52 NATIONAL MUNICIPAL REVIEW 1 January How and where should the trailer be taxed? How shall the muncipality offset the extra governmental costs induced by trailers that stop within its limits? How will this mo- bile style of living affect housing? What will its effect be upon the educational problem? Dr. Walker presents these problems and many others occasioned by the trailer, citing steps taken by municipalities in solvicg them.

* Proceedings of the American Municipal

Association 1991-1936. Chicago, American Municipal Association, 1936. 828 pp. $7.00.

The American Municipal Association is a federation of the leagues of municipalities in thirty states. Binding the proceedings of its annual meetings for five years in a single volume enables a study of the growth of the functions of municipalities as one re- sponsibility after another was thrust upon them in an especially difficult period. The discussions show a steadily increasing spirit of cooperation between the municipalities of different states, an advantageous sign for the future of local government.

* A Directory of International Orgesiza

tions in the Field of Public Administration. 1936. By the Joint Committee on Planning and Cooperation. Apply to the Committee, 6 Rue de la Loi, Brussels, Belgium. 1936. 174 pp. 30 Belgian francs.

Similar in its format and arrangement of material to the “Directory of Organizations in the Field of Public Administration” issued by the Public Administration Clearing House is this directory of international organizations which influence public administration. It is presented by that committee which was formed in 1934 to bying about closer coop- eration between the International Institute of Administrative Sciences and the Interna- tional Union of Local Authorities and also with the various organizations in the field of public administration in this country. Rowland Egger, on leave of absence from the University of Virginia, edited the volume.

The directory lists 205 international organ- izations alphabetically and also according to their fields of activity. Because of their tremendous scope of activities the League of Nations and the Inteknational Labor Office are not included. The editor indicates that later a compact summary of their work may be issued as a supplement to the directory.

* Aesessment Terminology. By Committee

on Assessment Terminology of the National Association of Assessing Officers, Chicago, 1936. 60 pp. Twenty-five cents.

The purpose of this preliminary report as defined by the committee was to cover prac- tically all terms of difficult or controversial nature which are encountered by the assessor in tax law and in general tax and appraisal literature, to the extent that such terms have a direct bearing upon his work as an as- sessor, with particular attention given to ap- praisal, private accounting, legal and archi- tectural terms, as well as those which belong more peculiarly to the field of taxation and public finance. Agreement on definition will be an important contribution to uniformity of assessment procedure which is so badly needed.

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