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Reports on recent socio-political events from the world. Report that the United States has been the most judicious of all governments in the world in deciding what to do about the energy crisis; Information on the plans introduced by U.S. President Jimmy Carter related to the prices of domestic oil and federal control over natural gas prices; Focus on relations in the Middle East; Information on the visit of President Anwar Sadat of Egypt to Israel; Views of President Carter on the habits of secrecy in previous administrations; View that Carter administration's initial proposals to reform the security classification system would only perpetuate the secrecy mania of the federal bureaucracy; Information on the current tussle between the White House and the Republican congressional leadership over appointments to the Federal Election Commission.

Focuses on the factors causing the increase of international pressure and conflict between the U.S. and southern Africa. Efforts of Henry Kissinger, the Secretary of State, to bring peace to the Blacks and Whites in the region; Necessity for a mediation in order to solve the racial problem; Complaint of the "national liberation movements" of southern Africa that Kissinger has not brought them into his consultations; Views that aim of Kissinger behind his effort that African continent remains away from international competition and the Blacks must be kept away from Communist countries; Other implications of the effort of Kissinger for peace in the continent.

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.

Focuses on the mystery on the handling of the White House tape containing the obliterated Watergate conversation by Rose Mary Woods, personal secretary of U.S. President Richard Nixon. Questions raised due to erasure on the tape reported by President's lawyer J. Fred Buzhardt to judge John Sirica; Decision of the judge that the initial inquiry should be in open court; Clarification made by Woods regarding the gap on the tape; Difference in the statements of Woods on testimonies; Explanation made by the experts regarding dropping of voice in tone in the tape not being due to recorder operation; Information about Woods meeting with Nixon revealed by the President's daily logs.

Presents several political and socio-economic issues affecting the U.S. Predictions of Secretary of the Navy Curtis Wilbur on the alarming horrors of aerial warfare with the use of poison gas bombs in future wars; Criticism on the statements of Wilbur as a false sense of security though entirely practicable according to an aviation expert; Assertion of the author that any restrictions forbidding the use of poison gas bombs will be violated just as other rules of war were violated under the spur of necessity; Development and maintenance of the nitrate production facilities in Muscle Shoals; Passage of the Underwood bill to turn Muscle Shoals over to private exploration; Opposition of "New York World" reporter Henry Pringle to the editors of the paper for opposing the federal Child Labor Amendment; Conviction of former Veterans' Bureau head Charles R. Forbes of conspiring to defraud the government in the matter of contracts for soldiers' hospitals; Investigation of the question of political prisoners throughout the world by the New York Division of the Labor Defense Council; Terms and conditions of the new Copyright bill pending in the Congress; Progress of the battle for collective bargaining agreement on the Pennsylvania Railroad; Appointment of Thomas F. Woodlock as head of the Interstate Commerce Commission; Plan of the Phi Beta Kappa society to build a memorial building and John Marshall statue from their million dollar memorial fund.

Presents several political and socio-economic issues affecting the U.S. Attempt of the Foreign Offices of Great Britain and Germany to make their enemy responsible for the increasingly frequent and flagrant violations in the international laws; Appeal of the State Department to allow the importation of food in Germany; Appointment on George Rublee in the new Trade Commission; Adjournment of the Congress and the assemblage to a searching investigation into the needs of the military establishment; Speech of Senator Albert Fall for advocating a joint intervention in Mexico by the U.S. and the so-called A.B.C. powers; Question on the Interstate Commerce Commission for alleged irregularities; Non-interference of the U.S. in the state of affairs in Mexico; Submission of a memorandum by the National Consumers' League to the Public Service Commission for the reduction of telephone service; Party politics in the Socialist Party; Plan of New York to follow Massachusetts in the matter of minimum wage legislation; Efforts of the seamen's union to urge Congress to pass a law to guarantee safety of common sailors; Death of Indian statesman G. K. Gokhale; News from various dispatches.

The article presents a profile of chairman of the House Appropriations Committee John Taber. There has been description of his life and his journey as a politician in the U.S. political scene. He started out as a small town lawyer and got on to gain a practically permanent position in the U.S. Congress. He is usually mocked at his attempts to cut down all kinds of federal appropriations. His latest proposal is regarding discharging a million people from the federal payroll. He has also proposed the removal of government press.

Comments on political and socio-economic issues. Failure of the U.S. Army to drive the German troops into the sea in their encounter in Tunisia; Speculation on the impact if Mohandas Gandhi will die in his fast on the relations between the British and Indians; Criticism on the proposed legislation by U.S. Senator Kenneth D. McKellar that would require government employees receiving salaries above $4,500 to be confirmed by the Senate before they can draw pay or function.

