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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.

The article focuses on the problems in farming. The U.S. Congress has begun its annual debate on how much and what the federal government should do for agriculture. It has been assumed that arguments that make economic sense may not make political sense: any farm program that is adopted no doubt must reconcile the politically feasible and the economically reasonable. The reality in recent years is that farmers have become United States' most rapidly, shrinking minority, farm production has become a business and the rural life is increasingly available to people who are not engaged in agriculture.

This article focuses on the question of what is the Catholic attitude toward the American constitutional doctrine contained in the first phrase of the First Amendment, the doctrine of separation of church and state. In various countries of Western Europe in recent times the left wings of the Christian Democratic parties, evidencing a Catholic form of anti-clericalism, have contended that while it is right for a Catholic, in or out of public office, to be inspired by the church, it is not right for a lay organization such as the state to be manipulated by the hierarchy.

The article discusses the nomination of a Catholic for the Presidency and its influence on the voters in the United States. This was witnessed during the campaign of Democratic politician Alfred E. Smith and the Republican Herbert Hoover in the year 1928. With Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts clearly in the running on he Democratic side, and American Red Cross Director Alfred M. Gruenther frequently mentioned as a dark horse who might emerge from a Republic deadlock, it is expected that there will not be a repeat performance of the 1928 contest. Today, positive efforts to reduce intolerance have produced a climate very different from that of 1928.

This article focuses on reasons behind the withdrawal of his name by Senator William F. Knowland of California from the candidacy for reelection to the U.S. Senate in 1958. Those whose speculations follow the classical style highlight the antagonism between Knowland and senator Richard M. Nixon that flared at the 1952 Republican convention, when Knowland held firm for Earl Warren as the presidential candidate, and Nixon tried to undermine the California delegation's commitment in favor of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The classical pose shows Nixon's rapid rise as an affront to Knowland, whose seniority is compounded of a family tradition of active Republicanism in California.

Focuses on Democratic leadership in the U.S. Decrease in dependence on the state parties as intermediaries; Adoption of poll-tax laws at the beginning of the present century; Opportunity after the Federal Supreme Court's anti-segregation decision; Statistics of migration in the US.; Dangers of Southern leadership in the national Congress; Lack of focal point of national visibility in the partisan party; Discussion on the rudimentary countrywide structure of the National Committee; Question on the kind of a party structure is required to mobilize full strength for a Presidential contest; Existence of unused party resources in some areas; Evidence of pressures toward a national party. INSET: A TWO-PARTY NATION.

Anticipates the future awaiting the aged in the U.S., as of November 1964. Life expectancy at birth in 1960; Reasons behind the decreasing mortality rate; Relationship of educational attainment with social security benefits; Legislation which initiate service programs for elderly persons.

Focuses on the preparation of political parties for the 1962 national elections in the U.S. Efforts to gain control of the House of Representatives; Information about the awarding of the seniority system to the Democrats; Establishment of White House consultantship; Comment on the Minneapolis convention of the Young Republican National Federation. Information about middle-income voters.

Focuses on the possibility of economic instability in the U.S. as discussed in the majority of the Congressional Joint Committee on the Economic Report. Increase of civilian employment; Role of the government in the improvement of demand; Proposals for a tax credit to stimulate business investments; Information about proposals for a tax credit to stimulate business investments.

Focuses on social conditions in the U.S. Standard of living of middle income families; Impact of inflation on the standard of living of the middle class families; Income brackets of most families; Change in jobs by middle class people to increase their income; Information, related to expenditures and savings of middle class families; Rise in the number of people working for salaries as corporation managers, executives, or professional staff; Factors leading to the decline in purchasing power of consumers.

The article discusses the future of the concept of compact cars in U.S. The impact of foreign small cars on the U.S. domestic market raises questions about the future position of the American car in other markets around the world. The coming of the compact car shows that to more and more American families, their car has become a means of transportation. It is no longer a dream boat. A buyer's requirements vary markedly when he is looking for a vehicle in order to go places physically from what they are, from when he is buying a car in order to go places socially.

The article focuses on the socioeconomic conditions of the U.S. Former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a national issue of the fact that one third of the nation was ill-housed, ill-clad and ill-nourished. Factors to be considered are effects of inflation, population growth and many more. The number of families who did not have more than $2,000 purchasing power dropped by more than a million between 1948-1954, but the consumer price level went up 12 percent in this same interval. Despite the rave notices given to the recent performance of the American economy, 14 percent of consumer units in 1957 still had incomes under $2,000. Today's one-third of the nation includes those in broken homes, lacking a normal breadwinner.

