Music: Campaign Waltz

Washington Music Critic Paul Hume's ears went red ten years ago when he got some blue language in the mail from the White House: Harry Truman didn't like Hume's musical judgment on Daughter Margaret's singing. That might have taught any other critic that music and politics don't mix. But after all, Washington is a political town. Lately, on his radio program called Guest Conductor, Critic Hume has been airing the favorite melodies of the 1960 candidates. By last week he had all four on record:

¶JACK KENNEDY, a faithful Guest Conductor listener (whose father Joe, the family's No.11 music buff, listens to...

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