NEW MASSES, VOL. XXX, No, 2

January 3, 1939

Covering Up for Coster by Paul G. McManus . 3 To the Dead of the International Brigade A Poem by

S. Funaroff . • • 4 Juanita and Dolores by Winifred Bates . . 5 They Still Draw Pictures 7 Goosestep in Hungary? by I. Gibson Ziegler 8 Maritime Wages • 8 A Catholic's View . . 9 Editorial Comment • . 11 Weeping Is Not Enough by Robert Forsythe 14 Vicente Lombardo Toledano by Hu Williamson 15 At Least the Children A Short Story by Marjorie Brace . 18 In the Depot ••. Refugees A Poem by Nancy Cardozo 19 Readers' Forum 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Proletarian Short Stories by Arnold Shukotoff . Social Poet by Willard Maas Voltairean History by William Blake . New York Panorama by Richard H. Rovere . Santa Fe by Norman ~!acleod .

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From Spirituals to Swing by John Sebastian A Year off My Life by James Dugan • •

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Art work by B. V alloton (cover), Fred Ellis, Mischa Richter, William Gropper, Ad Reinhardt, A. Redfield, Ben Yomen, D. Connelly, Charles Martin, Saul Baizerman, Stanley DeGraff, Frank Davidson.

NEW MASSES, VOL. XXX, No. S

January 10, 1939

Tom Mooney's Day by Michael Gold . 3 Offensive in Spain by Sam Russell • 7 What Can the Jews Do? by Bertrand E. Pollans 8 Nazi Lullaby A Poem by Arthur M. Saxe . . 10 The Student Convention by Richard H. Rovere 11 Editorial Comment . . . . . . . 13 Their Last Refuge by Robert Forsythe 16 Note for the Superintendent A Poem by Marshall Schacht 16 Faster, Farther, Higher by Lucien Zacharoff . 17 Salvation Home A Short Story by M eridel LeSueur 19 Hearst Strike by Jay Thomas 20 Readers' Forum 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Why Read the Old Writers? by Clarence Weinstock America's Stake in the Far East by Theodore Draper Anti-Slavery Leader by Herbert A pth~ker Terror in Majorca by Robert Terral! .

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Revolution in the Caucasus by James Dugan Half a Great Play by H. M. Vaudeville Again by J. C. Dedication to Democracy by Owen Burke

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Art work by Hugo Gellert (cover), Robert Minor, Boardman Robinson, Victor Szucs, William Gropper, Soriano, Mischa Richter, Fred Ellis, J. Bartlett, Adolf Dehn, Chet La More, Charles Martin, Lena Gurr.

NEW MASSES, VOL. XXX, No. 4

January 17, 1939

Plotting Another Munich by Richard Goodman Meet the Italians by Sam Russell . Arms and the People by Theodore Draper War and the Press by Carl Macauley • Editorial Comment . . Gimme the Old Wood-Burners! by Robert Forsythe Mooney on Market Street by A l Richmond . . Pan-American Program by Samuel Putnam . . Primer for a Young Fink A Short Story by Benjamin Appel Slum Street A Poem by Raphael Hayes Readers' Forum

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Technicians Turn to Life by Upton Sinclair Jim Farley by John Stuart . Generals Without Brains by Robert Terrall Deserter's Plea by Arthur P ogt . . . Enlightened Capitalism by Joseph Hastings .

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What Is an Anti-War Movie? by James Dugan Gentle People in Trouble by H. M. . • Pink Slip, Pinocchio, etc. by Owen Burke • .

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Art work by B. Valloton (cover), Lou Hirshman, A. Ajay, Ad Reinhardt, William Gropper, Mischa Richter, A. H. Small, Colin Allen, Gregory, Frank Davidson, Ben Yomen, John Heliker, Eastwood.

NEW MASSES, VOL. XXX, No. 5

January 24, 1939

Let 'em Eat Pink Slips by Adam Lapin 3 Success Story A Poem by A !fred Hayes . 4 Chicago Strikes Hearst by Thomas Ryan 5 Editorial Comment . 9 Some Remarks on Race Hatred by Robert Forsythe 12 Peace Grows 85 Percent by Samuel Sillen 13 Don't Burn the Books! A Survey on the WPA Arts Projects 15 United American Sculptors' Show . . 17 Solo Flight A Short Story by Alvah C. Bessie 18 Reader's Forum 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

A Literary Pogrom by Samuel Putnam 22 Marxist Theory by D. 1. Struik 23 Negroes Against the Confederacy by Stephen Peabody 24 The Real Don Juan by Barbara Giles . 25 Bronte Sisters by Millen Brand . 25 A Magazine for Progressives by 1 oseph Starobin 26 Brief Review by Milton Meltzer 26

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Church of and for the People by Ruth McKenney Roots of Treason by lames Dugan Szigeti, Petri, and Goodman by 1 ohn Sebastian Dancer's Return by Owen Burke .

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Art work by Soriano (cover), Ad Reinhardt, Getz, William Gropper, Mischa Richter, Louis Ferstadt, Fred Ellis, Charles Martin, Chet La More, Malman.

NEW MASSES, VOL. XXX, No. 6

January 31, 1939

Mobilization Notice! An Editorial 3 Forecast to 1940 by David Ramsey 4 Where Murder Is Safe by Robert Ange and Richard H.

Rovere • • • • • • • . • • • • • 7 We Shall Love A Poem by Alexander F. Bergman 8

Why Kluckhohn Left by Hu Williamson • . . 9 Editorial Comment . • • . • • • • • • • 11 Is the Theater a Waste of Time? by Robert Forsythe 14 The Itch by r. I. Lenin • • • • • • • 15 Cancer and Economics by J. B. S. Haldane 18 American Artists Congress Show 19 Readers' Forum • • • • 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Karel Capek by F. C. Weiskopf • • • • Revolutionary Artist by Louis Lozowick • • Expatriate's Autobiography by Granville Hicks APpro-ach to Music by R. D. Darrell • About Spain by Joy David man • • • The Refugee Problem by Charles Recht Cheap Fake by Robert Terral/ Brief Review by Helen Bur/in

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The New Movies by James Dugan • . Noel Coward's New Offering by Ruth McKenney

Four Art Exhibitions by Elizabeth Noble People's Music by John Sebastian Dance Events by Owen Burke

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Art work by Hugo Gellert (cover), Gardner Rea, Mischa Richter, A. Ajay, William Gropper, Charles Martin, Hirschfeld, Sid. Gotcliffe.

NEW MASSES, VOL. XXX, No. 7

February 7, 1939

Strategy after Barcelona by Capt. Walter E. Williams 4 TIMEfascist Number One by Eustace Tilley 7 From This Confusion A Poem by Marshall Schacht 8 No Dies for Winrod by Robert Ange • • • • 9 Editorial Comment • . . . • . . • . . • 10 The Rake's Progress by S. J. Perelman (batting for Forsythe) 14 Road to the East by F. C. Weiskopf . • • . . • 15 The Big Strike by Ruth McKenney • • • • • . 17 A Chinese Peasant Speaks A Poem by James Bertram 18 Readers' Forum • • • . . • . . 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Cheer Up, Forsythe by Samuel Sillen Faulkner's New Novel by Edwin Berry Burgum Folk Literature by David Silver • • Spokesman for Unity by George Speyer Kansas Poet by Joy DaviJman Books and Authors • • • •

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Lenin, Stalin, and Ivan by James Dugan • Written in Anger by Ruth McKenney • . "A Song about America" by Garret Conarty Charles Ives at Last by John Sebastian • •

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Art work by B. Valloton (cover), Ad Reinhardt, William Grop­per, Mischa Richter, Crockett Johnson, Joe Bartlett, Ned Hilton, A. Ajay, A. Walkowitz, Shiro Miyazaki, Charles Martin.

