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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Representatives of ten national art organizations, including the American Artists' Congress, Sculptor's Guild, United American Artist and others, whose total membership exceeds 4,000 artists and sculptors, arrived in Washington this morning (Tuesday) to protest the pending curtailment of W. P. A. Arts Projects. The committee, which includes Hugo Gellert, John Groth, Paul Manship, Anton Refregier and William Gropper, will meet at Senator Pepper's office, Room 337, in the Senate Office Building, at 11 A.M where they will issue a statement to the press.

The delegation will attempt to meet with the Senate Sub Committee, in order to present the case for the Federal Artists Projects, after which they will visit the white House to leave with President Roosevelt, an autographed copy of a new pictorial publication, issued by the American Artists' Congress in defense of W. P. A.

Some of the artists who have contributed to this publication, which will be sold on the steps of the Senate and personally placed in the hands of all Senators and Congressmen, by the artists, are John Groth, Anton Refregier, Hugo Gellert, A. Ajay, R. D. Fitzpatrick, Maurice Becker, William Hernandez, Herb Kruckman, Jack Markow, Victor Candell, William Gropper and Abe Birnbaum.