This article focuses on the recession in the year, 1958 which is also a year of elections. Within the past three weeks, the main alternatives for dealing with this recession in this election year have become visible. The President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower said that economic growth will be resumed without an extended interruption and that his budget and his economic report are based on that view. Tight money has not only been an economic fact of the last months, it has been a policy. For two years, the Federal Reserve has been a crusader against inflation.

Discusses the possibility of a Catholic becoming a U.S. Presidential candidate in 1960. Statement made by U.S. Senator John Kennedy when asked if he regarded his religion as a political handicap; Discussion of how religious affiliations influence voters; Major difference which distinguishes the Protestant denominations from the Catholic Church.

The article focuses on the social season in London's West End in the Summer of 1956. The appearance of London, England's West End last summer, as the social season reached its height, was Edwardian rather than Fabian. Dove-colored toppers and morning clothes, floral prints and summer furs, turned Mayfair into a Cecil Beaton decor. In the land of Fair Shares, a doubtless limited but certainly conspicuous number of people seemed to have the good things of life in perfusion.

The article discusses the efforts made by the Federal government of the United States to combat growing inflation. The federal government cannot handle the inflation itself without the cooperation of the citizens of the United States. There seems to be some divergence of view on potential of the inflationary forces now recognized to be working on the economy. In 1946, the Employment Act placed on the federal government a broad measure of responsibility for the country's economic well being, but the anticipated problem was not the problem of unemployment.

Focuses on the history of the national establishment in the U.S. Background on the bases used by the British and the French in selecting the members of their respective national establishments, which the U.S. used; Reason behind the emergence of an industrial-financial establishment in the 1890s in the U.S.; Details of the systematization of the national establishment of the country starting from the administration of President John F. Kennedy; Types of skills considered by the administration of President Lyndon Johnson in selecting the members of the establishment.

Explains that voters in the 1968 elections would go for the re-election of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson against possible Democratic challenger U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-N.Y.). Claim that any incumbent president can influence his party's state and city structure in a nomination for the second term; Criteria used in nominating a presidential candidate in political party convention; Analysis of the response of qualified voters as expressed through state primaries; Suggestion that a choice between Johnson and Kennedy would cause a serious split in organized labor.

Examines the proposals made by a committee set up by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 to investigate the structure of the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID), to improve the condition of the agency. Dispersal of the functions of AID in an aim to put its loan program into the Export-Import Bank; Transfer of the agency's technical assistance projects to the Peace Corps; Consolidation of AID with the State Department.

Focuses on charges of Herman Nolen, president of firm McKesson and Robbins Inc. against various pharmaceutical companies for their involvement in activities that prevent his company from selling drugs under generic names at low prices in Columbia and Venezuela. Decision of the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee regarding demand of data under subpoenas; Appraisal of legal issues related to sale of drugs under generic names; Information on graphical representation of costs and prices of various drugs.

Focuses on investments on health services by the U.S. government. Medical services for which resources have been allocated by the U.S.; Examination of the relationship between patients and their sources of medical care in the U.S.; Overview of health insurance services; Problems due to rise in medical costs; Reduction on doctors visiting houses; Increment in doctors joining research field in place of private practice; Information on new ways of earning by doctors and hospitals; Introduction of group health plans during the time of World War II; Application of public funds, proposed by or applied to provide medical care for other groups such as indigents, migrant farm families and the aged.

Focuses on the local government of cities in the U.S. Relief from the political monopoly of legislative power; Control in the representation of general assemblies; Denial of relief through judicial process.

Describes some of the work being done in science both by single women and by those who successfully combine marriage and a career. Certain industrial corporations that still refuse to hire women engineers during 1957; Role of the husband-and-wife team as an institution which has provided married women scientists with the flexibility that they need.

Presents several letters to the editor which deal with political and social activities. Views on civil disobedience; Advantage of extracurricular activities to in-class training; Opinion on James D. Watson's article 'The Double Helix.'

The article profiles George Mason, a relatively unknown statesman from Virginia who played a key role in framing the principles incorporated into the Bill of Rights of the U.S. It also includes background information on Mason and his career in politics. The issues' implications for American history are also cited.

The article reports that the incoming U.S. Congress will certainly enact a new farm bill. But it will do so in an election year; with responsibility divided between a Republican Executive and a Democratic House and Senate; against a background of close to a $10 billion government investment in price-supported crops and a $1.25 million-a-day cost of handling one of these--wheat; and against a foreground of tremendous farm productivity whose price-depressing result reduced farm income by 15 percent in 1959, and is scheduled to push it about half as much further in 1960.

