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Otlier Organizations in the Field o|

The following list of agencies active in public work is obtained from -4 Directory oj Or­ganizations in the Field oj Public Admimstraiion;1936, published by Public Administration Clearing House, 850 East Fifty-eighth Street, Chicago. • Only a few of the many organ­izations in the field are listed here. See the Directory ior a complete list.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR ADULT EDU­CATION (1926). Z>/V.; Morse A. Car-

- wnghty 60 E. 42d St., N; Y. C. Membership. Individual: 1,025 teachers and. others interested in adult education. Institutional: 225 schools, colleges, and li­braries. ' Finances. Dues: $3 to $5. Budget: ?5Q,000, in part from Carnegie Corporation

Lof...Newv.Yorkv- -- - .; ^ •.•>:;;••••; ' Secretariat. Full-time director. Staff of 9. Activities. Gathers information concerning all forms of adult education, maintains refer­ence library, studies work in fields of adult education, conducts or assists in special studies.. and research projects arid demon­strations, arranges conferences and cooper­ates With community efforts to organize study groups or to establish .special agencies for adult education. .Affiliations. Cooperates with American Li­brary Association. National Education Asso­ciation, National .Advisory Council on Radio in'Education, and other national and local otganizations.. . Publications. ''Journal of .Adult Educa­tion,'' quarterly, ?3; Handbook of Adult Education, $2.25; "Adult Education in Ac­tion," by Mary ;L. Ely, ?2.75. - List of publi­cations on request.

..AMERICAN .ASSOCIATION FOR LABOR LEGIS­LATION (1906). 5cr v..-John B.Andrews,

' 131 E .23dSt . ,N.Y 'C. Membership. Individual: '3,000 public offi­cials, economists, social workers, wage earn-ersi, and others interested in improved labor i legislation: . Finances. Dues: $3 to $100. Secretariat. Full-time secretary and staff.

-Activities. Investigates, industrial condi­tions particularly to provide for the follow­

ing: adequate compensation for industrial accidents and.occupationaldis'eases,preven-

..tion of unemployment and mitigation of its effects, old age pensions, a'nd rehabilitation of industrial cripples; periodically investi­gates administration of labor laws, maintains specialized reference library and an ihfor-' mation service for members. .Affiliations. Joint annua! meeting with

. American • Economic Association, Anierican Political Science Association, American Star tistical Association, and American Socio­logical Society. Publications. "American Labor Legislation Review," quarterly, $3. "':'

• .AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PORT AUTHOR­ITIES (.1911). Sccy.-Trcas.: Tiley S. ^Ic-Chesney, 2223 Short St., New Orleans.

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Membership. Constituent: 50 legally estab-lislied port organizations and harbor boards. Organizational and individual, (associate merhbers): chambers of commerce, shipping companies, and importing firms. Finances^: Buesi ^50. Budget: $5,000. ; Secretariat.. Full-time secretary. Staff of 2.

.Activities. Develops port standards; serves : as exchange for information on port con -struction. operation, maintenarice. and ad­ministration. Annual meeting: Commit­tees: public ownership of terminal facilities, fire prevention, port finance; Affiliations, Cooperates with: Society of

: Terminal Engineers and American Shore and Beach Preservation Society. Joint commit­tees with .Anierican Bar .Association, Ameri-/ can Petj-oleum Institute, and National Fire ^ Prevention Associaition. ' / , Publications. "Shipping Register and \V(id t>orts,"'weekly,^5.

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AMERii:AN_,AsspciAirioN OF STATE HIGHT time law, aeronautical law, American citi-WAY OFFICIALS (4^14). Exec. Secy.: V^. zenship, commerce, cpmmercial law arid C. Markham, 1220 National Press BIdg., bankruptcy, communications, jurisprudence Washington, D . C . and law reform; legal aid work, noteworthy

l/ew6cr5Ai/'. Constituent: 48 state high- changes in statute law, professional ethics way departments, highway departments of and grievances, publicity, unauthorized Hawaii and the District of Columbia, and practice of law, and state legislation. Spe-the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads. ' cialconimitteesi-administrativelaw; amend-Finances. Dues: .$2^0 to $450, based on nients to Federal Securities Act; canons of annual funds available in each state to the state highway department. $15,000 to $20,000.

Budget: ethics; coordination of the bar; facilities of law library of Congress; federal ta.xation; judicial salaries; law lists; resolutions; to

Secretariat. >Full-time executive secretary, oppose ratification by the states of federal Staff of 2. Activities. Studies problems connected with highway construction, maintenance-, and highway transport; fosters [ cooperation among memb.er bodies and their scientific , experts and engineers; established and de­velops U. S. road numbering system arid uni-; form traffic signs. Annual meeting. Com­mittees:' highway transport administration, traffic, accounting, standards, bridges, ma­terials, road design, road construction, main­tenance, equipment, research; roadside beau-tificatioh, legal affairs, public relations. Affiliations. Cooperates with U. S. Bureau of Public Roads in development of federal-aid highway system and with Highway .Re­search Board on technical road problems. Publications. "American Highways)" quar­terly; also books including "Standard Speci­fications for Highway Materials," $2;" "Standard Specifications for Highway. Bridges," $2. :

AMERICAN BAR.•ASSOCIATION (1878). E.xec. Secy.: Mrs. Olive G. Rick^r, 1140 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111, ;

Membership.' Individual: 28,000 attorneys ; in good standing before;the bars, of their respective states. Finances, Dues: $8. V Secretariat. Full-time executive secretary. Staff of 24. . ,.,: Activities. Serves professional interests of members. .Annual meeting. Sections:' Con­ference of Bar Association delegates, crim-inai law and criminology, insurance law,''' international, and compaj-ative law; judicial, Junior Bar Conference, legal education and admissions to the bar, mineral law, munici­pal law, patent, trademark, and copyright '. law, public utility law, and real property law. Standing committees: admiralty and mari-

child-labor amendment and promote adop­tion of uniforrii child-labor act, to study federal legislation and policies as affecting the rights and liberties of American citizens; cooperation between the press, radio, and bar against publicity interfering with fair irial of judicial and quasi-judicial proceed­ings. ; Affiliations. Cooperates with National Con­ference of Commissioners 'on Uniform State Laws, National Conference of Bar E.xam-iners. National Association of Attorney-Generals, National Conference-of Judicial Councils, American Law Institute, American ' Prisori Association, anil,many other organi­zations. Secretaries &f state bar associa­tions are listed by states, in State Section. Publications. "Journal," monthly,, $3; an­nual report, $2. :•:,''

