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The author reminisces about Ralph Pulitzer, who was the president of the Press Publishing Co. Ralph Pulitzer recently resigned from his post, which brought to an end, an interesting chapter in the history of the periodical "New York World." Ralph Pulitzer joined the periodical after the death of his father, Joseph Pulitzer. Though the younger Pulitzer lacked his father's force, he did bring to the job a far more sensitized intelligence. In the first place, he was never authentically a liberal. His interest was not that of his father, in man in the mass. He gave his greatest attention to the littler things in the newspaper.

Presents information on Marshall Field, owner of Chicago, Illinois-based newspaper "Sun." Increase in the circulation of the newspaper through strategies of Field; Rumors of Field's resignation from the newspaper; Concerns of Field on the newspaper situation in the United States; Views of Field on branching out the newspaper to other towns; Set up of the publishing company Pocket Books, by Field; Interest of Field in maintaining a high proportion of public-service programs on the radio stations owned by Field; Plans of Field to publish a magazine for liberals.

Even before the war Scandinavia's political sympathies went out mainly to the great Anglo-Saxon democracies, Great Britain and the United States. To be sure, Scandinavia's ties with German science, literature, and the arts were very strong, and this was true even of Denmark, despite bitter memories and recurrent fears of German aggression; but these ties were severed or withered away when cultural life in Nazi Germany degenerated and then disappeared. The Scandinavians have a closely knit and homogeneous culture, but their outlook is not insulated or provincial. The great majority of Scandinavian intellectuals are convinced liberals. And even Communist intellectuals will admit that they find the Western atmosphere, with its freedom of discussion and criticism, much more congenial than the stern puritan discipline of the Russians.

Reports that the latest of the periodicals to be started in Germany in the Russian language has just reached the author. "Zhizn" or "Life," a fortnightly; "Vremya," or "Times," a newspaper to represent the views of big business; Periodicals' focus on the nature of the Russian peasant; Intelligentsia's share of the blame for the mistakes that have brought Russia to complete poverty and disorder; Liberals' views on what foreign countries should do; Democrats' belief in peace and work.

Focuses on the book "The Liberal Papers," which is a collection of essays on foreign policy written by Liberal intellectuals who were selected by a group of Congressmen who were appointed by legislator Robert Kastenmeier of Wisconsin. Purpose of the whole exercise; Information that it is edited and introduced by James Roosevelt, an acknowledged leader of the Democratic Liberal wing; Salient proposals listed by political advisor Raymond Moley which are contained in the book; Information on the Committee of Correspondence which has desired total, unilateral disarmament by the U.S.

Looks at the possible outcome of the legislative election in France in March 1967. Impact of the recreation of a popular front for the elections on the decision of socialist and radical federations in the industrial north and in agrarian Auvergne to vote; Locations in France where the leftist coalition has a strong chance to win; Implication of the tendency of a large segment of French people to vote for the communists for moderates or liberals and popular fronts; Factors that indicate that the socialists in France have ceased being the party of class war.

Bavaria was the last to leave the stage of German politics this summer, and now she has been the first to reappear on it. Thanks to the tactics of the Ultramontanes, this opening of the political campaign has been of great dramatic effect; whether it is to have any material results of great importance, only the future can reveal. Some Liberal papers try to persuade themselves and the public that a decisive victory has been won, in fact only a violent but exceedingly ill-managed attack has been repulsed. Even if Bavaria could be admitted to be a constitutional state, in the sense people wont attach to the word with regard to England, the model constitutional monarchy, the precedents would not fully bear out the claim of the Ultramontanes.

Presents letters from readers to "National Review" editor William F. Buckley. Invitation to Buckley to attend a seminar of history; Details of the seminar's syllabus; Decision of a conservative subscriber of this periodical to join forces with liberals and still maintain her subscription.

The article offers information on Americans with leadership qualities. Robert Abboud, deputy chairman of the First Chicago Corp., is a monetary and economic conservative who considers himself a liberal in social matters. Senator James Abourezk, chairman of the Indian Affairs Subcommittee of the Senate, is a forceful spokesman for the Arab cause in the conflict over a Palestinian state. Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Tennessee Council on Crime and Delinquency, has made a point of announcing that he will disclose every single contribution he gets although he is not required to and although it will be a big, burdensome task.

