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Population Born Abroad about 1930
United States
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Great Britain
Each grey group represents about 40 million population
Each green symbol represents 250,000 foreign born
Each red symbol represents 250,000 British born outside Great Britain
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Each man symbol represents 50,000 inhabitants of Great Britain born abroad
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Canada Soviet Union
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Each ma n sym bol rep res ent s 50 0,0 00 foreign-b orn in the Un ited Sta tes
Each cradle represents the birthplaces of 500,000 foreign-born
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36House of Commons
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Each symbol represents 5 members elected’ in 1935
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red: Opposition INSTITUTE
38Presidential Government ~ Cabinet Government
United States United Kingdom
President with his Cabinet Supreme Court Crown
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Americans vote for President, House, and Senate. Britons vote only for the House
of Commons, of which the Prime Minister and most of the Cabinet are members.
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Senators and Representatives of the United States Congress by States
blue: members of the Senate
red: members of the House of Representatives a t
in 1943
Two senators are returned by each state regardless of population. But the numberof any "epresentatives is proportional to population and
Eastern and Middle Western States. is th ge in the tsoryee
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41The American Voter The British Voter
—— Federal Government
2 State Government
President
~ Councillor |
Local Government Local Government
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The Am eric an vot er has a gre ate r num ber of plac es to fill tha n the Brit ish. His is a
Federa l Con stit utio n and he has to ele ct two Hou ses , the Go ver nor and som etim es
the Judges for each State.
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Irish Bishops Law Lords and others
Each symbol represents 5. Peers full: hereditary outline: for life or a term
The Complexion of the House of Lords
‘Independent’ Against the
National Government
Liberal
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Each unit represents 5 votes, November 1935 INSTITUTE
44The New Deal
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Each complete symbol represents 500,000 persons INSTITUTE
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Socialist Votes
American trade unions have grown rapidly since 1900, but are divided SSSssssisssdseses
in affiliation between the American Federation of Labor and the Congress 1935
of Industrial Organizations. Co-operative distribution and Socialist voting
is small compared to Britain. Each symbol represents 500,000 persons Renae
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47The Verdict of Elections
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Each symbol represents 10°/, of the votes Each symbol represents 10°/, of the votes for Parliament
black: for a Republican President red: for a Progressive President
green: for a Democratic President grey: other groups blue on red line: National Labour grey: other groups INSTITUTE
48Fluctuations in Politics and Market
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President Represent- Pig-iron Production Prime Minister House of Commons Pig-iron Production
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Each man symbol represents 10°/, of the members of the House Each man symbol represents 10°/, of the members of the House
British economic life is more stable, but its political changes are less regular than America's
49The Beveridge Plan
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100 million pounds
(estimate for 1945) Hoveing i tea al
schemes
Taxes not estimated.
The plan proposes that the Exchequer pay out children’s allowances correla
and the Social Security Fund comprehensive benefits. The fund is fed INSTITUTE
by contributors, who get much of the benefit, and by the Exchequer,
supplied from taxes. The plan is based on the assumption of health
services for all and full employment.
50The Press and Its Readers
United States
Each grey man symbol stands for 1 million families
Each coloured symbol represents 1 million daily newspaper issues circulated
green: circulation under 100,000
blue: circulation 100,000 to 1,000,000
red: circulation 1,000,000 and more INSTITUTE
The circulation of daily newspapers per family is greater in Britain than in
America because more of the British newspapers have a large circulation
throughout the nation,
51Public Libraries and Their Readers
United States
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Great Britain
Each blue book symbol represents Each man symbol represents
5 million volumes in stock 5 million population
The number of red arrows indicates blue: registered borrowers
the average circulation of a book per year on blue screen: served by a Public Library
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In America as a whole, compared with Great Britain, there are more books per
person in the public libraries, but each book circulates to only half as many persons.
One third of Americans live in areas not served by public libraries at all.
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