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Paid articleThe Challenge Ahead
PROGRESSIVE "Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free" The Challenge Ahead The names that appear on the cover of this Fiftieth Anniversary Issue of The Progressive represent a...
Paid articleHoliday Greetings
Holiday Greetings To the voters of America, who cleaned out so much deadwood in Congress and many a state capitol last November 4— Holiday Greetings. To Chief Justice Earl Warren and the majority...
Paid articleFIFTY YEARS
NYE, RUSSEL B.
FIFTY YEARS by RUSSEL B. NYE "a publication that will not mince words or suppress facts, when public utterances demand plain talk." —Robert M. LaFollette, Sr. Volume 1, Number 1 The magazine...
Paid articleNo War, No Poverty?
Chase, Stuart
iVb War, No Poverty? by STUART CHASE Tn 1789, at the time of the first Cen--*- sus, there were four million Americans in the Republic of whom fewer than 250,000 had the right to vote. They lived...
Paid articlethe MASS MAN
Lens, Sidney
the MASS MAN by SIDNEY LENS One of the striking features of American postwar life has been the virtual disappearance of the American Left. A generation ago the radical Left, though small by...
Paid articleTHE UNFINISHED TASK
Reuther, Walter P.
THE UNFINISHED TASK by WALTER P. REUTHER ri^he growth of this nation during ¦¦- the last 50 years has—by any measurement save one—been phenomenal. That one measurement is the burden of the...
Paid articlethe GROWING POWER of the MILITARY
Swomley, John M. Jr.
the GROWING POWER of the MILITARY by JOHN M. SWOMLEY, Jr. One of the foundations of democratic government is freedom from military domination. In a democratic society the military is simply one...
Paid articleThe Failure of Organized Socialism in America
Thomas, Norman
The Failure of Organized Socialism in America by NORMAN THOMAS ^Tn making a fair appraisal of the A impact of socialism on America in the past half century, it must be admitted, of necessity, that...
Paid articlePresidents, Then and Now
Hyman, Sidney
Presidents, Then and Now by SIDNEY HYMAN The American Presidency has flared in so many directions in the past 50 years that no one can take in the whole of its growth, strains, hopes, and threats....
Paid articleGuarding Our Outdoor Heritage
Neuberger, Richard L.
50 Years of Conservation Guarding Our Outdoor Heritage by RICHARD L. NEUBERGER After ax and saw and blasting powder had laid waste the green groves of the Great Lakes states, wise men in America...
Paid articleA Voice for Consumers
Kefauver, Senator Estes
A Voice for Consumers by SENATOR ESTES KEFAUVER For nearly two years the Senate Subcommittee on Anti-Trust and Monopoly has been inquiring into the subject of "administered prices." We have heard...
Paid articleA Shortage of Brains
Rovere, Richard H.
A Shortage of Brains by RICHARD H. ROVERE Tn the first half-century of The Progressive's existence, the United States grappled—successfully for the most part, it seems to me—with the problem of so...
Paid articleour Obsolete foreign policy
Warburg, James P.
our Obsolete foreign policy by JAMES P. WARBURG When The Progressive was founded in 1909 by Robert M. Lafollette, Sr., the United States had already passed through two distinct phases of foreign...
Paid articleUp from Segregation
DABBS, JAMES McBRIDE
Up from Segregation by JAMES McBRIDE DABBS On May 8, 1902, my sixth birthday, I sat at a table in our South Carolina backyard and, as a special honor, sipped my first cup of coffee. At the same...
Paid articleBudgeting for the Human Race
FLEMING, DONALD
Budgeting for the Human Race by DONALD FLEMING In the last Presidential election campaign, for the first time in American history, a candidate concentrated upon a scientific question as a major...
Paid articleThe American Spirit
Mayer, Milton
The American Spirit by MILTON MAYER We were once said (by the elder Holmes) to threaten every government in Europe by our very existence. This ascription of moral power would hardly be made...
Paid articleSEGREGATION IN THE NORTH
GRODZINS, MORTON
SEGREGATION IN THE NORTH by MORTON GRODZINS Aproblem that did not even exist in 1900 is the nation's most serious social problem a half century later. This mushrooming problem has been created by...
