Fall Meetings—December, 1958

The Fall Meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association were held at the Hoter Biltmore in New York, December 3-7, 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 acting Executive Secretary, Mrs. Helen Fischer, 36 West 44 Street, New York 36, N. Y.

The meeting of the Executive Council was held Thursday, December 4, 1958, at the Hotel Biltmore, New York, with Dr. Marion E. Kenworthy presiding and Dr. Lewis L. Robbins serving as Secretary.

I. Report of the Secretary

• A.Tax Deduction for Training Analysis

• The Executive Council, in joint session with the Board on Professional Standards, held a five-hour discussion concerning the status of the test case regarding tax deduction for training analysis, now before the Federal Court. Mr. Myer D. Mermin and Miss Caroline Agger, attorneys for the litigants, participated in this discussion.

• Portions of the minutes of the Executive Council meetings dealing with the tax question along with communications from the various Societies and Institutes and other relevant documents were reviewed. Following this there was an extensive discussion by those attending, during which the attorneys clarified many of the legal aspects relative to this issue. Among the main points brought out in the discussion are the following:

• 1All evidence and testimony in this case have already been presented to the judge. The case is now in his hands for decision. It is not known when the decision is likely to be forthcoming.

• 2Although the American Psychoanalytic Association has participated in the selection of the attorneys and in the expense of this test case, our Association is not officially involved as a litigant. At no time during the entire hearing was there any evidence or testimony presented which represented