NEW MASSES, VOL. XXX, NO. 8

February 14, 1939

On the American Dead in Spain, by Ernest Hemingway 3 The Lincoln Battalion in Pictures, with story by Joseph

North . . . . • . . • . . . . . 4 The Political Commissar in Spain-! by R. Luc . 12 What's Happening on the Embargo by Paul G. McManus 14 Jericho A Poem by Alexander F. Bergman 15 Banta Grins by Will Rivers . 16 Intellectual Freedom by Franz Boas 17 Editorial Comment 19 Readers' Forum 22

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Old Abe Lincoln in 1939 by Samuel Sillen "Sirocco" by Granville Hicks . . "Air Raid," by Richard H. Rovere Books and Authors .

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Housing Goes to Town by lames Dugan "Jeremiah" by Garret Conarty . King Hal by Ruth McKenney .

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Cover design by I. N. Steinberg. Art work by William Gropper, Mischa Richter, S. F. Ramsey, Ad Reinhardt, Scheel.

NEW MASSES, VOL. XXX, NO. 9

February 21, 1939

Why the British Labor Party Expelled Me by Sir Stafford Cripps • • • . • . . . . . . . 3

How to Wreck a Union by Smith F. Bixler 5 The Hunters A Poem by Sidney Alexander . . 7 Dachau: Foundation of the Third Reich by Martin Ander-

sen Nexo 8 This Is Station AFRA by Milton Meltzer 11 The Political Commissar in Spain by R. Luc 12 A Brave Man is Dead by Granville Hicks . 14 Thanks for the Brickbats by Robert Forsythe 15 Editorial Comment 17 Front-Page Liars 21 Reader's Forum 22

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Gay Rhymes for the People by C. Day Lewis 23 Max Lerner's Credo by A. B. Magi! . . 25 Fearing's New Poems by Kenneth Burke . 27

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Child Labor Movie by James Dugan 29 Bad Week on Broadway by Ruth McKenney 30 Dancers and Society by Owen Burke • . 31

Art work by Mischa Richter, Gardner Rea, William Gropper, AI Hirschfeld, Ad Reinhardt, Nils Berg, Georges Schreiber, John Lonergan.

NEW MASSES, VOL. XXX. NO. 10

February 28, 1939

Hitler Woke Me Up by J. B.S. Haldane • . 3 A Nazi Agent at Work by Erskine Caldwell 5 Dear American Citizen by Lene Reiner • • . . • . 7 Spring Song Before Its Season A Poem by Norman Rosten 8 When Franco Comes to Town by Roberto Miro . • 10 Fascist Lament by Prudencio de Pereda • . 11 Thou Shall Not Bear False Witness by D. R. Taft 12 William Gropper's Mural and Show 14 Bill Green's Boomerang by Paul G. McManus 15 Moving, A Short Story by Millen BranJ • • 16 Granville Hicks Nails a Lie • . 16 Night of Freedom A Poem by Michael Wilson 17 Editorial Comment . • . . 19 Reader's Forum . • . . • . . . • . 22

llEVII!W AND COMMENT

Ruth McKenney's "Industrial Valley" by Albert Maltz 23 Gedye's Report by Theodore Draper • • 24 Labor Relations by Bruce Minton • • • 25 Fascist Apologia by David Ramsey • . . 26

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

The Scissorbills Swoop Down by James Dugan 28 "The Little Foxes" by Ruth McKenney 29 Negro Revue by Garret Conarty 31 Political Operetta by John Sebastian 31

Cover design by John Kanelous. Art work by Marcella Broudo, Sanchez Felipe, A. Birnbaum, Ad Reinhardt, Fred Ellis.

NEW MASSES, VOL. XXX, NO. 11

March 7, 1939

Hitler's Next Move by Richard Goodman 5 N.Y., Feb. 20: Storm Troopers Arrive by Theodore

Draper • . . . 6 Four-fifths of a Nation-! by Richard H. Rovere . 11 Two Poems by Antonio Machado . . 12 What About the Civil Liberties Committee? by Paul

G. McManus . 13 Think It Over by Robert Forsythe . . . . . • 15 World Map of Fascist Activity by ] ohn L. Spivak and

Ad Reinhardt . 16 Editorial Comment . . . . . 18 Father Lobo: Priest of Madrid An Editorial Article 20 Reader's Forum 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

W. B. Yeats by C. Day Lewis China Fights Back by Ian Milner . "Inside Germany" by Karl Anders . Novel about Spain by Eleanor Flexner . Brief Reviews by Ann Prentiss and Barbara Giles

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Anna Sokolow by Owen Burkr . Fields and Borders by lames Dugan Amiable Comedy by Ruth McKenney Notable Concert by John Sebastian .

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Cover design by Julian Brazelton. Art work by A. Birnbaum, Phil Stern, Mischa Richter, John Heliker, Martin Vos, Ned Hilton, Barbara Morgan.

NEW MASSES, VOL. XXX, No. 12

March 14, 1939

.1\"ot Enough by Doroth)' Parker . 3 The Supreme Court Sits Down b)' Leonard Boudin 5 Forever This Spring A Poem b)' Ruth Lechlitner 6 The .\Iisery in Perpignan by Art Shields . 7 Chicago's Promising Primary by Louis F. Budenz 8 Two Documentary Films . 10 Mrs. James Crmv, DAR by Eugene Holmes . 12 Four-fifths of a Nation-II by Richard H. Rovere . 13 Robert Loves Nancy by Robert Forsythe . 15 Short of War, but Stronger than Words by Paul G.

"l1cA1anus 17 Editorial Comment 19 Reader's Forum 21

R,EVIEW AND COMMENT

Marxism and the Sciences by V. ]. 111cGilf ''Rats in the Larder" by Alter Brody Nazi Classroom by ] oy David man . Briffault's Britain by Richard JV!ilton "Our Common Ailment" by Cora 1lfacA lbrrt

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"The Swing Mikado" by Steve Morgan . Sunday Night Varieties by Barnaby Hotchkiss "The 400 Million" by loris Ivens . .\!lass-Production Art by Elizabeth N able .

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Cover design by I. G. Abrams. Art ·work by Mischa Richter, vVilliam Gropper, A. Birnbaum, A. Ajay, Aime.

NEW MASSES, VOL. XXX, No. 13

March 21, 1939

Soviet Economy in the World Today by Earl Browder 4 In Memoriam, Ben Leider by Ruth McKenney . . . 8 What Is Happening in Spain by Richard Goodman . 9 Brandeis, ]., Dissenting by Charles Recht • . . 11 Prelude A Poem by Moe Golden . . . 12 Cutting Social Security Red Tape by Robert Terral! . 14 Editorial Comment 17 Reader's Forum 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

How Safe Is America? by Theodore Draper . . . 21 Josephine Herbst's "Rope of Gold" by Edwin Berry

Burgum . . . 22 "Seasoned Timber" by Barbara Giles . 24 Oklahoma Farmers by Samuel Sillen . . 24 Brief Reviews by Milton Meltzer and J. D. . 26

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

"Awake and Sing" by Steve Morgan . Film of Czechoslovakia by James Dugan Joris Ivens' Film by R. T. . Mordecai Bauman by John Sebastian . Industrial Design by E. N. . . . .