Describes attitude of liberals' towards socialism in the U.S. Existence of economic system in the U.S.; Ideology of the U.S. towards socialism; Analysis of energy crisis under capitalist set-up of the U.S.; Mal-distribution of wealth and other economic differences in the U.S.; Structural changes in the U.S. economic system.

Presents information on various political developments in several countries. Permission given to Mexican President Alvaro Obregon by the U.S. to buy U.S. ammunition, rifles and light artillery for use in putting down the rebellion started by Adolfo de la Huerta; Possibility of the rebels to succeed in overthrowing Obregon; Expectation in Great Britain for a new election to take place; Opposition of the British Liberals to the election; Problems faced by the British Labor government over the issue of relations with the other members of the British Commonwealth of Nations; Notice served by the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini to France stating that he will not countenance the permanent occupation of the Ruhr; Assessment of the economic conditions in France; Hesitation shown by U.S. President Calvin Coolidge in recommending the U.S. adhesion to the World Court.

Presents information on member of the American Legion, Westbrook Pegler and other reactionaries that declare hostility and contempt against all the colored races and the people of the Soviet Union. Differences between reactionaries and liberals; Professional background of Pegler; Information that Pegler had got his first big money as a syndicated sports columnist for "The Tribune"; Role of Pegler in exposing labor racketeers involved in illegal practices; Statement that if Pegler got his journalistic education as a labor reporter instead of a sports writer, he would know that the U.S. owes her public-school system to the labor movement; Promotion of the socialist movements in the U.S.; Views of Pegler on the Communist movements which organized campaigns to influence college students and young professionals; Approach of economist Thorstein Veblen that "business," is incompatible with industry, in agreement with the mind of Pegler.

This article presents information on various political developments in the world. When the new French Chamber met, it was difficult to know exactly what its character would be. One thing was certain, the monarchical group, Royalists and Bonapartists together, which numbered as much as 150 in the last Chamber, had been reduced to about fifty. But the republican majority was composed of very heterogeneous elements, it embraced the Opportunists, the more or less conservative Republicans, the more or less advanced Radicals, and with them a large number of socialists. Although the Government majority in Great Britain, after the general election, fell slightly short of what sanguine Liberals had anticipated, seldom did a session open with higher hopes than that which met here on the 31st of January. The Queen's speech foreshadowed the following great measures, home rule, registration reform, shortening duration of Parliament, one man one vote, employers' liability, parish councils, local veto, church suspensory bills preparatory to disestablishment for Scotland and Wales.

The article author comments on developments related to political and social developments in the U.S. The last two weeks have witnessed a historic clash between two theories of political behavior-the quarterback" or opportunist theory, long indorsed by the U.S. President, and the theory which insists upon the importance of a thought-out, consistent political line. It seems to the article author that events have demonstrated the superior value-especially for a nation fighting for the survival of democratic institutions-of the second theory. What amazes and alarms the author is the ease with which so many persons sincerely committed to the democratic cause have accepted football tactics as adequate to the demands of a complex political-military struggle.

For two decades American radicals have participated vicariously in the triumphs and retreats of the Soviet regime. Events in the Soviet Union have molded their thinking, overshadowed native politics, and conditioned their emotional level. The ten days of October that activist John Reed chronicled were to influence American radical thought for a generation; and in August 1939, the ten days that elapsed between Germany's announcement and the Soviet's ratification of the German-Russian pact seemed equally momentous. This article aims to give an outline of what representative radicals and liberals were thinking in this period of upheaval. The central fact is that these are moments of transition among radical and liberal forces. If the issue of Russian policy has once more troubled and divided them, it must now be seen in the context of the greater issue of the war itself.

The article offers news briefs concerning issues related to United States and world politics. The article asserts that there are less liberal voices in the U.S. press and radio. The article also discusses how several Republicans have begun to make prepreparations to run for party's presidential nomination in 1948.

Offers observations regarding the meeting of the author with liberal John Auchmuty. Events that led to the call by the committee that the author represented for a debate with Auchmuty with a guarantee of large and enthusiastic crowds; Detail of events that led Auchmuty leave the debate; Confession of unfair attitude of the audience by the author during his first meeting with Auchmuty; Comment of Auchmuty on the revelation that the event was a business strategy by the committee the author was associated with; Reaction of Auchmuty when the author decided to leave the committee both he Aucthmuty were associated with.

