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This case study of an inter-university controversy over the publication of research from an interdisciplinary social science project on the forced migration and long- term internment of West Coast Japanese-Americans during World War II shows some of the difficulties of maintaining ownership of research materials. In this particular instance the junior employee was able to override his seniors' demand for control of the dissemination of research results by playing on the concerns about even appearing to suppress work for political reasons. The paper discusses conflicting norms of science and rhetorics of justification ranging from proprietary self-interest through "good science" to "the national interest" and onto "the needs of a free society." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Tenth Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Society was held at the University of California, Berkeley, December 28 to 30, 1938. The conference opened with a luncheon at noon Wednesday, when Constantine Panunzio, University of California at Los Angeles, spoke of his experiences in Italy. Prepared papers and discussions given at the four sessions devoted to the program were, Elon H. Moore, University of Oregon, "Patterns of Age, Sex and Direction in Net White Mobility Streams," discussions by Carl F. Reuss, State College of Washington and Paul Walter, University of New Mexico. Papers will be published in the March-April issue of the journal "Sociology and Social Research," as volume 10 the Proceedings of the Pacific Sociological Society. Glenn B. Hoover, Mills College was elected president for the year 1939. Other newly elected officers are Richard T. LaPiere, Stanford University, first vice-president, David E. Henley, Whittier College, second vice-president; Carl E. Dent, State College of Washington, Third vice-president, Paul H. Landis, State College of Washington, Secretary-Treasurer and Emory S. Bogardus, University of Southern California.