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The Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the American Psycho-Analytical Association was held in Washington, D.C., on May 8, 1930, in conjunction with the First International Congress on Mental Hygiene. It was a note-worthy event in the history of the Association in that the entire programme was furnished by psycho-analysts from abroad, who came as guests to attend the Congress. Our distinguished visitors not only read papers at the sessions of the American Psycho-Analytical Association, but participated in numerous discussions at other sessions of the Congress. This notable group ably represented the psycho-analytic standpoint in those sections of the Congress devoted to criminology, social hygiene, child welfare, etc. The scientific session of the American Psycho-Analytical Association, held on the afternoon of May 8, was attended by an audience of more than 500, and many others could not obtain admission to the hall. The programme follows:
'About Dreams with Painful Content', Dr. Franz Alexander, Berlin; 'Notes on Suicide Fantasies Connected with Traumas of Early Infancy', Miss Mary Chadwick, London; 'Concerning the Actual Conflict in the Neuroses', Dr. Helene Deutsch, Vienna.
'Aim, Procedure and Results of Psycho-Analytic Therapy in Clinics', Dr. R. A. Spitz, Berlin; 'Scope and Results of Psycho-Analytic Therapy' (in German), Dr. Sándor Radó, Berlin; 'What Types of Revolutionary Changes does Psycho-Analysis Demand of Ethics and Moral Education?' (in German), Dr. Oskar Pfister, Zürich.
In addition to the above European psycho-analysts, Professor M. Levi Bianchini, of Italy, attended the Congress.
The following new members were elected: Dr. H. E. Chamberlin, Minneapolis; Dr. Anna C. Dannaman, Washington; Dr. Alexander Lorand, New York; Dr. Clinton P. McCord, Albany.
The resignation of Dr. H. W. Frink was accepted with regret.
It was proposed by Dr. Brill, and seconded by Dr. Sullivan, that the name of Dr. Otto Rank be dropped