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The Forum, February 1939, pp. 49-50
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                                                                                              January 1939 Issue = 20 Articles
                                                                                              1. One More Peril for Youth by Henry Goddard Leach, pp. 1-2
                                                                                              2. "Unser Amerika" by S.K. Padover, pp. 3-7
                                                                                              3. A Husband Turns Housewife by David Allen Bates, pp. 8-10
                                                                                              4. They Love Roosevelt by Richard L. Neuberger, pp. 11-15
                                                                                              5. Adjusting Yourself to Yourself by Winfred Rhoades, pp. 16-20
                                                                                              6. Munich: Two British Views by Wickham Steed, p. 21
                                                                                              7. II---Toward International Amity by Cecil Harmsworth, pp. 22-23
                                                                                              8. The Forum Quiz, pp. 24-25
                                                                                              9. Life and Literature by Mary M. Colum, pp. 26-30
                                                                                              10. The Bones of the Buffalo by Paul Engle, p. 31
                                                                                              11. Your Flaming Blood Is Smouldering in Our Veins by Kathryn Peck, p. 32
                                                                                              12. Hail Ye America by Elsie Taylor Dutrieuille, p. 32
                                                                                              13. Graduates from Damnation by Roy Best, pp. 33-36
                                                                                              14. Diet Begins at Forty by Benjamin Gayelord Hauser, pp. 37-39
                                                                                              15. Psychic Factors in Health by Sir Auckland Geddes, pp. 40-47
                                                                                              16. The Artist's Point of View by Ralph M. Mansfield, pp. 48-62
                                                                                              17. Travel by Harry J. Price
                                                                                              18. The Record Review by Arthur Wallace Hepner
                                                                                              19. Our Rostrum
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                                                                                                The Book Forum by M.L. Elting - 10 Reviews
                                                                                                1. Touch'd with Madness by Hilton Howell Railey
                                                                                                2. The Birth of the Oil Industry by Paul H. Giddens
                                                                                                3. Behind the Ballots by James A. Farley
                                                                                                4. Lords of the Press by George Seldes
                                                                                                5. Bauhaus---1919-1928 by Herbert Bayer, Walter Gropius, and Ise Gropius
                                                                                                6. Young Longfellow, 1807-1843 by Lawrance Thompson
                                                                                                7. The Miracle of Haworth by W. Bertram White
                                                                                                8. Soviets in the Arctic by T.A. Taracouzio
                                                                                                9. Unsolved Mysteries of the Arctic by Vilhjalmur Stefansson
                                                                                                10. Radio Writing by Max Wylie
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                                                                                              February 1939 Issue = 24 Articles
                                                                                              1. Was Lincoln a Democrat? by Henry Goddard Leach, pp. 49-50
                                                                                              2. The Catholic Church: Nazi Scapegoat Number Two by S.K. Padover, pp. 51-55
                                                                                              3. What a Suicide Leaves Behind by Anonymous, pp. 56-60
                                                                                              4. Death Watch in Czechoslovakia by B.T. Reynolds, pp. 61-65
                                                                                              5. The Altered Sky by Adelaide Love, p. 66
                                                                                              6. Is Ghost Writing Dishonest? A Debate by Raymond Clapper, pp. 67-68
                                                                                              7. II---A Legitimate Professional Service by J. George Frederick, pp. 69-71
                                                                                              8. This Theater by Leta Clews, pp. 72-73
                                                                                              9. Life and Literature by Mary M. Colum, pp. 74-78
                                                                                              10. Man Is Forever Lonely by Anderson M. Scruggs, p. 79
                                                                                              11. The Forum Quiz, pp. 80-81
                                                                                              12. The Press can Do No Wrong by H.L. Smith, pp. 82-88
                                                                                              13. Unsocial Service by Mary Bishop, pp. 89-92
                                                                                              14. Men Never Born by Richard Oleson, pp. 93-98
                                                                                              15. Money Wasn't Everything by Ruth Gordon, pp. 99-102
                                                                                              16. Slum Clearance: a Flight from Reality by Robert F. Marshall, pp. 103-107
                                                                                              17. Let the League Live by J.C. Smuts, pp. 108-110
