Search

Focuses on a paper read by Mortimer J. Adler on "God and the Professors," during a national Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion in their relation to the Democratic Way of Life, that was held at the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City on September 10-11. View that the most serious threat to Democracy is the positivism of the professors, which dominates every aspect of modern education and is the central corruption of modern culture; Claim that democracy has much to fear from the mentality of its teachers than from nihilism of Adolf Hitler; Eight propositions in metaphysics and eight propositions in theology, laid by him, every one of which, he asserts must be affirmed by the intelligent believer in democracy; Suggestion that the modern thesis of culture must necessarily include the medieval solution, but it can do so only by carrying the medieval principles to a higher level of comprehension.

Presents information on the Congress on Education for Democracy held by Teachers' College, New York City. Information on conversations in sixteen seminars into which the congress was divided; Objection of several businessmen to the principle of collective bargaining, to free speech in the classroom; Wish of some businessmen to destroy the National Youth Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps; Information on vagueness of seminars; Report on closing session where H.W. Prentis, president of the Armstrong Cork Co. and vice-president of the National Association of Manufacturers told his hearers that he did not favored New Deal; Information on Teachers' College having an advisory Lay Council of prominent Wall Street men, headed by Winthrop W. Aldrich of the Chase National Bank; Opinion of the author on the environment of the conference which had a slick, high-powered look; Focus on the publicity of the conference.

Argues that the 1917 U.S. Espionage Act violates the constitutional right of expressionistic freedom in a democratic society. Factual background on the basic liberties of speech protected under the First Amendment of the Federal Constitution; Imposition of criminal offenses on people caught speaking, writing, and printing articles against the government; Consideration for the inherent right of every person to voice their opinions on subjects which they believe will greatly affect them.

Presents the analysis of manuscripts which discusses the American democracy, submitted by college undergraduates as contest entry. Role of fascism on the society; Basis of social scientific opinion; Issues on the misunderstanding of how nationalism can change into fascism; Skepticism toward the political platform and morality in politics; Determination of the social philosophy; Criticism on the distrust of politicians and of capitalists.

Focuses on Meredith Nicholson's book "The Man in the Street". Call for the return to the optimism of 1913; Claim that Nicholson associates himself with the cause of good government; Suggestion that incapacity for truth is a characteristic which keeps him politically impotent in every liberal move; Nicholson's projection of amiable conservative America; Claim that the craving for the mere sensation of political well-being is the direct enemy of the democracy on which Nicholson seems to set store.

Reports that the assets of the newspaper "The Larkins City Gazette," has been sold by owner Herbert T. Perkins. Reason for the sale of the newspaper; Contribution of the newspaper to the society; Campaigns conducted by the newspaper against municipal corruption and other social problems; Methods used to increase the circulation of the newspaper; Investigation of the charges of employees of the street railways, when they went on strike; Articles and editorials on democracy published in the newspaper; Popularity of Perkins, by the virtue of his newspaper; Features of the last edition of the newspaper under the old ownership.

Focuses on the Forty-first Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor (AFL); Description of motives of the AFL; Explanation of the concept of industrial democracy; Expression of traditional policy by AFL's Committee on Resolutions; Information about the Resolution 59 which limits the policy of government ownership strictly to the railroads; Information about recommendations of Committee on Resolutions.

Comments on the growing threat to the democracy in Germany. Dictatorial power given to the president during the threat of public safety included in the Article 48; Responsibility of President Paul von Hindenburg and Heinrich Bruening to put into effect the budget which the late Reichstag failed to pass due to the pending election of September 14; Legality of the action of the President in dissolving the Reichstag.

Presents news clippings published in various papers and journals. Possibility of loosing a coat by U.S. vice-president Richard Nixon at Uline Arena; Ban on establishment of democratic rule in Egypt; Report of the U.S. President's Commission on the health needs of the nation.

The article presents information on the book "The Roosevelt Leadership, 19331945," by E.E. Robinson. It is an odd book. It consists, in the main, of a somewhat routine and superficial history of the Roosevelt administration, Combined with this history are some astute observations on Roosevelt as a personality and as a leader and a series of general reflections on the significance of the New Deal-reflections apparently deriving from a dimly-focussed theory of the paper relationship between the people and the state in a democracy.

