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The article presents commentary on various international and domestic U.S. politics as of the week of April 24, 1971. U.S. foreign economic and political relations with China are discussed in detail. The forced closings of domestic paper mills due to Federal anti-pollution standards are reviewed. The State Department's foreign training programs for police methods and anti-communism is described.

Focuses on the spread of communist activities in China while discussing the foreign policy of the U.S. towards China. Details about the U.S. State Department White Paper on China which presents a factual day-to-day record of wishfulness and unrealism on the part of the Chinese National Government; Conclusion that emerges from this publication of the White Paper; Discussion of possible steps the U.S. can take to save Asia from a dreary century of Communism; Predictions made by the U.S. Foreign Service officers after the Second World War regarding the civil war in China; Efforts made by the U.S. government to save Chiang Kai-shek, head of Nationalist government on Taiwan; Reference to the armed Communist movement in China in 1946.

Focuses on several socio-political issues around the world. Decision of France and Great Britain to publish a "blue book" and a "white paper" giving the correspondence and other pertinent documents regarding terms of the Anglo-French naval agreement; Acceptance of the French view that trained reservists are not to be counted as part of official military strength of any nation, by England in exchange for the naval agreement; Intentions of the Nanking government to proceed vigorously toward the abolition of extraterritoriality.

Reports on censorship on press in six countries. Suspension of papers by the Ministry of Information of Portugal; Censorship of press by Spain's dictator, Francisco Franco; Restriction to publish dispatches by foreign correspondents and domestic newspapers are still subject to censorship by the Civil and Provincial Governments in India; Control over domestic media of communication in Soviet Union; Discussion of censorship of domestic press in Poland; Ownership of Chinese newspaper by the political party Kuomintang.

Reports global developments related to various topics. Anniversary of the war in China and in Spain; War scare in Europe; Judicial action by District Judge Homer A. Fuller of Newton, Iowa.

Focuses on political developments in China following the signing of the peace agreement between Kuomintang party and communist troops. Role of the peace agreement in stopping the threat of a new outbreak of civil war in Manchuria; Effort of Russians in supplying aid to the communists; Reactions among the Chinese against the continued presence of Soviet troops in Manchuria; Factors that led university and middle-school students to undertake demonstrations against communists; Effort of Governor Chang Chun of Szechuan, in bringing unity between Kuomintang party and communists.

Presents socio-political and economic news from the world. Report that the visit of French Premier Pierre Laval to Berlin, Germany, was important because it symbolized the desideratum of European recovery and stability--Franco-German rapprochement; Report that the Scandinavian countries which have followed Great Britain off the gold standard have done so primarily because they were in a similar situation; Report that the principal loss which Great Britain suffers as a result of the abandonment of the gold standard arises, not from the fall, but from the fluctuation in the exchange value of the pound; Efforts to bring peace and conciliation between Japan and China in the wake of the war in Manchuria, China; Cancellation of the biennial meeting of the Institute of Pacific Relations due to the Manchurian episode; Profiles U.S. educator and ichthyologist, David Starr Jordan; Speculation on Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Lancashire, England; Report that for many weeks, the civil authorities of Harlan, Kentucky, who are openly allied with the coals mine owners against the striking miners, have exercised a press censorship; Economic situation of Detroit, Michigan and its consequences on public; Criticism of Governor of California for putting the district attorney Charles M. Fickert, on the state pay roll; Criticism of the cutting of trees in the U.S. for constructions on land.

The article discusses about the propaganda which was being propagated by the communist party in China. The communist party of China has an immense power of propaganda. Communist propaganda takes the form of a few simle, elementary statements, repeated again and again. The power of propaganda was used most effectively to help to stabilize the currency. The aim of propaganda is to condition the mind, to change the thoughts of the people. The communists of China have changed the format of the newspapers. Now there is no new in the newspapers any more. The mechanical, bureaucratic Communists official was being imposed on the civil service and police. Now there is strong iron-curtain is being develop in China. For Communist propaganda to be successful an iron curtain is a necessity.

