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Discusses the findings of the investigation conducted by U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright on lobbyists and public relations men hired by foreign governments to influence U.S. foreign relations and policy. Amount paid by the Chinese government to Hamilton Wright Sr. in return for publicity about free China; Involvement of US Press Inc. in foreign publicity; Work done by Selvage and Lee Inc. for the Portuguese government; Ethics practiced by lobbyists and propagandists; Extent of lobbying in the U.S. sugar market.

Reveals the work done by the U.S. public relations firm Selvage & Lee Inc. to discredit the attempt of the Angolan people to free themselves from Portugal. Company that funded Selvage & Lee's public relations campaign; Challenge faced by Selvage & Lee concerning Protestant ministers; Role played by the newspaper "The Pittsburgh Courier," and its associate editor George S. Schuyler in the campaign; Contents of the memorandum sent by Selvage & Lee to NBC in connection to the Angolan revolt.

The article comments on union bureaucracy. A small number of intellectuals who for personal and ideological reasons attached themselves to labor organizations, mainly during the 1930's, were about as close as most unions came to having professional bureaucrats. In recent years the staffs of all but the poorest or most stable unions have grown substantially. There are specialists in such professional capacities as research, education, publications, public relations and legal affairs. The position of an idealist is often a touchy one, for ferment must be created through, or at least with the aid of, the men of power, the elected officialdom.

Discusses the role played by public relation firms in handling problems faced by oil companies in the United States. Excerpt from a public-relations manual of an oil company which emphasizes on personal contacts for refinery management; Information on the oil public-relations programs maintained by the U.S.-based organization Standard; Discussion of the defeat in Colorado in 1952 of a constitutional amendment authorizing a severance tax on petroleum; Steps taken by Colorado Oil and Gas Industries Inc. to fight the amendment; Problems posed by public-relations campaigns.

The article focuses on the speech on the postwar public-relations program for the oil industry in the American Petroleum Institute by Robert T. Haslam, vice-president of the Standard Oil Co. There was nothing new about oil's interest in public relations. It had existed in some forms from the early days of the industry. But there was little need to be defensive in the robber baron period when predatory business practices were judged to be harmonious with the Constitution, natural law and human nature. The U.S. was expanding, and oil was an integral part of that growth.

Comments on the role of Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler in efforts to improve U.S. President Richard Nixon's public image and relationship with the press. Ziegler's reactions to media reports on the bureaucratic system within the White House; Indications of a sour atmosphere that prevails at the White House behind the show of happy progress toward lean efficiency; Implications on public administration and public relations.

Focuses on campaigning efforts of U.S. Senator George McGovern for presidential nomination. Information that polls show McGovern trailing better than 2-1 (67 to 27) in this traditionally Democratic state; Overview of the "quota" question; Fact that many of McGovern's promises were welcomed by the thousands who gathered at Espanola but the loudest cheers greeted his promise to end the war; Consideration of the minority in the Southwest; Integration of a kind of movement with a national campaign.

Describes the adjustments a U.S. president has to take in preparation for public appearances and trips to the Middle East. Information on grooming styles for a president; Comment on the quality of press releases on the president's visits to other countries; Duties of the president's wife.

Presents updates on the British rock group The Beatles as of August 27, 1966. Marital status of its members; Public relations of the rock group; Inception of the rock group. INSETS: The Beatles and their fans;The art of adequate music;A Beatles Bartlett.

Presents the short story "Botts Takes the Bait," by William Hazlett Upson.

Highlights the efforts of New Haven, Connecticut mayor Richard Charles Lee to renew the city. Dismissal of city employees and some appointed officials by Lee for loafing; Significance of the redevelopment of the original business center of the city to the career of Lee; Involvement of public-relations technique in his city planning.

Discusses the evolution of presidential press conferences in the U.S. as of 1957. Quality of a White House newspaper correspondent to exercise extreme agility during presidential press conferences; Incidence of riot during a press conference in May 1945 when former U.S. President Harry S. Truman announced the collapse of the Germans; Torment of reporters on former U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower on his disclosure of his plans of whether or not he would run for a 2nd term in February 1956.

Focuses on the operations of some public relations firms in the United States which mislead the gullible. Increasing power and acceptance of public relations executives in corporate America; Practice of some major advertising agencies to set up subsidiaries with different names to handle public relations; Growing use of public figures as spokespersons.

Profiles Sidney Hillman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America labor union and model labor statesman of the New Deal in the U.S. Public images of Hillman; Family background; Information on the growth and popularity of the labor union.

Features baseball pitcher Joseph Michael Medwick. Charges filed against the player after he accidentally kicked his opponent during the 1934 World Series; Career highlights; Attitude of the player towards the public.

The article discusses the author's experience in meeting Japanese Emperor Hirohito. He found out that Hirohito was a man with a deep feeling of responsibility both to his people and his ancestors. The brief visits of Hirohito have contributed to his popularity and strong public relations. Several challenges faced by Hirohito include his acceptance of his responsibility for moral failures.

Deals with the creation of the New Deal mailing list by the U.S. government. Use of the New Deal mailing list by press agents; Sales promotion of the New Deal by the U.S. Information Service; Role of the National Emergency Council in the operation of the New Deal; Task of the Public Relations Division of the Federal Housing Administration.

Presents the short story "The Fatted Half," by Octavus Roy Cohen.

Presents an article about the frequency of press conferences held by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. Number of press conferences held by several former U.S. presidents; Significance of press conferences; Speculation about the reluctance of Johnson to conduct press conferences.

Comments on the leadership of President of France Charles de Gaulle. Insight into the press conferences conducted by de Gaulle; Opinion regarding the interest of de Gaulle to establish an atomic force in the country; Views on the approach of de Gaulle in making policies; Mention of the method of leadership described by Charles de Gaulle in "The Edge of the Sword."

