====================================================================== NEW MASSES, VOL. XXX, No. 2 January 3, 1939 3 Covering Up for Coster by Paul G. McManus 4 To the Dead of the International Brigade A Poem by S. Funaroff 5 Juanita and Dolores by Winifred Bates 7 They Still Draw Pictures 8 Goosestep in Hungary? by I. Gibson Ziegler 8 Maritime Wages 9 A Catholic's View 11 Editorial Comment 14 Weeping Is Not Enough by Robert Forsythe 15 Vicente Lombardo Toledano by Hu Williamson 18 At Least the Children A Short Story by Marjorie Brace 19 In the Depot Refugees A Poem by Nancy Cardozo 21 Readers' Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 22 Proletarian Short Stories by Arnold Shukotoff 23 Social Poet by Willard Maas 24 Voltairean History by William Blake 24 New York Panorama by Richard H. Rovere 26 Santa Fe by Norman Macleod SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 27 From Spirituals to Swing by John Sebastian 28 A Year off My Life by James Dugan Art work by B. Valloton (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. 3 January 10, 1939 3 Tom Mooney's Day by Michael Gold 7 Offensive in Spain by Sam Russell 8 What Can the Jews Do? by Bertrand E. Pollans 10 Nazi Lullaby A Poem by Arthur M. Saxe 11 The Student Convention by Richard H. Rovere 13 Editorial Comment 16 Their Last Refuge by Robert Forsythe 16 Note for the Superintendent A Poem by Marshall Schacht 17 Faster, Farther, Higher by Lucien Zacharoff 19 Salvation Home A Short Story by Meridel LeSueur 20 Hearst Strike by Jay Thomas 21 Readers' Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 22 Why Read the Old Writers? by Clarence Weinstock 23 America's Stake in the Far East by Theodore Draper 24 Anti-Slavery Leader by Herbert Aptheker 26 Terror in Majorca by Robert Terrall SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 27 Revolution in the Caucasus by James Dugan 27 Half a Great Play by H. M. 31 Vaudeville Again by J. C. 31 Dedication to Democracy by Owen Burke 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 3 Plotting Another Munich by Richard Goodman 5 Meet the Italians by Sam Russell 6 Arms and the People by Theodore Draper 9 War and the Press by Carl Macauley 11 Editorial Comment 14 Gimme the Old Wood-Burners! by Robert Forsythe 15 Mooney on Market Street by Al Richmond 17 Pan-American Program by Samuel Putnam 19 Primer for a Young Fink A Short Story by Benjamin Appel 20 Slum Street A Poem by Raphael Hayes 22 Readers' Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 23 Technicians Turn to Life by Upton Sinclair 24 Jim Farley by John Stuart 25 Generals Without Brains by Robert Terrall 26 Deserter's Plea by Arthur Vogt 27 Enlightened Capitalism by Joseph Hastings SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 28 What Is an Anti-War Movie? by James Dugan 29 Gentle People in Trouble by H. M. 31 Pink Slip, Pinocchio, etc. by Owen Burke 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 3 Let 'em Eat Pink Slips by Adam Lapin 4 Success Story A Poem by Alfred Hayes 5 Chicago Strikes Hearst by Thomas Ryan 9 Editorial Comment 12 Some Remarks on Race Hatred by Robert Forsythe 13 Peace Grows 85 Percent by Samuel Sillen 15 Don't Burn the Books! A Survey on the WPA Arts Projects 17 United American Sculptors' Show 18 Solo Flight A Short Story by Alvah C. Bessie 20 Reader's Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 22 A Literary Pogrom by Samuel Putnam 23 Marxist Theory by D. J. Struik 24 Negroes Against the Confederacy by Stephen Peabody 25 The Real Don Juan by Barbara Giles 25 Bronte Sisters by Millen Brand 26 A Magazine for Progressives by Joseph Starobin 26 Brief Review by Milton Meltzer SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 27 Church of and