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Cover design by Qeorg Salter. Art work by Mischa Richter, William Gropper, Gardner Rea, A. Ajay, Alfredo Valente, Ad Reinhardt, S. F. Ramsey.

NEW MASSES. VOL. XXXI, No. 1

March 28, 1939

Now Comes Mussolini's Turn by Richard Goodman 3 The Fight Against Lies by Paul de Kruif . . . . 6 Earl Browder Answers Questions . . . . 8 Four-fifths of a Nation-III by Richard H. Rovere . 9 Mexican Oil: The Inside Story by Hu Williamson 11 More Piercing than Bombs by Harry Reinlieb 12 Vatican Payoff by Oronzo Marginati . 13 Heil Kolupus Hitler I by Duncan Stuart . 14 Rendezvous with Life by Robert Forsythe . 15 I Always Come Home A Poem by Alfred Hayes. 16 We Can Stop Hitler I An Editorial Article 17 Editorial Comment . . 18 Reader's Forum . . . 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Hymnal of Hate by Karl Billinger Two English Novels by C. Day Lewis • "Dr. Addams" by Marjorie Brace . . Southern Negro by E. Franklin Frazier . . Brief Reviews by Joseph Hastings and L. M. J.

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"Concentration Camp" by Robert T err all 29 Joint Dance Concert by Owen Burke . . 31 Eisler's Movie Score by John Sebastian • 31

Art work by A. Redfield, Art Young, A. Ajay, Gardner Rea, Mischa Richter.

NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXI, No. 2

April 4, 1939

Hitler in the Hradcany by Heinrich Werth . . . 5 The Satevepost und Beobachter by Wellington Roe 7 To Mr. Chamberlain Upon His Recognition of Franco

A Poem by Walter Serring • • . 8 Four Photos of New York by Berenice Abbott 10 Interlude with Finks by Elliot Paul . 11 What's on Your Mind? . . 12 That Man Cardenas by J. H. Plenn . 14 Fifth Columns in USA by W. B. Cahn 16 Paste This in Your Hat by Robert Forsytl1e 17 Editorial Comment 19 Reader's Forum 22

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Edmund Wilson: To the Munich Station by V. ]. 1 erome 23 Gestapo in Yorkville by Robert T errall . 26 "The Patriot" by Samuel Sillen 27 Brief Review by Helen Burlin. 28

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Eisenstein Resurgent by fames Dugan Bauman Concert by fohn Sebastian • . Not-So-Hot Mikado by Barnaby Hotchkiss

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Cover design by John Kanelous. Art work by Gardner Rea, Gabriel, John Heliker, Mischa Richter, Sid Gotcliffe, Sylvia Wald.

NEW MASSES. VOL. XXXI. No. 3

April 11, 1939 Last Days in Spain by Julio Alvarez del Vayo 3 Death Masks A Poem by Don Gordon 4 Here Comes the Doctor! by Cora MacA/bert 5 Pussyfooting towards Peace by Paul G. McManus 9 From Art Young's Notebook . . 10 A New Word for Treason by Alter Brody 13 Portrait of a Joint Council by Eve Harrison . . 14 James Connolly, Easter Week Hero by Samuel Levenson 17 Speech for a Chorus of Youth A Poem by John Malcolm

Brinnin . . . . 18 Oracle in Spats by Robert Forsythe 19 Mr. Howard Greases the Axis An Editorial Article 20 Editorial Comment . 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Coleridge and Wordsworth by Joseph Freeman 23 La Pasionaria by Fred Keller . . . 25 Marxist Economics by David Ramsey 25 Sixty-Cent Books by Grace Hutchins 26 North of Albany by 1J1ilton Meltzer 26 Southern Agrarian by Richard Greenleaf 27

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Public Eudemonist No. 1 by James Dugan 28 Jazz Piano by James Dugan 29 Philip Barry's Play by Steve Morgan 30 Blume's Rejection by E.N. 30 Fair Enough by E.R. • 31 Art work by Gardner Rea, William Gropper, Mischa Richter, Colin Allen.

NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXI, No. i

April 18, 1939 Fascism's Seventh Veil by Matthew Josephson 5 Takemasu Enyu's Diary by Agnes Smedley . . . 7 Inside the UA W Convention by Smith F. Bixler . 8 The Deepwater Bunds by Gus Lundberg • . . • 9 Migratory Farm Workers 11 Page of Photographs. . 10 Awakening in the "Corral" by Charles Curtis Munz . . 11 Back Where They Came From by Paul G. McManus . 12 The Apex Hosiery Decision by Charles Recht . 13 Born in Sin by Pietro di Donato (Copyright by the Hobbs-

Merrill Co.) • • . . . . . . . . . 15 Wasteland, Farewell 11 Poem by John Malcolm Brinnin 16 I Hope You Are Happy About Spain by Robert Forsythe 17 Editorial Comment . • . • 19 What's On Your Mind? • . 22 Reader's Forum . • • • • 22

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Bill Foster's Book by Joseph North . 23 Roger Martin du Gard by Samuel Putnam . 24 Rivertown Record by Nelson 11/gren . . . 25 Anti-Fascist \Vhodunit by Margaret Lieberson 25 Pre-Civil War Press by Elizabeth Lawson . . 26 The Wonder of Words by Margaret Schlauch . 27 The Critics Group by Richard Milton 27

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

The Ungentle People by Irwin Shaw . . 28 London Music Festival by John Sebastian 30 Yea, History! by James Dugan • 30 Art work: by Mischa Richter, A. Ajay, Ned Hilton, Colin Allen, Theodore Scheel.

NEW J\IASSES, VOL. XXXI, No. 5

April 25, 1939

Chamberlain Fumbles the Ball by Richard Goodman 3 The New Deal Bar and Grille by James Dugan . 5 Spring Styles in War by J. B. 8. Haldane . . . 6 Think Deep, Think Fast, America by Earl Brou·der 7 Death Masks A Poem by Don Gordon . . 8 Francesco Becomes a Lion by Mario Michele . 10 "Housing Plans" vs. Houses by David Richards 11 Mrs. Ogden Reid's Paper by Robert Terral! . . . 13 The Defense of the Wagner Act by Paul G. McManus 16 Garner of Uvalde by Robert Forsythe . . . . . . 17 Roosevelt Calls the Roll for Peace An Editorial Article 19 Editorial Comment . . . 20 What's On Your Mind? . 22 Reader's Forum • 22

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Literature and Society by Harry Slochower . 23 Elliot Paul's Novel by Edwin Berry Burgum 25 Before Munich by Bertram Gale . 25 0. E. Rolvaag by Dale Kramer . 26 Expose of Racism by Joseph Hastings 27 Brief Review by David Silver . 27

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Poetry on the Air by Milton Meltzer . 28 Ennui on the Moors by James Dugan 29 Saroyan, Playwright by Barnaby Hotchkiss 30 Dance Events by Owen Burke . 31 Art work by Gardner Rea, McGill, Ned Hilton, Mischa Richter, A. Ajay, Aime, Colin Allen, Charles Martin, East­wood, Herb Kruckman.

