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Three of the most talked-of problems in the Western world, and especially America, today are hair, drugs, and the Vietnamese War, and all of them center around the young. The young are seemingly America's first preoccupa tion, and they have brought these matters to the forefront of our concerns. In all three, they have threatened the tra ditional culture by their adoption of the attitudes of opposi tion. By their actions they are expressing deeply held convic tions so opposed to the accepted mores and the status quo that parents, teachers, and governments are being challenged to review their own stances or accept the disquieting, chilling, or sometimes horrifying results. The responsibility for all these actions on the part of the young is laid at the door of the control structure that is the cause of the civilizational crisis with which the Western nations are faced. A laborious course of social reconstruction, led by men of wisdom and inspiration, is probably the only way to the survival of our culture.

3 of the most talked-of problems in the Western world, & esp the US, today are hair, drugs, & the Vietnamese War, & all of them center around the young. The young are seemingly America's first preoccupation, & they have brought these matters to the forefront of our concerns. In all 3, they have threatened the traditional culture by their adoption of the att's of opposition. By their actions they are expressing deeply held convictions so opposed to the accepted mores & the status quo that parents, teachers & gov's are being challenged to review their own stances or accept the disquieting, chilling, or sometimes horrifying results. The responsibility for all these actions on the part of the young is laid at the door of the control structure that is the cause of the civilizational crisis with which the Western nations are faced. A laborious course of soc reconstruction, led by men of wisdom & inspiration, is probably the only way to the survival of our culture. IIA.

A discussion of what is and what is not known in the relation between social values and personality points up the fact that 'except after the event, it is difficult to distinguish disorganization from reorganization.' The mental health movement was drawn into the power vacuum left by the passing dominance of the church. Its roots (starting in the industrial revolution) stem from the: (1) resultant focus of attention on the inner life; (2) emphasis and success in new methods of dealing with human problems; & (3) increased concern with mental health resulting from the existence of a movement directed to alleviate it. The mental health movement has remarkable parallels with the early Christian Church. It is increasingly called on to pronounce on moral questions but its approach to them differs profoundly from the church's, i.e., it is a 'mediator or interpreter of the scientific message rather than an opponent of it.' There is a latent schism within the movement in the differing positions as to ultimate values: (1) that mental hygienists are not concerned with ultimate values as such, functioning only at the means level; or (2) that it is the business of the hygienist to facilitate the search for ultimate values. The influence of the mental health movement on mental health is discussed with emphasis on the increased self-awareness of greater depth and accuracy which has resulted. It is suggested that the movement itself adopt this same self-consciousness with its attendant responsibility. D. Wolsk.