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THIS WEEK NEW MASSES, VOL. x=vnr, NO. 3

January 7, 1941

Guns Behind the Peace Talk An editorial 3 The Pressure Boys Work Overtime by A dam Lapin 5 A Billion Dollars in Mexico by Joseph North 7 Gropper's Cartoon 9 Call It Love by Alvah Bessie 10 Two Letters from London 13 Return by Millicent Lang 14 The Corn Belt's Heart Is Sound by Simon W. Gerson 15 The Return of a Hero by Ricardo Setaro 16 That Firebrand Chat An editorial 18 Editorial Comment . 19 Readers' Forum • . . 21

REVIEW AND COMM-ENT

Is Poetry Dead? by Jacques Roumain Fraudulent History by Harold J. Stone Folk Music by Lou Cooper • . . America's Food by Harold Ward . Mark Twain by Stephen Peabody Distinguished Issue by Marian ]. Gross

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The Season Opens by Alvah Bessie, Reviews of "My Sister

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Eileen," "Meet the People," "Cue for Passion" 28-29 The Thief of Bagdad by Daniel Todd . • . . • 29 Art work by Michaels, Mandell, Rodney.

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NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 4

January 14, 1941

The Message to Congress An editorial 3

The Britain We Want to Aid 4

Plowing Under the Consumer's Dollar by Frank 1. Wallace 6

Moscow Builds by Anna Louise Strong 8

The Students Say "Twaddle" by Milton Meltzer and Ralph Forrest . 10

P. S. on Hemingway by lsidor Schneider 12

The Vigilantes March by Wellington Roe 15

Gropper's Cartoon 16

Editorial Comment . 19

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Who Killed the Federal Theater? by Alvah Bessie 22

US Observer by lsidor Schneider 24

Anti-Semitism by 1 ames Morison 26

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

"No for an Answer" by lames Morison

"Flight to the West" by Alvah Bessie

The Drapers by A. B. M.

Movie History by Daniel Todd

Art work by Michaels, Clinton, Rodney.

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THIS WEEK NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXVIll, NO. IJ

January 21, 1941

Washington Tug-of-War by A. B. Magi[. •

Franco's Chamber of Horrors by Cesar Falcon . .

Our Democracy: Will It Endure? by Theodore Dreiser

Bolivia: Land of Tin, by Frank T. Baker . .

Gropper's Cartoon . . . . . .

To Whom It M!ay Concern by Michael Finn .

Flow Gently Sweet Aspirin by Jessamyn West McPherson

Cartoon by Michaels. . . • • • • • • .

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A British MP Writes Us A letter from William Gallacher 16

Editorial Comment 17

Readers' Forum . . 21 REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Meaning of Henry Bergson by Lewis Widener 22

Obscuring History by Francis Franklin . 23

The Liberals by lsidor Schneider . . 26

Brief Reviews . . . 26

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Sacred Formula of the Cinema by Howard P. Ryan 28

Blitzstein's Music by Lou Cooper . 29

League of Composers Concert . . . . 30

Arsenic and Old Lace by Alvah Bessie. 31

Art work by Michaels, Soriano, Rodney, Newton, Frederick.

THIS WEEK NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 6

January 28, 1941

A Travesty on 177 6 An editorial • 3

Gropper's Cartoon . • • . 4

Double-Talk in _Foreign Policy by Joseph Starobin 5

Who Are China's Traitors? by Map Tse-tung 8

Mr. Cox Finds a Friend by Adam Lapin . . . 11 Strictly Personal by Ruth McKenney ~ . . , 12

Whose Culture for Latin America? by Samue! Putnam 13

Two Men on a War Horse by Frank T. Wallace 18


Readers' Forum 23

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Dreiser's J'Accuse by Samuel Sillen .

New Yorker Stories by lsidor Schneider

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A 1\foral, a Meteor, and a Month of Dancing by Francis

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Movie Roundup by Daniel Todd . . . 30

Art work by Hugo Gellert, A. Jamison, Koppel, M:ichaels, Rodney.

THIS WEEK NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 1

February 4, 1941

Oil and Culture Don't Mix by Samuel Putnam 3 A Voice from the Nazi Blackout by B. F. • • 6 Gropper's Cartoon . . . . . • . 7 Mustering the Soldiers of Peace by Joseph North 9 Why the "Moral Embargo" Was Lifted by Adam Lapin 10 War Drums Along the Hudson by Simon W. Gerson • 11 From AMi to FM by Mark B. Clark • • . 12 Cartoon by Michaels • . . • • • • 13 Down With Hep-Hep! by Ruth McKenney 15 Editorial Comment 16 Readers' Forum 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

James Joyce by Samuel Sill en . • • • . Shallow Family Tale by Millicent Lang • . The Logic of Irrationality by l oseph Gordon Heredity and Politics by Kenneth McDermott •

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Orson Welles and Citizen Kane by Emil Pritt Lady without Light by Alvah Bessie . . • "The Cream in the Well" by Ingrid Svenson The Main Line by Daniel Todd. • . • . Record Reviews by Lou Cooper • • . • • Artwork by Caselli, Michaels, Rodney, Stevenson.

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THIS WEEK, NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXv111, NO. 8

February 11, 1941

Germany's Real Rulers by G. S. Jackson 3 We Can Win Peace by Rev. John B. Thompson 7 Gropper's Cartoon . . . . . . . . • 9 22,000,000 Housewives: Take Notice by Harrison George

and Ruth McKenney . . . . . 11 Was Metaxas Murdered? by D. Christophorides 12 Strictly Personal by Ruth McKenney . 13 On Publishing a Book by Dalton Trumbo 14 Anniversary Greetings 16 Editorial Comment 17 Readers' Forum 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

General Jackson Comes Back by Samuel Sill en The Corn Country by Sidney Alexander . • •

. The Fellowship of Laughter by Isidor Schneider Brief Reviews . . • . . . . . .