                                                                                              18. The Artist's Point of View by Ralph M. Pearson, p. 111
                                                                                              19. A Page for Poets by Henry Goddard Leach, pp. 112-126
                                                                                              20. Toasts
                                                                                              21. The Record Review by Arthur Wallace Hepner
                                                                                              22. Travel by Harry J. Price
                                                                                              23. Our Rostrum
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                                                                                                The Book Forum by M.L. Elting - 12 Reviews
                                                                                                1. Men Must Act by Lewis Mumford
                                                                                                2. England: A Dying Oligarchy by Louis Bromfield
                                                                                                3. When There Is No Peace by Hamilton Fish Armstrong
                                                                                                4. Address Unknown by K. Kressmann Taylor
                                                                                                5. This Is Living by Donald Culross Peattie
                                                                                                6. Marihuana by Robert P. Walton
                                                                                                7. Crime and the Man by Earnest A. Hooton
                                                                                                8. Latin America by Frederick A. Kirkpatrick
                                                                                                9. Industrial Valley by Ruth McKenney
                                                                                                10. The Romance of Human Progress by Arthur Stanley Riggs
                                                                                                11. What to Listen for in Music by Aaron Copland
                                                                                                12. Without Penalty to Capital or Labor by Owen Taylor
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                                                                                              March 1939 Issue = 23 Articles
                                                                                              1. The Declaration of Lima by Henry Goddard Leach, pp. 113-114
                                                                                              2. When Doctors Are Wrong by Alvin F. Harlow, pp. 115-120
                                                                                              3. Hitler's Aerial Triumph by Marc A. Rose, pp. 121-127
                                                                                              4. The Fortunate Spinster by Caroline Fuhr, pp. 128-130
                                                                                              5. The Railroad Emergency. Three Points of View by John J. Pelley, p. 131
                                                                                              6. II---A National Program of Rehabilitation by George M. Harrison, p. 132
                                                                                              7. III---Risks and Profits for Investors by Eliot Janeway, pp. 133-135
                                                                                              8. The News Abroad by Vernon Bartlett, pp. 136-137
                                                                                              9. Life and Literature by Mary M. Colum, pp. 138-143
                                                                                              10. The Forum Quiz, pp. 144-145
                                                                                              11. Higher Taxes, Please! by John Forsythe, pp. 146-151
                                                                                              12. The Wall Street Dream Market by Fred Schwed, Jr., pp. 152-158
                                                                                              13. "This Is Knudsen" by Christy Borth, pp. 159-162
                                                                                              14. German Justice by Madeleine Kent, pp. 163-169
                                                                                              15. The WPA---Loafers or Workers? by David Cushman Coyle, pp. 170-174
                                                                                              16. The Artist's Point of View by Ralph M. Pearson, p. 175
                                                                                              17. A Page for Poets, pp. 176-190
                                                                                              18. The Record Review by Arthur Wallace Hepner
                                                                                              19. Toasts
                                                                                              20. Travel by Harry J. Price
                                                                                              21. Our Rostrum
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                                                                                                Review Rats in the Larder, by Joachim Joesten by H.G.L. - 1 Review
                                                                                                1. Rats in the Larder by Joachim Joesten
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                                                                                                10 Reviews Through Embassy Eyes, by Martha Dodd by M.L. Elting - 10 Reviews
                                                                                                1. Through Embassy Eyes by Martha Dodd
                                                                                                2. Reaching for the Stars by Nora Waln
                                                                                                3. Enjoy Living by Robert Haven Schauffler
                                                                                                4. America Begins Again by Katherine Glover
                                                                                                5. The Natural History of Population by Raymond Pearl
                                                                                                6. The Marxist Philosophy and the Sciences by J.B.S. Haldane
