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Claims on Congress

by Tris Coffin

The American Mercury, May 1949, pp. 611-616

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      History Whose Land?, by James W. Parkes, p. 245 - 3 Reviews
      1. Whose Land? by James W. Parkes
      2. Labor in America: A History by Foster Rhea Dulles
      3. Napoleon: For and Against by Pieter Geyl
    22. [+]
      Public Affairs Left, Right and Center, by Sidney Lens, p. 246 - 3 Reviews
      1. Left, Right and Center by Sidney Lens
      2. Should the Communist Party be Outlawed? by Julia E. Johnsen
      3. Living with Crisis by Fritz Sternberg
    23. [+]
      Literature Maxims and Reflections, by Winston S. Churchill, p. 247 - 2 Reviews
      1. Maxims and Reflections by Winston S. Churchill
      2. Poets and Story-Tellers by David Cecil
    24. [+]
      Biography Dickens: His Character, Comedy, and Career, by..., p. 247 - 4 Reviews
      1. Dickens: His Character, Comedy, and Career by Hesketh Pearson
      2. The Inside Story of an Outsider by Franz Schoenberner
      3. John C. Calhoun: Nullifier, 1829-1839 by Charles M. Wiltse
      4. The Histrionic Mr. Poe by N. Bryllion Fagin
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      2. Temperature and Human Life by Charles-Edward Amory Winslow and Louie Pierce Herrington, ...
    26. The Open Forum, pp. 249-258
    27. Cover (Clement Attlee) by Al Hirschfeld
  9. [+]
    September 1949 Issue = 28 Articles
    1. Protestant Concern over Catholicism by Rev. W. Russell Bowie, pp. 261-273
    2. The Catholic Position-A Reply by Rev. John Courtney Murray, S.J., pp. 274-283
    3. Gromyko by Serge Fliegers, pp. 284-294
    4. Winter Field by Inez Clark Thorson, p. 295
    5. Dishonor Among Thieves by Joseph Fulling Fishman, pp. 296-303
    6. Women and Fiction by J. Donald Adams, pp. 304-310
    7. Hardening of the Arteries by Joseph D. Wassersug, M.D., pp. 311-318
    8. Phrase Origins-52 by Louis Jay Herman, pp. 319-321
    9. Senator Douglas Meets the Press, pp. 322-327
    10. Be Nice to Mr. Campbell, A Story by Robert Lowry, pp. 328-339
    11. Fifteenth Anniversary by Ethel Barnett de Vito, p. 340
    12. How the Communists Captured Czechoslovakia by Neal Stanford, pp. 341-347
    13. Phrase Origins-53 by Morris Rosenblum, p. 348
    14. The Treasure of Great Bear Lake by Francis Drake and Katharine Drake, pp. 349-353
    15. Two Solitudes by Evelyn Ames, p. 354
    16. Down To Earth by Alan Devoe, pp. 355-358
    17. Belden Hollow by Leslie Nelson Jennings, p. 359
    18. When the Yankees Took California by Stewart H. Holbrook, pp. 360-365
    19. Hound of Day by Joseph Joel Keith, p. 366
    20. [+]
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      1. On Power: The Natural History of Its Growth by Bertrand de Jouvenel
    21. Baccalaureate Sermon by Charles Angoff, p. 376
    22. [+]
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      1. The Life of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph L. Rusk
      2. Stalin: A Political Biography by Isaac Deutscher
      3. O. Henry: The Man and His Work by E. Hudson Long
      4. Franz Schubert by Robert Haven Schauffler
    23. [+]
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      1. Lost Peace in China by George Moorad
      2. Turkey: An Economic Appraisal by Max Weston Thornburg
      3. Last Call for Common Sense by James P. Warburg
    24. [+]
      Public Questions The Development of Education in the Twentieth ..., p. 378 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Development of Education in the Twentieth Century by Adolph E. Meyer
      2. The Western Reserve by Harlan Hatcher
    25. [+]
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      1. Baxter Bernstein by Stephen Seley
      2. Autumn Sunset by Ralph Marcus
    26. [+]
