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Reports that Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey, has proposed a tax on wealth in Great Britain. Objective of the wealth tax; Declaration made in Healey's green paper; Estate duties in Great Britain; Views of Healey that the burden of personal taxation should be distributed as fairly as possible in accordance with the ability to pay; Trend of greater equality in the distribution of taxes.

Presents several letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in the previous issue. Highlights functional inadequacy of Education Opportunity Bank, which provides loan to the students for meeting various expenses; Shortcomings of finance options offered by the bank; Recognition that scholarships to students elected on both need and merit will be essential to provide greater equality of educational opportunity.

Presents information on socio-political developments around the world. Discussion of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's military campaign in Western Europe; Threat of Southern Conservatives in the U.S. Congress to withdraw from the Democratic Party in order to join hands with the Republicans in fighting the New Deal; Emphasis on equality of opportunity for women; Extension of good medical services at low cost in the U.S.

Focuses on the Far East policy of the Western countries. Statement that a revolution is essential not only in Japan but also in China, if the Second World War is to be won with the utmost possible speed and is to be followed by a durable peace; Information on the need of democracy in Japan; Discussion of the Japanese industry; What is necessary is to democratize the ownership and control of industry, to end its power for domestic exploitation; Statement that it is not enough to seek merely a surrender of the military in Japan, or a change in the persons having political power; Effect of the industrialization and democratization of China on the revival of Japanese imperialism; Discussion of implications of democracy and equality.

Comments on the precedent set for the protection of national minorities under the treaty concluded between Poland and the Allied Great Powers. Equality before the law without distinction as to race, language or religion; American opinion about the movement toward the destruction of national sovereignty; Foundation of the American English-speaking nationalism; Source of strength from the presence of minority language communities in an era of peace.

Focuses on gender equality issues in the labor sector in the U.S. Separation of men and women workers in labor conventions and meetings; Relations between the Women's Trade Union League and the A. F. of L.; Consideration of unskilled men and skilled women in unifying labor; Achievements of women workers reported in the League's National Convention in 1919; Passage of the federal suffrage amendment that should guarantee greater attention to women; Call for an international conference of working women to be held in Washington D.C. in October 1919.

Reports on the moral sense of French intellectuals about the policy of pacification with Algeria. Egalitarian principles which embraced all races and creeds; Commitment to the values of humanism, personal liberty and integrity; Question about the role and function of the Army in the suppression of a rebellion.

Analyses the revolt of Yugoslavs against Nazis. Assertion that the chances of democracy has immensely increased due to this revolution; Information that the German army had solidly based itself in Bulgaria, preparatory to a thrust south against the Greeks and Slovakia, possibly to be followed by an advance against the Turks; Argument that German army would hardly wish to move through Bulgaria against Greece as long as potential enemies were on its flanks; Information that the Balkan front which German strategy has tried to avoid would have become a fact.

Comments on various political and social issues involving the U.S. as of June 19, 1965. Stance of President Lyndon B. Johnson on the issue of equality and the isolation of African American from white communities; Opinion on the gun subsidy provided by the government for the National Rifle Association; Explanation provided by British newsman Felix Greene as to why the "New York Times" newspaper had to buy coverage on Red China from "The Toronto Daily Star" of Canada.

Presents several news items published in various newspapers. Complaint of U.S. physicians, most of whom hold the rank of captain, that they had to make their quarters in the Number One Cargo hold and eat with enlisted men; Feeling of civil leaders that amputees on the boardwalk at Atlantic City, New Jersey, depress visitors and therefore hurt business; Statement that all citizens, regardless of race, color or creed, are equal in American law, and American law does not provide for mixtures and messes.

Focuses on the issue of equality for men and women in the United States. Differences between opinion of two women regarding an amendment to equal rights; Proposal for equal rights for men and women in the Twentieth Amendment; Analysis of the equal rights issue by Ethel M. Smiths, of the Executive Board of the Women's Trade Union League; Importance of economic and social justice to women than equality in legal terms; Inequality for women in citizenship, eligibility to public office, jury service, party management, property, marriage age and social welfare; Views that a constitutional amendment nullifies all laws in conflict with equality issue.

Reports on the political agenda of President Lyndon Baines Johnson in the United States. Improvement in the quality of the education system; Reference to the foreign policy on South Vietnam; Discussion of the editorial that calls Johnson the greatest parliamentary genius the U.S. ever had; Description of the Presidency of Richard Nixon in the U.S.; Propagation of the issue of equal rights for African Americans; Passage of policies related to medicare and housing.

Comments on several letters to the editor on various socio-economic issues. Criticism of John T. Flynn's proposal that milk prices should be brought down by cutting out the delivery system; Opinion that the majority of mothers with small children are already overworked; Proposal to curb the rising tide of intolerance; Information on Liga Obrera, the organization that has been formed by the Spanish-Americans of New Mexico to gain social equality.