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The article reports that the U.S. and Great Britain suppressed evidence of Soviet involvement in the massacre of 22,000 Polish prisoners in Katyn Forest in Russia in April and May 1940. According to documents released by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, the move by the U.S. and Great Britain was aimed at maintaining close relations with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. The allies blamed Germany for the killings.

While recent press dispatches have stressed renewed British interest in Russian friendship, most of them have overlooked a significant piece of evidence. Ever since the Bolshevik Revolution the "London Times" has had no Moscow office; now that paper, which has consistently voiced British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's policy, has asked for visas for Times correspondents. According to report from the U.S. President's office, there was a stiff tussle in New Deal circles before it was announced that the monopoly committee would continue. These sources report pressure from influential persons in the President's Administration as well as from Congress to end the much-ballyhooed investigation because business was "frightened." While members in the U.S. House have maintained silence on the Marian Anderson episode, they couldn't keep it out of a skit presented at their Washington conference.

The article considers Winston Churchill's growing alarm about the possibility of nuclear war and his efforts to ensure that its horrors never happened. It seems to have been in the course of 1950 that Churchill turned from assuming the inevitability of conflict to attempting to avoid it. His policy was deterrence. The pragmatic realism that governed his thinking about international relations told him that the Soviet Union, while bound to lake advantage of a weak opponent, would respect and bargain with a well-armed one. Churchill adopted the language of co-existence and his policy became what would soon be known as detente. His fears that the U.S. would do something dangerous with its bombs were heightened during 1953 by the knowledge that it had transcended atomic science by moving into the nuclear era. At the same time he made sure that Britain did not fall behind the front runners in the atomic arms race.

Presents information on several economic and political developments of several nations. Acceptance of Republican nomination for the Governor of New York by U.S. Representative Ogden L. Mills; Information about action taken at Geneva, Switzerland in regard to the U.S. adherence to the World Court; Action of the League of Nations in regard to the British massacre at Wanhsien; Argument that because Germany has been admitted to the League of Nations the theory of Germany's sole responsibility for the World War I has been abandoned; Visit of a party of American editors, publicists and business men to the Soviet Union; Plan for licensing to private companies the projected St. Lawrence and Niagara Hydro-electric developments; Agreement to an increase wages between American Federation of Labor and the management of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Suggestion of a rising vote of thanks to the Los Angeles City Club for its intelligence; Information that International Federation of Trade Unions has reported a loss of 10,000,000 members to labor organizations throughout the world in the past three years.

Presents news briefs, related to political developments of several nations. Steps which must be taken by the U.S. President Calvin Coolidge in connection with the oil scandal; Disclosure of the interests of Democrats in having been in close alliance with oil interests; Recognition of the Soviet Russia by the British government, without any conditions; Efforts of both the countries to maintain peace; Appointment of Alexis Ivanovitch Rykoff, as president of the Council of Commissars in the Soviet Union; Plans of the British government to secure agreements for the limitation of land and aerial armament by other European nations; Features of an advertisement published by Frank Munsey to celebrate his recent purchase of the "New York Evening Mail" and its consolidation with his "Evening Telegram"; Resolution of the Texas board of Reagents that no infidel, atheist or agnostic be employed in any capacity in the University of Texas; Failure of the Senate Committee on propaganda to investigate the Bok Peace Plan; Proposal of Secretary of Treasury Andrew W. Mellon for reduction in surtaxes; Demand of Germany to restore its African colonies in exchange of medicine for African sleeping sickness; Failure of the Fordney-McCumber law to check the flow of imports into the U.S.; Preference of the people in the Middle West to buying government savings certificates instead of depositing their money in the banks.

