September 1978

THE RECORD

No. 54

LYNDON B. JOHNSON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS,

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

EDITOR: Marilyn Duncan

LARGE ENROLLMENT EXPECTED FOR 1978-79

Ninety-two first-year students are expected to enroll in the LBJ School for the Fall 1978 semester.

The entering class is the ninth and largest in the School's history. There were seventy-three enrolled in the 1977-1978 first-year class.

The anticipated entering class will consist of fifty-seven males and thirty-five females, with two black students, eleven Mexican-Americans, and one foreign student.

Twelve students in the first-year class are enrolled in the joint degrees program cosponsored by the School of Law.

Thirty-four of those expected have degrees in Political Science/Government. Eight studied History, seven Economics, seven English, seven Psychology, and seven Sociology/Anthropology. The remainder have backgrounds ranging from forestry and environmental science to philosophy and education.

The total enrollment for 1978-1979 is expected to exceed 150, despite the inevitable disparity between the number of students admitted and the number actually enrolling.

Final enrollment figures will be reported in the next issue of the Record.

NEW FACULTY MEMBERS JOIN LBJ SCHOOL

Four new faculty members have joined the LBJ School teaching staff for Fall 1978, and one former visiting faculty member has received a permanent appointment.

One of the new professors has served for the past four years in India as the Counsellor for Cultural Affairs in the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi. Dr. James R. Roach, long-time UT Austin government professor and former chairman of the U.S. Board of Foreign Scholarships, will be a professor (half time) in the LBJ School for 1978-79. He also will teach half time in the Government Department, offering a course on American foreign relations.

At the LBJ School, Dr. Roach will teach a topical seminar devoted to four contemporary issues of U.S. foreign policy—managing the Soviet relationship, arms control, foreign trade, and the state of Sino-American relations. That seminar will be open to other UT graduate students as well.

Dr. Roach also will assist the LBJ School in launching its new Fulbright-LBJ Program for Visiting Fellows, a non-degree program sponsored by the U.S. State Department.

Also new on the faculty this fall is Assistant Professor W. Norton Grubb III, who comes from the University of California at Berkeley, where he served in the school of education as a research economist on a special project on high school alternatives and the youth labor market. His policy areas include public finance and the economics of education and labor. This fall he will be teaching a seminar on "Social Policy toward Families and Children." Professor Grubb earned a Ph.D. degree in economics from Harvard University.

Assistant Professor Isabel Pritchard, who has had appointments in the UT Law School and Department of Government, will be teaching at the School half time during the Fall Semester. She will be on leave from the government faculty and will teach half time in the Law School. Dr. Pritchard holds a law degree and Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Berkeley

Also teaching at the School during 1978-79 will be Visiting Professor David Welborn of the University of Tennessee. Dr. Welborn, who holds a Ph.D. from UT Austin, coordinates the MPA degree program at Tennessee. This fall he will be teaching a topical seminar on "Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations."

Dr. Victor Arnold, who has been a visiting associate professor in the School for the past two years, has been appointed to the permanent faculty as an associate professor. He will hold teaching appointments in the LBJ School and UT Management Department. As a specialist in regional economic development and public management, Professor Arnold will be actively participating in all four sections of Research and Management Skills this fall, teaching the Survey Research component of that course. In the College of Business he will teach a course on "Managerial Policy and Strategy."

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The annual LBJ School fall picnic for students, faculty, and staff is scheduled for Saturday, September 9 at the Zilker Park polo tables. Bring volleyballs, baseballs, frisbees, and swim suits (for cold-water swimming in Barton Springs), and a picnic supper. Liquid refreshments will be provided.

Activities will begin at 2:00 p.m., with supper at 6:00 p.m.

'ON THE RECORD'

The annual Back-to-School Mixers for LBJ students will begin September 17. For three Sunday nights, one-third of each class will meet from 6:30-9:00 p.m. for covered dish suppers. The OACIP will announce details soon.

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Professors David Eaton and Gerard Rohlich, Mr. Barry Lovelace, and the two successive classes of the "Safe Drinking Water Policy Research Project" have published a summary paper of their two-year research on the impact of the Safe Drinking Water Act on Texas. This paper, entitled "Options for Coping With the Safe Drinking Water Act" is a chapter in Safe Drinking Water: Policy Problems for 1978 and Beyond, a book published by The Johns Hopkins University Press.