.VMERICAN CITY PLANNING INSTITUTE Exec. Secy.: Howard K. !Men-

hinick. Hunt Hall,- Cambridge,Mass. Metnbcrship, Andmdual: 130 professional city^ county, regional, state,.and national planners, 20 per cent of whoriiaj-e officials of the federal, state;, or municipal govern-riierits. _ Finances. Dues: $5 to $25. ; ;. Secretariat. Part-time 'executive secretary and editor. ^ • s Activities. Advances the scienc^nd art of planning for benefit of .the ; profession; Three sectional meetings each yean .Affiliations. Holds, annual Nati(mal Plan-; ning Conference, with the .American Society

"of Planning Officials and American Plan­ning and Civic .Association. Publications:, "The Planners' Journal," bi­monthly, $3. ; •

AME^iraK CONFERENCE OF MOTOR VE­HICLE APMINISTRATORS (.1933). Secy.-

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-rrrfl^j;. Lew.Wallace,. Sta,te,Gapitor,,X),es ^loines, la. '

Membership. Constituent: 48 ^ate and provincial motor vehicle administrations, and the Canadian, We.xican, "and United States bureaus of public roads. Finances. Dues: $25 per state. Secretariat. Part-time secretary-treasurer. . Activities. Provides an organization through which motor vehicle administrators can cooperatively seek solutions to common problems. Annual meeting. \ Publications. BuWeiin, monthly; Proceed­ings.

•<>» .AMERICAN Coiiis'CiL ON EDUCATION (1918).

Pres.: George F. Zook, 744 Jackson PI., Washington, D.C.

Membership. Constituent: 27 national education associations. Associate: 22 organ­izations having related interests. Institu­tional: 314 colleges and universities con­tributing to the support of the Council. Finances. Dues; constituent, ?100; associ­ate, . $10; institutional, $50. Budget: $85,OpO, exclusive of expenditures from special funds. " Secretariat. Full-time president; associate.. director. Staff of 10. .Activities. Conducts program of research in probliems and plans in education, modern foreign language study^ supplementary nia-terials of instruction, etc.; prefDares and dis­tributes psychological examinations for cql-lege freshmen; maintains cooperative test service for research in the field of objective testing.. Annual meeting. .Affiliations.. Cooperates with U. S. OfPce of Education and National Research Council; . represented on National Committee on Edu­cation by Radio, American. Council 'of . Learned Societies, Social Science Research Council, Institute of International Educa-.-, tiori. . : Publications. "Educational Record," quar­terly, $2; "Handbook of American Univer­sities and Colleges." '• • . • /__

.AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (1898)-. . Exec.Secv.': Dr. Bert W. Caldwell, 18 E. -';Division St., Chicago, 111, . Membership. Institutional: 1,500hospitals which have met the eligibility standards of the Association, ^ f the member hospitals, 2,0 per cent are controlled by federal, state, county, or municipal governments. Indi-

,,yidual: 2j 700 hospital tm ents, and members of h'ospitai staffs,' Total'^' membership represents institutions contain- -ing 561,000 out of 1,008,800 hospital beds ' i n U . S . : . • • : ^

Finances. Dues: institutional members, $10 to $50,based on number of beds; individual members, $5. Budget: $80,U90. . Secretariat. Full-time executive. Staff of 1 5 . • • ) ' • • •

Activities. Maintains hbrary, service bu-. reaiu, and hospital consultation Service which ^ is available to nonmembers as well as mem­bers; conducts, research in hospital adminis­tration. Annual. meeting. Sections: con­struction, dietetic, nursing, out-patient, social service, small hospital, teaching hos- ' pital, trustee, tuberculosis. Committees: narcotics, clinical records, public health re--lations, hospital planning and equipment, hospital organization and management, sim­plification and standardization of furnish­ings,, supplies and equipiiient, workmen's compensation, fire insurance, National Hos­pital Day, hospitalization of colored people, autopsies./ .Affiliations. Joint meeting with .American Association of Medical Social, Workers. American Protestant Hospital .Association, American Occupafional Therapy Associa- * tidn. Children's Hospital .Association. Co­operates with .American College of Surgeons, Catholic Hospital .Association. National League of Nursing Education, .American. Nurses Association, and ether organizations in the hospital, public health, and nursing fields, including 37 state, provincial, and regional hospital associations. Secretaries of state hospital associations are listed by states in State Section. Publicsations. "Hospitals," monthly, $3: "Trafi'sactions," $2; Special Bulletins. List of publications on request.

AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE (1923). Pres.: ':^ . .George Wharton Pepper, Land Title ,,

- Building, Phijadelphia, Pa. Dir.: William Dj^Lewis, 3400 Chestnut St., Philadel­phia, Penn.

Membership. Representative: 926 leading members.of the legal profession and judges, including members of U. S. Supreme Court, sfenior judges.of Federal Citcuit Courts of Appeals, chief justices of highest courts of . the several states, officers of American Bar

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, Assbciatipn,.state;bar associati and vari­ous other legal organizations';' ' j ^ " ^ ' ' ' ' ' :'' Finances. Dues: none. Budget: $140,000 per "year contributed by Carnegie Corpora­tion of New York, Aothitics: Conducts comprehensive pro­gram of legal research and is engaged in drafting a restatement of the common law. Annual meeting. Publications^^ "Code of Criminal Proce­dure''; Official Restatements of the Law of. Contracts, Agency, Torts, Trusts, and Con­flict of Laws; tentative drafts in other sub­jects on which restatement workas-is being done, available at cost of printing. Lisi of publications on request. • ^

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (1876). Secy.: Carl H. Milam, 520 N. xMichigan Ave., Chicago, 111.

Mcmbcfship. -individual: 13,000 librarians. Most of the members are employed by pub­licly supported institutions. Finances. Dues: $3 to $100. Revenue: approximately $250,000 in part from en­dowment funds. -Secretariat. Full-time secretary. Staff of approximately 65, . Activities. ^jNIkintains advisory and in­formation services; carries on research and. field surveys. Annual meeting. Commit­tees on all phases of library admiristration. Affiliations. Affiliates: 48 chapters, chiefly state library associations. Joint annual conference with American Association of Law Libraries, American Library Institute; Association of American Library Schools, Association of Research Libraries, Biblio­graphical Society of America, League of Library Cdinmissions, and National As­sociation of State Libraries. Cooperates with. Special Libraries Asspciatipn. Joint Comfnittee with Social Science Research Council on administration of public libraries. Secretaries of state library associations are listed by states in State Section. Publications. "Bulletin," monthly; "Hand­book"; proceedings; "Booklist" (amonthly guide to new, books); "Subscription Books Bulletin"; several hundred books and pamphlets on library subjects. List of pub­lications on feqiiest.

