NEWS AND NOTES.

This article presents developments related to several congresses and conventions. Announcement has been made of the establishment of a commercial public opinion surveys company in Israel and it will be headed by Rafael E. Gill of New York. A group of physical and social scientists are planning to establish a Canadian Peace Research Institute and International Peace Research Fund to conduct research into the causes and prevention of war and, through the Fund, to tangibly encourage establishment of similar institutes in as many countries as possible. A Max Weber Centennial Commission has recently been established to mark the year 1964, the centennial of Weber's birth, by focusing attention on Weber's impact on the social sciences. The Commission is designed to coordinate the efforts of cooperating institutions of higher learning and academic organizations by arranging visiting professorships, exchange lectureships, seminars, and institutes. During the summer of 1963 the Survey Research Center of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan will hold its sixteenth consecutive summer institute in Survey Research Techniques. The curriculum of the Institute is designed to meet some of the educational and training needs of men and women engaged in business and governmental research.