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Presents an article on the meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society in Guatemala in 1973. Experiences during the trip to Guatemala; Debates on the suggestion that every nation should refrain from further increases in its paper money and bank credit supply; Effects of the perceived interests of politicians, academics, journalists, businessmen and the general public on private contracts; Evaluation of the papers presented at the meeting.

This article discusses the rise of the welfare state and the decline of fraternal and mutual-aid societies in the U.S. The author refers to the paper "Myths of Charity" that was published in the periodical "U.S. News & World Report. In this paper, the authors express their doubt regarding charities which could pick up all or even most of the slack from the $76 billion to $450 billion in spending cuts now being proposed by Democrats arid Republicans in Washington. It is indeed true that when measured in dollar amounts, the combined efforts of traditional charities at the turn of the last century were small when compared to those of the modern welfare state.

The article presents an interview with Karen Kennerly, executive director of the PEN organization. She was asked for her opinion on whether the short story died when railroad ceased to be the major means of transportation. She discusses the origin of the Syndicated Fiction Project, a collaboration between the NEA Literature Program and PEN. She explains the project's total funding and its source. She also discusses how PEN chose the participating newspapers for the project.

Presents an article on being forcibly detained from the American Newspaper Guild. Protests against the control exerted by the Guild; Considerations regarding the Guild contract; Loyalty to his employer, the "Daily News" of New York City.

The article reports that the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers has questioned the legality of U.S. President Jimmy Carter's anti-inflation program. The union has accused the U.S. administration of violating the National Labor Relations Act. The union's lawyer claimed that Crown Zellerbach Corp., was advised by the Council on Wage and Price Stability to not give its striking workers the same wage increases that other unions in the industry had already received.

Details a correspondence between the magazine "National Review," and Arthur Larson, chairman of the Council for Civic Responsibility, regarding a United Press International (UPI) wire story that quoted Larson naming John Birch Society front organizations. Failure of Larson to reply to a letter sent by Clarence Manion, member of the John Birch Society; Reply of Larson to the letter sent by "National Review"; Affiliations of Larson.

The article presents information on several books and the Mobil Foundation. Some of the books are "Mexico Bay," by Paul Horgan, "Why We Were in Vietnam," by Norman Podhoretz, "The New Right Papers," edited by Robert W. Whitetaker and "Nobody's Angel," by Thomas McGuane. The Mobil Foundation has indicated that the so-called Writers' Congress is demanding the return of the thousand-dollar check it donated to the Congress in July 1982. The Mobil foundation charges that the meeting was not aimed at preserving the character and quality of literary culture in the U.S.

In the article, the author discusses the move by Russia to shutter the civil-society and human-rights organization Memorial. Also cited are a brief history of Memorial, including its creation in the 1980s to promote democratic values and the truth, physicist Andrei Sakharov as its first chairperson, and Russian President Vladimir Putin's alleged campaigns against Memorial, including making some of its members like Yuri Dmitriev as political prisoner.

The article comments on the regional meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society that gathered professed anti-utopians and individualists in Hillsdale, Michigan. It includes background information on the Mont Pelerin Society and the various scholars and intellectuals who attended the event, as well as the short supply of private colleges with libertarian instincts to accommodate the society's meetings.

This article presents the author's experiences of participating in the 89th annual meeting of the American Historical Association. The author opines that as a result of increasing "professionalization" and the expansion of so-called higher education, the average historian is a fellow of no breeding and little breadth of knowledge. The author also states that in the historical profession, specialization is entering its terminal phase as more and more people have more and more to say to fewer and fewer people.

Focuses on the discrimination against non-African American residents of Manhattan, New York in the selection of a Borough President. Comment on a complaint filed by the Association for the Preservation of Freedom of Choice (APFC) with the New York State Commission against Discrimination; Information that former Borough President Hulan Jack, a African-American resigned after being convicted of improper conduct in office; Support of Mayor Robert F. Wagner to choose Robert C. Weaver for this job; Information that the APFC seeks to repeal New York laws forbidding certain sorts of discrimination in the rental or sale of certain types of housing.

Highlights the 40th annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Popular misconception about farmers in the U.S. that were refuted during the convention; Information on the speakers at the convention; Issues facing the farming industry in the country.

