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