THE FIRST WOMAN SENATOR THE appointment by Governor Hardwick, of Georgia, of Mrs. W. H. Felton to succeed the late Thomas E. Watson as United States Senator has been praised as a fine tribute to a woman of undoubtedly exceptional ability and character. It has also been praised as a recognition of the present and coming power of women in the Nati... continued
America and the Near East
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SECRETARY HUGHES has taken a firm and positive position as to the relations of the United States to the new Near Eastern problem. He declares that there is nothing to justify this country in any effort to pacify the Near East by armed force, or to attempt to bring political influence to bear on the international questions involved in which we have ... continued
International Relations
November 5, 2009 By
Relations with Other Nations Recent trends show the United States alternating between isolation and independence, between sharply marked economic nationalism and notable international initiative in cooperation, moving in a highly unstable and zigzag course. Immigration restrictions and high tariffs on the one hand, and a World Court, a League of Na... continued
American Democracy
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Democracy Our country is cited as the great exemplar of democracy. Do the changing social conditions make the adaptation of democracy a problem? We note lines, which if projected into the future would lead in opposite directions, one away from democratic control and the other toward a more perfect realization of its principles. From one point of vi... continued
Structure of Government
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Changes in the Structure of Government The authority of government in the United States has traditionally been weakened by the division of powers between the national government and the states, between states and localities, and further by the three-fold division of powers between legislature, executive and judiciary. The first of these divisions w... continued
Government Representation
November 5, 2009 By
Representation The question of who pays the taxes leads naturally to the question, whom does the government represent. The theory of democracy is that the people own the government, but practice does not always follow theory. The provisions for representation were worked out long ago when distances were great and there were marked variations by loc... continued
Government Finances
November 5, 2009 By
The Costs of Government Few governmental functions are self-supporting; most are paid for by the taxpayer. The question of the costs therefore is fundamental, particularly in the present depression when it is very difficult to pay the money with which to run the government. No one is in the mood for thinking of the growth of governmental functions ... continued
Relationship of Government to Business
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Relations of Government to Business The increasing complexity and interdependence of social life precipitate more sharply than ever the problem of the interrelations between industrial and political forms of organization and control, and this has been accentuated by the rise of large scale industrial units resembling in form while rivaling in magn... continued
Government Functions
November 5, 2009 By
Basic Governmental Problems. Government has come to perform many function for social welfare through public welfare departments, but these, of course, are only a small part of its activities. As the one sovereign organization government is or may be concerned with the problems of men at all levels. Problems of governmental reorganization and funct... continued