Presents several political and socio-economic issues affecting the U.S. Criticisms on the appointment of Charles W. Warren as Attorney-General; Development of an evidence by the anti-trust suit brought by former Attorney-General George Wickersham against the Sugar Trust in 1910 is sufficiently to excuse a legislator to vote against Warren; Attitude of the newspapers towards the nomination of Warren by President Calvin Coolidge; Passing of the resolution by the National Wholesale Lumber Association urging the Congress to purchase acres of forest lands to eliminate the danger of national deforestation; Assertion of the author that the opponent to trade unionism are the only beneficiaries of the strike by the plasterers against the employment of bricklayers; Abandonment of the House of Commons by Lord Curzon as Viceroy of India; Policy of Lord Curzon as Viceroy of India that stimulated Indian nationalism; Assumption of the American press that Lord Curzon would have been the Prime Minister of Great Britain; Description of the devastating fury and power of the tornado that hit the country; Efforts of the common people up to the president to help the people affected by the terrible natural disaster; Details of the coal mining accident in Barrackville, West Virginia; Result of the statistical study conducted by the National Education Association suggests that the teachers' salary schedule in the long run is the factor that determines the quality of people attracted to the teaching profession; Discrepancy of the salaries paid to teachers and those assigned to executive officers and administrative officials; Success of Governor Alfred Smith in fighting against a Republican-dominated legislature to enforce his policies; Break of the speculative boom in the stock market.

Reveals that the attitude of government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toward Martin Indyk, U.S. assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs as of November 1998. Background of Indyk; Stand of Indyk on the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiation; Overview of the Middle East policy of the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton.

Suggests that U.S. legislators have become immobilized by their fear of offending constituents and special interests, which greatly affects their decision-making ability. Creation of commissions and bodies that lack the ability to handle tasks assigned to them; Responsibilities of the base-closing commission, a bipartisan panel authorized to decide what military bases have outlived their usefulness; Will abdication under the Gramm-Rudman deficit reduction law; Accomplishments of the quadrennial commission on government salaries; Problems encountered by the housing commission.

Focuses on the inequities persistent among congressional employees in the U.S. Information on an equal pay bill for federal employees; View that blacks and Hispanics are recruited for political reasons, but their participation in actual policy development has increased negligibly; Reference to a Supreme Court case which upheld employee's constitutional right of due process, but sidestepped Congress's repeated failure to include itself under its own employment statutes.

Cites one of the major aspects in which White House officials in Washington D.C. quickly become an expert in, which is understanding just what is wrong with the press corporations that covers them. Observation from a presidential aide from the White House on what was wrong with the press corporations on journalist John Osborne; Citation of a peculiar aspect about Osborne.

Focuses on the political campaigns by U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Mentions of promises made by President Carter as part of his campaign; Reorganization plan for the White House staffing, structure and the uses associated with it; Views on former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency; Information on the Domestic Council and the National Security Council.

Presents information on the staff and officials appointed by U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Clarity of the new White House structure after the naming of 11 Carter assistants and most of the 18 people who will be on Rosalynn Carter's immediate staff; Information on Martha Mitchell who is a black Indianan who has specialized in drug abuse prevention and will be President Carter's special assistant for special projects; View that the designation of Jack Watson as both cabinet secretary and assistant to the President for intergovernmental relations is an interesting change from past practice.

Focuses on the political situation for U.S. President Richard Nixon after returning back from his visit to China. Appreciation of works of Nixon's staff members John D. Ehrlichrnan, George P. Shultz and other senior assistants of the U.S. administration during President Nixon's visit; Overview of activities of President Nixon on the first day of his return; Appraisal of various issues that need to be handled by President Nixon after his return; Problems of restriction of power of the federal court to require more and more school busing and doubts about antitrust concessions made by the White House..

Reprints the article "The Paradox of Lincoln," by Herbert Croly, which appeared in the February 18, 1920 issue of "The New Republic." Characteristic of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln that his biographers failed to emphasize; Influence of Lincoln on the people in the U.S.; Factors that recognized him as a universal statesman; Highlights of Lincoln's political career.

Relates attempts by newspapermen covering the White House to obtain information from key U.S. government officials. Kinds of questions that the president likes to answer; Observations about the mannerisms of government officials when responding to questions; Movements of newspapermen across buildings to catch up with officials; Information obtained from a visiting Japanese official.