Offers a look on the opposition of the press against the leadership of Mao Tse-tung in China. Suspicion of the associates of Mao Tse-tung in Peking with regard to the support of Mao Tse-tung; Accusation of the press against the leadership of Mao Tse-tung; Alleged efforts of Teng To, managing director of the "People's Daily" newspaper to make Mao Tse-tung step down from his post; Claim of the "Army Daily" newspaper that there is no difference between Teng To and the Khrushchev revisionists which carries the implication that the opposition group might have pressed for the ending of the quarrel with Russia and for the restoration of alliance; Publishing of plays and articles between 1959 and 1962 by three playwrights containing veiled criticism of the party leadership of Mao Tse-tung.

Discusses whether or not Japan's excess population should be settled in Manchuria, Russia and eastern Siberia. Japan's control of the natural resources of these regions; Closure to Japanese immigrants of Latin America and English-speaking countries; Effect of industrialization on the birth rate; Ability of all races of man to be adaptable to wide variations of climate.

Focuses on the discussion of some peace by U.S. Governor Thomas E. Dewey in his speech given before the American Newspaper Publishers' Association. Suggestion of Dewey for organizing a structure of peace backed by adequate force to prevent future wars, in cooperation with other nations; Analysis of the failure of World Peace I and of dangers to peace by Dewey; Differences in status of Great Britain, the Soviet Union and China in terms of peace, suggested by Dewey.

Presents a letter to the editor about national goals of China during the civil war.

Presents an open letter addressed to Inazo Nitobé, a Japanese internationalist. His interview in which he upheld in the most sweeping terms the recent acts of Japan in Manchuria and Shanghai in China; Statement in a Far Eastern newspaper, gravely stating that Woodrow Wilson would have welcomed the establishment of the new state of Manchuria on the ground that it was in accord with the principle of self-determination; Information that for seven years he faithfully served the cause of international cooperation as a high official in the League Secretariat; Question as to why he is apparently indifferent to the violations by Japan of the League Covenant and the anti-war pact.

The article reports and comments on current events making news during the week of, September 29 1952. A number of items are covered including territorial discussions held between the governments of the Soviet Union and China, political reforms undertaken by Mohammed Naguib, the president of Egypt and the loyalty oath required to receive a loan from the Federal Housing Administration.

The article presents information on socio-political developments in the United States in the year 1951. The Congressional investigation of the U.S. general Douglas MacArthur controversy is getting a lot of publicity in the U.S. Congressional investigations run a cycle. First, the investigation is largely factual; then partisanship increases; then comes the big whoop-la, and finally a majority and minority report. The U.S. State Department is taking a firm stand on China, which seems to be insistence on keeping China out of the UN, threatening to bomb Chinese cities after all, and preparing to pal around again with the discredited regime of Chiang Kai-shek, on Formosa.

The article discusses events related to U.S. politics. Special prosecutor Archibald Cox has requested information on wiretaps authorized by U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will visit Peking, China as Chinese relations with the Soviet Union deteriorate. Former representative Eugene McCarthy may run for Congress in 1974.

Focuses on economic developments in the U.S. Role of banking business in economic prosperity of the U.S. Report on increasing bank dividends and extra dividends; Rise in small house-building; Information on U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's silver policy; Accumulation of silver by China to dump on the London market.

Presents information on the life and work of John Dewey, a philosopher and educator of the U.S. Views of Ralph Barton Perry, an philosopher and educator of the U.S., on the contributions of Dewey; Reference to the fact that education in the United States has been transformed by him; Mention of China, Turkey and Soviet Union as countries that recognized and followed Dewey's ideals; Portrayal of Dewey's weakness in absorbing the Freudian psychology.

Presents information on the Kuomintang concentration camps. Demands for the abolition of the concentration camps by the democratic forces of China; Comparison of the Kuomintang concentration camps with the Nazi concentration camps; Publication of the works of Kathe Kollwitz, German artist on the protest against the oppression of the people by fascists, whether German or Chinese.

Reports developments related to world politics. Crisis in European affairs; Abandonment of the Embassy at Nanking on September 20, 1937 by U.S. ambassador Nelson T. Johnson; Protests of the order of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt by the Chinese regarding the restriction of the shipment to the Far East of arms, ammunition, and implements of warfare.