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Dean Elspeth Rostow was the keynote speaker at the opening of a ten-month program at Army War College in Carlisle, Pa. on August 14. The topic of her address was 'The National Purpose."

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The OACIP has two new office personnel who will be working closely with students this year.

Senior Secretary Dolores Gomez comes to the LBJ School from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, where she was secretary to the chairman of the Art Department. Dolores will be working here in the areas of admissions and counseling.

Senior Secretary Louisa Hefty, who has her B.A. in Spanish from UT, was formerly a teacher's aide in a local elementary school bilingual program. Her primary responsibility at the LBJ School will be working with the Fulbright-LBJ Visiting Fellows Program.

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A forthcoming editorial in Science will highlight results of last year's policy research project on policy analysis, directed by Professor Jurgen Schmandt. The article describes the process of synthesizing and evaluating scientific results as a distinctive part of policy analysis. The need for quality standards which would regulate the use of scientific evidence is discussed, and several standards are identified. (Jurgen Schmandt, "Scientific Research and Policy Analysis," Science, September 8, 1978).

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School of Public Affairs Library Hours Fall Semester, 1978

Mon.-Thurs.	8 a.m.-11 p.m.
Fri.	8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sat.	10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Sun.	1 p.m.-11 p.m.

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Professor David Eaton spent mid-June through mid-August as a Visiting Scientist at the faculty of Agricultural Engineering at the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. Professor Eaton gave a series of lectures at the Technion on Systems Analysis Techniques for Rural Planning and was a visiting lecturer at the Mogen David Adorn (Emergency Medical Services Organization) of the Institute for Research on Settlements, and Tahal Water Engineers, Inc.

STUDENTS AWARDED SPECIAL FELLOWSHIPS

Twenty-five LBJ School students have been awarded named fellowships for the 1978-79 academic year. Students receiving the fellowships are the following:

Moody Fellowships: Brenda Cornish, Don Saylor, Daniel Reingold, Ronald Pergamit, Jordan Richland, and Connie Treece.

Armand Hammer: Todd Kaufman and Bernardo Flores.

Title IX: Mitchell Goldstein, Sharon Slepicka, Benjamin Cole, John Ford, Charles Plauche, and James Rock.

Mitzi Newhouse: Sheree Lynn Belton and Annette Lovoi.

Johnson Congressional Intern: Russ Hedge.

Legislative Interns: Carol Tombari, Chip Burgin, Joel Campbell, Pablo Collins, and Ty Sponberg.

Governor's Interns: Betty Rogers, Vivian Redman, and Don Bagby.

WEINTRAUB, BACH AT BROOKINGS

Two LBJ faculty members will be on leave from the School in 1978-79 to serve as research staff members at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.

Professor Sidney Weintraub, who holds the endowed Dean Rusk Chair in the LBJ School, will be a senior fellow, conducting research on issues of foreign economic policy related to energy investment and international decisionmaking. He is a scholar of international economics.

Assistant Professor Victor Bach, an urban housing and social policy specialist, will be one of six monitoring studies consultants working in the Institution's Governmental Studies Program. He will be involved in the design and development of ongoing and projected urban policy studies.

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Eleven Policy Research Projects are scheduled for 1978-79. The projects and their faculty directors are as follows:

1. Welfare Expenditures and Tax Reform Professor Lodis Rhodes

2. Emergency Medical Vehicles in Austin Professor David Eaton

3. Area-wide Planning for Environmental Management Professor Gerard Rohlich

4. Energy Policy Research Project I (Gas, Oil, Nuclear Power Issues) Professors Stephen Spurr and William Fisher

5. Energy Policy Research Project II (Lignite power plant development) Professors Marlan Blissett and David Welborn

6. Assessment of RARE II Professors Matthew Berman and Keith Arnold

7. Nutrition Policy Professors Jurgen Schmandt and Roseann Shorey

8. Regulation and Operation of Privately Owned Trucking Fleets Professor Leigh Boske

9. The Apprenticeship System: Implications for Federal Employment and Training Systems in the Private Sector Professors Kenneth Tolo, John Gronouski, and Robert Glover

10. Planning for State Parks Professor Jared Hazleton

11. Solar Technology Assessment Professor Marlan Blissett

FULBRIGHT-LBJ VISITING FELLOWS PROGRAM UNDERWAY

Four mid-career professionals from four countries in South America are enrolled in the 1978-79 Fulbright-LBJ Program for Visiting Fellows, a cooperative venture of the LBJ School and the U.S. Department of State.

