·This Week NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXIV, No. 2

January 2, 1940

What's Been Done About Coughlin? . . The Legal Case Against Coughlin by John L. Spivak Gropper's Cartoon . . . . . . Background of the Anti-Soviet War by A. B. Magil The Plane A Poem by Sidney Alexander . Chamberlain's Fourth Reich by Gerald Griffin, Jr. The New Deal and 1940 An Editorial . The Art of Suppression by A dam Lapin . They Write as They Please by Ben Radin

. . The Simple Czech A Sh(}rf St(}ry by Samuel Kaplan The War in Canada by Sam Carr . Editorial Comment . . Readers' Forum . . . We Wish You A Byelo Russian Folksong

R ,E V I E W A N D C 0 M ME N T

The Moral Embargo Mood by Samuel Sillen Portrait of the Artist by Isidor Schneider Stunts by Strunsky by C. W. . The Abolitionists by Herbert A ptheker . The USSR by Tony Wales .

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G'wan With the Wind by James Dugan 28 "Steel" by Alvah Bessie . 31 Art work by Ad Reinhardt, Mischa Richter, C. Johnson, Soriano, A. Ajay, Selma Freeman Ramsey.

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January 9, 1940

We Will Be Heard An Editorial • . • • 3 Gropper's Cartoon . . . . . . . . 4 The Funeral of the New Deal by Adam Lapin • 5 Eighteenth Century Dies Committee by Gale Thorne 7 No Pasaran: 1940 by Joseph North . • . • . . • 9 Chinese Red Army /Data by Comdr. Hsiao Hsiang-Yung 11 Students Reject War Racket by Milton Meltzer • • 12 Letter of Application by H. K. • . • • • • • • 13 Soviet Travelogue by Oakley Johnson • • • • 16 I'm Going, I Said A Short Story by Meridel LeSueur 17 Discharged Soldier A Poem by Nicholas Guill~n • • • 18 He Died in China Excerpt from the Diary of Dr.

Norman Bethune • • • • • 19 A Star Is Reborn by Osro Mist 20 Editorial Comment . • • 21 Readers' Forum • • . • . • 24

llllVIIW AND COMMENT

The Novels of Jules Romains by Edwin Berry Burgum 25 Munitions Dynasty by Barbara Giles • • 26 Armenian Stories by A /fred J. Brenner • 27 Fourth Year by Samuel Sillen • • • • 27

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Changing the Reel by James Dugan • 28 Broadway by Alvah Bessie • • • • • 30 Priestley Comedy by Barnaby Hotchkiss . • 31 Art work by Gardner Rea, W. Clinton, !Mischa Richter, A. Redfield, Soriano.

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January 16, 1940

Debunking the News from Finland by George Seldes 3 Roosevelt Drives Toward War An Editorial Article· 8 V. S. Budget for War-Not Relief by Adam Lapin . 9 Those Alien and Sedition Acts Return by Gale Thorne 11 Jabber-Jabber A Poem by John Loring . . 13 Action on the Northern Front by Major Allen Johnson 14 J. B. S. Haldane on the Nobel Prizemen . 16 A Toledo Christmas Carol by Ed Falkowski 17 Gropper's Cartoon . 18 Editorial Comment . 19 Readers' Forum . . 22

R.I!VIEW AND COMMENT

Selling Things the Hard Way by Robert Stark 23 The Fascist Styx by Harry Slochower 27 The Boy Grows Up by Alvah Bessie . 27 A Soldier's Life by Barbara Giles . • 27 Esthetics of the Dance by Owen Burke 28

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

New Jazz Music by James Dugan 29 Dance Holiday by Owen Burke . • 29 Grand Street Drama by Barnaby Hotchkiss • 30 Movie Archives by J. D. • • • . • • 31 Art work by Gardner Rea, James Dugan, McGill, Soriano, Darryl Frederick.

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January. 23, 1940 The Art of News Faking by George Seldes Journalistic Primer A Poem by W. B. Cahn Gropper's Cartoon • • The State of the Union • • • • . • Lenin on War Aims • • . • . • • • Gutting the Labor Board by Adam Lapin • Guinea Pig Conservation by John Cameron The West Coast's Awake by Mike Quin The Weasels by Shaemas O'Sheel Tant Mieux-Tant Pis . . • . • • Editorial Comment . • • • . • . .

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The Well of Indignation by William Blake Scientific Theory by Samuel Sillen • Sun Worshippers by John Stark • • Human Erosion by M. W. D. • . • The Happy Ending by Barbara Giles Anton Rubinstein by 0. B. • • • •

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Facts on the Wind by James Dugan 28 Gone With the Wind? A Poem by Andy Razaf 28 War of the Sexes by Alvah Bessie . • • • • . • . 31 Art work by Soriano, Gardner Rea, Crockett Johnson, Hayle.

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January 30, 1940

Behind the Christian Front Arrests by Michael Cleary Gropper's Cartoon . . . . • . • Roosevelt's Stake in Scandinavia An Editorial . John Bull Peddles a Gold Brick by A Iter Brody • The State of the Union . . . . . . . . The Men Who Fake the News by George Seldes Recuerdo del 15 Brigada A Poem by James Neugass Dean Land ill on the Diesmen by Julian Webb Editorial Comment . . Readers' Forum .

REVIEW AND COMMENT

China's New Literature by Cicio Mar Karl Marx by Joseph Starobin . • Revolt in India by Shaemas O'Sheel . Opus 2 by James Dugan • • •

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Reconstruction and GWTW by James Dugan 28 "The Paycock" by Alvah Bessie . . • • > • 30 Ballet Debut by Owen Burke 31 Art work by A. Redfield, Gardner Rea, Soriano, Mischa Richter, Tromka.

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February 6, 1940 Gropper's Cartoon . . . . 4 Falsifying History by Theodore Draper . 5 Not So Quiet on the Far Eastern Front by John Sterne 8 The Bear A Short Story by Sylvia Townsend Warner 11 Lewis and Roosevelt by Adam Lapin 13 The State of the Union . . . . . 14 Warlords of the Press by George Seldes 15 Camp Lost Colony by Ralph Ellison • • • . 18 "The Grapes of Wrath" Photographs from the Film 20 The Attack: on New Masses An Editorial • 22 Editorial Comment . • . . . . . • . 23

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Specter of Mutiny by Samuel Sillen . Japanese Testament by Clarence Weinstock Labor Leader by S. G. . . . . Apologia for Nazism by William Blake . . The Road to Rome by Edwin Berry Burgum

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

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The Great American Film by James Dugan 28 Sunny Side Up by Alvah Bessie . • • • 30 Soviet Music by J. S. Bixler . . • . • • 30 Art work by Ad Reinhardt, McGill, Soriano, Mischa Richter, W. Clinton.

