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Herbeld 34 Album M -G -M 28 Four 10" Records Putting Hollywood on Wax: MGM Leeds the Parade 36 Annual Vocalists Poll: If's Time te Elect Nation's Favorites 38 At the "Quack" of Dawn: Serenade to Early Risers 41 PHILIP Weather Mon Offers Beauty Hints 46 GREEN and his Orchestro departments Letters to the Editor and Cover Profile 6 STRINGOPATION Quiz Kid Melvin Miles: Joe Kelly's S -year -old Radio Scholar 7 The Dream of Olwen Questions and Answers: Reader's Quiz Corner 8 Piano solo by Arthur Sandford Silver Mike Award: to CBS' Irving Mansfield 9 M -G -M 30143 Radio's Best People Behind the Scenes: Who's Who in Broadcasting 13 Hollywood & Vine: by Rodie Harris 14 Hollywood on the Air: by Favius Friedman 16 JACK Seat on the Dial: by Saul Conon 20 FINA Memory Lane: Faces from the Radio Gallery 30 Radio Stars Have Such Interesting Faces: Candid Camera Studies and his Orchestra 30 So You Want to Get into Radio: The Roods to CANADIAN CAPERS Stardom Are Varied 31 Records of the Month: Views and Reviews, by Les Merman Piano Solo by Jack Fine 42 This Month's Disc Siesta Jockey: MRS' "Red" Norman Benson 43 Guide to Radio Listening: Monthly Program Log (From the M -G -M picture "The Kissing Bandit") 44 Vocal by Charles Martin Beauty on the Air: M..t Miss Lowe Leslie 48 M -G -M 10289 Personalities on the Nation's Stations: Picture Roundup 50 ZIGGY television Tele ELMAN -Talk: Scene and Heard Along Video Row 26 Puppets Master Television Art: Now It's "Lucky Pup" 26 and his Orchestra Cartoon Tele -tales: Art Study Class for Kids 27 BUBLITCHKI Always iI M -G -M 10277 Czt D E"ETCTISI Nv MACKLIN 'POLICY < EDWARD BOBLEY, Editor HARRY EDWARDS, Associate I MARROW c..AcLefienct of advertising Editor JEROME H. 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The campaign for President proved a number of things: Most important, it proved that some of our radio commentators who "pre- dict" ought to stop insulting our intelligence. George McCarthy, Brooklyn, New York. OREW PEARSON E-- The commentary of Fulton Lewis, Jr., throughout the recent campaign, has revealed him for what he is: a bigoted, silver- tongued, wise -guy. He doesn't be- long in American radio. B. Siddor, New York, N. Y. Poor, poor Fulton Lewis, Jr. Sarah Vaughn, Newark, N. J. For my money there are only two real news commentators on the air today. I refer to Edward Murrow Mr. and Mrs. Phil Harris in a sentimental mood. and Elmer Davis. Davis picked Dewey, but his reports were whole- some and factual. Sam Levin, FULTON LEWIS. JR. Baltimore, Md. We Love You Too Sinatra Critic LICE FAYE'S career has been a typical Cinderella To THE EDITos: I was your very To THE EDITos: In the December story, the story of a blue-eyed, baby -faced blonde, who first subscriber and every month issue of RADIO BEST, Miss Mary spent her time practicing dance steps when she should RADIO BEST is like a birthday pres- Duncan wrote saying she didn't like have been studying high school English. Alice began her ent to me. Lots of love and con- the criticism given to Phil Harris. career as a dancer with the Chester Hale girls in gratulations. If she must write those letters de- vaudeville. She was a chorine in White's Norma Jean Nilsson, fending Phil Harris must she in- George Scandals Los Angeles, Cal. clude insults to other entertainers when she met Rudy Vallee. He taught her to sing and she like saying Frank Sinatra is awful. became the band vocalist. When the Vallee outfit went What an Egoist! I think he is the best singer today to Hollywood to film the "Scandals," Alice received To THE EDITOR: It was flattering to and can out -sing any singer on the her big break-a starring role.