1．The Temper of American Society

INTRODUCTION

The Irrepressible Issues of the Sixties＆Adolf A．Berle，Jr

Plato and Eisenhower＇s America＆Harry D．Gideonse

Inaugural Address＆John F．Kennedy

The Cultural Lag＆Devereux C．Josephs

The Year of the Rat＆Charles H．Brower

CRITICAL NOTE ON BROWER

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2．Business and Labor

INTRODUCTION

Why Professors Are Suspicious of Business＆Bernard DeVoto

The Merchant Replies＆Richard Weil，Jr

The Advertiser Replies＆Albert Lynd

Wages and Prices＆Bernard D．Nossiter

Businessmen As Politicians＆Glen Perry

Organized Labor and the Future＆Clark Mollenhoff

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3．Civil Rights

INTRODUCTION

The Meaning of Lincoln Today＆Ralph McGill

Segregation in the Armed Forces＆William L．Dawson

The Southern Case for Segregation＆Thomas R．Waring

A Fate Worse than Integration＆Howard Zinn

The Right to Vote＆William P．Rogers

Atque Vale＆John Steinbeck

Coatesville Address＆John J．Chapman

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4．Education

INTRODUCTION

The Spirit of Learning＆Woodrow Wilson

The Engineer－A New Perspective＆John E．Burchard

The Humanities＆Douglas Bush

America＇s Educational Needs＆Wayne Morse

Even A．B．＇s Must Eat＆Ernest Earnest

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5．Censorship

INTRODUCTION

Do the People Care？＆Leslie G．Moeller

Access to Information＆Clark Mollenhoff

The Vigilantes＆Fred B．Millett

The Harm Good People Do＆John Fischer

The Bad Arguments Intelligent Men Make＆John C．Murray，S．J

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6．Communications Media

INTRODUCTION

A Broadcaster Talks to His Colleagues＆Edward R．Murrow

Television and Its Critics＆John Fischer

Television and Its Critics：A Reply＆Robert Sarnoff

Legislators，Broadcasters and the Public Interest＆Louis Hausman

The Responsibility of the Press＆Robert M．Hutchins

What＇s Wrong with the American Press？＆Clare Boothe Luce

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