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This paper considers some contemporary demographic, occupational, and ideological challenges to the American family and their implications for future developments. Recent discoveries in biology are also touched upon with a view to their effects on reproductive and marital behavior. Both short range and longe range changes are examined, as is the receptivity of various segments of the American public to these changes.

The ways in which SC & SS rankings affect att's to housing, neighbors, & soc contacts with strangers are discussed in an attempt to demonstrate the importance of the existence of the status factor for physical planning in theory & practice. Examples are presented which show the functioning of distinctions & divisions in both old & new & in planned & unplanned settlements. It is suggested that 'equality cannot be created artificially, prestige & rank are pervasive elements in modern soc life, & certain mixes of people are challenging & productive while others are not.' M. Duke.

Using responses from an unstructured interview with 198 French Ss, on the kind of standard of living they would like to have, and classifying the responses as to we or they, and favorable, unfavorable and factual; the frequency of groups referred to were in this order: class, family, occupation, age group, and social life (friends and colleagues). Few references were made to rural or urban groups, no references to religious groups and local communities. As income of Ss increased, the actual and desired income tended to be more equal. Analysis showed that the aim of Ss was to arrive at a harmonious continuance of social units. It is suggested that present reference group theory develop comparative rather than universal reference groups. L. P. Chall.

3 hypo's are possible regarding the effects of foreign travel on the opinions of US businessmen (N=983), concerning tariffs & foreign trade, which were chosen as the main index of pol'al att's in this study: (1) it might alter their opinions in the direction of their own individual interests in each case; (2) it might bring them to take a larger view of the problem, thus leading to a convergence of att's; & (3) it might be favorable in every case to a more liberal policy. (2) is verified. The difference stems not from a less nationalistic attitude & a greater concern for the welfare of other peoples, but from a greater awareness of the influence of non-US factors on the situation in the US. Thus, widely-traveled businessmen were inclined to attach more importance to pol'al stability abroad & to refer to consequences abroad when asked to cite the most important argument in favor of low tariffs. At the same time, this trend towards the convergence of att's led to greater homogeneity of pol'al opinions; widely-traveled businessmen were even less inclined to favor the Democratic Party than their colleagues who stayed at home. IPSA.