Dryfoos Conference on "New Federalism."

Fifteen alumni were among the public service, business, and education leaders who participated in the third annual Orvil E. Dryfoos Conference on Public Affairs, May 21 and 22, exploring the theme "The New Federalism."

The conference is sponsored by the Dartmouth Public Affairs Center as a tribute to the late president and publisher of The New York Times, Orvil E. Dryfoos '34. Discussions centered on the changing nature of the American federal system and the new city-state-federal partnerships that are being formed to carry out economic and social programs. The conference opened with the presentation of two papers: "The Condition of American Federalism: A Historian's View," by Harry N. Scheiber, Associate Professor of History, and "Transportation, Government and Urbanization," by E. Grosvenor Plowman '20, former Deputy Undersecretary for Transportation Policy, Department of Commerce. The two papers that followed were on "The Urban Poor versus Government," by Belden Daniels '56, Deputy Director, Commonwealth Service Corps, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and "The New Federalism and Education," by Robert B. Binswanger '52, Executive Director, PACE Association, Cleveland, Ohio.

President Dickey chaired the Saturday evening panel on "Two Views of the City," featuring panelists Arthur J. Holland, Mayor of Trenton, N. J., and Ralph Lazarus '35, President of Federated Department Stores and chairman of a study on urban affairs for the Committee for Economic Development.

A Sunday morning session on the role of colleges and universities in the "New Federalism" was led by Frank Smallwood '5l, Associate Professor of Government.

Other guest participants in the conference included: George Belknap, Director of Research Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Lisle Carter '45, Assistant Secretary, Department of Health, Education and Welfare; William G. Cassella Jr., Assistant Director, National Municipal League; William G. Colman, Executive Director, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; J. Clarence Davies III '59, Bureau of the Budget; Thomas Davis, State Director, Office of Economic Opportunity, Vermont;

Robert Douglass '53, Counsel to the Governor, State of New York; William Doyle, Professor of Political Science, Johnson State College; Stuart J. Mahlin '63, Assistant to the Mayor, Fairview, Ohio; David L. Mann, Executive Director, New Hampshire Municipal Association; James Maxwell, Professor of Economics, Clark University; Edward McLaughlin Jr. '42, General Counsel, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority; Gerald Nash, Professor of History, New York University; Genevieve Neale, State Board of Education, New Hampshire; Thomas O'onnell '50, President, Berkshire Community College; Francis Overlan, Coordinator of University Relations, West Hartford (Conn.) Public Schools; John G. Pearson, Department of Municipal Affairs, Province of Ontario;

Richard Rosen '56, Assistant to the Mayor, New York City; L. William Seidman '43, Consultant on Fiscal Policy Office of the Governor, Michigan; Da vid Squire '47, Deputy Director, Job Corps, Office of Economic Opportunity Clifford Vermilya, President, Vermont City Managers Association; and James Wilson, Director of Revenue Research State of Vermont.

Chairman of the conference was Gene M. Lyons, Professor of Government and director of the Public Affairs Center.