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This article announces activities of the American Economic Association. The Executive Committee at its meeting on March 8, 1974, voted to require that proposed resolutions must be submitted to the secretary at least one month in advance in writing with signatures of the proposer and both of whom must be members in good standing. The Asia Foundation has awarded the American Economic Association a grant to assist graduate students. The Placement Service at the 1974 annual meetings of the Allied Social Science Association at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California will begin operation on December 27.

This article focuses on a special notice regarding the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, given by Melvin Tumin, President of the Society, and addressed to the members of the Society. The society's Annual Meetings will be held in the Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, from August 27 to 29, 1967. The article also mentions the schedule of the meeting. Registration will be done on Saturday evening, August 26, and Sunday morning August 27. One or two major plenary sessions will be held on Sunday morning. Meetings of Special problem Committees will be held on Sunday evening. Monday will be a free day to permit members to attend the Section meetings of the American Sociological Association. Annual Business Meeting will be held in late afternoon of Monday. Full information about these, including titles and chairmen, and dates for submission of papers, had been sent to all members earlier in a special mailing. The article also presents contact details for making enquiries about these meetings.

The article reports that American Sociological Association's (ASA's) annual meeting at San Francisco, a resolution concerning American policy in Vietnam has been signed by more than three per cent of voting members, was submitted to the Council. On the grounds that the ASA, as a scientific and professional organization, should not express an official position on political issues, the Council, by unanimous vote, disapproved the resolution. To poll immediately all members of the Association as to their individual judgments regarding American policy in the Vietnam conflict, the results of this poll to be made public as quickly as possible, separately for voting and non-voting members respectively. In accordance with Constitutional procedure, the Council now submits the issue to the voting membership of the Association. Two alternatives are before the voting membership: (1) To vote on the substantive issue contained in the Resolution and thereby commit the Association to an official position on Vietnam policy and (2) To adopt the Council's position that to take a position on this issue is not consistent with the goals and objectives of this Association.

The article presents the program of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) to be held from August 28-31,1967 in San Francisco, California. The program is as follows: Monday, August 28 will be devoted to the Sections of the ASA with each Section holding a council and business meeting and sponsoring a program session. Tuesday, August 29: Two sessions will be held jointly with the Rural Sociological Society. The Society for the Study of Social Problems will also co-sponsor numerous sessions, as indicated in the program. Wednesday, August 30: At 10:30 a.m. all members are urged to attend the first of two annual business meetings. A second series of luncheon roundtable discussions is scheduled at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, August 31 is a full day of sessions including some of the most interesting on the program. The second ASA business meeting is scheduled at 10:30 a.m. and the third series of luncheon roundtables at 11:30 a.m. The Pacific Telephone Company will provide a telephone message center during the meetings. The California State Employment Service will conduct a placement center from August 26 to August 31. Application and order forms were mailed with the preliminary program. Forms for hotel reservations, luncheon reservations, and advance registration were printed in the February 1967 issue of "The American Sociologist," and are also available in the preliminary program mailing to all members.