Focuses on the charges against the Atomic Energy Commission running under the leadership of public servant David Lilienthal. Observations regarding the achievements of the Commission since the bombing in Los Alamos, New Mexico; Mistakes committed by the Commission under Lilienthal; Genesis of the charges against the Commission; Evaluation of mismanagement of the fellowship program of the Commission; Account of negligent misplacement of few grams of Uranium-235 when the equipment were moved to a site in Argonne Laboratories; Measures taken by Lilienthal amidst demands of the opposing groups for secret hearings against the charges.

Reports on the formation of unions among professional workers in the U.S. Increase in the number of organizations having protective aims; Affiliation of the National Federation of Federal Employees, the first vertical union of federal employees, with the American Federation of Labor; Growth in the membership of the American Federation of Teachers from 5,000 to 25,000; Establishment of various units in fifty publishing houses in New York City, by the Book and Magazine Guild of America; Jurisdiction of the Association of Hospital and Medical Professionals over nurses, laboratory technicians and staff physicians.

Focuses on economic plight of white-collar employees in American civil service. Decision of the Senate to pass a bill to increase the pay of federal white-collar employees by an estimated total of about 200 million dollars; Notion that government workers obtained fantastic promotions during the war; Description of the plight of a group of WPB clerks hired at the lowest clerical grades who were frozen, forbidden to transfer to better-paying positions, refused promotions and threatened with severe penalties in case of resignation; View that the government's health program would shame a self-respecting corporation and there is no health insurance for the employees; Details on mass exodus from public service as a result of failure of government to pay salaries equivalent to what industry pays.

Justifies the need of a balanced economy in Germany and not the one that made her an aggressive power in the last fifty years. Analysis of general Dwight David Eisenhower's report in reply to U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau's plans for the deindustrialization of Germany; Flaws in the plans of deindustrialization of Germany and breaking it up into big estates; Proposals placed under the report published by the National Engineers' Committee of the Engineers' Joint Council on Industrial Disarmament of Aggressor States in regards to the state of postwar German economy; Reasons given that support the notion that Germany cannot be an agricultural nation.

Focuses on Louis A. Johnson, the Assistant Secretary of War in the U.S. Criticism of Johnson's views on New Deal; Information on the making of Johnson from the chairman of the National Defense Power Committee to assistant secretary; Eagerness of President Franklin D. Roosevelt for military readiness; Report that impressed by the confusion, delay and muddle of 1917, the Congress just after the World War I gave the Assistant Secretary of War what amounts to the statutory powers of a Secretary of Munitions; Information on the training for skilled labor; Appropriation for the industrial mobilization section in the President's armament message; View that Johnson's planning envisages a war of the dimensions of the World War; Speculation on the friction between Johnson and the War Department generals; Report that strongly backed by Roosevelt, Johnson wants to see a mass production airplane industry, and mass production of munitions generally; Career journey of Johnson.

Presents an update on recent socio-political developments in the U.S. Ongoing activities in the U.S. Navy concerning the revelations regarding Navy officer Ruth Hatch Shearer; Comments on tariff provisions in the related law given by the Trade Commission of the U.S.; Criticism of the acts of U.S. Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut related to the hiring of the assistant of the president of the Manufacturer's Association of Connecticut; Opinion of the journal regarding the Shearer revelations.

Focuses on the political issues affecting the U.S. government. Failure of the supporters of former Secretary of Interior William G. McAdoo to materialize for his election campaign; Appointment of Ogden Mills as Under Secretary of the Treasury by President Calvin Coolidge.

Focuses on merits and demerits of prohibition. View of wets that the wilderness of youth is the result of prohibition; Argument of the anti-prohibitionists that it has made the U.S. turn to whiskey and gin, and away from such milder tipple as beer and wine; Report that attempts to link prohibition with the increase in crime are equally unscientific, as is evidenced by looking at the growing amount of the latter in the United States prior to 1919; Information on a report by the Research Department of the Federal Council of Churches, made public this week; Report that prohibition enforcement reached a maximum effectiveness in 1920-21, and has been declining since; Inclusions of the report; Accusations in the report on the federal authorities and their employees for their half hearted work; Recommendations of the report for the success of prohibition; View that the prohibition will not be effective until the opinion of the community is strongly behind it.

The article presents an old article titled "Crispy Duck" published in the "New Republic" on May 8, 2006. Topics covered include the efforts of top U.S. government officials to boost the morale of the people at the White House in Washington, D.C., the alleged lame duck status of former U.S. President George W. Bush according to the author, and the alleged structural and cyclical lameness of Bush's administration.

