This report is about the Community Law Offices (CLO), which operated two neighborhood law offices in Manhattan—in East and Central Harlem—that provided free legal services to individuals and groups who could not afford private attorneys. CLO relied primarily on attorneys in private practice who volunteered part of their time to handle the cases brought to the two offices. Formation and growth, an overview of its operations, and an evaluation of volunteer performance are discussed.

Douglas E. Rosenthal was chief of the Foreign Commerce Section of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice. Robert A. Kagan is professor of political science and law at the University of California, Berkeley.

An analysis of the practice, scope, and methods of recording facts in the daily work of public employment in various countries and a plan for standard procedure in the United States made for the Committee on Governmental Labor Statistics of the American Statistical Association.

Anabel M. Stewart and Bryce M. Stewart, Committee on Governmental Labor Statistics

Foundations and charitable trusts receive from society certain privileges, of which tax exemption is the most tangible. In return for these privileges, and also in view of the fact that the ultimate beneficiary is society itself, it seems wholly proper that the foundation or trust should be held accountable for its stewardship. Accountability includes disclosure of the availability of this public trust; provision for its protection against theft, squandering, or unreasonable withholding; and requirement for adequate reporting. However, accountability should not be confused with control. Freedom of operation is as important in welfare as it is in business if social progress is to continue. Some abuses exist, and, as this book points out, in most states even the most rudimentary machinery of accountability does not function. The trend has been toward new legislation, chiefly in states, but on the federal level with respect to taxation. Public Accountability of Foundations and Charitable Trusts traces the development of state regulation under the courts and legislatures and presents an analysis of the regulatory machinery in 12 states, with brief consideration of Canadian and English law; it also offers a recommended program.

Eleanor K. Taylor was associate professor of the State University of Iowa.

This is the first of a series of volumes dealing with the changing pattern of men’s aspirations for their society during a long and critical period in the history of western Europe. The present volume is an essay commenting on the subject and presenting conclusions drawn from a considerable mass of available evidence. Topics include the decline of the Middle Ages and the emergency of endemic poverty in the sixteenth century, the gradual assumption of national responsibility for the poor, the evolution of the charitable trust, the literature of exhortation, and the changing structure of class aspirations.

Wilbur Kitchener Jordan was president of Radcliffe College and professor of history at Harvard University.

From the preface: “This is a book about advice—especially advice to local public officials. It tries to determine why analyses and proposals offered to local public agencies by consultants of many kinds so often seem to be useless, or at least go unused. The book offers an answer to that question and then suggests a number of ground rules—for advisers, consumers of advice, and third-party funders of advice—that I believe would improve matters.”

Peter Szanton was president of the New York City–Rand Institute.

Prepared by the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA), a Washington advocacy group serving the major professional societies in the social and behavioral sciences.

The federal government is a major supporter of research in the social and behavioral sciences, but until now, no single, multidisciplinary directory has been available to guide researchers through the complexities of government funding in these fields.

COSSA’s inclusive Guide to Federal Funding describes over 300 federal programs in impressive detail, including funding priorities, application guidelines, and examples of funded research. Introductory essays describe the organization of social science funding and offer inside views of federal funding practices and contract research.

For anyone who needs to know the ins and outs of government funding in the social sciences and related fields, COSSA’s Guide will be an essential new research.

Contributors: David Jenness, William Morrill, Martin Duby, Felice J. Levine, Janet M. Cuca, Barbara A. Bailar, Steven R. Schlesinger, Janet L. Norwood, and Emerson J. Elliott