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Kaethe Kollwitz: Ar~tist as Warrior by Isabel Cooper 24 Halfway on the Boards by Alvah Bessie • 25 Bombarding the Ether by Lloyd E. Trent 26 DeMille as Historian by Daniel Todd . 28 "Little Symphony" by Lou Cooper • . 31

Artwork by Caselli, Clinton, J amis.on, Matulka, Rodney.

c 0 N T E N T s Thirtieth Anniversary Issue

Cover by Rodney Frederick

WE ARE MANY, by Joseph North

THREE DECADES, by Samuel Sillen

A Drawing by Hugo Gellert

.A Drawing by Rodney

THE AMERICAN SPIRIT, by Earl Browder

.d Drawing by Art Young

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CHAPTERS FROM THE BOOK OF TOMORROW, by Ruth McKenney 13

NAZI WINTER RELIEF, a drawing by Jamison

PEACE, a poem by Isidor Schneider

AFTER THE CLEARING, a drawing by Sylvia Wald

FROM DREAM TO NIGHTMARE, by Joseph Starobin

• • Looking Back

AN INTERVIEW WITH HIS HOLINESS. by John Reed

BAC)K'TO THE G.~LL~YS. a drawing by Robert Minor

FOG0 a poem by John Reed

0 .JOY. a drawing by Art Young

A DBCLABATION OF INTELLECTUAL INDEPEND· ENCE, by Romain Rolland

••cHECKMATE. GENTLEMAN%" a drawing by Boardman Robinson

HEAVENLY DISCOURSE. • by Charles Erskine Scott Wood

' A Drawing by William Gropper

A MESSAGE FROM mU~BNB~V. DEBS

A PORTRAIT, by Pablo Picasso

RANDOLPH BOURNE. a poem by James Oppenheim

WRITING AND WAR. by Henri Barbusse

A Drawing by George Bellows

Drawings by Glenn 0. Coleman and Arthur B. Davies

THE STRANGE FUNERAL AT BBADDOCK0

a poem by Michael Gold

DrRWings by William Gropper and H. J. Glintenkamp

ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS from William Z. Foster, R. Palme Dutt, Harry F. Ward, John A. Kingsbury, Richard Wright, and Victor A. Yakhontoff

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THOSE WHO ALWAYS PAY, a drawing by Georges Schreiber 26

TICKER TAPE AND OLD LACE, by William Blake 27

GRANITE FOR MONUMENTS, a drawing by Louis Lozowick 27

TO AN UNFOILED AMERICAN REVOLUTIONAIRE, a poem by Genevieve Taggard 28

THE PROMISE OF A PEOPLE'S THEATER, .by John Howard Lawson 29

FIFTH AVENUE SHOPPER, a drawing by A. Birnbaum 29

TOTAL WAR, a poem by Sara Bard Field

A Drawing by William Sanderson

DID YOU EVER SEE A DREAM FIGHTING? by Mike Quin

COTTON PICKERS, a drawing by James B. Turnbull

HOW AMERICA SHOULD HELP BRITAIN, by D. N. Pritt

A Drawing by A. W alkowiti

THIS IS CHURCHILL'S "DEMOCRACY," by Theodore Dreiser

WAR, a drawing by William Gropper

FOR THE HAPPY MAN, a poem by Joy Davidman

THE DERNED CRICK'S ROSE, by Meridel LeSueur

THREE MEN AND A TREE, a drawing by Joe Jones

THE CHRONICLER, a poem by Alexander F. Bergman

A Drawing by Anton Refregier

WHITE-COLLAR DILEMMA, by lsidor Schneider

TOM PAINE WAS AN ALIEN TOO, by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

A Drawing· by Clinton

FORGOTTEN IDEAS, FORGOTTEN PEOPLE, by Max Yergan

WHERE PLANES ACCUMULATE AND MEN DECA:Y, a drowing by Maurice Becker

A Drawing by Fred Ellis

LIEUTENANTS OF THE EMPIRE, by William Gallacher

SELF-PORTR:AIT, a drawing by Kaethe Kollwitz

THE CRUCIBLE OF DEMOCRACY, by A. B. Magi!

SUBWAY SHELTER, a draw·ing by Nahum Tschacbasov

A Drawing by Stevenson

LABOR'S SEARCH FOR PLENTY, by Bruce Minton and John Stuart

A Drawing by ] amison

A Drawing by Funk

EDITORIAL COMMENT

ANNIVERSARY ISSUE EDITOR, Bruce Minton

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THlS WEEK NEW MASSES, VOL.. XXXVIII, NO. 10 .

February 25, 1941

The Great Tradition by Earl Browder 5 A Verdict of Fear An editorial . 7 The CIO's Next Steps by Adam Lapin 8 The Jingoes Capture the Senate An editorial 11 From Gropper's Exhibition 12 The Young Go First-for Peace by Milton Meltzer . 13 Simon Legree Comes North by James Morison 15 Law in the Dust Bowl by Ruth McKenney 17 Editorial Comment . . 18

R E V I·E W A N D C 0 M M E N T

Portrait of a Society by Samuel Putnam Southern Editor by Herbert Aptheker Sociological Curio by James Morison . Grace Without Depth by Janet Wood

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The Art of Max Weber by Isabel Cooper Play Without Light by Alvah Bessie . Stock Farce by Ingrid Svenson . "Ain't It the Truth" by Joseph Foster The Cleveland Symphony by Lou Cooper Artwork by Heliker, A. Jamison, Rodney.

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THIS WEEK NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXVIIL NO. 11

March 4, 1941

Gropper's Cartoon 3

Crisis in the ~alkans by P. Goranov and M. Pravditch 4

Murder in the Mines by Ed Falkowski. 7

The Annunciation by Dorothy Gies. 9

What Makes a Radical by Corliss Lamont 11

To the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade A poem by Genevieve Taggard . • . 12

Debs, Bourne, and Reed by Harry F. Ward 13 ·

Creating a War Psychosis by Adam Lapin 14

Mike Gold by Ruth McKenney 15

Readers' Forum . 16


RJ!Vli!W AND COMMENT

Out of the Sewer by lsidor SchneUler . 22

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Bill Gropper's Show by Isabel Cooper . 25

Marxist Mania by Joy David man . 27

Cavorting Teachers by Joseph Foster 28

Empire via Radio by Lloyd E. Trent 30

New' Recordings by Lou Cooper . 31

Artwork by Caselli, Clinton, Herman, Rodney, Sternberg, Sylvia W ald.

