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Focuses on efforts of the administration of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson to remove red tape in developing Alaska and its resources. Effect of the division of authority and responsibility under the heterologous system of government in Alaska; Length of time required for a patent to issue in uncontested land claims in Alaska due to the lengthy procedure involved in securing the proper filling out of papers; Cases taken at random from the files of the General Land Office which are typical of red tape, resulting to obstacles in the progress of Alaska.

The article reports on the political and economic developments worldwide. The American State Department has announced a plan for the financial rehabilitation of Nicaragua. The competition in ocean shipping is so keen except in vessels under American registry. President Emilio Portes Gil of Mexico has framed a comprehensive labor law that would implement an eight-hour day and a six-day week work in the country.

The article comments on social and economic developments in the U.S. It has long been suspected that a handful of giant corporations have received the lion's share of defense contracts since Korea. A subcommittee of the Senate Small Business Committee recently compiled the exact figures: 10 large manufacturing companies have been handed 40 percent of the total dollar volume of federal defense contracts, and 50 companies have received almost two-thirds of all defense contracts. In an another news, when Pittsburgh's three daily newspapers, the Press, the Post-Gazette and the Sun-Telegraph, shut down operations last fall, locking out 3,000 employees over, a wage dispute with the AEL Mailers' Union, more than two million local readers were left newspaperless.

Presents information related to political, social and economic developments in the U.S. Foreign relationship between the U.S. and Great Britain; Argument pertaining to the civil rights of Afro-Americans; Report that the administration of U.S. President Eisenhower Dwight David is in trouble over defense; Decision of Senator Jack Kennedy to run for the Presidency, who is expected to defend American Catholics; Growth rate and inflationary pressure in the U.S.

World news briefs are presented. The differences between the United States and the Soviet Union in economic growth policies and results are discussed. The military expenditures of the United States and the growth of the defense budget in relationship to inflation are discussed. The growth of educational television programming in the United States is mentioned.

Presents information on political and economic events of several countries. Information about the political situation of Europe; Description of the Dawes plan for economic development in Europe; Information on payments made by Germany for the loss of all her colonies and the abolition of her armies; Comment on the policy of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge about the Ku Klux Klan issue; Information on the arrival of the Prince of Wales in the U.S.; Information about the Cabot Fund report regarding working hours of industrial workers in the U.S.; Reasons which has prevented the League of Nations from adopting the American plan for suppressing the opium traffic through India; Description of the trial and sentence of Bolshevists leader Boris Savinkov by the Soviet Union's Supreme Military Tribunal; Views of U.S. Senator Simeon Fess on forthcoming elections in the U.S.

Comments on the global political and economic developments. Concentration of the U.S. Supreme Court on the prompt enactment of tax-wealth program; Effort of the Sweden government to determine the nation's history of international armaments; Attempt of Utah administration to set up and operate a system of self-help cooperatives for the aid of the unemployed based upon production for use; Success of the Great Britain's Air Ministry on the development of a robot airplane.

Presents information on political developments around the world. Provocation of Chinese insisted Japanese to go into open war; Information on China that feels that League of Nations has betrayed her; Rapprochement between China and Russia., to alarm the Japanese and alert them; Report on economic condition and international trade of the United States; Report on commission appointed to investigate the abuses in the operation of workmen's compensation insurance; Discussion of decline of number of lynching this year of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute as compared to previous year; Announcement made by NAACP that there are increasingly so many of borderline cases; Information on boardline cases by NAACP that it is almost impossible to distinguish between lynching and legitimate killing; Introduction of a resolution in the House by Representative Harold Austin Howard of Nebraska, related to calling for an investigation of loans made by the Reconstruction Finance Corp. during the first five months of its life; Retirement of Oswald Garrison Villard, editor of the journal "The Nation," on January 1, 1933; Rating of three most popular entertainers Eddie Cantor, Ed Wynn and Jack Pearl in the U.S.; Report on introduction of new journal "Our America"; Report on voting in Porto Rico; Favor of Americanization was to a large extent gained by legal trickery and the theft of votes; Consideration of Frances Perkins, New York State Industrial Commissioner, for being government official of the United States.