Reports on several socio-political events from the world. Speculation on the policies of the new U.S. President Calvin Coolidge; Report that the French reply to Great Britain's Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's note virtually ignores the main proposal of the British and does so in terms which from one ally to another constitute an extraordinary rebuff; Issues related to the French occupation of Ruhr, Germany; Information on the Irish developments, the struggle over the Turkish-American treaty, and the Russian progress; Information on the conference on U.S. farmers and laborers conditions at Minneapolis, Minnesota; Speculation on Coolidge's policy on the American participation in the World Court; Offer made by the owners of bituminous coal mines to give their entire industry to the government in case the anthracite miners go on strike; Information on dispatch of the newspaper "The Chicago Tribune," about an agreement signed between France and England; View that nothing can swerve France from her determination never to let go her hand on Germany until that nation has totally collapsed; View that monarchists are much more likely to contribute to the separatist tendencies, which will be in evidence after the French set up their Rhineland Republic, Germany; Speculation on the automobile manufacturer Henry Ford's chance of securing the Democratic nomination for U.S. President; Information on the present political conditions of Ireland; Statement of Judge Elbert H. Gary on plans for abolition of the twelve-hour-day in the U.S. steel industry; Statement of the U.S. manufacturers that the change to the shorter day will require about 60,000 more laborers, and these will not be available unless the restrictions on immigration are relaxed; Report that the additional ballots during the past week have produced no change in the standing of the various candidates in the journal's Straw Vote; Information on the resignation of Philip Littell from the editorial board of the journal.

Reports on several socio-political developments from the world. View that the primary purpose of France is not to secure reparations but to dismember Germany. Information on the acceptance by the French Chamber of the Washington Naval Treaty, success of the Lausanne Conference and the action of the League of Nations in regard to the Saar River Valley, Germany and France; Issues related to socio-politics and economics in the Soviet Union; Report that the U.S. Coal Commission recognizes the importance of the public interest and authorizes government interference in case of emergency; Socio-political news from different states of the U.S.; Information on the adoption of a definite policy on the Ruhr crisis by the British government; View that every act of sabotage and violence in the Ruhr works to the injury of Germany and the political benefit of France; View that an excellent thumbnail likeness of American journalism may be found by observing two news events reported by the newspaper "The New York Times"; Report that of the twenty-six political prisoners whose terms of imprisonment were commuted by U.S. President Warren Harding only eight have been released; View that the Coal Commission's report marks the beginning of a new epoch in American conservative thinking; Report that the liberals are heading for a third party and the most popular candidate to head the new ticket is Senator Robert Marion La Follette; View that the sentiment in favor of the United States entering the League seems to be increasing.

The article provides world news briefs for the week ending October 20, 1941. Reports from Great Britain claim a British force has landed at Archangel, Russia. The Grand Coulee dam has started operation of another electrical generator which will provide power for industries in Washington State. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt has recommended the repeal of Section 6 of the Neutrality Act which would allow American merchant vessels to be armed.

The article presents some socio-political updates. It asserts that temperature of cold war has again risen in Berlin. Once again the four-power negotiations for an Austrian treaty are at a standstill and an appeal to the Russian government by the American, British, and French Ambassadors to end the deadlock appears to have been fruitless. Another cause of heightened tension between the U.S. and the Soviet bloc is the Bulgarian demand for recall of the American Minister in Sofia on the ground that he procured information from the executed traitor and former Deputy Premier of Bulgaria. The article also highlights the political dilemma faced by Great Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill as his British Labor Party faces voters in February 1950 elections in Great Britain.

The article explores the challenges being faced by Great Britain's traditional education system in the competitive second half of the Twentieth Century. The country's education system is based on Nineteenth Century concepts of training a ruling group from the upper and middle classes. The overhaul of the education system has emerged as a critical issue in the 1964 parliamentary elections. The British are currently evaluating U.S. and Russian education systems.

Focuses on several political and socioeconomic developments around the world. Speculation regarding consequences of anti-hoarding campaign of U.S. President Herbert Hoover; Effect of Chinese boycott of Japanese goods on Japanese commerce; Rumors of treaty between France and Japan against the Soviet Union; Attitude of the Soviet Union towards the disarmament efforts at international level; Possibility for enactment of the tariff legislation in the British Parliament; Suggestions of Lord Hugh Cecil of Great Britain regarding war debts of Great Britain; Possibility for increase in unemployment predicted by the Emergency Relief Committee of New York City; Findings of the U.S. Children's Bureau's survey regarding family relief in the country; Old-age-pension bill reported by a congressional committee in the U.S.