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March 11, 1941 Washington Gold Rush by Barbara Giles . Downing Street Myths by R. Palme Dutt From a Country Postoffice by Herbert Ashcroft

Child with a Question by Sid Rosen

The Horses A poem by Millen Brand Gropper's Cartoon When Jackson Was President by A. B. Magi[

Gallantry A poem by lsidor Schneider . The Chicago Formula by T. P. Wickard . Editorial Comment Readers' Forum

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Writer as Cynic by Samuel Putnam . Underground Railroad by Elizabeth Lawson .

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"The Talley Method" by Alvah Bessie

"A Letter to the World" by Frances Steuben Blunted Edge by Joy David man .

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THIS WEEK VOL. XXXVIII, No. U

March 18, 1941

Inside China by d nna Louise Strong . 3 Gropper's Cartoon . . . • • • . 11 Sixty Years a Fighter by Joseph North 12 What's Happening in Steel by David Lurie 14 A Man's a Man for A' That Music by Earl Robinson. 16 Scottish Rebel by Samuel Sillen • • 17 APM Spells Peace by Daniel Todd • 18 Editorial Comment . . 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

New Theaters for Old by Jo.hn Howard Lawson

Bacon's Rebellion by Herbert dptheker

Brief Review .

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

University of Life by Alvah Bessie • •

Humdrum Cinema by Joy Davidman .

FCC Aids Hearst by Lloyd E. Trent . •. Art work by Gellert, Jamison, Michaels, Rodney.

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THIS WEEK NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXIX, No. 1

March 25, 1941

Washington War Deals by Barbara Giles 3

If St. Patrick Drove a Bus by ] oseph North . 7

Tribute to J. B. by Sasha Small . 8

Gropper's Cartoon 9

FDR's Next Steps by Adam Lapin . 10

Battleground in Brazil by Frank T. Baker 12

It Died with Lincoln by A. B. M agil . 15

Why Earl Browder Should Be Free A Symposium . 17

Communists in the Trade Unions An editorial article . 19

Editorial Comment: The. Spring Offensive Starts 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Sherwood Anderson by Samuel Sillen .

Pacific Shore A poem by Joy David man

Two Babbitts by 111/illicent Lang

Brief Reviews

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Pepe le Moko by 1 oy David man .

Oboler Obliges by Lloyd E. Trent .

Art work by A. Blashko, Mallory, Rodney, Stevenson.

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Apri/1, 1941 . Imperialism on Wings by 1 ulian Webb Remember Them by Ruth McKenney Washington's Plans for Labor by Adam Lapin Cartoon by Gropper . . . . . . Outlaws in Congress by Paul G. McManus Dark: Is "The Day" by Nathaniel Buchwald Jim Crow in Khaki by James Morison • Hitlerizing America's Schools An editorial Editorial Comment Readers' Forum

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Two Views of China by lsidor Schneider Spiritualism by Corliss Lamont . . . . Dissident Nazis by Theodore Draper . .

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Anna Sokolow's Recital by Francis Steuben and Cooper . . • .

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April 8, 1941

Why Labor Said "No!" An editorial . 3 In the Kingdom of Coal and Steel by Ed Falkowski 4 Is Britain's Government Democratic? by G. S. Jackson 8 Gropper's Cartoon 9 Why Sumner Welles Said It by Adam Lapin 12 Hero in Stripes by Frank Spector . 14 The People Mean Peace An editorial 16 Home Is a Million Streets by Meridel Le Sueur 18 The People Storm Olympia by Hugh De Lacy 19 Editorial Comment 20 Readers' Forum 22

REVIEW AND COMMENT

An Ambassador's Diary by Theodore Draper

Brief Reviews .

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Bigger Thomas on the Boards by Samuel Sillen Rover Boys on Wings by Joy David man

Gifted Newcomer by Lou Cooper

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April IS, 1941

Henry Ford's Empire Totters by Joseph North 3

·Where Is the Balkan War Going? by Joseph Starobin 5

What's Happening in France by Rene Labastide 7

Why I Defend Harry Bridges by Dalto.n Trumbo 10

Cartoon by Gropper . 11

The Coming Triumph by A. B. Magi! 14 Editorial Comment 18

Readers' Forum 22

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Voice of His People by Herbert A ptheker

Lessons to Remember by John Stuart

Comstock Chronicle by Millicent Lang

Brief Reviews .

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

"Watch on the Rhine" by Alvah Bessie

Tortures of Escapism by Job Smith

New Records by Lou Cooper .

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April 22, 1941

The Soviet-Japanese Pact by Joseph Starobin 3

How They Won at River Rouge by 1 oseph North . 5

Gropper's Cartoon . . • . . . 7

What Price Priorities? by Barbara Giles . 11

Negroes in Wartime by Herbert Aptheker 13

We Speak for India by Jawaharlal Nehru 18

In "Unity" There Is MacLeish by Ruth McKenney . 19


Readers' Forum 22

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Crime of Thinking by Harry F. Ward .

In Defense of Culture .

Fourth Writers' Congress by Samuel Sillen

.Wish and Fact by Joseph Starobin .

Brief Review .

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Soviet LOve Story by Joy David man . . 28 "The Night Before Christmas" by Al'()(Jh Bessie • 29

Artwork by Aime, Clinton, Michaels, Rodney, Wald.


April 29, 1941

What Are They Doing to America? An Editorial . 3 Capitalism Confesses by Bruce Minton . • • . 4 Spring Sky: London 1941 by Randall Swingler . • 9 What Price Mr. Henderson? by Adam Lapin . 11 "Like Sons of Undying Spain" .•• by Alvah Bessie 13 Gropper's Cartoon • . . . . . . . . . • 15 Flight by Robert Ramsey • • • . . . 16 The Consistency of Mr. Howard by Ruth McKenney • 18 Editorial Comment . . 19

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Sammy Glick and Johnny Dobrejcak by Samuel Sillen . 22 Fa.r East by Leonard Wood • • • 23 Dish of Despair by Barbara Giles . . 24 Angell Rushes In by Joseph Starobin • 24 Robert Dale Owen by Stephen Peabody 25 Brief Reviews .

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Marc Blitzstein's Album by Lou Cooper

Children's Theater by F. llyin • • • •

Tryout Production by Alvah Bessie. • •

"Lady from Cheyenne" by Joseph Foster

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May 6, 1941

Where the War Stands .d n editorial

America's Peace Movement by Joseph Starobin .

