Happy New Year Reflections on Harper's Magazine Subscriptions
A 1958 column recalls Harper's Magazine may fade from the American scene and notes editor John Fischer faced subscriber cancellations after including John Fisher plus pieces by Hubert H. Humphrey and Eleanor Roosevelt. The writer hints at canceling his own subscription while urging readers to buy the current issue as a potential collector's item. He also thanks readers for their letters.
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Harper’s Magazine
John Fischer
John
John Fisher
Harper's
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dixigland
Mrs. Fdr
Do You Want Your Daughter To Marry A Faubus
The speaker recalls 1958 questions about Ike's health tax and Sputniks and repeats the long running inquiry about marrying a Negro. He notes his stance against prejudice while highlighting the provocative question about marrying Orval Faubus. He hints at addressing the first lingering question by answering the latter.
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Ike
Christmas Scrooge Theme in Economic Debate
A narrator contends that annual Christmas scares of Scrooge reflect hard business mindset. He questions labor unions challenging people over profits and asserts economic systems prioritize prudent judgment and efficiency.
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E. Scrooge
Scrooge
Seite
Watch On The POTOMAC What to Expect Of The 86th Congress
The piece cites Maurice Rosenblatt of the National Committee for an Effective Congress assessing the 86th Congress. It notes a paradox of high spending with unclear goals and warns of unfulfilled historical direction, citing Johnson and Nixon as political stylists and predicting Nixon’s difficult Albany comeback.
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Maurice Rosenblatt
National Committee For
Congress
Rosenblatt
Washington
NCEC
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
Johnson
Arkansas
Virginia
Nixon
Study in Consensus. Hard Core Resistance's Little Rock sermon.
The Rev. Hard Core Resistance sermonizes his Dissident Baptist congregation during the fall of 1957, arguing against integration and criticizing Modernist preachers while defending Bible constancy. He attacks interdenominational efforts, notes support from uptown leaders, and insists on maintaining segregated schooling and churches.
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Hard Core
Resistance
Little Rock
Arkansas
Baptist
Southern Baptist Convention
Citizens’ Council
Nigra Baptist Church
National Association For
God
Svon
Hall High School
Central High
Heights
Little Rock Research Steps: October and November
The vignettes draw on extensive research conducted in Little Rock during October and November. The work was carried out under the auspices of the project team guiding the study.
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Little Rock
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P. D
Potomac
Noa
Robt
G. Spivack
Rosenblass
Shaan
Albany
Ernest Q. Campbell
Thomas F. Pettigrew
Supreme Court
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