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      1. Lead, Kindly Light by Vincent Sheean
      2. Elmtown's Youth by August B. Hollingshead
    27. The Open Forum, pp. 380-386
    28. Cover (Andrei Gromyko) by Al Hirschfeld
  10. [+]
    October 1949 Issue = 31 Articles
    1. Mr. Churchill by Virginia Cowles, pp. 389-398
    2. What's Right with the Ministry by Alson J. Smith, pp. 399-405
    3. Bright Baton by Joseph Joel Keith, p. 406
    4. Women Are Intellectually Inferior by Waverley Root, pp. 407-413
    5. Winter Love by Vernon Leland Ingraham, p. 414
    6. My Experience With Psychoanalysis by Lucy Freeman, pp. 415-424
    7. The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 425-428
    8. Senator Glen Taylor Meets the Press, pp. 429-437
    9. Anansi and Brer Rabbit by Wenzell Brown, pp. 438-443
    10. The Skeptics' Corner by Bergen Evans, pp. 444-449
    11. What Did I Do?, A Story by John Craig Stewart, pp. 450-458
    12. Fear by Ethel Romig Fuller, p. 459
    13. The Other Side of the Wonder Drugs by James Fuller and Peta Fuller, pp. 460-468
    14. Mayor Gaynor-A Political Maverick by Mortimer Smith, pp. 469-476
    15. The State of South Carolina by Harriet Gray Blackwell, pp. 477-481
    16. January Twentieth by Dorothy Brown Thompson, p. 482
    17. Down To Earth by Alan Devoe, pp. 483-486
    18. Music by Ethel Barnett de Vito, p. 487
    19. The Man Who Knows All About Snake Bites by Charles A. Gauld and Michael Scully, pp. 488-492
    20. Eve's Daughter by Hannah Kahn, p. 493
    21. [+]
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      1. The Diary of a Writer by Fyodor M. Dostoievsky
    22. Phrase Origins-54 by Morris Rosenblum, p. 502
    23. [+]
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      1. The Mature Mind by Harry A. Overstreet
      2. Union Guy by Clayton W. Fountain
      3. The UAW and Walter Reuther by Irving Howe and B.J. Widick
      4. American Freedom and Catholic Power by Paul Blanshard
      5. The Power in the People by Felix Morley
      6. The Negro Handbook, 1949 by Florence Murray
    24. [+]
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      1. The High Cost of Vengeance by Freda Utley
      2. Ferment in the Far East by Mary A. Nourse
    25. [+]
      History The Devil in Massachusetts, by Marion L. Starkey, p. 504 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Devil in Massachusetts by Marion L. Starkey
      2. Wealth of the American People by James A. Barnes
    26. [+]
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      1. Shakespeare: A Biography and An Interpretation by Ivor J.C. Brown
      2. The Strange Life of August Strindberg by Elizabeth Sprigge
      3. The World of Emma Lazarus by Heinrich E. Jacob
    27. [+]
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      1. The Wisdom of Catholicism by Anton C. Pegis
      2. Writing for Love or Money by Norman Cousins
    28. [+]
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      1. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
      2. The Oasis by Mary McCarthy
      3. The River Line by Charles Morgan
      4. Runyon First and Last by Damon Runyon and Clark Kinnaird
    29. [+]
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      1. The Death of Captain Nemo by Robert Hillyer
      2. Terror and Decorum by Peter R.E. Viereck
    30. The Open Forum, pp. 508-514
    31. Cover (Winston Churchill) by Al Hirschfeld
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    November 1949 Issue = 26 Articles
    1. Sir Stafford Cripps by Frank Oliver, pp. 519-527
    2. Nocturne by Mary Poole, p. 528
    3. The Imperial Emperor of the KKK Meets the Press, pp. 529-538
    4. 1929: The Crash that Shook the World by Henry Lee, pp. 539-546
    5. And to Hold by Dorothy Waugh, p. 547
    6. The Candy Bar, A Story by Oliver H.P. Garrett, pp. 548-558
