Part 1: "The Art of Listening" by Dr. Ralph Nichols - President of the University of Minnesota. Speaking at convention of Better Business Bureau People at Gearhart, Oregon around May/June 1960. (Sponsored by Chamber of Commerce?)

Part 2: "Encroaching Control" by Ronald Reagan. Speech at the 10th annual Better Business Relations conference, September 25, 1961.

A talk on the threat of communism in the United States. Reagan concentrates on how trends and events of the recent pass point to a passive encroachment of communism. He argues communist control is akin to a fire by arson or accident, that the end result is the same.