for the People by Ruth McKenney 27 Roots of Treason by James Dugan 29 Szigeti, Petri, and Goodman by John Sebastian 31 Dancer's Return by Owen Burke 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 3 Mobilization Notice! An Editorial 4 Forecast to 1940 by David Ramsey 7 Where Murder Is Safe by Robert Ange and Richard H. Rovere 8 We Shall Love A Poem by Alexander F. Bergman 9 Why Kluckhohn Left by Hu Williamson 11 Editorial Comment 14 Is the Theater a Waste of Time? by Robert Forsythe 15 The Itch by V. I. Lenin 18 Cancer and Economics by J. B. S. Haldane 19 American Artists Congress Show 20 Readers' Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 21 Karel Capek by F. C. Weiskopf 22 Revolutionary Artist by Louis Lozowick 23 Expatriate's Autobiography by Granville Hicks 24 Approach to Music by R. D. Darrell 24 About Spain by Joy David man 25 The Refugee Problem by Charles Recht 25 Cheap Fake by Robert Terrall 26 Brief Review by Helen Burlin SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 27 The New Movies by James Dugan 28 Noel Coward's New Offering by Ruth McKenney 28 Four Art Exhibitions by Elizabeth Noble 29 People's Music by John Sebastian 31 Dance Events by Owen Burke 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 4 Strategy after Barcelona by Capt. Walter E. Williams 7 TIMEfascist Number One by Eustace Tilley 8 From This Confusion A Poem by Marshall Schacht 9 No Dies for Winrod by Robert Ange 10 Editorial Comment 14 The Rake's Progress by S. J. Perelman (batting for Forsythe) 15 Road to the East by F. C. Weiskopf 17 The Big Strike by Ruth McKenney 18 A Chinese Peasant Speaks A Poem by James Bertram 21 Readers' Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 22 Cheer Up, Forsythe by Samuel Sillen 23 Faulkner's New Novel by Edwin Berry Burgum 24 Folk Literature by David Silver 25 Spokesman for Unity by George Speyer 26 Kansas Poet by Joy DaviJman 27 Books and Authors SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 28 Lenin, Stalin, and Ivan by James Dugan 29 Written in Anger by Ruth McKenney 30 "A Song about America" by Garret Conarty 30 Charles Ives at Last by John Sebastian 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 3 On the American Dead in Spain, by Ernest Hemingway 4 The Lincoln Battalion in Pictures, with story by Joseph North 12 The Political Commissar in Spain-I by R. Luc 14 What's Happening on the Embargo by Paul G. McManus 15 Jericho A Poem by Alexander F. Bergman 16 Banta Grins by Will Rivers 17 Intellectual Freedom by Franz Boas 19 Editorial Comment 22 Readers' Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 23 Old Abe Lincoln in 1939 by Samuel Sillen 25 "Sirocco" by Granville Hicks 27 "Air Raid," by Richard H. Rovere 27 Books and Authors SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 28 Housing Goes to Town by James Dugan 30 "Jeremiah" by Garret Conarty 31 King Hal by Ruth McKenney 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 3 Why the British Labor Party Expelled Me by Sir Stafford Cripps 5 How to Wreck a Union by Smith F. Bixler 7 The Hunters A Poem by Sidney Alexander 8 Dachau: Foundation of the Third Reich by Martin Andersen Nexo 11 This Is Station AFRA by Milton Meltzer 12 The Political Commissar in Spain by R. Luc 14 A Brave Man is Dead by Granville Hicks 15 Thanks for the Brickbats by Robert Forsythe 17 Editorial Comment 21 Front-Page Liars 22 Reader's Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 23 Gay Rhymes for the People by C. Day Lewis 25 Max Lerner's Credo by A. B. Magil 27 Fearing's New Poems by Kenneth Burke SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 29 Child Labor Movie by James Dugan 30 Bad Week on Broadway by Ruth McKenney 31 Dancers and Society by Owen