Presents information on political and economic developments in the U.S. Views on the tax bill; Information on a worldwide monetary conference to be held in London; Announcement of formation of new corporations for stabilizing the stock and bond markets; Action by the U.S. government on currency inflation; Discussion on socialism in the new regime in Chile; Focus on Chilean revolution; Need of emergency laws to deal with crisis; Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment by the industrialist John D. Rockefeller; Inclusion of a measure for a 3-percent tax on the business of privately owned electric companies; Decision by courts to safeguard African Americans; Prosecution of an American citizen and a member of the Communist party, Israel Lazar, under the Pennsylvania Sedation Act;

Argues that cartels and monopolistic organizations represent the greatest obstacles to the postwar vision of full production, full employment and higher living standards in the United States. Monopolistic history of the Aluminum Co. of America (Alcoa); Tendency of the policies of monopolies to destroy, rather than create, real wealth; Potential field for postwar employment and industrial advance offered by innovative transportation techniques; Antitrust suit filed by the Department of Justice against Western Railroads; Patents as most potent weapon of monopolies; Additional barriers to economic advancement, including high tariffs and traditional banking practices.

Presents overviews of progress in the southern states, particularly in Louisiana and Texas, as they prepare for peacetime. Conflicting sentiments over the growing bustle and population in the city of New Orleans; Issue of integrating and employing Negroes migrating into the city; Sentiment among the residents of Houston that there is great industrial opportunity ahead; Weakness of organized labor there; Merchandising in Dallas; Unionization in the textile field; Political problems in the South arising from the gap between the wages of agricultural workers and city workers; Problem of freight-rate differentials and the tariffs in Texas and the South.

Focuses on the working of U.S. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) which was established to revitalize an eroded and impoverished region in 1933. Responsibilities entrusted to the TVA; Reference to the TVA Act which established a three-man board that former U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt filled with dedicated progressives; Information on the power production capacity of the TVA; Discussion of the economic development brought about by the TVA; Appreciation of the TVA for proving that public agencies clothed with certain powers of private corporations can perform valuable public functions.

Comments on the tax program proposed by U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Efficiency of the program in terms of stimulating the economic growth; Discussion on the cost of the tax program; Proposition of federal spending on education, health and public works; Reformation and modernization of the federal budget, to put it on a basis comparable to modern governments; Reduction in unemployment as a consequence of the Kennedy tax program.

Comments on the financial aid provided by the United States to Laos, South Vietnam, South Korea and Iran, since the end of the Korean War in 1953; Assertion that aid program are directed in most countries toward military and Cold War objectives; View that the aid was not designed to help these countries achieve accelerated economic development; Assertion of President John F. Kennedy that military and defense support programs should be separated both financially and administratively, from economic aid; Necessity of aid programs for long-term plans and programs by the recipient countries; View that much of the U.S. aid in recent years has been disappointing.

Highlights the political importance of a debate over the national growth rate of the U.S. economy Future assessment of the national income growth of the U.S.; Relationship between the size of gross national product and the country's ability to pay for public expenditures; Display of a table highlighting the per capita disposable personal income from 1949 to 1959; Overview of population growth in the U.S.; Assessment of the federal expenditure and economic growth rate since 1953; Argument pertaining to the defense budget and expenditure in the U.S.; Impact of military spending on the U.S. economy.

Reflects on the political, social and economic progress in the U.S. Disturbance of World War I by dislocations in economy and by divisions among the people over the merits of the belligerents; Reference of the book "Promise of American Life," by Herbert Croly as the working philosophy for the progressive movement; Public authority to determine fundamental questions of social welfare and public policy; Substitution of judicial and peaceful means of settling international differences.

