will appear. here and manyjof various loca] groups ether places around the ecountry|throughout the state. as long as I can sing.” if was « late-arriving audience, This brought another ovation. land the scheduled 8 o'clock con- The sudience was a far ery from cert did not start until after 9 the more than 3,000 that filled Robeson himself did not arrive at Bushnell Memorial when Robeson‘the hall uti] 9:20. He arrived in a gang there seven years ago, It also: motorcade that pulled up to a side failed to exceed the 600 who filed,door rather than the main en- inte the hal] last month to hear;trancey Surrounded by a group of Vincent A. Hallinan, Progressivemen who emptied out of the Party candidate for President-molorcade, Robeson hurried into when he spoke here. The seating {he hall as shouts of “No photo- eapacity at Weaver is 1,050, The Ryaphs!” “No photographs!’ went, People’s Party of Hartford. auth rom his escorts, i Coimecticut affiliate of the Pro-i che’ ly 5 gressive Party, sponsored the con-| The audience was @ well- dressed, predominantly middle. aged gathering. A few of the wo- men wore evening dresses. They came into the hall like any other concert audience, chatting freely, 2 rogram to start. Observers esti-| and by § o'clock indicated ther li K dimpatience by clapping for the | 0 1¢ce ne 4 Te eae aan cnewuarter( 1 ose Checl Party, estimated that half the Negroes. Some of the ushers, ap-! parently members of the Peopies On Crowd |] Rebeson. arrived at the nall before 4 New Audience was from out of town,| © i i “ * They recognized people from. such ain Five B Wer fo “R cities as New Britain, New Haven, : ya €a) 3 Pa, Bridgeport and Stamford, While Robeson Siu " . Slaralka, @ former mem- 5 a ber of the Yale University faculty} _ By JAMES M. OWE! a who Is employed full-time by the; A small but orderly cros é ‘People's Party, said that some,quietly into the Weave i? ‘people who bought tickets did not School auditorlum Saturdg Zz vy jattend for fear they woud be in-)under the ever-watchful eye t ‘volved in a demonstration or pos-'of the greatest mobilizat Nad isible riot. police in the city’s history. \ “This was particularly true of| Led by Police Chief Mic yb our older members," he said. “In;Godfrey, wha directed hi case of trouble they didn't want from the Ridgefield Street e to get pushed around. We are of/to Keney Park, police stati -the opinion that the people injstralegie posts around and {Hartford sre law-abiding and will|the schol, kept a handful : bee that the due process of all'osily seckers moving. :Dolitical parties will be respected.| Taking no chances, @ di | We had auch assurances before eight policemen were stati jhand frorn Hartford officials, We|the area surrounding the sc ‘talked with Mayor Cronin and/4 p.m. Temporary no-parkin Police Chief Michael J. Godfrey|were put up on Ridgefield and told them wegvant no troubleland the Westbourne Parkw : and expect no fthpuble, Spokes-\chief Leade Detall i men for some of th& organizations Shortly after 6 that opposed the corkert also told! pret Ae Dr pid e| us that there would be no troublelftsmen at fi rox station as far as their memberships were! qo cee” & fire boxes at Gre concerned”. . . Louls Burnham, seereta Street and Oakland Terrace, field and Blue Hills Avenu folk Street and Blue Hills and Ridgefield and Wesi Parkway. The firemen we tioned near the boxes solely arm ry to the singer. He reported that Robe- son same to Hartlord by train from! Yrek. Cts: ed sens on Aleaen.!