Annual Meetings — May, 1951

The Annual Meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association were held at the Netherlands Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati from May 3-6, 1951. As has been our custom in the past we are reporting the proceedings of these meetings. In this issue the business meetings will be reported. We are reproducing the proceedings of the Executive Council, Board on Professional Standards and the Business Meeting of the Members, selecting the material which we feel would be of most interest to the membership. Complete minutes of the meetings have been circularized to members of the Executive Council and are on record in the office of the Executive Assistant. These may be made available to any member who desires to see them.

The Executive Council of the Association met on May 3, 1951 at 9 A.M. with Dr. Robert P. Knight presiding.

The report of the Central Office was presented by Mr. John N. McVeigh, the Executive Assistant of the Association. He indicated that during the past year his office has been especially busy with matters pertaining to:

1. Membership applications and related material.

2. The Central Registry.

3. Incorporation of the Association.

4. Membership Dues, International Dues and International Journal Subscriptions.

The Executive Council at the Annual Meeting in May, 1950 had approved a budget of $6,000.00 for the Central Office for the fiscal year 1950-1951. The actual disbursements to March 31, 1951 were $4,950.35 leaving a balance of $1,049.65. A similar appropriation for the year 1951-1952 was requested. A special appropriation of $300.00 was also requested for printing and mailing of the new By-laws. It was also recommended that an appropriation of $750.00 be approved for Committee Expenses as well as an appropriation of $1,000.00 for the Board on Professional Standards and Officers.

Mr. McVeigh reported that as of the date of this report the following subscriptions for the Freud Memorial Volumes