News Notes.

The article presents news related to public opinion research as of September 1, 1948. The Third International Conference on Public Opinion Research was held at Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania, September 12-15, under the joint sponsorship of the American Association for Public Opinion Research and the World Congress on Public Opinion Research. Meeting in Amsterdam, September 15-17, public opinion researchers from seven European countries formed the European Society for Public Opinion and Market Research The functions of this organization are - to represent European researchers using field surveys, to indicate standards which seem desirable, to exchange experience and information, to further the interests of public opinion and market research and of researchers, and to meet periodically. More and more people have become concerned with public opinion research in recent years, and the number of areas of specialization within the field has increased enormously. The journal, Public Opinion Quarterly's subscription list is divided into four approximately equal parts- one-fourth libraries as well as public and educational collections, one-fourth academic people, one-fourth businessmen and commercial enterprises and the rest journalists, foundations, governmental agencies, and unclassifiables.