Show U Upholding lg Government pla To Bring isis Artists Into CW A AJohn John Sloan ii 3 a noted American artist represented in museums over the country winner of numerous medals med med- als recognIzed as a leader in his fIeld Yet his present status is that of at C W A worker making paintings for or the government at a stipend of per week This state of affairs says sas Mrs Grace C W A chairman In New York City leaves her flabbergasted Yet it would be unfaIr to accuse Mr Sloan ot of chiseling chisel chisel- inc ing seeking publicity or callously taking taking tak tak- ing bread from the mouths ot of need needy artists There seems no reason to doubt his statement that he is dOing thIs work lork because he needs the money that the last four years despite de de- spite his medals and honors have been tough for him Such is the plight ot of the artist In our mechanistic civilization and only now has the government taken any action to remedy that plight Jo Da the famous sculptor writing in the New York Times says Ever Every things that has survIved as a part of the worlds world's permanent endowment In Inthe inthe the way of art from the pyramids to Versa Versailles es has been paid for out of the public purse Would the world have had the Acropolis as its glorious heritage without the public spirit of Pericles in using the states state's funds to lease the genius of Phidias for Athens Amer lea ica is following belatedly in the ancient ancient an- an St. Louis Post patch |