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Fischer was an political propaganda artist for ''The Masses'' and was heavily involved during the first volume of the magazine. His contributions after the first volume, however, were nonexistent. This is acknowledged in this issues "Who We Are and What We Are Doing" section. Fischer states his reason for leaving to a written letter saying: ''"'My Dear Piet: A happy New Year and Merry Xmas. But say, what silly rot are you up to now? I hope you are not going to drag me into that. If you do, I won't do another thing for The Masses. I don't like it."'' Fischer left the ''The Masses'' as he disagreed with where the publication was going. As a political propaganda artist, it seems odd for him to leave ''The Masses'' as the publication openly contradicted and criticized the government. His leaving, however, was due to the disagreement to the direction that the magazine was headed. | Fischer was an political propaganda artist for ''The Masses'' and was heavily involved during the first volume of the magazine. His contributions after the first volume, however, were nonexistent. This is acknowledged in this issues "Who We Are and What We Are Doing" section. Fischer states his reason for leaving to a written letter saying: ''"'My Dear Piet: A happy New Year and Merry Xmas. But say, what silly rot are you up to now? I hope you are not going to drag me into that. If you do, I won't do another thing for The Masses. I don't like it."'' Fischer left the ''The Masses'' as he disagreed with where the publication was going. As a political propaganda artist, it seems odd for him to leave ''The Masses'' as the publication openly contradicted and criticized the government. His leaving, however, was due to the disagreement to the direction that the magazine was headed. | ||
| − | ''The Masses'' saw Fischer's leaving as a him being over committed. ''" | + | ''The Masses'' saw Fischer's leaving as a him being over committed. ''"Today he is very much in demand; in fact, too much. They are overworking him. ''Scribner's Magazine'' ran four full pages of his paintings and three pages of sketches as a special feature. The ''Cosmopolitan'', the ''Saturday Evening Post'', ''Collier's'' and others are keeping him so busy that it is as much as your life is worth to try to get into his studio before dark."'' ''The Masses'' wanted the readers to believe that it was not due to their ideals that Fischer left. Rather the editors wanted the readers to believe that he left as Fischer himself was too busy to work on ''The Masses''. They deliberately attempted to cover up the fact that Fischer left as he disagreed with the direction of the magazine. |
===Vol. 4 No. 1=== | ===Vol. 4 No. 1=== | ||
