Defending professional responsbility

Editor\´s Note: A Conference on "Scientists in the Public Interest: The Role of Professional Societies", was held at Alta, Utah, September 7–9, 1973. Reports by task forces in the areas of public interest science information, defending professional responsibility, congressional fellows, public interest science study program, and the role of professional societies in improving science advising, were presented and resolutions were adopted. The symopsis of the report of the task force on defending professional responsibility and the companion resolution adopted by the conference are presented below. The American Chemical Society Legal Aid Loan Program is also presented. Information on the other areas mentioned above will be published in future issues of this Newsletter.