Burke 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 3 Hitler Woke Me Up by J. B. S. Haldane 5 A Nazi Agent at Work by Erskine Caldwell 7 Dear American Citizen by Lene Reiner 8 Spring Song Before Its Season A Poem by Norman Rosten 10 When Franco Comes to Town by Roberto Miro 11 Fascist Lament by Prudencio de Pereda 12 Thou Shall Not Bear False Witness by D. R. Taft 14 William Gropper's Mural and Show 15 Bill Green's Boomerang by Paul G. McManus 16 Moving, A Short Story by Millen Brand 16 Granville Hicks Nails a Lie 17 Night of Freedom A Poem by Michael Wilson 19 Editorial Comment 22 Reader's Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 23 Ruth McKenney's "Industrial Valley" by Albert Maltz 24 Gedye's Report by Theodore Draper 25 Labor Relations by Bruce Minton 26 Fascist Apologia by David Ramsey SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 28 The Scissorbills Swoop Down by James Dugan 29 "The Little Foxes" by Ruth McKenney 31 Negro Revue by Garret Conarty 31 Political Operetta by John Sebastian 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 5 Hitler's Next Move by Richard Goodman 6 N.Y., Feb. 20: Storm Troopers Arrive by Theodore Draper 11 Four-fifths of a Nation-I by Richard H. Rovere 12 Two Poems by Antonio Machado 13 What About the Civil Liberties Committee? by Paul G. McManus 15 Think It Over by Robert Forsythe 16 World Map of Fascist Activity by John L. Spivak and Ad Reinhardt 18 Editorial Comment 20 Father Lobo: Priest of Madrid An Editorial Article 21 Reader's Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 22 W. B. Yeats by C. Day Lewis 23 China Fights Back by Ian Milner 24 "Inside Germany" by Karl Anders 26 Novel about Spain by Eleanor Flexner 27 Brief Reviews by Ann Prentiss and Barbara Giles SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 28 Anna Sokolow by Owen Burkr 28 Fields and Borders by James Dugan 29 Amiable Comedy by Ruth McKenney 30 Notable Concert by John Sebastian 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 3 Not Enough by Dorothy Parker 5 The Supreme Court Sits Down by Leonard Boudin 6 Forever This Spring A Poem by Ruth Lechlitner 7 The Misery in Perpignan by Art Shields 8 Chicago's Promising Primary by Louis F. Budenz 10 Two Documentary Films 12 Mrs. James Crow, DAR by Eugene Holmes 13 Four-fifths of a Nation-II by Richard H. Rovere 15 Robert Loves Nancy by Robert Forsythe 17 Short of War, but Stronger than Words by Paul G. McManus 19 Editorial Comment 21 Reader's Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 22 Marxism and the Sciences by V. J. McGill 23 "Rats in the Larder" by Alter Brody 24 Nazi Classroom by Joy Davidman 25 Briffault's Britain by Richard Milton 26 "Our Common Ailment" by Cora MacAlbert SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 28 "The Swing Mikado" by Steve Morgan 29 Sunday Night Varieties by Barnaby Hotchkiss 30 "The 400 Million" by Joris Ivens 31 Mass-Production Art by Elizabeth Noble Cover design by I. G. Abrams. Art work by Mischa Richter, William Gropper, A. Birnbaum, A. Ajay, Aime. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW MASSES, VOL. XXX, No. 13 March 21, 1939 4 Soviet Economy in the World Today by Earl Browder 8 In Memoriam, Ben Leider by Ruth McKenney 9 What Is Happening in Spain by Richard Goodman 11 Brandeis, J., Dissenting by Charles Recht 12 Prelude A Poem by Moe Golden 14 Cutting Social Security Red Tape by Robert Terrall 17 Editorial Comment 20 Reader's Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 21 How Safe Is America? by Theodore Draper 22 Josephine Herbst's "Rope of Gold" by Edwin Berry Burgum 24 "Seasoned Timber" by Barbara Giles 24 Oklahoma Farmers by Samuel Sillen 26 Brief Reviews by Milton Meltzer and