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The financial squeeze on the U.S. worker Social Security, welfare, jobs, savings -- High cost of Social Security -- The penalty of taking a job -- Compulsory vs. voluntary retirement -- The fabulous Larry Lewis -- Is our welfare system immoral? -- The absent father problem -- Illegal aliens and umemployment -- Why jobs and credit are scarce

IN PROCESSINGTeacher, civic worker, suffragette from Charleston, and sister of Carrie T. Pollitzer (1881-1974), Mabel Pollitzer (1885-1979) recollects her work as a teacher for fifty years at Meminger High School, her participation on library and museum boards, her and her sister's involvement and participation in the Women Suffrage Movement and the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and memories of Alice Paul and other suffrage leaders. She also discusses her childhood, efforts to pass legislation for construction of a library in Charleston, Sue Frost and the Charleston Split.

Women in industry oppose Equal Rights Amendment -- Already outlawed? -- Women need protection -- Testimony of Myra K. Wolfgang before the Michigan Senate Committee on the judiciary, April 18, 1972 -- The ""psychological uplift""? -- Overtime for women? -- ""Shared roles"" illusion -- Spurn the simplistic solution -- Extend protection to men?

The right to be a woman -- What is the present law? -- Professor Paul Freund's statement -- ERA's effect on wives -- Professor Kurland's statement -- Are women discriminated against? -- Are women exploited by men? -- Who is promoting ERA?

Mediations on morality -- Morality in schools -- Crime in schools -- End justify means? -- Private lives/Public officials -- The president's credibility -- Gifts to public officials -- Avoiding income taxes -- Three courageous heroes