Last‐minute attention is called to previous announcements regarding the Fortieth Annual Meeting to be held in Washington, D. C., May 4–7, 1959. The program is now closed and will be mailed to all members and subscribers at an early date. Attention is called to the December, 1958Transactions, page 1200, for information regarding hotel rooms. Bear in mind that advance bookings on which deposits have not been made are usually canceled two weeks in advance, and thus during this interval the chance of making your reservation may be quite good. Although you make no advance arrangements for quarters, it in usually possible to do so after you arrive in Washington through the Housing Committee of the Washington Board of Trade (1616 K. Street, N.W., Washington, D. C., telephone REpublic 7‐2600); but they may find it necessary to direct, you to a tourist