Focuses on the prospects for preservation of civil liberties for the public in the U.S. during the World War II. Failure of hypothesis that no democracy could wage a total war without destroying its own democracy in the country; Record of the U.S. government in the treatment of Japanese Americans, who have been deported to concentration camps; Care to be taken on the issues of labor's rights and duties; Proposals that workers may not move from one job in a war industry to another without official permission, and the other regarding the military status of men refusing to work in any war industry; Controversies arising out of statements made by domestic fascists; Possibility of change in the government opinion in some cases under pressure of some organizations; Need for the government to release information in mass media about newspapers following the line of the Axis Powers.

Analyses preparations of the U.S. for the World War II. Impact of German dictator Adolf Hitler's victory on the preservation of democracy and freedom in the U.S.; Comments on the arms program of the U.S. with a carefully planned industrial and economic organization; Lack of industrial training or organization of the labor market; Mobilization of the population under generals and admirals; Abolish of the minimum wages and maximum hours.

Asserts that the failure of the Community Development (CD) Program in India which was launched in 1953 may mean the end of democracy in the country. Statistics about CD that are released regularly from headquarters in New Delhi; Factors that threaten the economy of India; Possible benefits of CD when functioning properly; Example of ways to rescue the Community Development Program from failure.

The article discusses problems and the stakes that make the elections in India perhaps the most colossal experiment in the history of democracy. Ninety-five percent of the electorate in India is illiterate. The number of those with own radio sets is even less than five percent. The countryside is still not electrified and there are no good roads, which would make communication and transportation easy. The little experience that India has in the complicated art of electioneering is based upon a very limited franchise qualified by education and property ownership.

Focuses on the decline of democratic government throughout the world. Compliance of some nations with the procedure of periodic elections; Military dictatorship governing countries that paid respects to democratic legitimacy through plebiscite elections; Presidencies experienced by the U.S. with unconstitutional; Relations between government and people; Reasons for the decline of democratic order; Three basic functions of governments.

Presents several developments related to the journal. Republication of the article "Statement of Faith," which deals with militant liberalism; Requirement of an effective democratic government to provide the opportunity for full life to citizens; Emphasis on peace in the world and abolition of causes of war; Changes in the composition of the journal; Attempts to make the journal more readable and the matter more worthwhile; Emphasis on the requirement to control the nuclear weapons; Information about reviewers who reviewed books published in this issue.

The article presents the views of the author on reelecting U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the presidential elections. The author stated that Roosevelt is knowledgeable on issues pertaining to international crisis. He also described Roosevelt to be a great leader of national democracy, in contrast to rival presidential candidate Wendell Willkie.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics published in previous issues. Comment of C. F. Richter to James H. R. Cromwell's Fight for Dear Old Democracy utterance; Objection of David Sinclair to the periodical's comment on the Socialist National Convention; Assertion on the suspension of college teacher Bertrand Russell.

Comments on various political and social issues in the U.S. as of November 11, 1967. Role of repression in the survival of democracy and the prevention of an African American revolt; Overview of five subversion and civil disorder investigations being conducted by the government.

The article presents information on political conditions of the U.S. The political angle in the labor news is highly significant. For three years before his death Senator Taft worked hard to detach the building trades workers--who, with the teamsters, are the backbone of the AFL--from reliance on the Democrats. The gimmick: an amendment to the Taft-Hartley law letting the construction unions have a union shop in seven days instead of the current 30 days. The amendment is still pending, and it will be part of the eventual "Administration" program on the T-H law.

Presents a letter to the editor about the American fight for worldwide democracy.

Focuses on public policies of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt with reference to democracy and dictatorship. Importance of unanimity of opinion among citizens in a democracy; Comment on the role of politicians and editorial writers in a fiercely competitive world; Comment on the plans of Roosevelt for a concentration of power in the executive branch of the government; Concerns about Roosevelt's New Deal program; Comparison of democracy and dictatorship.