    7. The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 559-562
    8. Phrase Origins-55 by Louis Jay Herman, p. 563
    9. Conquering the Common Cold by William Ellsworth Craft, pp. 564-569
    10. "You Too Can Write!" by Jo Chamberlin, pp. 570-574
    11. Cruise Ship by Leslie Nelson Jennings, pp. 575-577
    12. How Good Is Soviet Medicine? by George Moorad, pp. 578-585
    13. Bob Ingersoll, the Devil's Ambassador by Richard O'Connor, pp. 586-593
    14. Murder in Hollywood by Alan Hynd, pp. 594-601
    15. What's Wrong with College Teaching? by Paul Klapper, pp. 602-608
    16. Down To Earth by Alan Devoe, pp. 609-612
    17. The Steam-Calliope Man by Stewart H. Holbrook, pp. 613-617
    18. Householders by Sjanna Solum, p. 618
    19. [+]
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    20. [+]
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      2. The Trying-Out of Moby-Dick by Howard P. Vincent
      3. The Quintessence of G.B.S. by Stephen Winsten and George Bernard Shaw
    21. [+]
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      1. The Egyptian by Mika Waltari
      2. The Long Love by John Sedges
    22. [+]
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      2. Mystic Rebels by Harry C. Schnur
    23. [+]
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      1. Notes on Chopin by Andre Gide
      2. Architecture and the Spirit of Man by Joseph Hudnut
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      2. Atlantis: The Antediluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly and Egerton Sykes
    25. The Open Forum, pp. 631-642
    26. Cover (Sir Stafford Cripps) by Al Hirschfeld
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    2. The Case Against Deficit Spending by John T. Flynn, pp. 656-662
    3. Once Around the Block, A Play by William Saroyan, pp. 663-674
    4. "The Thoughts of Youth..." by Marion Doyle, p. 675
    5. The Black Market in Russia by David J. Dallin, pp. 676-683
    6. The High Hill by Kaye Starbird, p. 684
    7. Carlos Romulo by Serge Fliegers, pp. 685-693
    8. The Skeptics' Corner by Bergen Evans, pp. 694-697
    9. Mentally Retarded Children by H.A. Rusk, M.D. and Eugene J. Taylor, pp. 698-702
    10. Phrase Origins-56 by Morris Rosenblum, pp. 703-705
    11. The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 706-709
    12. Pioneer by May Williams Ward, p. 710
    13. Hector McNeil Meets the Press, pp. 711-715
    14. The Summer of the Insistent Voices, A Story by John Bell Clayton, pp. 716-726
    15. Portrait of an Ex-Lifer by Anonymous, pp. 727-736
    16. Down To Earth by Alan Devoe, pp. 737-740
    17. To a Student by Joseph Joel Keith, p. 741
    18. Our Growing Self-Sufficiency by C. Lester Walker, pp. 742-747
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    20. Southern Pacific by G.E. Hunter, p. 754
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      2. Trade Unions in the New Society by Harold J. Laski
      3. The People Don't Know by George Seldes
      4. A Treatise on Contemporary Religious Jurisprudence by I.H. Rubenstein
      5. Western Political Heritage by William Y. Elliott and Neil A. McDonald
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      2. The Country of the Blind by George S. Counts and Nucia Lodge
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      2. Leap to Freedom by Oksana S. Kasenkina
      3. Twenty-Seven Masters of Politics by Raymond Moley
      4. John Quincy Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy by Samuel Flagg Bemis
      5. Men Who Make Your World
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      2. You and Your Fears by Peter J. Steincrohn
      3. Everyman's Talmud by Abraham Cohen
    25. The Open Forum, pp. 759-763
    26. Index To Volume LXIX, pp. 764-770
    27. Cover (Carlos Romulo) by Al Hirschfeld
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