AMERICAN -PLANNING AND CIVIC ASSOCIA­TION (193 5). Rxec. 5ecy.; M iss Haflean

James, 901 Union Trust Building, Wash-'"•'ihgtOttV'Dr'Cv'••"••:: • ;• • :•-• -A merger of American Civic Association' (1904) and National Conference on Ci ty Planning (1910). Membership, Individual: 2,000 interested persons. Organizational and institutional: 200 libraries;' city, county, and regional planning boards ;• municipal and state de­partments; local civic associations; cham-, bers of commerce, etc. ' Finances. Dues: $5 to $25 or more. Budget:' $40,000 subscribed in part by; foundations. Secretariat. Full-tjme secretary. Staff of 7.

AMERICAN PRISON ASSOCIATION (1870)-. Gen. Secy.: E. R. Cass, 135 E. 15th St.,

• N. Y. C.-Membership. Individual: 652 prison war­dens, superintendents, of penal and, correc­tional institutions, members of boards of. control, probation officers, members of parole boards and parole officers, lawyers, physicians, judges, psychiatrists,, and citi­zens interested in prison administration and treatment of crime. ,

Dues: $5 to $100. Budget:

. Part-timo general secretary.

Finances. $5,000. Secretariat.. Staff of 3. Activities. Serves as a clearing house for information on all types of prison problems. Anpiial meeting called "Prison Congress." Committees: jails, probation, parole, crime prevention.- criminal statistics, case work; education, cooperation,'etc. ^ Affiliations. Joint annual meeting with Wardens' ^Association. Prison Chaplains' Assodiation, National Prisoners' Aid Asso­ciation, Nalional Conference of Juvenile Agencies,, and American Parole .'\ssociatioh. These groups function as sections of the As­sociation. "~ . Publications. . "Congress Bulletin," quar­terly; proceedings, $3.

AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION (1872). ExecSccv.: Br. Reginald M. Atwater, 50 W. 50th St., N. Y. C. . .

M'cmbership. Individual: 5,000 profes­sional public health workers. About two-thirds of the members are officials of state and municipal health departments. " Finances. Dues: $5 to $10. Budget: about $115,000. .

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S(0etarial. Full-time executive secretary. '7 Headquarters sU^

Activities. Carries op educational, field, employment, informational, research, and-other services designed to protect and pro­mote public and personal health! Annual meeting. Sections: child hygiene, epidemic ology, industrial hygiene,, health officers, laboratory, public health engineerings vital statistics, food and nutrition, public health education, public health nursing. • Affiliations. Affiliates: 15 state and regional health societies and 2 branches. Joint an-

: nual meeting with American Association of School Physicians, American Soc!ial Hygiene Association, Association of Women in Public Health, Conference of State Sanitary Engi­neers, Conference of. State Laboratory Di­rectors, Internationalv Society of Medical Health Officers. Publications. "Ameritkn Journal of Public Health,", monthly, $5; "Appraisal Form for City Health Work"; "Appraisal Form for Rural Health Work"; "Communicable Dis­ease Control"; "Occupational Disease Legislation"; "Standard ]\Iethods for the. Examination of Water and Sewage";. "Standard Methods of Milk .\nalysis"; books, pamplilets, bulletins, posters, etc. List of publications on request.

AMERICAN'^ROAD BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION ^ (19G2J. Engineer-Dir.: Charles M. Up-

ham. National Press Building, Washing-tony-Di-C. . ...- r- ;

•Membership. Individual: 4,500rerigineers, and state, city' and county officials, manu­facturers of road building equipment, high­way contractors, etc.; Group: .35 state sec-

. tions and affiliated organizations. ; Secretariat. Full-time secretary. \ Staff of

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Activities. Collects and dissemina.tes infor-rnation concerning highway construction, maintenance, operation, and finance; stiniu-lates interest in good,roads and promotes^

. educational, legislative, and other rneasures • on behalf of highway development. Annual

meeting. Divisions: county.highway offi-. cials, city highway officials, engineers and

officials, highway contractors, educators, manufacturers- European, Pah American. Committees: design and construction, main­tenance, street cleaning, traffic, regional sur­veys and plans, equipment, gradii^ methods

and equipment, highway guard rails, ''planning," 's'afHy,'"gfade^ "'''' Affilidtions. Cooperates-with American As­sociation, of State Highway Officials, High­way Research Board, and other national organizations and with affiliated state asso­ciations of city and. county highway engi­neers. :Represented on National County Roads Planning Commission. Publications^ Proceedirigs, reports, and '

' pamphlets; List of publications on request. .

BROOKINGS INSTITUTION (1927). Pres.:. Harold-G. Moulton; Act. Z>/r.,.Jnstitute for Government Research: F.W.Powell; Director, Institute of Economics: Edwin G; Nourse, 722 Jackson PI.,^Washington,-

Organization. A consolidation as of Decem­ber, 1927,, of Institute for Government Research (founded 1-916), Institute of Eco­nomics (1922), and Robert Brookings Graduate School of Economics and Govern-

• ment(1924). Finances. Budget (direct operating budget ;. devoted to research, education, and publica­tion):: approxiniately. $350,000. Staff. Full-time research staff of 25 to 30. 15 ire-search fellows (average).

..Activities. Conducts research in govern­mental administrative problems; conducts surveys for state, territorial, and insular governments and makes recommendations for administrative reorganizations; con­ducts research in economic problems; pro- : vide^ research fellowships and training facilities for research students in economics and government. Publications. Books, pamphlets, studies in administration, principles of administration; service monographs of the U. S. Govern­ment; major economics series; miscellane­ous economics series; government and economics pamphlet series. List of publi­cations on request.

INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION • (1906). Dir.: Luther H. ,Gulick, 302 E. 3SthSt.,N.Y.C. .

. Prior to 1932, National Institute of Piilj--lic Administration, and New York Bureau of Municipal Research.. Membership. Corporate: 14 trustees.

Y Finances. Budget: $80,000, derived from endowment, contributions, and charges for . services rendered. V

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,,;5cf:rc/arm/;,,,FuU -technical experts; clerical staff of 7; average

of 5 research assistants (students). • Activities. Develops modern scientific meth­ods of administration in state and local governments; \yofks to improve public ad­ministration by developing standards of ad­ministration and by making these standards common property of all administrators; col­lects and analyzes facts relating to public ad­ministration ; trains mei and women to enter public service and profession of government research; undertakes field, surveys and makes recommendations for reorganization and improvement of state and local govern­ments; maintains Hbrary on municipal and state government and administration.