Argues that the United States House Un-American Activities Committee has undermined the Constitution and weakened democracy by denying fundamental liberties and violating basic principles of government in its investigation of alleged Communist spies. Observation that the committee has illegally assumed the role of prosecutor, jury, judge and firing squad; Character assassination of the suspects; Importance of the system of separation of powers where the Congress legislates and appropriates, the executive administers, and the courts judge and convict.

Analyses reasons why the organization American Legion is not proving to be an example of democracy in action that it is supposed to be. Instances that highlight why the Legion, according to the article author, should be one of the most democratic institutions in the U.S.; Information on the structure of the Legion; Problems faced due to the vast power accorded to the National Executive Committee.

Focuses on political issues in the U.S. Reason behind the choice of Harry Truman for political nomination; Situation in the home town of Truman; Information on a Democratic delegation held in Beverly Hills.

Focuses on conservative historians' efforts to neutralize Jacksonian democracy. Obscuring of the intellectual content of Jacksonian democracy; Emphasis on class struggle in the United States; Endorsement of the brand of totalitarianism of the Communists; Conflict between farmers and laborers and the business community; Control of education and the press; Preservation of the liberty of the producing classes; Intellectual tradition of Jacksonian democracy.

Focuses on the political participation of labor unions in the U.S. Factors which led to the organization of the General Trade Union; Promotion of a healthful distribution of property to preserve the economic foundations of democracy by trade unions; Alliance of the General Trade Union with the Workingmen's Party; Fusion of the New York Loco-Foco Party with the Whigs in local elections against the Tammany Democrats; Split in the Workingmen's Party on the basis of Jacksonian and Jefforsonian views.

Focuses on political developments in the world. Information on the need of a program for the domestic development of atomic energy in the U.S. so that it is able to fulfill the responsibilities to the world; Discussion on the program provided by the May-Johnson bill that is not able to provide an efficient domestic control program; Emphasis on the provision of the bill which states that the Administrator must keep the Assistant Administrator informed i.e. the Army, as administrator, must keep the Navy, as assistant administrator, informed; Discussion on the plight of the Jews after the Second World War; Information on the so-called question that whether or not Palestine and the creation of a Jewish state, as demanded by the Zionist movement, is the solution to the problems faced by Jews in Europe; Reason why the reconversion program of U.S. President Harry S. Truman is failing is the decrepit state of the U.S. governmental machinery; Comment of Senator James Byrnes on the main difficulty in discussing the reorganization bill of 1939; Information on the political vacuum created by the collapse of Japan and Dutch unpreparedness for taking over governmental and military control that was filled by the Indonesian nationalists; Discussion of the French national elections that not only forecast a stronger democratic government in France than before the war, but also give a boost to economic union with Great Britain and Western Europe on a basis of democratic socialism; The conversations between President Chiang Kai-shek of China and the Communist leader General Mao Tse-tung, have led to certain broad agreements which seem to assure that there will be no civil war in China; Discussion of the maintenance of the dictatorship in Spain against foreign pressure, and the U.S. foreign-policy that was taken as a sign that the Spanish people could continue their freedom under the progressive regime which saved them from chaos.

Assesses the future of France under the probable regime of General Henri Honoré Giraud. Obligation of Giraud to arrest twelve Frenchmen on suspicion of plotting further assassinations; Trust of French people on the regime of French General Henry Philippe Petain, who is considered to save France by political means; Need for resurrection of democracy in France felt by French masses rather than the downfall of the Germans; Revelation of Giraud regarding his distrust of democratic institutions; Opposition of French republicans to Giraud; Conditions for civil war prevailing in France.

Focuses on the frame of various socio-economic and political measures that need to be taken step by step in Great Britain in the face of the World War II. Argument pertaining to Britain's need to have a revolution of democracy to counter the democratic revolutions of the dictator countries; Necessity of providing social security to people living in Great Britain; Prerequisite for educational system and facility of providing equal opportunity for all; New food policy of the British government to relieve hunger people; Social and political implications of step-by-step policies of Great Britain; Measures need to be taken after the war, particularly in meeting the requirement of food crisis.

Comments on the publication of the book "An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution," by historian Charles A. Beard in the U.S. Response to new movements for social justice; Emphasis on the influence of economics on the formation and ratification of the U.S. Constitution; Examination of the interests and experience of each delegate of the Constitutional Convention; Reaction of politicians to the book; Influence of the book on other political literature; Evaluation of the historical method of Beard; Focus on the basic struggle between capitalism and democracy.