Presents an account of the socio-political situation in the world. Agreement signed between the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company, a subsidiary of the U.S. Steel; Announcement of a new policy of friendship with China by the Japanese Foreign Minister; Comment on features of the Pittman resolution; Recommendation to the U.S. to manufacture their own military supplies; Information regarding the social conditions of workers in the U.S.; View that the government program is to be enlarged when private industry lays people off and to be cut down when private industry hires them back; Statement that the British government is attempting to provide a gas mask for every inhabitant of the city of London, England; Acknowledgement that he Duke of Windsor has leased a home near Baltimore, Maryland; Conclusion of the election of the London County Council held on March 4; Adoption of a law abolishing compulsory military training in state-supported educational institutions by North Dakota; Details on the effect of the medicine, dinitrophenol; Sponsorship of an eight-point legislative program by the Non-Partisan League; Description of execution done by Francisco Franco, Dictator of Spain; Reference to laws regarding cruelty on animals and child labor.

Presents news briefs, related to socio-political developments of several nations. Prohibition of sanctions against Italy, until League Council meets on January 20; Declaration of Germany that there would be no air pact between Germany and Great Britain until Germany's lost colonies were restored and the responsibility-for-the-war clause eliminated from the Versailles Treaty; Demonstration of high-school and college students denouncing Japanese aggression and calling upon the central government for active resistance continued throughout China; Significance of the January first, for several political decisions in the U.S.; Plans of the organization National Peace Conference to continue the present embargo on actual arms and munitions to all belligerents; Comments made by journalist William Randolph Hearst, on the link of communists with kidnapping; Resignation of James G. McDonald as League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from Germany; Method used by France to dissolve armed fascist leagues within the framework of democracy; Amendments for :he confiscation of collective as well as individual armaments in France; Efforts of District Central Labor Union of Columbia to fight against reenactment of the teachers' oath law; Employment status of women graduates from the Purdue University.

Comments on political and socioeconomic issues worldwide. Recovery of the U.S. from depression depicted in the index of industrial production; Testimony given by American Federation of Labor president William Green before the congressional committee about the federal system of unemployment insurance; Aim of the diplomatic conversations in China between Japanese and Chinese officials to give concrete expression to the alleged new "friendly policy" of Japan; Mortality among magazines devoted to the serious discussion of public affairs during the depression.

Focuses on the implications of the end of Vietnam War for the U.S., China and Japan. Reasons for the opposition of China to the meeting in Paris, France for the negotiations regarding the Vietnam War; Agreement of the U.S. to conduct negotiations within Hanoi's terms; Plans of elimination of all foreign military bases in Vietnam; Recognition of the National liberation Front (NLF) as the sole genuine representative government of the South Vietnamese; Goal of the U.S. to secure North Vietnam's recognition of the existence of a separate South Vietnam state; Aims of the U.S. and the NLF of Hanoi, Vietnam for the settlement negotiations; Impact of the loss of the U.S. military control over Vietnam on the Japanese-American alliance; Impact of the settlement on foreign policies of the U.S., China and Japan.

Examines past relations between China and Vietnam with a view to answering the question of whether North Vietnamese leaders would accept Chinese volunteers if and when the United States invaded North Vietnam. First appearance of the Viet in central Yangtze River Valley; Emergence of Vietnam as an independent state; Chinese invasions; French domination; Military intervention by China; Literary war between China and Vietnam; Opposition of Vietnamese to all foreign occupation; Their ability to absorb cultures and make their own.

Highlights the development of an anti-Chinese anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system in the U.S. in October 1967. Speculations on the motives of the U.S. in developing the anti-Chinese ABM system; Issue pointed out by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara; Domestic factors which influenced the decision to develop the ABM system.

The article offers news briefs concerning issues related to U.S. and world politics. Pennsylvania Senator Joseph Clark has reportedly asked the U.S. Congress to put its mind to the question of why the U.S. should spend $5 billion on a "limited" missile defense system against China. An article comments on Democratic Senator Carl Hayden using some of his political clout to pass his Central Arizona Project.

Offers a look at the academic study published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace entitled "Apartheid and United Nations Collective Measures: An Analysis," which maps out a United Nations invasion of South Africa. Summary of the academic study; View that the Carnegie plan clearly justifies the use of United Nations troops to invade the Soviet Union and Red China; Information on the prospectus of the American-African Affairs Association.

