The Press: Two Liberal Weeklies

The New Republic and The Nation, liberal intellectual weeklies of relatively small circulation, are an issue in Los Angeles politics. They were ousted from the libraries of the Los Angeles public schools during the war —The Nation for being "pacifist" and The New Republic for being " radical"—and now there is a strong movement to have them reinstated on the ground that they contain data essential in the study of public affairs. Candidates for election to the School Board, which will be held in the near future, are being asked to define...

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