Professor James R. Roach is faculty coordinator of the non-degree program, which began July 15 with a six-week orientation session.

The four participants will spend nine months at UT Austin pursuing graduate-level studies in the areas of their interests. Faculty advisors at the LBJ School will provide guidance in course selection and research efforts—both in the School and in other University departments.

The participants are Mr. Rene Arreaza of Caracas, Venezuela; Mr. Roberto Alves of Brasilia, Brazil; Mr. Luis Miranda of Lima, Peru; and Mr. Roberto Posso of Quito, Equador.

Mr. Arreaza is employed as Assistant to the Minister of Energy/Mines, Venezuela. He has worked as an OPEC liaison officer, and for the past three years has been involved in the process of petroleum nationalization and in the Paris Conference on International Economic Cooperation. His objectives for participating in the Fulbright-LBJ Program are to gain more knowledge in the areas of development and policymaking, and to supplement his coursework in international economics and foreign trade.

Mr. Alves is employed by the Commission for Financing Production, Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture. In his position with the Commission, Mr. Alves is responsible for formulating and implementing price support policy for agricultural products. This has included the analysis and implementation of control factors as directed by the Ministry of Agriculture.

He is continuing his studies to obtain more knowledge of governmental policy formulation. His goal is to have a better understanding of policy areas related to his field. He feels that knowledge of other countries' problems would allow him to better analyze the problems in Brazil.

Mr. Miranda works for the Financial Development Corporation of Peru. As the Deputy Manager in the Technical Division, he is responsible for economic-financial analysis of enterprises and projects. He has worked for six years in the Public Administration of Peru and wants to continue to contribute to the economic and social development of his country. While enrolled in the program, he intends to make a study of economic developmental models, the financial analysis of government investment in public and private enterprises, and management leadership.

Mr. Posso, as Director of the Foreign Trade Department in the Central Bank of Ecuador, has been involved in various areas of economics, including international commerce and monetary studies. He has a general interest in the social, political, and economic problems of developing countries, and intends to pursue his studies here in the areas of foreign investment, international inflation, external debt, and the international trade of oil.

ROSTOW MEETS WITH HEW OFFICIALS ON TITLE IX

On August 18, Dean Elspeth Rostow, along with the Deans of other schools of public affairs, met with Hale Champion, Undersecretary of HEW, to discuss funding and reauthorization of portions of Title IX of the Higher Education Act for the 1980 fiscal year.

In justifying the request for reauthorization legislation, NASPAA issued a statement to Mr. Champion stating the objectives of the Title IX program. "As you know," the statement read, "this program seeks to strengthen the management of public programs at all levels of government by recruiting and effectively training able public managers. Our experience in public program management typically involves a partnership of national state, and local governments. This unique program allows the federal government to be a partner in supporting public service education, which is chiefly funded from state and private sources. It was designed to strengthen public management in our federal system.

"The program consists of both institutional and fellowship grants which assist universities in recruiting and training able people for careers in public management. . . . This investment at the margin can strengthen professional training programs of high potential."

SCHMANDT VISITS INSTITUTE IN AUSTRIA

This past summer, Professor Jurgen Schmandt visited the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria. His visit was part of an evaluation of the Institute's work for the National Science Foundation. Under the agreement establishing the Institute, the bulk of its funding is provided by the governments of the Soviet Union and the United States. A decision on the level of funding for the next three years will be made in 1979.

At the present time the Institute has a professional staff of about one hundred scientists from East and West. It is the only research institute for policy studies of problems of industrialized societies that involves scholars and decisionmakers from both Communist and Western nations.

In addition to methodological work on systems analysis and a variety of smaller projects, two major policy studies are underway in the area of energy and agriculture.

Dr. Schmandt is currently preparing a report on his visit.

