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...meditations on primitive nature and the origins of consciousness. Reams of exegesis have been devoted to the numinous imagery of Mark Rothko's paintings, with their feathery bars and rectangles of hovering light. The vital text, however, was unwittingly furnished by a popular American preacher in the 1920s, when asked to describe his vision of God. "I see him," said the evangelist, "as a sort of oblong blur...
Died. Leonid, 80, Russian-born neoromantic painter; in Manhattan, where he had lived since World War II. While painting on the Mediterranean coast in the 1920s, Leonid became fascinated by the mysterious beauty of the shore, and pale, silent seascapes became his hallmark...
Died. Marion B. Folsom, 82, former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the Eisenhower Administration; in Rochester. As an executive of Eastman Kodak during the 1920s, he was a leading proponent of corporate unemployment and pension plans; the programs he established at Kodak and other Rochester firms became models for the nation. During the Depression, Folsom helped frame federal unemployment programs and the Social Security system, acknowledging that private resources were no longer adequate. His HEW tenure (1955-58) was marked by a greatly expanded budget for programs such as federal aid for school construction...
...were ruled over by their own brothers. The rich planters on the land and the merchant lackeys in the towns did the bidding of their New York and Chicago masters. Poor white people stood up for their rights, in the North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia textile strikes of the 1920s and '30s, and they were beaten and gunned down just like uppity Negroes. One cold comfort eased the lives of poor whites: they were better off than blacks. Even that status that was manipulated by wealthy bourbons and their political representatives if a phenomenon like Populism or trade unions flared...
Died. Paul H. Douglas, 84, for 18 years one of the Senate's mosr imaginative liberals; in Washington, D.C. As a professor at the University of Chicago in the 1920s, Douglas did pioneering research into the functions of labor and production in the economy. During the Depression, he advised F.D.R. on unemployment policies and later helped set up the Social Security system. After serving in the Marines during World War II (he lost the use of his left arm when hit by enemy fire on Okinawa), Douglas traveled to Washington in 1949 as the junior Senator from Illinois. Many...