Reports on the conference of the Republican Governors Association (RGA), in Palm Springs, California. Establishment of RGA, to enable Republican governors to take their proper position in expressing, developing and preserving the philosophy of the Republican Party in all the states of the Union; Contrast between supporters of Governors Nelson Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan; Exclusion of the press from the meeting and remarks of Governor Spiro Agnew about certain publications.

Focuses on the second national meeting of the Philadelphia Society. Information about the venue of the meeting; Information that the Society's concerns go to religion, philosophy, education, politics, economics and the law; Information on the membership of the society; Information that this year the Society's theme was the civil rights issue, and chiefly its economic implications; Description of various topics discussed at the meeting; Information on various participants in the meeting.

The article comments on the views on obesity expressed at a recent conference of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, held in Malibu, California. The conference proposes to persuade people to accept their obesity and not fight with it. There has been discussion on mane diet and anti-diet books. The diet books enlists the importance of willpower to lose weight as against the anti-diet books which uses wishful thinking to dismiss its importance. There has been discussion on various diseases caused by obesity and how people should deal with it.

The article comments on the exposé featured in the "New York Times" concerning the leftist Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) in the U.S. It states that the periodical has treated the institute as a research organization. The assertion of Rael Jean Isaac against the IPS is addressed. The threat posed by the IPS according to Joshua Muravchik is also cited.

This article investigates the demonstration directed against the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace by a faculty-student alliance at Stanford University in spring 1983. It seems that from the 1960s to the 1980s the virtue of academic freedom has been attacked often by liberals, who sometimes succeed because for one thing, they have been supported by university administrations. Another reason for this success is the supposed neutralism of the university campus. These reasons lead to demonstrations such as the anti-Hoover campaign, which aims to revoke the autonomy of the Hoover Institution through the authority of the Stanford University administration.

The article criticizes the United States for its half-hearted efforts to reform the United Nations. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has assured congressional leaders in the United States that he shared their concerns and was committed to reducing waste and inefficiency in the world body. The United Nations is seen by many political leaders and the public in the United States as resisting change. The United States provides 25 percent of the annual budget of the United Nations. The United Nations Secretariat reacted negatively to the United States Congress's move to press for administrative and financial reform at the international organization.

Opposes the Moral Rearmament organization which has its headquarters in the U.S. at Mackinac Island in Michigan. Background of the organization; Information its founder; Campaign activities of the followers of the organization.

Focuses on the allegation of racism made by four foreign students against U.S. writer William F. Buckley at the Congress of the National Students Association held in Madison, Wisconsin. Censure against Buckley's reference to the Congolese leaders and people as semi-savages; Refusal to admit the righteousness of the Algerian demand for freedom; Indignation expressed by the students regarding the stand of Buckley on freedom movements across the world; Argument given by Buckley that Congolese had taken to eating members of the opposition.

Focuses on the Midwest conference of Lambda Iota Tau, an honorary fraternity of students majoring in literature, where a group of students met at the University of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. Report that nine students formed a panel to discuss the question, "Is Significant Dramatic Tragedy Possible in an Egalitarian Society?"; Focus on their discussion, which centered around writers as Maxwell Anderson and Arthur Miller; Conclusion that the lack of tragedy is a result of the triumph of agnosticism rather than of the triumph of democracy; Focus on Lambda Iota Tau, which is perhaps the fastest growing honorary society in the United States.

Focuses on the meetings held by academic organizations in the U.S. in 1971. Decline of protests and rallies during the meetings of academic organizations; Highlight on the Modern Language Association meeting in Chicago, Illinois; Speakers duriong the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Provides information on the objectives of the Council for Basic Education which was founded in July 1956. Provision of the basic intellectual disciplines to children; Membership classes offered by the Council; List of books about schools and education.

Analyzes the event of burning of the newspaper "The Harvard Crimson," by the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) of Massachusetts. Observation that anticipating conservative demonstrations, the Boston-based group staged its event on Pearl Harbor Day in the Common, where the largest Octoberfest was held; Statement of Vietnam veteran Dennis Hyyti regarding the U.S. policy towards Vietnam; Spring plans of the YAF that include a second pro-administration rally to bring more people to the Boston Common than the eighty thousand gathered for October's Moratorium.

