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330 Annals Am. Acad. Pol. & Soc. Sci. viii (1960)

handle is hein.cow/anamacp0330 and id is 1 raw text is: FOREWORD

The papers in this volume, with the exception of the article by Charlotte and
George Dyer, are the addresses presented at the annual meeting of this Academy,
held in Philadelphia on April 8 and 9, 1960.
Upon looking at the title of this volume, some members of the Academy may
ask, Why are most of the Academy meetings devoted to foreign affairs? Why
can we not leave the elucidation of American foreign policy and related questions
to organizations and journals which specialize in foreign affairs, and turn our
attention to other important issues, like 1) the future of the capitalistic system,
2) the decay of American cities, 3) the reorganization of our state and federal
governments, 4) the care of the aging, 5) the repression of crime, 6) the dis-
integration of the family, 7) the decline in economic competition and the infla-
tionary effects of administered prices, 8) social medicine, 9) the progressive
abandonment of railroads and waterways and our consequent enslavement to the
internal combustion engine, and 10) the denial of higher education to talented
but poor youths?
These topics are all good ones, and hence are covered in the regular volumes
of THE ANNALS, but the officers of the Academy have learned from years of
experience that the members and delegates who attend our meetings are less
interested in our domestic problems than they are in the troubles of peoples
beyond the seas. The poverty of the fellaheen is more absorbing than the
rescripts of the Federal Reserve Board. This interest in far-away conditions is
not mere exoticism; it bears closely on our modern role as leader of the Western
world and our responsibilities to undeveloped and wavering nations. Consequently
our officers have shown no hesitation in selecting topics which attract a sustained
interest and which also have a solid substantive content. (Comments from our
members on this point are sincerely solicited.)
In the Foreword of the 1959 volume, I made the statement that the attendance
at that meeting had been the largest in my experience with the Academy. I am
gratified to say that this attendance was sustained at the 1960 conference.
Approximately 800 attended, including delegates from 341 embassies, missions to
the United Nations, United States governmental agencies, universities, and civic
and scientific organizations of this country and many foreign countries.
The program was carried out as planned, except that Senator Joseph S. Clark
was detained by the crucial civil rights vote of 8 April, and the ambassador of
the Union of South Africa to the United States, His Excellency Wentzel C.
du Plessis, withdrew from making a public statement because of the adverse
American public opinion brought about by the current racial convulsions in his
country. Senator Clark's paper was read by a member of his staff, and is pub-
lished in the pages following; Ambassador du Plessis expressed his regret that
the submittal of a paper was precluded by the turn of events.
JAMES C. CHARLESWORTH

Viii

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