ASSOCIATION NEWS

ANNUAL MEETINGAlmost 5000 people attended the Sixty-

Fourth Annual Meeting of the Association inWashington, D.C., September 3-7, making itthe largest meeting of the Association ever.There was record attendance for the AnnualBusiness Meeting, over 150 panel papers weredelivered, and at one point on Thursday after-noon 2000 people were in one of threemeetings at which Senator Edmund Muskie,Governor Spiro T. Agnew and General LewisHershey spoke. These figures indicate thegreat interest generated by the program of theAnnual Meeting.

OfficersDavid Easton, Univerity of Chicago, was in-

stalled as President of the Association for

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1968-69. Merle Painsod, Harvard University,President for 1967-68, delivered the Presiden-tial Address, "Some Reflections on Soviet-American Relations," which will be published inthe December Review. The President-Elect,who will take office at the 1969 Meeting, isKarl Deutsch, Harvard University. Otherofficers for 1968-69 are: Vice-Presidents,James W. Fesler, Yale University, Hans J.Morgenthau, University of Chicago, and Ver-non B. Van Dyke, University of Iowa; Secre-

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tary, Bernard L. Kronick, University of SantaClara; Treasurer, Francis E. Rourke, JohnsHopkins University. Eight members of theCouncil were selected for two year terms: Gor-don E. Baker, University of California, SantaBarbara; Samuel DuBois Cook, Duke Univer-sity; Josephine F. Milburn, Simmons College;Joseph L. Nogee, University of Houston; A. F.K. Organski, University of Michigan; FrankJ. Sorauf, University of Minnesota; HerbertJ. Spiro, University of Pennsylvania; Freder-ick Wirt, University of California, Berkeley.

AwardsDuncan MacRae, Jr., University of Chicago,

received the Woodrow Wilson FoundationBook Award for the best book published in1967 in the field of government, politics andinternational relations, for Parliament, Partiesand Society in France 19b6-1958. The awardcarries a $1000 prize. The committee was com-posed of Lucian Pye, M.I.T., chairman; GerardJ. Mangone, Temple University; James G.March, University of California, Irvine.

Perry Smith, U.S. Air Force, received theHelen Dwight Reid Award for the best disser-tation in the field of international relations,law and politics for "Wartime Planning forPostwar Contingencies: The Army Air ForceExample 1943-1946." The committee was com-posed of Kenneth N. Waltz, BrandeisUniversity, chairman; Chadwick F. Alger,

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/ . LaPaloinbara, Program Chairman

Northwestern University; Paul Seabury, Uni-versity of California, Berkeley.

Sidney Tarrow, Yale University, received thePi Sigma Alpha award for the best paper atthe 1967 Annual Meeting, "Catch-all PoliticalParties in a Polarized Political System: AnEmpirical Analysis and Theoretical Critique."The committee was composed of Samuel P.

Huntington, Harvard University, chairman;John D. Lewis, Oberlin College; York Willbern,Indiana University.

Clyde D. McKee, Jr., Trinity College, re-ceived the Leonard D. White award for thebest dissertation in the general field of publicadministration, broadly defined, for "The Poli-tics of Council—Manager Forms Having andNot Having the Partisan Election." The com-mittee was composed of Frederick C. Mosher,University of Virginia, chairman; Charles S.Ascher, Institute of Public Administration;Fred W. Riggs, University of Hawaii.

No Edward S. Corwin award was given in1968.

Annual Business MeetingThe Business Meeting was attended by 850

people, the largest number ever present for aBusiness Meeting.

Several important items of business weretransacted.

Two amendments to the Association Consti-tution were adopted, both of which add lan-guage to Section 2 of Article II, "Objects":

But the Association nonetheless activelyencourages in its membership and its jour-nals, research in and concern for significantcontemporary political and social problemsand policies, however controversial and sub-ject to partisan discourse in the communityat large these may be.The Association shall not be debarred, how-ever, from adopting resolutions or taking

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PERSONNEL SERVICEThe Association Personnel Service is open to

all Association members for $6 per calendaryear. This cost covers printing, mailing andprocessing of referrals. Ten newsletters aresent each year to those members who are reg-istered, listing employment openings. Thesepositions include teaching, research and ad-ministration. The number of openings listedhas been constantly increasing the last fewyears. Over 400 positions were listed last year.