Paid articlea culture of our own
WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD
a culture of our own FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT 1would like to say a word for culture—indigenous, American culture—as distinguished from American education, education not being on speaking terms with...
Paid articleTHE PEOPLE'S FORUM
THE PEOPLE'S FORUM The High Cost of Communism Dear Sirs: I am disturbed by recent items in The Progressive concerning Russia. In your November issue you quote, with apparent approval, from...
Paid articleFiction and the American Scene
LEWIS, RICHARD W. B.
Fiction and the American Scene by RICHARD W. B. LEWIS Younger American novelists have recently come in for the high-level scolding that has been visited on American fiction regularly for about a...
Paid articleManifesto for Now
Bellow, Saul
Manifesto for Now The Territory Ahead, by Wright Morris. Harcourt Brace. 231 pp. $4.50. Reviewed by Saul Bellow TTTright morris' essay is deceptively " relaxed in its manner. It seems to have...
Paid articleEvils of Compromise
Hesseltine, William B.
Evils of Compromise Altgeld's America: the Lincoln ideal versus changing realities, by Ray Ginger, Funk & Wagnalls. 376 pp. $4.95. History of the Progressive Party 1912-1916, by Amos R. E....
Paid articleGenus Politician
HUITT, RALPH K.
Genus Politician All in One Lifetime, by James F. Byrnes. Harper. 432 pp. f 5. The Art of Politics, by Rexford G. Tugwell. Doubleday. 295 pp. $5. Reviewed by Ralph K. Huitt T^hese books make a...
Paid articleRoughing It in Asia
Peretz, Don
Roughing It in Asia West of the Indus, by William O. Douglas. Doubleday. 513 pp. $5. Reviewed by Don Peretz Oupreme Court Justice William O. ^ Douglas is still in love with Asia, with travel,...
Paid articlePerspective Is All
Siepmann, C. A.
Perspective Is All Some Things Worth Knowing, by Stuart Chase. Harper's. 278 pp. $3.95. Reviewed by C. A. Siepmann -"rpniNK like a wise man, said Aris-totle, "but communicate in the language of...
Paid articleMilitary Memoirs
Neumann, William L.
Military Memoirs The Memoirs of Field-Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Ala-mein. World. 508 pp. $6. Wedemeyer Reports! by General Albert C. Wedemeyer. Henry Holt, 497 pp. $6. Reviewed...
Paid articleTwo on Unions
Barbash, Jack
Two on Unions American Labor Unions and Politics—1900-1918, by Marc Karson. Foreword by Selig Perlman. Southern Illinois University Press. 358 pp. $6.50. As Unions Mature, by Richard A. Lester....
Paid articleColonial America
Jensen, Merrill
Colonial America The Americans: the colonial experience, by Daniel J. Boorstin. Random House. 434 pp. $6. Reviewed by Merrill Jensen fTiHis book begins with a discussion of four...
Paid articleExistential Man
Peters, Robert Louis
Existential Man Irrational Man: a study in existential philosophy, by William Barrett. Doubleday. 278 pp. $5. Reviewed by Robert Louis Peters TVTilliam Barrett, a professor of " philosophy at New...
Paid articleHis Beat the Globe
Levi, Werner
His Beat the Globe Journey to the Beginning, by Edgar Snow. Random House. 434 pp. $5. Reviewed by Werner Levi What happens when a great reporter, whose beat is the globe, goes through his notes...
Paid articleLife-enhancing Art
Werner, Alfred
Life-enhancing Art by Alfred Werner The Praeger Picture Encyclopedia of Art (Praeger. $17.50) is one of the handsomest books of recent years. It is the English version of a book originally...
Paid articleHollow O'Hara
Schickel, Richard
Hollow O'Hara by Richard Schickel T>y this time nearly everyone who is interested must know that John O'Hara's new novel, From the Terrace (Random House. 897 pp. $6.95) is a bad book. I don't...
Paid articlePaperback Plums
McCann, William
Paperback Plums by William McCann In the category of the drama and dramatic criticism good paperbacks now abound. One publishing firm, Dramabooks (Hill and Wang), devotes its considerable...
Paid articleThe Progressive
The Progressive Volume 22 1958 INDEX Section 1 lists authors and subjects, followed by date of issue and page number. For example, Dec. 19 is page 19 of the December issue. Section 2 lists...
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