News and Notes

• Date: 01 December 1971
• Published date: 01 December 1971
• DOI: 10.1177/106591297102400436
• Subject Matter: Articles

NEWS AND NOTES
Organizations
The Western Political Science Association will hold its 26th Annual Meeting
at the Benson Hotel, Portland, Oregon, March 23-25, 1972. Program Chairman
is Phillip O. Foss, Department of Political Science, Colorado State University,
Fort Collins, Colorado 80521. Arrangements Committee Chairman is Jerry Lans-
downe, Urban Studies Center, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon 97207.
Portland State University is the host institution. President of the WPSA is Currin
V. Shields, Director, Institute of Government Research, University of Arizona,
Tucson, Arizona 85721. Communications concerning WPSA should be addressed
to Paul R. Murray, Secretary-Treasurer, Western Political Science Association,
Department of Government, Sacramento State College, Sacramento, California
95819.
The Center for National Policy Review is devoted to assuring that Federal
laws and policies in urban areas are implemented tao protect the interests of minority
groups and the poor. We are a group of lawyers and social scientists engaged in
research and legal action on behalf of the principal civil rights groups in the coun-
try, including the NAACP, the Urban League, and the National Urban Coalition.
As part of our purpose the Center will serve as a clearinghouse for social sci-
ence research which has implications for Federal policies on equality of oppor-
tunity. We are soliciting brief summaries of such research which is either com-
pleted or in progress. Currently our principal concerns are with housing, credit...