Affiliations. Affiliated with Columbia Uni-• versity (since 1931)^ .

Publications^ Research reports, surveys, and special: studies.. List of available pub­lications on request. •

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIOI>I OF CHIEFS GF POLICE (1893). Pres.: A. J. K^vanaugh, Miami, F\a..\ Secy.: George Black, Wil­mington, Del. E.iTc. Vice-Pres.: William P. Rutledge, Police Headquarters, Wyan­dotte, Mich. Service and Publications Office, 850 East 58th Street, Chicago.

Membership. Individual: 500 superintend­ents and chiefs of police, town marshals, and chiefs of detectives. Finances. Buesy^lO. Budget: $6,000. Secretariat. Part-time secretary. Activities. Works to advance police profes­sion, science of prevention and detection of crime, and apprehension of crjminals; ad-Vises with police departments in the installa­tion of record systems and the preparation of crime reports. Annual meeting. Com-, mittees: uniform crime reporting, automo­bile theft, radio, traffic safety, and many others.; ^ . ., Affiliations. With the assistance of Public Administration Service, publishes "Police Chiefs' News Letter"; cooperates with U. S. Bureau of Investigation in'the collection of police statistics; maintains joint committee with American Bar Association and joint committees with numerous other organiza­tions. \ Publications. "PoHee Chiefs' News Letter," monthly, free to members; proceedings; .

,,'vlU .n.iforni.. Crim_e. Reporting'.'.;..!1 Guide. ,for.,,:, Preparing Annual Police Reports."

INTERNATIONAL AssdCiATiON OF FIRE

CHIEFS (1873). E-xec. Secy.: Jay W. . Stevens, State Fire Marshal, San Fran-

• cisco, Calif. Secy.-Trcas.: James J. Mul-cahey, Yonkers, N. Y. Hdqrs. Mgr.:, Fred Sheppercl, 24 W.:40th St., N. Yj C.

Membership. Individual: 1,034 fire chiefs; . 1,081 associate .and hon6ra.ry rnembei:s.rep­resenting firemen, city officials, insurance companies, firms, and corporations in­terested in fire protection and fire fighting.,^,. Finances. Dues: $2. Budget: $6,500. .'> Secretariat. Full-time headquarters mana­ger. Staff of 2. ^ _ Activities. Provides information service; prepares courses of instruction for fire training schools. Annual meeting. Com­mittees: drill schools and training, build­ing inspection, salvage, and fire prevention, Affiliations. Affiliatesi_8 state and regional associations of fire chiefs. .j , Publications. Proceedings, anniially.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAME, . F I S H , AND CONSERVATION. COMMIS-. SIGNERS (1902). Seey.-Treas.: R. P.

Holland, 578 Madison Ave,, N. Y. C. Membership. Individual: conservation officials representing the various states and the provinces of Canada. Finances. Dues: associate members, $2; state membership, $25. Secretariat. Part-tirne secretary who is: also the editor of "Field and Stream" maga­zine. • Activities. Vvomotes the conservation of wildlife.- Annual meeting. Affiliations. Member, National Committee on Wild Life Legislation. Meets with American Fisheries Society. Publications. Proceedings.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GOVERN­MENTAL LABOR. OFFICIALS IN ^INDUSTRY (1914). Sccy.-Treas.: Isador Lubin; Commissioner of Labor Statistics,- U. S. • Dept. of Labor, Washington, D . C .

Formed by the amalgamation of Association of Chiefs and Officials of Bureaus of Labor (1883) and Intei-nationar Association of Factory Inspectors (1887). Known as As­sociation of Governmental Labor Officials (1914-1928); and as Association of Govern-

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, .mental .Officials, .in. .Industry, of ..the. .United,,. States and Canada (192 8-33).-. Membership. Individual: 25 heads of state and provincial departments gif laborand offi­cials of U. S. Department of Labor, U. S. . Bureau of Mines, United States National Labor Relations Board, United.States-Social Security Board, and Canadian department of Labor. • Finances. Dues: $10 to $50; Secretariat. U. S. Commissioner of Labor Statistics serves as secretary. Activities. Studies labor problems, proposed labor- legislation, the admipiptration of existing labor laws, establishuient of safety, standards, and the correlation of the activi­ties of federal, state, and provincial depart­ments of labor. Annual meeting. Commit­tees: statutes, safety code, home work, child labor, minimum wage; wage collections, old age pensions, unemployment insurance, * women's work. . Publications. Proceedings, published by U. S. Department of Labor,

INTERNATIONAL A,SSOCIATION OF INDUS­TRIAL ACCIDENT BOARDS AND COMMIS-

: SIGNS (1914): Sccy.-frcas.': y . A: Zimmer, Division of Labor Standards, Washington, D. C.

Membership. 30 siate industrial labor and . compensation bureaus, United States Divi­sion of Labor Standards, United States .Divi­sion of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor of Canada, New Brunswick Work­men's Compensation Board, Nova Scotia Workmen's CompeHsation Board, Ontario Workmen's Compensation Board; 17 as­sociate members.

' Fimnces. Dues: active membership, $50; associate, $10. Budget: $2,000. Secretariat. United States Division of Labor Standards serves as secretariat. Activities: Provides an agency through which officials concerned with the adminis-

, tration of compensation laws can discuss and coopisratively study such subjects as: medical treatment for injured workers, re­habilitation of workers, methods of com­puting industrial accident and sickness in^ surance costs, collection and tabulation of , industrial accident statistics, methods for reducing accidents; promotes standardiza­tion of compensation laws and their ad­ministration. Annual meeting. Gommit-

, .teesi. statistics,, medical .legislatiwe.electrical...... safety code, forms, safety and safety codes, rehabilitation, administration and proce­dure; .. ^ .: . Publications. Proceedings, • published by United States Division of Labor Standards.

INTERNATIONAL .ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES (1913). 5crv.-

, Treas.: B. C. Seiple, City Hall, Cleve­land, 0. "

Membership. Individual: 150 persons oper- . ating public employment agencies for mu­nicipal, state, provincial, or federal agencies.

