The four objectives of this program are directed toward the fuller development of democracy—the fostering and extension of the principles of freedom of expression and endeavor and the strengthening of the processes by which a democratic society controls its destiny and expresses in fullest degree the will of the people.

The relation between this and the other recommended program areas will immediately be noted. Program Area One deals with the conditions of peace essential to democratic progress. Program Area Three is concerned with the economic bases of democracy, Program Area Four with its educational foundations, and Program Area Five with the conditions of personal life requisite for democratic self-realization. Program Area Two encompasses the large area lying between the first and the last three. It includes all basic aspects of freedom of inquiry and activity, whether in government, in other social organizations, or in personal life. It concerns power of all kinds, both governmental and nongovernmental, and the problem of shaping such power toward the realization of democratic goals. It thus embraces the civil liberties and rights of all persons, and political and governmental processes from individual participation at the polls through the enactment of laws to their administration and enforcement by the executive and their interpretation by the judiciary. Its focus lies primarily on our social and political organizations and institutions and on the vast number of informal groups which are an inseparable part of the fabric of democracy.