(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Soviet Minister of Education Lunatcharsky refused to attend a concert at which Golovanov, opera director who was found guilty of anti-Semitic practices, was to be the conductor.
At the last moment Golovanov was compelled to turn over the baton to another conductor.
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