Presents an update on various political developments in the U.S. and around the world. Comment on the budgetary controversy associated with the American bankers on British internal policy; Question concerning the future of British exchange following a loan from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and French private bankers; Steps adopted by U.S. Secretary of the treasury Andrew William Mellon in dealing with the money market by floating the largest bond issue for sometime; Response to the Soviet proposal for a general pact of economic non-aggression by the rest of the world; Comment on the report by Secretary William N. Doak to John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, that conference of operators and miners will be held to consider the ills of the industry.

The article focuses on the competition among atomic plant builders in the world. It states that the U.S. industry is leading the race for world trade in atomic power reactors with Westinghouse as the first company to sell an atomic plant to Fiat Co. of Italy and with lists of several prospective customers. It focuses on the rivalry among the countries Great Britain, Russia, and the U.S. in acquiring business related to atomic trade.

The article reports on the development of disarmament talks between the Western nations and Russia. It says that the talks are still far from achieving its ends until the Russians bring down its Iron Curtain. However, a further step has been taken after Russia agreed in principle on some of the mechanics of disarmament proposed by the U.S., Great Britain, France and Canada. It adds that a big disagreement between the East and the West is the setting up of a United Nations control body that will monitor disarmament reduction and enforce prohibitions.

The article reports on the 1945 security conference that was to give birth to the organization that would be known as the United Nations (UN) and that would be dedicated to the proposition that peace is indivisible. The Big Five, which includes the U.S., Great Britain, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), China, and the Provisional Government of France, is reported to constitute a power block in the UN's Security Council. Topics such as security agreements, the smaller powers, suspension provision, and the issue of veto power, are discussed.

Focuses on American policy on the Soviet Union which will restore production and trade without interfering in any way in the internal political arrangements of the Soviet Union and the role of statesman Herbert Hoover in working out that policy. Comparison of the French and British policy with that of American policy; Expectations of French from the Soviet government; Impact of the organization of famine relief by Hoover, on the relations of the Soviet Union and the U.S.; Emphasis on creating direct relations with the agricultural populations through the cooperative organizations in the Russian policy; Conditions on which the U.S. and the Soviet Union can afford to do business.

Focuses on plans of European invasion formulated by Great Britain, during the World War II. Need of the second-front campaign to invade Europe; Statement that Great Britain alone cannot invade Europe; Need of a definite military strategy for the invasion; Statement of British statesman Winston Churchill that absolutely essential condition for a British invasion of Europe was always to have been that Russia and the United States must join with England; Argument that British military had compelled Germany to attack the Soviet Union; Demand of Soviet Communists for an immediate second front; Risks involved in those second!front campaigns; Refusal of liberals to support second-front campaign because they were afraid of Soviet predominance in Europe; Opposition to the invasion of Europe in the U.S.; Statement of U.S. Senators that Japan should be attacked first; Support of the American public to the British invasion on Europe, due to the fear of Russian predominance in Europe.

Focuses on the agreement among the U.S., the Soviet Union and Great Britain, on the military occupation of Germany in the event of victory of Allied powers. Plans of Allied powers to partition Germany into three zones of occupation; Details of the plans that Russians will administer the military rule of eastern Germany to the Oder, the British will administer northwestern Germany, and the Americans will administer Bavaria, Saxony and Wurttemberg; Problems faced by Allies in organizing Germany so that she will not prove an obstacle to an enduring peace; Report that the Anglo-American plan calls for the continued operation of German industry during the period of occupation under the control of the same industrialists who prepared German dictator Adolf Hitler for his war adventures.

This article discusses several political issues. Those who are inclined to hover with anxiety over American-Soviet relations must find their nerves somewhat jangled after developments of the past week. Ever since the formation of the Free Germany Committee in Moscow, Soviet Union, the political leader Joseph Stalin's wry announcement that he had not been invited to Quebec, and the recall of Ambassadors, the atmosphere has been charged with doubt. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill can not be counted on for colorless routine even on the occasion of receiving an "honorary degree," and his remarks at Harvard are bound to be variously and vigorously interpreted according to interests and prejudices of the interpreter.