The article discusses the 1967 National Conference of New Politics political convention in Chicago, Illinois, where liberals, radicals, and African American civil rights advocates strategized over the 1968 presidential election and issues such as the Vietnam War and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Political power struggles between black and white attendees, activist Carlos Russell, and the liberals' attitudes are also mentioned.

The article presents information on themes of two movies and their effects on the civilian life. It was with the ubiquitous appearance of the profitable box-office double feature, "Operation Abolition" and "Communism on the Map," that rightwing activities in the Northwest reached proportions sufficient to alert and alarm liberals in this area. Unpublicized signs and portents, however, had appeared much earlier. The two films, had begun circulating quietly and efficiently to a great number of church groups, service clubs, schools and military installations. The film was accompanied by a critique by one of the student leaders of the San Francisco demonstrations, of which it purports to be a documentary account.

Focuses on the political situation in Great Britain since the resignation of Anthony Eden as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Rumors about the revolt in the Tory ranks; Publication of an editorial which advocated an alliance that should include with the Labor Party, the Liberals, the Tory rebels and the Communists; Announcement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain that he would not resign if he were defeated in the House of Commons; Satisfaction of Chamberlain with Italy's honorable conduct in Spain.

Presents several letters to the editor. Oposition to the statement made by Justice J.C. McReynolds that "every person ought to be a good loser"; Compliment on the balanced and convincing study of the text of the Russian trial by editor of this journal Malcolm Cowley; Discussion on the general insanity, which seems to infect everyone who touches it; Emphasis on the American radical movement; Criticism on American books; Establishment of branches by the American Committee for Spanish Relief and the Non-Partisan American Committee for Spanish Relief in the principal American cities; Attitude of liberals towards the World War II.

Discusses the similarity in the American and European life style. Entry of the U.S. in the active phase of liberalism that England had almost exhausted twenty years ago; Similarity between the driving force of the New Deal and of that outmoded English liberalism; Aim of the both doctrines to make housing a public service; End of the English Liberalism.

The average innocently educated American has a certain picture of American vigilantism which, like so many of his stereotyped vagaries, he gets from the so-tailed liberal historians, who know a lot they do not dare to understand. In this view, vigilantism is a peculiar American phenomenon. It began in California in 1851, when outlawry was in wild and bloody flower and when every adventurer could buy a woman for the asking plus a sack of gold. Naturally, the better elements of the community wouldn't stand for it, and so they started a vigilante movement for law and order.

The article presents information on various political developments. In the dual between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover it is but the truth that the Governor of New York has forced the fighting and taken the lead, as almost every newspaper poll shows. The defeat of Senator James Gillespie Blaine and Governor Philip La Follette in the Wisconsin Republican primary is a hard blow to liberals everywhere, even if one finds the explanation in the great increase in the Democratic primary balloting. Nicholas Murray Butler is entitled to credit for having proposed a plan for State liquor-traffic control, following the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. Undoubtedly some will sneer at him for assuming that the Eighteenth Amendment is within reasonable sight of being repealed.

The article presents news on political developments. It has now become thoroughly clear that the so called National Conference of Business and Industrial Committees is in essence nothing more than a part of Herbert Hoover's campaign for reelection. The bonus army was driven out of Washington only recently but the Hoover Administration is already reaping its reward. Everywhere State conventions of the of the American Legion are demanding that the adjusted compensation certificates be paid in full as soon as Congress reconvenes. The nationalists of Germany have tried for fifteen years to silence Professor Eric Gumbel, one of the most courageous liberals and pacifists of that country. At last they have succeeded in having him removed from the chair of political economy at Heidelberg.

Presents information about Chicago, Illinois, which grew to be the distributing point of commerce for the West. Violation of the state criminal Syndicalism law; Claims that judicial procedure in Michigan is extremely informal, and leaves much to the discretion of the court; Report that the Communist party teaches the necessity of social changes and the inevitability of violence in their accomplishment; Conflict between Soviet Union and the democratic U.S.; Claims that the State of Michigan has a wise law by which each unit of government must pay the expense of a prosecution initiated by it; Attitude of American liberal; Comments on the use of childish comedy to arouse the public against the legitimate aspiration of labor toward a cleaner and more efficient organization.

