United Automobile Worker

UAW Secures Noted Artist Charles Pollock Appointed to Editorial Staff; Newsman, Painter

President Homer Martin announced this week the appointment to the editorial staff of the "United Automobile Worker," Charles Pollock, as assistant editor to Brother William L. Munger, managing editor. Mr. Pollock comes to his new post with several years' experience in the newspaper field.

Immediately before assuming his present task, he was employed by the Resettlement administration in Washington, D. C., as assistant art expert in the special skills division. He is a painter by profession and has won considerable attention through his showings in various museums and galleries in all parts of the country.

He is a native of Colorado and has lived a good part of his life in Wyoming. Arizona and California working on ranches and lumber camps and, in the latter state, for five years on a newspaper. Since 1927 he has travelled in most of the southern and western states, making drawings of people and scenes characteristic of American life. His principal subject matter has been the American worker and his surroundings in the shop and at home.

Drawings Featured

Pollock's drawings have been appearing as a regular feature of the last several issues of the "United Automobile Worker" and will continue to appear.

In addition, he will be assisting on the technical work of the paper and will devote some time to designing posters and in the preparation of pamphlets and printed material for the International union.

"The cartoon and mural drawings have long been recognized by the trade unions in Europe," stated Pollock, "as being of great value in presenting ideas to workers. Such methods have not yet been developed to a very great degree in this country but there is no question that in the future much use can be made of forceful and vigorous posters and cartoons to express the thoughts of workers and to convey them in a new and different form."