Think of this as one of the "transition" issues for RAMPARTS: it is no longer simply the liberal Catholic current events & literary journal of its youth, but not yet quite ready to break free into its second phase of in-your-face, no-holds-barred, kick-'em-when-they're-down radical progressivism. But you can just feel WARREN J. HINCKLE and ROBERT SCHEER champing at the bits. . ..
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Contents:
Front Cover -- POPE JOHN XXIII -- illustrated by BARNABY CONRAD
Marginalia: Editorial: What's Wrong With The Church? -- unattributed
The World Court And The Great Boy Scout -- unattributed
London: Majestic BEATLE Encomium (THE BEATLES Awarded The Members Of The British Empire Medals) -- by TERENCE PRITTIE
Travel: Marienbad In Cyprus -- by G. M. FEIGEN
Et Cetera: Free-Lance Integrationist -- by LEWIS Z. KOCH
The Revolting Generation -- by ROBERT McAFEE BROWN
Letters
Pessimist's Guide To The Vatican Council:
1) "Mischief" Of 1417 -- by JAMES F. COLAIANNI
2) Prophet Of Doom? -- by JAMES F. COLAIANNI
3) Puppets Of Doom? -- by JAMES F. COLAIANNI
4) 3 Views: One: A Jew's Lament -- by ARTHUR A. COHEN
Two: A Catholic's Foreboding -- by EDWARD M. KEATING
Three: A Protestant's Disenchantment -- by WILLIAM STRINGFELLOW
A Hard Day's Knights (8 PAGE REVIEW OF THE FILM "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" by THE BEATLES) -- by JONATHAN COTT
Journey Up North -- by LOUIS LOMAX, illustrated by TACEY TAJAN
Street Scene Stealers (Commedia Dell'Arte Performers) -- by R. G. DAVIS
The Human Management Of The News -- by JOHN P. SISK
Ephemera: Manifesto -- by RALPH J. GLEASON
Simone A Go Go -- Review Of "FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCE" by SIMONE De BEAUVOIR, reviewed by NELSON ALGREN
Rynne Gold -- Review Of "THE THIRD SESSION" by XAVIER RYNNE, reviewed by Bishop JAMES A. PIKE
999/1000 Plus One -- Review Of "BORN TO WIN" by WOODY GUTHRIE, reviewed by NAT HENTOFF
Man With The Golden Charm -- Review Of "NOTES FROM A SEA DIARY: HEMINGWAY ALL THE WAY" by NELSON ALGREN, reviewed by RALPH GLEASON
The Poverty Of Reform -- Review Of "FROM THE DEPTHS: THE DISCOVERY OF POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES" by ROBERT H. BREMNER, reviewed by PAUL BOOTH
Miscellany: A Photographer's Lament -- by DANNY LYON
No Comment Department: Letter Of Complaint From Reverend GUSTAVE COUTURE, Chaplain, Franciscan Sisters' Novitiate
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