Presents several letters to the editor referencing various articles published in previous issues of this periodical. Description of the Mont Pelerin Society, published in the October 21, 1961 issue; Criticism of the article "Soviet Space Claims," published in the October 2, 1961 issue; Discussion of the article "Principles and Heresies," appearing in November 4, 1961 issue. Difference between death in the pre-atomic age; Appreciation of the article "Football is a Lonely Battle," published in the November 4, 1961 issue.

Profiles Willis A. Carto, the man behind several U.S. organizations, including Liberty Lobby. Information on the anti-Semitism of Carto; Influence of philosopher Francis Parker Yockey on Carto; Functions of Liberty Lobby.

Explains the issue of student unrest. Reference to the book "Baby and Child Care"; Role of students in wars for peace on American campuses; Involvement of students in left-wing protests and movements since the Berkeley Free Speech movement of 1965; Information on the National Student Association annual meeting held on the University of Maryland campus; Changes in the student activist movements; Comparison of American New Left students to those of the Latin American university students.

Discusses the role of the problem of John Birch Society (JBS) in the U.S. politics. Comment that the problem, as far as Republicans seeking public office were concerned, was primarily political; View that the political problem is acute, as former New York Congressman Steven Derounian can testify; Information on the political career of Derounian; Comment on the political status of Derounian during election; Information on political strategies of both political parties; Comment on the Derounian's support for Senator Barry Goldwater; Denial by Derounian of having any connection with the JBS.

This article focuses on efforts of Andrei Sakharov, the nuclear physicist who works to rehabilitate the victims of Soviet Communism. The association is headed by Alexander Yakovlev. Yakovlev has maintained a record of the crimes that were committed under the communist dictator Joseph Stalin. Sakharov founded the association named Memorial, is a voluntary association dedicated to rehabilitating the victims of Soviet political oppression. The years of Communism have molded Yakovlev's face into inexpressive, almost wooden lines, with deepset brown eyes that give nothing away.

The article reflects on the efforts of the Girl Scouts of America to become more politically correct. It has avoided the beleaguered status of the Boy Scouts because the organization has surrounded to the cultural forces the latter are resisting, as discussed in the book "The Death of Character," by James Davidson Hunter. The executive director of the Girls Scouts, Marsha Johnson Evans, has impeccable feminist credentials. The organization allows lesbian Scout leaders. The Girl Scout council has developed a mentoring program for lesbian women.

Highlights the 23rd annual meeting of the Philadelphia Society held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania n 1987. Celebration of the 200th anniversary of the United States Constitution; Concern on the inability of most of the U.S. judges and law professors to understand the Constitution; Questions on the methods of interpretation of the Constitution.

Focuses on developments related to the Philadelphia Society in June 14, 1985. Meetings made by the Philadelphia Society; Philadelphia Society's Torquemada of the Sixties, Frederick Wilhelmsen.

Discusses political news in the U.S. Revelation by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the drop of the income-tax burden on the poor and middle class due to the Reagan tax cuts; Approval by Wallstreet of active trading after the postponement of the U.S. Catholic Bishop's final statement on the U.S. economy; Failure of the Reagan Administration to tactfully handle the murder of Arthur Nicholson by the Soviets.

The article discusses the political activities of the Cato Institute in San Francisco, California. According to columnist Anthony Harrigan, the institute is an ongoing project with the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C., which aims to study the implications of a non-interventionist U.S. foreign policy. The Cato Institute aims to make a comprehensive study of Social Security and to prepare a report on petroleum policy. However, the major programs of the Cato Institute are not related to their objectives.

Focuses on the American Conservative Union's (ACU's) efforts for a third party in the U.S. Report that the ACU was holding it second conservative political action conference with Young Americans for Freedom; Information that more than five hundred people from across the country attended the four-day meeting; Information on the media coverage of the meeting; Report that Representative Robert Bauman gave the keynote address; Reference to the Watergate affair.

The article looks at the Ford Foundation's funding of radical groups in the U.S. The foundation had been looking for Latino groups to fund because they had determined that the real problem was that they did not have the kind of mediating community-based organizations and institutions in the Latino community. The National Council of La Raza received $590,000 from the foundation. With assets in excess of $4 billion, the Ford Foundation is the leading funder of such advocacy groups.

The article condemns the attitude of the Washington D.C.-based organization Center for Security Policy towards American spy Felix S. Bloch. The organization is making efforts to ensure that Bloch is neither publicly acknowledged as a spy nor is ever put on trial for espionage. However, these efforts are not in the best interest of the people of the U.S. since the American people have a right to know the full extent of whatever damage Bloch might have done. It is also not beneficial in the interest of the country to provide assistance to the Soviet Union, against whom Bloch spied.

