The Lie-Detector Era, by Dwight MacDonald, THE REPORTER

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The Lie-Detector Era

I. 'I Know You Done it. The Machine Says So'

by Dwight MacDonald

The Reporter, June 8, 1954, pp. 10-18

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      3. The President Takes the Lead by Max Ascoli, p. 6
      4. A Tale of the Steps to Hiroshima---and Beyond by Michael Amrine, pp. 7-12
      5. "Ethics in Government" and the Use of FBI Files by Francis Biddle, pp. 13-16
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      7. The Great Attack on Fort Monmouth by Douglass Cater, pp. 19-23
      8. How the Reds Came to Haughen, Wisconsin by William S. Fairfield, pp. 24-26
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      3. 1954---Year of the Great Thaw by Max Ascoli, p. 10
      4. The Armaments Race Can Be Stopped by David F. Cavers, pp. 11-13
      5. What We Should Learn from Panmunjom by Vernon Aspaturian, pp. 14-18
      6. Recession Ahead? by M.J. Rossant, pp. 19-21
      7. Turkey by Bogdan Raditsa, pp. 22-25
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      12. Cover by Fred Zimmer
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      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 8-9
      3. The Kingdom of the Spirit by Max Ascoli, pp. 10-12
      4. Farewell to Aid by Harlan Cleveland, pp. 13-17
      5. The Diplomatic Cost of Military Penny Pinching by Edward L. Katzenbach, Jr., pp. 18-21
      6. Beria's Trial by Isaac Deutscher, pp. 22-26
      7. International Private Eye by Spencer Klaw, pp. 27-30
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      12. Uncle Gamini and the British by Tambimuttu, p. 44
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      14. Science Marches Backward by Robert Bendiner, pp. 48-50
      15. Cover by Romeo V. Tabuena
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      3. Who Speaks for Europe? by Harlan Cleveland, p. 9
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      5. East Germany by Norbert Muhlen, pp. 14-18
      6. McCarthy Hunt and Facts Forum, pp. 19-26
      7. 1,456? 2,200? If Either, What? by Douglass Cater, pp. 27-29
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      1. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 2-5
      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 6-8
      3. The President's Second Year by Max Ascoli, p. 9
      4. Victim of Nameless Accusers by Anthony Lewis, pp. 10-17
      5. How a Lawyer Conducts a Security Case by Adam Yarmolinsky, pp. 18-22
      6. Italy Is Not Lost Yet by Claire Sterling, pp. 23-25
      7. Our Baffled Neighbors to the North by William H. Hessler, pp. 26-28
      8. Mr. Randall's Head and the Stone Wall by John Kenneth Galbraith, pp. 29-30
      9. the Undergraduate Underground by Douglass Cater, pp. 31-33
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      3. Old Look in Berlin by Max Ascoli, p. 11
      4. The Trial of Jomo Kenyatta by Santha Rama Rau, pp. 12-23
      5. Pakistan by J.H. Huizinga, p. 24
      6. A G.O.P. Congressman's Views on Security Investigations by Representative Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr., pp. 25-27
      7. Norwalk, NATO, and the V.F.W. by George W. Groh, pp. 28-30
      8. How Universal Can Suffrage Get? by William H. Hessler, p. 31
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      5. The K.C. Wu Story, pp. 18-20
      6. Vietnam Awaits Independence and/or Annihilation by Peggy Durdin, pp. 21-22
      7. Canada's Social-Security System for Children by Richard L. Neuberger, pp. 23-24
      8. The People vs. McCarthy by Marya Mannes, pp. 25-27
      9. The Man Who Shut Down the Port of New York by Sanford Gottlieb, pp. 28-30
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      4. Does the Superbomb Add to Our Security? by Ralph E. Lapp, pp. 10-12
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      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 6-7
      3. Needed: A Coalition Government---II by Max Ascoli, pp. 8-9
      4. The Lie-Detector Era by Dwight MacDonald, pp. 10-18
      5. The Suicidal Impulses of Aneurin Bevan by Woodrow Wyatt, pp. 19-20
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      7. The Pakistan-Turkey Pact by William Clark, pp. 24-26
      8. Chungking, 1939, to Geneva, 1954 by Peggy Durdin, pp. 27-28
      9. An Unspecific Discussion, Not Dealing in Personalities by William Lee Miller, p. 29
      10. Texas: Land of Wealth and Fear by Theodore H. White, pp. 30-37
      11. The Twilight World of the Ex-Convict by Frank O'Leary, pp. 38-39
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      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 6-7
      3. The Long Trail of Error by Theodore H. White, pp. 8-15
      4. The Awakening of Asia by Eric Hoffer, pp. 16-17