In FDR's Mailbag by Adam Lapin • • • .

Teachers in Handcuffs by Morris U. Schappes

Franco Walks the Tightrope by Cesar Falcon •

Karl Marx at Home by Paul Lafargue . • •

May First: The Sun of Tomorrow by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn . • •

Gropper's Cartoon

Editorial Comment

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The Merchants of Alibis by Samuel Sillen

Hope in a Fog by Bruce Minton • • • •

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Out of His Own Little Head by Alvah Bessie

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May 13, 1941

How Strong Is the Red Army? 4 The Poor Get Poorer by J. R. Wilson 7 Gropper's Cartoon 9 Decision by Wilma Shore . 10 Where Are Those Jobs? by A dam Lapin 13 No Market for Atrocity Stories by Ruth McKenney 15 Washington Helps the Berlin-Helsinki Axis by Walter

Broad • 16 Time to Take Stock An editorial article 18 Editorial Comment 20 Readers' Forum . 22

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Portrait of a Clan by William Blake

Too Many Hamlets by Lydia Gibson

Picture-Book History by Herbert A ptheker

Brief Review . SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Citizen Kane by 1 oy David man .

Music of Russia by Lou Cooper

Censoring the Ether by Lloyd E. Trent

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THIS WEEK Nl!.."W MA><SE.'l, VOL. XXXIX, No. 9

May 20, 1941

There Is Still Time An editorial .

The Convoy Conspiracy by } oseph Starobin

Gropper's Cartoon

Ballad of October 16 by The Almanacs

Conscripting the News by } ulian Webb

How France Was Sold by Rene Labastide

Defeat in the Forest by Robert Ramsey

Editorial Comment

Readers' Forum

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Spanking of A. l\.IacLeish by Samuel Putnam and

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Pathetic Prelude by Barbara Giles 26

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End of a Season by Alvah Bessie

Three Films by loy Davidman

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THIS WEEK NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXIX. No. 10

May 27,1941

Why Washington Has the Jitters by Bruce Minton 3

What Rudolph Hess Was After by Oscar Manriheimer 6

Cartoon by Michaels 9

Sermons of Sacrifice by Samuel Sillen 10

So You Think: You're Insured by Norman Garth 12


Kathie's Blue Heaven by Ruth liJcKenney 15

A Letter to Atlanta An editorial 16


REVIEW AND COMMENT

Two Hearts That Beat as One by Samuel Putnam 21

Turkey Trot by Joseph Starobin 23

Brief Reviews . 24

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Volga-Volga by Joy Davidman

Puppy Love by Alvah Bessie .

Book: Design by Elizabeth Rodney

Hirsch's Paintings by Martin Harris

The Almanac Singers by Henry Davis

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June 3, 1941

Gambling with America An editorial 3

Harold Laski: The King's Socialist by A. B. Magi! 4

Gropper's Cartoon 7

\Vhat Every Strap-Hanger Should Know by Ernest Moorer 8

Lindbergh Hides His Medal by Barbara Giles • 9

British Poetry in Two Wars by Edgell Rickward . 12

Geography for Moderns by Harlan Crippen 13

Visitation of the Magi by A lex Sandor 16


Readers' _Forum 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Our Cultural Stakes by 'Samuel Sillen

War Survey by David McKelvy White

Northern Merchants by Herbert Aptheker

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

St. George Pets the Dragon by 1 oy David man

Progressive Theater by Joseph Foster •

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THIS WEEK NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXIX, NQ. XII

June 10, 1941

FDR Creates an Emergency An editorial article

What Price Vitamin B? by Eva Lapin •.•

Harold Laski Bends the Knee by A. B. M a gil

Poet of the Poor by Joy David man .

It's a Natural by Ernest Moorer.

Gropper's Cartoon . . . .

Down with Ash Trays by Ruth McKenney

The Democratic Idea An editorial

Editorial Comment .

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Red Herrings and Stuffed Shirts by Isidor Schneider .

Subtle Balance by Samuel Sillen .

Brief Review .

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Meeting a Challenge by Lynd Ward

Neptune's Pets by loy Davidman

"Zero Hour" by Alvah Bessie •

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THIS WEEK NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXIX, NO. 13

June 17, 1941

Bayoneting Labor An editorial 3

Britain After Twenty Months by R. Palme Dutt 4

Not My People's War by Richard Wright . 8

How OPM Creates Shortages by Adam Lapin 13

Canada's Dorise Nielsen by Herbert Biberman 15

Mr. Hull Makes a Wish by Corliss Lamont 18



REVIEW AND COMMENT

Apologia for Wilson by Theodore Draper

Alaskan Idyll by Ben Wilkes .

History on Its Head by Arthur Fowler

Brief Review .

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Shining Screwballs by loy Davidman

Season's Resume by Lou Cooper .

"Any Day Now" by Joseph Foster .

Artwork by Blashko, Clinton, Michaels, Siegel.

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THIS WEEK NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXIX, No. H

June 24, 1941

What Next for Labor? An editorial

Freedom of the Press in Britain A symposium

The Intellectual under Fire by Samuel Sillen

They Are Still Fighting by Alvah Bessie

The AEF Lands in California by ] ack Young

Gropper's Cartoon

Ralph Graves: Alabama Hero by Blaine Owen

Trona in the Desert by Beth McHenry

Editorial Comment

Readers' Forum

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Tragedy of India by Bradley Rogers

Brief Review .

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Monopoly Takes a Screen Test by loy Davidman

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THIS WEEK NEW MASSES, VOL. XL, No. 1

July 1, 1941

I. How It Happened 3

II. Angles for Americans 8

III. The Red Army: Manpower and Morale 11 IV. Background of Soviet Foreign Policy . 15


On a Quiet Sunday by Ruth McKenney 20

Whipping Labor in Congress by Adam Lapin 21

Spoken for Many Mouths A poem by Troy Garrison 22

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Sharpen Up the Arrows by Samuel Sill en

Neighborhood Scene by Millicent Lang •

Scholarship and Insight by Arthur Fowler

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

The Artist as Fighter by Lynd Ward

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Artwork: by Blashko, Frederick:, Gellert, Michaels, Gardner Rea.

