Challenge of Change

Harsh Republican realities-the party decline in appeal and influence and the overwhelming 1964 election defeat-are the critical themes examined by Edward W. Brooke in this candid, provocative and vitally important book. Elected Massachusetts Attorney General in 1962, Mr. Brooke officially announced his can didacy for the United States Senate in 1966.

"So marked is the present weakness of the Republican Party that the very foundation of our two-party system has been structurally undermined," writes Mr. Brooke. Terming the Party "in a state of political exhaustion," he calls on the American people, particularly the intellectuals, to criticize, discuss and debate in a serious effort to restore the Republican Party-and the two-party system-to full strength.

More than anything else, it is his belief that "as the Republican Party goes in the next decade, so goes the nation" that has led him to speak out about the and its problems. He cites among its weaknesses its negative attitude and anti-intellectualism and its tendency to talk slogans rather than issues. Outlining a program to cope with civil rights, poverty and urban centers. Mr. Brooke emphasizes that "helping people acquire the ability to help them selves must be the essence of the Re publican approach." He urges Republican concentration on education (including vocational training), urban renewal, a foreign business corps, a giant transpor tation network, unemployment relieved by employment, and foreign aid designed for the self-development of under developed countries.

Valid solutions to current major pro blems are the result of Mr. Brooke's searching look into the cause and effect of the republican Party's crisis.

Edward W. Brooke was born in Washington, D.C., on October 26, 1919. After graduating from Howard Univer sity in 1941 and after serving as an army officer in the Second World War, he entered Boston University Law School where he was Editor of the Boston University Law Review and received his LL.B. in 1948 and his LL.M. in 1950. Mr. Brooke holds honorary degrees from several universities, among them Northeastern University, American International College and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

When elected to the position of Massachusetts Attorney General, Mr. Brooke became the highest-elected Negro official in the nation. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Association, a Trustee of Boston University, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, President of The Opera Company of Boston. Inc., and serves as well in many other capacities outside political position. his present.