Fortnight ago a gang of WPA workmen were placidly sandpapering the features of a marble George Washington in Philadelphia's dark old City Hall. Suddenly a hoarse, poodle-haired Italian swept among them, seized their abrasives, roared: "Halt! Halt!" The impulsive newcomer was Sculptor Giuseppe Donato, the Philadelphia Municipal Art Jury's most mercurial member, who well knows that sandpaper is not good for the texture of marble. Sculptor Donato forthwith ran to the office of Mayor Samuel Davis Wilson, puffed out his complaint. No art expert, Mayor Wilson gave Sculptor Donato authority to complete the...
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