The article looks at the greater incidence of information leaks from the U.S. defense and national security agencies than from the U.S. Supreme Court. The author posits several reasons for the difference. He cites the greater number of people with access to information about special military operations and other confidential national security-related activities compared to the relatively small number who know about Supreme Court decisions prior to their announcement, as well as the long time periods over which secret defense operations are sometimes carried out. He also contrasts the incentives and disincentives for employees to leak information in the two settings.

Focuses on the policies of the administration of United States President George W. Bush concerning the environment and energy issues. Efforts of Christie Todd Whitman of the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen regulatory standards and cut pollution from midwestern power plants; Discussion about the environmental law and legislation in the U.S.; Responsibility of Vice President Richard Cheney for the energy task force and his views on lawsuits against electricity generating midwestern utilities; Policy of Bush to relax the "new source" rule and allow the western facilities to continue operating without meeting the Clean Air Act standards; Question whether Bush will follow the policy of Whitman or Cheney.

Reports on letters sent to the White House expressing concerns about conflict of interests by members of U.S. President George W. Bush's administration. Questions regarding Bush adviser Karl Rove's failure to sell his stock holdings; Doubts cast about the integrity of Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force.

Reports on several socio-political events in the United States. Critique of U.S. President George W. Bush's economic assumptions, in light of the nation's economic status; Issues related to the President's tax cut proposal in his budget; Question of whether the nation faces an energy crisis, as Bush claims; Senate Minority Leader Thomas Daschle's counterproposal to the tax-cut plan; Focus on the black press' silence on the ethical problems of the Reverend Jesse Jackson; Report that one item of unfinished business on the Bush administration's staffing agenda is finding someone to chair the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Examines the jobs, which members of former President Bill Clinton's administration have taken, since the Republicans have taken over the White House. The surprising discovery, in light of Clinton-era scandals, that many ex-Clintonites are in reputable work; Their emphasis on policy work and think tanks rather than business lobbying; Motivations for this; Comparison to post-White House jobs taken by officials from the Ronald Reagan administration and George Bush administration.

Comments on the practice of billionaire financier Theodore J. Forstmann to employ former U.S. public officials in his company Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. Profile of the company; Luminaries whom he had signed up with his company; Factors that made it easy for Forstmann to hire former public officials; Compensation received by former public officials employed at Gulfstream.

Analyzes conservatives' alleged distaste for Washington, D.C. as a permanent residence. History of the concept of government service as a temporary position; Statistics on where the top government officials of the Reagan Administration are now; Theory as to why a vast majority have remained connected with politics.

Focuses on the proposed pay raise for some high-ranking personnel of several government agencies in the U.S. Basis for the recommendations of the Quad Commission; Controversies that lie behind the proposal; Increase in attrition rate of federal judges; Reasons for a growing number of incumbent members of the U.S. Congress not standing for re-election; Significance of the wage increase for the public service officials and the government in general.

Focuses on the association of former White House aide Lyn Nofziger with the implementation of the law concerning the ethics in government act. Controversies related to the administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan; Identification of the art of lawmaking; Contribution of Nofziger to the political career of Reagan.

Recalls an experience for having been suspected of carrying illegal drugs during travel in Peru. Attitude of custom officials in searching the suitcase; Responsiveness of consular officials of U.S. Embassy to scrutinize officials who conducted the search; Revelation of the condition of U.S. prisoners in jail in Peru; Failure of the State Department to act as advocate for Americans in Peru; Terms of a prisoner exchange treaty; Criticism of the State Department for not protecting their innocent people abroad.

Focuses on the selection of candidates for the U.S. Secretary of State by Republicans in U.S. President Ronald Reagan's administration. Dismissal of a number of foreign policy thinkers by the Republicans for the candidacy; Reasons for the selection of Alexander Haig for the post of the Secretary of State; Rejection of Senator Henry Jackson due to his Democratic membership; Role played by Haig during the struggle of former U.S. President Richard Nixon to escape justice; Views that the United States needs in a secretary of state having strategic vision, a sense of history, foreign policy experience, native intelligence, a realistic understanding of America's assets and vulnerabilities.

Presents information on political campaigns of U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Note on Ethics in Government Act; Information on the fact that the law required disclosure of senior officials' financial assets and income; Restrictions on labors of federal officials and consultants after they leave federal employment; Objection of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on restrictions which prohibits any senior official, civilian or military, to have any dealings with his or her former agency for one year after leaving federal employment.

