REPORT OF THE SECRETARY FOR 1972.

This section presents the final report of the secretary of the American Economic Association for the annual meetings of the Allied Social Science Associations, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 27-29, 1971. The final report indicated a total registration of 5,913 persons. The net income from the meeting was $20,381.18. The share of the American Economic Association, based on registration figures, was $13,383. In accordance with a resolution passed at the annual meeting of December 28, 1971, the 1972 National Convention Committee arranged for day-care facilities at Toronto and publicized them in the preregistration materials mailed to members. Demand for such facilities was negligible. At the 1973 meetings, the National Convention Committee will arrange for baby sitters but not day care. In recent years, a volume of abstracts of the papers to be given at the annual meetings was published, mailed to those members preregistering, and given to others at the time of registration. Since there was doubt about the value of the abstracts, the 1972 volume was sold at the meetings for one dollar a copy instead of being given to all registrants. Sales totaled less than one thousand copies. To date, no complaints have been received in this office because the abstracts were not mailed to those who preregistered. It appears that the abstracts cost more than they were worth, and they probably will be discontinued.