The party soon completed its transition from persistent and vitriolic critic of Roosevelt and the New Deal to staunch supporter. On January 1, 1938, District 13 launched a new newspaper, People’s World (PW), a daily paper replacing the semiweekly WW. Al Richmond, the new managing editor, twenty-three years old, brought three years of experience at the Daily Worker. Harrison George became executive editor, his duties limited to writing editorials and a personal column. Like the party, the new paper moved toward the mainstream, featuring some news stories with little or no political commentary. The final page became a sports page, and columns dealt with movies, radio programs, art, and helpful hints for women. Typical of most daily papers at the time, photos of attractive young women in skimpy outfits appeared regularly. Saturday’s paper included a magazine with articles by prominent liberals as well as CP members, a woman’s page (including Comrade Kitty’s tips on how to be fashionable on a budget), a page for children, and a page of comics—though the comics were definitely political. Glowing accounts about the Soviet Union and Stalin’s speeches still appeared but were fewer in number. Articles by non-Communist liberals began to appear, including Upton Sinclair, no longer a fascist or social fascist. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, and, especially, Abraham Lincoln all received positive stories. Along with the new format came a full-blown embrace of FDR and the New Deal. On January 5, 1938, an editorial announced, “Mr. President, We’re Behind You!”