Focuses on the growing activities of the Progressives in the U.S. Congress. Expectation of a conference of progressives in Washington about three weeks later; Proposal of Senator George W. Norris, Republican of Nebraska, for a constitutional amendment eliminating lame-duck Congresses; Support of certain Republicans and Democrats, who were not affiliated with the Progressive movement, to the success of the legislation; Probability of formulating a legislation that will command the second thought approval of Progressives and liberals in and out of the Congress; Probability of the Progressives' concentration on transportation in the next Congress session.

Relates personal concern for the psychology of motion pictures in the U.S. Explanation how to obliterate the criminal instinct from the submerged section of the civilization; Problem of industrial management depicted in films; Doubt that liberals can ever effect the recognition of the Moscow government by Washington; Suspicion that few of the economists have given the problem the treatment it has received in Hollywood.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Approval by U.S. Senator Arthur Capper of the sentiments of reporter Thomas Sancton in his comments on the article "The Negro Press," published in the April 26, 1943 issue; Comments on an article by H.W. Ehrmann on post-War Germany, published in the May 3, 1943 issue; Report that liberals can start now to see to it that better candidates are nominated; Observance of the second anniversary of the Nazis devastating attack on the Soviet Union with a ship-launching in Los Angeles, California, christening the first American boat after a Russian, Martina Raskova; Comment of a reader that the liberal press has been unfair to those Catholics who have intelligently and profoundly assessed the role of the Church in the modern world, and assessed it in a spirit of healthy criticism of laity and clergy.

Focuses on the distrust and contempt with which American democrats and liberals view the Communist Party, while discussing the Communist attitude of Harry Bridges, leader of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. Effect of the hatred for the Party on the attitude of Americans toward the Soviet Union; Accusation against Bridges for being an associate of the Communist Party which has been found to be an organization having as one of its objects the overthrow of the U.S. government; Subordination of the Communists in the U.S. to Moscow in the Soviet Union; Appreciation of Bridges for being a great leader of workers.

Focuses on Frank Graham, Professor of History in the University of North Carolina; Participation of Graham in a program conducted by a labor unit inspite of the sentiments of the country being anti-labor; Controversy over the issue that he lent respectability to an unpopular cause; Supporter of civil rights of labor class; Views that Graham is among the great educators of the nation; Appraisal of his liking for the common people; Comments that he is a liberal to the core; Graham is a member of a number of government agencies and has had an influence on the Mediation and War Labor Boards; Instances of his liberal attitude.

Focuses on the war preparations of the U.S. Statement of Henry Morgenthau, secretary of the Treasury, to the Senate Committee that the airplanes orders from France with their $65,000,000 for American workmen's pockets were good stuff; View that one cannot refuse to look at the phenomenon of men of all parties and all groups and all philosophies from the tip of the right wing to the tip of the left clamoring for war preparations; View that the clamor of the liberals for war preparations removes the last vestige of resistance to the path of the junker and the fatigued business and labor community which wants business; Satisfaction of the Americans at the recovery elements in the defense of democracy; Information on the President's army-and-navy construction program; Statement of the editor of the journal "Banking" that preparation for national defense constitute a business stimulant of the first importance; View that one cannot have a war industry without a war scare and having built it and made it the basis of work for several million men, one cannot demobilize it and one will have to keep on inventing reasons for it.

Presents letters to the editor. Response over the attitude of the U.S. government related to immigration visa; Opinion about a previously published article related to labor organizing; Concerning the problems of liberals in the U.S.

The article focuses on American radical democrat John Dewey. The average liberal "knows" Dewey and he is also aware that he has gone to schools affected, in one way or another, by Dewey's theories of education. Dewey's radical democracy means, first, that for him the chief concern of philosophy, as of the human enterprise itself, is with people and their problems. The aim of a democratic society is not merely political, in the sense of providing representative government and a bill of rights, it is not merely social, in the sense of opposing a hereditary elite and inter-group discrimination. Democracy is a moral ideal, a sense of what should prevail in human relations.

This article presents information related to World politics. The Republicans will not be able to extract much comfort from the bye-election in the Third Congressional District of Ohio last week. The news of the collapse of the much-talked of Stein expedition to Ellsmere Land will be cause for congratulation to many who believe that expeditions should be planned with circumspection and dignity, and so equipped as to insure for them a reasonable measure of success. The small Government majority in England on the registration bill will very likely dwindle still more on the various clauses of the budget, and although the budget may pass, the Liberals will probably see the necessity of dissolving before long.