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      6. The Lie-Detector Era by Dwight MacDonald, pp. 22-29
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      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 4-6
      3. Excerpts from the AEC Board's Findings in the Oppenheimer Case, p. 7
      4. The Jurisprudence of Security by Max Ascoli, pp. 8-9
      5. Loyalty, Suspicion, and the Tightening Chain by Benjamin Ginzburg, pp. 10-13
      6. Labor Unions and 'Security Risks' by John Warner, pp. 14-17
      7. Why I Quit Teaching by Victor Boesen, pp. 18-20
      8. The Two Chinas and U.S. Recognition by Philip C. Jessup, pp. 21-23
      9. The Celebes Long After Conrad by Frank Oliver, pp. 24-27
      10. The German Socialists Search Their Souls by Charles W. Thayer, pp. 28-30
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      12. Conversations on Music by Goddard Lieberson, p. 34
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        A Modern Utopia by H.G. Wells
        The World Set Free by H.G. Wells
        Men Like Gods by H.G. Wells
        The Mind at the End of its Tether by H.G. Wells
        Experiment in Autobiography by H.G. Wells
        We by Yevgeny I. Zamyatin
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      4. 'Big Brother' in Foggy Bottom by William Harlan Hale, pp. 10-17
      5. Mendes-France After Geneva by Edmond Taylor, pp. 18-20
      6. Vermont Eloquence, p. 21
      7. Chinese Co-ed in a Communist College by Maria Yen, pp. 22-24
      8. Piety Along the Potomac by William Lee Miller, pp. 25-28
      9. Americans, Stay Here! by Marvin Barrett, pp. 29-31
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      15. Cover by Reg Mannes
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      1. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 2-7
      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 8-10
      3. Three Cheers for Stagnation by Harlan Cleveland, p. 11
      4. U.S. Science by Theodore H. White, pp. 12-17
      5. 'Safe Days' and 'Baby Days' by Jean Lyon, pp. 18-20
      6. Cuba Under Batista by Oden Meeker, pp. 21-23
      7. The Eighty-third Congress, pp. 24-25
      8. There's Nothing New About McCarthyism by Eric Goldman, pp. 26-30
      9. The Day We Didn't Go to War by Chalmers M. Roberts, pp. 31-35
      10. How the Horse Industry Went to the Dogs by Don Mankiewicz, pp. 36-37
      11. Twinkle, Twinkle in Toronto by Frank Rasky, pp. 38-41
      12. Three B's or Not Three B's? by Marya Mannes, p. 42
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      17. Cover by Bob Shore
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      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 14-15
      3. The Unity Europe Can Have by Max Ascoli, pp. 16-18
      4. How the Russians Bet a Little in Asia to Win a Lot in Europe by Isaac Deutscher, pp. 19-22
      5. The Long Weekend That Killed EDC by Edmond Taylor, pp. 23-25
      6. U.S. Science by Theodore H. White, pp. 26-34
      7. Esprit de What? by H.W. Blakeley, pp. 35-37
      8. Mr. Shirata Goes Into Business by A.R. Godsil, pp. 38-39
      9. The Boy in the Front Row by Doris Peel, pp. 40-42
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      19. Cover by Mitchneck
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      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 10-11
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      4. My Education in Government by Martin Merson, pp. 15-26
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      11. Channels by Marya Mannes, p. 42
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      15. Cover by Gregorio Prestopino
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      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 10-11
      3. Civil War in the G.O.P.? by Max Ascoli, p. 12
      4. The ABC of Dixon-Yates by Douglass Cater, pp. 13-16
      5. 'Should We Fight Dirty Too?' by William Lee Miller, pp. 17-19
      6. In New Jersey the Voters Can't Lose by Robert Bendiner, pp. 20-22
      7. 'Scared Money' Wins an Election in Texas by Stuart Long, pp. 23-26
      8. The Case of Wilma Monesi by Claire Sterling, pp. 27-30
      9. Communist Hungary by Paul Willen, pp. 31-33
      10. The Brothers Cassandra, Joseph and Stewart by Walter T. Ridder, pp. 34-38
      11. Why Are We Mad at Teacher? by Henry Steele Commager, pp. 39-40
      12. [+]
        Movies: Ghost and Flesh by Robert Bingham, p. 41 - 2 Reviews
        Ugetsu (1953 Film) by Kenji Mizoguchi
        Bread, Love and Dreams (1953 Film) by Luigi Comencini
      13. Channels by Marya Mannes, p. 42
      14. Conversations on Music by Goddard Lieberson, p. 43
      15. [+]
        The Attack on Oppenheimer Continues by Elie Abel, pp. 44-47 - 1 Review
        The Hydrogen Bomb by James R. Shepley and Clay Blair, Jr.