THIS WEEK NEW MASSES. VOL. XL. No. 2

July 8, 1941

Why This Is Our War An editorial 3 Representative Sabath on Aid to the USSR 6 Britain and the Soviet Union by R. Palme Dutt 7 The Week in London by Claude Cockburn 8 The Front: A Military Analysis by Colonel T. 9 Truth about Soviet Transport by William Abbott 11 The Appeasers Try Again by Adam Lapin 13 Learn from This Teacher by Bruce Minton 14 Monograph 26 by Barbara Giles 16 Gropper's Cartoon 17 Meet the Social ~ orkers by Thomas L. Rogers 19 Editorial Comment . 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Books on the Soviet Union by Samuel Sill en

The Transport Workers by Elise Moorer

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Frank Capra's Characters by Herbert Biberman

The Face of C~ina by Joy David man

Acting as Fine Art by Alvah Bessie

Artwork by Frederick, Jamison, MacDuff, Michaels.

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THIS WEEK NEW MASSES, VOL. XL, NO. 3

July 15, 1941 How the War Is Going by Claude Cockburn and Ilya

Ehrenbourg . 3

Why This Is Our War: II An editorial . 5

Two Weeks of the Greatest Battle in History by Colonel T. . 8

How Supplies Can Get There by A dam Lapin 10

Shoes, Shoes, Shoes by Ruth McKenney 11

Why We Must Aid the Soviet Union by Corliss Lamont 12

Indecision in the Far East by Woo Yeung-hoi 14


He Must Be Freed An Editorial. . . 18


REVIEW AND COMMENT

Mr. Shirer's Secret Diary by Samuel Sillen 22

Bucks County People by Barbara Giles . 23

Mist and Mysticism by Charles Humboldt 25

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Soviet Frontiers by 1 oy David man . • • 27

Behind the Barbed Wire by Alvah Bessie . 28

Master of the Blues by Martin Mack . 30

Artwork by Blashko, Chen I-wan, Frederick, Kravchenko, Michaels.


July 22, 1941

The Anglo-Soviet Pact An editorial . 3

What British Labor Wants by Claude Cockburn 4

Four Million Muscovites Missed It by Eugene Petrov 4

Battle for the Frontiers by Colonel T 6

Your Questions on the War 8

Gropper's Cartoon 9

Yahoo, Mr. Luce! by Ruth McKenney 11

Who Said No Unemployment? by Bruce Minton 12

Cartoon by Michaels 13

The Unions Won That Round by Adam Lapin 15

A Study in Opposites: The USSR and the Fascist Countries 16

Editorial Comment . . 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

You Can't Keep a Good Man Down by James Dugan 22

Engels' Masterpiece by George Thomson 22

Small-Town Saga by Samuel Sill en • • 24

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

The Shadows Find a Voice

Three Movies by Joy David man

Artwork: by Aime, Jamison, Joe Jones, Michaels.

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July 29, 1941

America Dare Not Wait An editorial . 3

Cables from the Front by Claude Cockburn and llya Ehrenbourg • • • • • • • • • 4

The Myth of the Race by Franz Boas • 6

The Battle for the Capitals by. Colonel T. 7

Watch France by Paul S. . . . . . 9

Governor Talmadge Rides Again by Ernest Moorer 11

Gropper's Cartoon • • • . • . • . . . 13

Address to the Court by Morris U. Schappes 15

What I Think About the War A symposium 16

Intrigue in Argentina by Fronk T. Baker 18

Editorial Comment

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Why They Jailed Nexo by Samuel Sillen

Picture and Prose by Barbara Giles

Brief Review . .

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Hitler Calls It Art by Louis Lozowick

"Mamlock" Revival by Alvah Bessie •

Student Revue by Joseph Foster . .

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August 5, 1941

Two Fronts .A cable from Claude Cockburn and a letter from inside Hitler's Third Reich • 3

Earl Browder, People's Teacher by .A. B. Magi/. 6

Gropper's Cartoon • • . • . . • . . 9

The Mikado on the Spot by Joseph Starobin • 10

It Will Cost More if You Wait by Paula Cox 11

The Issues at Stake .An editorial . • • 13

The "Porcupine" Pocket by Colonel T. • • 15

If Tomorrow Brings War .A song • 16

The USSR's Air Raid Defenses by Lucien Zacharoff 18

Editorial Commei?t • • . . . 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Recent Negro Fiction by Ralph Ellison • .

Writers and the War .A statement by the .American Writers • • . • .

Fable and Paradox by Millicent Lang .

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August 12, 1941

Dollar-a-Year Bottlenecks by Julian Webb 3 Inside the British Labor Party A Cable from Claude

Cockburn 6 A Cable from Sholokhov 6 Dear Editor by Norman O'Hara 8 Shark and Whale A Poem by Samuel Marshak, trans-

lated from the Russian by lsidor Schneider • • 8 How Britain Can Invade the Continent by Colonel T. . 11 Button, Button by Ruth McKenney. 13 Gropper's Cartoon . . . . . . 14 Soviet Economic Power . . . . . 15 How I Feel About the War A Symposium: Ralph Barton

Perry, Samuel Ornitz, Max Weber, Emil Lengyel, Walter Pach, and Henry Epstein . 19

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REVIEW AND COMMENT

Epic of the Don by Samuel Sillen • . Whose Truths? by Herbert A ptheker . • The Betrayal of France by Charles Humboldt . Brief Review . • • . . . • . .

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THIS WEEK NEW MASSES, VOLUME XL. NO. 8

August 19, 1941

What London's Quislings Whisper by Claude Cockburn 3

The Soviet Press by Arnold Rothstein . 4

White Papers and Red by Joseph Starobin 8

Nazi Military Fables by Colonel T . • . 12

Gestapo on the Potomac by Paul Roberts 14

Oklahoma Ordeal by Elizabeth Green 16



REVIEW AND COMMENT

Sholokhov's Characters by Samuel Sillen .

