Midwinter Meetings — December, 1951

The Midwinter Meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association were held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City from December 6-9, 1951. In accordance with the policy of the Bulletin proceedings of these meetings are reported. We are including those of the Executive Council, the Board on Professional Standards and the Business Meeting of the Members, selecting the material which it is felt will 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 December 6, 1951 under the chairmanship of Dr. Robert P. Knight, President of the Association.

The Executive Assistant, Mr. John N. McVeigh, presented the first report. He stated that for the fiscal year 1951-52 the Association approved a budget totaling $6,800 for the Central Office. During the first seven months, $3,853 has been spent, and it is estimated that in the next five months $3,150 will be needed, bringing the year's total to $6,952. He also pointed out that as of the date of his report 301 full subscriptions at $120, 117 additional partial member subscriptions and 27 partial nonmember subscriptions were received for the Freud Memorial Volumes. Since the last report of the Central Office, 31 new applications for membership have been processed. At the last Annual Meeting a Committee on Central Registry was formed to assist in the task of establishing a Central Registry. This Committee consists of Dr. Richard Frank, Dr. Rex Buxton and Dr. O. Spurgeon English.

The meeting then heard an interim report from Dr. William G. Barrett, Treasurer of the Association. At the time of publication of the Bulletin this report had not been received.

The meeting proceeded to a consideration of the Secretary's report, presented by Dr. LeRoy Maeder. H