ALUMNI FORUM

Occasional Seminar September 27

The Alumni Association is sponsoring a continuing education Occasional Seminar on "Effective Management of Data Processing" September 27, 1978 at 6:45 p.m. in the LBJ School Faculty Lounge. The program will include:

— defining expectations for a data processing system;

— communicating with data processing personnel; and

— coping with problems of operating a system and converting to a new one.

The principal speaker will be Tom Meadows, data processing consultant and President of Meadows Management Services. Mr. Meadows was previously with Interlock, Inc., a major data processing consulting firm, and also worked with IBM. He has conducted numerous consulting engagements with governmental clients.

The program will also include speakers who are involved with management of computers in state agencies.

This is the third Occasional Seminar in the Alumni Association series. Alumni, faculty, students, and guests are encouraged to attend. Refreshments will be served, including free beer and wine.

Alumni Survey

The new Alumni Board includes Malcolm McDonald, Nancy Davis, Bill Stotesbery, Bob Campbell, and Dennis Deegear. The Board is currently preparing a survey of alumni, to be distributed early this fall. The survey will update the alumni directory and provide input to the Alumni Board about programs of interest. It also will poll alumni on two bylaw revisions concerning board membership and dues. If the survey is completed and returned quickly, the Board expects to publish an updated alumni directory before November 1978.

MANAGEMENT FILM FESTIVAL TO BE COSPONSORED BY SCHOOL

In conjunction with the upcoming Public Personnel Management Institute to be held here, a management film festival is scheduled for Wednesday, September 27, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Thompson Conference Center.

The films will be shown by Thompson-Mitchell & Associates under the sponsorship of the Austin Chapter of the American Society of Training and Development, the Intergovernmental Training Council, the UT Austin Division of Continuing Education, and the LBJ School.

Thirty-five films will be shown during the day on a wide range of management-related topics, including behavior modification, assertiveness training, basic finance, problem solving, customer relations, telephone courtesy, motivation, and communication.

This session will give participants an opportunity to preview a large number of films at a low cost. The individual preview cost for these films ranges from $15 to $55.

Registration cost for the film festival is $7 for members of the sponsoring organizations, and $10 for nonmembers. Checks should be mailed to the Joe C. Thompson Conference Center, c/o ASTD Film Festival, P.O. Box 7879, Austin, Texas 78712.

5th PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE TO BE HELD HERE

The Fifth Public Personnel Management Institute, sponsored annually by the LBJ School's Office of Conferences and Training, is scheduled for September 28-29 in the Joe C. Thompson Conference Center.

The conference is designed for managers and employees in personnel-related functions of public agencies in Texas. Workshops will be held on a variety of topics, including skill development, performance, and social security participation, and several addresses will be given.

Some of the scheduled speakers and their topics are: Alan K. Campbell, Chairman, United States Civil Service Commission, on "Public Personnel Management: Current Trends of Future Developments;" Mark G. Yudof, John S. Redditt Professor in State and Local Government, School of Law, The University of Texas at Austin on "The Baake Decisions—Implications for Public Management;" Carole K. McClellan, Mayor, City of Austin, on "Maintaining An Effective Personnel Management System in the Era of Proposition 13"; and a representative of United States Equal Employment Opportunity Cornmission, Washington, D.C. on "Equal Employment Opportunity Programs: An Update."

ARNOLD ACTING DIRECTOR OF MARINE LABORATORY

On September 1, Dr. Keith Arnold, LBJ School Professor and UT's Assistant Vice President for Research, became acting director of the Port Aransas Marine Laboratory of UT Austin's Marine Science Institute. He will serve in that capacity throughout the Fall Semester.

Dr. Arnold, who has many years of experience in the administration of natural resources research, will succeed Dr. Oswald Roels, who has been director of the Port Aransas laboratory since 1976.

Dr. Arnold previously served UT Austin as director of the Division of Natural Resources and Environment and as interim dean and associate dean of the LBJ School.

Before coming to the University five years ago, Dr. Arnold was director of research for the U.S. Forestry Service and had been dean of natural resources at the University of Michigan. He is the immediate past president of the Society of American Foresters.

SHORT COURSE ON AIR POLLUTION CONTROL HELD HERE

A four-day course on air pollution control was conducted August 21-24 in the Thompson Conference Center.

