Word: reformers
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Concurrent Dangers. The international problems awaiting Nixon range from reform of the world monetary system, shaken three times in the past year, to the concurrent dangers of Balkanization and military hegemony in Africa. And most demand quick attention. Among them...
Whether or not Congressman Hechler's call to arms will result in reforms remains to be seen. There are indications, however, that action may finally be forthcoming. Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall has called an open conference for next week to discuss the situation. And even the lethargic mine workers' union shows signs of consciousness. Said U.M.W. Safety Director Lewis Evans, "Something real must come out of this situation, and something real must be done for our people." The U.M.W., he vows, will push for safety-reform legislation when Congress convenes in January...
...have to be satisfied with America as you find it. You can change it. So wrote Upton Beall Sinclair of an era that cried out for reform at almost every level of American life. He was a quixotic dreamer, an eccentric, a compulsive dissenter in the intellectual tradition of a Thoreau or a Tom Paine. Yet Sinclair, who died last week at 90 in a New Jersey nursing home, battled so many causes to the finish that the American conscience and the quality of American life were permanently affected by his concern, courage and compassion. And, more than six decades...
...Jungle is a classic of American social reform, and it put Sinclair first in the company of early 20th century muckrakers: Frank Norris (The Octopus, The Pit), Ida Tarbell (The History of the Standard Oil Company), and Jack London (The War of the Classes). Sinclair started a short-lived Utopian community in New Jersey, called the Helicon Home Colony, with the $30,000 he earned from The Jungle...
...industrialization. Similarly, the repressive overseas policy impedes progress toward liberalization at home. At the same time, Caetano, who already has allowed the return from exile of Salazar's most prominent political enemy, Lawyer Mario Scares, and eased the press censorship somewhat, pledged that he would submit specific reform bills to the National Assembly before its present term ends next April. Portuguese liberals want Caetano to abolish all forms of censorship, guarantee civil rights for all citizens, and allow opposition politicians to participate in the next elections for the National Assembly...