                                                                                                7. The Scandinavian States and the League of Nations by S. Shepard Jones
                                                                                                8. How to Write and Sell Nonfiction by F. Fraser Bond
                                                                                                9. A History of American Magazines, Vol. III: 1865-1885 by Frank Luther Mott
                                                                                                10. The Lake of the Royal Crocodiles by Eileen Bigland
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                                                                                              April 1939 Issue = 27 Articles
                                                                                              1. All Aboard by Henry Goddard Leach, pp. 177-178
                                                                                              2. The Confused Liberal by Struthers Burt, pp. 179-185
                                                                                              3. Servant Trouble by Anonymous, pp. 186-189
                                                                                              4. Balkan Mantrap by Irving B. Pflaum, pp. 190-194
                                                                                              5. Bad-Man Bridges by Richard L. Neuberger, pp. 195-199
                                                                                              6. A Primre of Taxes by Willard M. Kiplinger, pp. 200-203
                                                                                              7. Homes That Self-Help Built by E. Jerome Ellison, pp. 204-207
                                                                                              8. The Forum Quiz, pp. 208-209
                                                                                              9. Life and Literature by Mary M. Colum, pp. 210-214
                                                                                              10. God's Great Grasshopper by Gordon Lawrence, p. 215
                                                                                              11. The News Abroad by Vernon Bartlett, pp. 216-217
                                                                                              12. Government Spending: Success or Failure? by David Cushman Coyle, pp. 218-219
                                                                                              13. II---Still in the Laboratory by J. George Frederick, pp. 220-222
                                                                                              14. Lady Cops by Lowell Brentano, pp. 223-227
                                                                                              15. Mars Takes Wings by R. Ernest Dupuy, pp. 228-232
                                                                                              16. Advertising in Dreams by Lawrence Gould, pp. 233-236
                                                                                              17. I Hate Fascism by Nancy Astor, p. 237
                                                                                              18. For 1939 by Marion Canby, p. 238
                                                                                              19. The Artist's Point of View by Ralph M. Pearson, p. 239
                                                                                              20. A Page for Poets, pp. 240-256
                                                                                              21. Toasts
                                                                                              22. The Record Review by Arthur Wallace Hepner
                                                                                              23. Travel by Harry J. Price
                                                                                              24. Forum Quiz Contest Winners
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                                                                                                Review Each to the Other, by Christopher LaFarge by H.G.L. - 1 Review
                                                                                                1. Each to the Other by Christopher LaFarge
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                                                                                                9 Reviews Fighting Years, by Oswald Garrison Villard by M.L. Elting - 9 Reviews
                                                                                                1. Fighting Years by Oswald Garrison Villard
                                                                                                2. All in the Day's Work by Ida M. Tarbell
                                                                                                3. Autobiography, with Letters by William Lyon Phelps
                                                                                                4. American Earth by Carleton Beals
                                                                                                5. The Psychology of Making Life Interesting by Wendell White
                                                                                                6. War in Our Time by Hans Speier and Alfred Kahler
                                                                                                7. You Can't Eat That by Helen Morgan
                                                                                                8. Fremont: Pathmarker of the West by Allan Nevins
                                                                                                9. Prehistoric Life by Percy E. Raymond
                                                                                              27. Our Rostrum
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                                                                                              May 1939 Issue = 19 Articles
                                                                                              1. Two World Fairs by Henry Goddard Leach, pp. 241-242
                                                                                              2. Why Hate the Jews? by Struthers Burt, pp. 243-246
                                                                                              3. Morning by John Robert Quinn, p. 247
                                                                                              4. From Teaching to Plumbing with Hardly a Wrench by H.A. Milton, pp. 248-250
                                                                                              5. Elmer Andrews: a Man Arrived by Corley McDarment, pp. 251-255
                                                                                              6. Making and Breaking a Will by Paul W. Kearney, pp. 256-259
