INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: The American nation has maintained its ideal for democracy through recognition of the fact that intelligence, together with moral integrity, functions in the maintenance of the democratic state. There are at the present time, certain indications which show that large numbers of our citizens are unable to meet successfully the increasing demands of our industrial, social and political life. We have no reason to doubt the intelligence of our citizenship, and yet we must insistently ask, What has brought about this condition which amounts almost to an impasse in citizenship? [TRUNCATED]