Re: [BKARTS] Secretary of Arts Petition

[Rebecca Morton <rmorton4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm actually not advocating the cabinet position.   I was pointing  
out a way (a long forgotten, little considered way)  that government  
employment of artists did, in fact, democratize our economy.  I  
thought it was an interesting point in a discussion of the role of  
government vis a vis the arts.

I am finished with this exchange.  I don't care for your bullying.



On Jan 14, 2009, at 3:29 PM, Paul T Werner wrote:

> Dear Rebecca:
>
> Actually, I have Taylor's book on my desk right now, and guess  
> what? *There was no Secretary for the Arts under Roosevelt.*  In  
> fact the whole idea would have been totally preposterous since a  
> WPA job was a form of entitlement for workers that happened to be  
> extended (at the last minute) to artists as workers. So tell me how  
> a Secretary for the Arts would democratize the Government's support  
> of people who work in the arts, as opposed to doing the reverse?
>
> Paul Werner, New York
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