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The article presents commentary on various international and domestic U.S. politics as of the week of April 24, 1971. U.S. foreign economic and political relations with China are discussed in detail. The forced closings of domestic paper mills due to Federal anti-pollution standards are reviewed. The State Department's foreign training programs for police methods and anti-communism is described.

Discusses the U.S. bombings during the war in Vietnam. Views of critics on the Vietnam bombings; Factors responsible for the U.S. decision to bomb Vietnam; Views of Pentagon analysts; U.S. government's attitude regarding the future of South Vietnam.

Examines the relationship of the U.S. press controlled by whites with its African American readers in 1965. Roles played by the press in the race situation in the country; Ideas and values advanced by the press to its African American readers; Rights and privileges that has yet to be awarded to African Americans; Significance of the press in preparing the society for the social change brought by the changing socio-political conditions of African Americans.

Offers a look at the extent of air pollution in Lewiston, Idaho and Clarkston, Washington caused by the operation of the pulp mills of Potlatch Forest Industries. Information on a report from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare based on environmental survey of the towns; Reaction of state agencies to the efforts of the federal government to address the problem; Health problems suffered by the population because of pollution.

This article presents information on different newspapers, read by the people of the U.S. The article also presents an account of headlines and statements, published in these newspapers, regarding a controversy surrounding the students of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. One of the newspaper "San Francisco Chronicle," said that presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson quelled a pushing, pulling mob of Yale students by appealing to their pride as Yale men and Americans." As reader, Francis J. Carr, of Palo Alto, California observes: "The upshot of the whole affair was that apparently the Yale students were in a rather festive mood."

The article presents an exploration into the personality and political profile of the advisor Pat Moynihan to the administration of President Richard Nixon. Moynihan's views on poverty and the political responsibility of the government concerning them are discussed, highlighting comments written in the book "Republican Papers," by Melvin Laird.

Focuses on the taxation of the income of U.S. President Richard Nixon. Announcement that Nixon would pay the taxes he owed to Internal Revenue Service and the Senate-House Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation on his income during the first four years of his presidency; Information about the gross income of the president during that period; Details of deductions for a gift of his pre-presidential papers to the National Archives; Information about the valuation of donated papers by a professional appraiser.

Presents the investigation of taxes by U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. Overstatement made by the Nixon; Discussion of the donation of papers with former U.S. President Lyndon Johnson; Efforts of the Congress to close the tax loophole that allowed for the donating of deductible papers; Overview on the investigation; Estimation of the amount of possible deduction on tax returns of Nixon for four year, 1969 to 1972.

Focuses on grand jury system investigating the leakage of secret documents from the U.S. Department of Defense. People accused of duplicating the Pentagon papers; Provisions related to secrecy of proceedings in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure; Information that because Lynda Sinay, the woman who had allegedly helped duplicate the Pentagon Papers, testified before the grand jury, is free from possible prosecution.

Presents information on criminal fraud committed by Ralph G. Newman, the appraiser of U.S. President Richard Nixon once tax-deductible gift of vice presidential papers. Change of statements by Newman; Investigation of the matter by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service; Reasons given by Newman for his earlier misstatements; Statement by Newman that he had reviewed his files and his activities pertaining to the Nixon gift.

Focuses on the implication of the disclosed Pentagon papers, which have been maneuvered by intelligence officer Daniel Ellsberg, for the administration of President Richard Nixon and the national security issues in the U.S. Opinion that pro-Democratic federal bureaucrats hostile to President Richard Nixon would be tempted to imitate Ellsberg and slip newsmen potentially embarrassing tips on domestic and national security policies; Views expressed by various politicians that this has been attempt to seal off any leaky spots in the government; Confirmation on future disclosures following the Ellsberg precedent; Impact of the administration's response on the Watergate investigation.

The article is a continuing part of papers on the life of U.S. politician Richard M. Nixon. It was August 1945 and World War II was ending and for the first time in six years Republicans dared turn their attention from the instant peril of Fascism toward the object of their first hatred the New Deal. At that moment, still in the uniform of a lieutenant commander, Nixon was handling contract termination work for the Navy in Baltimore. After joining politics Nixon had the good fortune to learn in his first campaign that there was a trick to winning elections.

The article focuses on a biography on U.S. President Richard M. Nixon by William Costello. When the editors of journal "The New Republic," asked Costello more than a year ago to undertake a definitive study of the Nixon record, they were not in search of pumpkin papers. Many of the particulars were already in print, but the full story had yet to be presented Costello, a Washington political reporter, is a respected veteran in all news media. Although his wide-ranging review of the Nixon career begins at the beginning with boyhood struggles and includes what is perhaps the first complete factual account of his record in Congress and the Vice Presidency, the focus is on Nixon as campaigner

The article presents news briefs for the week of March 13, 1965. Particular attention is given to the domestic and foreign policies of the U.S. Article topics include the U.S. State Department's White Paper on the Vietnam War, the United States dedication to fighting Communism, as well as discussion on a U.S. housing program which would provide jobs for Americans and aid those in need of home.

