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A Story In" Pictures

By James Schlecker

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Fraiiik-itn^ Roosevelt
The White House
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Roosevelt:

DON'T suppose that these hurriedly done linoleum cuti

and their message will reach you. But I made them to keep

a promise I made one rainy February morning in your back yard.

It was a promise I made to a Tennessee girl whose birthday it

j*as tliat day.

Oriithe way back to the Labor Building I called to her: "Happy
birthday 1" *

She said: "It's a hell of a birthday, having to listen to that man
tell us we don't know what we are talking about. He'll get ua into
warryet.'' _

I promised her, ' We'll do something about that before your
next birthday."

You see, Mr. President, she didn't mind standing in the rain
on her birthday, listening to you 3peak. No, it wasn't that. What
she did mind was ths fact that you said that her belief in peace
was ''twaddle."

It'sriot that she is a teroperairentat girl, bnt she just thought

tnattne president was interested in seeing that the youth of the

c^up-try have a decent chance to become useful citizens instead

if beikg smeared all over the imperialist battlefields "defending

[democracy" abroad.

She thinks there is plenty to do right here. Things like passing
an anti lynch law, repealing the poll-tax, and junking the Dies
committee— and giving jobs to everybody.

She knows very well there is no danger of the U. S. being at-
tacked, and there's no logical reason whataoever for building a
bigger army and navy at the expense of the twelve million unem-
ployed unless it is to be used to pull England's chestnuts out of
the fire.

If that's tried maybe somebody's going to be burnt badly be-
cause (maybe yen hadn't heard it) the Yarlku are NOT Coming

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Press Comment

3. B. in the Peoples Daily World —

"Twaddlk, a Story in Pictures, M by James
Schlecker, Published by Commonwealth
Chapter ASU, Commonwealth College.
10 cents.

Prefacing his booklet with an open let-
ter to President Roosevelt, artist James
Sehlecker has gotton out an appropri-
ately named answer to the much-dis*
cussed presidential rebuke delivered
on a rainy February morning to Amer-
ican Youth Congress members wji©
asked for jobs and peace.

In & new and striking form is this
presentation of the flight of America's
youth, Mr. Sehlecker tells the story
with a series of linoleum cuts which
show first boys and girls in school then
graduation, then the weary, hopeless
hunt for jobs.

Then the series of cuts take on a
new tempo as the trek to Washington
of the Youth Congress is shown, There
is hope and vitality in the young bodies
pictured here. Next is the falsely be-
nign fac^ of th$ President,, beaming
but empty of promise. And finally, the
last dramatic picture shows young
bands outstretched.

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