Art: Clarion Call

The American Artists Professional League, long chafing at inroads of foreign artists on their trade, offered a $10 prize for a patriotic U. S. art slogan. Last week Commercial Artist Valentine Sandberg won the $10 but the League made a few changes. He had put his clarion call in a design of crossed artists' brushes. The League added a compass, a modeling tool and a crayon to symbolize all its members. And it changed Artist Sandberg's slogan, "Choose American Art" to "I Am For American Art," the design from a rectangle to...

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