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WILLIAM ANDERSON, CHARLES G. FENWICK, University of Minnesota Bryn Mawr College

KENNETH COLEOROVE, JAMES HART, Northwestern University University of Virginia

ROBERT E. CUSHMAN, ARTHUR N. HOLCOMBE, Cornell University Harvard University

MARSHALL E. DIMOCK, CHARLES S. HYNEMAN,

University of Chicago University of Louisiana , subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at at available use, of terms Core Cambridge the to subject , WALTER F. DODD, ALPHETTS T. MASON, Chicago, Illinois Princeton University

FREDERIC A. OGG, Managing Editor, University of Wisconsin

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CONTENTS

NUMBER 1—FEBRUARY, 1937 The Political Interpretation of History, Arthur N. Holcombe 1 The Prelude to Authority, Francis G. Wilson 12 The Study of Administration, Marshall E. Dimock 28 American Government and Politics

https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms The Economic Limitations to Certain Uses of Interstate Compacts, Joseph J. Spengler 41 The Presidential Veto Since 1889, Katherine A. Towle 51 Tightening the Direct Primary in Michigan, Harold M. Dorr 56 Sufficiency Certification of Initiative Signatures in Oklahoma, Cortez A. M. Ewing 65 Public Opinion Letters to the Editor as a Means of Measuring the Effectiveness of Propa- ganda, H, Schuyler Foster, Jr., and Carl J. Friedrich 71 British Influence on the American Press, 1914-17, H. C. Peterson 79 Foreign Governments and Politics Church and State in England, E. P. Chase 89 Dominion Disallowance of Provincial Legislation in Canada, Harlow J. Heneman 92 Workers' Parties Show Gains in Sweden and Norway, Ben A. Arneson. 96 International Relations Neutrality—as of 1936 and 1937, Phillips Bradley 100 , subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at at available use, of terms Core Cambridge the to subject , News and Notes, Personal and Miscellaneous, Managing Editor 114 Thirty-second Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Associa- tion 117 Book Reviews and Notices 124 Recent Publications of Political Interest Books and Periodicals, Charles S. Hyneman 174

Government Publications, Miles 0. Price 198 01 Oct 2021 at 09:28:54 at 2021 Oct 01

, on on , NUMBER 2—APRIL, 1937 Kelsen's Theory of Law, Henry Janzen 205 The Constitutional Position of the Partito Nazionale Fascista, H. Arthur Steiner 227 170.106.34.90 Political Liberty Today, T. V. Smith 243 Constitutional Law in 1935-36, Robert E. Cushman 253 American State and Local Government

. IP address: address: IP . State Constitutional Development in 1936, George C. S. Benson 280 Extraterritorial Powers of Cities as Factors in California Metropolitan Government, Winston W. Crouch 286 Public Administration The Recent Movement for Better Government Personnel, Luther Gulick. . 292 The Committee as an Instrument of Coordination in the New Deal, Mary C. Trackett 301 News and Notes, Personal and Miscellaneous, Managing Editor 311 A Graduate School of Public Administration at Harvard University. ... 315 Book Reviews and Notices 321 https://www.cambridge.org/core Recent Publications of Political Interest Books and Periodicals, Charles S. Hyneman 378

Government Publications, Miles O. Price 406

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NUMBER 3—JUNE, 1937 Militant Democracy and Fundamental Rights, I, Karl Loewenstein 417 Unemployment Assistance in Great Britain, Paul T. Stafford 433 Reform of the Covenant of the League of Nations, Clyde Eagleton 455 American Government and Politics Campaign Funds in the Presidential Election of 1936, Louise Overacker. . 473 The Trade Agreement Act in Court and in Congress, John Day Larkin. . 498 https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Public Administration Reorganization of the General Accounting Office, John McDiarmid. . . . 508 Methodology Suggestions for a General Index for Political Science, Carl J. Friedrich and Mary C. Trackett 517 News and Notes, Personal and Miscellaneous, Managing Editor 526 Book Reviews and Notices 533 Recent Publications of Political Interest Books and Periodicals, Charles S. Hyneman 580 Government Publications, Miles 0. Price 609

NUMBER 4—AUGUST, 1937 Law and Sovereignty, J. Roland Pennock 617 Militant Democracy and Fundamental Rights, II, Karl Loewenstein 638 State Constitutional Law in 1936-37, J. A. C. Grant 659 American Government and Politics

, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at at available use, of terms Core Cambridge the to subject , Congressional Investigations During Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Term, M. Nelson McGeary 680 The "Merit System" Again, Kenneth C. Cole 695 Organization of the Executive Branch of the National Government of the United States, L. F. Schmeckebier 699 Foreign Governments and Politics The Summer Schools and Other Educational Activities of the British 01 Oct 2021 at 09:28:54 at 2021 Oct 01 Liberal Party, Joseph R. Starr 703

