OUTWITS THREAT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 158, 22 July 1937, Page 5

OUTWITS THREAT

-Own Correspondent)

Paul Robeson Broadcast GERMANiY INTENDED TO JAM HIM

(By Air Mail-

LONDON, June 25. "No distance was- too great for me to come in the cause of Spain." Paul Robeson, famous African singer, told this to th© Daily Mirror just hefore hia Albert Hall broadcast in aid of the Spainsh Relief Committee last night. The broadcast was originally to have been made from Moscow; but Germany announced that if it took place she would jam the relay. "So I came to London to broadcasfj direct from the Albert Hall," said Mr Robeson. "With great difficulty I made a record before leaving Moscow. There was no pianist, so I liad to keep runninj; between the piano and microphone to strike the notes for myself. "This record will be broadcast from Moscow, and if there is any jamming from outside I shall continue in person from ihe Albert Hall with the broadcast.'i Songs of protest, sung by the chaio* gang prisoners, were among thoso chosen by Mr Robeson. His songs followed a broadcast of Basque songs roiayed from the Basque children's camp at Southhampton. "Some day," he said, "I hope that my son will compose the music for my songs. He shows promise of becoming a great composer." Paul Robeson junior, who is nine years old, is at school in Soviet Russia.