For further infomation and registrationforms, write to the Director of the PersonnelService at Association headquarters.

REGISTRY OF RETIREDPROFESSORS

As an adjunct to the Personnel Service, aRegistry of Retired Professors has been estab-lished. This Registry serves as an informationexchange for retired professors interested inteaching one (or more) courses on a one se-mester or one year basis, and institutions in-terested in employing them. Retired professorsinterested in registration should write to theAssociation for the fact sheet and one pageforms. Departments interested in employingretired professors should also write to theDirector of the Personnel Service stating theirrequirements.

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Registration

Fainsod addresses Plenary Session

D. P. Moynihan addresses panel

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Kirkpatrick, W. Anderson, F. Rourke, Easton

A. Ranney introducesVice-Presidential Candidate Muskie

Kirkpatrick, Ford FoundationPresident McGeorge Bundy,

Fainsod

Bernstein presenting report to Council. At head table (I.to r.) Kronick, Glickman, Fainsod, Kirkpatrick, Easton.

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Fainsod, Rep. Brademas, S. Bailey, C. Jones

Sen. Muskie and Gov. Agnew cross paths

Gen. Lewis Hershey and questioner

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H. Penniman introduces Candidate Agnew

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such other action as it deems appropriate in-support of academic freedom and of freedomof expression by and within the Association,the political science profession, and the uni-versity, when in its judgment such freedomhas been clearly and seriously violated or isclearly and seriously threatened.Resolutions adopted included those to accept

the Bernstein Committee Report and the Ore-gon statement (both printed in P.S., Summer1968) as expressions of principle; to enjoin of-ficers and employees of the Association from"engaging in intelligence and other covert ac-tivities and from using their positions to ad-vance any partisan political interests"; toinstruct the Council and officers to seek a siteother than Chicago for the 1970 Annual Meet-ing; and to refer to the Council a recommenda-tion for courses in local political organizationand action. Texts of these resolutions follow.

1. The Association thanks Professor Bern-stein and the members of his committee fortheir conscientious work and thoughtful re-port on these complex and difficult problems.

The Association directs the President toappoint a Standing Committee on Profes-sional Ethics and charge it with the activi-ties and responsibilities outlined in Part 11,Section 1 of the Bernstein Report.

The Association accepts the rules sug-gested by the Bernstein Committee and theOregon department, not as legislation bind-ing all political scientists, but as expres-sions of principles to (1) help focus the pro-fession's discussions of ethical problems, (2)serve as points of departure for the newStanding Committee's deliberations, and (3)contribute to the possible eventual forma-tion of a professional code of ethics. Allmembers of the Association are urged tobring their views on these and related mat-ters to the Standing Committee's attention.

2. WHEREAS: Engaging in covert activ-ities on the part of officers of the Associa-tion is contrary to the spirit of their respon-sibilities in the Association.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT: Officers andemployees of the Association are enjoinedfrom engaging in intelligence and othercovert activities and from using their posi-tions to advance any partisan political in-terests.3. WHEREAS it is essential to the pro-fession of political science that its discus-sion of problems of interest to its members

be discussed in an atmosphere conductive • tofree discussion, debate and dissent, withoutfear of private or official intimidation orfear for the physical security of its mem-bers,

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED thatthe membership of the American PoliticalScience Association, at its business meetingof September 5, 1968, instruct its Counciland officers to seek a site other than Chicagofor its annual meeting of 1970.4. Recognizing the increase of responsibleparticipation of young Americans in local,state and national affairs, and recognizingour responsibility as political scientists andeducators to encourage such responsibleparticipation, the American Political ScienceAssociation recommends that members at alluniversities and other educational institutionsorganize and conduct free, non-credit, non-partisan courses in local political organiza-tion and action. The basic purpose of thesecourses should be to impart to students anunderstanding of the organization and ac-tivity of the local political parties in theeducational institution's community, and ofthe connection of this local organization andactivity to state and national political or-ganization and activity. The courses shouldstress the methods by which interested citi-zens may participate in and have an impactupon local party affairs, and to help ensurethe relevance of this instruction, local partyofficials and public office holders of the majorpolitical parties should be invited to aid inthe preparation and teaching of these courses.In addition the Council announced its inten-

tion that the Association hold its AnnualMeeting in the West in 1970 or thereafter inresponse to a resolution passed by the WesternPolitical Science Association.

