Notes

The NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL RELATIONS, INC. is a new undertaking in social psychiatry, instituted by one of the Army's former mental hygiene consultation service psychiatrists, Dr. Julius Schreiber. It is a non-profit organization which was organized early this year. Dr. Schreiber has a group with him who, during the war, planned and prepared the Army orientation program discussion material. This program was designed to assist the American soldier to understand the issues of the war. Now they are attempting this same general program on a civilian basis. Group workers, educators, and civic minded citizens are making profitable use of Talk It Over discussion guides published by the National Institute of Social Relations, 1029—17th Street, N.W., Washington 6, D. C. The guides deal with vital issues of the day. Although they are prepared primarily for the use of discussion leaders, trained in their own communities by the Institute's Field Service Staff, they are available at cost to other local and national organizations and interested individuals. The guides are based upon exhaustive research and study of each of the areas under consideration. They are factual and documented; they present, as fairly as possible, all sides of a controversial issue; they are easily understood; and, because of their clear and specific instructions and notes, are easily used by group discussion leaders. Subject matter of the Talk It Over series varies widely—ranging from problems of Youth, Veterans, Women, Labor, Housing, Health, Unemployment, Discrimination, Education, Propaganda, Community Planning to Atomic Energy and other national and international issues. The Institute's Board of Consultants includes Brig. General William Menninger, Mr. Philip Murray, Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam, Mr. Quentin Reynolds, Dr. Channing H. Tobias, Dr. George S. Stevenson, Mr. Walter F. Wanger.