The course, entitled "Legal Aspects of Air Pollution Control Agency Regulatory Operations" was sponsored jointly by the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the UT Department of Civil Engineering, in cooperation with the Texas Air Control Board and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Participating in the short course were thirty air pollution control professionals from state and local agencies and private industry in Texas and other states west of the Mississippi. Lessons were offered by ten instructors, including representatives from private law firms in Houston and Austin, the Texas Attorney General's Office, the Texas Air Control Board, the City of Houston's Department of Health, and the Colleges of Business and Engineering and the LBJ School at The University of Texas at Austin.

Lectures covered such topics as factual considerations in air pollution enforcement decisions, the administrative and public contexts of the control agency, legal remedies for enforcement, and the regulatory problems of transportation controls. The course also included lessons on preparing for court action and proving violations of air pollution standards in administrative hearings.

Course director was Professor David Eaton of the LBJ School. Professor Hal B.H. Cooper of the Department of Civil Engineering was program administrator.

SCHOTT ARTICLE EXAMINES PROFESSIONALS IN PUBLIC SERVICE

The Midwest Review of Public Administration published an article by Associate Professor Richard Schott of the LBJ School in its March 1978 issue. The article, entitled "Professionals and the Public Service, Time for Some Second Thoughts?" reevaluates the current attitude toward the professions, particularly law, engineering, and medicine, in upper management government positions.

According to Dr. Schott, it is generally accepted that persons from these professions tend to dominate upper management in government, especially at the federal level. He traces this trend to turn-of-the-century efforts to disassociate government administration from "the rough and tumble of politics" and "to attract . . . the expert and the efficient."

However, the article continues, the post-World War II attitude toward professionals in public administration has been negative. Dr. Schott cites several reasons for this, including the belief that professionals tend to be politically insensitive, hold little regard for the political process, and may put professional interests before the public interest.

Assuming the role of "devil's advocate," he suggests a reevaluation of this view. He feels that the proper assessment of the professional in public administration may lay somewhere between the "naive enthusiasm of earlier observers" and the current "revisionist" attitude.

For example, the author asserts, the basic contention that professionals dominate the public services is itself questionable. Some agencies do not have high technical requirements; therefore, they never build up a significant professional staff. Other "multi-purpose agencies" require technical expertise in several fields; therefore, dominance of any particular profession is difficult.

Dr. Schott next questions the assumption that individual professionals retain their professional groups' aversion of the "political" as they rise to managerial positions. Rather, the professional may tend to develop an "identification with the agency and the political processes that drive it."

In a corollary to this point, the author brings up the question of the kind of professional who takes on managerial duties. Dr. Schott asserts that the professional with a deepset and inflexible aversion to the political process is not likely to take on upper management positions in government. This suggests a "preselection of those professionals . . . [who hold] professional identifications which are less than strong . . . and [who] have a predeliction for the more ambivalent world of administration."

By Sharon Hanson.

FLAWN APPOINTED TO U.S. ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Dr. Peter T. Flawn, an LBJ School faculty member and acting director of The University of Texas Marine Science Institute, has been appointed to the Advisory Committee on Mining and Mineral Resources Research by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Cecil D. Andrus.

Dr. Flawn is a nationally known scholar in economic geology, mineral resources and environmental problems and is a former president of UT San Antonio.

The national advisory committee, of which Dr. Flawn is now a member, will consult with Secretary Andrus on all matters related to mining and mineral resources research. The committee was established by the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.

Dr. Flawn has been associated with UT Austin since 1949, holding many faculty and administrative appointments. After five years as president of UT San Antonio, Dr. Flawn returned to UT Austin in January 1978 as professor of geological sciences and public affairs to resume teaching, writing and research. In May he was appointed acting director of the Marine Science Institute during the illness of the director, Dr. Creighton Burk.

(UT News and Information Service)

LIBRARY "WHAT'S" LINE

Selected General Sources of State Government News

Organizations created and supported jointly by the states to conduct research on state government programs and problems and charged with responsibility for gathering, synthesizing, and dispensing state government news and policy positions include the Council of State Governments and its affiliated organizations, the National Governors' Association and the Council of State Planning Agencies. Of these, the Council of State Governments is the most prolific publisher, having issued over 850 monographic studies since its inception in 1925 and having established and maintained periodic publication of seven serial titles, with the earliest existing title dating from 1930. Its three news periodicals (State Government News, State Headlines, and Briefs) afford immediate coverage of state government activity and provide a range of data permitting comparative analysis of state policy positions.

