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This article offers world news briefs for the week of July 10, 1965. Particular focus is given to the recession of optimism and the lack of impact one year after the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The article also addresses the political decline of the American Medical Association. Further article topics include legislation barring African Americans in South Africa and the candidacy of William F. Buckley for mayor of New York.

Comments on a number of developments in politics in the United States. Dismissal of Scott Nearing by the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and its positive impact for the cause of academic freedom; Argument that the worst servant of a democracy is the man who obeys the people because he fears them; "Grandfather" clauses whereby the Southern states prevent African Americans from voting, as a violation of the Fifteenth Amendment; Letter by Henry L. Stimson in the New York Times in which he opposes suffrage for women.

The article discusses events related to U.S. politics. The author compares the U.S. government's performance to predictions by historian Henry Adams. The Voting Act of 1965, which provides opportunities for African Americans to vote and be elected to office, was a deciding factor in the U.S. Supreme Court case Allen v. State Board of Elections in which a legal statute preventing African Americans from election to county supervisor boards in Mississippi.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues of "The New Republic." "Who Gets in the Army," which focused on military recruitment in the U.S.; "Desegregated Housing: Who Pays the Reformers' Ideal?," which discussed the housing rights of African Americans.

The article discusses events related to U.S. politics. U.S. secretary of defense Robert McNamara urged stronger attempts at diplomatic relations by the U.S. and commented on nuclear proliferation. Stokeley Carmichael, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), urged African Americans to pursue social change and commented on attempts at racial integration by the U.S. Congress.

Reports on the ethnic voters in the U.S. Political awareness among African Americans in the U.S. Reference to the McCarran-Walter Act which reaffirmed the quota formula based on the population; Information on the ethnic identification program for a separate computer listing of each national origins group.

Presents information on political and social conditions of the U.S. Use of communist policies by right-wing extremists to hamper democracy of the country; Fear of communism among the people; Persuasion of Americans to resist change in the belief that all progress leads eventually to Communism; Role of election campaigns in weakening democratic conditions in the country; Spread of fear among the people of Northern states of the U.S., arising from the social tensions of North; Pressure of communism to withhold several civil ordinances in cities like Portland, Oregon; Impact of communism on the business of the firm McCormick and McCarthy; Problems of public housing faced by San Antonio, Texas; Demand of loyalty investigations in Washington and San Antonio for applicants of public housing; Efforts of liberal organizations and trade unions to restore democracy; Legal status of African American citizens in the U.S.

Presents several letters to the editor referencing articles and topics published in previous issues. "Armey of One," by Nancy Glibbs, published in the January 03 issue; "It Only Gets Better," published in the January 03 issue; "Admit It," published in the December 27 issue; "Coming Soon to a Presidential Campaign Near You," published in the December 13 issue.

Reflects upon the factors contributing to the flaring up of racial confrontation throughout the U.S. Allegation that U.S. President Ronald Reagan as a candidate appealed now and again to white racism; Argument that President has virtually abandoned the enforcement of civil rights laws; Assertion that for Afro-Americans, Democrats, and all others who value a unified society, the appropriate targets of outrage are the U.S. government, racial discrimination, denial of opportunity, and economic contraction.

Comments on the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on elections and electoral rights in the U.S. Key stipulations of the law that allowed African Americans to vote; Historical background on obstacles erected in southern U.S. states that kept African Americans from voting; Implications on American politics and government.

Presents several letters to the editor referencing articles and topics published in previous issues. "Jesse and the Jews," published in the December 29 issue; Conspiracy of several Jewish leaders and influential Jewish organizations against the struggle of African Americans for equality; "After Detente," published in the January 19 issue; Information on arms expansion policies of the Soviet Union; "Sorry States," published in the December 29 issue.

Compares the political strategies of U.S. presidential candidate Bill Clinton and late Senator Robert Kennedy. Report that Clinton then hedged, sending law-and-order signals to pacify whites and outrage-at-the-King-verdict signals pitched to African Americans; Difference between public speaking abilities of Clinton and Kennedy; Information that speeches of Kennedy seemed to mark the culmination of his transformation from a ruthless attorney general who moved too slowly on civil rights to a passionate social activist; Comment on view of Clinton on racial division.

Opposes the miniscule representation of the South's African American farmers in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) county and community committees. Key function of the ASCS under the government's farm programs; Fraud in ASCS county and committee elections recorded by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Freedom Democratic Party; Refutation of the total number of temporary and permanent employees hired by the ASCS; Allegation that the department is implementing a racist policy on crop diversification.

Summarizes legislation supported by reactionaries in the South against labor unions, African Americans and Communists. Southern states that passed anti-closed-shop or right to work bills; Efforts to link attempts to disenfranchise African American voters with legislation in North Carolina to eliminate any legal mention of primaries or political parties; Voting in the Florida Senate on a white primary bill; Barriers faced by reactionaries in obtaining support for anti-Communist bills in the South.

Focuses on various political developments introduced to legislative bills in the U.S. Fight for a federal anti-lynching bill in Lyons, Georgia; Charges on two men for the lynch-murder of an African American; Murder of Robert Mallard, a prosperous African American; Efforts of Ralph McGill, editor of the "Atlanta Constitution," to take action against the criminals; Escape of W.L. Howell, the real culprit, from the charges; Disapproval by U.S. President Harry S. Truman of demands of labor organizations for a "two-package" operation on new labor legislation; Strategy of Republicans to go back to the original Taft bill reported by the Senate Labor Committee; Debate by Republicans on amendments offered to the Taft bill; Legislation on restricting African American voting; Restriction on the Mobile County Board of Registrars from enforcing the amendment in determining the qualification of any citizen who applies for registration as an elector.

Focuses on the passage of the Equal Access to Voting Act of 1989 in the U.S. Report on the bill, which states that if registration of Negroes in a state is lower than that of whites, the state registration's law would be voided on grounds of racial discrimination; Questions on the registration of Afro-Americans in a state; Automation of registration process; Information on the bill being an attempt by Democrats to get the federal government to help bring out the votes in areas heavy with traditional Democratic constituents. Criticism of the bill, as it attempts to turn what is not a racial issue into a civil rights dispute.

Presents news briefs concerning political conditions in the United States. Comments of President George Bush about children in the country during a visit at the Head Start center in Maryland; Publication of a report by the U.S. State Department on the annual survey of Country Reports on Human Rights Practices; Comments of Virginia Governor Doug Wilder on the political participation of Afro-Americans; Account of abuses by Israel's neighbors in the Levant and Fertile Crescent.

Examines the implications of an increase in the number of African American voters for white political candidates in Louisiana following the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. Opinion of several government officials on the possible risks associated with the passage of the voting rights legislation; Refusal of white incumbent politicians to make a gesture toward African American voters.

The article provides U.S. news briefs. Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois has vetoed the Broyles bill, which would allow anyone who was part of a "subversive organization" to be fined and imprisoned. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and its success at attaining legal rights for African Americans is discussed. The Students for Democratic Action (SDA) held its conference in which the U.S. Smith Act and loyalty oaths were discussed.

Presents several quotations published in different periodicals. Experience of U.S. industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller's sister-in-law Lucy Aldrich on being captured by Chinese bandits; Fine on twenty African Americans arrested in a raid on a pool-room at Johnstown; Comments on facts revealed in motion pictures; Term for imprisonment being faced by a girl from the West Virginia Mountains; Decision for not issuing a license for any public meeting in Pennsylvania; Views of Chinese and Americans about the question whether Chinese follow American life style.