Examines the factors causing the closure of the daily newspapers in the U.S. Conspiracy of the publishers for greater mutual profit; Role of the advertisers in the publications; Claim that 75 to 80 percent of the total cost of delivery of a newspaper is paid for by advertisers who purchase white space in the paper at rates based largely on circulation.

This article presents news including foreign trade bill that was discussed during United States President John F. Kennedy's State of the Union address, other factors discussed in Kennedy's address, which reflects his 1961 pattern of relations with the U.S. Congress, and several hundred journalists in Los Angeles, California, who lost their newspaper jobs when two downtown papers went out of business.

Reports on the role of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on domestic and foreign intelligence operations in national security. Inclusions of the undisclosed operations; Overview of the cases; Complications of the Plumbers' operations involving relationship with the CIA; Information that the White House was engaged in secret intelligence operations even before the publication of the Pentagon papers and other news leaks.

Highlights Hugo L. Black's position in the U.S., who has been a senior Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Career background of Black; Constructional importance of Black's delivery of paper on "The Bill of Rights"; Comments of Black's on civil rights; Judicial expertise of Black and his observation on civil rights; Political debate and discussion on Black's "The Bill of Rights"; Assessment of Black's judicial decisions on various issues.

Discusses the case where professor Samuel Popkin of Harvard University was jailed for not answering questions put forward by a grand jury that were deemed important by the United States. Information on the three questions that Popkin refused to answer; Statement that Popkin chose jail rather than answer the direct question of whether he had discussed the Pentagon Papers with scholar Daniel Ellsberg during the six months before their publication; Revelation that throughout the court proceedings leading up to Popkin's jailing, the prosecution had asserted that the grand jury was investigating in good faith into the commission of federal crimes, and that the questions it was asking were necessary steps in that investigation; View that the Popkin case boils down to another illustration of the trend in the current Department of Justice to arrogate to itself unreviewable powers.

Focuses on political campaigns of Shirley Chisholm, an Afro-American woman politician in the U.S. Reasons given by Chisholm for her support to Senator Harold E. Hughes; Topics of various papers to be released by Chisholm for her campaigns; Information on interview programs that have been signed up by Chisholm; Response of Chisholm to a question on Congress.

Focuses on policy decisions of the National Security Council (NSC) that led the U.S. into war with Vietnam. Reasons for the U.S. to the Communist attack on South Korea in June 1950; Comment on the foreign policy of the U.S. mentioned in NSC paper regarding Vietnam; Reports that in September, 1949, the Soviets exploded their first atomic bomb, about five years ahead of expectations by American and European experts; Observations on the new power relationship in the world, with the U.S. and the Soviet Union occupying the terminal poles.

Comments on the U.S. Air Force's briefing paper suggesting the bail out of defense contractor Lockheed Aircraft Corp. by the United States Department of Defense. Value of C-5A aircraft contract of Lockheed with the U.S. military; Debate on whether the government will bypass the Armed Services Board of Contract appeals, which is litigating the claims of Lockheed against the government on C-5A aircraft; Dispute between Lockheed and the government as to whether the government is obliged to buy C-5A aircraft from Lockheed; Proposal of the Air Force to settle the dispute by replacing the C-5A contract with cost plus fixed loss contract.

Focuses on the turmoil in the U.S. political scenario regarding the tapes related to the Watergate scandal. Refusal of U.S. President Richard Nixon to release other presidential papers and perhaps tapes that might prove or disprove additional allegations; Information on successful use of impeachment machinery in the past; Reference to the notion that impeachment serves as an ultimate safeguard rather than an instrument for the destruction of the system of separation of powers; Discussion of the possible involvement of Nixon in the scandal.

Focuses on the comment at the U.S. White House upon the publication of the first of the documents called "The Pentagon Papers." Action taken by the U.S. Department of Defense to determine the circumstances surrounding the unauthorized disclosure of classified material; Possible punishment for the breach of laws and regulations governing national security.

Discusses the growth of social culture from the 1930's until the 1970s in Orange county, California. Observation of the growth of a social environment which encourages openness and tolerance for individual differences including race, religion and politics; Difference in the level of awareness regarding world events; Concern over the perception of values due to the spread of drug and marijuana use among the youth; Evidence of the radicalization of college campuses centering initially on the Vietnam war; Growth of the number of underground papers in several schools publishing radical ideas.

Addresses the issue of the United States Senate's confirmation of Otto F. Otepka as a member of the Subversive Activities Control Board (SACB). Senators who voted in favor of Otepka; Link between the confirmation of Otepka and the reintroduction of the S.12 bill designed to set up a central security agency for all agencies of government, under the control of SACB; Alleged reasons behind the Senate's confirmation of Otepka's appointment despite Otepka's suspension from the State Department for allegedly passing confidential papers to Julien G. Sourwine, general counsel of the Internal Security subcommittee.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues of "The New Republic." Views on an investigation of U.S. politician Adam Clayton Powell by the U.S. House; Publication of an article on automobile safety written by Ralph Nader; Review of the book "The Amberley Papers."