Discusses how confused American progressives should deal with the era of the Soviet revolution. Lessons that can be learned from English liberals in the age of the French revolution; Political scenario in 20th-century America as it subordinates all of its conflict with the Soviet Union; Need for American progressivists to develop a constructive, anti-imperialist policy while rejecting the incipient socialist variety as the guide for their political thinking; Recognition of the shortcomings of the Soviet society.

U.S. President John F. Kennedy's special message on the military budget calls for an increase of some $2 billion over former President Dwight David Eisenhower estimates. This may give rise to dismay among liberals, especially those who read the headlines but not the message. The figures alone do not tell the story. At this juncture, a $35 billion, military budget, in the wrong hands and based on the wrong policies, could plunge the U.S. into World War III more readily than a $45 billion budget in the right hands' and based on the right policies. Still worse would be a lack of resolution in policy-making which would give a free hand to the war factions.

The article discusses various topics related to the attitude of American liberals towards American political parties and candidates with reference to Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower's comment. It is urged that before taking any political action, they should acknowledge themselves of all the factors necessary to an intelligent decision as which candidate can most effectively mobilize the best elements in his party and country. It reports on various aspects of the scheme to show a common American British policy for the Middle East. The article also discusses William Henry Taylor, an employee of the International Monetary Fund, who has won clearance on charges of possible disloyalty and espionage.

The article focuses on the things that have gone wrong between American and British liberals. The British repudiation of Imperialism should have made co-operation easier between American and British liberals, who used to resent being attached in the U.S. on the score of an imperialism for which they weren't responsible and did not defend. Today, the center of capitalist power has moved from London to Washington and Socialists' criticism must also move from London to Washington. It is difficult to argue with a man who has a patent on liberal feelings and who feels that to express the same sentiments while arriving at a different conclusion represents an infringement.

The article focuses on the seriousness of things that have gone wrong between American and British Liberals. It is believed that the world is divided by a basic struggle. The basic struggle is between dictatorship of the Soviet brand and democracy. It is believed that Stalinism is at war with democracy and that it makes no moral distinction between war by military and non-military means. It recognizes military warfare as a legitimate means of conquest. It has demonstrated its capacity to direct aggressive war.

Focuses on the author's views on politics in the U.S. Description of the social class to which he belongs; Discussion of the laws protecting property and the Constitution of the U.S.; Opposition to the radicals with their sticks of dynamite and the liberals with their jugs of Peruna; Discussion of penalties that democracy inflicts upon every man who violates all its principles by trying to be honest.

Focuses on the need of a New World Conference. Ratification of the Treaty of Versailles; Attitude of indifference adopted by the U.S. Senate towards the Treaty; Dissatisfaction expressed by the American liberals towards the policy of isolation adopted by the U.S. government; Depreciation of the value of the script and the credit of the Paris Peace Conference; Failure of the Paris Peace Conference to provide relief, reparation and reconstruction after the end of the World War I.

Presents information on recent political developments in the world, with emphasis on political conditions in the U.S. Discussion of how U.S. President Woodrow Wilson will be welcomed in France where he has gone as the chief of a nation whose intervention in the war was instrumental in bringing victory to the Allied cause; Desire of the American liberals to seek a fair understanding between their own country and the British Commonwealth; Reason behind the insistence of European liberals on the presence of Wilson at a peace conference in Europe; Information about political views of those Germans who bear the picturesque name of Spartacides.

Comments on the criticism of the western trip of the People's Council and its efforts to hold a convention in the Middle West. Confusion caused by the shifts in the choice of a meeting place; Argument of the members of the party about the persecution of liberal thought; Concern of the Council with throwing its support behind any developments that would keep war policy clarified and liberal; Position of the Council on the war abroad; Inability of the group to attract a major public opinion to its program.

Points out that the Russian dream is the possession of Constantinople, in the same way that Englishmen dream of India. Dream of planting the cross once more on St. Sophia and to wear the purple in New Rome; Observation that the Russian liberals are deeply absorbed in the Constantinople dream as the most reactionary of the Slavophils; Russians' view that the road to Constantinople lies through Berlin.