The opening paper, “Psychoanalysis, the Hispanic Poor and the Disadvantaged: Application and Conceptualization”, by Rafael A. Javier and William J. Herron, was divided into two parts. The first part, read by Javier, focused on specific clinical issues that emerge in the psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic treatment of the poor Hispanic population. He reviewed questions that have been raised on the applicability of psychoanalytic principles to this group. It has been assumed that these people are constantly so pulled by the exigencies and tensions of their needs that their lives can only be defined in concrete and nonpsychological