The article discusses the alleged accusations against Michael Levin, writer and professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York (CCNY), for propagating racist views. The allegedly racist views that caused the row at the CCNY were expressed in an Australian journal of ideas "Quadrant." The American Association of University Professors declined to support Levin. The works of Levin as a writer has been discussed. Levin was condemned by his academic colleagues and was pressured to give up one of his courses. In view of the allegations against Levin, the president of City College stated that it was inappropriate for him to teach any required courses.

Provides information on international style of modern architecture. Establishment of the Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne by pioneers of modern architecture; Inspiration for the distortion of modern architecture; Information on the schools of architecture in the U.S. and abroad.

Focuses on the booklet "Communism: Threat to Freedom," which was written by John F. Cronin, assistant director of the Department of Social Action of the National Catholic Welfare Conference in the U.S. Appreciation shown by the newspaper "The New York Times" for the pamphlet; Disapproval shown by Catholic newspapers and writers towards the pamphlet; Information that the pamphlet does not mention by name any of the so-called extremist organizations against which it argues; Definition of an extremist organization according to Cronin; Arguments against the pamphlet.

Presents answers to several queries related to the John Birch Society. Reasons for people's interest in the John Birch Society; Report that the John Birch Society is an organization of men and women devoted to militant political activity; Information that the Society's aims are to arrest the Communist conspiracy, and resist the growth of government; Opinion on the structure of the John Birch Society; Report that the members of the John Birch Society are fascistic.

Deals with the preparation of Charlottesville Negroes in Virginia for school integration of the whites for massive resistance, as of August 1958. Scheduled opening of Charlottesville's schools; Possible implication of the response of Charlottesville to the demands of massive resistance; Reason for the move of the Byrd Organization to adopt massive resistance.

Criticizes the fraud practices of the American Association of University Professionals toward academic freedom in the U.S. Failure of the association to protect teachers against unfair practices; Background on the association; Presumption when a dispute arises between the association and a university.

Answers several questions about the International Atomic Energy Agency, an agency designed to direct atomic energy to the cause of peace, health and prosperity throughout the world. Organization of the Agency; Nations that can belong to the Agency; Expected contributions of the U.S. to the Agency; Basic fault with the Agency; Things that U.S. citizens can do about the Agency.

Explores the status of the Mont Pelerin Society of freedom philosophers after 25 years. Contributions of Mont Pelerin intellectuals to public administration; Impact of freedom philosophy on socialism; Disagreement among Mont Pelerin members over the causes of inflation.

Focuses on Morningside Heights, New York-based Columbia University for its increasingly carelessness in taking admissions. Report that a group of professional grievance-seekers, the Students for a Democratic Society, tired of persuasion, tired of democratic process, tried to cancel the construction of a new university gym in Morningside Park by illegally seizing the area; Information that there was an accretion of racial identity and the white students who do not have it left the building and ceded it to Student Afro-American Society; Report that the Columbia University under the pressure from student radicals and off-campus advisors handed over its facilities to "The New Learning."

Focuses on the formation of the National Conference for a New Politics (NCNP), an organization that was constituted in Chicago, Illinois, last year. Issue of a "Call to Convention" by NCNP inviting anybody who could make it to the Palmer House in Chicago, over the Labor Day weekend; Information that General Secretary Gus Hall, pointed out the tactics for intense infiltration of the NCNP; Names of delegates who would be present at the convention; Failure of the objective of the conference to set-up a third party nationally, under respectable auspices, which the Communist Party could use to flay President Lyndon Baines Johnson, and particularly his foreign policies.

Reports on the efforts of the organization, the Sandalistas, to convince the United States government to provide aid to the contras in Nicaragua. Reasons behind the group's campaign; Quality of living of the Sandalistas living in Managua, Nicaragua; Reasons why Sandalistas are living better than Nicaraguans in the latter's own country of Nicaragua.

Focuses on the national organization Physicians for Social Responsibility (PCR), with Dr Sidney Alexander as president. Americans' interest in Russians; Increase in the number of people attending symposiums that included Russians in the program; Estimated number of PCR members; Annual membership fee.