J. D. SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 27 "Awake and Sing" by Steve Morgan 28 Film of Czechoslovakia by James Dugan 30 Joris Ivens' Film by R. T. 31 Mordecai Bauman by John Sebastian 31 Industrial Design by E. N. Cover design by Georg 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 3 Now Comes Mussolini's Turn by Richard Goodman 6 The Fight Against Lies by Paul de Kruif 8 Earl Browder Answers Questions 9 Four-fifths of a Nation-III by Richard H. Rovere 11 Mexican Oil: The Inside Story by Hu Williamson 12 More Piercing than Bombs by Harry Reinlieb 13 Vatican Payoff by Oronzo Marginati 14 Heil Kolupus Hitler! by Duncan Stuart 15 Rendezvous with Life by Robert Forsythe 16 I Always Come Home A Poem by Alfred Hayes 17 We Can Stop Hitler! An Editorial Article 18 Editorial Comment 21 Reader's Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 22 The Hymnal of Hate by Karl Billinger 24 Two English Novels by C. Day Lewis 25 "Dr. Addams" by Marjorie Brace 26 Southern Negro by E. Franklin Frazier 28 Brief Reviews by Joseph Hastings and L. M. J. SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 29 "Concentration Camp" by Robert Terrall 31 Joint Dance Concert by Owen Burke 31 Eisler's Movie Score by John Sebastian Art work by A. Redfield, Art Young, A. Ajay, Gardner Rea, Mischa Richter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXI, No. 2 April 4, 1939 5 Hitler in the Hradcany by Heinrich Werth 7 The Satevepost und Beobachter by Wellington Roe 8 To Mr. Chamberlain Upon His Recognition of Franco A Poem by Walter Serring 10 Four Photos of New York by Berenice Abbott 11 Interlude with Finks by Elliot Paul 12 What's on Your Mind? 14 That Man Cardenas by J. H. Plenn 16 Fifth Columns in USA by W. B. Cahn 17 Paste This in Your Hat by Robert Forsythe 19 Editorial Comment 22 Reader's Forum SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 23 Edmund Wilson: To the Munich Station by V. J. Jerome 26 Gestapo in Yorkville by Robert Terrall 27 "The Patriot" by Samuel Sillen 28 Brief Review by Helen Burlin REVIEW AND COMMENT 29 Eisenstein Resurgent by James Dugan 30 Bauman Concert by John Sebastian 31 Not-So-Hot Mikado by Barnaby Hotchkiss 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 3 Last Days in Spain by Julio Alvarez del Vayo 4 Death Masks A Poem by Don Gordon 5 Here Comes the Doctor! by Cora MacAlbert 9 Pussyfooting towards Peace by Paul G. McManus 10 From Art Young's Notebook 13 A New Word for Treason by Alter Brody 14 Portrait of a Joint Council by Eve Harrison 17 James Connolly, Easter Week Hero by Samuel Levenson 18 Speech for a Chorus of Youth A Poem by John Malcolm Brinnin 19 Oracle in Spats by Robert Forsythe 20 Mr. Howard Greases the Axis An Editorial Article 21 Editorial Comment REVIEW AND COMMENT 23 Coleridge and Wordsworth by Joseph Freeman 25 La Pasionaria by Fred Keller 25 Marxist Economics by David Ramsey 26 Sixty-Cent Books by Grace Hutchins 26 North of Albany by Milton Meltzer 27 Southern Agrarian by Richard Greenleaf SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 28 Public Eudemonist No. 1 by James Dugan 29 Jazz Piano by James Dugan 30 Philip Barry's Play by Steve Morgan 30 Blume's Rejection by E.N. 31 Fair Enough by E.R. Art work by Gardner Rea, William Gropper, Mischa Richter, Colin Allen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXI, No. 4 April 18, 1939 5 Fascism's Seventh Veil by Matthew Josephson 7 Takemasu Enyu's Diary by Agnes Smedley 8 Inside the UAW Convention by Smith F. Bixler 9 The Deepwater Bunds by Gus Lundberg 10 Migratory Farm Workers A Page of Photographs 11 Awakening in the "Corral" by Charles Curtis Munz 12 Back Where They Came From by Paul G. McManus 13 The Apex Hosiery Decision by Charles Recht 15 Born