, on on , News and Notes, Personal and Miscellaneous, Managing Editor 720 Book Reviews and Notices 727 Doctoral Dissertations in Political Science, E. S. Wengert 772 Recent Publications of Political Interest

170.106.34.90 Books and Periodicals, Charles S. Hyneman 786 Government Publications, Miles 0. Price 812

NUMBER 5—OCTOBER, 1937 . IP address: address: IP . Economic Predilection and the Law, Samuel Herman 821 Constitutional Developments in Saorstat Eireann and the Constitution of Eire, I, Arthur W. Bromage 842 Public Administration The Progress of Administrative Reorganization in the Seventy-Fifth Con- gress, Joseph P. Harris 862 Public Service Training in Universities, O. Glenn Stahl 870 Germany's New Civil Service Act, Fritz Morstein Marx 878 County and Township Government in 1935-36, Clyde F. Snider 884 https://www.cambridge.org/core Foreign Governments and Politics Governmental and Party Leaders in Fascist Italy, Harold D. Lasswell

and Renzo Sereno 914

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Ministers of the Crown and the British Constitution, Harlow J. Heneman. 929 Administrative Regions in Great Britain, John A. Fairlie 937 International Relations The Status of Foreign Concessions and Settlements in the Treaty Ports of China, William C. Johnstone 942 News and Notes, Personal and Miscellaneous, Managing Editor 949 Book Reviews and Notices 953 Recent Publications of Political Interest Books and Periodicals, Clyde F. Snider 1000 https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Government Publications, Miles O. Price 1018

NUMBER 6—DECEMBER, 1937 The Japanese Constitution, Kenneth Colegrove 1027 Constitutional Developments in Saorstat Eireann and the Constitution of Eire, II, Arthur W. Bromage 1050 American Government and Politics First Session of the Seventy-fifth Congress, O. R. Altman 1071 Government Corporations and Federal Funds, John McDiarmid 1094 Federal Administration of Rural Electrification, E. F. Dow 1107 Mr. Justice Black and "Senatorial Courtesy," Kenneth C. Cole 1113 Municipal Affairs (William Anderson, ed.) Municipal Government and Labor Disputes, Lyman S. Moore 1116 The Present Status of Municipal Housing and Slum Clearance in the United States, Elizabeth Longan 1124 State Leagues of Municipalities and the American Municipal Association,

, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at at available use, of terms Core Cambridge the to subject , Clifford W. Ham 1132 News and Notes, Personal and Miscellaneous, Managing Editor 1138 Book Reviews and Notices 1143 Recent Publications of Political Interest Books and Periodicals, Clyde F. Snider 1195 Government Publications, Miles O. Price 1222

Index to Volume XXXI, Mary Trackett Reynolds 1227

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OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

President Thomas Reed Powell, Harvard University

First Vice-President https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms William E. Mosher, Syracuse University

Second Vice-President Louis Brownlow, Public Administration Clearing House

Third Vice-President Russell M. Story, Pomona College

Secretary and Treasurer Kenneth Colegrove, Northwestern University

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL President, Vice-Presidents, and Secretary-Treasurer ex-offido John M. Gaus, University of Wisconsin Cullen B. Gosnell, Emory University , subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use, available at at available use, of terms Core Cambridge the to subject , Dorothy Schaffter, Vassar College Lloyd M. Short, University of Minnesota Irvin Stewart, Washington, D. C. Finla G. Crawford, Syracuse University Claudius 0. Johnson, Washington State College George F. Milton, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Rinehart G. Swenson, New York University 01 Oct 2021 at 09:28:54 at 2021 Oct 01 Roger H. Wells, Bryn Mawr College , on on , A. B. Butts, University of Mississippi John P. Comer, Williams College Arthur W. Macmahon,

Roscoe C. Martin, University of Alabama 170.106.34.90 James K. Pollock, University of Michigan

FORMER PRESIDENTS . IP address: address: IP . Frank J. Goodnow * Jesse S. Reeves Munroe Smith* John A. Fairlie Frederick N. Judson* * Benjamin F. Shambaugh James Bryce* Paul S. Reinsch* Edward S. Corwin A. Lawrence Lowell Leo S. Rowe William F. Willoughby * William A. Dunning* Isidor Loeb Simeon E. Baldwin* Harry A. Garfield Walter J. Shepard* James W. Garner Francis W. Coker W. W. Willoughby Charles E. Merriam Arthur N. Holcombe https://www.cambridge.org/core Charles A. Beard * William B. Munro

* Deceased

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