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Focuses on the political, economic and social issues discussed in the sessions of the 90th U.S. Congress. U.S.-Soviet Consular treaty; Housing and urban development bill; Farm subsidy payments; Anti-poverty bill.

The article discusses labor relations and minimum guaranteed income in the United States, as well as wage advances, loans and savings plans. Many labor unions are demanding higher wages and supporting annual wages and guaranteed employment. A study by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that only a small percentage of workers are covered by labor agreements with guaranteed income or employment plans. Topics include the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the Wisconsin Unemployment Compensation Act of 1932, denial of a guaranteed annual wage in the Basic Steel Companies case by the National War Labor Board, and examples of union activity in various industries.

In this article David C. McClelland challenges the thinking behind current programs to help the poor in depressed areas of our own country and stimulate economic growth in underdeveloped countries overseas. These programs take for granted, he notes, that it is enough to increase the opportunities available to the people in need of help. But of ten, he insists, this is not enough. It is necessary to move in and increase the aspirations for achievement that the local leaders possess. He cites recent experiments confirming the feasibility of such achievement motivation training. The author is Professor of Psychology and Chairman of the Department of Social Relations, Harvard University. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on University of Wisconsin's Institute for Research on Poverty, a new confederation of think tanks created by the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) to find ways to address poverty. It states that the institute is composed by 25 scholars under the institute's director Harold Watts and the grand old man Robert J. Lampman. It adds that proposals to be studied by the institute against poverty include negative income tax, national subsidy, and family allowance.

The article reports on the criticism regarding the poverty campaign of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson. It examines the facts and figures concerning the campaign particularly the estimation of the Budget Bureau on the federal spending programs for the poor which doubled since the fiscal 1964 and will reach 27.7 billion dollar in 1969. Moreover, several charts are presented which depict various programs for the poor including training and education, cash benefits and housing.

The article reports on a nationwide survey regarding the U.S. government's antipoverty programs. Results show that rich or poor are deeply suspicious of the government's antipoverty programs. It also presents various proposals from different states which emphasize the improvement in race relations and the government action in the area of spending.

The article covers political issues in the U.S. The war on poverty campaign is the most vulnerable domestic program in the country. It is believed that Vietnam will be the dominant subject to be debated in political campaigns in fall 1966. It highlights the little impact of African American voters on the outcome of the elections in the U.S. The ethnic minorities are mostly tied to the Democratic Party.

The article focuses on the emotional state of several conservatives about U.S. President Richard Nixon. It mentions that they were pleased by some of his actions, such as Supreme Court appointments, his move to end the antipoverty program, and his stance against busing. However, there are concerns on his moves to control wage-price and reconciliation with Peking, China. It notes that Nixon's fumbling defense on Watergate affair have widened the break between him and the conservatives .

The article discusses the efforts of President Lyndon B. Johnson to fight poverty in the U.S. It states that his initiative has stirred criticism and the move of the supporters of the antipoverty campaign may damage his administration's prospects of getting its request for 2.06 billion dollars for the program. It cites the view of New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy regarding the failure of the welfare system in eradicating poverty. He adds that poverty programs bring antagonisms.

States that differences in theories of poverty of those who really desire to carry on a crusade against poverty can use methods to fight poverty without a fundamental clash. Differences in theories between radicals, liberals, socialists and propagandists; Dilemma of sticking to one's theory or adjusting to reality; Call for crusaders to keep their desire to fight poverty by trying theories or abandoning them when necessary, and to experiment and fail in order to achieve success.

The article considers the problems facing the campaign of the U.S. government against poverty in 1965. A conflict has emerged from a contract awarded to Syracuse University to teach the poor in a public housing area to organize themselves as a political force in New York. Four bipartisan task forces were named by House Labor Committee Chairman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. to monitor the organization of projects. The community action programs received most of the criticism.

The article discusses the effort of Detroit, Michigan, started in January 1965, to eliminate the root causes of poverty through its Total Action Against Poverty (TAP) program, which uses the new anti-poverty funds from the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity. It states that the result of the program are sure to impact the future of the U.S. anti-poverty campaign. It says that the program represents a total local, private, public, and federal initiative to mobilize forces against the root causes.

The article reports on the launch of the Higher Horizons program which aims to end poverty through education in New York City. It states that the 3.8-million-dollar program is coordinated though district superintendents by Carmella D. Mercurio of the city school board. It mentions that the program will provide 157 guidance instructors and 290 special teachers.

The article presents an overview on the administration of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson. It highlights the challenges of the president as he crafted his own identity of administration following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Among the major crisis that confront his administration include the economic chaos in Brazil, the restoration of Western alliances and the completion of the advocacy of Kennedy against poverty.