NEW MASSf;S, VOL. XXXI, No. 6

May 2, 1939

Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory by Elizabeth Gurle}' Fzynn . • 3

An Answer to Anti-Semitism by Jacques Maritain 6 What Benes Said . 7 Rehearsal for May Day by Ruth McKenney 9 What's On Your Mind? . 10 Haymarket Square, Chicago, May 4, 1886 by Art Young 11 Haymarket: May Day, 1939 A Poem by Burton Jerome

Barnett • 12 Boarded Up A Page of Photos . 1+ Look Out for the Locomotive! by S. I. Perelman 15 Editorial Comment 17 Reader's Forum 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Steinbeck's Powerful Novel by Gran~·ille Hicks . "God's Valley" by Barbara Giles. Manhattan Panorama by Louis Lozowick . Ten Best Plays by Boris Gamzue .

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

French Social Films by Barbara Stavis . S. N. Behrman's Play by Steve Morgan An $11 Swing Library by lames Dugan "Dark Victory" by Robert Terrall .

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Art work bv Mischa Richter, John Heliker, A. Birnbaum, Colin Allen, 'Villiam Gropper, Soriano, Elmer Hader, Charles Martin.

NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXI, No. 7

May 9,1939

The Spirit of Masaryk by Heinz Liepmann 3 "General Krivitsky" 3 Don't Mention Scripps to Howard by Robert Terral! 7 Barbarians on Capitol Hill by Joseph Starobin 10 Neville's Payoff Pals by Oronzo Marginati, Jr. . 11 The "Times": Accurate, Unbiased, Anti-Labor

by James Dugan . 12 Bridges' Frameup Falls Do>vn br Tom Cullen 14 Tomorrow's Seed A Poem by Langston Hughes 15 "Made in America" Two Pages of Photographs 16 Little Biz Perks Up by Paul G. McManus 18 The Brest-Litovsk Boy by Robert Forsythe . 19 Editorial Comment 20

REVIEW AND COMM,ENT

In Defense of Optimism by Samuel Sillen Liberal's Self-Portrait by John Stuart "Mexico Marches" by Jesse Trent • Child Refugees by Sidney Alexander Brief Review by E. H. .

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Hollywood's Greatest Films by James Dugan 27 Ford on the Air by John Vernon 29 Capek's Last Play by Barnaby Hotchkiss . 30 Two Art Exhibits by Margaret Lieberson 31

Art work by Mischa Richter, A. Ajay, Joseph Serrano, John Heliker, James Dugan, Frank Davidson.

NEW MASSES. VOL, XXXI, No. 8

May 16, 1939

How Strong Is the Red Army? by Max Werner 3 Mallorcan Memory by Genevieve Taggard . . 7 Harlem ~hildren A Page of Photographs . . 10 Go Left, Young Man, Go Left by James Dugan . 11 The United States Arts Projects by Joseph Starobin 12 Victory in LA by· Al Richmond . . . . . 14 The "Business Confidence" Game by Paul G. McManus 15 Mr. Behrman and the "New Yorker" by Robert Forsythe 16 Editorial Comment . . 18 Meet the Friends of "General Krivitsky" An Editorial

Article • . . • . . • 20 What's On Your Mind? . 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

American Cartoons: 1865-1938 by J. D. . On Anti-Semitism by Francis Xavier Stanle}' "The Power-House" by Joy Davidman . . Three English Novels by Marjorie Brace . Hoi: and. Bothered by Peter Lyon • John Wilkes Booth by Paul Selvin . Rum, Slaves, Molasses by Elizabeth Lawson

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The Music of Paul Hindemith by John Sebastian 28 Two Tries by .f. D. . 29 "Gang Busters" by John Vernon 30 Tamiris in "Adelante" by Owen Burke 30 Picasso's Mural by Jay Peterson • . . . . . 31 Art work by William Gropper, A.- Ajay, Redfield, Mischa Richter, A. Birnbaum, Art Young, Herb Kruckman, Aaron Sopher.

NEW MASSES, VOI,. XXXI, No. 9

May 23, 1939

Sadism in China by Agnes Smedley . 3 "The World Was Always Yours" A Poem by Ruth

Lechlitner 4 The Miners Knew What They Wanted by Elizabeth

Gurley Flynn 5 Nobody Appreciates Mr. Stern by Robert Terral! . 7 Refugee Heroes A Page of Photographs 11 Are Taxes Preventing Recovery? by David Richards ·12 Where Is Britain Going? by Allen Hutt 15 Dealing in Major Catastrophes by Sanora Babb 17 Chorus A Poem by Marc Blitzstein 18 From Forsythe to Broun to Chance by Robert Forsythe 19 · Editorial Comment 20 What's On Your Mind? 22 Reader's Forum 22

REVIEW AND COMMENT

World Congress of Writers by Samuel Sillen The German Exiles by Harry Slochower . Parlor Liberals by David Ramsey

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Making the Social Film by James Dugan Four Artists by M. R. Linden . Radio's Real Talent by John Vernon The New Singers by John Sebastian

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Art work by A. Redfield, Ad Reinhardt, William Gropper, A. Tobias, Beatrice Tobias.

NEW MASSES, VOI,, XXXI, No. 10

May 30, 1939

The Gestapo in American Business by Paul G. JV! cilianus and Oronzo Marginati, Jr. . . . 3

China's 30,000 Industrial Cooperatives Drawings by Jack Chen . 6

Silicosis in the Tri-State A Page of Photographs by Sheldon Dick • . . 8

The Interne's Dilemma by Cora MacAlbert . 9 Why the ~egro Must Be Anti-Fascist by William Pickens ll Not Since Reconstruction by Lee Coller 13 No Comfort in Zion by Paul Novick 14 Wanted: One Tough Guy by Robert Forsythe 15 Editorial Comment . 17 What's On Your Mind? 20 Reader's Forum 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Mr. MacLeish Hesitates by A. B. Magi! Millen Brand's Novel by Barbara Giles "American Labor" by Bruce Minton . Maker of Universes by David Ramsey .

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Music of the Perisphere by John Sebastian Brookfield Ham by James Dugan . . . The Magazine Show by Milton Meltzer . Anti-Nazi Melodrama by Barnaby Hotchkiss .

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Cover design by Lucien Bernhard. Art work by Ad Reinhardt, John Heliker, Ned Hilton, William Gropper, Mischa Richter, Georges Schreiber, Beatrice Tobias, Selma Freeman Ramsey.

NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXI, No. 11

June 6,1939 The Last Testament of Ernst Toller . . 3 The Private Life of the Public Library by Harry B.

Henderson, Jr. . • . . 4 Dies Covers Up by Paul G. McManus . . . . . . 7 The Men Behind Coughlin by A. B. Magi! . . . . . 9 They Voted Republican Reports from Michigan, Oregon,

and Pennsylvania by Arthur Clifford, Duncan Stuart, and James Fitzgerald • . . • 10

Drought A Poem by Robert Gessner • . . 12 To War on a Shoestring by Lucien Zacharoff 13 Bessie and the Bund by Earl McCoy . • 15 I Knew Ernst Toller by Robert Forsythe ; 16 Peace A Poem by Gwendolyn Bennett . . 16 John Reed A Portrait by Robert Hallowell 17 Editorial Comment . . . 19

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The People, Yes by Samuel Sill en . . "Who Was Socrates?" by Howard Selsam • The Great Commoner by Elizabeth Lawson . Papinin's Diary by Ruth Lechlitner . • Government and Art by J. S. ~ . .