^ Persons operating employment agencies for profit are not eligible, for m.embership. , Activities.' Annual meetings to consider such subjects as: unemployment relief, em- li-ployment Stabilization, employment office .problems. Publications. Proceedings, published by U." ^ S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING RESEARCH FUND" (1911). Dir.: Joseph P. Chamberlain. 510 Kent Hall, Columbia University,

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Organization. Directed by an administra­tive board of Columbia University. F/;7c«rc5.; Budget: $6,500. Secretariat. Director is a professor at Col­umbia University.. Research and secretarial . • staff,of 2.. Two or three third-year law students are employed part-time during academic year. .Activities. Fosters study of methods of legislation and techniques of bill drafting: • prepares bills and briefs in support of bills . for submission; to legislatures. Publications. "Index Digest of State Con­stitutions," published inl9l5.

NATIONAL . AssocFATiON OF INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS . (1878). Secy.-Treas.: Jess G. Read, State Capitol, Oklahoma City,Okla. -/.^

Formerly, National Convention of Insuf-"!^ ance Commissioners. Metfibership. Ex OffiGio-:-the 48 state offi­cials supervising insurance companies. Finances. Dues: $75. Budget: $3,500. ^ Secretariat. /Part-time secretary-treasurer. Staffof L * Activities. Promotes cooperation among • insurance supervising agencies and. uniform­ity of, administrative practice. Annual

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'meeting^''Gommi'ttee'sraccident arid health,'" fire, fidelity and suKty, fraternal and social, insurance, security/vaimtion, taxation^ ex­aminations, workmen'sctthpeiil^bion, etc. Committee on Examinations supervises examinations in which insurance depart­ments besides those of the home state partic- , ipate and acts as clear ing-hpuse for requests on part of Corriniissioriers for' information regarding financial" standing of "insurance—' companies. ..' Publications. Proceedings.

-NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF' RAILROMA^^ UTILITIES COMMISSIONERS (1889).

:• 5co'.; Clyde S. Bailey, 806 Earle Build­ing, Washington, D .C . -

Membership. Individual: 300 niembers of • state, "territorial, and federal commissions regulating railroads and public utilities, •

•F/«fl«rc5.. Budget: $3,OOO! '"^ 5ccre/flnW, Full-time secretary. • Activities. Holds annual conyention; Com­mittees: railroad service, railroad rates, motor vehicle transportation, public utility ra^^i-valuation, cooperation between federal and state comnriissions, statistics and .ac­counts of public utility companies, statistics and~:accounts of railroad companies, grade crossing elimination and protection, etc. Publications. Proceedings; standard form ^ of annual report for gas and electric corpora­tions; classification of accounts for natural gas companies, for motor bus companies, and for electrical ari^ gas utilities.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE AUDI­TORS, COMPTROLLERS AND TREASURERS (1915). 5er3'.; Forrest Smith, State i\uditor of Missouri, Jefferson City, Mo. Chicago Agent: Carl\H.^ Chatters, 850 East 58th St., Chicago.N

Membership. Ex Officio: 98 auditors, comp­trollers, and treasurers from 37 states and • the Territory of Hawaii. \ Finances. Dues: ?25 per state. Activities. 'Promotes study of slate financial problems and aids in dissemination of in­formation and interchange of\profitable ideas among members. Annual rneeting. . Affiliations. Represented on National Com­mittee on Municipal Accounting. . V Publications: Proceedings. " \ •

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SUPERVISORS OF •STATE BANKS (1902). Secy.: R. N. Sims,

• • "HiberniaBank' '&'TttfSt Co:; New Of leans; ' • L a . Membership. Ex Officio: the 49 officials hav­ing supervision of banking institutions char­tered by the 48 states and the Territory of Hawaii.; ' Finances. Dues'.'%A0. Activitiesi Provides opportunity for discus^ sion of problems of state banking supervir

-sidn; promofesTuniformity of banking prac­tice. -Secretary prepares annual report showing capital deposits, loans, etc., of state •banks, w high report is comparable to report of U. S. Comptroller of Currency on national banks. Annual meeting. Committees: legislation, monetary stabilization. Affiliations. Cooperates with American. Bankers' Association, Federal -Reserve Banks, R.F.C., and F.D.I.C. Publications. Proceedings. : -

NATIONAL COM.MITTEE FOR MENTAL HY­GIENE, INC. (1909). Gen. />/>.; Clar­ence M. Hincks,. M.D.; Exec. Officer: H. Edmund Bullis, 50 W. 50th St., N . Y . c . • v:

Membership. Individual: by election, 56,5 -persons who have rendered some conspicu­ous service in the field of mental hygiene; also 1,400 associate, dues-paying members. Finances. Dues: $5. Budget: $175,000, derived from dues and contributions.' Secretariat. Full-time executive officer. Of­fice staff of 1.7; field staff of 3. . /ictivities. Works for conservation of men­tal health, reduction and prevention of mentaland nervoiis disorders and defects, improved care and treatment of those suffer­ing from mental diseases, and special train­ing aind supervision-of the feeble-minded; disseminates information on these and re­lated subjects; studies mental factors in­volved in problems of education, industry, delinquency, dependency, etc. Annual rneeting. .4filiations. Cooperates with other national orga^zations.wprking directly or indirectly for mental health and with state and local' groups including mental hygiene societies and child guidance, clinics. Publications. "Mental Hygiene," quarterly, $3; books, pamphlets, bibliographies, post­ers. List of publications on request.'

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS ,ON' UNIFORM STATE LAWS. (1892).;

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'\'Secy'.':''Wiliram C. Ramsey, Oniaha Na-. tional Bk. Bldg., Omaha, Nebraiska.

Membership. Ex Officio: the 158 uniform law commissioners, thYee or more being ap­pointed by each of the governors of the states and territories. Finances. Budget: $12;000. Funds for carrying on work of Conference are derived from appropriations..cf American Bar Asso-; ciation and contributions of states and state bar associations.. . Secretariat: .' American Bar Association headquarters serves as secretariat of Con--ference. ,

.Activities. Formulates and approves uni­form laws which are recomrriended for adop­tion by the states. Sections :'"uniform com­mercial acts, property acts, public law acts, social w^elfare acts, torts and criminal law-acts, corporation acts, civil procedure. Affiliations, Annual conference immediately precedes meeting of. American Bar Associa­tion-'Publications. Handbook, ^ 3 , containing proceedings, committee reports, and acts ap­proved and recommended for adoption./ In­dividual uniform acts in pamphlet form, 25 cents.- •

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SOCIAL WORK (1873). Gen. Secy.: Howard R. Knight, 82 N.-High St., Columbus, Ohio. . ,

Membership. Individual: 4,000 social workers, sociologists, public officials, and others interested in the problems of human welfare. Institutional and organizational: institutions, organizations, and social work agencies. Finances. Dues: $3 to $25; also contribu­tions. Budget: $50,000, • Secretariat. Full-time general secretary. Staff of 8, Activities. Vromoies study and discussion of problems and methods of practical human improvement to the end that the efficiency of individuals, agencies, and institutions de­voted to this cause may be increased. An­nual meeting. Sections: social case work, social group work, conmiunity organization, social action. One-year committees ap­pointed to present programs .on special topics at annual meetings. Affiliations. Affiliates: .40 national groups associated with and holding meetings at time of the meeting of the National Confer­

ence. ^Secretaries of state conferences of social \york are listed with state organiza-

: tions- • Publications^: "Conference Bulletin," quar­terly, 50 cents; Proceedings, $3 (for sale by University of Chicago Press);

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LIQUOR ADMINISTRATORS (1934). Exec. Secy.-

:„ Trcas'.: Michael F. Costello, Chief of the Division of Intoxicating Beverages, 308 State-Office Building, Providence, R. I.