Understating the Problem by Grace Hutchins

Minor Moralities by Millicent Lang • • • •

The Uninquiring Reporter by Charles Humboldt

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August 26, 1941

What Hitler Fears Most by llya Ehrenbourg and Claude Cockburn . . . • . . . • . • . 3

War Aim Number One: Victory An editorial 5

The OPM's Blunders by Adam Lapin. 6

The Soviet Family by Beatrice King . 8

How Strong Is Japan? by Colonel T. . 12

Hell-Hole in Martinique by Martin Ruppel . 14

Cartoon by Michaels . . . . • • . • . 15

London Tube Station A poem by Nancy· Head . 16

Salud, Pasionaria! by Ruth McKenney 17



REVIEW AND COMMENT

James Connolly: A Reminiscence by Peter Farben . 22

Art in Wartime by Charles Humboldt 23

Brief Reviews . . 24

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Machines Before the Footlights by John Howard Lawson 26

Pudovkin's "1905" by Alvah Bessie • . . . • . . 31

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September 2, 1941

How Not to Build Army Morale by Adam Lapin. 3

Inside Britain's War Factories by Claude Cockburn 5

The Grain the Nazis Wanted !by I. Y. Yakushkin • 5

The Meaning of Iran An editorial article • • •· • 7

Turning Point for the World by R. Palme Dutt 8

Gropper's Cartoon • • • • • • • • • 9

The Auto Workers Meet by Bruce Minton • 16

The Power o£ Soviet Guerrillas by Colonel T. • • 19

City of the Blues A poem by Genevieve Taggard • • • 20

Editorial Comment • • • • • • • • • 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Neurotic Gasps and Hearty Cheers by Samuel Sillen

An Engineer on Chile by Samuel Putnam •

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"The Little Foxes" by Alvah Bessie • . •

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September 9, 1941 The Morale of the Allied Troops :by Claude Cockburn

and Marietta Shaginyan • 3 Petain's Plunderbund by Conrad Vanves . 6 Gropper's Cartoon 7 The Soviet Lawyer by Dudley Collard . 9 Letters for a Soldier by Ruth McKenney . 13 Inland American by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn . 14 Winter Warfare: ~acts and Myths by Col. T. . 16 The Teachers Meet by Jane Michaels . 18 Editorial Comment . . 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Business Before Safety by Bruce Minton . Pavlov's Testimony by David Cosgrove . Doubtful Conclusions by Charles Humboldt

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Jamming the Jam by Elliott Grennard. Tribute to Josh White by Ben Wilkes . Old Stuff by Alvah Bessie

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September 16, 1941 The Greer Challenge An editorial . 3

Inside the British Labor Congress by Claude Cockburn 5

The New Defense Setup by Adam Lapin . 8

Gropper's Cartoon . . . . . 9

A Letter About Sam Darcy by Mike Quin . 11

The Soviet School by AndretV' Rothstein . 12

It's Not Funny by Eva Lapin . 16

The Basis of Soviet Military Leadership by Colonel T 18

Editorial Comment .

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Rabindranath Tagore by Robert Dignan •

Rapping Coudert by Samuel Sillen

Objective Study by Lionel Ferris .

China's.Struggle by John Vinton .

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Blues Piano by Martin Mack . . . • . 30

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September 23, 1941

Who Gets Hitler's Loot? by G. 8. Jackson • 3 Gropper's Cartoon • • • . • • . . • • . . . 4

Wheeler's Four-Star Show: Anti-Semitism by Adam Lapin 7

Cables from Two Fronts by Claude Cockburn and l/ya Ehrenbourg • • • . . • . • . 9

Cartoon by Hugo Gellert . . • . . • 11

This Is Gabriel Peri by Theodore Draper . 12

Poet and Hero by Ruth McKenney . 15

Siege of the Cities by Colonel T. . 16

Editorial Comment . . . . . . 18

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Distorting the Negro's History by Herbert Aptheker . 21

Anti-Fascist Testament by Alvah Bessie 24

Brief Reviews . .

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Contents: September 30, 1941 v40n14 New Masses Not Tomorrow---Today by The Editors, pp. 2-3 Before It's Too Late [An Editorial], p. 4 "America First" Exposed by John L. Spivak, pp. 5-15 Gropper's Cartoon, p. 16 As Britons See America by Claude Cockburn, p. 17 Stalin As Military Strategist by "Colonel T.", pp. 18-19 There Is No Place Like Home by Barbara Giles, pp. 20-21 Editorial Comment, p. 22 Review and Comment: [+] Rauschning's "Apologia" (2 Reviews) by Theodore Draper, pp. 23-24 The Conservative Revolution, by Hermann Rauschning [+] Wandering Workers (Review) by Christina Stead, pp. 25-26 The Battlers, by Kylie Tennant Farce and Violence by Alvah Bessie, p. 27 [+] Military Epic (Review) by Barbara Giles, pp. 27-28 General Suvorov (1941 Film), by Mikhail Doller and Vsevolod Pudovkin Red Army Songs by Michael T. Ames, pp. 29-30 "Men of Destiny" by Lloyd E. Trent, pp. 31-32 Artwork by: William Gropper, Sylvia Wald

New Masses Contents October 7, 1941 v41n01 What Is "America First" Afraid Of? by John L. Spivak pp. 3-13 How You Pay for Pro-Nazi Propaganda by John L. Spivak, pp. 14-15 Cartoon by Gropper, p. 16 British Production Steps Up by Claude Cockburn, p. 17 Artillery: The Goddess of Warfare by "Colonel T.", p. 18 Shostakovitch from Leningrad by Dimitri Shostakovitch, p. 19 How Long Shall He Wait? by Joseph North, p. 20 Arming the Ships, p. 20 More and Faster, p. 21 An editorial Editorial Comment, p. 22 Review and Comment: [+] Fighting Words (Review) by Samuel Sillen, pp. 23-25 The Democratic Spirit, by Bernard Smith [+] Tobacco Tale (Review) by Myra Page, p. 26 First, the Fields, by Charles Wood [+] The Nazi "New Order" (2 Reviews) by Theodore Draper, pp. 26-28 The Spoil of Europe, by Thomas Reveille Communique from Brooklyn by James Dugan, p. 29 "The Distant City" by Alvah Bessie, p. 30 "Freedom's People" by Lloyd E. Trent, pp. 30-32 Artwork by Michaels, Hughes.