This article offers news briefs for the week of November 27, 1965. Particular focus is given to the foreign policy and relations of communist China and U.S. doctrine that the war in Vietnam is ultimately a demonstration against communism in China. The article also discusses international relations between Rhodesia and Zambia. Further article topics include the political career of Harry Byrd, Jr.

Deals with the inevitable consequences of the policies of statesmen and with emphasis on the sending of U.S. soldiers to the Asian mainland to fight China. Reason for the involvement of the U.S. in Vietnam; Differences between a totalitarian and a democratic society; Curse of foreign policy of the U.S. since the end of the Second World War that has become the victim of its own successes; Status of policy in Vietnam in 1965 and some views on the extension of the war into North Vietnam.

Presents an interview with Mao Tse-tung, chairman of the Communist Party of China, about the political condition in China in 1965. Assertion of Mao that China has no troops outside its own frontiers and has no intention of fighting anybody unless its own territory is attacked; Views on whether Viet Cong forces can win victory by their own efforts alone; Reaction to anti-feudal and anti-capitalist sentiments combined with opposition to imperialism and neo-colonialism.

Analyzes the political, economic and social conditions of the People's Republic of China as of March 1963. Characterization of the Chinese people; Positive results yielded by the policy of rehabilitating the system of agricultural operations so as to conform more closely to the requirements of rural living in China; Problem of unemployment facing the country; Improvement in the living conditions of the Chinese people; Struggle faced within the Communist Party.

Claims that China's economic capability can not support a prolonged war with India. Suggestion that economic limitations would not be able to sustain Chinese military power; Impact of stagnation in agriculture on the food supply and supply of industrial raw materials; Statement that industrial development in China was unusually rapid from 1949 to 1959; Comparison of China's 1949-1959 economy with the Soviet Union of 1928-1937; Industrial growth of China and India from 1952 to 1957.

Presents a description of China and Chinese civilization. Description of the town of Canton; Difficulty in remembering Chinese names; Information on difficulties in commuting from one place to another in China; Information on Soochow, a small city on the Yangtze river; Recognition of the fact that there is a great amount of illiteracy in China because of the fact that Chinese language is extremely difficult to learn; Comment on the ingenious ability of Chinese workmen; Notion of China being a tolerant and easy-going nation.

Argues that the United States is at a parting of the ways with regard to its policy in and toward China. Concern in the global arena that America is soon to be an active source of danger in the Far East; American business interests' complaint that the government does not give to American traders abroad the same support that the nationals of other states receive; Danger that the United States' Asiatic relations will be sacrificed to the country's financial interest in Europe.

This article discusses news including the win of the United States Navy over the Japanese main fleet, the recall of General Joe Stilwell as Chief of Staff to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in China, and the decline of China's ability to resist the Japanese, which fades the vision of China becoming a base for the armed forces of other United Nations.

This article presents news including British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's position as the greatest reporter of World War II, Churchill's belittling of China in their efforts against the Japanese in the war, and statements made by Churchill and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt regarding the future of Italy and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

The article presents news briefs concerning U.S. and international politics for the week of March 31, 1941. The beginnings of post-war peace planning by Great Britain and the U.S. are discussed. Continuing labor disputes within several U.S. industries and efforts to mediate them are highlighted. The political instability of China is reported on.

The article presents news briefs concerning U.S. and international politics for the week of March 3, 1941. The political activity of Senator Burton K. Wheeler to oppose the lease-lend bill is discussed. The political instability of China is explored. The rumor of the censorship of the journal by the U.S. War Department at army stations is mentioned.

This article offers world news briefs. Germany purports that an invading expedition is at the mercy of a superior air force. The Chinese dollar has been depreciating in value. Researchers discuss liberating the energy in the atom to obtain a source of power superior to any known in the past. Additionally, a series of hearings in Washington, D.C. contend with the problem of migratory farm labor.

This article discusses world news briefs. Rumors in Washington D.C. have shifted from conjecture about U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's running for a third term in office to whether Roosevelt intends to bring the U.S. into war. A famine is threatened in North China. Additionally, the opponents of Nazi Leader Adolf Hitler are worried by the initial failures of the Allied expedition in Norway.

This article offers world news briefs. U.S. Attorney General Robert Jackson delivered speeches intended to reassure citizens about possible civil liberties violations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Experts suggest that Japan and Russia will agree to end the Chinese war by dividing China between them. British statesman Winston Churchill said that Great Britain had no intention of making war on the Soviet Union.

