As this issue goes to press the news reaches us of the death of Dr. C. P. Oberndorf, a member of the editorial committee of the Journal since its early days. Though it was known that Dr. Oberndorf had been ailing, his frequent letters to London did not suggest that his life was in any imminent danger.

Dr. Oberndorf put much of his energy into the task of bridge-building between American and European Psycho-Analysis, and always gave an example of understanding and good will, especially during the vacuum caused by the Second World War. The advantage of having kept in active contact with psychiatry he had always used to strengthen its links with Psycho-Analysis. We shall publish an appreciation of his personality and work at an early date.