Examines the absence of David Gergen in the core group that will push the health reform plan of U.S. President Bill Clinton. Public officers who form the core group; Contributions of Gergen to the administration of President Clinton; Reason for the absence of Gergen.

Profiles former U.S. Treasury Secretary John Connally. Details of the political career of Connally; His involvement in the Watergate scandal; Fundraising efforts of Conally for the Republican Party; Claim that in the months since his trial, while sealing his political bonds with the Ford administration, Connally has built a new, independent financial base for himself.

Focuses on the petitions signed by federal employees in Washington in 1968 denouncing the war in Vietnam, despite the Hatch Act, which prevents civil service employees' participation in partisan politics. Response of Congress to the move; Suggestion from U.S. State Department special assistant Jared G. Carter that Department regulations prohibit signing; Action taken by Agency for International Development employees who agreed with the petition.

Reports that the U.S., in an alleged fundamental shift of nuclear war strategy, has decided to aim its missiles at the Soviet Union cities rather than military bases in the event of war. Indications for the change due to appointment of Clark M. Clifford as Defense Secretary replacing Robert McNamara; Account of "counterforce option" introduced in the U.S. Army by former Defense Secretary McNamara; Reason cited by the U.S. for the alleged shift; Particulars of the Multiple, Individually Targeted Re-Entry Vehicle (MIRV) developed by the U.S.; Opinion that there are other alternative missiles which are better than MIRV.

Focuses on the appointment of Clark Clifford as the U.S. Defence Secretary. Information about the clients and cases handled by Clifford during his law practice; Questions raised due to involvement of Clifford in case involving Radio Corp. and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission; Possibility of conflict between interests of Lawyer Clifford's former clients and Secretary Clifford's clients; Reaction of the U.S. Armed Services Committee on Clifford's appointment; Promises made by Clifford to Senators at his confirmation hearing; Controversy raised by comments of Clifford regarding the military policy in the Vietnam war.

Focuses on the contribution of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the three party Council of National Reconciliation proposed in Hanoi, Vietnam. Views that Kissinger misread the minds of U.S. President Richard Nixon and Vietnamese leader Nguyen Van Thieu during negotiations in Paris; Justification for the provisions for a ceasefire; Flexibility of Kissinger on U.S. foreign military activities; Opinion expressed by Kissinger that announcement about peace in Vietnam and his discussion about the draft on the issue had no connection with presidential election; Consideration of the preservation of a non-Communist government.

Focuses the various political issues affecting the U.S. Opposition of President Calvin Coolidge on the recognition of the government of the Soviet Union; Effect of the succession of Frank Kellogg as the next Secretary of State on the issue of the recognition of the Soviet government; Appointment of Thomas M. Woodlock as commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission; Opposition to the appointment of Woodlock; Transfer of Attorney-General Harlan Stone from the Department of Justice to the Supreme Court; Assertion of financier Bernard Mances Baruch that the Democrats will win the 1926 elections; Expulsion of the supporters of Philip La Follette in Congress.

Focuses on the issue of unemployment in the United States. Controversy between facts about employment revealed by James J. Davis, the Secretary of Labor, and professional statisticians; Tradition of providing accurate and impartial reports on employment in the country; Factors revealed by the author which will compel people to accept the estimation of Davis about employment; Policy of the U.S. administration to attempt to turn to turn business depression into prosperity; Comments on the unemployment programs and failure of U.S.President's Unemployment Conference.

Suggests that a great number of men and women, with years of expensive training, paid for by the people of the U.S., are being driven from the government service every year due to low wages. Composition of the U.S. Civil Service; Total number of civil servants; High cost of a cheap and inefficient government; Increasing level of waste, discontent and low morale; Failure of Congress to address the problem of high turnover of civil service personnel; Efforts of the American Federation of Labor and the National Federation of Federal Employees to uplift the conditions of civil servants.

Presents an excerpt from a question answer session conducted by committee member Senator Joseph McGarthy of U.S. High Commisioner for Germany James C. Conant.

Focuses on the plans of the U.S. Administration under President Dwight D. Eisenhower to keep the disloyal people from the payrolls of the federal government. Broad overview of the new scheme of judging the loyalty of the employees to the U.S. Government; Speculations regarding the adoption of security concept as a substitute for the loyalty concept of former President Harry S. Truman's loyalty program; View that the system that President Eisenhower is setting up will make it possible to fire a government employee without branding him disloyal; Commendation of the new plan as a means of eliminating the incompetence and injustice which were inherent ingredients of previous Administration's loyalty concept; Weaknesses of the Eisenhower security program.