POLITICAL NOTES: 1002nd Night

The Bok Peace Prize was awarded in Philadelphia before 3,500 citizens who assembled in the Academy of Music. John W. Davis, former Ambassador to Great Britain, made the presentation of the $50,000 check, with $50,000 more to follow if the referendum now being taken shows "sufficient popular support." Dr. Charles Herbert Levermore of Brooklyn, former President of Adelphi College, was the recipient.

Said Mr. Levermore: "It might be the tale of the 1002nd night in which Mr. Bok is playing two parts, that of observant caliph and that of benevolent magician."

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