State Government News, published monthly since July 1958, is perhaps the most valuable news journal issued by the Council of State Governments. It regularly synopsizes legislative action in each state; presents columnar tables of comparative statutes; previews major issues confronting legislators and state officials; and highlights action goals, state of the state, and budget messages presented by the governors to the state legislatures. Frequently, articles focus on particular subject areas, with 1978 issues summarizing the development and implications of state tax reform (Jarvis-Gann Proposition 13), Sunset legislation, and issues related to medical care for the terminally ill. An occasional "Federal Report" summarizes major intergovernmental actions of consequence to state governments.

State Headlines, a biweekly newsletter, provides one-paragraph summaries of the latest governmental news from state capitols. Subject scope is comprehensive, and the headnotes to each news item constitute a keyword index which permits easy access to and updating of any news subject. Headlines can be effectively used as a supplement to publications providing more in-depth news coverage; however, its own ready-reference value should not be underestimated.

The Council of State Governments Washington Office Briefs highlights recent federal government actions of interest to the states. Summarizing in three or four paragraphs key regulations, statutes, and court cases, Briefs focuses on emerging intergovernmental problems and explores the impact of federal activity upon state programs. While providing only cursory treatment of a topic, both Briefs and State Headlines are invaluable as current awareness news organs.

Publications more substantive, but still of a serial nature, are the Council's journal of state affairs, State Government, its annual Suggested State Legislation, and the biennial reference, Book of the States. State Government, published quarterly since 1930, serves as a forum for the discussion of governmental problems, and features articles by state officials, legislative research associates, academic representatives, and private consultants. Generally speaking, the journal provides extensive analyses of current governmental problems, usually of a controversial character, which are frequently covered as news items in the Council's other periodicals. During the past year, State Government has included major articles analyzing the influence of the federal government on intergovernmental relations, reviewing state policy and responsibility toward the mentally disabled, and arguing the merits of substituting generic for trademarked drugs. Although articles are usually short, averaging six or seven pages in length, their value is enhanced by the editorial concentration of subjects and the presentation of varying viewpoints.

Suggested State Legislation, published annually since 1941, contains recommended legislative acts in draft statute format. During the past thirty-seven years many of these model bills have been enacted into law by state legislatures, making the SSL valuable both historically and currently to analysts involved in the study and improvement of state legislation. The 1977 edition of Suggested State Legislation is multifaceted and includes draft acts establishing health maintenance organizations, creating multiservice centers and community care programs for the elderly, and regulating hearing aid dealers, forest resources, private security licensing, and pesticides. The Council emphasizes that its intent in publishing model statutes is not to influence the passage of legislation but rather to assist officials and legislators involved in the drafting of state laws. Nonetheless, since the annual volumes are based on input received from a variety of sources, including state governments, intergovernmental conferences and committees, public service organizations, and the federal Office of Management and Budget, the draft acts are representative of policy areas and problems common to many states.

Since 1935 the Book of the States has provided "authoritative information on the structures, working methods, financing, and functional activities of state governments." Recognized as the principal single-volume reference source on state government, major sections of the Book span state organization; constitutional and legislative activity; intergovernmental relations; major services, such as education, transportation, and housing; and state and local government finances, including revenue, expenditure, debt, and taxation. Individual state sections provide brief demographic statistics and names of chief officials. In odd years, the Book is supplemented by directories of State Elective Officials and the Legislatures and State Administrative Officials, classified by function. This comprehensive survey of state governments is invaluable both to the historian and to the practitioner in public service.

The National Governors' Association, founded in 1908, is the instrument through which the governors of the fifty states and the outlying areas attempt collectively "to influence the development and implementation of national policy and apply creative leadership to state problems." Its purposes, to improve state government and facilitate intergovernmental relations, are demonstrated by two of its major publications, Policy Positions and Proceedings of the annual meeting. The first of these, Policy Positions, represents the views of the nation's governors on issues critical to both the states and the nation. Areas treated are uniform from year to year (Crime Reduction and Public Safety; Executive Management and Fiscal Affairs; Human Resources; Community and Economic Development; and Transportation, Commerce, and Technology). However, the particular policy positions, action programs, and resolutions are amended, deleted, and integrated each year in accordance with perceived problems and current political philosophy. The governors' detailed policy positions seek to coordinate problem solving and decision making at all levels of government and attempt to influence federal legislation and regulations impacting state programs, particularly those of a fiscal nature.

