IT IS POINTED OUT THAT AMERICANS WILL BE ATTEMPTING AN ENERGETIC CORRECTION, BY FEDERAL EFFORT, OF SOME OF THE RACIAL TROUBLES WHICH BESET THEM IN NORTHERN CITIES AND IN MORE RURAL SOUTHERN AREAS. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS TREND ARE AN AWAKENED NATIONAL CONSCIENCE, A MARKED TENDENCY TO UNDERTAKE, BY PUBLIC MEANS, MATTERS ONCE THOUGHT SUITABLE ONLY FOR PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, A SHIFT FROM LOCAL OR STATE PUBLIC ACTION TO NATIONAL MEASURES, AND IMMENSE NATIONAL RESOURCES ON WHICH TO DRAW. THIS ARTICLE IS PUBLISHED IN THE "HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION BULLETIN," VOLUME 9, NUMBER 4, WINTER, 1964-65.