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The Annual Meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association were held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, May 7-11, 1958. Abstracts of the Minutes of the Executive Council, Board on Professional Standards, and the Business Meeting of Members are published in this issue of the Bulletin. All members who desire to obtain copies of the Official Minutes may do so by communicating with the Executive Secretary, Mr. John N. McVeigh, 36 West 44 Street, New York 36, N. Y.
The meeting of the Executive Council was held Thursday, May 8, 1958, at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, with Dr. Rudolph M. Loewenstein presiding and Dr. Lewis L. Robbins serving as Secretary.
At the meeting of the Executive Committee on March 1, 1958, it was agreed that minutes of all meetings of the Executive Committee will be circulated to members of the Council and to Council Committee Chairmen prior to the meeting of the Executive Council. In accordance with this decision, minutes of this March 1 meeting of the Executive Committee were distributed.
The Executive Council approved the action of the Executive Committee to contribute $500.00 to the work of the Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health. It was felt that if the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychoanalytic Association made such a contribution, this would assist the Joint Commission in obtaining funds from Foundations.
Dr. Loewenstein informed the Executive Committee of his correspondence with Dr. Gillespie, President of the International Psycho-Analytic Association, indicating that the new category of Associate Membership proposed by the I.P.A. could not be accepted by our Association. Inasmuch as associate members of affiliated societies in this country are not members of the American