The Council also announced that it had in-structed the officers of the Association to ar-range facilities for members to attend Councilmeetings as observers.

ANNUAL MEETING PANELPAPERS

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting will beavailable on microfilm about January 1, con-taining all papers delivered at the Annual

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Meeting and the Presidential address. Individ-ual papers are also available on hard copy.Requests for the Proceedings or papers shouldbe directed to University Microfilms, Ann Ar-bor, Michigan 48102. (The Association still hasa limited number of some panel papers avail-able at reduced cost. A list can be obtainedfrom the Association.) To make the Proceed-ings more accessible, Kenneth Janda, North-western University, has agreed to prepare anindex to the contents.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORTINGAWARDS

Forty reporters have been honored forexcellent reporting of public affairs in a pro-gram sponsored by the Association. Specialplaques are presented to the reporters, as wellas to their newspapers or television stations.Winning reporters also attend seminars con-ducted by leading political scientists, journal-ists and public officials. Speakers will includeeditors, publishers and outstanding youngstate legislators. More entries were submittedin 1968 than in any previous year for the pro-gram which is financed by a grant from theFord Foundation.

Winners and their newspapers or televisionstations are:

Peter A. Altman and Kris S. McGrath, Min-neapolis (Minn.) Star

Rebecca Bell, WKYC-TV (Cleveland, Ohio)Joe A. Bigham, Napa (Calif.) RegisterBernie Bookbinder, Newsday (Garden City,

N.Y.)Paul M. Branzburg, Louisville (Ky.) Cour-

ier-JournalLouis S. Cannon, San Jose (Calif.)

Mercury NewsLarry Cheek, Greensboro (N.C.) RecordBill G. Cook and Richard G. Marsh, Stock-

ton (Calif.) Daily RecordFrederic J. Crafts, Eugene (Ore.) Register-

GuardRalph Dannheisser, Milwaukee (Wis.) Senti-

nelHelen Dewar and Richard L. Homan,

Washington (D.C.) PostWilliam G. Dillon, (Norfolk) Virginia Ob-

serverRichard L. Doak, Des Moines (Iowa) Regis-

ter

Frederick V. H. Garretson, Oakland (Calif.)Tribune

James W. Giltmier, WSB-TV (Atlanta, Ga.)Edmonde A. Haddad, KPOL Radio (Los An-

geles, Calif.)John Heritage, Minneapolis (Minn.) TribuneAlfred Klimcke, Philadelphia (Penn.)

InquirerArlen J. Large, Wall Street JournalTimothy Leland, Boston (Mass.) GlobeRobert E. Lind, Daily Courier (Connells-

ville, Penn.)Meliton Luna, St. Louis (Mo.) Globe-Demo-

cratWilliam Lyttle, Hamilton (Ont., Canada)

SpectatorJames W. McCulla, Milwaukee (Wis.) Jour-

nalJames N. Mason, Jr. and Edwin Matesky,Hartford (Conn.) TimesSamuel Mercantini, Elkhart (Ind.) TruthGeorge Newman, Redwood City (Calif.)

TribuneCharles Reid, Jr. and Robert Wyrick, Today

(Cocoa, Florida)George B. Ringwald, Riverside (Calif.)

Press-EnterpriseSy Safranksy, Long Island (Jamaica, N.Y.)

PressBill Sluis, Santa Barbara (Calif.) News-

PressJ. Dale Thorn, Shreveport (La.) TimesFelton West, Houston (Tex.) PostCurtis C. Wilkie, Jr., Clarksdale (Miss.)

Press RegisterJohn E. Woodruff, Baltimore (Md.) Sun

NATIONAL COMMITTEEFELLOWSHIP

In August the Association announced theselection of Joel Fisher, California State Col-lege, Fullerton, as the 1968-69 National Com-mittee Fello.w at the Republican NationalCommittee.

