COVER Cover: Devil Red & Plain Ben NATION FOREIGN RELATIONS: Promises Are Not Enough (National Affairs / FOREIGN RELATIONS) National Affairs: Pacific, Be Still (National Affairs) THE PRESIDENCY: Morning Stroll (National Affairs / THE PRESIDENCY) THE CONGRESS: Roll Out the Barrel (National Affairs / THE CONGRESS) HEROES: Soldier's Return (National Affairs / HEROES) National Affairs: Patriot's Reward (National Affairs) THE ADMINISTRATION: Change of Front (National Affairs / THE ADMINISTRATION) National Affairs: Hassle at Halftime (National Affairs) THE JUDICIARY: The Well & the Stars (National Affairs / THE JUDICIARY) POLITICAL NOTES: The Old Charm (National Affairs / POLITICAL NOTES) MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, May 30, 1949 (National Affairs / MANNERS & MORALS) National Affairs: Christmas in May (National Affairs) OREGON: Death in the Spring (National Affairs / OREGON) LABOR: Ins & Outs (National Affairs / LABOR) WORLD THE NATIONS: Rendezvous in Paris (International / THE NATIONS) International: Slap in the Face (International) International: Strike (International) UNITED NATIONS: No One Knows (International / UNITED NATIONS) ITALY: After the Merry-Go-Round? (Foreign News / ITALY) FRANCE: Outrage on the Obelisk (Foreign News / FRANCE) Foreign News: The Hollow Men (Foreign News) GREAT BRITAIN: The Fight for the Soul (Foreign News / GREAT BRITAIN) SPAIN: Don't Ask for Love (Foreign News / SPAIN) CZECHOSLOVAKIA: !'A Positive Attitude (Foreign News / CZECHOSLOVAKIA) RUSSIA: Look, I'm a Human (Foreign News / RUSSIA) HUNGARY: Matyas & His Little Lamb (Foreign News / HUNGARY) CHINA: Defend the Graveyard (Foreign News / CHINA) Foreign News: MRS. HAWKINGS SEES IT THROUGH (Foreign News) CANADA: Tax Dodge (The Hemisphere / CANADA) The Hemisphere: French Accent (The Hemisphere) NICARAGUA: People's Choice (The Hemisphere / NICARAGUA) ARGENTINA: Customers' Man (The Hemisphere / ARGENTINA) SCIENCE Science: Britain's Bid Science: Pat or the Pleistocene? HEALTH & MEDICINE Medicine: New Man (Medicine) Medicine: Record for Britain (Medicine) Medicine: Fertile Advice (Medicine) Medicine: Continuing War (Medicine) PRESS The Press: In the Midst of Life (The Press) The Press: Four-Gram Jitters (The Press) The Press: Busier & Busier (The Press) The Press: On the God Beat (The Press) RELIGION Religion: The Poor Man Religion: One Great Church? Religion: Everyday Dogma BUSINESS WALL STREET: Too Many Bears? (Business & Finance / WALL STREET) THE ECONOMY: Stripping for Action (Business & Finance / THE ECONOMY) RAILROADS: At the Throttle (Business & Finance / RAILROADS) NEW PRODUCTS: Pictures in a Minute (Business & Finance / NEW PRODUCTS) MANAGEMENT: A New Room Upstairs (Business & Finance / MANAGEMENT) BANKING: Step Up (Business & Finance / BANKING) RETAIL TRADE: Gump's Goes Modern (Business & Finance / RETAIL TRADE) GOVERNMENT: Juggling Act (Business & Finance / GOVERNMENT) EDUCATION Education: Massachusetts Yankee Education: Vacancy Filled Education: Awfully Strange ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Theater: One-Night Stand in Washington (The Theater) The Theater: 8 Acts 8 (The Theater) Art: White Fire (Art) Art: Rangy Stepchild (Art) Music: Season's Best (Music) Music: Hosanna! (Music) Cinema: Long Shot (Cinema) Cinema: The New Pictures, May 30, 1949 (Cinema) Cinema: Current & Choice, May 30, 1949 (Cinema) Books: Never Too Old to Dream (Books) Books: You Are Ours (Books) Books: Inconspicuous Man (Books) Books: The Painless Regency (Books) MISCELLANY Miscellany, May 30, 1949 MILESTONES Milestones, May 30, 1949 PEOPLE People: That Old Feeling TO OUR READERS A Letter From The Publisher, May 30, 1949 (A Letter From The Publisher) LETTERS Letters, May 30, 1949