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The Cursed City by James Dugan . • . 28 Sklar's New Play by Milton Meltzer . ; 29 Feder11l Theater Radio by John r ern on . 30

Cover design by I. G. Abrams. Art work by A. Ajay, John Groth, Herb Kruckman, Mischa Richter, William Gropper, Georges Schreiber, Charles Martin.

NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXI, No. 12

June 13, 1939

Hearst Is Still Alive by Robert Terral! 3 Ivory Tower for Rent by Vincent Sheean 8 The Third American Writers Congress Caricatures by

Georges Schreiber . 9 Does Chamberlain Mean Business? by Richard Goodman 11 The Last Day of Madrid by Art Shields . 13 California Fields A Poem by Lawrence Bernard 14 The KKK Tries Again by lake Martin 15 Bow, Ye Lower Middle Classes! by Peter Quinn 16 Son of a Bull by Edward Eliscu 17 Editorial Comment . 19

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Instead of Baby Talk by Simon Doniger "The Salesman" by Ruth Lechlitner Nazi Pogroms by M oissaye 1. 0 !gin Personal Pipelines by 1 oseph S taro bin

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The \Vorld of Today by lames Dugan Art at the Fair by M. R. Linden Light Moviegoing by 1. D.

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NEW MASSES, VOL. mi, No. 13

June 20, 1939

England Without King and Queen by Theodore Draper 3 Doctors in War by Leo Eloesser . . 6 Who Reads Hearst? by Robert Terrall. . 9. Lever Brothers' B. 0. by Richard H. Rovere 12 More Power to You by Paul G. McManus . 15 "Caucasians Only!" • . 16 Mephitis Mephitis Pegleri by Robert Forsythe 17 Editorial Comment . . . . . . 18 What's On Your Mind? by A. Landy 20 Reader's Forum 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

American Writers: 1935 to 1939 by Samuel Sillen A Year in the USSR by Cora MacA/bert The Corporate State by Joseph P. Lash Unchristian Priest by F. X. Shanley .

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Mighty Blues by James Dugan 29 John Ford's Lincoln by J. D. . . 30 "Billy the Kid" by Owen Burke . 31 Art work by Ad Reinhardt, Escott, William Gropper, Gardner Rea, John Heliker, Bo Beskov, Eastwood.

NEW MASSES. VOL. XXXII. No. 1

June 27, 1939

The Insects by Maxim Gorky . 3 Free Public Education is at Stake An Editorial Article 5 The Devil Will Come A Poem by Joy Damdman . . 6 Back to Pamphleteering A Series of Cartoons 8 $2.96 per Month per Person by Owen Young Kinnard 10 The Araquistain Junta by Joseph North 13 The Tories Tune Up by Paul G. McManus 15 Editorial Comment . 16 What's On Your Mind? by A. Landy 18 Reader's Forum 18

REVIEW AND COMMENT

By Dorothy Parker and Sylvia Townsend Warner 21 FWP's Americana by Richard H. Rovere 22 Old School Muckraker by John Stuart 23 Three Poets by Sidney Alexander . 24

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Peace Powers at the Fair by James Dugan Sound Men of Radio by John r ern on Kazakh's Chapayev by James Dugan .

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Art work by Schreiber, Hugo Gellert, Mischa Richter, Daniel Fitzpatrick, A. Ajay, Anton Refregier, John Groth, A. Birnbaum, Maurice Becker, William Gropper, John Heliker, Gardner Rea, Logan, Grischa Metlay.

ThMW~ NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXII, No. 2

July 4, 1939

Renaissance in Hollywood? by Joseph North . 3 "General Krivitsky" Exposes Himself An Editorial Article • 7 French Socialist Leaders Appease Hitler by Richard

Goodman 11 Give Them a Medal by George Kauffman 12 No Isolation for Our Founding Fathers by Stephen

Peabody • 13 Pro-Franco Phony by John Greene . 14 Our Telegraph Monopoly by Douglas Ward 15 Death on Doyers Street by Eugene E. Hurley 17 Editorial Comment . 18 Reader's Forum 27

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Misadventures of John Dos Passos by Samuel Sillen 21 "Honest Cop" by 8. W. Gerson . 22 Marxist Classic by Maurice Dobb . 23 The Modern Drama by Boris Garnzue 25 Fair's Art Catalogue by J. D. . 26

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

From Yienna by Barnaby Hotchkiss . The World's Best by James Dugan . T AC's Radio Division by John Vern on Von Ripper's Art by J. D. .

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Art work by William Gropper, Gardner Rea, A. Redfield, Mischa Richter, John Heliker, Helen West Heller.

NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXII, No. 3

July 11, 1939

When China Wins by Madame Sun Yat-sen 3 Two Year.s of War by Philip J. Jaffe . 5 Map of the Chinese War Zone : . 7 USA and USSR: Good Neighbors by Earf Browder 9 The Ruination of Judge MacDuff A Sht-rt Story by

Joseph Mitchell . 12 The New Hollywood by Joseph North 14 The Brothers La Follette by Paul G. McManus 17 Editorial Comment . 19 Third Term for the New Deal An Editorial Article . 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Adventures of a Middle-Aged Man by Elliot Paul 22 Waldo Frank's Novel by Edwin Berry Burgum 23 The American Negro by Eugene Gordon . . 26

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Lenin Meets the Counter-Revolution by James Dugan 28 Station WNYC ·by John Vern on . . 29 Dance Presentation by Owen Burke . 31

Art work by McGill, Mischa Richter, Crockett Johnson, A. Ajay; William Gropper, Richard Correll, Fred Ellis.

NEW MASSES, VOL, XXXII, No. 4

July 18, 1939

How the People Can Own the Railroads by the Labor Research Association . . . . . . . . 3

Sokolsky: His Brass Check Is Gold by Dale Kramer 6 In the Line of Fire A Story by Alvah C. Bessie 9 Wiseguy Type A Poem by Herman Spector 10 Young America Has a Program by Milton Meltzer 12 Visit Gay Germany! by Joseph Schrank 14 Hitler's Pal, Doc by Lou Seligson . 15 Editorial Comment . 17 America Fights for WP A An Editorial Article 19 What's On Your Mind? 21 Reader's Forum . 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Democratic Idea by Joseph Freeman First Novel by Richard I{. Rovere Between Two Worlds by Howard Selsam

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Ragtag and Bobtail by lames Dugan Radio Strip Show by John Vern on Dance Cabaret by Owen Burke

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NEW MASSES. VOL. XXXII. No. 5

July 25, 1939

Danzig Cues the Baltic Plot by Richard Go()dman . 3 The German Underground Emerges by Ewald Recht 6 Playing Politics with Peace by Paul G. McManus 9 In the Line of Fire A Story by Alvah Bessie 10 For Arnold Reid A Poem by Edwin Rolfe 11 The Future of TVA by Joseph Butler 13 A Page of Prints . 15 Editorial Comment 16 Reader's Forum 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Story of Russian Bolshevism by M oissaye J Olgin 21 British Battalion by Bernard Walker 25 J. D. Bernal by Henry Hart 27

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Two Better Movies by James Dugan On the Air by John Vernon Dilly Dali .

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Art work by McGill, Ad Reinhardt, William Gropper, Gardner Rea, Mischa Richter, Beatrice Tobias, Ned Hilton, John Heliker.