Ponders the idea of creating a national policy for the arts in the U.S. Position on the issue taken by the Rockefeller Panel in their "Report on the Performing Arts" published in 1965; Actions taken by the federal government in supporting the arts; Principles that shape a sound federal arts program, according to Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg; Stance on the belief that culture and democracy are irreconcilable.

Focuses on the relation between the democracy and intellect. Existence of morality for the welfare of society; Necessity to suppress lying, theft and breach of contract to protect the society; Role of school and the church to teach the civic morality and conscience; Comments on the power of an individual person; Importance of logical education; Information on principles of logic; Role of logic in building faith in common sense; Description of relationship between the logic and morality.

This article focuses on the foreign policy of the U.S. government toward Guatemala. The role of the U.S. in Guatemala and elsewhere in Central America is crucial, in that it can strike a blow for democracy by safeguarding the social, economic and political gains won in Guatemala since 1944. But it's late in the game for such obvious and logical idealism. The U.S. had 10 years, from 1944 to 1954, to convince the Guatemalans that they could organize a trade union movement, enact agrarian reform, and even settle their differences with United Fruit Co. without using a guide book from Moscow. But the U.S. didn't do it. It waited until the Reds had Guatemala pretty well staked out, with Communists in the key spots in the government machinery for administering labor law and agrarian reform. INSET: OTHER GUATEMALAS?.

Focuses on sectionalism which is associated with local self-government and with the vitality of the neighborhood social unit upon which the United States democracy is based. Excerpts from President Warren Harding's speeches in New York; Effects of sectionalism on the way Americans realize their desirable common purposes; Impact of war on the government and businesses.

Focuses on the peculiarities of the personality of the author H.L. Mencken. Mencken's assumption of importance as an influence in American thought; Ruthlessness and rigidity of Mencken's mind; Effort to fight against optimism, Puritanism and democratic ineptitude; Arguments against Christianity and democracy; Perception of Mencken as an evangelist and as a artist; Critique of Mencken's works.

Comments on the American case against the Soviet Union. Abhorrence of the Soviet ideals and policies to humanity; Impossibility in the coexistence of communistic and bourgeois state in the same world; Political scheme offering direct control of government than the traditional democratic scheme; Menace of the communist experiment to democratic institutions; Diplomatic correctness to the moral commitment of the Tsar and the Sultan to invade Russia and overthrow it by force.

Focuses on political developments in the world with special emphasis on political conditions of the U.S. Message by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson on prosperous democracy of the modern world. Discussion about Russian Revolution; Difference between the Russian Revolution and the French Revolution in several contexts; Menace to British India of German-Turkish projects in the Caucasus in near future; Attempt to relate the Japanese operations in eastern Siberia with German operations in the Caucasus; Launch of anti-Scandinavian propaganda in the German militaristic press; Selection of superintendent of schools by New York Board of education.

Focuses on the organization of democracy in the United States. Consideration of the failure of the state legislatures in taking a national view of the national questions as the chief cause of the collapse of the first constitutional government of the United States; Effect of the executive monopoly of the initiative in legislation on the conduct of state government; Opportunity of the Massachusetts constitutional convention of 1917 in inaugurating the new era in state government.

Provides information about the representative government in the U.S. Involvement of the court in the activities of the legislative bodies; Composition of the legislature; Recognition for the rights of the minority in the government; Information that the federal government cannot whimsically abolish, divide or merge the separate states.

Presents information by Reinhold Hanisch, on German dictator Adolph Hitler, when they lived together on charity in Vienna. Views of Hitler, that revolution could only be the work of a student class, as in 1848, according to Hanisch; Information on Hitler being enemy of social democracy; Condemnation of any kind of strikes or compulsion by Hitler; Report on Hitler's attitude towards women; Denunciation by Hitler of men disloyalty; Information on poverty in which Hitler lived; Interest of Hitler in debates more than painting; Report on paintings by Hitler; Preference of Hanisch more as a painter than Hitler; Focus on laziness and behavior of Hitler that made Hanisch go away from him; Information on a tussle between Hitler and Hainsch over selling of a painting; Focus on the painting of the Parliament, considered as the best paintings of Hitler; Opinion of Hainsch on love of Hitler towards workers and masses.

