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After a preliminary period of planning by the Ways and Means Committee with the assistance of Mrs. Augusta Slesinger, a meeting was held on April 27th, 1942, at which the Auxiliary Council to the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis was organized.
The purpose of this body is twofold: (1) to assist the Association and Institute in carrying out various projects which form a part of their program; (2) to further that part of this program which calls for community education in psychoanalysis. The Council will attempt to carry out these purposes by devising methods whereby funds may be raised to finance such projects as, for example, the establishment of a psychoanalytic clinic. Through their monthly membership meetings, at which discussions are to be opened and conducted by various members of the Association, they will form a nucleus to assist the Association in disseminating to the community those elements of psychoanalysis which may be useful to it. It is hoped that, through this educational process, they in turn will become sources of transmission to an ever widening group.
Thus far there is a membership of about 85 which promises to increase substantially in the fall. The amount of money thus far collected in membership dues and donations is $675.00. Several of our members, including Drs. Horney, Jewett, Robbins, and Silverberg, have given talks to the Council and have conducted the ensuing discussion.
A constitution has been adopted, with the approval of the Liaison Committee (formerly the Ways and Means Committee), in accordance with which permanent officers of the Council will be elected.