This Week NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXII, No. 6

August 1, 1939 A Nazi Church in America by J. H. Plenn 3 Woodrum Pinched! A Page of Photos 6 Give the Tories an Inch ... by Paul G. McManus 7 Schoolboys on Anti-Semitism by Milton Meltzer 8 Harold ]. Laski's Personal View 11 A Giagre Nailed Mussotler by Nilcnok 12 In the Line of Fire A Story by Alvah C. Bessie 13 Red Clay Blues A Poem by Richard Wright and Langston

Hughes 14 "Let the Will ... " by Lee Hayes 15' Editorial Comment . 16 Readers' Forum . 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

"Not Peace but a Sword" by Joseph North Pilgrim's Progress by Stanley Archer Propaganda Study by Morris U. Schappes Brief Review by Martha Campion

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Vaudeville Comes Back! by James Dugan 28 Movie Week by J. D. . 30 Radio Verse Drama by John Vernon 30 A Whitman Cantata by Barnaby Hotchkiss 31 Art work by Gregorio Prestopino, Phil Stern, William Grop­per, Gardner Rea, Mischa Richter, Hirschfeld, A. Walkowitz.

This Week NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXII, No. 7

August 8, 1939

The House that Venom Built by Dale Kramer 3 Notes from Paris by Theodore Draper . 7 Mexico's 1940 by Marc Frank . 9 Time to Do Something by Jean Starr· U ntermeyer 11 Southern Road A Short Story by Catherine Ridgely 13 Trotsky Admits It by A. B. Magi[. 15 Editorial Comment 17 Readers' Forum 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Steinbeck Country by Samuel Sillen . USSR Foreign Policy by Maxwell S. Stewart Doctors' Bonanza by Cora MacAlbert .

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An Ozark Goebbels by James Dugan . Maverick on the Air by John r ern on . In the Vanguard by Barnaby Hotchkiss

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Art work by Beatrice Tobias, William Gropper, A. Redfield, Eastwood, Net Hilton, Colin Allen, Louis Ribak, Gardner Rea.

This Week NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXII, No. 8

August 15, 1939 "Ham and Eggs to You" by .Anna Louise Strong . . 3 The People Haven't Adjourned by Paul G. McManus . 9 So Congress Went Home .An Editorial . • . . 10 Gropper's Cartoon • . • • . . . • . . . 11 They Can't Ignore Moscow by Richard Goodman 12 The Jungle TodaY' by Tom Hardwick . • 13 Judge Lynch in New York by Ralph Ellison 15 Dickinson at Home by William .Allen 17 Editorial Comment . . . . . . . . 18 Readers' Forum . . . . . . . 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

A Year Went By by Joseph North . . . Military Situation by Major .Allen Johnson Far Eastern Diary by Richard H. Rovere "In Blood and Ink" by John Stuart • .

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Jazz Archives by James Dugan 35.0,000 Democrats by J. D.

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Art work by Crockett Johnson, Ad Reinhardt, William Grop­per, Gardner Rea, Mischa Richter, Soriano, Beatrice Tobias, John Heliker.

This Week NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXII, No. 9

August 22, 1939

Vox Populi: Vox Patterson by Robert Terral! 3 Show Business Showdown by Ella Winter . 7 Hitler Crosses the Alps by Richard Goodman • 9 Add Guild Convention by Dan Reilly . . 11 The "Christian Front" by Stephen Peabody . 12 The Hitler Kid A Short Story by Eugene E. Hurley 15 Editorial Comment 18 Readers' Forum 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Logic of Earl Browder by Corliss Lamont . Blake's New Novel by Edwin Berry Burgum. The Soviet Arctic by Barbara Giles . What They Believe by Jonathan Sperling The Abolitionists by Herbert Aptheker .

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Stix Nix Fink Pix by lames B. Beatty • . Another Banned Film by lames Dugan .

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Art work by Gardner Rea, Darryl Frederick, McGill, William Gropper, A. Ajay, Mischa Richter, Beatrice Tobias.

This Week NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXII, No. 10

August 29, 1939

Poland's Chances by Richard Goodman 3 Gropper's Cartoon 5 Corliss Lamont 7 Coughlin Offered Me a Job by Thomas Wharton 9 Bill Bioff and the IATSE's by Ella Winter 10 Uncommon House of Commons . 12 Balance Sheet of the USSR and the Fascist Countries 14 Editorial Comment 18 Readers' Forum 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Words as Weapons by Samuel Sillen Soviet Study by Margaret I. Lamont . . The Hudson River by Walter H. Waggoner The African People by Elizabeth Lawson . The Americas by Joseph Starobin Low's Cartoons by C. J . .

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A Surprise Movie by James Dugan Pins and Needles 1939 by Barnaby Hotchkiss

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Art work by McGill, Gardner Rea, Mischa Richter, S. F. Ramsey, Charles Martin.

This Week NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXII, No. 11

September 5, 1939

The Case of the Stupid Statesmen by Theodore Draper . 3 What Every Appeaser Should Know by Richard H. Rovere 5 Inside Poland by John Stark . 7 Gropper's Cartoon . . . . . 9 Why the Pact Was Signed An Editorial Article . 10 The Liberals and the Pact by A Iter Brody 13 On the Pact . . . . . 14 Auto City Mayor by William Allan . . . . . . . 15 Thanks Be to My Uncle Miah A Short Story by Edward

Wall 16 For Fun A Poem by Muriel Rukeyser. 17 ILA on the Mississippi by Cole Stevens 19 Editorial Comment . 21 Readers' Forum . . 23

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Three Novels by Granville Hicks . . . 24 Miss Dean's Dilemma by Joseph Starobin 25 Radio Drama by S. S. . 26 Literature of Freedom by· S. S. . 26 Alvin Foote's Poems by N onnan Rosten 27 First Novel by R. H. R. . 28 Book Notes . . 28

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Plays into Movies by lames Dugan . 29 Art work by Mischa Richter, Gardner Rea, Darryl Frederick, Crockett Johnson.

This Week NEW l\IASSES, VOL. XXXII, No. 12

September 12, 1939

The Meaning of This War An Editorial Article 3 War Bulletin by Major Allen Johnson. . • 5 Seven Fateful Days A News Roundup • • • . 6 The Future of Chamberlain by Theodore Draper 7 Gropper's Cartoon 8 The Sinews of War . . . . 11 Where the Communists Stand . 12 What's on Your Mind?. . . . . . . 13 Chicago Hearst: A Strike Epic by Robert Terrall • 15 All Is Not Fair by Lew Levenson • 19 Editorial Comment • . . . . . • 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Censoring "The Grapes of Wrath" by Samuel Sillen 23 Children under Nazism by Barbara Giles • 24 Winston Churchill by Joseph Starobin . . 25 American Prints by James Dugan . . . 25 Brief Reviews . 25

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MGM Lays an Egg by James Dugan. . A Screenwriter Speaks by Arnaud d'Usseau

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This Week N~JW MASSES, VOL. XXXII, No. 13

September 19, 1939

Wall St. Sells U. S. Peace Pfd. Short An Editorial Article 3 General Graves Assavs the Pact by Lew Levenson 5 The War against Pr~fits by Richa~d H. Rovere 8 Vincent Sheean on the Soviet Pact 9 What France and England Must Do by 111 ajor A !len

1 ohnson 6 Gropper's Cartoon 10 Principles Stand; Tactics Change by A. B.ll1agil 11 Don't Believe Everything You Read by 1 oseph North . 14 Papers for People Who Fink by Robert Terral! . 16 A Factory in the Field Strikes by A lex Brooks 19 Editorial Comment 22 Reader's Forum 24

REVIEW AND COMMENT

A New Way of Life by Samuel Sillen Brief Reviews .