The National Committee Fellowships are de-signed to provide scholars with the opportu-nity to observe the workings of the nationalparty organization at close hand, and to givethe committees the opportunity to utilize pro-fessional staff assistance. Thus the fellowshipslink the academic study of political science andthe world of "practical politics" in much thesame way as the APSA Congressional Fellow-ship Program relates to Congress. Primarysupport for the Program has come from the

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American Enterprise Institute for Public Pol-icy Research.

Both national committees are eligible tohave National Committee Fellows. The Fellowshave filled such positions as Special Consultantto the Chairman of the Democractic NationalCommittee and Director of the Arts and Sci-ences Division at the Republican NationalCommittee. Often Fellows have been assignedto serve as liaison to the academic community,contacting college professors and students.Fellows generally serve for an academic year.Selections are made jointly by the Associationand the National Committees.

THE STATE LEGISLATIVESERVICE PROJECT

The fifth in a series of Legislative ServiceProjects for freshmen state legislators was an-nounced in September for the State of WestVirginia. The West Virginia Project will beco-sponsored by the University of West Vir-ginia Political Science Department and theWest Virginia Legislative Service Office. Dar-rell V. McGraw, Jr. will be the State Legisla-tive Service Fellow.

The Legislative Service Projects include theorganization of seminars led by senior legisla-tors and other experts in the legislative proc-ess and the preparation of handbooks de-scribing the operation of the participatinglegislatures. Both the seminars and the hand-books emphasize the immediate practical prob-lems of the newcomer—committee assignmentand service, relationships with party leader-ship and colleagues, parliamentary procedureand the conduct of legislative business andconstituency service and education.

Other states participating in the State Leg-islative Service Program are Illinois, Iowa,Louisiana and Wisconsin.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTPROPOSED

A proposed amendment to Article VII of theAssociation's Constitution has been submittedby the requisite number of members [seeCOMMUNICATIONS] . Paragraph 1 of Article VII,"Management of Association Affairs and Du-ties of Officers," would be amended as indi-cated by the italicized portion (parenthesizedwords would be be deleted) :

The highest authority for deciding thepolicies and managing the affairs of theAssociation is the membership of theAssociation, (duly assembled in the An-nual Business Meeting, or in a specialmeeting duly called.) It enacts (andamends) the Constitution (,). Itamends the Constitution by a mailed,secret ballot to each member of the As-sociation under conditions prescribed bythe Council, except that the passage ofall such amendments shall be deter-mined by a majority of those voting.The membership of the Associationduly assembled in the Annual BusinessMeeting or in a special meeting dulycalled (elects the elective officers,) re-solves policy questions brought to it,and may confirm, revise, or repeal theaction of the Council, the ExecutiveCommittee or any officer (.) exceptwhenever its action are contested bytwenty per cent or more of the member-ship present and voting, in which casesuch actions shall be submitted for ap-proval to the entire membership by amailed, secret ballot under conditionsprescribed by the Council, except thatall such decisions shall be determined bya majority of those voting. It elects theelective officers. Whenever there is acontest for any elective office such con-tested elections shall be conducted by amailed secret ballot to each member un-der conditions prescribed by the Council,except that all such elections shall bedetermined by a plurality of those vot-ing. One hundred members shall consti-tute a quorum of the Association forpurposes of the Annual Business Meet-ing or a special meeting, and a majorityvote of the members in attendance shallcontrol its decisions. The Associationshall meet annually at a time and placedesignated by the Council. The Counciland the officers shall make every effort toacquaint the members with the businessof the Association and with the issuesinvolved in the agenda of the AnnualBusiness Meeting, and to provide suffi-cient time at business meetings for de-liberations and decisions.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMEETING

At the fall meeting of the ExecutiveCommittee of the Association's Council, sev-

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eral items were considered and actions taken ofinterest to the membership.

Annual Meeting

The Executive Committee agreed to the ex-tension of the length of the 1969 Annual Meet-ing by one day, starting at Tuesday noon,September 2, through Saturday afternoon,September 6.