                                                                                              7. Germany's Bootleg Ring by L.F. Gittler, pp. 260-263
                                                                                              8. The Forum Quiz by Jo Hubbard Chamberlin, pp. 264-265
                                                                                              9. Life and Literature by Mary M. Colum, pp. 266-271
                                                                                              10. Design for a Naturalist by William Beebe, pp. 272-276
                                                                                              11. The Role of Government in Public Discussion. A Debate by Ralph C. Roper, pp. 277-278
                                                                                              12. II---Organization Does Not Imply Control by John W. Studebaker, pp. 279-281
                                                                                              13. America's Maritime Power by Thomas M. Woodward, pp. 282-286
                                                                                              14. The Artist's Point of View by Ralph M. Pearson, p. 287
                                                                                              15. A Page for Poets by Tom Boggs, pp. 288-300
                                                                                              16. The Record Review by Arthur Wallace Hepner
                                                                                              17. Travel by Harry J. Price
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                                                                                                The Book Forum by M.L. Elting - 6 Reviews
                                                                                                1. America in Midpassage by Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
                                                                                                2. The Life and Death of Louis XVI by Saul K. Padover
                                                                                                3. You're the Doctor by Victor G. Heiser
                                                                                                4. See Yourself as Others See You by David Seabury
                                                                                                5. Fighting for Life by S. Josephine Baker, M.D.
                                                                                                6. Introduction to Argentina by Alexander Wilbourne Weddell
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                                                                                                Review American Jazz Music, by Wilder Hobson by A.W.H. - 1 Review
                                                                                                1. American Jazz Music by Wilder Hobson
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                                                                                              June 1939 Issue = 19 Articles
                                                                                              1. Union Now by Henry Goddard Leach, pp. 289-290
                                                                                              2. Why Hate the Jews? by Struthers Burt, pp. 291-295
                                                                                              3. Prelude to Death by Jeannette Wilcox, pp. 296-299
                                                                                              4. Evening Portrait by John Robert Quinn, p. 300
                                                                                              5. Toward the Well-Being of Mankind by Edwin Muller, pp. 301-304
                                                                                              6. America on the Warpath by K.R. Martin, pp. 305-308
                                                                                              7. Thinking Ourselves into Trouble by James Thurber, pp. 309-311
                                                                                              8. The Forum Quiz by Jo Hubbard Chamberlin, pp. 312-313
                                                                                              9. The News Abroad by Vernon Bartlett, pp. 314-315
                                                                                              10. Are Refugees a Liability? A Debate by Henry Pratt Fairchild, pp. 316-318
                                                                                              11. II---America Needs Them by Frank Ritchie, pp. 319-320
                                                                                              12. Impressions of America by G.B. Stern, pp. 321-324
                                                                                              13. Economists Are No Prophets by Walter A. Terpenning, pp. 325-329
                                                                                              14. (Signed) The Forgotten Man by Johnston Avery, pp. 330-334
                                                                                              15. The Artist's Point of View by Ralph M. Pearson, p. 335
                                                                                              16. A Page for Poets by Melville H. Cane, pp. 336-340
                                                                                              17. Toasts
                                                                                              18. The Record Review by Arthur Wallace Hepner
                                                                                              19. Our Rostrum
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                                                                                              July 1939 Issue = 20 Articles
                                                                                              1. Clean Up, America! by Henry Goddard Leach, pp. 1-2
                                                                                              2. You Can Make Your Government Save by William Hard, pp. 3-6
                                                                                              3. Advice Is Nix by Santa Adams, pp. 7-11
                                                                                              4. The "Ex-Insane" Revolt by Greer Williams, pp. 12-17
                                                                                              5. The End of Pendergast by Edward R. Schauffler, pp. 18-23
                                                                                              6. The Forum Quiz by Jo Hubbard Chamberlin, pp. 24-25
                                                                                              7. The News Abroad by Vernon Bartlett, pp. 26-27
                                                                                              8. Shall We Have "Union Now"? A Debate by Clarence K. Streit, pp. 28-30
