1948  final two issues of New Masses
January 6 and 13, 1948

CONTENTS



January 6, 1948

V-I day Comes to Moscow - Sergei Kournakoff, p. 4
Gropper's Cartoon, p. 5
Of Young Herndon - Eleanor Mabry, p. 6
Woman Against Myth, II - Betty Millard, p. 7
Portside Patter - Bill Richards, pp. 8-10
The Trial of Velvele Federman - Louis Lerman, pp. 11-14
A short story
Poland: New Land, New People - John Stuart, pp. 15-16
The Secret Mission of "El Segador" - Rae Holt, pp. 17-19
Review and Comment
[+] Canned Elephant (Review) Benjamin J. Davis, Jr., p. 20
Where I Stand!, by Harold E. Stassen
[+] Blast (Review) Joy Davidman, p. 21
Selected Poems, by Bertolt Brecht
[+] Chicago Jazzman (Review) Sidney Finkelstein, p. 22
We Called It Music, by Eddie Condon and Thomas Sugrue
[+] Discovery (Review) Sally Alford, pp. 22-24
The Needle's Eye, by Timothy Pember



January 13, 1948

And Fighting All the Way - Joseph North, pp. 3-6
It's Time! - A.B. Magil, p. 7
Portside Patter - Bill Richards, pp. 8-9
Why Are You Silent?, pp. 10-12
An open letter
Letter from the Front - Anghelos Sikelianos, p. 13
Poland: How the United Front Works - John Stuart, pp. 14-16
Review and Comment
Taking Stock - Charles Humboldt, pp. 17-18
[+] Science of Life (Review) Jack Shepard, p. 19
What Is Life?, by J.B.S. Haldane
[+] In Brief (11 Reviews) , pp. 19-20
The Soviet Ballet, by Juri Slonimsky and Nikolai Volkov
Entertainment Only - Joseph Foster, p. 21
Theater - Isidor Schneider, p. 22
Records - Sidney Finkelstein, pp. 23-24