In response to a letter from George W.Carey and others requesting approval to or-ganize panels on the same basis as the Caucusfor a New Political Science [see COMMUNICA-TIONS], the following action was approved:

The Carey group is authorized to or-ganize a series of panels for the 1969annual meeting on the same basis asthe Caucus for a New Political Science.Both the Caucus and the Carey groupwill submit their proposed panels to theProgram Committee of APSA (throughthe Chairman, Robert Lane) for ap-proval. Hotel space will be assigned thepanels and information about themprinted in the APSA Program only af-ter Program Committee approval.

Ethics Committee

The creation of an Ethics Committee in ac-cordance with the action of the Council andBusiness meeting in September was discussed.The following action was taken:

The President of APSA is authorized toappoint a Committee of nine members.The members of the Committee willserve for three years and one-third willbe appointed each year. The initial ap-pointments shall provide for three mem-bers with one year terms, three mem-bers with two-year terms, and threemembers with three-year terms. TheChairman of the Committee will be ap-pointed for a two-year term. No mem-ber of the Committee shall be eligiblefor immediate reappointment. The Com-mittee is authorized to spend up to$5000 in the first year.

Graduate Study Committee

The Executive Committee authorized the es-tablishment of a Committee of three to fivemembers for an exploratory study of graduateeducation, in response to a proposal by twograduate students, Morris Blackman, NewYork University and Kenneth Sharpe, YaleUniversity, on behalf of the National Commit-

tee on Graduate Education. That Committee isindependent of any university and is endorsedby the Caucus for a New Political Science.The concerns of the proposal are "quality andstyle of . . . education, the apparent disparityin some areas between the orientation of pro-fessional training and its relevance to con-temporary issues, political science graduatestudents' training and its relevance to con-temporary issues, their training as critical andcreative scholars and teachers, their abilityto define relevance, their relations with thefaculty, and a number of other areas."

A majority of the members of the new Com-mittee will be graduate students drawn fromthe National Committee on Graduate Educa-tion. The Committee will be authorized tospend up to $4000.00 and will present a prog-ress report by February 1, 1969. The fundswill be used only for travel costs, secretarialassistance, telephone and supplies. Paymentsfor the above will be made by the Associationupon the written authorization of a member ofthe Committee designated by President Eas-ton.

Status of Women

A petition concerning the status of womenin political science, signed by 82 persons dur-ing the Annual Meeting, was brought to theattention of the Executive Committee. Thestatement reads:

We, the undersigned members of theAssociation, do hereby petition The Ex-ecutive Council of The American Politi-cal Science Association to establish aSpecial Commission for a Study of theStatus of Women within the Professionthat will report at the earliest date:(a) A thorough examination of theproblem of women seeking to prepareand to join the political science pro-fession receiving equal and fair treat-ment and consideration; and (b)Recommendations for action by mem-ber institutions to fully guarantee equaltreatment for women students andfaculty; and (c) The extent of currentactivity and programs' within the As-sociation's purview devoted to maximi-zation of the full human educationpotential without regard to sex, race, orcreed.

The Executive Director reported the resultsof materials on women in the profession col-lected by the national office. A survey of re-

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sponses to Biographical Directory question-aires indicates that women constitute approx-imately 5% of full-time, teaching politicalscientists, and their participation in AnnualMeeting panels as chairmen, paper-givers anddiscussants reflects this proportion. Womenhave also been officers of the Association andparticipants in committee work. The Committeeagreed that the Executive Director will con-tinue to explore the proposal for a commissionand make recommendations to the ExecutiveCommittee at its next meeting.

Status of Negroes

Because of the Association's continuing in-terest in the participation of Negroes in theprofession, the Executive Director alsobrought information on this question to theattention of the Executive Committee. A sur-vey of Negroes teaching political science andthose teaching at primarily Negro institutionswas developed in 1963-64, and this is currentlybeing updated.

P.S. was established as a journal whichwould be innovative in serving the needsand desires of the membership and theprofession. The mechanism described hereis an effort to increase communicationamong political scientists and to helpmeet professional needs.

The Association is developing an infor-mation exchange for those interested intemporary or summer teaching appoint-ments at locations abroad or away fromtheir homes, and departmental chairmanwho have requirements for such appoint-ments. The aim of the exchange is tomake it possible for those traveling ordoing research abroad or away fromhome to achieve support while fillinganother department's needs, for theperiod spent in the area. Those interestedshould indicate the geographic area andperiod of time of their availability.

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