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February 13, 1940 A Secret Dies Committee An Editorial Appeal .. Gropper's Cartoon The United States of Europe by Joseph Starobin Poem by Alvin Foote . . . Connecticut's Index Expurgatorius by Wellington Roe Bulletin from Three Fronts by Major Allen Johnson The State of the Union . . . . . . . Out of Their Own Mouths by Theudore Draper Skis A Poem by 1 ohn Loring . . . Abe Lincoln and the First International . . '• Thoughts on the News The One-Way Anti-Trust Law by David Richards Gropper Month A Page of Paintings Editorial Comment . Readers' Forum . . .

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Sandburg's Lincoln by Samuel Sillen . . . Thoroughbred Lowbrow by lames Dugan . Transitional Criticism by Harry Slochower Puppet World by Alfred 1. Brenner . . . Fifty Years of the UMWA by Ed Falkowski

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The First War Film by lames Dugan 29 "Geneva" by Alvah Bessie 30 New Recordings by ]. S. Bixler . . 31 Art work by Soriano, Mischa Richter, Gardner Rea, Aime.

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February 20, 1940

Gropper's Cartoon . . 4 The Youth vs. Roosevelt by 1 oseph Starobin 5 Hanging the Kaiser in 1940 by Theodore Draper . 7 Fifty-two Business Weeks by Robert Stark 9 La Follette in California by Ella Winter 11 Investigation A Poem by Mike Quin . 12 Washington Enters the War by Adam Lapin 14 The Detroit Raid by Francis Key . 15 Gropperana Two Pages of Cartoons 16 Were You for Spain? An Editorial 18 Editorial Comment . 19 The State of the Union . 21 A Report to the "Stockholders" of NEw MASSES by Carl

Bristel . 22 Readers' Forum . 23

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Arms and the Manns by Barbara Giles . The Nineteen-Thirties by John Stuart Katherine Mansfield by Alfred J. Brenner The "Good Life" by Ralph Ellison Labor Handbook by Milton Meltzer .

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Bill Gropper, People's Artist by lames Dugan 28 Hamlet's Ghost by Alvah Bessie . 30 Art work by A. Birnbaum, Darryl Frederick, Ad Reinhardt, A. Ajay, Aline Fruhauf.

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February 27, 1940 Gropper's Cartoon . . 4 The Young People of the Soviet Union by the Very

Reverend Hewlett J ohns:on . 5 Flies in the Imperialist Ointment An Editorial Article 7 When We Fought the Soviet Union by James Morison 8 The Pelley-Dies Axis by A dam Lapin . 11 In Darkest India by Gerald Griffin, Jr. . 12 The State of the Nation . . . . . . 15 I Am a Rapid Stenographer by Irene leffri . . 16 The AMA Keeps the Doctor Away by Edward Sims. 17 You Should Know Their Names by Alvah Bessie 19 Editorial Comment . . . . . . 20 Readers' Forum . . . . . . 22

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Savage Symphony in France by Samuel Sillen Your Health, America! by Cora MacA/bert • Secessia by Herbert A ptheker • • Up-to-the-Minute Maps by J. S . • What Causes Wars? by S. M. /.

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The Newsreel Is Worth a Million Lies by lames Dugan . 28 One for the Ashcan by Alvah Bessie 28 TAC Negro Show by Ralph Ellison 29 Opera for Whom? by Franklin Newman • 30 Art work by Gardner Rea, Art Young, McGill, Soriano, Mischa Richter, A. Redfield, Lucius.

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March 5, 1940

Intervention! L1 Page of Photographs • 4 How the US Plotted Against the Soviets by James Morison 5 Gropper's Cartoon . . . . . . . . . . 8 Truths About the Red Army by Lucien Zacharoff . 9 Epilogue to the Spanish Tragedy by Marion Greenspan 11 Congress and the Poll Tax by Lldam Lapin . · 13 The August Issue Was Suppressed L1 Page of Cartoons 14 The "Case" Against New Masses by Joseph North and

Ll. B. Magi! . . . . . 15 Flying for a Beer Pocketbook by Lllvah Bessie 17 Sharecropper L1 Short Story by Joe Strimple 18 Graveyard L1 Poem by Raphael Hayes . . 18 The State of the N atiQn . . . . . . . 19 Editorial Comment . . . . . . 20 Toast to Mannerheim Finland A Poem by Ll. H. Reed 23

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Richard Wright's "Native Son" by Samuel Sillen 24 Sir Norman Angell by Theodore Draper 25 Kentucky Home by Lllfred J. Brenner 26 Good Neighbor by J. S. . . 26 Two "Decades Past by Barbara Giles . • 27

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Clifford Odets' Dilemma by Lllvah Bessie "Of Mice and Men" by James Dugan Gropper's Harvest by J. D. . • . . •

Art work by Mischa Richter, Crockett Johnson.

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March 12, 1940

A Visit to Finland by C. H. Malmstedt 5 Gropper's Cartoon 8 What General Graves Knew by James Morison 9 FDR's Double-Entry Bookkeeping by Robert Stark 10 The Dove A Poem by W. B. Cahn 12 That Finnish Fantasy by Major Allen Johnson . 14 You Paint It Red, It Looks So Grand A Short Story by

Cora MacA/bert 15 California Turns Back to 1933 by Ed Robbin 17 Marching as to War by A dam Lapin 19 The State of the Nation 20 Editorial Comment 21 Readers' Forum . 23

REVIEW AND COMMENT

New Masses Is Home by Ruth McKenney Silver Charlie by George Seldes China Reportage by Joseph Starobin Lusty-and Empty by Barbara Giles

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Lincoln for President! by James Dugan Another Sun Sets by Alvah Bessie

Art work by Mischa Richter, Gardner Rea, Del, Soriano.

