Foreword
| Published date | 01 November 1946 |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271624624800127 |
| Author | Dean E. McHenry |
| Date | 01 November 1946 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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FOREWORD
CALIFORNIA,
long
possessor
of
a
fabulous
reputation,
faces
one
of
the
most
diffi-
cult
problems
of
postwar
reconstruction
to
be
found
in
any
state
in
the
Union.
Its
rapid
wartime
industrialization
laid
heavy
emphasis
on
aircraft
manufacturing
and
shipbuilding,
and
the
layoffs
in
these
industries
have been
drastic.
One
com-
petent
student
predicts
that
California
will
soon
have
1,000,000
unemployed.
The
problems
of
the
West
Coast
States
are
further
intensified
by
the
unending
stream
of
migrants
from
other
parts
of
the
country.
In
the
weeks
following
V-E
Day
a
great
exodus
took
place,
and
it
was
freely
predicted
that
California’s
war-
inflated
population
of
9,000,000
would
be
materially
reduced.
By
early
1946,
however,
the
in-movement
of
people
was
again
abnormally
large.
During
the
month
of
March
alone,
nearly
400,000
persons
entered
the
state
by
automobile.
No
records
are
kept
of
those
arriving
by
other
means
of
transportation.
So
California
looks
ahead
with
mixed
emotions
and
many
troubles.
The
Pacific
Southwest
Academy,
for
its
Annual
Meeting,
decided
to
direct
its
attention
to
the
prospects
of
the
state.
The
Academy
enlisted
the
cosponsorship
of
the
Southern
California
Economic
Association,
and
then
arranged
the
sessions
at
which
were
delivered
the
papers
included
in this
Supplement.
The
joint
meeting
was
held
on
June
15,
1946,
on
the
campus
of
Occidental
College,
Los
Angeles.
Although
these
papers
do
not
constitute
a
comprehensive
survey
of
California’s
future,
they
do
touch
on
some
of
the
most
pressing
problems
of
the
state.
The
panel
on
&dquo;Social
Prospects&dquo;
was
arranged
by
Anne
M.
Mumford,
of
the
Haynes
Foundation.
That
on
&dquo;Political
Prospects&dquo;
was
planned
by
W.
W.
Mather,
of
Chaffey
College.
The
one
on
&dquo;Economic
Prospects&dquo;
was
set
up
by
Morrison
Handsaker,
now
of
Rutgers
University.
The
undersigned
served
as
general
pro-
gram
chairman.
DEAN
E.
McHENRY
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