                                                                                              9. II---Union Now Means War Tomorrow by Quincy Howe, pp. 31-32
                                                                                              10. The Women Men Marry by Shailer U. Lawton, pp. 33-35
                                                                                              11. George Aiken: New England's Favorite Son by Robert R. Mullen, pp. 36-41
                                                                                              12. I Risked My Neck by Richard G. Hubler, pp. 42-46
                                                                                              13. The Artist's Point of View by Ralph M. Pearson, p. 47
                                                                                              14. A Page for Poets, pp. 48-53
                                                                                              15. Travel by Harry J. Price
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                                                                                                The Book Forum by M.L. Elting - 11 Reviews
                                                                                                1. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
                                                                                                2. The Bridegroom Cometh by Waldo David Frank
                                                                                                3. The Heroes by Millen Brand
                                                                                                4. Wickford Point by John P. Marquand
                                                                                                5. The Holy Terror by H.G. Wells
                                                                                                6. Seasoned Timber by Dorothy Canfield
                                                                                                7. Wine of Good Hope by David Rame
                                                                                                8. The Stricklands by Edwin Lanham
                                                                                                9. Full Harvest by Dora Aydelotte
                                                                                                10. The Power-House by Benjamin Appel
                                                                                                11. The Midas Touch by Margaret Kennedy
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                                                                                                Other Titles for Your Summer Reading The Tree of Liberty, by Elizabeth Page by M.L. Elting - 22 Reviews
                                                                                                1. The Tree of Liberty by Elizabeth Page
                                                                                                2. Night Rider by Robert Penn Warren
                                                                                                3. The Land Is Bright by Archie Binns
                                                                                                4. Sirocco, and Other Stories by Ralph Bates
                                                                                                5. Bitter Creek by James Boyd
                                                                                                6. Drums at Dusk by Arna Bontemps
                                                                                                7. Here Lies by Dorothy Parker
                                                                                                8. The Middle Passage by Roland Barker and William Doerflinger
                                                                                                9. Rope of Gold by Josephine Herbst
                                                                                                10. The Middle Window by Elizabeth Goudge
                                                                                                11. The Patriot by Pearl S. Buck
                                                                                                12. Tryst by Elswyth Thane
                                                                                                13. The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White
                                                                                                14. Valedictory by MacKinlay Kantor
                                                                                                15. Ordeal by Nevil Shute
                                                                                                16. The Young Cosima by Henry Handel Richardson
                                                                                                17. Passport for a Girl by Mary Borden
                                                                                                18. Fiesta in Manhattan by Charles Kaufman
                                                                                                19. The Night Is Coming by Marthedith Furnas
                                                                                                20. Jubal Troop by Paul I. Wellman
                                                                                                21. Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig
                                                                                                22. Straws in Amber by Naomi Jacob
                                                                                              18. Toasts
                                                                                              19. The Record Review by Arthur Wallace Hepner
                                                                                              20. Our Rostrum
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                                                                                              August 1939 Issue = 21 Articles
                                                                                              1. Labor, Here's Your Chance! by Henry Goddard Leach, pp. 49-50
                                                                                              2. San Antonio: the Shame of Texas by Ralph Maitland, pp. 51-55
                                                                                              3. We Live in the Slums by Norma Lee Browning, pp. 56-60
                                                                                              4. Why No Third Term? by Donald Richberg, pp. 61-65
                                                                                              5. New Jersey's Giant Cancer by J.L. Brown, pp. 66-68
                                                                                              6. Hymn in Time of Peril by Elias Lieberman, p. 69