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New Masses Contents March 19, 1940 v34n13 Britain Expects FDR To Do His Duty by Morris Kamman, pp. 3-5 March 17, 1940 by Owen Burke, p. 6 Peace in Finland, p. 7 An Editorial Article His Majesty's Loyal Opposition by Douglas Warner, pp. 8-10 Why I Won't Resign from the ACLU by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, pp. 11-12 Lawyer 1940 by Martin Jannet, pp. 13-14 The Fate of Spain's Finest by Marc Frank, p. 15 Mr. Chamberlain Looks at Zion by John Arnold, p. 16 Gropper's Cartoon, p. 17 Generations by Alfred J. Brenner, pp. 18-19 A Short Story The State of the Nation, p. 20 Editorial Comment, pp. 21-22 Readers' Forum, p. 23 Review and Comment [+] "Trouble in July" (Review) by Edwin Berry Burgum, pp. 24-25 Trouble in July, by Erskine Caldwell [+] Auden's Poems (Review) by Isidor Schneider, p. 26 Another Time, by W.H. Auden [+] Hunters and Pioneers (Review) by Ralph Ellison, p. 26 The Trees, by Conrad Richter [+] Labor and Machines (Review) by Grace Hutchins, p. 26 Organized Labor and Production, by Morris Llewellyn Cooke and Philip Murray [+] Political Correspondent (Review) by John Stuart, p. 27 Chip Off My Shoulder, by Thomas L. Stokes Sights and Sounds [+] Two Brilliant Medical Films (2 Reviews) by James Dugan, p. 28 "Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet" (1940 Film), by William Dieterle "The Fight for Life" by Pare Lorentz [Paul de Kruif material is behind both of these films] "The Fifth Column" by Alvah Bessie, pp. 28-32 Theatre Review Art work by: Mischa Richter, Crockett Johnson, Gabriel

This Week NEW MASSES. VOL. XXXV. No. 1

March 26, 1940 Balance Sheet in Finland by Joseph Starobin 3 How the Mannerheim Line Was Cracked by Major

A lien Johnson 7 Spotlight on the G-Man by Julian Webb 9 Gropper's Cartoon . . . , 10 Shenandoah: the Sinking City by Earl McCoy 11 Eunus the Slave A Poem by lsidor Schneider . 12 Spring Comes to Welfare House by Ed Falkowski 13 Franklin D. Deweyvelt by Osro Mist . 14 Union in the Subways by James Morison . 15 The State of the Nation 17 Editorial Comment . 19 Readers' Forurp 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Mr. Corey Reconsiders by A. Landy 22 Some Truths about Medicine by Cora MacA !bert 26 World War Soldiers by Alvah Bessie 26 More than Magnolia by Herbert Aptheker . 27 Poems of Affirmation by Alfred J. Brenner . 27

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Zinc Miners in the Movies by James Dugan 28 Teapot Typhoon by Alvah Bessie 29 Silk Screen . 29 Dance by Owen Burke / 30 Art work by McGill, W. Clinton, Soriano, Mischa Richter, Gardner Rea, Helen Ludwig.

This Week N.IIW JIASSES, VOL. XXXV. No. ll

April 2, 1940 Paul Reynaud-"21 Ministers and a Cat" by, Philippe D·ef}(ll 3 All Aid to the Spanish Refugees .An Editorial . 5 Gropper's Cartoon . . . . . • . • • • 6 The ALP Primary Fight by Frank Goelet . . 7 Flank Attack on the NLRB by James Morison 9 It's Happening in Ireland by Shaemas O'Sheel . 12 The Myth of a Finnish Munich by .Alter Brody 15 Bombs and Naval Bases by Major .Allen Johnson 17 Editorial Comment . . . . 19 Petition to President Roosevelt 21 The. State of the Nation 22 Readers' Forum 23

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Mr. Corey Reconsiders-II by .A. Landy • . Dr. Rauschning by Theodore Draper • • . • Housman's Complete Poems by Rolfe Humphries Unhappy Land by Samuel Sill en . . Steelton, USA by Judith Sayre . . • • Stories by Kay Boyle by B. G. • .

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Whodunit by Alvah Bessie 31 More Silk Screen . . . . • . . . 31 Art work by John Heliker, William Gropper, W. Clinton, Mischa Richter, Gardner Rea, Coleman, Crockett Johnson.

April 9, 1940 v35n03 New Masses Contents Who's Afraid of Peace? by A.B. Magil, pp. 3-5 Gropper's Cartoon, p. 6 FDR's Road to War by Joseph Starobin, pp. 7-9 Wintering Station by Isidor Schneider, p. 10 Whose War? by John Reed, p. 11 Let's Stop It now by Rev. Hewlett Johnson, p. 12 Cannon, Not Butter, Says Chamberlain by Allen Hutt, pp. 13-14 Our Air Alliance with England by Robert Stark, pp. 15-16 Lafayette, Don't Look for Us by Rev. Alson J. Smith, p. 17 The Klan Rides to the Polls by Adam Lapin, p. 18 War Son by Alexander F. Bergman, p. 19 Editorial Comment, pp. 20-22 Review and Comment Mr. Corey Reconsiders---IIIA. by Landy, pp. 23-27 [+] How Not to Write A Book (Review) by Barbara Giles, p. 28 How to Read a Book, by Mortimer J. Adler [+] It Can Happen Here (Review) by James Dugan, p. 28 Bethel Merriday, by Sinclair Lewis Sights and Sounds Drama Bites Critic by Alvah Bessie, pp. 29-30 "Ladies in Retirement" "Liliom" "Mamba's Daughters" American Folk Songs by Wallingford Riegger, pp. 31-32 Art Work by: Helen Ludwig, Mischa Richter, Art Young, Gabriel

This Week NEW MASSES, VOL. X:X:XV, NO. 4

April 16, 1940

Inside Germany by Hans Mueller . . . . . . 5 French Communists Tell Their Story by Theodore Draper 8 Mr. Lewis Listens and Learns by Adam Lapin 12 "I Am Serving Notice" by John L. Lewis . • 13 You Can't Skin the Furriers by James Morison 15 I Never Found A Job A Story by Milton Blau 17 Mr. Dies: Arch Conspirator An Editorial Article 19 Why Spivak Was Arrested by f,aul G._ McManus. 20 Gropper's Cartoon · 21 Editorial Comment 22 State of the N:ation 24 Readers' Forum . 25

. REVIEW AND COMMENT

H. G. Wells' Old Beginnings by Joseph Starobin 26 The Snopeses Mo~e Up by Eda Lo~ · Walton . 27 Dr. Sachar's Jewish Problem by Cora MacA/bert . 27

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Both Angular and Flat by Alvah Bess(e . Murder, Ltd. by James Dugan . .

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Art work by Mischa Richter, Ganlner Rea, A. Ajay, Soriano.

