IN a letter to the Drama Editor, published three weeks ago in an adjoining column, Arthur Robinson said: "Propaganda, as such, ceases to be propaganda when it becomes good drama." Although he has been cordially denounced for his impertinence, I think his distinction is a sound one: I have sometimes made a similar observation about folk plays.

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1936Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon, English police officer and politician^[†]

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1936Raimonds Pauls, Latvian pianist and composer^[†]

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1936Brajanath Ratha, Indian poet and activist (died 2014)^[†]

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1936Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Home Affairs (died 2016)^[†]

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Headlines from January 12, 1936

GOSSIP OF THE RIALTO; THE NEWS AND GOSSIP OF BROADWAY

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FCC INVESTIGATION BY HOUSE SOUGHT; Connery Tells Plans and Says Commission's Own Inquiry Is Whitewash Move. SEES BIG CHAINS FAVORED Labor Radio Stations and Other Small Ones Are Victimized, He Asserts. FCC INVESTIGATION BY HOUSE SOUGHT

FRENCH TO SET UP NEW LIAISON HERE; New York and Paris Offices to Collect Information for Use by Americans. FRENCH TO SET UP NEW LIAISON HERE

SEMINAR BULLETIN; Being a Discussion of the Relation of the Propaganda Play to Art

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