                                                                                              7. The News Abroad by Vernon Bartlett, pp. 70-71
                                                                                              8. The Forum Quiz by Jo Hubbard Chamberlin, pp. 72-73
                                                                                              9. Roads to Peace. A Debate on an International Police Force by Hamilton Holt, p. 74
                                                                                              10. I---Inescapable Alternative to War by Sarah Wambaugh, p. 75
                                                                                              11. II---Persistant, Pathetic Illusions by Nathaniel Peffer, pp. 76-77
                                                                                              12. Our Transpacific "Axis" by Sydney G. Walton, pp. 78-80
                                                                                              13. Planning for Better Wars by Herbert Coggins, pp. 81-85
                                                                                              14. What I Believe by Llewelyn Powys, pp. 86-88
                                                                                              15. The Three-Legged Stool by Bruce Johnstone, pp. 89-94
                                                                                              16. The Artist's Point of View by Ralph M. Pearson, p. 95
                                                                                              17. A Page for Poets by Thomas Moult, pp. 96-101
                                                                                              18. Our Rostrum
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                                                                                                The Book Forum by M.L. Elting - 8 Reviews
                                                                                                1. Society in Transition by Harry Elmer Barnes
                                                                                                2. The Corporate State in Action by Carl T. Schmidt
                                                                                                3. These Are Our Lives (#24)
                                                                                                4. Tintypes in Gold by Joseph Henry Jackson
                                                                                                5. A Doctor for the People by Michael A. Shadid
                                                                                                6. I Went to the Soviet Arctic by Ruth Gruber
                                                                                                7. We Didn't Ask Utopia by Harry Timbres and Rebecca Timbres
                                                                                                8. Armies of Spies by Joseph Gollomb
                                                                                              20. Toasts
                                                                                              21. The Record Review by Arthur Wallace Hepner
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                                                                                              September 1939 Issue = 20 Articles
                                                                                              1. Educating in Democracy by Henry Goddard Leach, pp. 97-98
                                                                                              2. God's Corporations by David Carl Colony, pp. 99-104
                                                                                              3. Saints and Sufferers by Anonymous, pp. 105-108
                                                                                              4. The Law Is the Bunk by Fred Rodell, pp. 109-113
                                                                                              5. Hurricane's Wake by David Morton, p. 114
                                                                                              6. Shall We Tax the Churches? by Anthony M. Turano, pp. 115-119
                                                                                              7. The Forum Quiz by Jo Hubbard Chamberlin, pp. 120-121
                                                                                              8. The News Abroad by Vernon Bartlett, pp. 122-123
                                                                                              9. Business Wives or Housewives? A Debate by Mildred Adams, pp. 124-125
                                                                                              10. II---Matriarchy: an Unsound System by John Edwin Hogg, pp. 126-128
                                                                                              11. The Flesh Profiteth Nothing by Percy Waxman, pp. 129-131
                                                                                              12. Rich Young Man Makes Good by Robert R. Mullen, pp. 132-137
                                                                                              13. Our Backward Farmers by Jeanette Eaton, pp. 138-142
                                                                                              14. The Artist's Point of View by Ralph M. Pearson, p. 143
                                                                                              15. A Page for Poets by Tom Boggs, pp. 144-149
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                                                                                                The Book Forum by M.L. Elting and H.G.L. - 8 Reviews
                                                                                                1. Not Peace But a Sword by Vincent Sheean
                                                                                                2. Foreign Affairs by Anthony Eden
                                                                                                3. Man Against Microbe by Joseph W. Bigger
                                                                                                4. A Guide to Alaska by Merle Colby
                                                                                                5. The War Behind the War, 1914-1918 by Frank P. Chambers
                                                                                                6. Of Ants and Men by Caryl P. Haskins
                                                                                                7. No Compromise by Melvin M. Rader
                                                                                                8. The United States in World Affairs, 1938 by Whitney H. Shepardson and William O. Scroggs
                                                                                              17. The Record Review by Arthur Wallace Hepner