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April 23, 1940

Think Fast, Think Deep, America! A Manifesto 3 A Policy for the American People An Editorial Article 4 Scandinavia in Flames by. Alter Brody 6 Gropper's Page 8 Where to, American? by Anna Louise Strong 9 The Uncensored Truth about Germany by Hans Mueller 11 A Letter from Slovakia 13 High Hats in the Ring by Adam Lapin . · 14 The Dred Scott of 1940 by James Morison 15 V. I. Lenin by Theodore Dreiser . . 16 No Writer Is Safe by Paul G. McManus 17 Pencil A Story by John T. Appleby 18 State of the Nation . 19 Spain's Undefeated by David Lord 20 Editorial Comment 22 Readers' Forum 24

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Response to "Native Son" by Samuel Sillen Memorial Day Massacre by Ruth McKenney Ambling toward Socialism by Robert Stark

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Medicine for the People by Alvah Bessie "The Cradle" by H.C.A. . . Polish Folk Songs by Lou Cooper .

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April 30, 1940

Zero Hour in the Balkans by Alter Brody 4 Look West, Voter, Look West by AI Richmond 8 I Attended the French Trials by Philippe Dew/ 10 Nylon: Mr. du Pont Turns Silkworm by Stefan Rader 13 Gropper's Cartoon . . . . 14 How to Steal An Election by Frank Goelet . 15 Poeffii for the Birth of X A: Poem by John Malcolm Brinnin 16 Rep. Voorhis: Dies' Man Friday by A dam Lapin 17 The 30 Cent Debate by James Morison 19 The State of the Nation 21 Editorial Comment 22 Reader's Forum 25

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Meaning of Bigger Thomas by Samuel Sillen The Aviation Business by Anna Rochester . Alice in Naziland by Cora MacAlbert. . •

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Tak:e the "Heavenly Express" by Alwh Bessie 30 Exhibition by James Dugan . . . . . 30 Art work by Mischa Richter, Aime, A. Ajay, McGill

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Mar 7, 1940

May Day or M-Day? An Editorial 3 Reasons for Optimism by· Corliss Lamont 4 Black, Orange, White A Poem by Rolfe Humphries 5 Karl Marx: Titan of the Poor by William Blake 7 When We Were Drafted by Morris Kamman 9 Down on the Farm by Barbara Giles . 12 800,000 Strong by C. S. H:all . . . . 14 Red Adams Is a Fighting Man by Anna Louise Strong 15 Gropper's Cartoon 16 State of the Nation 19 Editorial Comment 21 Readers' Forum 23

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Paris Gazette by Samuel Sillen China Memoirs by John Sterne :Not Our War by Judith Sayre Joads of the Tenement by Barbara Giles War Maps by 1 oseph Starobin . .

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A Season on the Boards by Alvah Bessie 28 Mars in the Movies by lames Dugan . 29 Master Violinist by Lou Cooper . 30 Art work by Hugo Gellert, Gabriel, A. Ajay, Richter, Aime.

May 14, 1940 v35n08 New Masses Contents Ben Gold Tells the Furriers' Story by Ben Gold, pp. 3-4 A Congress Jim Crow Didn't Attend by Ralph Ellison, pp. 5-7 Auguries by Isidor Schneider, p. 8 New Fronts against Cancer by Harold Ward, pp. 9-10 Big Navies for Big Pirates by Major Allen Johnson, pp. 11-13 Gropper's Cartoon, p. 14 The Farms Blew Away by Eli Jaffe, pp. 15-16 FDR Signs the Treaty of Uvalde by Adam Lapin, pp. 17-21 Readers' Forum, p. 22 Review and Comment [+] The American White Paper (Review) by Bruce Minton, p. 23 American White Paper, by Joseph Alsop, Jr. and Robert Kintner [+] Education of a Liberal (Review) by Corliss Lamont, p. 24 A Liberal in Wartime, by Walter Nelles and Lewis Gannett [+] Drama Source Book (Review) by Alvah Bessie, p. 25 Masters of the Drama, by John Gassner [+] Looking Backward (Review) by Alfred J. Brenner, pp. 25-26 How Green Was My Valley, by Richard Llewellyn Sights and Sounds Behind the Mannerheim Line by Alvah Bessie, p. 27 [+] (2 film Reviews) by James Dugan, p. 27 "My Favorite Wife" (1940 Film), by Garson Kanin "Saturday's Children" also: quick negative comments on 6 other films: "Rebecca" by Hitchcock "My Little Chickadee" Mae West and W.C. Fields "Strange Cargo" Clark Gable "One Million BC" "French Without Tears" "Dr. Cyclops" Mimes and Masks by Francis Steuben, pp. 28-29 Young America Paints by Wilma Shore, pp. 30-32 (Children's Paintings at Museum of Natural History) Art Work by: Crockett Johnson, Charles Martin, Mischa Richter, Soriano ============================================

This Week NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXV. NO. 9

May 21, 1940

Mr. President: This Is Not Our War An Open Letter 3 "Nothing to Offer but Tears ... . "An Editorial Article 4 Tom Dewey's Gilt-edged Glamour by Barbara Giles 6 But a Million Didn't Vote by Al Richmond 9 Behind the Christi;m Front Trial by James Morison 10 Which Way Will Franco Jump? by Cesar Falcon 12 An Open Letter to Jay Allen by Constancia de Ia Mora 13 The Attorney General's Dilemma by Adam Lapin 16 Elmer Is a Banker by Isidor Schneider . 18 Melody for the Virginals A Poem. by Rolfe Humphries 18 War Dance of the Bluebloods by James Dugan . 19 Editorial Comment . · 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

"Native Son": Pros and Cons by Samuel Sill en Inside the Alcazar by Alvah Bessie Patient's Odyssey "by Cora MacA/bert

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

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William Saroyan: Requiescat by Alvah Bessie . 29 Bechet Concerti by James Dugan 29 Eitaro Ishigaki by Lydia Gibson 30 Music Festival by Lou Cooper 30 Art work by Charles Martin, A. Ajay, Clinton, Mischa Richter, Aime.