Focuses on the San Francisco Conference that discussed the deadlock over the right of the Big Five to veto in the United Nations Security Council. Information on the five men who share the credit for breaking the deadlock; The paramount objective of American foreign policy must be to continue and solidify the American alliance with Great Britain, Soviet Union, China and France in the postwar era; Statement that the right to veto would not apply to the power of the Security Council to discuss or consider any dispute or situation that might threaten the peace and security of any one of its members; The devising of an operating economic structure within the world security charter may in final perspective be appraised as the principal achievement of this meeting.

Focuses on the role of the U.S. as a mediator between Great Britain and the Soviet Union for the purpose of peace. Foreign policy addressed by U.S. Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius; Reports on Stettinius' statement of the policy of "one world"; Fight against the policy statement; Orientation of the relationship of the U.S. with Great Britain and the Soviet Union; Joint consultation on all moves to maintain not only the peace but also the basic amity among the chief powers of the world.

Focuses on the results and implications of the Crimean Conference, held recently in Crimea, Ukraine, referencing the conference report. Views of the U.S. isolationist and proto-isolationist press about the results of the conference; Arguments evaluating their belief regarding the victory of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin over the Western Allies in forming the international agreement; Overview of the agreement formed at the conference between the U.S., the Soviet Union and Great Britain; Implications of the conference in shaping the U.S. foreign policy; Analysis of the controlling power yielded by the Soviet Union and Great Britain over liberated countries; Predictions made by U.S. political columnist James B. Reston in the newspaper "Times" regarding the terms of the compromise over voting procedure in the United Nations Security Council; Analysis of the report's sections on peace terms for Germany.

The original proposals for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C., as put forward privately by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the British and Russians last June, called for unanimity by great powers whenever sanctions were to be applied against aggression. This veto against the use of force to be enjoyed by any one of the great powers flows in the sphere of theory from the concept of sovereignty, a sovereign power cannot be forced into war without its consent. More practically, in the sphere of politics, this veto reflected past experience with the Senate in the League and World Court fights. No proposal which would commit this country to military action without its consent stands a ghost of a chance in the Senate. Even before the meetings at Dumbarton Oaks, this principle of unanimity was accepted by British, Russians, and Chinese.

Rushing across Europe, the comet-like Harry Hopkins left a glittering wake of speculation before he vanished behind the overcast of censorship which hides the deliberations of the Big Three, that is, Soviet Union, Great Britain and the U.S. Reports arriving from these three countries suggests a new and firmer American policy in Europe. It is hoped that the U.S. Senate Military Affairs Committee will not let itself be stampeded into passing the May-Bailey work-or-fight bill without full hearings, and it is hoped that the committee will amend the bill to increase the powers of the War Manpower Commission and the Office of War Mobilization.

Modern diplomacy is international business. The war, and even more the peace, has brought diplomacy down to earth in the minds of the common people of all countries. Since the U.S. is at peace with the Soviet Union, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson has been forced to contribute money from his private fund for emergency uses to support American troops in Siberia and Archangel. In the year ending May 1, 1919, American exports to the Soviet Union had fallen from $400,000,000 to $7,000,000. The loss to British business is greater in proportion to the larger share of exports to the Soviet Union that the English had captured before the war.

Focuses on several issues concerning nuclear test ban and the Soviet Union's indulgence in secret underground tests. Information on a note of the United States to the Soviet Government, which states that the voluntary forbearance of the United States and Great Britain to conduct nuclear tests involves a serious risk to their security; View that if the United States' security is endangered by the continuing ban on tests then the ban must be ended and the tests must resume; Demand by several U.S. Senators for test resumption; View that President John F. Kennedy in maintaining the ban, is placing himself more and more squarely against the responsible as well as the preponderant opinion of the nation.