activities of the Committee on Policy during the year 1934 are presented in detail in reports of the several sub-committees printed below. Committee on Policy has this year held two meetings-one at Chicago on September 19 and the other, also at Chicago, on December 27. My own work has been largely confined to promotion of the radio series, which has been carried on again this year with the financial cooperation of the National Municipal League. Three series of talks have been presented, as follows: Seventh Series, Reviving Local Government, February 13 to June 19, 1934; Eighth Series, New Deal in Local Government, June 26 to September 25, 1934; and Ninth Series, Trends in Government, October 2, 1934, to January 29, 1935. A tenth series on The Forty-four Legislatures of 1935 has been arranged and is printed on pages 106-107 above. Beginning with the eighth series, our time has been fifteen minutes instead of half an hour. reduction has not, however, been an unmixed evil. While it is impossible to say as much in fifteen minutes as was formerly said in half an hour, and many of the subjects discussed would benefit from a longer treatment, it must be admitted that it is easier to sustain the interest of the radio audience for fifteen than for thirty minutes. Furthermore, speakers, when faced with the necessity of condensing what they have to say into the short period, on the whole show more snap and sparkle; and the dull ones can be only half as dull. Another innovation this year has been my practice of introducing all speakers instead of leaving it to be done by the announcer. thought was to make the introductions more stimulating and to provide a thread of continuity in the talks. I would welcome expressions of opinion concerning the wisdom of keeping up this practice, which is, of course, a serious burden on my time. Beginning with the ninth series, we were shifted from the blue to the red network. Aside from the northeastern section of the United States, this has entailed almost no change in our station list. For the ninth series, the number of stations was forty-one, the largest in our history. loyalty of the local stations, especially in the supplementary networks, which continue to take our programs year after year, is the best possible testimony to the satisfaction we have given. Station owners and managers now know that our programs are reliable-no hitch has yet