New Masses Contents October 14, 1941 v41n02 Secrets of America First's Propaganda by John L. Spivak, pp. 3-5 E.V.S.'s Story, pp. 6-10 It's Up To You by The Editors, p. 11 The Hundred Days --- by Ilya Ehrenbourg, p. 12 --- by Claude Cockburn, p. 13 Cartoon by Gropper, p. 14 Farming for DefenseBarbara by Giles, pp. 15-16 "Juden Verboten" by Ruth McKenney, p. 17 Spring by Ben Field, p. 18 A short story Letter from a Defender by E.G. Burrows, p. 19 Editorical Comment, p. 20 An Issue Without Substance, p. 21 Review and Comment: Ilya Ehrenbourg's Art by Samuel Putnam, p. 22 Except from Unamuno by Ilya Ehrenbourg, p. 23 [+] "Liberal" Interpretation (Review) by Joseph Starobin, pp. 24-25 Europe in Retreat, by Vera Micheles Dean [+] Brief Reviews (5 Reviews) , p. 26 Marriage Is a Private Affair, by Judith Sage Kelly [+] Studies in Pathos (2 Reviews) by Joy Davidman, p. 27 Honky Tonk (1941 Film), by Jack Conway Farce and No Fun by Alvah Bessie, p. 27 O'Neill Revival by A.B.M., p. 28 Mozart's Works by Michael Ames, pp. 29-32 Artwork by Blashko, Rodney.

New Masses Contents October 21, 1941 v41n03 We Dare Not Wait, pp. 2-3 An Editorial Too Quiet On the Western Front by Claude Cockburn, p. 4 Little Business With Big Worries by Frank J. Wallace, pp. 5-7 The Czechs Hit Back by Karel Trapp, p. 8 The All-Slav Congress by Vit Nezmany, p. 9 Can Heart Disease Be Controlled? by Dr. Paul Statler, pp. 10-13 The Strategy of Soviet Foreign Policy by Kenneth E. Davis, p. 14 Some Points of Difference by The Editors, p. 15 Cartoon by Gropper, pp. 16-18 America First, p. 19 The Enemey Within Editorial Comment, pp. 20-21 Review and Comment: [+] Traitors' Gallery (Review) by Samuel Sillen, p. 22 Secret History of the American Revolution, by Carl Van Doren [+] Dramatic Reportage (Review) by Charles Humboldt, p. 23 Men of Europe, by Andre Simone [+] Total Psychology (Review) by Herman T. Koch, p. 24 German Psychological Warfare, by Ladislas Farago [+] Forced Motion (Review) by Nancy Cardozo, p. 25 Men Working, by John Faulkner [+] Brief Reviews (8 Reviews) , pp. 26-27 Freedom of the Press Today, by Harold L. Ickes Movie Reviews: (2 Reviews) by Joy Davidman, p. 28 [+] "The Maltese Falcon" (1941 Film), by John Huston [+] "It Started with Eve" Theatre: Custom Built by Alvah Bessie, pp. 28-29 Jazz Improvisations by Elliott Grennard, pp. 30-32 Artwork by Michaels, Rodney.

New Masses Contents October 28, 1941 v41n04 Production for Invasion by Claude Cockburn, p. 4 Leningrad Calling by Dimitri Shostakovich, p. 5 Be Tough With Tojo by Joseph Starobin, p. 6 We Can Beat Inflation by Robert O. Winters, pp. 7-10 Latin America Faces the Axis by Frank T. Baker, pp. 11-12 The AFL Calls for Speed, p. 13 An editorial Kathe Kollwitz lithographs, p. 14 Alex ShenkoRuth McKenney, p. 15 Cartoon by Gropper, pp. 16-17 The Battle for Moscow" by Colonel T.", pp. 18-19 Editorial Comment, pp. 20-21 Readers Forum, p. 22 Review and Comment: Soviet Scholarship and Tolstoy by Ernest J. Simmons, pp. 23-25 [+] Yeats' Life (Review) by Isidor Schneider, pp. 26-27 The Poetry of W. B. Yeats, by Louis MacNeice Some Thoughts on Repertory by Alvah Bessie, p. 28 [+] Recent Movies (2 Reviews) by Joy Davidman, pp. 28-29 Musical Story (1940 Film), by Aleksandr Ivanovsky and Gerbert Rappaport New Recordings by Michael Ames, pp. 30-32 Artwork by Alberto Nicasio, Michaels.

New Masses Contents November 4, 1941 v41n05 Investigate "America First" by John L. Spivak, p. 3 The Production Offensive by Joseph North, pp. 4-6 Cartoon by Gropper, p. 7 Along the Road to Unity by Bruce Minton, pp. 8-9 Sizing Up O'Dwyer by Barbara Giles, pp. 10-11 The Soviets Foresaw It by Joseph Starobin, pp. 12-14 Eastern Front: Four Months by "Colonel T.", pp. 15-16 Women in Britain's War Industry by Claude Cockburn, pp. 17-18 Mister Toussan by Ralph Ellison, pp. 19-20 A short story Editorial Comment, pp. 21-22 Review and Comment: Odds and Ends by Samuel Sillen, p. 23 [+] Fragmentary Notation (Review) Millicent Lang, p. 24 Between the Acts, by Virginia Woolf [+] Brief Reviews (3 Reviews) , p. 25 The Monroe Doctrine and the Growth of Western Hemisperic Solidarity, by Richard K. Show... Gropper Versus the Axis by James Dugan, p. 26 [+] Reynolds on Russia (Review) Joseph Foster, p. 26 One Day in the Soviet Russia (1940 Film), by Quentin Reynolds [+] Other Movies (3 Reviews) by Joy Davidman, p. 27 Dumbo (1941 Film), by Ben Sharpsteen Anderson's New Play by Alvah Bessie, pp. 28-32 Artwork by B. Frederick, Rodney, Michaels, (Gropper miniature on p 26).

