Top Conference Speakers Picked Alfred E. Driscoll, former governor

of New Jersey, and Frederick G. Gar- diner, chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, will address the luncheon sessions of the 67th annual National Conference on Government at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach.

Frederick G. Gardiner Alfred E. Driscoll

Governor Driscoll, who is presi- dent of Warner-Lambert Pharmaceuti- cal Company, was a leader in thk re- vision of his state’s constitution. His November 30 luncheon address will be on “The States-A Dynamic Future or a Historic Past-or Both.”

Mr. Gardiner will speak on December 1 on “What Is Happening to Our Cit- ies.” As chairman of the council of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto since 1953, he has led the successful ex- periment in metropolitan government in ‘Canada’s largest city.

The Miami Beach Conference is the second in a cycle of three national con- ferences on the general theme “Ameri- can System-Web of Governments.” This year’s special theme is “Teamwork Among Governments-Road to Urban Progress.”

Governor Driscoll’s address will stress the problem of equipping states for a strategic role in meeting the problems of modern urban America. Mr. Gar- diner’s address will emphasize the neces- sity of adjusting governmental forms in metropolitan areas.

The general session scheduled for Saturday morning, December 2, will deal with the question, “What Is Metro- politan Government?” Robert C. Wood, of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, and Winston W. ‘Crouch, of the University of California, Los Angeles, will address this general session along with a speaker from metropolitan Dade County.

All Conference workshops will deal with major problems facing metropoli- tan areas, the roles of local, state and national governments in meeting these problems and techniques of citizen par- ticipation in the public affairs of a modern urban community.

Winston W. Crouch Robert C. Wood

Each of the workshops will be led by an expert in the appropriate field. Mak- ing the opening presentations at the workshops will be:

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Professor Robert H. 'Connery of Duke University ;

George H. Deming, director, Con- ference on Metropolitan Area Prob- lems;

Lyle C. Fitch, president, Institute of Public Administration ;

James A. Lash, executive vice presi- dent, ACTION;

Allen D. Manvel, research associate, Advisory Commission on Intergovern- mental Relations;

Kenneth E. Beasley, Government Re- search Center, Pennsylvania State Uni- versity ;

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E. Davis, city attorney, Willmar, Min- nesota; Jefferson B. Fordham, dean, School of Law, University of Pennsyl- vania, Philadelphia, and publisher, Sec- tion of Local Government Law monthly news letter;

Joseph Guandolo, New York; Lewis J. Keller, Oakland, California, general counsel for the League of California Cities; David R. Levin, U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, Washington, D. C.; Ray H. Lindman, Los Angeles; Russell McInnes, New York;

William Miller, Princeton, New Jer- sey, municipal government consultant ;

John J. Corson, chairman, Municipal Manpower 'Commission ;

Dick Netzer, economic consultant, Regional Plan Association, New York;

Francis Bergan, president justice, Su- preme Court, Appellate Division (Third Department) Albany, New York.

C. David Loeks, director, Twin Cities Metropolitan Planning Commission ;

John H. Nixon, director of area de- velopment, Committee for Economic Development ;

Thomas R. Reid, civic and govern- mental affairs manager, Ford Motor Company;

John E. Bebout, director, Urban Studies Center, Rutgers University.

Paul D. Speer, Chicago; William F. Tempest, Chicago, secretary, Section ol Local Government Law, and E. C. Yokley, Nashville, general counsel for the Southern Building Code Congress.

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