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May 28, 1940

Invasion: FDR's Gigantic Hoax An Editorial 3 The Senate Committee Contradicts FDR Extracts from

the report of the Senate Naval A {fairs Committee . 5 Communiques Don't Tell Enough by' Joseph Starobin 6 Gropper's Cartoon 7 No, Thanks, Keep Your Gold Stars by Elizabeth Gurley

Flynn . 8 America Has Her Peons, Too by Herbert Aptheker 9 A Letter from One Who Escaped 11 The Empire's Real War Aims by Corliss Lamont 12 India: 360,000,000 in Motion by Marion Greenspan 13 If Lincoln Looked at Illinois Today by Carl Harris 15 Tonight Is Part of the Struggle by M eridel LeSueur 17 Editorial Comment 19 Readers' Forum 22

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The "Dialectics of Nature" by J. B. S. Haldane Nazi Middletown by Lillian Grey Romance in the Slave Era by Ralph Ellison New York Panorama by Barbara Giles

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

"The Actors Present War" by Alvah Bessie "The Baker's Wife" by James Dugan

Art Work by Clinton, D. Lewis, Aime, Mischa Richter,

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June 4, 1940

Fifth Column on the Potomac by A. B. Magi[ 3 Words America Must Heed by William Gallacher, 4 Anybody Remember WP A? by Vito Marcantonio . 6 A Czech Diplomat Speaks . 7 Perspectives on the Second Flanders by Joseph Starobin 8 Stand by Civil Liberties! by Carey McWilliams 9 The Lieutenant Says "Never Again" by Paul Crosbie 10 How Strong Is the Nazi Air Force? by Gerald Griffin, Jr. 13 Youth and the Third Reich A Poem by Bertholt Brecht . 14 The Dogwood Blooms in Logan County by Art Shields . 15 Gropper's Cartoon 16 Editorial Comment . 19

REVIEW AND COMMENT

"The ·Fat Years and the Lean" by .William Blake Lorca's Poems by Eda Lou Walton . Health Under the Nazis by Cora MacA/bert French Documents by Joseph Starobin .

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

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Actors Can Help by Mary Liles 28 UAA Exhibition . 29 New Records by James Dugan 30

Art work by Aime, George La Mendola, Soriano.

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June 11, 1940

Thirteen to One An Editorial Article . "We Can Live in Dignity" An Editorial Article . . The Communists Nominate Peace by Ruth McKenney Soriano LOoks at the Convention . . Gropper's Cartoon FDR's Tarheel FYehrer by Adami Lapin . The Scientists Split on the War by Harold Ward Hill 666 Was a Rock in the Sky by Milt Wolff . In Sweet Revenge by Sasha Small . • . . . Two Men on a Trojan Elephant by Barbara Giles . They Are Beating the Plowshares by Anna Rochester . For Moissaye Olgin A Poem by E. G. Burrows . Editorial Comment . . .. . . . . . .

R·EVIEW AND COMMENT

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Archibald MacLeish, the Irresponsible by Samuel Sillen 24 American Voices by James Morison . . • 26 Utopia by Henry Hart . . 27 Documents on Finland- by Joseph Starobin 28 Democratic Thinker by Stephen Peabody . 30

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The Cameras Shoot for War by Charles Glenn . Music Festival by Lou Cooper . • ._

Art work by Soriano, Aime, A. Ajay, Lawrence.

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June 18, 1940

Wall Street Must Not Decide An Editorial Article 5 Gropper's Cartoon 6 The People, Yes by Joseph North • . . 7 Washington Menaces Latin America by Joseph Starobin . 9 Room 2212: Washington's Quietest Spot by A. B. Magi[ 10 Science Was Different at Alma Mater by Ruth McKenney 12 What Happened to the Health Program,? by Henry E.

Sigerist . . • . 14 , Mob Law in the Midwest by Harold Preece 17 How Hitler's Armored Troops Work by Gerald Griffin, Jr. 18 Credits That Lead to War by Frank J. Wallace . 19 Editorial Comment . . . . . . 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Waldo Frank's Little Chart by Isidor Schneider 24 Reconstruction by Herbert A ptheker • , . . . • 26 The Case of Del Vayo by David McK. White . 27 Anti-War Novel by Ralph Ellison . . 29

SIGHTS ANI) SOUNDS

Muggsy Spanier, Jazzman by James Dugan . . . 31 Art work by Soriano, Chester, Mischa Richter, LaMendola, Clinton, Aime.

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June 25, 1940

How France Was Betrayed An Editorial Article 4. Gropper's Cartoon 6 Paris Can Never Die by Ruth M cK~mney 7 America, Why War? by Dr. Walter Rautenstrauch . 8 Negation and Affirmation A Poem by Alexander F.

Bergman . 9 We Need Not Be Pessimistic by Earl Browder . 10 The Monroe Doctrine : 1823 to 1940 by Lawrence Krause 12 They Rifled My Office, Too by Sen. Burton K. 'Wheeler 14 GM's Knudsen: Spy Chief by Harvey T. Scudder . 16 Triumvirate of Disintegration by Isidor Schneider 17 The Willkie Boom Boom by Barbara Giles 18 I Am a Domestic by Naomi Ward . 20 The Writers Don't Want War 21 Editorial Comment . 22

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Poverty in the Countryside by Lem Harris First Novel by Millicent Lang . M-Day Plans by Marion Greenspan Legal Memoirs by L. B.

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Jul:v 2, 1940

How to Defend America An Editorial Article War and the Workers by J7. I. Lenin . The New Deal in Khaki by Adam Lapin . We Love Democracy Too Well by A lvoh Bessie Gropper's Cartoon . • . . . True Allies for Peace by James W. Ford . The Birthmark: A Short Story by Ralph Ellison The Enemy A Poem by Don Gordon . . No Draft Day for Youth by James Morison . Death and Taxes by J. R. Wilson . Noblesse Oblige at Plattsburg by Ruth McKenney Editorial Comment . . . . . . . .

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"Salute to Spring" by Cora MacA/bert The Negro in the USA by Herbert A ptheker Haldane's New Book by James Knight Brief Notices . . . H. Glintenkamp .

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July 9, 1940 •

Revolt in Mexico? by 1 oseph North . . 3 Inside the Republican Convention by A. B. M a gil 5 New Moment in Europe by Theodore Draper . 8 It Is Earlier Than You Think by Corliss Lamont 10 China's Great Three Year Fight by Philip ]. Jaffe . 12 Gropper's Cartoon 13 Cassandra to the Carriage Trade by Barbara Giles . 15 Think Right or Starve! by lames Morison . 16 Fort Knox Opens Fire by Frank]. Wallace. 18 Thoughts While Sneezing by Ruth McKenney 20 Conscription and the Joneses by Max Frimmel 21 Editorial Comment . 23

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How I Came to Write It by Mike Quin Spokesmen of the Past by Bruce Minton ~

Hero of Ticonderoga by S. D. .

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Photography as an Art by lob Smith .The Stadium Concert by Lou Cooper .