in Sin by Pietro di Donato (Copyright by the Bobbs-Merrill Co.) 16 Wasteland, Farewell A Poem by John Malcolm Brinnin 17 I Hope You Are Happy About Spain by Robert Forsythe 19 Editorial Comment 22 What's On Your Mind? 22 Reader's Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 23 Bill Foster's Book by Joseph North 24 Roger Martin du Gard by Samuel Putnam 25 Rivertown Record by Nelson Algren 25 Anti-Fascist Whodunit by Margaret Lieberson 26 Pre-Civil War Press by Elizabeth Lawson 27 The Wonder of Words by Margaret Schlauch 27 The Critics Group by Richard Milton SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 28 The Ungentle People by Irwin Shaw 30 London Music Festival by John Sebastian 30 Yea, History! by James Dugan Art work: by Mischa Richter, A. Ajay, Ned Hilton, Colin Allen, Theodore Scheel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXI, No. 5 April 25, 1939 3 Chamberlain Fumbles the Ball by Richard Goodman 5 The New Deal Bar and Grille by James Dugan 6 Spring Styles in War by J. B. 8. Haldane 7 Think Deep, Think Fast, America by Earl Browder 8 Death Masks A Poem by Don Gordon 10 Francesco Becomes a Lion by Mario Michele 11 "Housing Plans" vs. Houses by David Richards 13 Mrs. Ogden Reid's Paper by Robert Terrall 16 The Defense of the Wagner Act by Paul G. McManus 17 Garner of Uvalde by Robert Forsythe 19 Roosevelt Calls the Roll for Peace An Editorial Article 20 Editorial Comment 22 What's On Your Mind? 22 Reader's Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 23 Literature and Society by Harry Slochower 25 Elliot Paul's Novel by Edwin Berry Burgum 25 Before Munich by Bertram Gale 26 0. E. Rolvaag by Dale Kramer 27 Expose of Racism by Joseph Hastings 27 Brief Review by David Silver SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 28 Poetry on the Air by Milton Meltzer 29 Ennui on the Moors by James Dugan 30 Saroyan, Playwright by Barnaby Hotchkiss 31 Dance Events by Owen Burke Art work by Gardner Rea, McGill, Ned Hilton, Mischa Richter, A. Ajay, Aime, Colin Allen, Charles Martin, Eastwood, Herb Kruckman. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXI, No. 6 May 2, 1939 3 Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn 6 An Answer to Anti-Semitism by Jacques Maritain 7 What Benes Said 9 Rehearsal for May Day by Ruth McKenney 10 What's On Your Mind? 11 Haymarket Square, Chicago, May 4, 1886 by Art Young 12 Haymarket: May Day, 1939 A Poem by Burton Jerome Barnett 14 Boarded Up A Page of Photos 15 Look Out for the Locomotive! by S. I. Perelman 17 Editorial Comment 20 Reader's Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 22 Steinbeck's Powerful Novel by Granville Hicks 24 "God's Valley" by Barbara Giles 25 Manhattan Panorama by Louis Lozowick 26 Ten Best Plays by Boris Gamzue SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 28 French Social Films by Barbara Stavis 29 S. N. Behrman's Play by Steve Morgan 30 An $11 Swing Library by James Dugan 31 "Dark Victory" by Robert Terrall Art work by Mischa Richter, John Heliker, A. Birnbaum, Colin Allen, William Gropper, Soriano, Elmer Hader, Charles Martin. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXI, No. 7 May 9, 1939 3 The Spirit of Masaryk by Heinz Liepmann 3 "General Krivitsky" 7 Don't Mention Scripps to Howard by Robert Terrall 10 Barbarians on Capitol Hill by Joseph Starobin 11 Neville's Payoff Pals by Oronzo Marginati, Jr 12 The "Times": Accurate, Unbiased, Anti-Labor by James Dugan 14 Bridges' Frameup Falls Down by Tom Cullen 15 Tomorrow's Seed A Poem by Langston Hughes 16 "Made in America" Two Pages of Photographs 18 Little Biz Perks Up by Paul G. McManus 19 The Brest-Litovsk Boy by Robert Forsythe 20 Editorial Comment REVIEW AND COMMENT 23 In Defense of Optimism by Samuel Sillen 24 Liberal's Self-Portrait by John Stuart 25 "Mexico Marches" by Jesse Trent 25 Child Refugees by Sidney Alexander 26 Brief Review by E. H. SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 27 Hollywood's Greatest Films by James Dugan 29 Ford on the Air by John Vernon 30 Capek's Last Play by Barnaby Hotchkiss 31 Two Art Exhibits by Margaret Lieberson Art work by Mischa Richter, A. Ajay, Joseph Serrano, John Heliker, James Dugan, Frank Davidson. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW MASSES. VOL, XXXI, No. 8 May 16, 1939 3 How Strong Is the Red Army? by Max Werner 7 Mallorcan Memory by Genevieve Taggard 10 Harlem Children A Page of Photographs 11 Go Left, Young Man, Go Left by James Dugan 12 The United States Arts Projects by Joseph Starobin 14 Victory in LA by Al Richmond 15 The "Business Confidence" Game by Paul G. McManus 16 Mr. Behrman and the "New Yorker" by Robert Forsythe 18 Editorial Comment 20 Meet the Friends of "General Krivitsky" An Editorial Article 21 What's On Your Mind? REVIEW AND COMMENT 22 American Cartoons: 1865-1938 by J. D. 23 On Anti-Semitism by Francis Xavier Stanley 23 "The Power-House" by Joy Davidman 24 Three English Novels by Marjorie Brace 25 Hot and Bothered by Peter Lyon 26 John Wilkes Booth by Paul Selvin 26 Rum, Slaves, Molasses by Elizabeth Lawson SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 28 The Music of Paul Hindemith by John Sebastian 29 Two Tries by J. D. 30 "Gang Busters" by John Vernon 30 Tamiris in "Adelante" by Owen Burke 31 Picasso's Mural by Jay Peterson Art work by William Gropper, A. Ajay, Redfield, Mischa Richter, A. Birnbaum, Art Young, Herb Kruckman, Aaron Sopher. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXI, No. 9 May 23, 1939 3 Sadism in China by Agnes Smedley 4 "The World Was Always Yours" A Poem by Ruth Lechlitner 5 The Miners Knew What They Wanted by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn 7 Nobody Appreciates Mr. Stern by Robert Terrall 11 Refugee Heroes A Page of Photographs 12 Are Taxes Preventing Recovery? by David Richards 15 Where Is Britain Going? by Allen Hutt 17 Dealing in Major Catastrophes by Sanora Babb 18 Chorus A Poem by Marc Blitzstein 19 From Forsythe to Broun to Chance by Robert Forsythe 20 Editorial Comment 22 What's On Your Mind? 22 Reader's Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 23 World Congress of Writers by Samuel Sillen 25 The German Exiles by Harry Slochower 25 Parlor Liberals by David Ramsey SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 28 Making the Social Film by James Dugan 30 Four Artists by M. R. Linden 31 Radio's Real Talent by John Vernon 31 The New Singers by John Sebastian Art work by A. Redfield, Ad Reinhardt, William Gropper, A. Tobias, Beatrice Tobias. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW MASSES, VOL. XXXI, No. 10 May 30, 1939 3 The Gestapo in American Business by Paul G. McManus and Oronzo Marginati, Jr. 6 China's 30,000 Industrial Cooperatives Drawings by Jack Chen 8 Silicosis in the Tri-State A Page of Photographs by Sheldon Dick 9 The Interne's Dilemma by Cora MacAlbert 11 Why the Negro Must Be Anti-Fascist by William Pickens 13 Not Since Reconstruction by Lee Coller 14 No Comfort in Zion by Paul Novick 15 Wanted: One Tough Guy by Robert Forsythe 17 Editorial Comment 20 What's On Your Mind? 20 Reader's Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 21 Mr. MacLeish Hesitates by A. B. Magil 24 Millen Brand's Novel by Barbara Giles 25 "American Labor" by Bruce Minton 27 Maker of Universes by David Ramsey SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 28 Music of the Perisphere by John Sebastian 29 Brookfield Ham by James Dugan 30 The Magazine Show by