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Vol. 029 Issue 003 (March 1 1965)

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CARROT AND STICK

PROGRESSIVE "Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free" Carrot and Stick The landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 is now nine months old. Despite the hardly surprising survival of...

NOTES IN THE NEWS

Notes in the News The People Yes It is a rare poll of public opinion that shows eighty-one per cent of the people solidly committed to one side of a hotly controversial issue. Yet this was...

THE WORD FROM WASHINGTON

The word from Washington There is a divinity that doth hedge a king, Shakespeare averred. Every President is in part a monarch as well as prime minister—a national symbol whose most trifling acts...

AFFIRMATIVE ALTERNATIVE IN VIETNAM

McGovern, Senator George S.

Affirmative Alternative in Vietnam by SENATOR GEORGE S. McGOVERN npo anyone taking a hard-headed, realistic look at the situation in South Vietnam it is somewhat puzzling that the terms "hard...

THE MORALS OF CONGRESS

Montgomery, Hale

The Morals of Congress by HALE MONTGOMERY "TVisclosures of Congressional favors for sale and testimony concerning political payoffs have raised serious suspicions about the moral climate in the...

FREE PRESS VERSUS FAIR TRIAL

Wechsler, James A.

Free Press versus Fair Trial by JAMES A. WECHSLER In the aftermath of the slaying of John F. Kennedy and the subsequent murder of the accused assassin, Lee Oswald, there arose a great national...

TIME TO ABOLISH THE DRAFT

Nelson, Senator Gaylord A.

time to abolish the draft by SENATOR GAYLORD A. NELSON /^Vnce our government accepts the ^ fact that conscription is-not one of the essential ways to fulfill our military manpower requirements, I...

BRITAIN'S SEA OF TROUBLES

Barry, Joseph

Britain's sea of troubles by JOSEPH BARRY A re the British socialists doomed always to inherit only a bankrupt nation? The question could be raised in another, perhaps more pertinent way: If...

PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S EDUCATION PACKAGE

Grant, Gerald

President Johnson's Education Package by GERALD GRANT rriHE outlook for Congressional ap-proval of Federal aid to the nation's elementary and secondary schools has never been brighter. School...

STEEL PRICES AND PUBLIC POLICY

Rowen, Hobart

Steel Prices and Public Policy by HOBART ROWEN hat should President Johnson do about steel prices? Or should he do anything at all? These questions, fundamental in examining the proper...

A VIEW OF IRAN

Lens, Sidney

A VIEW OF IRAN by SIDNEY LENS Teheran rr>here was already a passenger in the taxi when I hailed it. The occupant was a handsome young man in his late twenties who spoke English moderately well,...

THE PEOPLE'S FORUM

THE PEOPLE'S FORUM Doctor in Vietnam Dear Sirs: I have long been an interested reader of The Progressive and recently my interest has grown as the situation here in Vietnam has deteriorated....

The Constitution and the Court

FELLMAN, DAVID

BOOKS The Constitution and the Court by DAVID FELLMAN Works on the Constitution have always had a prominent place on the American bookshelf. Our nation has been perennially interested in the...

Special Calummy

Caplan, Gerald M.

Special Calummy Fear on Trial, by John Henry Faulk. Simon and Schuster. 398 pp. |6.50. Reviewed by Gerald M. Caplan About nine years ago, in January of 1956, John Henry Faulk was employed by...

Wry and Neat

Kelly, Walt

Wry and Neat Straight Herblock. Simon and Schuster. 224 pp: $5.95. Reviewed by Walt Kelly While it may be distressing to look back, it always helps to tell us where we are going. Herbert Block...

Two Witty Novels

Johnson, Lucy

Two Witty Novels The Final Beast, by Frederick Buechner. Atheneum. 276 pp. $4.50 Late Call, by Angus Wilson. The Viking Press. 316 pp. $4.95. Reviewed by Lucy Johnson Tt is a rare thing in this...