Books in Review

Cincinnati, Then and NOW.By Iola

0. Hessler. Cincinnati, League of
Women Voters, 1949. 163 pp.
Once again the League of Women
Voters performs the important task
of rounding o u t the equipment of local
schools with a n admirable text of history a n d government t o fill the g a p
inevitably left by standard text books
which must be designed for use i n
cities anywhere. Such texts have to
get vague when describing local government a n d deal in generalities a n d alternatives. This Cincinnati text relates
the history of Cincinnati in good narrative with ample consideration of the
succession of industry and changing
conditions which constitute its economic history.
Finally, i t describes past a n d current
city government features-Cincinnati's
proportional representation elections,
city planning, housing a n d other major
p r o b l e m s w i t h careful completeness,
making appropriate reading not only
for school children b u t for their
parents.
If the schools steadily make full use
of the text so t h a t all children of Cincinnati will go through i t in their
turns, it will constitute a massive contribution t o civic education in t h a t
city.
R. S. C.

a n d trends. The conclusions bewail

inadequate salaries at the top and inadequate research and statistics as
guides for policy in most states. A
fine new companion for the Municipal
Year Book!

American Men in Government. A

Biographical Dictionary and Directory
of Federal Officials. Edited by Jerome
M. Rosow. Washington 8, D. C., Public Affairs Press, 1949. xxiii, 472 pp.
$7.50.

Condensed biographies, in Who's

Who style, of 1,570 key officials in the
national government. The occupants
of 3,000 departmental posts are also
listed.

Additional Books
and Pamphlets
(Sea dao Euemrchds Digest u d other
departments)

Budget

The Control of the Public Budget.

By Vincent J. Browne. Washington
8, D. C., Public Affairs Press, 1949.
174 pp. $2.75 paper; $3.25 cloth.

Civil Liberties

In the Shadow of Fear. American

Liberties 1948-49, Annual Report. New
York 10, American Civil Liberties
Union, 1949. 88 pp.

The Fortyaight State School Sys-

Crime

tems. A study of the Organization,

Administration and Financing of P u b
lic Elementary and Secondary Education. Francis S. Chase, director of research ; Edgar L. Morphet, associate
director. Chicago, Council of State
Governments, 1949. x, 245 pp. $4.
A valuable compilation of facts
from all the diverse state school systems with 21 comparative tables,
oovering structure, procedures, finances

Second Progress Reports of the

Spacial Crime Study Commissions. (Includes reports of Special Commissions
on Organized Crime, Juvenile Justice,
Adult Corrections and Release Procedures, Social and Economic Causes
of Crime and Delinquency, and Crimi
nal Law and Procedure.) Sacramento,
California State Board of Corrections,
1949. 128, 23, 23, 23, and 83 pp. respectively.

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