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A nationwide survey indicates that the US public views the electronic computer & its signif in terms of 2 independent belief-att dimensions. The 1st of these captures the view of the computer as an instrument of man's purposes-helpful in sci, industry, space exploration, etc. The 2nd dimension reflects a tendency for people to react with a sense of awe & inferiority when faced with the idea of machines that may be able to out-think man. Individual variations in the strength of these reactions to the computer are strongly determined by certain personality factors & life orientations that are highly pervasive in character. Theoretical & conceptual implications of a more general nature are developed for the field of PO res. AA.

The 1968 Conference of the Amer Assoc for PO Res was held May 8-11, 1968, in Santa Barbara, Calif. An AAPOR Award for distinguished achievement was posthumously presented this yr to Elmo C. Wilson. The presidential address was held by outgoing President Paul Sheatsley & appears in this issue of the journal (see SA 1020/D8504). The Conference was divided into 12 subject areas of PO res, in which papers were presented. 20 roundtables were conducted. M. Maxfield.