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Old Folks at Home by lames Dugan 29 War by Radio by Barnaby Hotchkiss 30

Art work by Ad Reinhardt, Stark, Mischa Richter, Gardner Rea, Ned Hilton, Selma .Freeman Ramsey.

This Week .NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXIII, No. l

September 26, 1939 Why the Red Army Marched An Editorial Article 3 A Cable from London by Richard Goodman . 5 Dead Before the Final Ultimatum A Poem by Alexander

F. Bergman . 6 The Polish Campaign Ends by Major Allen Johnson 7 Gropper's Cartoon 8 Seawards A Poem by lames Neugass 10 Emancipation in East Poland by A iter Brody 11 The Wrath of Dies by Ernest Moorer . 15 Poll Tax: Denial of Democracy by William Pickens 16 Portrait of a Tenement 18 Duranty's "Kapital" by M oissaye ]. Olgin 20

· Editorial Comment . 22 Readers' Forum 24

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Writers and the War by Samuel Sillen 25 Elliot Paul's Mystery by James Dugan 26 Brief Reviews 26

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Baseball: The Nearly National Game by Hugh Bradley 29 The Boy Grew Older by lames Dugan . 30 Art work by Gardner Rea, McGill, Darryl Frederick, the Photo League, John Helikcr, Herb Kruckman, Aaron Elkind.

This Week NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXIII, No. 2

October 3, 1939

The Press Eats Its Words An Editorial 3 The Balkans Turn to the Soviet Union by Richard

Goodman . . . . 4 Inside the Neutrality Lobbies by Joseph Starobin 5 I Was There When It Started by Sasha Small . 7 War Bulletin No.4 by Major Allen Johnson 9 They're Not Confused . . . . . . . 10 Soldiers Who Reason Why by Lucien Zacharoff . 11 Soldier! Soldier! A Story by Alvah C. Bessie 15 What Side Are You On by Michael Gold 17 Art for the People's Sake by Art Young 18 Gropper's Cartoon 20 Editorial Comment . . 21 Death Mask A Poem by Don Gordon . 23 Dear Mr. Chamberlain A Poem by Norman Rosten 24

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Writers and the War II by Samuel Sillen Brief Reviews .

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Screen Writers Close Ranks by Ella Winter Movie Week by James Dugan .

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This Week NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXItt, No. 3

October 10, 1939

Hitler Loses the Baltic by A Iter Brody . 3 War-Bulletin: Number 5 by Major Allen Johnson 5 Gropper's Cartoon . . . . . 6 Save the Bill of Rights! An Editorial Article . 7 The New Balance of Power by Joseph Starobin 8 Daladier Shows His Hand by Philippe Deval . 10 Death Mask A Poem by Don Gordon 12 Virtuosi of Confusion by A. B. Magi! . • . • • 13 Associated Farmers: Sowers of Fascism by Helen Hosmer 17 The Informer by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn • • 21 Editorial Comment • . . . . 23

REVIEW AND COMM.ENT

Hitler and German Imperialism by Samuel Sillen Brief Reviews Book Notes.

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

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Donald Duck and the Milk.. Tru~t by James Dugan 29 New Films by James Dugan 30 New Play by C. J. . . 31

Art work by William Gropper, McGill, Mischa Richter, Ad Reinhardt, Gardner Rea, John Heliker.

This Week NEW MASSF-8, VOL. XXXIII, No. '

October 17, 1939

The War in Washington by Adam Lapin 3 Industrialist's Prayer A Poem by Kenneth Burkl' 5 Gropper's Cartoon 6 British Dilemma: Turkish Delight by A Iter Brody 8 Europe's Forgotten Men by t'l'asha Small 11 Associated Farmers: Sowers of Fascism- ll by Helm

Hosmer 13 Here Lies Stolberg by Henry Zon • • 15 The Gentleman and His Son ,1 Short Story by A lbnt

. Maltz . 17 Fascism Afloat by Bob Brown . 19 Editorial Comment . 21 So They Say A Page of Press Comment 24-

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Freud's Contribution by Francis Bartlett . Freud's Last Book by Philip A. Taylor . O'Casey's Early Life by Shaemas O'Sheel . Men Without Jobs by John Stuart . . The New Mexico by Milton Meltzer .

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Starring Bacillary Dysentery by James Dugan Fun Underground by Barnaby Hotchkis.f . Drama Revival by A. B. . New Popular Records by J. D. .

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Art \Vork by Darryl Frederick, Ben Yomen, Mischa Richter, Colin Allen, Charles Martin.

This Week NEW l\IARSES, VOL. XXXIII, No. 5

October 24, 1939

A Turning Point in History.by Philip J. Jaffe War Bulletin No. 6 by Major Allen Johnson That Specter Haunts Them by A. B. M a gil CIO Stands for Labor by A l Richmond The Boom in Death by Robert Nor ton Gropper's Cartoon . Crisis in Civil Liberties by Milton Meltzer An Evening at the Executioner's by Joseph North Lynch Stuff by Stetson Kennedy . Editorial Comment .

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Our Cultural Affinities by Samuel Sillen Russia Reborn by Joseph Starobin Norris of Nebraska by Barbara Giles British Propaganda by Shaemas O'Sheel Dynamic of Destruction by J. S.

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A New Garfield by James Dugan "Clinton Street" by T. D. . . . Light Broadway Fare by A. B.

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Art work by Mischa Richter, McGill, George Wilner, Gard­ner Rea, Ad· Reinhardt.

This Week NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXIII, No. 8

October 31, 1939

The New York: Election by Frank Goelet Meet Four Communists by James Dugan The Chamberlain Socialists by V. J. Jerome Gropper's Cartoon Editorial Comment . .

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Fight for Popular-Priced Book:s by Samuel Sillen

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and Milton Meltzer • • • 18 "Men in Battle" by David McKelvy White 26 French Politics by J. S. • • . . 28

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Mr. Capra Comes Back: by James Dugan The Golden Gate by Barnaby Hotchkiss . New Play by Alvah Bessie . . . • •

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Art work: by W. Clinton, Mischa Richter, Crockett Johnson, Ad Reinhardt.

This Week N~;w MASSES, VOL. XXXIII, No. 7

November 7, 1939

The Myth of the "German-Soviet Alliance" by Anna Louise Strong . 5

Soviet Basic Industry . . . 7 The Battle for the Black Sea by Alter Brody 8 Smearing All America by Paul G. McManus 11 Where Dies Stole His Technique by Morris Kamman 12 California Cotton Strike by Edwin Howard 16 Gropper's Cartoon . 18 Editorial Comment . 19 So They Say . 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The War and the Intellectuals by Randolph Bourne 22 Epic Migration by fames Dugan . . 26 The Basket Man by Morton Grant . 26 Lobbyists by John Stuart . . . . . . 27 The Negro People by Herbert Aptheker 27

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

The Daring Young Man Continued by Alvah Bessie 28 Screen Matters by James Dugan . 29

Art work by Gardner Rea, McGill, Mischa Richter, W. Clin­ton, Aime.