Membership. Constituent: state agencies charged with the administration -of state liquor control laws and the collection of beverage ta.xes; representatives of the fed­eral government and others are sometimes

- invited to take part in the deliberations of the Conference but do not have the right to vote. J ^ Finances. Dues: $200 per state._ Secretariat. .. Part-time, unpaid secretary with authority in executive committee to designate paid executive secretary. . Activities. Seeks to improve the administra­tion of state liquor control laws by promot­ing interchange of information and experi­ence; also seeks to standardize regulations of the various states and to accomplish other­

wise uniformity in laws and regulations. Annual meetings. Committees: taxation, statistical data, modeluniform law, state owned systems,,uniform forms and systems and interchange of information between

• states, cooperation—state and federal—uni­form shipping regulations, uniform labeling regulations.

'^Publications. , Proceedings; also bulletins issued occasionally. . . . .^

• NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL • PLAN- : NiNG.Associ.ATiON (1934). Secv.-Tfeas.:

M . - H . Hedges, 726 Jackson PI., Washing­ton, D.C: :

il/fw6m///^.. Individual: 300 persons in­terested in social and economic planning. Finances. Dues: $2. Budget-.-$6,000. . Secretariat.. Part-time office secretary. . .ictivities. Studies methods for full utiliza­tion of the productive resources of the L^ S. to give the .American people the highest possible material and cultural standard of living; maiintains contacts between persons interested in social aiid economic planning; seeks to throw light upcin technical problenis t f ec()nomic planning.»^ Committers: plan-

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ning a cotton program, methods of measur­ing productive capacity, standards, of liv­ing, education for social planning, foreign trade planning. Publications. "Plan .Age," monthly, $2.

NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (1857). £xec. Secy.; WillardE. Givens, 1201 r6th

~ St;, AVashington, p . C. . Membership. Individual: 191,000 teachers and others actively engaged in educational work. " .

• Finances. Dues: %2 and $5. Budget: $51,0,000; • - / r

. Secretfiriat. Full-time' secretary. Staff of 120to:15a ' • >» Activities. Disseminates information which furnishes a background for public support of. education; stands for better salaries, ten­ure regulations, and retirement allowances; conducts research on educational problems;' serves to unify the educational forces of the country in one all-inclusive-organization devoted to the advance of the teaching pro­fession. Semi-annual meeting. Commit­tees: academic freedom, equal opportunities, higher education, economic status of the teacher, international relations, health prob­lems in education, relations with state asso­ciations, legislation, retirement allowances, problems of tenure, cooperation with the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools, social economic goals, resolutions, enrichment, of adult life. Joint committee of N. E. A. and Na:t.ional Congress of Par­ents and Teacheirs, joint committee of N. E. A. and American Library Association. Departments (or divisions; several of'these have separate membership fees and issue departmental publications; membership in N. E, A. is a prerequisite to membership in any department): administrative women-adult education, art education, American;

. .Association of Teachers Colleges (q. v.), business education, classroom teachers, deans of women,- educational research (see •American Educational Research Associa­tion), elementary school principals (see be­low) , kindergarten,.primary education, lip reading, music education,, rural education, school health and physical education, sci­ence instruction, secondary education; sec­ondary school principals, social studies, spe­

c i a l education, superintendence (seebelow), supervisors and directors of instruction.

supervisors and teachers of home economics, visual instruction, vocational education. Affiliations. Affiliates: National Council of Education (q.v.) ari'd 725 state«and local as­sociations of teachers. Secretaries of state •associations of teachers are listed by states in State Section. Closely associated with large number of educational associations. Member, World Federation of- Education -Associations. . : Publications. "Journal ," monthly except. June,'July, and August, $2; addresses arid proceedings, $3; yearbooks (published by Departments of Superintendence, Class­room Teachers, Elementary School Prin--cipals); "Review of Educational Research," quarterly, $4. (published by American Edu­cational Research Association); bulletin of-the Department of Rural Education. List • of publications on request.

NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION .ASSOCIATION . (1896). Manag. Dir.: Franklin H. Went-

worth; Asst. Manage Dir.: Percy Bugbee,. 60 Batterymarch St., Boston, Mass/

Membership. Constituent: 122. national societies, associations-, institutes, etc., in­terested in the protection of li'fe and property against loss by fire, state associations whose principal object is the reduction of fire waste, insurance boards, and insurance'as^-sociations having primary jurisdiction.- In­dividual and organizational: 3,400 persons, chambers of commerce, firms, etc.. Finances. Dues: constituent-(or active), $60; individual (or associate), $10. Budget: :$,i00,000. • Secretariat. Full-time director. Office Staff of 9; field staff of 4. Activities. Carries on educational campaign to reduce fire loss; conducts field surveys of cities showing high fire losses; studies local fire hazards; recommends definite programs of improvement and advises with local fire prevention organizations and fire depart­ment officials; performs a general consulting service for municipal fire officials; carries on technical research and develops engineering standards and codes for the control of fire hazards. These codes form the: biEisis of insurance requirements and municipal or­dinances, e.^.. National. Electrical Code. .Annual meeting. Committees: building construction, field service, fire prevention and clean-up campaign, laws and ordinances.-.

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zoning, each major type of fire hazard, elec­trical, fire record, automatic sprinklers and other fire protective equipment, safety to life. Sections: chambers of commerce and safety councils (local organizations active^ in fire prevention work), volunteer firemen, fire marshals (state, provincial, and city fire prevention and arson officers).. .

I Publications. "Quarterly," "Volunteer Fire-• men," yearbook, proceedings, pamphlets on . fire protection and fire hazards; "^Handbook

of Fire Protection.!'etc. List of publications on. request. . . .