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July 16, 1940

Mexico's Critical Hour by Joseph North 3 Civil Liberties in Canada by Joseph Starobin 6 Strictly Personal by Ruth McKenney 9 A Four Year Plan for America by Corliss Lamont 10 A Challenge to Liberals by Carey McWilliams 12 Situation Wanted-Female by Irene Jeffri 15 The Grab for South America by Frank ]. Wall ace 17 Letter to John Doe AI Poem by Raphael Hayes 18 Who Shall Defend America? An Editorial Article 20 Editorial Comment . 22

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Great Genetics Debate by Harold Ward Publicity and Diplomacy by Marion Greenspan

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Bette Davis in an Old Chromo by Alvah Bessie Boxoffice Revolt by Charles Glenn

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July 23, 1940

Mexico's Unfinished Business by Joseph North The Newspaper Guild Moves Ahead by Barbara Giles Canada at War· by Joseph Starobin Gropper's Cartoon The Sixth American Youth Congress Strictly Personal b;y Ruth McKenney How Socialist Planning Works by Corliss Lamont Editorial Comment .

REVIEW AND COMMENT

"The Underground Stream" by Samuel Sillen Propaganda Analysis by Isidor Schneider Youth Congress by Milton Meltzer . . Crime Doesn't Pay by Alvah Bessie . Art work by Soriano, A. Jamison, Martin.

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July 30, 1940

FDR Drafts Roosevelt by A dam Lapin Four M'usketeers of Betrayal by Philippe Deval Strictly Personal by Ruth lVI cK enney Plot against the Ballot by 1 ames Morison Open Your Doors to Us by G. T. Gropper's Cartoon Murder in the Mines by Ed Falkowski Editorial Comment .

REVIEW AND COMMENT

... Two Steps Backward by Bruce Minton Willkie's Summer Reading by Frank ]. Wallace

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Six Songs for Democracy by Alvah Bessie Child Prodigy by Lou Cooper . "Susan and God" by A. B. Art work by Mischa Richter, MacDuff.

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August 6, 1940

Conscription: Straitjacket for 42,000,000 by Julian Webb 3 Hemisphere, Inc. by Joseph North 6 Defending America A Symposium • • 8 Canada: Rich Land, Poor Men by Joseph Starobin 10· Gropper's Cartoon 11 Strictly Personal by Ruth McKenney 13 Prelude to M-Day· by Adam Lapin 14 Editorial Comment . 15

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Conquest of Illusion by Samuel Sillen . • 17 SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Soviet Graphic Art by Jane Atkinson . 19 Sex-and-Murder by Alvah Bessie . . . 19 Vacation Theater by lsidor Schneider 20 Ballet by Francis Steuben . . • • 21 Peace Crusade by Charles Glenn 22

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August 13, 1940 Defeat the Draft I An Editorial Article 3 Neither Sharks Nor TigerS' by Joseph North . ~ Background to Chaos by R. Palme Dutt . . 6 Tennessee Trek hy James Dugan . 9 Socialism Breaks the Cordon Sanitaire hy Alter Brody . 11 Strictly Personal hy Ruth McKenney 13 Gropper's Cartoon . . • . . 14 Editorial Comment . . . . 15 Defending America: II A Symposium . 17

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Bridges Case hy Leonard Boudin • Two Biographies hy Herbert Aptheker. Science for the People hy Henry Hart .

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French Film hy Alvah Bessie . • • . • Youth Orchestra hy Lou Cooper . . Art work by ·R. Myers, Aime, Geoffrey David.

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August 20, 1940 The Outlook for Eur<;>pe by R. Palme Dutt . 3 Hollywood Skips the Next War by Herbert Biberman 7 Strictly Personal by Ruth McKenney . . • . 9 From Slums to Barracks by Sidney Hill . • • • 10 Mr. Yorty's Hunt for a Blacklist by Alex Brooks 12 Editorial Comment 13 Gropper's Cartoon 14

REVIEW AND.COMMENT

The Withering of New England by Samuel Sillen 17 Modern Poetry by Isidor Schneider 18 Epic in Steel by Ed Falkowski • • • • 19 US Foreign Policy by J. S. • • . • • 20

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Out of Hollywood by Alvah Bessie . . 20 Art work by A. Jamison, Geoffrey David, Clinton, Charles Roundtree.

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August 27, iJ940 Cuba's Typhoid Cartel by Joseph North . . 3 Treason in Spoon River by Harold Preece . 5 Defending America: Spanish Lesson by Marion Greenspan 7 Strictly Personal by Ruth McKenney . 9 Light on the Labor Party by D. N. Pritt . 10 Gropper's Cartoon . . . . . . 11 Hollywood Blitzsmear by Samuel Ornitz . 12 Three Poems by Isidor Schneider . 12 Words by NAB, Music by D. of J. by Ralph Warner 13 Editorial Comment . 15

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Guide to the Crisis by Bruce Minton American Negroes by J e.nny Castner . Llano Epitaph by Ed Falkowski . . .

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"The Great McGinty" by Alvah Bessie Chamberlain Crawl by Francis Steuben Recordings by Lou Cooper. . .

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September 3, 1940

Zero Hour An Editorial Article . 3 Gropper's Cartoon 5 Cuba's First Negro M'ayor by Joseph North . 6 Death Debate in Congress by Adam Lapin . 8 The Soviet-German Pact: One Year by Joseph Starobin 9 Strictly Personal by Ruth McKenney . 12 Britain's Writers under the Bombs by J. B.S. Haldane 13 Editorial Comment . 15 As Surely as the Grass Shall Split the Rock A Poem by

Sidney Alexander . 17

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Henri Barbusse: Warrior for Peace by Jose Lizarraga. 18 Writers in Action by Isidor Schneider. 19 Reminding Mlr. Laski by Frank J. W a/lace . 21

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"Victory Tavern" by Alvah Bessie . Light Comedy by A. B . .

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September 10, 1940

We Do Not Choose Death An Editorial . 3 Defense, Inc.: the New du Pont Trust by Julian Webb 4 Capital Chessboard by A dam Lapin . 7 America Drafts a Peace Plan by Bruce' Minton 8 Gropper's Cartoon 9 Our House Divided by Itself A Poem by Judd Polk 10 Pundit in a Penthouse by Barbara Giles 11 In Socialist America by Corliss Lamont . . 13 Strictly Personal by Ruth McKenney . . 15 Bill Green: Schoolmaster by Samuel Sill en . 16 Editorial Comment . . . . . . . 17

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Polonius and a Fabian by William Blake Yeats Collection by Millicent Lang . . Negro History by Herbert A ptheker . . M:athematical Rehash by Henry Hart .