This Week NEW :MASSES, YOL. XXXIII, No. 8

November 14, 1939 Gropper's Cartoon 4 On Means and Ends by Corliss Lamont . 5 What Will America Do? by Upton Sinclair 7 What's to Become of Germany by Stefan Heym . 9 The Soviets Speak for Peace An Editorial Article } 1 The Secret Fighters by Edwin Rolfe . . 12 God Better Save the King by Joseph Starobin 15 Relief Quits Toledo by Ed Falkowski 16 Five Fresco Panels by Luis Quintanilla . 19 Editorial Comment . 20

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Reply to an Intellectual by Maxim Gorky . 22 The Chamberlain Press by Arthur L. Haynes 24 Feudal Spain by Owen Burke . . . 25 Science and Society by V. J. McGill . 26 The Railroad Problem by A. B. Magi/ 27

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Jazz Piano by lames Dugan . 28 Musicolossal by ]. D. . . 30 Fun for the Well Fed by Alvah Bessie 30

Art work by W. Clinton, Gardner Rea, Mischa Richter, A. Redfield, Charles Martin.

This Week NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXIII, No. 8

November 21, 1939 The Coughlin Racket by John L. Spivak • 3 Gropper's Cartoon . • . . • • . • . 12 Martin Dies' Union Busting Plan by Morris Kamman 13 Lines Pasted in an Old Hat . . • . • • • • . 14 In Merrie England by Verne Lee • • • • • • • 15 Detroit Cleans House by Arthur Clifford • • • • • 16 You Can Keep Your Baby A Short Story by Pauline Leader 17 Editorial Comment • • • • . • • • • 18

REVIEW AND COMMENT

John's Bull by Milton Meltzer • • • Political Overseers by Barbara Giles Our Neutrality by J. S. • • • Novel about Germany by H. B. . Compensation Law by A. U. . . . Maligning WPA by M. M.

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Allons Enfants by James Dugan • "Life with Father" by Alvah Bessie 17 Battery Place by Agnes Day The Dance by Owen Burke

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Art work by W. Clinton, A. Redfield, Gardner Rea, Selma Freeman Ramsey, Charles Martin, Kraft.

This Week NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXIII, No. 10

November 28, 1939 Coughlin's Frenzied Finance by John L. Spivak . 3 The Visions of St. Genevieve A Poem by Barnaby

Hotchkiss . 10 Incomplete Pass to Panama by A dam Lapin 11 Gropper's Cartoon 13 Finland Pays Its Debt by Alter Brody . 14 Dies in Mexico by Marc Frank . 18 Maginot vs. Westwall by Major Allen Johnson 19 Edi•orial Comment . 20 Readers' Forum 22

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Spain's Fight for Freedom by Samuel Sillen and Fred Keller . . . . . . • . . 23

Ellis' Self-Portrait by Isidor Schneider . 25 Detective Reporter by John Stark 26 Deep River by J. S. . 26 Flying for ,All? by A. B. . 26 Anniversary Issue . 27

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Picasso by Isabel Cooper . • . "Thunder Rock" by Alvah Bessie . Art work by Gardner Rea, McGill, A. Richter, Ad Reinhardt.

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December 5, 1939 Coughlin's Lawyer Speaks by John L. Spivak 3 Gropper's Cartoon 10 Imperialism in Puerto Rico by Jane Speed de Andreu 11 News Bulletin A. Poem by Sagittarius . . 12 Death of a Warrior by A.. B. Magi[ • 13 Get Out the Tin Boxes! by Frank Goelet . 15 Back to Work-t-o What? by Arthur Clifford 16 Panorama of America A. Page of Paintings by Georgey

Schreiber . . . 17 Editorial Comment . 18 Readers' Forum 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Literary Traditions by Samuel Sillen 23 Ohio Manikin by John Stuart . 23 American Movies by James Dugan . 24 German Fascism by Joseph Starobin . 26 Neglected Artist by Owen Burke . 26 Far from the Battle by J. S. . . 26 Ruling-Class Southerner by Ralph Ellison 27

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Revolution in the Wheatfields by James Dugan 28 "The World We Make" by Joseph Starobin 29 A Counterfeit Kern by Agnes Day 30 Shostakovitch Octet by Barnaby Hotchkiss . 30 Dali's Ballet by Owen Burke . . . . 31 Art work by Mischa Richter, Helen Ludwig, John Heliker.

This Week NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXIII, No. 12

December 12, 1939 Coughlin and Ford by John L. Spivak . . 3 Gropper's Cartoon . 10 Little Finland's Big Bosses An Editorial Article 11 Twenty Miles from Leningrad by A Iter Brody 12 Mr. Shaw and Others . . . . . . . . . 14 Dollar Diplomacy in Finland by James Morison 15 Ganging Up on the NLRB by Paul G. McManus 19 Today's Stock Quotations A Poem by Raphael Hayes . 19 Challenge from 'Frisco 20 Editorial Comment . . 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

The Beards Lose the Thread of History by A. B. Magi! 24 "Human Nature" by Francis Bartlett . 26 The Big Money by William Blake 26 Transatlantic Bard by N. R. 27 Labor's Bargaining Rights by Grace Hutchins . . 27 Old Lady from Dubuque by James Dugan 28

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Lively Theater Week by Alvah Bessie "Pins and Needles" by R. H. . Melodrama by Agnes Day Musical Vigor by Barnaby Hotchkiss . Art work by McGill, W. Clinton, Gardner Rea.

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December 19, 1939

War on the Soviet by Joseph Starobin 3 Roosevelt's Part An Editorial . 5 Gr9pper's Cartoon 8 Nine Years Too Late by A. B. Magi[ 9 Coughlin and the Nazis by John L. Spivak 10 Editorial Comment 19 To Arm You for This Time A Poem by Genroieve

Taggard . . 22

R,EVIEW AND COMMENT

Vincent Sheean, the Summer Soldier by Joseph North 21 Gorky's Humanism by lsidor Schneider . . 24 Proletarian Novel by Edwin Berry Burgum 24 Arms and the Man by David McKelvy White 26 Jeff Davis' Cabinet by B. G. . . . . 26

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Hamlet at Length by Alvah Bessie The Movies by James Dugan Rockefeller Jive by J. D.

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Art work by Mischa Richter, Crockett Johnson, A. Redfield, Charles Martin.

This Week NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXIV, No. 1

December 26, 1939

Blitzkrieg on the Home Front by Allen Hutt 3 The Campaign in Finland by Gen. Victor A. Yakhontoff 5 Gropper's Cartoon 6 War Propaganda Cum Laude by Milton Meltzer 7 Plea of the People A Poem by Kenneth Burke 9 Silver Charlie's Storm troopers by John L. Spivak II Not as Advertised by James Pica 15 Mr. His A Children's Story by A. Redfield 16 Editorial Comment . 19 In Defense of the Bill of Rights 21

REVIEW AND COMMENT

Byzantium, Rome, Avignon and Points West by John Stark 23 Facts about the War by Joseph Starobin 24 About Workers by Milton Meltzer 25 Javanese Folklore by Ralph Ellison 25 Jack London by B. G. 26 John Bull by J. S. 27 Brief Notices 27

\SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Spirituals to Swing: 2 by ]. S. Bixler Decalcomania by lames Dugan "The Woman Brown" by Alvah Bessie Angna Enters by Owen Burke

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