TR-MO 1997 Problem 4

Let $e > 0$ be a given real number. Find the least value of $f(e)$ (in terms of $e$ only) such that the inequality $a^{3}+ b^{3}+ c^{3}+ d^{3} \leq e^{2}(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}+d^{2}) + f(e)(a^{4}+b^{4}+c^{4}+d^{4})$ holds for all real numbers $a, b, c, d$ .