The Week

Spasmodic, but important, efforts are being made to salvage and direct into fruitful channels some of the indignation that galvanized the nation a few weeks ago when the Soviet Union marched into Hungary. Defying the prevailing mood—the relapse into torpor so exquisitely symbolized by the President’s flight to Augusta to play golf—Senator Know-land has called for action at the government level, and the American Friends of the Captive Nations have supplied action at the individual level. See below, “Action At Two Levels.”

The White House is putting enormous pressure on Congress to push through federal aid for schools early in the session. (See Mr. Jones’ column in this issue.) The bill was killed last year, at least in part because of the Powell Amendment, which called for withholding federal grants from states that have not integrated their schools. The government, there is reason to believe, feels confident it can take care of Congressman Powell this time, given the fact, among others, that he appears to be in serious trouble with the Justice Department. Powell aside, the Republicans feel they can add the schools to the lengthening list of wards of the federal government. A stiff fight will be made against this further encroachment upon the rights of the States and of local communities. national review will take part in it.

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Spasmodic, but important, efforts are being made to salvage and direct into fruitful channels some of the indignation that galvanized the nation a few weeks ago when the Soviet Union marched into Hungary. Defying the prevailing mood—the relapse into torpor so exquisitely symbolized by the President’s flight to Augusta to play golf—Senator Know-land has called for action at the government level, and the American Friends of the Captive Nations have supplied action at the individual level. See below, “Action At Two Levels.”

The White House is putting enormous pressure on Congress to push through federal aid for schools early in the session. (See Mr. Jones’ column in this issue.) The bill was killed last year, at least in part because of the Powell Amendment, which called for withholding federal grants from states that have not integrated their schools. The government, there is reason to believe, feels confident it can take care of Congressman Powell this time, given the fact, among others, that he appears to be in serious trouble with the Justice Department. Powell aside, the Republicans feel they can add the schools to the lengthening list of wards of the federal government. A stiff fight will be made against this further encroachment upon the rights of the States and of local communities. national review will take part in it.