Leopold Stokowksi predicted last night that reality of orchestral and operatic performances in the States will "inevitably decline" unless they receive support from the federal government.

at the first session of a Quincy-Holmes Arts symposium on public support of the arts, Stokowki that "many fine players are now leaving American because they do not have enough yearly income to their families."

Without government assistance, he asserted, this exodus continue--uprooting men from the profession they love, away audience who will find second-rate performance boring.

However, Stokowski said he was optimistic about getting federal assistance because President Kennedy the need for the arts."

not a Republican or a Democrat. I'm just a musician very grateful that at last there is a man in Washington is thinking seriously about this need," he said.

may take years to persuade Congress. The system of support will be imperfect--everything human is-- will give a new life to the arts in this country."

While agreeing with Stokowski on the need for government aid to music and opera, author Dean Brelis '49, whose The Mission won the Critics Award said he was "very wary of any government support for a writer." the government gives money writer" he said, "they will want thing for it. . . Some congressmen him--that's for sure."

Addition, Brells pointed to the "very tradition" of struggling writers an enormous body of literature because they worked without as- from outside and could develop conscience." Struggle itself them greater artists, he contended. Singer, the director of the (Colorado) Music Festival, the idea that "anyone's freedom or is especially helped by struggling to maintain himself." He observed government support to artists in be has increased their freedom by them the opportunity to be heard. Stokowski also made this contention.

Singer and Stokowski also agreed the federal government should what Singer termed "a mixed for the arts." He suggested that all grants should be on a matching to encourage local communities the states to increase their contributes to the arts while private support arts continues.

paper presented at the beginning symposium, Sarah Caldwell, artist- of the Boston Opera Group, endorsed a pending House bill a Federal Advisory Council on .

Arts Festival panel, com- of persons primaily interested in will discuss the type of art and is government should support.

will also examine what standards used to select recipients of government aid, and whether aid should be to support traditional arts exclusive the experimental and avant garde well.