Discusses various aspects of the liberty of workers to organize into unions. Opinion that there is a conflict between the liberty of workers to organize into unions and engage in collective bargaining with employers about wages, hours and conditions of work, and the liberty of employers to dominate the conditions of employment without the intervention of independent labor organizations; View that fundamentally, this is an issue of the right and the fitness to govern; Comment that the labor movement is essentially democratic in principle, since it asserts the right of the industrial citizen to have a share in the decisions that govern his life; View that since the tradition of democracy runs deep in the U.S., the opponents of unionism here stand at a disadvantage in debate, if the issue is stated in its crude terms.

Focuses on the use of taxing power to achieve a redistribution of income in the U.S. Debate on the philosophical and ethical foundations of redistribution; Information on a conflict between liberty and equality; Comment on the two components of the notion of democracy; Reasons for the operation of the iron law of oligarchy; Reports that the sale of labor and other assets, and the use of resources by the government takes the form of diverting income and wealth out of public.

Presents information on the political and economic development before the forthcoming election in Great Britain; Description of the spending capacity of people in spite of price hike; Information on the condition of public transportation; Comment on the survival of parliamentary democracy; Expansion of the welfare state and mixed economy; Information that the Liberal third party collected only 14 seats in the House of Commons compared with 301 for Labor and 297 for the Tories; Comment on the nationalistic movement.

This article reports that the Western democracies, survival has become a common problem: sovereignty will be shared in common or separately lost. A Western Europe demoralized and divided against itself is no protection for America. In wartime, combined boards of the Allies directed every phase of joint endeavors, just as combined commands directed operations in the field. In post-war years this pattern was recreated in the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC). The British stake their future on the OEEC pattern. A thousand little OEEC's crisscross Europe in a spider's web of committees, tying every conceivable combination of sovereign and independent nations in an abortive system of half-commitments and half-alliances.

Presents information on political and social conditions of the U.S. Use of communist policies by right-wing extremists to hamper democracy of the country; Fear of communism among the people; Persuasion of Americans to resist change in the belief that all progress leads eventually to Communism; Role of election campaigns in weakening democratic conditions in the country; Spread of fear among the people of Northern states of the U.S., arising from the social tensions of North; Pressure of communism to withhold several civil ordinances in cities like Portland, Oregon; Impact of communism on the business of the firm McCormick and McCarthy; Problems of public housing faced by San Antonio, Texas; Demand of loyalty investigations in Washington and San Antonio for applicants of public housing; Efforts of liberal organizations and trade unions to restore democracy; Legal status of African American citizens in the U.S.

Explores racial discrimination in the South and its effect on moves to build a progressive democracy. Setbacks in the progressive movement; Ways in which African Americans are exploited in the South; Attempts to abolish segregation in the South; Reprisals against people who are engaged in progressive movements; Reasons behind efforts to maintain racial segregation in public meetings; Link between the South's success of winning economic rights and the treatment of African Americans as equal citizens.

Presents letters to the editors commenting on articles published in the periodical. Criticism against the periodical for its alleged easy tolerance of Germany's actions which will inevitably inspire shallow opportunism; Claim that the periodical's editorial, entitled "War at Any Price," is an example of essential unfairness since it demanded that the Allies and Germany define their aims with a view to a prompt peace, which in turn ignored the fact that Germany can readily define its aims, which are military and commercial; Reasons why England and democracy cannot be synonymous.

Comments on the issues of drama as a social force and civilizing agent. Historical criticism; Merger of dramatic issues with democratic issues; Relationship of culture to leisure as reflected in the drama; Remedy for the commercialism of the managers; Problem of a modern state-endowed theater.

Focuses on the political movement towards democracy in the People's Republic of China. Negotiations between the Kuomintang Party led by Chiang Kai-Shek and the expanding Chinese Communist Party; Contention on the issue of administrative and military unity against the fascist influences; Demand for a coalition government, the recognition of political parties and the respect for civil liberties.