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159 Annals Am. Acad. Pol. & Soc. Sci. i (1932)

handle is hein.cow/anamacp0159 and id is 1 raw text is: FOREWORD THIS volume includes the papers presented at a special conference held in Philadelphia by the American Academy of Political and Social Science on November 6 and 7, 1931. This conference was planned be- cause of the conviction of the officers of the Academy that a number of the problems presented by the relations between the public utilities and the general public are among the most urgent now facing us for solution. During 1931, the continued business depression with its toll of unem- ployment and suffering, and the distress caused by financial strain in other parts of the world have occupied public attention very fully. It has not been hard to forget that there are many other problems before us only a little less important than the ones calling for immediate action. It was with this in mind that the conference was arranged. An exam- ination of the Table of Contents and a careful reading of the articles will show that sharply divergent points of view are presented. This was, of course, deliberately planned, since the Academy undertakes to present different points of view as fully as possible in connection with all im- portant public questions. Representatives of the public utility com- panies and their sharp critics were glad to join in discussions from the same platform in the hope that through a frank exchange of views and a comparison of factual data light would be shed on their mutual problems. It is the firm belief of the officers of the Academy that the meeting itself was a distinct aid to a better understanding of the subject and that the papers presented in this volume will extend the influence of the meet- ing to a very wide group. ERNEST MINOR PATTERSON

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