Table of Contents:
- Columbus Day; O. Welles / Will this earth hold?; P. Buck / Battle of the Warsaw ghetto; M. Wishengrad / Mister Ledford & the TVA; A. Lomax / Open letter on race hatred; W. Robson / Bretton Woods; P. Lyon / Last day of the war; A. Laurents / A child is born; S. Benét / Halls of Congress; J. Gottlieb / Radioman Jack Cooper; H. Chevigny / Concerning the Red Army; N. Rosten / Inside a kid's head; J. Lawrence & R. Lee / London by clipper; N. Corwin / Japanese-Americans; H. Kleiner / Lonesome train; M. Lampell/ The "Boise"; R. MacDougall / Grandpa & the statue; A. Miller / Booker T. Washington in Atlanta; L. Hughes / North Atlantic testament; T. Mulvey / Typhus; B. Dryer / Pacific task force; L. Lader / Against the storm; S. Michael / Negro domestic; R. Ottley / Japan's advance base; A. Marquis / House I live in; A. Oboler