Explores the thesis that the establishment of a World Government would eliminate the incidence of war. Argument that the existence of World Government is not by itself an automatic guarantee against war; Lack of evidence showing that the American development of the atomic bomb has substantially altered the policies of other governments; Importance of diminishing as much as possible the continuing distrust and hostility in the world; Necessity of keeping the world as prosperous as possible; Observation that dictatorship thrives on poverty and that war thrives on dictatorship; Continuation of efforts to keep down the likelihood of war.

The article focuses on an issue regarding the first message of U.S. President Richard Nixon about domestic problems, highlighting his anti-poverty programs. New York Senator Jacob Javits expresses his views regarding the message of the president. It notes that the attempt of Nixon to address poverty was a tribute to the counsel of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Nixon's chief adviser on urban affairs.

The article offers information on the third United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD III) to be held in Santiago, Chile on April 13, 1972. It states that delegates would discuss the major economic issues for a better deal in trade and finance. It mentions that Argentine economist Raúl Presbisch promoted a systematic economic ideology for the Third World and believes that continued concentration on raw material production and agriculture may lead to poverty perpetuation.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including "Great issues from the next President," in the June 15, 1968 issue, "Time sharing zooms through the ceiling," in the June 22, 1968 issue, and "Financing a poverty program," in the May 18, 1968 issue.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in the May 1964 issues including "Making office walls come tumbling down," "Financing a poverty program" and "Congress grasps the fiscal reins."

The article reports on the programs by African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. to eradicate poverty in the U.S. It states that he was an advocate of non-violence, radical and expensive measures to bring about the economic conditions for equality. It examines the ideas of King such as the income maintenance schemes that make payments to the poor and employment for all those who are capable of working.

The article focuses on the visit made by U.S. Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey to New York to meet with some anti-poverty-program participants. He will also appear on Johnny Carson's "Tonight" television program. The participants of the anti-poverty program had to come to the studio to meet Humphrey because of the vice president's strict schedule. It provides an overview of the questions asked by Carson to Humphrey.

Information about the National Industrial Conference Board meeting held in Manhattan, New York City in 1967 is presented. It featured the talk of Arjay Miller, president of Ford Motor Co., who proposed the so-called negative income tax which he believed would eliminate poverty in the society. Topics also include various reactions to the proposal including its impact on incentive programs of various industries.

The article focuses on the U.S. model-cities and rent-supplement bills in the U.S. It states that U.S. President Lyndon Johnson requested budget for the program while the House of Representatives approved a 40 million dollar-worth rat-control measure. It mentions that model-cities' funding would go to poverty areas to upgrade schools and facilities. It adds that rent-supplement subsidizes housing rent of poor families to address shortage of low-rent housing.

The article focuses on Mary Elizabeth Switzer who was selected by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) Secretary John Gardner to head the Social and Rehabilitation Service (SRS). It says that Switzer has worked as head of the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration that aids the handicapped. It states that Switzer will administer 4.8 billion in federal funds for aiding 7,600,000 Americans who receive welfare payments and other poverty-relate federal programs.

The article reports on the signed agreement between Brazil and U.S. regarding the 25 million peasants in Brazil's poverty-stricken. It states that the two countries will build roads, power plants, schools and irrigation projects with budget worth 131 million dollar from the U.S. and 145 million dollar from Brazil. Moreover, other topics concerning the agreement are also discussed.

The article reports on the move of Soviet Union in joining the war on poverty. It states that after long neglect, the Kremlin has ordered old-age pensions for collective farmers and pay increases averaging 21% for teachers, doctors, and retail and service workers. It notes that the benefits totaling more than 5 billion dollars annually will be handed out to nearly 25 million Russian citizens for expanding to full coverage in 1965 and stretch out the inflationary impact.

The article presents the profiles of several presidents of colleges including Martin Meyerson at the University of Pennsylvania, Clifton R. Wharton at the Michigan State University, and John G. Kemeny at the Dartmouth College. It states that Meyerson pioneered in dealing with angry students and upset professors. It states Wharton to be the first negro to head a major American university who committed to combat poverty and promote agricultural growth in underdeveloped countries. It also states Kemeny as a mathematician who played a role in grant of undergraduate degrees to women.

This article examines the poverty program in North Carolina. Since the Reconstruction, the black man in North Carolina has been the only poor man. White men chopped and tied tobacco for 25c a day, their children working away in the hot fields with them, but these white peons never believed they were poor in the way that Negroes were poor. White men had hope. The hope never led them any place, but still they believed it distinguished them from the black man. In rural areas poor white men did enjoy a certain social equality with the big plantation owners and the rich farmers. To apply now for aid from an integrated federal agency would forever erase that equality. In a survey of poverty program, North Carolina has more poor than any other state, 234,000 families, and 66 per cent of these families are white. Yet only a tiny fraction joins any poverty program.