Focuses on the Theory of the Economic Value of Waste, given by Henry Ford. Emphasis on the maximum use of natural resources; Role of wars to rebuild the economy of a nation; Ways which can be used to increase production; Role of the divorce rate and immigration in increasing production; Stress on the prohibition of the use of water for drinking purposes; Impact of the prohibition on criminal activities of the people; Role of increased consumption of manufactured beverages in providing employment to a greater number of people; Suggestion to build more prisons in States; Role of the industrial progress in the development of a nation.

The article reflects the views of the author about Los Angeles City in California. In the views of the author, the place is a social laboratory in excelsis wherein one could see the civilization of the future. He added that, the rapid growth in the city's population and the building of new private dwellings are some of the indication of the city's sheer growth. As compared to other American communities, the city creates an easy optimism and a lax prosperity.

Presents the author's views on political and economic developments in France. Interaction of the author with all the leaders of the French Socialist party; Claim that the National Bloc won its triumph in 1920 by an electioneering trick which cannot be repeated; Overview of French-English relationship; Facts that the finances of France are now in a condition so perilous that a financial settlement is essential; Differences in the opinion of Right and Left wings on economic matters; Argument pertaining to the scheme for revising expenditure by administrative decree.

The article discusses the U.S. finance. There is a controversy as to how fast and how comprehensively the U.S. should build their continental defenses against sudden attack, although the President of the United States has declared that the Russians now have the capability to launch such an attack and that their capabilities will rapidly increase. The experts with respect to continental defense may well have differences of opinion as to the most desirable nature of such defenses and as to the degree of their effectiveness at best. If defense outlays should level off or be reduced, in accord with current plans, there will be need for an enormous expansion of consumption to maintain growth in a healthy economy.

The article compares the current economic strength of the Soviet Union with the U.S. The figures for production and expenditure is seldom given on absolute terms and mostly as comparisons. Thus the U.S. and Soviet economists present a comparison of two figures. The Soviet Union is still very largely an agrarian economy, in spite of the emphasis on industrialization under the several Five-Year Plans. Production of petroleum, iron and steel, products in 1949 lagged far behind the same items in the U.S. The production of such consumers goods as cotton and woolen cloth and leather shoes was less than half that of the U.S.

Describes the persons met by the author in Italy. Characteristics of the Boston architect; Disapproval of the architect about the trends in the country; Objection of the architect to industrialization; Personality of the rich person met by the author on the boat; Letters of introduction in Italian society received by the rich person; Description of the lady waiting for the car; Flourishes in the country.

Focuses on the news of post-war economic planning in the U.S. Reports on the centers of strongest opposition to planning; Abolition of the National Resources Planning Board; Existence and work of the Committee for Economic Development; Claims that industrial concentration has been immensely increased during the war; Reports that another planning agency whose star seems to be rising is the National Planning Association; Comments on economic planning which is full of technical perplexities and political hazards.

Focuses on the arrest of President Arturo Frondizi by the military in Argentina. Assessment of the administration of Frondizi; Expression of betrayal from the leftist supporters of Frondizi; Efforts by Frondizi to make concessions to political groups; Outlook of the slow steady economic progress in the country; Results of the Punta del Este conference; Restoration of the confidence of international capital by Frondizi.

Presents a discussion on issues related to the economic growth of the U.S. Industries which have excess capacity because of too much investment by American industrial management; Role of incentives to investment in increasing the internal supply of savings in business firms; Growth of the American economy in output in the past seven years; Statistics on the increase in Gross National Product; Superiority of former U.S. President Harry S. Truman's economic policies over U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower policies; Problem of idle resources confronted by the U.S.; Factors to be considered in the employment of idle capacity to produce more private consumables.

