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Duplicate       1942?

CIVILIZATION BESEIGED
The Artist's Role in War

When I was approached to speak here tonight, I accepted readily. I was eager, as a matter of fact, thinking I would tell you about what I am doing as an artist in the time of war and perhaps read one of my short-wave radio scripts broadcast to Japan through Office of the Coordinator of Information on their daily program, Japan vs. Japan.
As I thought over it carefully, I changed my mind about this because our concern tonight, the artist's participation in the war, seems of more vital and immediate importance than the particular part I am playing in it.
Probably I felt the effects of this war more quickly than most people. Then am artists. The change in my status woke me up. The world had changed--and I knew that one could not go on dreaming, hoping that it would change back again.
This war was a very serious and terrible thing to me and I realized the necessity of every man's taking a share of the burden. So I eagerly volunteered to do whatever I could as an artist and as a man that would be useful to this country. 
I felt that I was rather lucky in doing propaganda for the Donovan Committee and later I have made several protests The nature of Enemy + illustrations for the OWL. It made me happy to take even this small part in the nation's war effort. Needless to say I want to do much more