(The following are brief notes on actions taken at the meeting of the Board on Professional Standards on December 10, 1969, and the meeting of the Executive Council on December 11. Other actions taken at these meetings are reported more fully elsewhere in this issue.)
Board on Professional Standards: Disaccreditation-Disaffiliation: The report of the Committee on Disaccreditation and Disaffiliation, scheduled for the agenda of the Executive Council, has been under consideration for some time by the Societies and Institutes. It was raised for discussion purposes at this Meeting of the Board. The Board seemed in agreement that the Association needs well enunciated procedures for affiliation and accreditation and for disaffiliation and disaccreditation, and that the By-Law proposed by the Committee would facilitate action by the Association in troublesome situations. There were a great many reservations, however, among members of the Board about the content of the proposed By-Law. As a result of these reservations the discussion in the Board ended with a general agreement that the Committee had done a great deal of arduous work and deserved full commendation, but that the specific By-Law recommended should still be restudied and revised, and the Board was therefore in favor of having Council defer action on the matter.
Internship Eliminated as Requirement: The Board received from the Executive Committee the information that the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology has committed itself to eliminate as of July 1970 the requirement of one year of internship as a condition of Board certification. This action has also been endorsed by the Committee on Accreditation of the American Medcal Association. It was pointed out that this change in requirements for Board certification means that inevitably most or all of the individuals coming into psychiatric training will come directly from medical school without the intervening year of internship. The implications and ramifications of this new departure as far as the training of psychiatric residents in analytic institutes were discussed in the Board. It was recognized that this change represents one aspect of the far-reaching modifications in medical education taking place all over the country.
Committee on Residency Training: The Chairman of the Board announced that Dr. David Kairys had found it necessary to resign as Chairman of this Committee. Dr. James Mann of Boston has accepted the Chairmanship. Dr. Mann reported to the Board on work which the Committee had begun on the study of the content of residency training curricula, and informed the Board of his plans for bringing this work to a conclusion with the hope of being able to report at the Annual Meeting in May.
New Members Recommended: Dr. Leo Loomie, Chairman of the Committee on Membership, announced the names of a group of applicants for membership in the Association who are being recommended for acceptance by the Board. The Board approved these recommendations (see page 8 for a list of these new members). Dr. Loomie then reported on statistical trends in the applications and admissions of new members. Details of his report are available in the Minutes of the Meeting of Members, which can be obtained from the Central Office.
New Training Analysts: The Board approved the appointments of a number of new Training and Supervising Analysts. They are:
Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute — Drs. Edward M. Daniels and Samuel Silverman, Supervising Analysts; Dr. Suzanne T. van Amerongen, Child Supervising Analyst.
Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis—Dr. Hal Tillotson Hum, Training Analyst.
Cleveland Psychoanalytic Institute — Dr. William R. Adams, Child Supervising Analyst.
Columbia University Psychoanalytic Clinic for Training and Research — Dr. Milton Viederman, Training and Supervising Analyst.
Division of Psychoanalytic Education, State University of New York, College of Medicine, at New York City — Drs. Joseph T. Coltrera and Henry Rosner, Training and Supervising Analysts; Dr. Henry Rosner, Child Supervising Analyst.
Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute — Drs. Gerald Jay Aronson, Marvin H. Berenson, James Grotstein and H. Michael Rosow, Training Analysts.
Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute — Dr. Ira Miller, Training and Supervising Analyst.
New York Psychoanalytic Institute — Dr. Milton H. Horowitz, Training Analyst.
Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute — Dr. O. Eugene Baum, Training Analyst
Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Institute — Dr. Rex W. Speers, Child Supervising Analyst.
San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute — Dr. Calvin F. Settlage, Child Supervising Analyst.
Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute — Drs. Ruth Aaron and John A. Lindon, Training and Supervising Analysts.
Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis — Drs. Irving Kartus, Harold L. Meyers and Jerome B. Katz, Training and Supervising Analysts.
Washington Psychoanalytic Institute — Dr. William Stark, Child Supervising Analyst.
Dr. Elisabeth R. Geleerd: Dr. Arlow, Chairman of the Board, voiced for the Board its sad recognition
of the loss of Dr. Elisabeth Geleerd, whose counsel and presence were for so many years mutually contributive to the affairs of our organization.
Dues Increase: After hearing the report of the Treasurer, Dr. Edward D. Joseph (see Newsletter, September, 1969), recommending a dues increase, Council unanimously voted a $50.00 per year increase. (This action was approved at the Meeting of Members held the following Sunday, December 14.) Beginning in 1970, the dues bill for each member will now total $200.00; $165 of this will represent APsaA dues, and the balance, as before, will pay for dues in the International Psycho-Analytical Association and subscription to the International Journal.
Case of Dr. Lifschutz: There was considerable discussion of the situation of Dr. Joseph Lifschutz, a San Francisco member of the APsaA. At the time of the Council's meeting, Dr. Lifschutz had just been released on a writ of habeas corpus after having been jailed for contempt of court. Members expressed dismay over his imprisonment and voiced sympathy for him and his family. Council found itself unable to crystallize a clear position on the complex legal issues, but supported the Executive Committee in its desire that these issues receive fair, informed and sympathetic consideration. A statement by Association President Astley on this complicated matter appears elsewhere in this issue.
Bio-Medical Research Cuts and HEW “Blacklist”: Council was informed that President Astley has been authorized by the Executive Committee to communicate with the appropriate government officials on two matters of national import. Dr. Astley will express the Association's concern over the cuts in funds allocated for bio-medical research, and express support for the appointment of a Commission to review restrictive clearance procedures for HEW.
Disaccreditation - Disaffiliation: This complex issue was discussed at length. Council was not ready to approve the By-Law proposed by Dr. Samuel Atkin's Committee, and ultimately favored its revision and resubmission. This task was assigned to the Committee on Affiliate Societies, chaired by Dr. David Leach.
Multiple Voting: The Executive Committee recommended reconsideration of the proposed By-Law which would have required members who belong to two Societies to vote for Executive Councilor from only one of the two. After discussion of the difficulties and inequities such an arrangement would create, Council voted this By-Law provision down. Another section of the same By-Law, increasing the number of Councilors-at-Large from four to eight, was approved without dissent.
Committee on Public Information: Dr. Bernard Pacella, Chairman, reported that there has been excellent coverage of press conferences held during the Miami meeting, dealing with analytic reflections on poverty and on addiction. More recently his Committee conducted seminars on pornography and violence for a selected group of newsmen. This experimental venture seems to have been highly successful, and the response indicates that the news media are interested in analysts' views on matters of national concern.
Journal to Drop Society News: Dr. John Frosch, Editor of the Journal of the APsaA, announced that its Administrative Board favored discontinuing the section of the Journal which reports local news of Affiliate Societies. The Board felt that this material, printed at considerable cost, was not of permanent historical value and did not really belong in the Journal. Council agreed, and it was suggested that the Newsletter take over the publication of Society news. Dr. David Kairys, Newsletter Editor, agreed to bring this proposal before the Newsletter staff; but he pointed out that, if carried in the Newsletter, the Society news notes would have to be reported more briefly, and that no matter how it might be done, it would entail additional pages and hence additional cost.
Brody to WFMH: The Executive Committee reported with pleasure that Dr. Eugene B. Brody, of Baltimore, has been elected to the Board of the World Federation for Mental Health