NATIONAL HIGHWAY ^USERS CONFERENCE (1932). /)/>.; Roy F. Britton,.National

. Press Building, Washington, D.C. Me^nbcrship. No formal memlDerships. The

. Conference is composed of about 50 organi-zatidns interested in all phases of highway transportation, highway construction, and taxation, and regulation of motor vehicles. Secretariat. Full-time director. Staff of

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. Activitiesl . Acts as a clearing house for collection and dissemination of information coiicerhing present and proposed national and municipal legislation affecting motor ve­hicle taxation and the regulation of products

. u^ed in motor, transportation; studies equi­table policies of taxation for the provision and maintenance of public highways; serves as a meeting ground for the discussion of policies of taxation and the problems of

'securing adequate highway transportation systems; acts a an agency f r coordinatirig activities of its associates; .encourages the formation of state conferences with purposes and functions in accord with those of the National Conference.: • Affiliations. Cooperates with Bureau of Public Roads of the Unitecl States Depart­ment of Agriculture, State Highway Depart­ments, and various organizations interested in highway construction, taxation and regu­lation. Publications. ."State Registration Fees and Special Taxes for Motor Vehicles": "State Size and AVeigTiit Restrictions on.Commer­cial Vehicles"; numerous-; other pamphlets and booklets. List of publications on re-

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.NATIONAL MUNICIPAL LEAGUE (1894).. Secv.:- Howard P. Jones, 309 E. 34th,

::• N . Y . c . . •

Membership, Individual: 2,5.00 persons; interested, in the improvement of municipal government. Finances. Dues: ..?5, $10, $25, and $100. . Budget: $36,000; : . • ' Secretariat. .Full-time secretary. Staff of

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Activities. Through committees prepares model laws and'recommends'pririciples of administration; promotes the; adoption of its recommended principles ojt government by city councils arid state legislators; fur­nishes speakers^ and consultants at request of legislative committees or organized groups of interested citizens; assists in campaigns for formulation and adoption of city managers charters; has carefully formulated campaign procedure to.assist local groups • of interested citizens or city officials who are promoting campaigns; furnishes litera- • ture and'Supplies speakers (it is not, how­ever, a lobbying organization; its repre­sentatives never appear before a 'city or state legislative assembly without invitation • from local officials or interested citizens); advises comrriittee:s and individuals on pro- ' posed charters and assists in charter draft­ing ; answers inquiries oh, forms of city and •county government, registration and elec­tion methods, city planning and zoning, cen­tralized purchasing, assessment 5f real. estate,, and other governmental problems; throuj?h its Consultant Service (q.v.) sur- • veys and makes recommendations; for the . reorganization of local governments for in­creased efficiency and economy; cooperates: with newspaper editors throughout the coun­try in supplyibg them with reliable informa­tion concerning current improvements in state and local government; conducts in co- ] ^ operation with other organh:ations an annual conference called National-Conference on GovernmentT serves as secretariat for. the National Federation • of Citizens, Councils (q;y.). Committees: new municipal pro­gram, model administrative code, citizen or- \ . ganization for political activity, citizens participation in government, coiinty goverur ; ment\ modelspecial assessments law, model

• State constitution, selection of judiciary, citi-; .zens' councils for constructive economy, personnel, model tax collection law, liquor legislation. . (

Affiliations. In cooperation with other or­ganizations has created National Gorfimittee

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\ tee on Selection of Judiciary. National Short Ballot Organization merged with Na­tional Municipal League in 1921., and Pro-

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Sectetdriat. F.i'l-time secretary, quarters staff of 6; lield staff of 13. Activities. 'Gathers and distributes infor­mation, relative to adniinistration of play and recreation programs and conducts rr-

portional Representation League merged search in these problems; renders advisory with National iN funicipal League in 1932. and consulting service by dorresponilence Publications• "National. Municipal Re- and field visits; conducts service bureaus in-view," monthly, $5; "Story of the City -.eluding: field service to colored communi-

"Alaijager Plan," VCouneil-Mariager Cities . ties; National Physical Education Service; During the Depression," "Model City Community Recreation Field Service (main-Charter," ;'Model State Constitution," "Liquor Control—Model La^," "Principles of a Model County-Government," model bond, budget, county manager, election ad­ministration and registration laws. List of publications on request- • , - .

NATIONAL PROBATION ASSOCIATION, INC. (1907). Exec. Dir.: Charles L. Chute, SOW. 50thSt.,.N. Y.C..

tains regular dtetrict field workers who render service to cities) ; establfshed Na­tional Recreation School for the training of playground and recreation directors. An-•nual recreation congress. , Affiliations. Cooperates with National Con­gress of Parents and Teachers, !Music Super­visors' National Conference, National Edu­cation Association, Natipnal Commission on

, , ,. , . y ,. ., , , „^^ , . the Enrichment of Adult Life, American Membcrshtp. Individual: 12,000 probation Legion, Extension Service of U. S. Depart-ofhcers and contributors. Approximately ^^^^^ f Agriculture, etc. ' one-fifth.of the members are governmentally ep)loyed.. T: . ;; /•• Finances. Dues:- $2 to. $100. Budget-?87,000. ^ Secretariat. Full-time director. Staff of 21. .Activities. Studies and standardizes meth^ ods of probation and parole work; advocates ana works for extension of the probation systems; conducts state-wide and local sur­veys of courts and probation systems and juvenile detention facilities;.conducts train­ing institutes for'probation officers in con­nection with state conferences of social work, etc. Annual meeting. Committees:

PiibUcations. "Recreation," monthly, %2; books, pamphlets, and leaflets. List of pub­lications on request.

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NATIONAL TAX ASSOCIATIOI , W. G. Query, State Office lumbia, S. C.; Treas.: R. Broadway^ N. Y. C.

Membership. Individual: 1,300 4tate-tax: commissioners and other public V)fficials, professors, and students of econon]ics and ta.xation and interested citizens.j .For the

- annual Conference, governors.are.asked- to appoint delegates. Voting power on ques-

domestic relations courts, records and sta- tions involving an expression of opinion of tistics, publicity, juvenile detention schools, the Conference on taxation or public finance juvenile courts. Affiliations: Meets with National Confer­ence of Social Work. Publications. "Probation," bi-monthly, ^ i ; Yearbook, $1; miscellaneous pamphlets, surveys, and research projects.

NATIONAL RECREATION ASSOCIATION (1906). Secv.: Howard S.Braucher, 3 15 Fourth Ave.,'N.Y.C.

