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IssueVol. 012 Issue 005 (May 1 1948)
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Paid articleTHE MEANING OF THE MONTH
THE MEANING OF THE MONTH Stassen up Front WITH the first major convention less than two months away, the American political scene seemed even more robustly fouled up in this month of May than it...
Paid articlePATHWAYS TO PEACE
Rubin, Morris H.
PATHWAYS TO PEACE By MORRIS H. RUBIN (Editor of The Progressive) "More than one true thing can be said about the causes of war, but the state-merit that comprises most of the truth is that...
Paid articleWHAT HIT HARRY TRUMAN?
Weehsler, James A.
What Hit Harry Truman? By JAMES A. WECHSLER Washington, D. C. HARRY S. TRUMAN may finally be remembered as the man who inherited the Presidency when he genuinely dreaded the office and lost his...
Paid articlePROFITS, PRICES, AND POLITICS
Robertson, Nathan
Profits, Prices, and Politics By NATHAN ROBERTSON THIS IS the year of the big payoff—the year when the boys who get rich on war get away with the biggest haul of all—with the blessing of their...
Paid articleIS CONGRESS REFORMING?
LaFollette, Robert M. Jr.
IS CONGRESS REFORMING? By ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE, JR. THE readers of The Progressive are familiar with the up-hill fight to reorganize the Congress which culminated in the Reorganization Act of...
Paid articleREVOLT AGAINST JIMCROW
Randolph, A. Philip
Revolt Against Jimcrow By A. PHILIP RANDOLPH IT WAS on Mar. 31, 1948, that Grant Reynolds and I startled the assorted members of the Senate Armed Services Committee by promising to lead a civil...
Paid articleIs THERE A BRYAN IN YOUR BARN?
Hesseltine, William
Is There A Bryan in Your Barn? By WILLIAM B. HESSELTINE LEADERS of the Democratic Party have been assailed, for the past few months, with one of the worst cases of pre-convention jitters on record...
Paid articleCLIO LETS HER HAIR DOWN
Coleman, Mcalister
Clio Lets Her Hair Down By McAUSTER COLEMAN U\\7HICH one do you like best?" W "I can't tell yet, but I sort of go for the Sinic." "Oh dear, it's most confusing, but I'm a Syriac fan...
Paid articleAN OPEN LETTER TO MILTON MAYER
Otto, Max C.
An Open Letter to Milton Mayer By MAX C. OTTO DEAR Mr. Mayer: Your article entitled "Come, All Ye Faithless," published in The Progressive for April, is a puzzling document. Re-readings have only...
Paid articleFAREWELL TO NORMAN THOMAS
Mayer, Milton
Farewell to Norman Thomas By MILTON MAYER IF YOU don't love women, you don't monkey around with them. The same thing goes for whiskey and war. If you love them, you may hate them until you are...
Paid articleTHE MOOD OF AMERICA
Rodell, Katherine
THE MOOD OF AMERICA Round-Up of Regional Reports from The Progressive s Correspondents The East By Katherine Rodell New Haven, Conn. WAR, the election, prices—the election, prices, war—over and...
Paid articleFILMS FROM EUROPE
Glick, Nathan
Films From Europe By NATHAN CLICK BEFOEE the war, the best foreign films shown in this country were French. Earthy and civilized, they represented life with both its natural grime and its...
Paid articleTHE PEOPLE'S FORUM
THE PEOPLE'S FORUM Balderdash Dear Sirs: As one of those pretty busy trying to keep Mr. Truman and Mr. Stalin from roasting the world in total war, I have not had time to commend you on the first...
Paid articleMOODS AND MORALS IN GERMANY
Fischer, Markoosha
Moods and Morals in Germany By MARKOOSHA FISCHER Munich GERMANY hits you hard—in more ways than one. First impressions, I know, are often deceiving, but in this case I think they ought to be...
Paid articleSPRING COMES TO THE FARM
Beston, Henry
Spring Comes to the Farm By HENRY BESTON Nobleboro, Maine THE snow has gone, vanishing without the usual struggle for outposts of shadow and cold, and the farm landscape is now a part of our...
Paid articleCancer of Prejudice
Baldwin, Roger N.
Cancer of Prejudice A MASK FOR PRIVILEGE, by Carey McWilliams. Little, Brown. 280 pp. $2.75. Reviewed by Roger N. Baldwin THIS study of anti-Semitism in the United States comes at a time when a...
Paid articleThe Road to War
Lundberg, George A.
The Road to War PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND THE COMING OF THE WAR, 19U, by Charles A. Beard. Yale University Press. 614 pp. $5. Reviewed by George A. Lundberg IT WAS not until 1924 that a reasonably...
Paid articleCountry Adventure
Bromfield, Louis
Country Adventure WE CHOSE THE COUNTRY, by Herbert Jacobs. Harper. 306 pp. $3. Reviewed by Louis Bromfield THERE is great significance in the fact that books on agriculture and rural life have...
Paid articleGI Homecoming
Paterson, Chat
Gl Homecoming THE BEST IS NONE TOO GOOD, by Ralph Martin. Farrar, Straus. $3. Reviewed by Chat Paterson IN A SENSE, The Best Is None Too Good is not a book; it is a series of sketches...
Paid articleInsight into Russia
Fischer, George
Insight into Russia RUSSIA IN FLUX, by Sir John Maynard. Macmillan. 564 pp. $6.50. RUSSIA AND THE RUSSIANS, by Edward Crankshaw. Viking. 223 pp. $3. WORLD COMMUNISM TODAY, by Martin Ebon....
Paid articleRadical Act
Hall, Norris F.
Radical Act THE CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY. A Study of its Social, Economic and Political Implications, by James R. Newman and Byron S. Miller. Whittlesey House. 434 pp. $5. Reviewed by Norris F....
Paid articleU. S. Building Story
Colean, Miles L.
U. S. Building Story AMERICAN BUILDING—The Forces That Shape It, by James Mar-ston Fitch. Houghton Mifflin. $5. Reviewed by Miles L. Colean THIS is a remarkable book. In one package, we have a...
Paid articleFive Novels
Evans, Ernestine
Five Novels PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, by Angela Thirkell. Knopf. 405 pp. $3. MESSAGE FROM A STRANGER, by Marya Mannes. Viking. 246 pp. $2.75. THE GREAT ONES, by Ralph In-gersoll. 308 pp. $3. THE IDES...
Paid articleMexican Moonshine
Rodell, Katherine
Mexican Moonshine STEP DOWN, ELDER BROTHER, by Josephina Niggli. Rinehart. 374 pp. $3. THE CRY OF DOLORES, by Herbert Gorman. Rinehart. 443 pp. $3.50. Reviewed by Katherine Rodell TO ANYONE who...
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