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"Rhythm on the River" by Alvah Bessie . . . . 22 Art work by Geoffrey David, G. Mandell, Aime.

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September 17, 1940

FDR's Coup d'Etat An Editorial Article . 3 Gropper's Cartoon 4 The Rumanian Pot Boils Over by A Iter Brody 6 This Is Stalin by A. B. M a gil . 9 Rich Land and Poor Farmers by Anna Rochester 13 To Eugene J. Loveman A Poem by Alexander F. Bergman 14 Colonel Somervell's Kultur by Paula Andrews . 15 Editorial Comment . 16

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Idle Talk by Frank]. Wallace ·. Out of Date by Milton Meltzer . Imitation Stolberg by Samuel Becker Aviation by Alvah Bessie . Fictionalized Biography by Gale Thorne

Vast Abstractions by Raphael Hayes

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"Foreign Correspondent" by Alvah Bessie 22 Art work by Ron Bloomberg, .Michaels, John Heliker, Robert Martin, Soriano.

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September 24, 1940

The Cities Are Bombed An Editorial . 3 The War's Real Aims by R. Palme Dutt 4 Gropper's Cartoon ... 5 Goering Said It First, Mlr. President by Frank Wall ace 8 FBI over USA by Sasha Small . 10 Laureates of Betrayal by V. J. Jerome . 14 Mars Goes to the Fair by James Morison 16 Editorial Comment . . 17

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Big Sea by Ralph Ellison Bird of Parodies by Job Smith They Defeated France by Joseph Starobin War Symposium by J. S . .

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New Negro Theater by Alvah Bessie . . 23 Art work by Michaels, Geoffrey David, Fred Ellis.

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October 1, 1940

As Great as Its Readers . 3 What's Happening in Britain by R. Palme Dutt . 4 I'm on the London Daily Worker by Scan O'Casey 5 The Rich Get Richer by J. R. Wilson 7 How Hitler Rules Vichy by Philippe Deval 9 Gropper's Cartoon 11 Peace Lobby by Adam Lapin 12 Why Vote for War? An Editorial . 13 Editorial Comment . 14

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Laureates of Betrayal-II by V. ]. Jerome German White Paper by Joseph Starobin . Joe's Son John by Shaemas O'Sheel . Putsch in the South by Millicent Lang M-Day by Alvah Bessie

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Henry Luce's American Dream by Alvah Bessie. Miusic Notes by Lou Cooper . .

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October 8, 1940

Authors of Surrender by Samuel Sillen 4 Gropper's Cartoon 5 The Army Japan Fears Most by Major E. F. Carlson . 8 Strictly Persona] by Ruth McKenney . . 11 Big War, Little Dollar by Frank J. Wallace. 12 The Grand Duchy of du Pont by James Morison 15 In Socialist America-11 by Corliss Lamont . 17 The Labor Board Stalemate by A dam Lapin 19 War Before the Elections? An editorial 20 How about Jobs? An editorial 22 Editorial Comment . 23

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Life of Dr. DuBois by Herbert Aptheker About White Russians by lsidor Schneider Stephen Crane by Alvah Bessie Music and Society by Simon Wells . Old Russia by Alexander F. Bergman Bolshevik Party Origins .

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"City for Conquest" by Alvah Bessie 30 "No Time for Comedy" 31 Art work by Mandell, Michaels, Aime, Geoffrey David, Roderick.

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October 15, 1940

A Vote-J a Election? An Editorial 4 The Theft of the Ballot . 5 M'r. Gedye's Retreat from Moscow by Joshua Kunitz . 6 Lewis Mumford's "Mein Kampf" by Samuel Sillen 8 Gropper's Cartoon 9 The Inyincibles by Ruth 11-1 cKenney . 11 What's Happening in Mexico by Juan Sarabia 12 Why My Father Disowned Me by Kenneth May 14 Washington Looks at Moscow by A dam Lapin 15 Editorial Comment . 16

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Thurman Arnold's Big Stick by Frank J. Wallace From a Garden Refuge by lsidor Schneider Wet Kindling by .Millicent Lang Defense "Message" by. Gordon Carroll .

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"Time in the Sun" by Alvah Bessie .

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October 22, 1940

Don't Waste Your Vote! An Editorial • • . . • 3 The USSR Is No Mlystery by Joshua Kunitz . • . 4 What Happened to LaGuardia by Simon W. Gerson . 6 John Reed: He Loved the People by Michael Gold. • 8 Autumn Song for Guitar A Poem by Genevieve T'!ggard 8 Nicholas Miraculous Again by H. W. L. Dana 12 Gropper's Cartoon . . . . • • . 14 Mr. Hillman Crawls by Adom Lapin . • 15 Oklahoma Okays Hitler by Sasha Small • 16 The Champ Himself by Ruth McKenney • 18 The Book-Burnings Begin by Milton Meltzer 19 America, Look: to the East An Editorial • 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

"You Can't Go Home Again" by Henry Hart 25 USA-1939 by Barbara Giles. . • • • • • 26 Coupon Clippers' Dream by Frank ]. W ailace 26 Labor Press Guide by Grace Hutchins • . • 27 The Life of George Sand by Lillian Barnard Gilkes • 27

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Paul Robeson: Artist of the People by Lou Cooper 29 Anderson's Bankruptcy by Alvah Bessie • 29 Propaganda in the B's by Daniel Todd. . • • • 29

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October 29, 1940 President Roosevelt: No Lesser Evil by A. B. Magi! 3 Ode in Time of Crisis by Genevieve Taggard . 6 What John Reed Found by Earl Browder 7 USSR: The New New World by Joshua Kunitz 8 Justice in the Steel Country by Simon W. Gerson 11 The Education of Ambassador Bullitt by Bruce Minton 13 The War in the Southeast by Joseph Starobin 17 Gropper's Cartoon 18 The Irrationals by Samuel Sillen 20 Editorial Comment 23 Readers' Forum 25

REVIEW AND COMMENT

"The President M1akers" by William Blake . Modern Fables by Millicent Lang . Whose Pocketbook? by Frank J. Wallace Austrian Fascism by 0. T. K. Ring Southern Folklore by Ralph Ellison

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Chaplin's Greatest Picture by Daniel Todd Art work by Jamison, Soriano, Heliker.

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November 5, 1940 Behind the Invasion of Greece by Joseph Starobin 3 How FDR Killed the New Deal by A. B. Magi! • 6 Gropper's Cartoon 9 Polling USA: Pittsburgh's Men of Steel by Simon W.