^Prior to 1930, Playground and Recreation Associaticm of Anierica. , . .^^^ . .: Publications. "Bulletin," monthly, $2; Pro-;Mcmbership. Individual: 8,Q00 coniiiaii- cggfjings $3 50 ' tors, including playground .and recreation i ' ." ' ; ' workers and officials, knd interested citizens. OSBORNE ASSOCIATION, INC. (1922).. E.xec. Finances. Dues: $5 or more. Budget: • Secv.: William B. Cox, 114 E. 30th St.,. $200,000. N .Y.C. ^

is vested in these officia;! delegates. Approxi­mately one-half of the officers and executive committeemen of the Association are state tax officials.. • . " ' " •. 1 -Finances., Dues: $5. Budget: $9,000. Activities. Annual meeting. Committees: delinquent taxes; double domicile in innerit-ancejtaxatipn; federal and state relations; federal social security legislation; home­stead exernptibns; local governmental re­organization. V

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formed after merging of/Welfare League Association of New York City with Na-tiprial Society of Penal ITIformation. Membership. Individual: 3,614 interested persons. / • Finances, Dues: y^S to $25. Budget:

:ti533iPOOr;:-- •. -y^ • - ; ; . ; • _ . . ..,. Secretariat. Full-time executive secretary and field secretary. Staff of 6; special in­vestigators as required.

Activities. Studies methods of dealing with criminals; collects and disseminaites to the

. public facts about American {Denal institu­tions and suggests more effective methods for dealing with crime; conducts surveys of prisons and refornp,tories; endeavors to pro­vide jobs for men discharged from state and federal prisons and reformatories and to fur­nish lodgings, meals,'clothing, and essential cash relief necessary until they are placed at work and earn their first pay. Annual meeting. .ijjiliations. Affiliated with Thomas Mott Osborne Memoriar Fund, Inc. Publications.. "NewsBulletin,"bi-monthly,

^ i ; "Handbook of American Prisons and Reformatories"; books arid pamphlets. List of publications on request.

TAX POLICY LEAGUE (1932). Exec'. Sccv.: -Mabel L. Walker, 309 E. 34th St.,

•• N . Y . C . , , Forrnerly General Welfare Tax League. ^ Mepjbership. Individual: students of pub^ lie finance, business men, social workers, public officials, ^nd other persons and or­ganizations interested in taxation and public finance. Finances. Dues: $3 to $100. .Budget: $7,500. Secretariat: Fiill-tim^ executive secretary. One full-time and several part-time office; assistants. Activities. Conducts research in public finance, serves as an exchange for informa­tion on governmental revenues arid expendi-

THE BOOK OF THE STATES tures, furthers such financial, legislation as appears to_be for the coriimon good, arid op­poses such as would apparently have an adverse effecf upon the public welfare. An­nual meeting. ^ Affiliations. . Meets at time and place of annual conference of American Economic-Association, American Political Science As­sociation, and associated; groups. \ , ,.. . Publications. "Taxbits," monthly, $3; oc­casional pamphlets and other materials.

UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS (1932). Exec.Dir.: Paul V. Betters; 730 Jackson PI., N.W., Washington, D. C. -

Membership. Constituent: ISO cities over .50,000 in population, represented by their chief execut ives . ' ; , Finances^ Annual service fee based on population. Budget": ^50,000. Secretariat.- Fulltime executive director, assistant executive director, and director" of research. Staff of 8; 6 advisory consultants. Activities: Provides an agency through which the larger cities of the United States can cooperate in the practical study of all municipal questions; devotes special atten­tion to measures under consideration "by .Congress, which, if enacted, would vitally affect (either favorably, or unfavorably) the cities of the country; interprets to federal legislators and administrators the currerit problems confronting cities; informs mu­nicipal executives of "policies, rules, and. regulations adopted from day to day by fedieral agencie^ concerned with unemploy­ment relief, public works, housing, loans to home owners, and other matters of direct and vital importance to urban communities; maintains a full-time -Washington office: provides an informational, research, and Gonsuiting service to municipal officials. An­nual meeting and special meetings.

Publications. "United States Municipal News;" bi-weekly, $6; news letters; annual proceedings; research reports. List of pub-, licatioris on request. ,•/ . .

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V 7'he organizations listed under the poll owing headings tVill be found^in alphabet-if'al order in the precedih'g chapter.

BA^<•KI^JG

National Assodation of Supervisors of State Banks. . •

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

Brookings Institution—Institute of Ecjinomics

EDUCATION-

American .Association for Adult Educi/tion American Council on Education National Education Association

FIRE PROTECTION / "

InlernationaLAssociation pf Fire/Chiefs National Fire Protection Association

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National Association of State Auditors, Gonip-trbllers and Treasurers / :

G A M E AND F I S H PROTECTiOir ,

International Association of Game, Fish and Conservation Commissioners

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American Associaftion of State Highway Ofticials .American Coplerence of Motor Vehicle Ad­

ministrators, American j (oad Builders' Association National/Highway Users Conference

HOSPITAL'S •

Amei-ican Hospital Association

INSURANCE • X National Association of Insurance Commissioners

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/ AmcHcan Association for Labor Legislation International Association of Governmental Labor Officials in Industry International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissioiiers -International Association of Public Employment

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American Bar Association American! Law ins t i tu te ' .

LEGISLATION

Legislative Drafting Research Fund National Conference of Commissioners on Uni­form State Laws

LIBRARIES,

American ./Library Association

LIQUOR CONTROL. .

National Conference of Slate Liquor Admin- ;• istrat.ors

MENTAL HYGIENE . .

National Committee for.Mental Hygiene . ' • ' . . . ' . . . . ' . - • V •

MUNIGIPALITIES\^.. • . •

National Municipal League PARKS . •

National Recreation Association .

PLANNING

American. City Planning Institute , American Planning and Civic Association National Economic and Social Planning Asso- ' elation .

POLICE • • ; • * ; .

International Association of Chiefs of Police

PORTS AND WATERWAYS •

American Association of Port Authorities .

PRISONS.

American Prison Association National.Probation Association Osborne Association /

PROBATION

National Probation Association

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION—GENERAL

Brookings Institution-*-Institute for Govern­ment Research Institute of Public Administration

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION—MUNICIPAL

• National Municipal League , -^ United States Conference of Mayors , <s>,v

PUBLIC UTU,ITIES

National. Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners

.PUBLIC W-Ej-FARE

^American Public Health Association . National Conference of Social W o r k , ,

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National Tax Association , Tax Policy League j '

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American Council on Education ' .

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