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1．The Temper of American Society 1

INTRODUCTION 1

The Irrepressible Issues of the Sixties＆Adolf A．Berle，Jr 2

Plato and Eisenhower＇s America＆Harry D．Gideonse 8

Inaugural Address＆John F．Kennedy 18

The Cultural Lag＆Devereux C．Josephs 20

The Year of the Rat＆Charles H．Brower 26

CRITICAL NOTE ON BROWER 33

QUESTIONS 35

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 36

2．Business and Labor 37

INTRODUCTION 37

Why Professors Are Suspicious of Business＆Bernard DeVoto 38

The Merchant Replies＆Richard Weil，Jr 45

The Advertiser Replies＆Albert Lynd 51

Wages and Prices＆Bernard D．Nossiter 56

Businessmen As Politicians＆Glen Perry 63

Organized Labor and the Future＆Clark Mollenhoff 71

CRITICAL NOTE ON MOLLENHOFF 78

QUESTIONS 79

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 81

3．Civil Rights 83

INTRODUCTION 83

The Meaning of Lincoln Today＆Ralph McGill 83

Segregation in the Armed Forces＆William L．Dawson 91

The Southern Case for Segregation＆Thomas R．Waring 93

A Fate Worse than Integration＆Howard Zinn 98

The Right to Vote＆William P．Rogers 103

Atque Vale＆John Steinbeck 109

Coatesville Address＆John J．Chapman 111

CRITICAL NOTE ON CHAPMAN 114

QUESTIONS 116

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 117

4．Education 118

INTRODUCTION 118

The Spirit of Learning＆Woodrow Wilson 119

The Engineer－A New Perspective＆John E．Burchard 126

The Humanities＆Douglas Bush 139

America＇s Educational Needs＆Wayne Morse 146

Even A．B．＇s Must Eat＆Ernest Earnest 153

CRITICAL NOTE ON EARNEST 157

QUESTIONS 160

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 161

5．Censorship 162

INTRODUCTION 162

Do the People Care？＆Leslie G．Moeller 163

Access to Information＆Clark Mollenhoff 168

The Vigilantes＆Fred B．Millett 178

The Harm Good People Do＆John Fischer 184

The Bad Arguments Intelligent Men Make＆John C．Murray，S．J 190

CRITICAL NOTE ON FISCHER AND MURRAY 197

QUESTIONS 198

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 200

6．Communications Media 202

INTRODUCTION 202

A Broadcaster Talks to His Colleagues＆Edward R．Murrow 202

Television and Its Critics＆John Fischer 211

Television and Its Critics：A Reply＆Robert Sarnoff 219

Legislators，Broadcasters and the Public Interest＆Louis Hausman 221

The Responsibility of the Press＆Robert M．Hutchins 227

What＇s Wrong with the American Press？＆Clare Boothe Luce 233

CRITICAL NOTE ON LUCE 240

QUESTIONS 242

SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 243