Traces the political and economic development of Mexico, after the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Impact of the revolution on the economic conditions of Mexico; Features of the Mexican Constitution, under the Presidency of Lázaro Cárdenas; Growth of the labor unions under his regime; Mexican possession of the subsoil; Division of huge landed estates among the peasants; Practical achievements of the revolution described in he novel "La región más transparente," by Carlos Fuentes; Establishment of Partido Revolucionario Institucional as the absolute political power; Economic problems faced by Mexico; Increasing amount of the U.S. capital invested in Mexico; Lack of the interaction among intellectuals; Left wing opposition to the promotion of intellectual ideas; Steps taken by Mexican government under the administration of Miguel Alemán for the economic development of the country.

Focuses on development of modern technology in the U.S. Benefits of modern technology for the economy of a country; Steps taken by the government for the development of technology; Description of new steam-electric plants; Report on the constant flow of cooling water to condense steam in their turbines; Increase in world oil trade to keep pace with demand.

Focuses on the plans of the U.S.-based National Council of Churches (NCC) to make efforts for the economic development of the African-Americans. Number of Protestant and Orthodox churches who are participating in the program; Reason of absence of representative from U.S.-based organization Southern Baptist Convention from the NCC meet held in September 1969.

Focuses on the military role played by Japan. Information that Japan has risen phoenix-like from the ashes of Nagasaki and Hiroshima to be the third biggest industrial power; Report that majority of Japanese think that the US bases are harmful to their country; Dependence of Japanese economy on daily traffic through the Straits of Malacca of 400,000 tons of imported oil, iron ore and coking coal; Reluctance of Japanese to open their home market widely to American products; Assertion that the Japanese resist American pressure to play a bigger military part in Asia, but are uncomfortable that other Asians tend to shrug them off as merely "economic animals."

Examines whether financial aid from Western countries has ameliorated the economic condition of third world countries as of December 1966. Aim of George Woods, World Bank president, to increase the funds of its International Development Association; Expectations of the United Nations (UN) for poor countries in the 1960s; Differences in the procedures used by the UN and the Development Assistance Committee to compute the growth of poor countries between 1960-64; Assertion that development in the 1960s happened in Western countries.

Comments on the significance of correct economic forecasting to worldwide economic development. Pessimism of some economists in reporting on the world economy; Obstacle to restoration of world trade; Lack of connection between increased foreign sales and governmental monetary policy.

Comments on military relations between Great Britain and the U.S. Proposal for the abolition of battleships; Statement made by British Prime Minister on the function and design of navies; Policy of abolishing the battleship; Importance of battleships to cope with merchant endeavors; Prediction of the benefit of rejecting the battleship on economic development.

The article describes the Park Avenue in New York with emphasis on its economy, dwellers, and businesses. The author cites the spendings of the Avenue within a year amounting to $280,000,000 in estimate and a $100,000 income of families in average. He also presented the summary of gross shopping spending per family from the Park Avenue Association.

The article focuses on the issue of Cold War between Soviet Union and the United States. The problem for the free world posed by the extraordinarily rapid rate of economic growth in the Soviet Union. Cold War is likely to be lost by the West the Soviets continue to demonstrate a capacity for rapid economic growth than the free world. The United States has now, and will increasingly have as each year goes by, all of the economic power it could possibly use to create all the deterrent military power it could possibly need. It makes not the slightest difference if a nation has 120 million tons of steel capacity or 150 million tons if it takes only 5 million tons to produce the necessary military weaponry.

Presents several letters to the editor, referencing article and topics discussed in previous issues. "The Terror in Czechoslovakia," by Hugo Skala, published in the April 17 issue; Misleading statements in the article; Economic conditions of Czechoslovakia; Assertion of the Skala that Czechoslovakia's "once flourishing foreign trade has almost disappeared"; Explanation given by Skala on misleading statements; Statement of the Czech government 54 percent of the country's exports went to the Russian satellites.

Discusses key issues concerning economic modernization and development in Slovakia. Skilled trades learned by young peasants; Modern homes, music and sports; Price paid for economic modernization by the new generation of Slovakians in the form of the loss of civil liberties for themselves and of the freedom and security for a part of the society in which they live.

