oct 29, 1935 - "Jews who deny that many Jews are Communists are jockeying themselves into the position of citizens on tolerance. There must be a widening and strengthening of the United Front against Fascism. If, by taking full part in the forging of this United Front, the Jews of America write themselves down as Communists—SO BE IT."—James Waterman Wise, son of Rabbi S. S. Wise, in the "New Masses" of Oct. 29, 1935.

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"Jews who deny that many Jews are Communists are jockeying themselves into the position of citizens on tolerance. There must be a widening and strengthening of the United Front against Fascism. If, by taking full part in the forging of this United Front, the Jews of America write themselves down as Communists—SO BE IT."—James Waterman Wise, son of Rabbi S. S. Wise,
in the "New Masses" of Oct. 29, 1935.

The New Masses, published from 1926 until 1948, was an American Marxist magazine closely associated with the Communist Party, USA. With the coming of the Great Depression in 1929 America became more receptive to ideas from the political Left and The New Masses became highly influential in intellectual circles. The magazine has been called “the principal organ of the American cultural left from 1926 onwards."

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