An adaptation of Emmerich Kálmán's operetta of the same name, set in the heart of 1920s Hungary, where we find Countess Maritza, a wealthy and beautiful widow, who seeks to escape the relentless pursuit of fortune-seeking suitors. To deter their advances, she concocts a fictitious engagement to a Baron Kolomán Zsupán...

The program features a repeat reading of, "Defining Democracy," which had been read a week previously. The president of the Freedoms Foundation awards Colonel McCormick a medal for this commentary.