Speakers Picked for Conference A governor, two former governors Scranton and former Governor Terry

and a United States senator who has Sanford of North Carolina will address served as a state legislator will speak at the 72ntt National Conference on Gov- Governor Scranton’ who previously

the November 15 luncheon.

William W. Scranton Joseph D. Tydings

ernment in Boston, addressing them- selves to aspects of the Conference theme, “The Future State of the States.”

Senator Joseph D. Tydings, one of the leading current critics of state legis- latures, will speak at the opening lunch- eon, November 14, at which Alfred E. Driscoll, president o l the National Municipal League and former governor of New Jersey, will respond to welcomes and formally open the Conference.

Pennsylvania’s Governor William W.

Terry Sanford Alfred E. Driscoll

served as a member of Congress and as a special assistant to the secretary of state, has provided strong leadership in efforts to modernize his state’s constitu- tion and to curtail partisan patronage. A contender for the Republican nomina- tion for President in 1963, he recently surprised political circles by announcing he would never seek public oflice again.

Following his term as governor, Mi-. Sanford planned and is directing “A

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I Legislators Like N M L Newsletter 1 The National Municipal League was newsletter, which has been issued peri-

complimented “on the high quality” of odically since last October, be sent to “State Legislatures Progress Reporter” all its members and, i f possible, to all in a resolution adopted by the executive members of the 50 state legislatures. committee of the National Legislative The National Legislative Conference, Conference. which is a division of the Council of

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Study- of American States,” headquar- tered at Duke University, and is chair- man of the steering committee of the Compact For Education, in which educa- tional and political leaders of many states are cooperating. Before serving as governor, he was assistant director of the Tnstitilte of Government at the Uni- versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a member of the state Senate.

Senator Tydings: who scrvcd six years as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates and two years as U. S. Attorney for Maryland prior to election to his present ofiice, is author of a widely discussed article en- titled “The Last Charice for the States” which appeared i r i the March issue of Ha.rper’s. He received the “Commenda- tion” of the Maryland Legislative Cor- respondents’ Association for his service in the legislature and was designated outstanding young man of the year by the Baltimore Junior Association of Commerce in 1963.

Some preliminary sessions will be held November 13. The Conference will (:lose November 16. All sessions will be held in the Sheraton-Boston Hotel, Conference headquarters.

Thirly vivic arid educational leaders of the Boston area attended a meeting at Roston College to discuss Conference plans with League staff members.

The Kev. W. Seavey Joyce, S.J., vice president of the college and co-chairman of the local advisory committee, was host at a luncheon which followed the meeting.

League stafI meml~ers at the affair were Executive Director Alfred Wil- loughby, Assistant Director William N. Cassella, Jr., and Director of Field Ser- vices Gerald N. Hardy.

State Legislatures Volume Published

Preparrd expressly as backgi ourid f o r the participants in the American Assem- bl). State Legislatures in Arrwricnn I’olztics is no\+ generally available, pub- lished by Prentice-Hall. Inc.. Englcwood Cliffs. New Jersey.

l h e authoiitati1.r kolume. which was edited b) Alexander Heard, chancellor

the inti oductioii arid coriclutlirig chap- tei. was used i r i manuscript at last spring’s American Assembly at Ardeii House. It will also be used in tlie thii - teen 1 egional assemblies scheduled for later this year and next. All the assem- lilies are part of the Natiorial Municipal League’s five-year Stat? Legislatures Project to study the results of reappor- tionment and to find ways and means o f strengthening and improving legisla-

The volume includes chapters or1 “Dimensions o f State Politics.” by Het - 11e1 t Jacob; ‘“l’he E‘unc.tioris arid Powc.i s

of the State Legislatuies,” b y William J. Keefe; “The Political Setting.” 1 ) ) Malcolm E. Jewell: ‘The State Legisla- ture.” b j Duane T,ockard. and “Orga- nization arid Piocedure.” by John (:. Wa hlke.

It is alailable from the publisher or the League foi $1.95 (paperback). $3.9.5 (cloth bound).

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