The Proceedings of the National Governors' Association parallel its Policy Positions. Transcripts of work sessions reflect the interaction of governors and reveal their views and experiences concerning state problems. Plenary sessions deal with major issues of national concern and emphasize the intergovernmental character of problem-solving activity. During the past several years, these sessions have dealt with such topics as national welfare reform, health care, and energy conservation. While policy positions are always adopted by the governors during their annual meeting, particular discussion topics vary and are determined by issues of current interest to state officials and legislators.

The Council of State Planning Agencies, organized in 1963, is composed of organizations responsible for the formulation and development of state planning. Its goals—to provide research and technical assistance to state policy makers, to improve planning and coordination of programs, and to provide a forum for the discussion of issues confronting planners and administrators—are partially fulfilled through publication of the biannual State Planning Issues, which is cosponsored with the National Governors' Association. This periodical, originally annual in frequency, provides in-depth coverage of a broad range of policy areas, and within the past year has included analyses of land use and natural resources planning, budgeting, state-local interactions in such areas as housing and urban policy, and the relationship between the governor, the state legislature, and the planner. A special section of the journal, entitled "Innovation and Communications," is based upon input from the membership organizations and contains case studies and planning innovations implemented by practicing professionals.

The organizations and publications discussed in this brief column are merely representative of intergovernmental organizations servicing state and local governmental officials. During the fall semester, the Library will attempt to establish either mailing-list or depository status with as many of these organizations as possible.

Students and practitioners of public affairs requiring state documents issued by particular agencies or dealing with specific subject categories are referred to bibliographic listings published by the Council of State Governments and the Library of Congress. Legislative Research Checklist, published since 1947 by the CSG, lists research reports by legislative service agencies and state commissions and study committees as well as selected studies by private and public research groups whose work may be of interest to state officials. The Monthly Checklist of State Publications, published by the Exchange and Gift Division of the Library of Congress since 1909, is a record of documents issued by state agencies which have been received and recorded by the Library.

Line Items

1. Beginning September 1, 1978, the LBJ School of Public Affairs Library is designated a special collection of the University's General Libraries.

2. Mr. Creekmore Fath, an Austin area attorney and former staff administrator for Senator Ralph Yarborough, has graciously donated to the Library his copies of The Congressional Record. His generous gift extends our collection of the Record from 1929 to the present date.

3. The Library is anticipating the beginning of the school year and is looking forward to serving both new and returning students, faculty, and staff.

GLOVER CHAIRS FEDERAL APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE

Dr. Robert Glover, acting director of UT's Center for the Study of Human Resources and participating faculty member at the LBJ School, has been appointed chairman of the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship, one of the oldest public advisory committees in the federal government.

The twenty-five member board is responsible for advising the Secretary of Labor on labor standards to safeguard the welfare of apprentices, on research needs in the apprenticeship field and on programs and policies for establishing equal opportunity in apprenticeship and skilled training. In addition, the committee seeks means to expand apprenticeship and journeyman training into all sectors of the economy and to strengthen cooperative federal-state relationships in the apprenticeship field.

Although the committee has only advisory power, Dr. Glover said, its recommendations are highly regarded. Its members represent about 30 percent of the union members in the country and industries which employ about 65 percent of active apprentices today. Also, five members are representatives of the general public.

Dr. Glover, who has had a longstanding interest in apprenticeship programs as an effective private sector system for producing high quality skilled workers, was appointed to the chairmanship by Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall. He attended his first meeting as chairman during July in Salt Lake City, Utah. Meetings are held quarterly in Washington, D.C., and other cities around the country.

As chairman, Dr. Glover said he looks forward to the committee's identifying effective strategies for increasing the number of women participants in apprenticeship programs. Also, he wants to see apprenticeship programs established in new industries, such as automobile mechanics.

In addition to his duties at the LBJ School and Human Resources Center, Dr. Glover is a field research associate for the Committee on Evaluation of Employment and Training Programs of the National Academy of Sciences.

Derived from UT News and Information Service Report.