| NEWS &
 VIEWS
 The  Schools'  Crisis
 The recent Supreme Court
 rulings barring state aid to
 parochial schools have the
 paradoxical effect of costing
 both the public and the pri-
 vate... | 
    
    
      | CORRESPOND-
 ENCE
 Pacifists   and  Abortion
 Basking Ridge, N.J.
 To the Editors: I was very pleased to
 read Gordon Zahn's article, "A Re-
 ligious Pacifist Looks at Abortion"
 [May 28]. I... | 
    
    
      | CHINESE CHECKERS
 The initial surprise at President Nixon's announcement of a-trip to
 China has worn off, and the world is waking up to the vast and complex
 possibilities this apparently simple... | 
    
    
      | NIXON A SINISTRA
 THE PA TH TO PEKING
 The Administration's policy of seeking normal diplo-
 matic relations with China is so obviously sensible and
 so long overdue that most Americans will... | 
    
    
      | SECRETS
 AND
 SECURITY
 Postscript to the Pentagon Papers
 RICHARD B. GRIFFIN
 For those of us who view national security as an im-
 portant, though not exclusive, concern, the... | 
    
    
      | Ol II CATHOLIC 'ENEMIES
 Encountering the church of North Vietnam
 RICHARD R. GRIFFIN
 The most dramatic Mass I as a Catholic priest have
 ever celebrated took place in Paris a few weeks ago.... | 
    
    
      | CHILE IS NOT CUBA
 - OR IS IT?
 ROBERT KUTTNER
 On July 11, the Chilean congress completed final ap-
 proval of a constitutional amendment authorizing the
 expropriation of American copper... | 
    
    
      | REVAMPING THE VAMP
 THE SCREEN
 About a year ago a director asked Candice Bergen
 to say a naughty word. The excuse was that she was
 playing a (naturalized) Indian—one expects red savages
 to... | 
    
    
      | BOOKS
 Bawds, Bellocq and the 'pursuit of happiness' in New Orleans
 E. J. Bellocq: Storeyville
 Portraits
 LEE FRIEDLANDER &
 JOHN SZARKOWSKI
 The Museum of Modern Art, $12.50
 STU... |