Presents various letters to the editor on articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Critique of U.S. Senator Lyndon Johnson's notion on federal community relations service; Features of the Museum of Modern Art at Madison Avenue, New York City; Criticism of ideological ethics of political scientists.

The article presents cartoons related to public relations officers. It focuses on the business strategies they apply to win clients.

The article focuses on the book "Professional Public relations and Political Power," by Stanley Kelley. This is a good book. The author recommends this to all sophisticated liberals and to commercial conservatives whether sophisticated or not. Kelley has read his way through the literature, and he can still write clear English; only occasionally does he leave along his trail the spoor of the social scientist, phrases like skill groups and interest patterns. He has thought hard, and he has stated some novel and arresting conclusions. Of course he is a human observer, and not a computer, and therefore he has a point of view.

The author focuses on the commission created by eight states of the Ohio basin in an effort to recover their river from pollution. The annual budget of the commission is $130,00. Edward J. Cleary was the appointed chief commissioner. A progress has been seen in a span of five years after a warning was issued to the public in 1948.

Discusses the French people's hostility toward publicity. Peculiarity of the Frenchman's nature of wanting to appear less than he is; Ways in which public opinion stigmatizes in France; Honesty of publicity in France; Author's acquaintance with business managers who had any sense of publicity; Government agency that watches over the health of the public and the truthfulness of advertising.

Comments on the television image of United States President Richard Nixon. Preparedness of Nixon during his televised press conferences, insisting to be physically present overnight in the press conferences; Controlled and cultivated television image of Nixon; Nixon's anti-crime law which legalizes no-knock raids, preventive detention and mandatory services; Criticism to Nixon's judgment of a defendant on trial for murder; Character of Nixon as a lawyer.

This article focuses on the activities of the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The activities are indicative of the high level of professionalism and social responsibility with which members have undertaken to serve their community. The goals of Education and Public Relations Committee, an organization of the MSC chapter are 1) educational programs for chapter members 2) community education and 3) public relations. Community education and public relations developed somewhat differently. First, the committee approached officials in the nearby Clear Creek High School to determine in what way it could best serve their needs. Secondly it was agreed to make available, a list of local ACM members who were willing to go into the schools to impart some aspect of their computing knowledge.

The article announces that Robert Rountree has been appointed as the Chairman of the Subcommittee for Press Seminars of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Presents information about political developments in the U.S. View that a shift of a hundred thousand votes in 1960 would have made political candidate Richard Nixon President instead of U.S. President John F. Kennedy; Comment that Kennedy may lose votes in Cuba; Discussion about the public relations in the country; Warning by British physicists that U.S. high-altitude nuclear explosions at 500 miles would blow holes in the Van Allen belt. Efforts to break the conservative one-party South.

Presents a text of a speech prepared by a pool of public relations and advertising men for U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon to know his public image. Assessment of the foreign policy of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower; Concerns over growing Communism and corruption in the country; Indication of people friendly policies of Democratic Party.

Focuses on various economic and political developments in the U.S. Assessment of the public relations campaign of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower; Policies of Eisenhower against inflation; Analysis of the relationship of stock to bond yields; Consideration of the reliability of polls in the election process; Discussion of Air Force officer Homer Hyde and his manual about Communism in the churches.

Presents a report from Cuba on its social and political conditions. Census by girl soldiers to determine how many mountain children there are who must benefit from the country's new compulsory education; Building of a "City of Children" by the Cuban Army in the Sierra foothills, to take care of 20,000 pupils between ages 6 and 18 who will come there for education in both basic and agricultural subjects; City being built with Agrarian Reform funds; Information about Rene Vallejo, the Agrarian Reform chief and the most powerful man in Oriente Province, the center of the country's agriculture, poverty and revolutions; Government's public-relations policy claimed to be derived from the 19th Century poet, Jos&eacute Marti: "Build Now, Propagandize Later."

This article presents information about several political developments in the U.S. as of August 10, 1959. The conservative-liberal pendulum is about to swing back from "normalcy" to progressivism, predicts Arthur Schlesinger Jr. in an arresting 6,000-word analysis privately circulated among the Democratic Advisory Council. Conferences in the White House have been stopped and now, the White House is trying a series of informal dinners to supplement the press conferences, by chats with a dozen or so reporters at a time over coffee and brandy.

The article focuses on the penchant for using public relations as a substitute for news that has been a source of continuing irritation to reporters and editors in recent years, and their complaints have inspired a Congressional subcommittee to look into the alleged suppression of information. Government agencies have employed a variety of techniques to keep things to themselves and thereby avoid embarrassment or unpleasantness. The committee headed by Republican John Moss has sent out 65 questionnaires to executive departments, asking forthright questions about their information policies.

The article focuses on prevailing political conditions in the U.S. as of August 1, 1955. The big thing at Geneva, as everyone gathers it, is that the Cold War antagonists sat down without calling each other dirty names. The new Dixon-Yates revelations touch the administration even closer. Back on June 29, 1955 Ike Skelton, congressman told his press conference that Adolphe Wenzell, vice-president of the largest financial agent of utility companies on Wall Street, was never called in or asked a single thing about the Dixon-Yates contracts.

Focuses on the relationship between U.S. Presidents and press conferences held by them with emphasis on conferences held by President Richard Nixon. Discussion of a press conference held by thirty-second president Franklin D. Roosevelt; Statement that press conference is a bridge between President and nation; Reason for Nixon's aversion towards the press; Preference of TV appearances by Nixon.

Presents letters to the editor concerning public relations and courtship practices. Criticism on the functions of the public relations practitioner; Pay figures of public relations specialists; Changes in courtship practices.