The GROUP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PSYCHIATRY, of which Dr. William C. Menninger is Chairman, is composed of approximately one hundred thirty psychiatrists organized into fourteen committees for the purpose of surveying and studying certain areas in the field of psychiatry. Each committee periodically formulates a report of its activities which is submitted to the entire membership of the group for comments and suggestions. The interim reports then formulated on the basis of these suggestions, represent the attitudes and recommendations of the entire group. Approved reports from the committees on Therapy, Racial Problems, Psychiatric Social Work, State Hospitals, and Preventive Psychiatry have been so processed.