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A set of value premises is outlined which, when combined with sociol'al observations & analyses of racial relations in GB, leads to a number of policy recommendations. These are aimed at the prevention & amelioration of racial conflict. They include: (1) use of MM of COMM for child & adult educ, (2) legislation banning discrimination in employment, housing, restaurants etc, & (3) general soc policies designed to maintain full employment & alleviate the shortage of housing in GB, together with programs of transitional community development & educ for immigrant racial minorities. AA.

During the past generation, social welfare has risen to a position of almost prime importance in the work of government. "Social services" have rivalled "defense services" as objects of public expenditure. "Social security" has complemented "national security" as an objective of public policy. Graduate schools of social work have taken their place alongside law schools, schools of education, and military and naval academies as important training-places for public service. It is perhaps time that we now inquire in what ways political science has been, or may yet be, affected by so phenomenal a change. If, as we are often assured, atomic fission means a revolution in our political thinking, the large-scale pursuit of social welfare might at least be expected to call for an equally vast, even though more gradual, evolution in our attitudes.As an organized body of professed political scientists, how have we reacted to this change? We have, by and large, welcomed the extension of governmental activity. As teachers, we have helped habituate a new generation to such expressions as "the service state," "positive government," and "the new belief in the common man." As scholars, we have followed with interest and approval the successive steps by which jurists have brought these activities within the framework of the written constitution of a federal state. As theorists, we have given to personal insecurity an honored place in the new psychopathological chapter in our evolving political philosophy. As citizens, we have played our part in planning and administering social welfare policies.

Political scientists continue to describe judicial structure in terms of organization charts and formal rules. Attention is focused almost exclusively on the Supreme Court. The judiciary is described as outside the group struggle, above and apart from the accommodation process of interest groups. This procedure is inadequate. The judiciary should be viewed in terms of the larger political and social context. A political science of public law can be developed by studying the judiciary as a facet in the group struggle and by relating the activities of judges to that of other groups. E. Scott.

If the United States is to have a foreign agricul tural policy which is consistent with our over-all foreign eco nomic policy it may be necessary to find some simultaneous solutions to our current farm problems. The Co-operative Ex tension Service is uniquely equipped to meet the challenge of providing a firm educational base for facilitating adjustments needed in American agriculture and also for a consistent foreign agricultural policy. But meeting this challenge will not be easy. The Extension Service and probably the whole land-grant in stitution would face a major reorientation of the extension educational program. Emphasis and support would have to be shifted from preoccupation with the technology scientific re search has made possible to a much broader program of educa tion designed to help society manage social and economic change. Whether extension can rise to this challenge may determine whether the United States can have a consistent foreign agricultural policy.

This report is concerned with the contribution of political science to the instructional needs of those who are preparing to teach, and of those now teaching, the social studies in elementary and secondary schools. How can political scientists in colleges and universities maximize the contribution which they, as specialists in one large field of human knowledge, can make to enrich the teaching of the social studies? Before offering suggestions which, if applied generally, should provide at least a partial answer to the question, the Committee on the Social Studies states two assumptions. First, most political scientists can do more than they have done in the past. Second, reverse lend-lease is anticipated. Political scientists have much to learn from teachers of the social studies as to what methods are effective in enabling youth to learn the ways of democracy and what types of material are most useful in the learning process. The recommendations in this report are presented in the hope that coöperation between the two groups will become more extensive and regular. The recommendations are divided into four classes, according to the incidence of responsibility for carrying them into effect.