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1948.
Hero's Diary
.
in: Masses & Mainstream, p.75, Jun.'48. [review
of "Notes From the Gallows" by Julius Fuchik]. (788 words). *
JULIUS FUCHIK was a Czech, a professional journalist
and a poet. In
the time before he died, slain by the Nazis for
the sin of loving his native land, he wrote down what he
saw and thought. So it was that, working at his precious and
beloved craft to
the very end, he left us an invaluable
document and record of what those taken by the Gestapo
saw and suffered...
1948.
From the Maccabbees to the Haganah
.
in: Daily Worker, p.7, Jun. 11'48. [ad for upcoming
speech, Jun. 13, 1948].
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1948.
An Open Letter to the American People
.
in: Masses &
Mainstream, inside covers, Jul.'48. [on the refusal of the Supreme
Court to hear the appeal of the JARC]. (552 words). *
In a sense, it is presumptuous of me to attempt to speak
to all the millions of good people who inhabit this land. For
many months now, almost all of our newspapers have been
closed to me; the magazines too, and the radio as well. To
slander a man; then to permit him no answer, no defense; there
is the simple rule of "free press" in today's America.
Yet I would be remiss indeed if I did not raise my voice
concerning the refusal,
yesterday, of the United States
Supreme Court to hear the appeal of the board of the Joint
Anti-fascist Refugee Committee. This is not a time for
silence and forebearance...
editions
1948.
Philadelphia Story.
in: Uncensored 2(1) Aug'48.
1948.
Fascism and the Novel
.
in: Daily Worker, p.7, Aug. 20'48. [ad for upcoming speech, Aug.
22, 1948].
1948.
Howard Fast on Review of 'My Glorious Brothers'
.
in: Daily Worker, p.12, Oct.26'48. (841
words).
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1948.
The Railroad Men
.
in: Masses & Mainstream 1:9(81-84)
Nov'48. [review of 'Great Midland' by Alexander Saxton]. (1,254
words). *
WITH the publication of
Great Midland, Alexander
Saxton emerges as one of the foremost American writers of
our time. His new book has a monumental quality, a literary
grandeur, that in my opinion marks it as the finest and most
important novel done by any American writer in the past
several years. Here, for the first time in a certain area, is
maturity – a maturity compounded out of action and
understanding. On this question, I will go into more detail
later...
1949 (Feb).
The Judge -- A Portrait
.
(A Day at Foley Square with Howard Fast). in: Daily
Worker, Feb 1'49. (831 words).
1949 (Feb).
Will Authors Guild Let Gallico Speak for It?
in: Daily Worker, Feb 25'49. (791
words).
1949.
Medina Suddenly Turns Sweet Before Jury Panel
.
in: Daily Worker, Mar 11'49. (862
words).
1949.
Cultural Forces Rally Against the Warmakers.
in: Political Affairs 28(29-38)
May'49. [a report on the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace, NYC, March,
1949]. [
Seidman F46
]
1949.
Howard Fast Revisits Foley Sq
.
in: Daily Worker, May 30'49. (808 words).
1949.
Why I Write So Much About Judge Medina
.
in: Daily Worker, Jun 27'49. (879 words).
1949.
Howard Fast's Eyewitness Account of Fascist Mob's Attack
.
in: Daily Worker, Aug 30'49.
(1,534 words).
1949.
Howard Fast's Peekskill Affidavit
.
in: Daily Worker, Sep.13'49. (564 words).
Benjamin J. Davis
1949.
Peekskill
.
in: Masses & Mainstream 2:10(3) Oct'49. (1,503
words). *
GERMANY AWAKE! That was in back of our minds,
deep back, somewhere in the memories overlaid by almost
twenty years, with one great war and many small wars in
between, with Hitler mouldering in the earth, and
Mussolini
remembered as something strung up by the heels, like a
stuck pig. But when we drove through Peekskill, at half past
seven, on the morning of September 4th, we saw the banner
slung from housetop to housetop; the dead
filth was alive
again. "Wake Up America!" it said. "Peekskill Did!" That
way the day began which none of us will forget very
quickly...
1949.
We Will Never Retreat.
in: New Masses, p.14 Nov'49.
1949. Wallace, Henry & Howard Fast.
We Will Never Retreat.
in: Jewish Life, 3rd
Anniversary Issue, Nov'49. New York.
1950.
Living in a House of Cards
.
in: A Popular Author on Reviewers, Publishers and Reading
Habits by Jack Woodford, along with numerous articles on the passing show by Howard Fast,
Freda Cook, et al., E. Haldeman Julius, 48pp, #B-883, Girard, Kansas.1950, p.7-8.
1950.
Sid Marcus... Peekskill Victim.
in: New York Fur Worker 5:1(8-9) Jan 30'50.
1950.
The American People Don't Want War.
in: New Times 10(7) Mar 8'50.
Eugene Dennis
1950.
The Big Finger
.
in: Masses & Mainstream p.62-68, May'50.
(2,570 words). *
THE mills of
the gods, in the course of their ironic and
thorough grinding, came finally to Mrs. Esther Caulkin
Brunauer, who was second to none in her sublime hatred of
Communists. Mrs. Brunauer, an official of the State
Department, must have felt reasonably secure in the new
grace attained by heartfelt and articulate Red-baiting.
Thereby, in today's America, does one enter those orthodox
Gardens of Eden which have been landscaped, furbished
and marked off for all the faithful by the Truman-Acheson-
J. Edgar Hoover combine for the destiny-of-mankind. And
therein, Mrs. Brunauer, bulwarked by her prejudice against
Communists and anyone who did anything with