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The article presents information on political conditions in the U.S. during 1955. Great Britain and Canada have in effect already spoken that they will not support the U.S. in atomic war. At a press dinner, U.S. politician Edward Corsi, who is a big, outspoken Republican was quite frank about his job. He in the 1952 campaign promised foreign-language audiences to revise the "un-American" Walter-McCarran Immigration Act but hasn't been able to do so. He got through the three-year "Refugee Relief Act" which is a flop.

News briefs related to politics and government are presented. Scientist Albert Einstein warned that the U.S. military is becoming increasingly controlling through influence in the government, education, science, and industry. The author reports a possible plan to use exiled King Michael of Rumania to gain influence for the U.S. and Great Britain in the Balkans. Information on the sale of war supplies to China's Chiang Kai-shek by Canada is presented.

Focuses on various political and social developments taking place in the world. Relations of China with Great Britain and Japan; Struggle of Ethiopia against the advancing Italian troops; Declaration by German Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler to abolish the veterans' organization, the Stalhelm; Details of the reciprocal trade agreements between the U.S. and Canada; Observation of Armistice Day in a peaceful fashion throughout the world; Achievement of army balloonists in the flight of the stratosphere balloon, "Explorer 11," jointly sponsored by the Army Air Corps and the National Geographic Society; Views of Secretary Cordell Hull against the temporary law that makes it mandatory upon the President to declare an embargo against both belligerents at the outbreak of war; Description of the proceedings leading up to the decision of judge James P. Coleman on the utility holding-company law; Observation of negotiations arranged between France and Germany by semi-official organ, Le Temps; Discussion of indecency involved in the play "Tobacco Road," by Sally Rand; Details of strikes by white-collar workers in the U.S.; Developments related to the company unions in steel, rubber and other industries.

Comments on the significance of the Imperial Conference to Canada. Increase in the number of fervid supporters of a creed of nationalist isolation in Canada; Burden of a legacy of debt and taxation which has halted material development and checked the flow of immigration necessary for the profitable and efficient use of the huge physical plant acquired in the pre-war years; Regard to the British Crown and Parliament by Imperialists in Canada, as the supreme repositories of sovereignty in the Commonwealth; Similarity between the Liberal party of Canada led by Mackenzie King and the Democratic party in the United States; Information on the economic situation of Canada.

Explores the possibilities of unification of Canada with the U.S. on the political and economic front, in the wake of weakening influence of Great Britain, and discusses the implications thereof. Vulnerability of the economy of Great Britain; Impact of the American Revolution over Great Britain; Importance of New York for Canada as a source of capital; Effect of development of domestic Canadian market over Great Britain; Decreasing dependence of Canada on Great Britain; Efforts of Great Britain to maintain ties with its dominions; Hostility of Canadian market towards Great Britain; Escalation of U.S. influence in the Canadian market; Dissociation of Canada with Great Britain on the political front; Significance of the Canadian visit of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Impact of the U.S. on the nature of the Canadian foreign policy; Statistical account of trade between Canada and the U.S.; Aftermath of the repeal of the Corn Laws; Account of consequences faced by Canada due to end of reciprocity with the U.S.; Limits of Canadian Confederation; View that Canadian economy is highly unstable due to its dependence on primary products; Conception that tariff or political unity with the United States would integrate Canada into a balanced economic system.

Reports on the decision of the British to try to join the European Common Market of the European Union. Reaction of the imperialists on the Tory Right and the Little Englanders on the Labour Left; Commonwealth opposition in Canada and New Zealand; Presence of East German troops at the checkpoints on the Western access routes to Berlin.

Focuses on several socio-political issues related around the world. Insertion of anti-drug messages into network television programming by the U.S. government; Comments made by baseball team Atlanta Braves' pitcher John Rocker during a television interview; Decision of Great Britain to end the ban on recruitment of gays in the military; Increase in number of gay services in Canada after lifting ban on gays; Possibility for influence of gays in the U.S. in case the Democratic Party has won presidential elections in the country; Opinion about the services of America Online Inc.