Responsible Citizens, Responsive Government

Responsible Citizens, Responsive Government is the theme of the 83rd National Conference on Government which will be held in Denver, Novem- ber 13-16. Richard M. Scammon, di- rector of the Elections Research Center in Washington, D. C., will speak at the luncheon on Tuesday. Alan K. Campbell, Chairman, U. S. Civil Service Commission, has been invited to address the Monday luncheon.

The Conference schedule and ses- sions will be as follows:

Sunday, November 13: Registration opens at 2 pm. The annual member- ship meeting of the National Municipal League begins at 3 pm.

Monday, November 14: Registra- tion will be from 8 am until 5 pm. The opening general session is entitled Shared Powers-Responsible Citi- zens, Responsive Government. The main speakers will be Robert E. Mer- riam, chairman of the U. S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Re- lations, and Nan Waterman, chairman of Common Cause.

Following the luncheon, the All- America Cities Jury hearings will begin (these will be completed Tues- day morning). Four concurrent ses- sions will be held: Building Support Systems for Mayor and Council; Pre- paring for Citizenship; Revitalizing Older Cities: Public-Private Partner- ship; and Reconciling State Responsi- bility and Home Rule.

At 8 pm there will be a special All- America Cities CONFER-IN: Effec- tive Organization and Community.

Tuesday morning’s three concurrent sessions will be: Regional Govern- ment: Half-Way House Between City Hall and State Capitol; The Public Official and the Public Trust: Cam- paign Finance Regulation; and Ms. on the Ballot: Women’s Role in Politics. There also will be two workshops on Organized Citizens’ Groups, and Ap- proaches to Constitutional Revision: Criteria and Methods.

There will be three concurrent ses- sions in the afternoon: The Neigh- borhood Citizen Participation Move- ment; The Resurgent Legislature- Good and Bad: Constitutional Preroga- tives in Budgeting, Finance and Regu- lation; and Obligations of Contract, Collective Bargaining and the Public’s Control of Its Fiscal Future. Two workshops will be on Models for Re- gional Government and Women’s Political Training.

On Wednesday morning there will be two concurrent sessions: Zero-Base Budgeting and Sunset Laws: The Con- cept of Regular Review of Basic Pur- poses and Functions of Government; and The Environment and the Quest for Energy.

Hotel reservations for the Confer- ence must be made by October 30. Send reservations directly to Reser- vations Manager, The Denver Hilton, 1550 Court Place, Denver, Colorado 80202, Telephone 303-893-3 333. Be sure to specify National Confer- ence on GovernmentINational Munic- ipal League, and arrival and departure dates and time.

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The Title Is Different The Name Is the Same

Joan A. Casey has been named editor of the NATIONAL CIVIC REVIEW and director of library and publications. Her appointment was approved by the League’s Executive Committee last month. She has served as managing editor since 1969, and has been re- sponsible for the operation of the re- search library since 1964.

She is the fifth person to serve as REVIEW editor. All previous editors have also held the position of League secretary or executive director. On his appointment as executive director, William N. Cassella, Jr., chose not to assume the editorial title and created a board which he chairs. The editors have been Clinton Rogers Woodruff (1912-1920), Harold W. Dodds (1920- 19331, Howard P. Jones (1933-1947) and Alfred Willoughby (1947-1%8).

Now in its 66th year of publication, the REVIEW was first published as a quarterly. It appeared for a short time in six issues a year, and has been a monthly since 1919. Its title was

changed from NATIONAL MUNICIPAL REVIEW to NATIONAL CIVIC REVIEW in 1959.

The League’s Murray Seasongood Library is named for the former mayor of Cincinnati who was League presi- dent from 1931 to 1934 and who has assisted in the library’s support. Its specialized collection concentrates on materials which are related to the League’s programs of state and local government improvement and citizen involvement in public affairs. It con- tains extensive primary material on state constitutional revision, and other official and unofficial studies of gov- ernmental reorganization and proce- dure, including reapportionment, elec- tion reform, charter revision and ethics in the public service. It is open to League members, students and other researchers.

Ms. Casey also directs the editing of other League publications, including its annual and project reports.

Nominating Committee League President Carl H. Pforz-

heimer, Jr., has appointed the 1977 Nominating Committee. Nominations will be submitted to the League mem- bership prior to the annual meeting to be held on November 13 in connection with the 83rd National Conference on Government. Jeanne Richman is chair- ing the committee. The members are: Ruth C. Clusen, Samuel M. Convis- sor, Edward M. Kresky and Harvey C. Russell.