Focuses on financial analyst, A. Wilfred May's report on expenditures of government money in the U.S. Reasons for high prices of stocks and bonds; Account for the large quantity of investment funds by reference to the government's policy of borrowing and spending; Effects of low interest rates on the capital-goods industries; Criticism on the government's policy of flooding the markets with money; Suggestion of an examination of the channels through which money passes; Expansion in offerings of new securities; Benefits of investments in creating employment.

Presents a discussion on the lack of confidence of the U.S. government in economic development; Confidence of public in buying stocks and bonds as investments; Causes of fear among potential investors in stocks and bonds. Failure of Congress to balance the budget; Focus on the business by privately owned banks; Focus on the policy of sustaining wages and maintaining employment; Experience of manufacturers and builders on market depression. Measures by the U.S. government to bring better economic results.

Focuses on economic developments in the U.S. Proclamation that balancing the budget as a patriotic duty; Ability of the administration in opposing high income taxes; Proposal of various methods to put hoarded money into circulation; Decision to slash governmental expenses by postponing debt retirement, Promotion of deflation in the great economic activity; Decrease in the amount of employment and of money in circulation; Restoration of confidence to increase employment and spend more money.

Looks at the impetus of American labor unions towards the field of public information, education and economic activity. Focus on American labor unions' recognition of the value of such a union frequency modulation (FM) chain; Influence of FM chains in giving unions progressive commentators and limitless opportunities for revenue-producing operations.

Presents United States presidential candidate Henry Wallace's opinion regarding the prospects for employment in the 1950s. Newspapers express satisfaction with 1947 prosperity; Concern about the repercussions of inflation; No evidence of solidity in the economic boom; Prices are out of reach for millions of Americans; Economic indicators look good; Many industries are in a depressed state.

Examines the economic condition of the U.S. as of October 1962. Economic goals of liberal economic thinking in the country; Risks associated in the development of tax reforms; Estimated annual average of gross private investment; Implication of cuts in income tax rates on employment.

Offers an insight into the life of people in Moscow, Soviet Union. Impact of Moscow taxi drivers on the formation of public opinion in the West; Establishment of institution of family; Developments in the social and economic field in Moscow; Changes in dresses and accessories of men and women; Influence of foreign visitors on natives; Situation of customer service in the country.

Presents a letter to the editor about the real annual U.S. economic growth rate advocated by Council of Economic Advisors Chairman Gardner Ackley for the period of 1962-1965.

Focuses on the second six year economic plan of Mexico. Impact of the end of Almazá Revolution on the Mexican economy; Description of the draft of the plan; Establishment of the ejido, the basis of the agrarian economy, and proposals for the gradual development of the ejidal system into complete collectivization; Establishment of scholarships, vocational schools of agriculture and ejidal administration schools; Description of key features of the plan.

Focuses on the New Deal policy of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Creation of a party of Roosevelt men; Difficult aspects of the new policy; Effectiveness of the policy against depression.

The article presents information on political developments related to the U.S. It is not as though the Democrats had no issues. The most conspicuous is the American economy itself. Right at the moment U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower is setting the stage for another recession (it will be his third) for the end of 1960. often. The nation's economic growth normally averages about 4 percent a year. The Soviet climb is 8 to 10 percent a year. But the Eisenhower phobia against inflation has throttled the economy down to a miserable average rate of progress of 1.3 percent.

The article focuses on political and economic developments in Japan. Right now Japan is in a bad shape both economically and politically. So the government is turning to the old and tried Japanese remedy of restrictive legislation, tighter controls and a movement back to the gods of old Japan. The ultra-nationalists argue that the U.S. should pay reparations to Japan for forcibly importing democratic processes into the former feudalistic paradise. As a result of which the nation is reverting to same political nostrums as was prevalent during pre-war years.

Comments on several letters to the editor on various socio-political updates especially in the U.S. Information on a propaganda for private enterprise; Report on the economic condition of the Americans under the New Deal; Expansion of the Schwimmere-Lloyd Collection of the New York Public Library to include materials relevant to the World War II.