This article offers world news briefs. The Russian frontal assault carries a critical danger to Finland, whose fate depends on the help that is given. Experts have criticized the U.S. for their delay in coming to the aid of Finland. Additionally, the Japanese South China Command has called on Chinese military leader Chiang Kai-shek to surrender.

This article discusses how Leader of the Nazi Party Adolf Hitler is beginning to feel the strain of the war. Additionally, the diplomatic phase of the war extends to the Far East with British garrisons withdrawing from China indicating an understanding between Japan and Great Britain that will negatively impact China.

Focuses on political developments in the world, with emphasis on political conditions in the U.S. Statement that Earl Browder, leader of the American Communist Party, has been arrested on the charge of giving false information in applying for a passport, a serious offense under federal law; Seizure of the American ship by the German navy while carrying contraband to British ports; Discussion of the Nazis' propaganda; Description of the elections that have taken place in the Soviet-held provinces of Poland; View of Ambassador Joseph C. Grew on Japan's invasions of American rights in China; Statement that Soviet Union had suddenly increased her aid to China in the present war with Japan; Discussion of aerial mines used by the British government to defend against airplanes; Description of the labor-standards law in the U.S.; Statement that the Auto Workers' Union trying to Sovietize industry, as the Chrysler Corp. company at first charged, by insisting on having a share in the fixing of production standards on the assembly line; Information on Arnaldo Cortesi, Rome correspondent of the periodical "The New York Times"; The New York State Chamber of Commerce, at its first fall meeting, October 5, deferred action on the report of its special committee on economical and efficient education; Statement that the Nazis announced that the final installment of the billion-mark fine assessed against the Jews after the assassination of Secretary of the German Embassy Ernst von Rath will fall due November 10.

Presents news items related to socio-political conditions of various countries. Political conditions in Virginia; Economic and social reform in China; Details of the U.S. Civil Service Commission.

The article presents U.S. news briefs. The U.S. Congress is considering the viability of President Harry S. Truman's plan to loan $400 million to Greece and Turkey. U.S. Representative Charles A. Eaton has demanded to know the contents of the "Black Book" on Greece and Turkey that was given to members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The city of Yenan, China, a stronghold of the Communist China, was largely deserted when Chiang Kai-shek and his troops took control.

Focuses on political developments in the world. Statement that men at the front, especially in the Pacific, complain that the people back home have not the slightest conception of what goes on out there, and the complaint is at the basis of the widening non-comprehension between civilian and returning soldier which has been remarked by several observers; Discussion of the damage done to shipping in the Inland Sea with details of the carrier strikes there; Evidence from Germany on the question of how far the Japanese capacity to resist can be destroyed by air attack from Okinawa or any other place; Discussion of the American delegation at San Francisco that has now explained its unfortunate stand against conceding that independence is a desirable ideal, and putting that fact into the charter of the new security organization; Statement that the Americans say they are in favor of steps toward self-government, which might end in independence if the people involved should want it, or might not; Description of the questions of trusteeship and regional security that have been successfully solved at San Francisco and that the Conference is going on with its task to set up an effective international security organization; Information on the Veterans' Administration in regard to the handling of men in the veterans' hospitals; Information on the Lend-Lease shipments of the U.S. that were sent to the Soviet Union; Focus on the sweeping decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission to equalize class freight rates as between the East on the one hand and the South and the West on the other; Statement that China had decided to revalue the gold value of her currency and used the time intervening between the decision and the announcement to make huge profits; Discussion of the promise of British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden regarding a unity government that would be formed in Greece with a program of reconciliation and representation of a liberation movement.

This article presents news including the intensification to the emotional and military aspects of a speech by President Chiang Kai-shek in China, the relevant public record of Byron R. White, the Deputy Attorney General, of the U.S. Supreme Court, and those states that are still without access to educational television stations for school children.

The article presents world news briefs. Hearings by the U.S. Atomic Energy Committee on Radiation are discussed. A legislative bill backed by U.S. Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn that would support urban renewal and public housing is examined. Criticism by Senator Clair Engle of California concerning the foreign policy of the United States towards China is mentioned.