Gerson . . . . . . . 11 Death i~ the PM! by Paul G. McManus. 13 Here's My Vote by Ruth McKen~ey . . 15 Boss Flynn Delivers by Bruce Minton 16 The Promise of China's Co-ops by Edgar Snow . 18 The Negro Chooses An editorial 20 Editorial Comment 21 Readers' Forum 24

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" reviewed by Alvah Bessie . . . . 25

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'From Reuters to the Sea by Daniel Todd . "Inside America" by Alvah Bessie Folk Music by Lou Cooper .

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November 12., 1940

Twenty-three Years: A World Remade by Joshua Kunitz 3 A Nation of Scientists by the :Dean of Canterbury . 8 Gropper's Cartoon 9 The Midwest: Big String of Zeros by Simon W. Gerson 11 Somewhere in France by Ilya Ehrenbourg . • 13 The Plot Against the Teachers by Bruce Minton 15 USA-USSR Collaboration. An Editorial 16 Editorial Comment . 17

REVIEW AND COMMENT

In the Bosom of the Bourgeois Family by Isi'dor Schneider 19 The Hague Machine by Hy Kravif • 20 The McKenneys Again by Job Smith • 20 Southern Children by Herbert A ptheker 20 An X-Ray of Calamity by Ed Falkowski 21

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"Big White Fog" by Ralph Ellison

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November 19, 1940

It's Happening in Washington by Julian Webb . Sidney Hillman Tailors the Khaki by Bruce Minton . Gropper's Cartoon . . . . . Why FDR Wants "Labor Unity" by Adam Lapin. The New Conspiracy Against China by Philip Jaffe Blue Blood for Britain by James Morison . I Knew Andre Marty by Bernard Knox . The Knight of Hope by Ruth McKenney . What the Elections Mean An editorial article Editorial Comment Reader's Forum

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Our Unhappy Northern Neighbor by Joseph Starobin . 25 Fearing's Poems by Alex.ander F. Bergman . 26 Jerome's New Pamphlet by Samuel Putnam . 27

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"World in Flames" by Daniel Todd . 29 New Friends of Music' by Lou Cooper . 29 Kaufman-Hart Play by G. D. 30

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November 26, 1940

Are You for Forced Labor, Mr. Jackson? An open letter 3

What's Happening in Greece by Demetrios Christopho-rides 5

Colonel Adler by Daniel Todd . 7

Corn and Cannon Fodder by Simon W. Gerson . 9

Behind the Arrest of Nehru by Andrew Roth 11 Fixing Brains for War by Harvey Merrill 14

Gropper's Cartoon 16 ·

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Reader's Forum 22

I.I!VIEW AND COMMENT

Argosy Across the USA by Ralph Ellison .

Pre-Fascism and After by Sylvia Gilbert .

Never-Never Land by Sidney Alexander .

Southern "Free" Press by Elizabeth Lawson .

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December 3, 1940

The CIO Moves Ahead by Bruce Minton 3

Gropper's Cartoon 5

Billy Green's Convention by Barbara Giles 7

The Battle for Chile by Frank T. Baker . 10

Cartoon by Paul Michaels . 11 Silos into Powder Plants by Simon W. Gerson 12

Aid to Britain Today, War Tomorrow An Editorial 14

Big Cash Prize Contest by Ruth McKenney 16

The Choice Before Us by Samuel Sillen 17

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REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Dividends of Red-baiting by Hy Kravif

Monopoly and Politics by John Stuart

Discrimination by Elizabeth Lawson .

News from Sing-Sing by Ed Falkowski

Shoe Industry by Charlotte Todes

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December 10, 1940

New Shackles for Labor An editorial article . 3

Women are Human Beings by Ruth McKenney. 6

Manifest Destiny: 1940 by James S. Allen . 8

Gropper's Cartoon 9

They Fought for Spain by Lion Feuchtwanger and Lillian Hell man 11

Crucifying Neutrality An editorial article . 12

Revolt Against King Henry by Simon W. Gerson . 14

Soviet Dawn Over the Arctic by A. ]. Steiger . 16

Fascism: Oklahoma Brand by Elizabeth Z. Green . 18

Editorial Comment 19

Reader's Forum 22

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The New New World by Corliss Lamont

Rosten's Poetry by Isidor Schneider .

Soil, Coal and Oil by Anna Rochester .

Books in Brief .

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The Great Beginning by Daniel Todd .

The Corn is Green by Alvah Bessie .

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New Records by Lou Cooper .

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December 17, 1940

The Truth about Anglo-American Policy by R. Palme

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Super-Broker Roosevelt by A dam Lapin . Women Are Human Beings: II by Ruth McKenn·ey

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Brazil's Master Demagogue by Samuel Putnam . . The Coudert School for Slander by Simon W. Gerson

No Gold Bricks for Ohio by Ed Falkowski

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REVIEW AND COMMENT

An Honest Man's Credo by Henry Hart .

Trade Unions by James Morison .

The Candle Burns Out by Alexander Bergman

Negro Prize Fighter by Ralph Ellison .

Family Novel by C. N. Netzer .

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The Art of a Master Builder by Isabel Cooper

"Delicate Story" by Alvah Bessie. . .

About Chaplin's Film by Daniel Todd .

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December 24, 1940

Intrigue Below the Rio Grande by 1 oseph North 3

Mr. Hillman Baits the Trap by A dam Lapin 7

The CIO on the Pacific by Frank H. Lewis 9

Star Chambers for Teachers? by Dr. Harry F. Ward 11

The Winners by Ruth AJcKenney 12

Gropper's Cartoon 13

One Thousand Cliche Experts by Barbara Giles 14

What Hitler Didn't Say by A. B. Magi! 16

Editorial Comment 18

Readers' Forum 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Rockwell Kent Tells H\s Story by Alvah Bessie

World War I by Barbara Giles

Almighty Press by Daniel Todd

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What Is a Savo? by Alvah Bessie

"Blackout" by Daniel Todd .

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December 31, 1940

Design for Empire An editorial article . We Made Laguna a Garden by Joseph North . The Plot Against the Youth by Bruce Minton Gropper's Cartoon . . . . Why Mussolini Is Worried thy Mary Testa . "White Only" by James Morison . . Hoover That Termite by Ruth McKenney . Lockout on the Air Waves by Ralph Warner Editorial Comment .

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One of Us by Samuel Putnam Understanding the News by Daniel Todd For the Gentlemen by Joy David man Literary Criticism by Millicent Lang . Guns and Housing by Henry F. Cooper Christmas Carol by Michael Finn

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