                                                                                              18. Toasts
                                                                                              19. Our Rostrum
                                                                                              20. Travel by Harry J. Price
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                                                                                              October 1939 Issue = 20 Articles
                                                                                              1. Safety Valves for Democracy by Henry Goddard Leach, pp. 145-146
                                                                                              2. Apostles of Defeat by Isabel Lundberg, pp. 147-152
                                                                                              3. Guinea Pigs Left March by Stanley High, pp. 153-156
                                                                                              4. Bon Voyage to the Earth in Autumn by David Morton, p. 157
                                                                                              5. Life and Literature by Mary M. Colum, pp. 158-163
                                                                                              6. Town Meeting's on the Air Again by Earl Sparling, pp. 164-167
                                                                                              7. The Forum Quiz by Jo Hubbard Chamberlin, pp. 168-169
                                                                                              8. The News Abroad by Vernon Bartlett, pp. 170-171
                                                                                              9. Should Public Schools Teach the "Facts of Life"? A Debate by Ellsworth B. Buck, pp. 172-173
                                                                                              10. II---No: to Avoid Emotional Choase by George J. Lent and Francis S. Moseley, pp. 174-176
                                                                                              11. Frost on Parnassus by Craig McClure, pp. 177-183
                                                                                              12. Can Power Be Humanized? by Bertrand Russell, pp. 184-185
                                                                                              13. Eastward the Star of Reform by Oswald Garrison Villard, pp. 186-190
                                                                                              14. The Artist's Point of View by Ralph M. Pearson, p. 191
                                                                                              15. A Page for Poets by Robert P. Tristram Coffin, pp. 192-197
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                                                                                                The Book Forum by M.L. Elting - 9 Reviews
                                                                                                1. I Believe by Clifton Fadiman
                                                                                                2. Americas to the South by John T. Whitaker
                                                                                                3. Country Lawyer by Bellamy Partridge
                                                                                                4. The House of Mitsui by Oland D. Russell
                                                                                                5. The Fine Art of Propaganda by Alfred McClung Lee and Elizabeth Briant Lee
                                                                                                6. Inside the Department of State by Bertram D. Hulen
                                                                                                7. What Will Happen and What to Do When War Comes by Laurence A. Nixon
                                                                                                8. Let the Record Speak by Dorothy Thompson
                                                                                                9. Democracy---Today and Tomorrow by Eduard Benes
                                                                                              17. Travel Briefs by Harry J. Price
                                                                                              18. Toasts
                                                                                              19. The Record Review by Arthur Wallace Hepner
                                                                                              20. Our Rostrum
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                                                                                              November 1939 Issue = 19 Articles
                                                                                              1. The Whites of Their Eyes by Henry Goddard Leach, pp. 193-194
                                                                                              2. An Immigrant American Speaks Out by Avedis Derounian, pp. 195-198
                                                                                              3. New England Hillside by Robert P. Tristram Coffin, p. 199
                                                                                              4. St. Louis by Charles Edmundson, pp. 200-206
                                                                                              5. Blood and Bones by Leigh White, pp. 207-213
                                                                                              6. The Forum Quiz by Jo Hubbard Chamberlin, pp. 214-215
                                                                                              7. America and the War by Yates Stirling, pp. 216-217
                                                                                              8. II---Selling Arms: a Step toward War by William E. Borah, pp. 218-219
                                                                                              9. III---Strengthening the Neutrality Laws by Key Pittman, pp. 220-221
                                                                                              10. Canada's War Dilemma by William Stokes, pp. 222-225
                                                                                              11. Life and Literature by Mary M. Colum, pp. 226-231
                                                                                              12. California's "Grapes of Wrath" by Frank J. Taylor, pp. 232-238
                                                                                              13. The Artist's Point of View by Ralph M. Pearson, p. 239
                                                                                              14. A Page for Poets, pp. 240-245
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                                                                                                The Book Forum by M.L. Elting - 9 Reviews