      16. [+]
        Book Notes, pp. 48-50 - 3 Reviews
        The Flying Sailor by Rear-Admiral Andre Jubelin
        Close Contact by Brigadier Claude H. Dewhurst
        The Leatherstocking Saga by James Fenimore Cooper
      17. Cover by Carol Hamann
    3. [+]
      November 4, 1954 Issue = 16 Articles
      1. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 2-9
      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 10-11
      3. The Issue Nobody Mentions by Max Ascoli, pp. 12-14
      4. All Things to All Republicans by Robert Bendiner, pp. 15-16
      5. The Demon A.D.A. by Eric Sevareid, pp. 17-18
      6. Our Security Program Need Not Be Unfair by Anthony Lewis, pp. 19-23
      7. The Elections by John Kenneth Galbraith, pp. 24-26
      8. L'Affaire Dides-Baranes by Edmond Taylor, pp. 27-31
      9. The Emergence of Hugh Gaitskell by William Clark, p. 32
      10. Oregon by Joe Miller, pp. 33-34
      11. Riggs by Marya Mannes, pp. 35-38
      12. The Days and Joys of My Unmelancholy Dane by Bill Mauldin, pp. 39-40
      13. [+]
        A Great Book by Max Ascoli, p. 41 - 1 Review
        Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead by Lucien Price and Alfred North Whitehead
      14. [+]
        Willoughby on MacArthur by Louis Morton, pp. 42-45 - 1 Review
        MacArthur: 1941-1951 by Charles A. Willoughby and John Chamberlain
      15. [+]
        Book Notes, pp. 46-50 - 7 Reviews
        Joe Must go by Leroy Gore
        The Western Fathers by F.R. Hoare
        The Anglo-Saxon Missionaries in Germany by C.H. Talbot
        Black Power by Richard Wright
        Understanding the American Past by Edward N. Saveth
        The English People on the Eve of Colonization, 1603-1630 by Wallace Notestein
        The Coming of the Revolution: 1763-1775 by Lawrence Henry Gipson
      16. Cover by Reg Massie
    4. [+]
      November 18, 1954 Issue = 16 Articles
      1. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 2-11
      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 12-13
      3. The Atom and Fort Knox by Max Ascoli, pp. 14-15
      4. Unlimited Weapons and Limited War by Bernard Brodie, pp. 16-21
      5. Will the Russians Beat Us to the Moon? by Albert Parry, pp. 22-23
      6. The Plane, the Blast Furnace, and the Shoemaker by Edmond Taylor, pp. 24-27
      7. Ballons for a Captive Audience by George Clay, pp. 28-30
      8. Senator McCarthy Catches a White Herring by Douglass Cater, pp. 31-32
      9. The New Spoils System by Eric Sevareid, pp. 33-34
      10. Let's Plan Our Cities Before It's Too Late by Albert Mayer, pp. 35-39
      11. Losses by William Saroyan, pp. 40-41
      12. Any Resemblance by Marya Mannes, pp. 42-43
      13. My Unmelancholy Dane---II by Bill Mauldin, pp. 44-45
      14. [+]
        Queen Victoria's Dear Lord M by Gouverneur Paulding, p. 46 - 1 Review
        Melbourne by Lord David Cecil
      15. [+]
        Book Notes, pp. 47-50 - 2 Reviews
        The Works of Oscar Wilde by George F. Maine and Oscar Wilde
        Son of Oscar Wilde by Vyvyan Holland
      16. Cover by William Walton
    5. [+]
      December 2, 1954 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 2-5
      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 6-8
      3. San Francisco to 42nd Street by Max Ascoli, p. 9
      4. Our Best Guarantee of National Security by A.A. Berle, Jr., pp. 10-12
      5. The Day When East and West Agreed by William R. Frye, pp. 13-16
      6. The New Soviet Policy Toward the Satellites by Isaac Deutscher, pp. 17-19
      7. Eyewitness in Red China by Sam Watson, pp. 20-23
      8. Co-ops by Murray D. Lincoln, pp. 24-26
      9. Two Views on Finletter's 'Power and Policy' by Walter Millis, pp. 27-29
      10. II. 'A Pioneer Work' by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., pp. 30-31
      11. Defects of Character, But Whose? by Eric Sevareid, p. 32
      12. La Scala, Where Opera Is Alive by Martin Mayer, pp. 33-38
      13. Channels by Marya Mannes, pp. 39-40
      14. Movies by Robert Bingham, p. 41
      15. [+]
        States' Rights and Senator Neuberger by Henry Steele Commager, pp. 42-43 - 1 Review
        Adventures in Politics by Richard L. Neuberger
      16. [+]
        Covarrubias by Reg Massie, pp. 44-45 - 1 Review
        The Eagle, the Jaguar, and the Serpent by Miguel Covarrubias
      17. [+]
