Association holds annual meetings at the same time and place as the meetings of the American Medical Association (for description of which see elsewhere in the Handbook) but at different hours, so as not to conflict with the sessions of the American Medical Association. These meetings are open to the public. Supported by annual membership dues, $5 a year.

American Association of Instructors of the Blind. See American Association of Workers for the Blind.

American Association for Labor Legislation (org. 1906), 131 East 23d St., New York, N. Y. Studies industrial conditions, urges the enforcement of existing labor laws, drafts new measures, organizes campaigns to secure enactment of desirable laws and improvement of existing laws, and seeks to protect such laws against attempts to undermine them. Special committees study and make reports on standard schedules for the uniform reporting of industrial injuries, on industrial diseases, women's work, industrial safety and health, workmen's compensation for industrial accidents, health insurance, public employment conditions, one day of rest in seven, and similar topics. No definite field work organization, but upon request members of headquarters' staff supervise research work and deliver lectures. Association holds an annual meeting for members; also open to the public. Has published pamphlets and leaflets on industrial diseases and accidents, health insurance, and associated subjects. Has lantern slides on unemployment, occupational diseases, health insurance, and similar topics; no rental charge, but shipping expenses are to be defrayed by the borrower. Publishes reports of national conferences dealing with industrial hygiene and kindred topics, Proceedings of annual meetings, an annual summary of new labor laws and proposed legislation in the various States; available to non-members at nominal prices. Issues a quarterly magazine, The American Labor Legislation Review; $1 a copy, $3 a year. Membership open to interested persons. Members attend meetings, are notified of legislative activities requiring their support or opposition and receive free all publications. Supported by subscriptions and membership dues, $3 and up.

American Association for Organizing Family Social Work (org. 1911), 130 East 22d St., New York, N. Y. To promote the establishment, cooperation, and development of societies for family social

work throughout the U. S. and Canada. At request of communities where work has not been effectively developed and where the field has not been covered by any other organization, the Association corresponds with local groups; its field secretaries make personal visits to them to assist in founding new societies, outlining programs, and reorganizing old societies. The field workers also undertake the study of social agencies in a community with a view to defining and coordinating functions. The central office gives to any applicant free information and advice in regard to methods of organizing family social work organizations. Special work is conducted by committees on Salary Standards; Recruiting and Training of New Workers; Marriage Laws and Their Administration in the Several States. Association publishes The Family, monthly magazine, 10 issues a year, 20 cents a copy, $1.50 a year; the "Directory of Family Social Work Societies in the U. S. and Canada", annually, $1 a copy; other manuals and pamphlets, 25 cents and 75 cents a copy, respectively. Supported by contributions and by annual membership dues, $10 a year.

American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf (org. and inc. 1890), 1601 Thirty-fifth St. NW., Washington, D. C. To increase and diffuse knowledge relating to the deaf; to aid schools for the deaf in their efforts to teach speech and speechreading. Holds an annual meeting and a literary summer meeting for members; both meetings are open to the interested public. Promotes the teaching of speech to deaf children in schools, and encourages parents to train their deaf children prior to school age. Urges hard-of-hearing adults to study the art of lip-reading as means of increasing their efficiency and wage-earning ability. Membership open to teachers and other interested persons. Supported by membership dues, $2 annually, and by endowment fund. Owns and operates the Volta Bureau through which specific work is carried on.

Volta Bureau (est. 1887), same address, acts as an information bureau on all subjects pertaining to the deaf, furnishing data by letter and literature. All services are rendered free, except as mentioned on page 7. Bureau offers helpful suggestions in cases of imperfect speech and deafness, but does not give medical advice or suggest special remedies. Conducts an employment agency for teachers desiring positions, and for schools or parents in need of

teachers. Keeps in touch with schools for the deaf all over the world. Furnishes lists of schools for the deaf and gives advice regarding them. Assists local workers in any way possible. Is carrying on a campaign to educate the public to perceive the economic value of conserving hearing. Cooperates with health officials in an effort to eliminate the causes of deafness and diseases which are followed by deafness. Maintains a reference library containing books, periodicals, pamphlets, and circulars relating to all phases of deafness. Books are not lent, but transcripts are made if cost of transcribing is paid. Bureau aims to include in this library every publication on deafness and related subjects, issued at any time, in any language and in any part of the world. Publishes and distributes reprints from its magazine, pamphlets, and charts; free of charge. Publishes The Volta Review, monthly, $2 a year, free to Association members; this magazine contains lists of lip-reading teachers, and names of schools for deaf children, as well as articles of special interest to teachers of the deaf. Has published, in both English and French, a manual of lip-reading for soldiers who lost their hearing in the war; free on application.

