Ever since Freda Kirchwey bought the deep pink Nation in 1937, it has been almost constantly in the red. Publisher-Editor Kirchwey kept the weekly (circ. 32,726) going only by a constant begging campaign for contributions. Last week, weary of rattling the tin cup, Freda Kirchwey stepped out of her job. "I want to do some traveling and some writing," she said, "without the burdens I've had."
But there will be no change in the far-left tack of the magazine. The new editor is tweedy, bespectacled Carey McWilliams, editorial director for the last four years...
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