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The next annual meeting of the American Economic Association will be held in Washington, during December 28-30, 1931. Hotel Washington has been selected as headquarters. Some names have been added to the membership of the association since May 1. The index to volume II of Social Science Abstracts has recently been published. This index constitutes the largest single reference work on the world's periodical literature in the social sciences for 1930. There are over 36,000 topical entries in the subject index and the names of over 12,000 contemporary writers in the authors' index. Reference was made in the March issue of the Review to a series of studies under the auspices of the Social Science Research Council relating to agriculture. The National Association of Real Estate Boards has sent out a memorandum which has been placed before U.S. President Herbert C. Hoover relating to the possibility of creating a discount system which would serve existing financial institutions making loans on urban residences in much the same way as the federal reserve system serves commercial banks.