American Association of Public Officials of Charity and Correction (org. 1910), Pres., Charles H. Johnson, State Board of Charities, Albany, N. Y. Holds an annual conference of public officials of charity and corrections, open to the public, for the discussion of questions of interest in social work; 1921 meeting held in Jacksonville, Fla., in October.

American Association of Social Service Exchanges (org. 1919), Secy., 1432 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa. To unite more closely the social service exchanges in the U. S. and Canada. Acts as a central office for the interchange of information between member exchanges and for the dissemination of information and advice regarding the work of these exchanges. Endeavors to standardize forms and technique used. Distributes to member exchanges results of special studies and copies of all new forms developed in the work by members. Makes investigations and studies concerning problems affecting exchanges. Answers specific questions asked by any organization or individual regarding social service exchanges, but gives only to members the results of its studies, standardization work, and other work of a purely technical nature. Secretary and local representatives, if part or all of expenses are

paid, assist communities in organizing or developing exchanges; address Secretary for particulars. No regular publications. Active membership includes social service exchanges, elected as such, paying annual dues, $5 to $15 according to population of city in which exchange is located. Associate members include societies, organizations, and committees not eligible for active membership; $15 annual dues. Contributing members include persons and societies elected to membership and paying $20 annual dues. Supported by membership dues.

American Association for the Study of the Feeble-Minded (org. 1876), Secy., J. M. Murdoch, M. D., Polk, Pa. To study questions relating to the causes of feeble-mindedness and the treatment of the feeble-minded; to formulate plans for the training and education of the feeble-minded. Seeks to stimulate public opinion toward the establishment of institutions for the care of feeble-minded and special classes in public schools for the education of backward children. Individual members sometimes supervise mental defectives, both outside and in institutions, and aid in the establishment of appropriate institutions. Association holds an annual conference of members; also open to interested non-members. Publishes Annual Transactions; sent free to members. Active membership open to persons engaged in the care and training of the feebleminded; annual dues $5. Associate membership open to other interested persons; dues $3. Association is not engaged in field work; this is carried on by the National Committee for Mental Hygiene (for description of which see elsewhere in the Handbook).

American Association of Workers for the Blind (org. 1895), Secy., Charles B. Hayes, 4 Park St., Boston, Mass. To secure provision for the higher education of the blind. Holds a biennial convention, open to the public. Seeks to secure the introduction of embossed books into public libraries throughout the U. S. Affiliated societies in many large cities seek out and teach the adult blind and bring them into touch with the libraries. Facilitates the publication and distribution of periodicals and other literature printed in Braille. Favors compulsory education of the blind and urges passage of laws enforcing it. In conjunction with the Massachusetts Association for Promoting the Interests of the Blind and the American Association of Instructors of the Blind, publishes Outlook for the Blind, quarterly, 50 cents a copy, $1.50 a year. Although

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dues, $1 a year.

American Baptist Home Mission Society (org. 1832, inc. 1843), 23 East 26th St., New York, N. Y. Establishes and maintains missions. Conducts educational work. Departments of EnglishSpeaking Missions and Indian Work, Education, City and ForeignSpeaking Missions, Social Service and Rural Community Work, Church and Parsonage Erection, Evangelism, and Latin North America conduct activities as indicated in their titles. Missionaries extend work in rural communities, cities, industrial centers, and among foreign-speaking groups, Indians, and Negroes. Society also conducts welfare work for immigrants at ports. Promotes community service through rural churches. Holds an annual meeting, open to the public, in connection with that of the Northern Baptist Convention (for description of which see elsewhere in the Handbook). Publishes occasional bulletins on social service. Supported by contributions.

Department of Social Service and Rural Community Work (org. 1918): To coordinate and integrate social service activities with the missionary and evangelistic work of the American Baptist Home Mission Society. Stimulates and directs the churches in community activities. Makes surveys to determine special community tasks within the scope and obligations of churches. Is organizing the Baptist Social Service Federation to join in a national organization all brotherhoods, leagues, clubs, ushers' unions, and similar groups, together with such Bible-school classes as can be induced to undertake some definite task in social service. Activities are along the lines of temperance, law enforcement, child welfare, family rehabilitation, recreation, surveys, cooperation of boards of public welfare, good citizenship, industrial relations, community leadership, and Americanization.

American Baptist Woman's Home Mission Society. See Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society.

American Baptist Publication Society (org. 1824, inc. 1845), 1701 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Publishes and distributes literature on social subjects as related to the Church. Its Department of Social Education seeks to secure adequate literature interpreting social gospel and social service. It prepares study lists, educational material, and

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