        The South Revisited by Virgilia Peterson, pp. 46-47 - 1 Review
        The View From Pompey's Head by Hamilton Basso
      18. [+]
        Book Notes, pp. 48-50 - 2 Reviews
        American Demagogues: Twentieth Century by Reinhard H. Luthin
        A Guide to Successful Magazine Writing by Clive Howard
      19. Cover by Donald Higgins
    6. [+]
      December 16, 1954 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 1-3
      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 4-6
      3. The President and the Rabble by Max Ascoli, p. 7
      4. Bipartisanship Is a Two-Way Street by Senator J.W. Fulbright, pp. 8-10
      5. Battle on 'the Rim of Hell' by Chalmers M. Roberts, pp. 11-13
      6. A Third Party by Eric Sevareid, p. 14
      7. Let's Try Capitalism in Foreign Trade by William H. Draper, Jr., pp. 15-18
      8. Swiss Watches and American Tariffs by Leonard Gross, p. 19
      9. The Red Uprising at Fort Nirvana by James Maxwell, pp. 20-22
      10. Malaya by Han Suyin, pp. 23-27
      11. The Redemption of San Luis by William Costello, pp. 28-31
      12. Coming of Age by Marya Mannes, pp. 32-34
      13. Conversations on Music by Goddard Lieberson, p. 35
      14. [+]
        Man and Mass Man by V.S. Pritchett, pp. 36-38 - 1 Review
        Individualism Reconsidered, and Other Essays by David Riesman
      15. [+]
        Man the Business Corporation by John Kenneth Galbraith, p. 39 - 1 Review
        The Twentieth-Century Capitalist Revolution by Adolf A. Berle, Jr.
      16. [+]
        Book Notes, pp. 40-42 - 2 Reviews
        American Heroes: Myth and Reality by Marshall W. Fishwick
        The Age of Extravagance by Mary Elizabeth Edes and Dudley Frasier
      17. Cover by Tack Shigaki
    7. [+]
      December 30, 1954 Issue = 20 Articles
      1. The Reporter's Notes, pp. 1-3
      2. Who-- What-- Why--, pp. 4-5
      3. Christmas 1954 by Max Ascoli, pp. 6-7
      4. The Army and Its Negro Soldiers by Leo Bogart, pp. 8-11
      5. Washington, 'A Model for the Rest of the Nation' by Douglass Cater, pp. 12-15
      6. North Africa by Claire Sterling, pp. 16-19
      7. Berlin Notebook by Melvin J. Lasky, pp. 20-21
      8. 'Good Partners' by Eric Sevareid, p. 22
      9. There Is No Truce in Vietnam by Peggy Durdin, pp. 23-26
      10. An American Diplomat's Recollections of Vishinsky by Charles W. Thayer, pp. 27-29
      11. Los Angeles Pioneers in the Fight Against Smog by Richard P. Eckels, pp. 30-33
      12. The Christmas When Everything Was Possible by William Harlan Hale, pp. 34-37
      13. Elizam by T. Tambimuttu, pp. 38-40
      14. The New American Radicals by Peter Viereck, pp. 41-43
      15. The Army by Bill Mauldin, p. 44
      16. [+]
        Movies by Robert Bingham, p. 45 - 1 Review
        The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954 Film) by Richard Brooks
      17. [+]
        The Man Who Looked Inside Himself by Gouverneur Paulding, p. 46 - 1 Review
        The Private Diaries of Stendhal by Robert Sage and Stendhal
      18. [+]
        Violet Souffle, Garlic Ice Cream by Nora Magid, p. 47 - 1 Review
        The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book by Alice B. Toklas
      19. [+]
        Steinberg's Ferocious Sunglasses by Philip Horton, pp. 48-50 - 1 Review
        The Passport by Saul Steinberg
      20. Cover by Reg Massie
6. [+]
  Issues of 1955 = 24 Issues, 402 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1956 = 24 Issues, 426 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1957 = 24 Issues, 433 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1958 = 24 Issues, 439 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1959 = 24 Issues, 446 Articles
[+]
Issues of the 1960s = 9 Years, 205 Issues, 3,634 Articles
1. [+]
  Issues of 1960 = 24 Issues, 445 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1961 = 24 Issues, 430 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 1962 = 24 Issues, 420 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 1963 = 24 Issues, 399 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1964 = 25 Issues, 455 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 1965 = 24 Issues, 430 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1966 = 24 Issues, 425 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1967 = 24 Issues, 417 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1968 = 12 Issues, 213 Articles