Milton Meltzer 31 Anti-Nazi Melodrama by Barnaby Hotchkiss 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 3 The Last Testament of Ernst Toller 4 The Private Life of the Public Library by Harry B. Henderson, Jr. 7 Dies Covers Up by Paul G. McManus 9 The Men Behind Coughlin by A. B. Magil 10 They Voted Republican Reports from Michigan, Oregon, and Pennsylvania by Arthur Clifford, Duncan Stuart, and James Fitzgerald 12 Drought A Poem by Robert Gessner 13 To War on a Shoestring by Lucien Zacharoff 15 Bessie and the Bund by Earl McCoy 16 I Knew Ernst Toller by Robert Forsythe 16 Peace A Poem by Gwendolyn Bennett 17 John Reed A Portrait by Robert Hallowell 19 Editorial Comment REVIEW AND COMMENT 22 The People, Yes by Samuel Sillen 23 "Who Was Socrates?" by Howard Selsam 24 The Great Commoner by Elizabeth Lawson 26 Papinin's Diary by Ruth Lechlitner 27 Government and Art by J. S. SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 28 The Cursed City by James Dugan 29 Sklar's New Play by Milton Meltzer 30 Federal Theater Radio by John Vernon 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 3 Hearst Is Still Alive by Robert Terrall 8 Ivory Tower for Rent by Vincent Sheean 9 The Third American Writers Congress Caricatures by Georges Schreiber 11 Does Chamberlain Mean Business? by Richard Goodman 13 The Last Day of Madrid by Art Shields 14 California Fields A Poem by Lawrence Bernard 15 The KKK Tries Again by Jake Martin 16 Bow, Ye Lower Middle Classes! by Peter Quinn 17 Son of a Bull by Edward Eliscu 19 Editorial Comment REVIEW AND COMMENT 21 Instead of Baby Talk by Simon Doniger 23 "The Salesman" by Ruth Lechlitner 24 Nazi Pogroms by Moissaye J. Olgin 26 Personal Pipelines by Joseph Starobin SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 27 The World of Today by James Dugan 30 Art at the Fair by M. R. Linden 31 Light Moviegoing by J. D. Art work by Barbara Morgan, Mischa Richter, William Gropper, Herb Kruckman, Joseph Biel, Malman. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW MASSES, VOL. XXI, No. 13 June 20, 1939 3 England Without King and Queen by Theodore Draper 6 Doctors in War by Leo Eloesser 9 Who Reads Hearst? by Robert Terrall 12 Lever Brothers' B. 0. by Richard H. Rovere 15 More Power to You by Paul G. McManus 16 "Caucasians Only!" 17 Mephitis Mephitis Pegleri by Robert Forsythe 18 Editorial Comment 20 What's On Your Mind? by A. Landy 20 Reader's Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 22 American Writers: 1935 to 1939 by Samuel Sillen 24 A Year in the USSR by Cora MacAlbert 25 The Corporate State by Joseph P. Lash 28 Unchristian Priest by F. X. Shanley SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 29 Mighty Blues by James Dugan 30 John Ford's Lincoln by J. D. 31 "Billy the Kid" by Owen Burke Art work by Ad Reinhardt, Escott, William Gropper, Gardner Rea, John Heliker, Bo Beskov, Eastwood. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW MASSES. VOL. XXXII, No. 1 June 27, 1939 3 The Insects by Maxim Gorky 5 Free Public Education is at Stake An Editorial Article 6 The Devil Will Come A Poem by Joy Davidman 8 Back to Pamphleteering A Series of Cartoons 10 $2.96 per Month per Person by Owen Young Kinnard 13 The Araquistain Junta by Joseph North 15 The Tories Tune Up by Paul G. McManus 16 Editorial Comment 18 What's On Your Mind? by A. Landy 18 Reader's Forum REVIEW AND COMMENT 21 By Dorothy Parker and Sylvia Townsend Warner 22 FWP's Americana by Richard H. Rovere 23 Old School Muckraker by John Stuart 24 Three Poets by Sidney Alexander SIGHTS AND SOUNDS 27 Peace Powers at the Fair by James Dugan 28 Sound Men of Radio by John Vernon 30 Kazakh's Chapayev by James Dugan 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.