Focuses on taxation patterns in the U.S. Criticism of President Richard Nixon for his claim of reduction of 25 percent on the depreciation of his New York cooperative apartment house, 25 percent of the depreciation of his San Clemente house, 100 percent for a house at Key Biscayne next to his residence, and $576,000 for a backdated donation of vice presidential papers; Increase in the number of rich people escaping income taxes; Information that workers have no choice but to spend higher proportion of their income on food, fuel and shelter.

The article presents information on various socio-political developments in the U.S. The Democratic Party in Washington has two heads, the National Committee under Paul Butler and the Congressional party under Senator Lyndon Johnson. After the huge victory last November the Butler national group with its Advisory Council recommended a frontal attack on the Administration and began issuing first rate position papers. The Federal Communications Act of 1934 governs radio and TV and is quite out of date, and the seven-man board of the FCC which administers the act is probably the weakest sister of all the regulatory commissions in Washington. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's handling the steel strike is a move towards Federal regulation.

Focuses on the role of the press in two consecutive U.S. election. Comments on the drifting of the press into bias by negation; Comparison between the newspapers published on the first three days of a week in the two consecutive election campaigns; Discussion of the comparative quiet of the papers on the campaign several weeks ago.

The article presents information about the election of Edmund S. Muskie as the governor by the people of Maine. The extent to which the pine-paper, water power and shoe-textile manufacturing interests control Maine is extreme and persuaded the legislature to repeal the Fernald Law which for 45 years prohibited the transportation out of Maine of electrical power. Republican control of the legislature blocked some of liberal proposals, but he did obtain a 75 cent minimum wage law, utility rate regulation changes and the substitution of an income tax for the regressive sales tax.

This article presents information on political conditions of the U.S. Senator Wayne Morse has slid right down into the Democratic Party. Half the populace think that Senator William Langer is sliding and the papers recently have been commenting on the uncomfortable status of Republican Usher L. Burdick, technically Republican, actually a Non-Partisan Leaguer, and with a son now running for U.S. Senator on the Democratic ticket. Different but comparable forces have been operative in the Southeast. The prevailing opinion is that Minnesota damaged political candidate Adlai Stevenson heavily, if it did not sink him; but there is a possibility that it actually saved him.

The article focuses on the case of U.S. government employees John Peters and Otto Nathan. Neither had the remotest connection with the military or the diplomatic security measures taken by this country. Neither aspired to any such connection. Peters' job was to hold in check the mange and the colic. The charge brought against him was that at some time in the past he had joined the communists. As for Nathan, all he wanted was a, chance to go abroad to check up on some of the papers of the physicist Albert Einstein. Nathan wanted to consult certain people who had worked with, Einstein in Europe.

Focuses on the tension between the U.S. news media and the U.S. Administration. Verdict of the U.S. Administration on the Pentagon Papers case; Reason for the tension between the U.S. Administration and the news media; Attitude of the U.S. media towards a self-reform process; Resistance of the news media to self-reform.

Presents news briefs on tax issues in the U.S. as of July 13, 2004. Efforts of former Illinois Senator Paul H. Douglas to solve loopholes in the tax laws; Amount of income tax paid by oil companies; Information on the Republic Papers edited by Representative Melvin R. Laird which deals with income taxes and family allowances.

Comments on key controversies pertaining the blacklisting of colleges and college professors in the U.S. citing issues on discrimination and the involvement of the American Association of University Professors. Controversies over the termination of three professors of high standing without hearing and without formal charges; Dismissal of a University of Illinois professor who expressed his views on premarital sexual intercourse through a college paper; Existing laws on education and schools.

Focuses on developments related to economics and politics. Dow-Jones average of industrial stocks; Ratio of stock prices to yields; New York Stock Market paper values; Urgency of unemployment and unused plant capacity; Reasons for stock market decline; Attention given to Canadian elections; Clamor from labor leaders and advice from academic economists; Importance of stock market correction.

Focuses on economic, political, and social developments in the U.S. Overview of inflationary conditions in the country; Comment of Treasury Secretary George Humph on compensatory government spending to fight recession; Apprehension about the existence of inflation; Discussion about the way to hedge inflation in stock market; Predictions about the business recovery in the U.S.; Assessment of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's anti-inflationary polices; Argument pertaining to the political campaign of John Connally, ex-Navy Secretary, who is running in the Democratic primary for governor of Texas; Publication of a journal 'The Petal Paper," by P.D. East, which favors segregation for the Scotch-Irish.

The article focuses on China lobbyist Alfred Kohlberg. Kohlberg would indeed be either the very last person or the very first person one would expect to discover trafficking in Communist Chinese merchandise. The U.S. customs authorities apparently saw it the latter way when, in December, 1954, they impounded 30,800 embroidered linen handkerchiefs, worth $90,000, which Kohlberg had imported from Hong Kong. Kohlberg protests they were not made in Communist China but in Hong Kong. Kohlberg will be remembered as the voluble New York propagandist who seven years ago led the China Lobby's attack on the State Department's now-exiled China hands.