New Masses Contents November 11, 1941 v41n06 Between Ourselves, p. 2 What Americans Are Learning by Corliss Lamont, pp. 3-4 What Russia Has Meant to Britain by Claude Cockburn, p. 5 Beloved Volga by Alexei Tolstoy, pp. 6-7 Two Democracies: Soviet and American by Harry F. Ward, pp. 8-10 The Truth Does Come by Joseph North, p. 11 They Freed Old Russia's Nations by A.B. Magil, pp. 12-14 Cartoon by Gropper, p. 15 These Figures Tell the Story, p. 16 Without Further Delay, p. 17 An Editorial A Catholic Looks at Moscow by Jose Bergamin, p. 18 These Men Say, pp. 19-20 Editorial Comment, p. 21 Review and Comment: USA---USSR: Our Common Heritage by Samuel Sillen, pp. 22-24 [+] American Revolutionist (Review)by Herbert Aptheker, p. 25 Anthony Wayne: Trouble Shooter of the American Revolution, by Harry Emerson Wildes [+] Scorched Valley (2 Reviews) by Joy Davidman, p. 26 How Green Was My Valley (1941 Film), by John Ford Three Jazz Pianists by Martin Mack, pp. 27-28 Ballet, Old and New by Francis Steuben, p. 29 "Of V We Sing" by Joseph Foster, pp. 30-32

THIS WEEK NEW MASSES, VOLUME XLI, NO. 7

November 18, 1941

Copperheads and Bottlenecks by Bruce Minton . 3 British Cabinet Changes? by Claude Cockburn 5 Helsinki Blackmail by A. B. Magi!. • 6 Gropper's Cartoon 7 Who Is Holding Up Price Control? by Julian Webb . 9 Negroes in Defense Industry by Bert Talcott 10 Herr Lindbergh's Kampf by Joseph Starobin . 12 Cavalry to the Front by Col. T. . 14 "The Quiet Man from Kansas" . 16 Turning the Tide An editorial 18 Editorial Comment . . 20 Readers' Forum . 22

REVIEW AND COMMENT

"Bread and a Stone" by Samuel Sillen . Washington in the Civil War by William Blake Cornish Miners by Myra Page . Brief Review .

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Horror with Subtlety by Joy David man Two Plays . . . The Latest Music by Michael T. Ames Progressive's Almanac . . . . .

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November 25, 1941

The Battle of the Labor-Baiters by Bruce Minton . 3

How To Read the News from Britain by Claude Cockburn 5

Philadelphia Story by Samuel Putnam . . . . . . . 6

A Lawyer Looks at the Browder Case by R. D. Prescott 8

Gropper's Cartoon . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Mr. Ingersoll Returns from Russia by A. B. Magi! . 12

Campaign in the Caucasus by Col. T. . 14

Together We Can Do It A symposium 16

Unity-The Goal An Editorial 19

Editorial Comment . . . . . 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

12 Million Black Voices by Samuel Sillen

Medicine's Odyssey by David Cosgrove .

Personal Wilderness by Alfred Goldsmith

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Perfect Landing by loy Davidman

Macbeth Again by Alvah Bessie .

The Folk Sing by 'Michael Ames

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December 2, 1941

Britain's Libyan Offensive by Claude Cockburn . 3 Our Responsibility by Joseph Starobin . . . . 4 Desert Warfare by Colonel T. • . . . • • 5 The Meaning of the CIO Convention by .1.. B. Magi/ 7 The Dollars That Help Hitler by Bruce Minton 10 Gropper's Cartoon . . . . . . . • 11 Russia's Factory Front by Feodor Gladkov • 14 Sholokhov Talks to the Prisoners • • . • 15 Meet Councilman Cacchione by Alvah Bessie 16 Revolt in Yugoslavia by lovo Dvijak • . 18 Wilson, .Unincorporated by Elise Moorer . 19 Editorial Comment . . . . . . . 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Great Migration by Ralph Ellison .

Crime Study by Ella Winter • • • • •

Continental Congress by Herbert .1.ptheker

Science Anthology by lames Knight

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"Forgotten Village" by Joy David man .

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Washington's Holdup Men by Bruce Minton 3 Gropper's Cartoon , . . . . . . • . 5 Japan's Diplomatic Jiu-Jitsu by Joseph Starobin 6 How It Happened at Rostov by Colonel T. . . 8 Britain's New Army Methods by Claude Cockburn 10 "Bread and a Stone" by Ruth McKenney • • • 12 Machine-Tailored Houses by Milton D. Ellis . 13 The Latin American Negro by Samuel Putnam . 15 Editorial Comment 19 Readers Forum 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

"The Copperheads" by Samuel Sillen . •

A Story of Rotterdam by Sidney Alexander .

Mr. Cudahy's Excesses by Charles Humboldt

The New Siam by Joseph Starobin •

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Poor Harvest by Alvah Bessie . . . .

A Rake Reforms by Joy David man . .

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December 23 1941 New Masses v41n12 Contents p 3 Preparing for the Bombs p 8 13,000,000 Soldiers by Joseph North p 9 Second Wind in Washington by Bruce Minton p11 The Klan Invades Detroit by William Allan p13 Recruiting Station USA by Alvah Bessie p15 Where Will Hitler Move Next by Claude Cockburn p18 Panzers Without Oil by Colonel T. p19 Editorial Book Reviews p21 “Letters from the Tombs” by Morris U. Schappes Reviewed by Samuel Sillen p22 “The Last Tycoon” by F. Scott Fitzgerald Reviewed by Millen Brand p25 “Irving Babbitt: Man and Teacher” edited by Fredrick Manchester and Odell Shepard Reviewed by Irving Stone (plus three very short reviews) p27 Sights and Sounds Clinic in Jazz Anatomy by Elliot Grenard p28 New Movies “The Men In Her Life” reviewed by Joy Davidman p28 Plays “Angel Street” by Patrick Hamilton reviewed by Alvah Bessie Artwork: William Gropper


December 30, 1941

Autos Into Tanks by .A. B. Magil . . 3

Gropper's Cartoon . . . • . . . 5

What Makes Hitler Run by Colonel T 8

Britain's Lessons in Civilian Defense by Claude Cockburn 10

Vandals at Tolstoy Shrine by John Gibbons • . 11

Common Sense About Air Raids by Milton D. Ellis 12

Food in the War: by Bruce Minton . . . 14

Georgia's Talmadge Trouble by Elise Moorer 16

Editorial Comment . . • . . . . . 18

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Alias Oliver Allston by Dorothy Brewster

What the Soviets Expected by Harry F. 'Ward

A Psychiatric Study by David Cosgrove .

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B Becomes A by 1 oy David man

Halfway Mark by Alvah Bessie

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