Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-09-21 | Page 5 | Communism among Artists Reported

COMMUNISM AMONG ARTISTS REPORTED American painters and writers in n the last two years have jumped from stuffy quarters squarely into communism communism communism com com- declared Leon Loofbourow Thursday in a speech before a joint staff luncheon of ot Salt Lake City socIal social social so so- cial workers at the Civic Center He declared that in n the last two years American art has been on the decline because of government efforts to subsidize the artists This is not good since it offers otters the artist no incentive to excel in inn his work Likewise art for the sake of art Whether the art be painting literature litera litera- ture or poetry is not good he said Mrs D D. D E. E Frazier vice president of ot the social workers was in charge of ot the luncheon