The annual meeting of the WEST COAST PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETIES was held October 10th and 11th, 1953, at the Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco, California. Scientific Program: On the Fear of Remembering, Hanna Fenichel; An Attempt at Coördinating Techniques in Child Therapy With Stages of Ego Development, Edith Buxbaum; The Therapeutic Process in the Treatment of Schizophrenia, Edward D. Hoedemaker; Some Remarks on the Psychology of the Analyst, Anna Maenchen; The Problem of Scientific Validation in Psychoanalytic