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Applause Atlanta — E. A. Duff Macbeth was the speaker at the March 27 meeting of the Atlanta Chapter of the National Society for Business Budgeting. His subject was "A CPA's View of Budgeting." Boston — Notice has been received from the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants that Hugh Dysart, Jr. has been elected one of the directors of the Society; he was also elected chairman of the Committee on Cooperation with the Bar Association. In addition he has been appointed chairman of the Finance Committee of the Republican Club of Massachusetts. Donald C. Wiese, supervisor of the tax department, has been elected chairman of the Committee on Ethics in Tax Practice for the State Society of CPAs. In March Mr. Wiese participated in a panel program on a local television station, answering questions on federal income taxes which were telephoned in by the viewing public throughout the broadcast. He also spoke before the Lions' Club in Kingston, Mass. on "Recent Developments in Federal Income Taxation." Paul Gerry, as chairman of the Tax Information Subcommittee of the Public Relations Committee of the Mass. Society of CPA's, assisted that association in compiling several articles regarding tax information and contacted newspapers throughout the state to arrange for the publication of these articles. He was assisted by Robert Margil of the Boston office tax department. Mr. Gerry also acted as coordinator recently for two television programs on state taxes. Chicago — Robert Trueblood participated in a film of a seminar which is to be included in a one-day EDP orientation conference for top executives of AT&T customers and in a three-day EDP conference for other officers of customers and potential customers. The final script will run between a half hour and an hour. Ed Bursk, editor of the Harvard Business Review, was moderator. In addition to Mr. Trueblood, members of the panel included Dean Willis Winn of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania; John Magee, Vice-Assistant Controller of AT&T; Mike Wol-antes of Bell Labs; and Dick Neuschel of McKinsey & Co. As Past Chairman of the Board of Examiners in Accountancy of the State of Illinois, Allen C. Howard spoke on "Grading the C.P.A. Examination in the State of Illinois" at a "preview" clinic for examination candidates. This clinic was sponsored by The Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants at the Loyola University Student Center on Saturday, April 13th. At the March 19th meeting of a group of corporate executives participating in an executive development program under the direction of industrial psychologist Wendell Knowles, Stephen Finney discussed "Profitability Accounting." Justin Davidson addressed the American Management Association at its Finance and Orientation Seminar held March 6th, on the subject "Using Scientific Techniques as Analytical Tools in the Acquisition Process." As guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Society of Die Casting Engineers on May 2nd, Donald Hausman spoke on "How the New Travel and Entertainment Rules Affect You." Raymond Revers participated in the Career Days observance held for the sophomore class of Loyola University on the 2nd of May. He addressed interested students on "A Career in Accounting." On May 15th, he acted as discussion leader at the Institute of Internal Auditors' meeting. The topic considered was "Sales Order Processing." Christopher Bohus, Carroll Ebert, Richard Gallagher and Raymond Revers attended the Management Conference conducted by the University of Chicago at Mc- Cormick Place on March 27th. James R. Bragg has received the Data Processing Management Association's Certificate in Data Processing. In order to receive this professional certificate, one must pass an examination encompassing a wide range of subjects considered mandatory for competence in the field of data processing, including statistics, mathematics and various types of automatic data processing systems and methods. Cleveland — Frank Break, Jr., supervisor of the tax department, was elected president of the "Downtown Toastmasters Club." Dallas — Alan Roberts participated in a panel discussion before Baptist College and University financial administrators from the Southwest Area on the 22nd of February. The conference, the first for those administrators, was hosted by the Annuity Board of The Southern Baptist Convention, a Dallas office client, and annual conferences are planned for the future. The panel discussion was the final item on the program and was designed to 38 THE QUARTERLY