The article reports on the announcement made by the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board that they are looking for ways of diminishing speculation in the government bond market. In May 1958, the Treasury offered two types of securities to holders of the $9.55 billion of maturing debt who wished to continue their investment. For investors with short-term requirements, it provided a one-year certificate; for longer term investment, it offered a six year and eight months bond. Proposals to change present bond selling practices enough to avoid some of the red faces of last spring, by formalizing the market, by strengthening margin requirements, or by some other means, are expected to be announced by mid of 1959.

Focuses on the efforts of various cultural organizations to look for institutions that provides support for cultural activities in the U.S. Preservation of the American culture; Efforts of the group to enlarge artistic opportunities in various fields; Increase on the number of young singers and musicians in the country.

The article focuses on the American culture. Cultural institutions are turning increasingly to new sources for endowment, special gifts and contributions to their annual budgets. Today, money originating in corporate businesses is vulnerable to a three-pronged levy on behalf of culture. Many of the tycoons at the top of the business pyramid have interests in painting, music, architecture, which, once known, become the basis of solicitation. In the nature of things, there is always a large public-relations element in corporate support of cultural activities. Sometimes the advantage to the corporation is specific, measurable and direct; sometimes it belongs under the more general category of good will.

This article presents an argument pertaining to the finance of cultural institutions in the U.S. In the old days, the financing of such institutions was considered to be the job of the president and board of trustees; they were the ones who had to convince the legislature in the case of public institutions, or raise endowments from private sources in the case of private ones. With this total of nearly $47 million a year, recipient institutions have available an income equivalent to the earnings at five percent of an endowment not far below $1 billion.

In this article the author presents his views on the ideology of the younger generation. According to the author, nowadays, the world is going to the dogs. Not because the young are wild and irresponsible, but because too many of them are tied-hand-and-foot, and overly-thoughtful of the-morrow. Their basic concern is security, and the author is appalled by it. The husbands in the couples, in the author's opinion, are rising young executives. They have well-paid jobs with corporations, sales agencies, insurance companies, foundations, newspapers.

Discusses the efforts of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare to transform elderly U.S. citizens into Medicare card carriers as of February 12, 1966. Information on a voluntary program of Medicare that provides payment for a percentage of the reasonable cost of the services of physicians and surgeons; Reasons behind the decision of elderly people not to sign up for the program; Complication added by the absence of national accrediting systems in certifying nursing homes; Problems involving the establishment of reasonable cost for services reimbursable under Medicare.

Highlights topics discussed at the meeting of the American Council on Education (ACE) on October 6 to 8, 1965. Causes of discontent among higher education students; Attitude of students with scholarships; Consensus made among members of the ACE.

Examines the pros and cons of the national health insurance bill for the aged approved by the U.S. House in 1965. Provisions of the bill, including compulsory insurance covering hospital and post-hospital costs financed mostly from a payroll tax administered by the social security system; Information on benefits omitted from the bill, including custodial care coverage; Speculation on the impact of the bill on the use of medical facilities and services in the U.S.

Asserts the need for the application of the theory of economist John Maynard Keynes to expand the U.S. economy under the administration of President John F. Kennedy. Implication of the Keynesian economic theory on the gross national product; Rise of unemployment among the young population; Effect of migration on the agriculture industry.

Focuses on the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy emphasizing the protection of the national currency and credit. Framework for monetary policy; Reason for inefficiency in the banking system; Agreement announced by the Federal Reserve Board and the Treasury on a policy of non-togetherness; Production of the original Federal Reserve Act as part of Woodrow Wilson's program for the New Freedom.

Focuses on methods of financing the various institutions that express American culture. Information that check received by educational institutions with organized plans for annual alumni giving is not much over $35; Inference from the Rockefeller Foundation's annual report; View that future of creative art that is costly in the U.S. is going to depend on board room decisions; Focus on determinants of the use of funds accumulated under collective auspices; Opinion that efforts of American civilization will express less the agony of culture than the pleasantness of kitsch. Practice by corporations of providing grants-in-aid to student-artists in their developmental stages.

Presents a page from the colonial history of the U.S. Occurrence of anti-occupation riot among the locals of Boston, Massachusetts; Importance of Boston Tea Party; Account of the riot at the custom house in Boston; Promise of justice by the British Lieutenant Governor; Postponement of the trial; Public opinion over the issue; Implication of the ordinance of the Administration of Justice Act, the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act and the Quartering Act.

Anticipates the effects of the incorporation the Keynesian economic theory to promote economic growth in the U.S. Components that should receive major emphasis in determining priorities for national budgets of economic advance; Stance of sociologists on the theory; Sectors that are influential in the shaping of public policy.

Presents letters to the editors referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Comment on the cover page of the June 2, 1956 issue; "Work Is Good For Kids," which focused on a school program in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania; "They Tamed Their Floods," which discussed the benefits of a modern scientific flood control through watershed treatment.