                                                                                                1. Pioneers of Plenty by Christy Borth
                                                                                                2. Modern Miracle Men by J.D. Ratcliff
                                                                                                3. Conquests of Science by Ray Compton and Charles Nettels
                                                                                                4. Giddy Minds and Foreign Quarrels by Charles A. Beard
                                                                                                5. Law and Politics by Felix Frankfurter and Archibald MacLeish, Jr., ...
                                                                                                6. Sidney Hillman: Labor Statesman by George H. Soule
                                                                                                7. From Another World by Louis Untermeyer
                                                                                                8. Autobiography by A.A. Milne
                                                                                                9. Bryce's American Commonwealth by Robert C. Brooks and James Bryce
                                                                                              16. Our Rostrum
                                                                                              17. Toasts
                                                                                              18. Travel by Harry J. Price
                                                                                              19. The Record Review by Arthur Wallace Hepner
                                                                                            12. [+]
                                                                                              December 1939 Issue = 22 Articles
                                                                                              1. Washington: a National Disgrace by Merlo J. Pusey, pp. 241-248
                                                                                              2. Youth Examines the War Whoop by A. Fleming Macliesh, pp. 249-252
                                                                                              3. "It's a Military Impossibility" by Lowell M. Limpus, pp. 253-257
                                                                                              4. Life and Literature by Mary M. Colum, pp. 258-263
                                                                                              5. The Forum Quiz by Jo Hubbard Chamberlin, pp. 264-265
                                                                                              6. The Theater by Leta Clews Cromwell, pp. 266-267
                                                                                              7. Should Government Own Our Utilities? A Debate by Richard L. Neuberger, pp. 268-269
                                                                                              8. II---Socialization Means Waste by Frank A. Newton, pp. 270-271
                                                                                              9. III---Rebuttal , p. 272
                                                                                              10. Slick Fingers by Ralph L. Woods, pp. 273-277
                                                                                              11. Who's Fit to Survive? by Jean Ricochet Boyd, pp. 278-282
                                                                                              12. Cow of Heaven by Oscar Williams, p. 283
                                                                                              13. I Went to College at Fifty by Anonymous, pp. 284-286
                                                                                              14. The Artist's Point of View by Ralph M. Pearson, p. 287
                                                                                              15. A Page for Poets by Christopher La Farge, pp. 288-292
                                                                                              16. [+]
                                                                                                The Book Forum by M.L. Elting - 3 Reviews
                                                                                                1. Abraham Lincoln: The War Years by Carl Sandburg
                                                                                                2. The Heritage of America by Henry Steele Commager and Allan Nevins
                                                                                                3. Lord Rutherford, 1871-1937 by A.S. Eve
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                                                                                                4 Reviews Men in Battle, by Alvah C. Bessie by Eleanor L. Van Alen - 4 Reviews
                                                                                                1. Men in Battle by Alvah C. Bessie
                                                                                                2. People: The Quantity and Quality of Population by Henry Pratt Fairchild
                                                                                                3. Chaos in Asia by Hallett Abend
                                                                                                4. The Bible of the World by Robert O. Ballou, Frederic Spiegelberg, and Horace L. Friess, ...
                                                                                              18. [+]
                                                                                                Review After Seven Years, by Raymond Moley by J.H.V.A. - 1 Review
                                                                                                1. After Seven Years by Raymond Moley
                                                                                              19. Our Rostrum
                                                                                              20. The Record Review by Arthur Wallace Hepner
                                                                                              21. Travel Briefs by Harry J. Price
                                                                                              22. Toasts
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                                                                                          Issues of the 1940s = 6 Years, 58 Issues, 1,164 Articles
                                                                                          1. [+]
                                                                                            Issues of 1940 = 6 Issues, 152 Articles
                                                                                            1. [+]
                                                                                              Issues of 1945 = 4 Issues, 94 Articles
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                                                                                                Issues of 1946 = 12 Issues, 331 Articles
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                                                                                                  Issues of 1947 = 12 Issues, 206 Articles
                                                                                                  1. [+]
                                                                                                    Issues of 1948 = 12 Issues, 201 Articles
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                                                                                                      Issues of 1949 = 12 Issues, 180 Articles
                                                                                                    2. [+]
                                                                                                      Issues of the 1950s = 1 Year, 1 Issue, 12 Articles
                                                                                                      1. [+]
                                                                                                        Issues of 1950 = 1 Issue, 12 Articles