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CONTENTS FOR APRIL - News in Focus ow Washington Wire 11 Henty Wallace 12 General Articles 14 16 17 . 21 22 1 4, . Vandenberg’s Triumph Coal Facts Static on FM Dewey v. Truman in ’48 A Bad Case of Fever Franklin D. Roosevelt: by Henry Wallace Report from Athens: by Constantine Poulos Corporation Statements: by Harold Wolff Report from Chicago: by Herman Kogan United Mine Workers: by'Dale Kramer’ 27. A Trust Is Dented: by Donald W. Craig * Books in Review 31 Sins of the Fathers 34 Fiction Parade 35 Crime and Punishment United Nations News 36 Farm 37 Radio 38 Movies 40 . Music 42 Labor 44 Btcetera 3 ‘Peace on the Defensive - Our International OPA Battle of the Books Farmets and Gangsters Jazz, Pure and Simple Cutthroat Economy | Letter of the Week 45 Bandwagon ee gpitor: Henry A. Wallace PUBLISHER: Michael Straight ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER: William D. ~ Patterson EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: Bruce Bliven EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Francis Brennan MANAGING EDITOR: Norman Grieser SENIOR EDITORS: Helen Fuller, William “Harlan Hale, Robert Hatch, Penn Kimball, James R. Newman, Theodore H. White ASSOCIATE EDITORS: George Mayberry, Nathan Robertson ASSISTANT EDITORS: Jane Bedell, Graham Hovey, Elizabeth Huling, Thomas W biteside STAFF CONTRIBUTORS: Tris Coffin, Malcolm Cowley, Ralph G. Martin, Angus McDonald, Thomas F. Reynolds, Vincent Sheean, Willard Shelton, Stark Young TREASURER: Daniel Mebane ADVERTISING MANAGER: E. G. Wood CIRCULATION MANAGER; Eric Shumway PRODUCTION MANAGER: Anthony J. Ballo en PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND COPYRIGHT, 1947, IN THE U.S.A. BY EDITORIAL PUBLICATIONS, INC., 40 EAST 49 ST.. NEW YORK 17, N. Y. ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER, NOVEMBER 6, 1914, AT THE POST OFFICE AT NEW YORK, N. ¥,, UNDER THE ACT OF MARCH 3, 1879. SINGLE COPY, 15¢; YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION, SIX DOLLARS; CANADA AND FOREIGN, SEVEN DOLLARS. PRINTED IN THE U. 5. A. Letter of the Week Tropical Isle Jules France was a master sergeant in the Army Air Corps (Pacific) and at the same time an accredited correspondent to a number of American magazines. He was in Samoa, the islands of the South Pacific and Australia. After demobilization, he returned to Samoa to finish a writing assignment, and left there last June. France now lives in Connecticut. Te Honorable Mariota T. Tui- sasosopo is an earnest,, self-edu- cated admirer of American democracy. He likes the whole idea so much that he’s been trying to get more of it for his people in American Samoa. As official orator for the Samoan As- sembly, and a “high talking chief” of the Eastern District, Tuisasosopo has refused to be discouraged by the pecu- liar fact that you can apparently live under the American flag without enjoy- ing the heritage of self-government. Ever since 1900, when the United States Navy assumed dominion over ~~ 16,000 souls in the Samoan Islands, the thought currents of Broadway, Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue have rippled the waters of Pago Pago harbor, ten days by boat from San Francisco. A peace-loving, gracious and hospit- able people, Samoans have welcomed and codperated with our Navy admin- istration. And they freely count the blessings they have received under the American aegis. But as honest men, they find these not unmixed, and too many are missing. The Samoans, unfortu- nately for our peace of mind, have read our Constitution and Bill of Rights. The government of American Samoa consists of one man—the Commander of the US Naval Base. A. benevolent dictator, he will listen to the wishes, complaints and advice of Samoa’s chiefs, who achieve their rank through inheri- tance. But the Commander’s word 1s final, and there is no court of appeal. This autocratic rule—despite its American trademark—has been patiently tried by the islanders, and found want- ing. In April of last year the Samoan (Continued on page 46)