RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 209
The American Statistical Association, mentioned
in the table on page 208, is a second advisory
and planning body receiving Foundation
assistance. The opportunity was presented for
the association to become a real link between
Federal statistical offices and members of the
association desiring access to Federal statistical
records. The association thought that constructive
leadership in the development of activities
in Washington might also be exercised. In 1934,
therefore, the Foundation provided $7,500 toward
the general budget of the association for
one year. This grant enabled the association to
transfer its headquarters to Washington and to
employ a full-time administrative officer.
In 1935 a second and final grant was made to
the American Statistical Association providing
$22,500 for use over five years to terminate
satisfactorily the period of Foundation aid. The
outlook is promising for the continuance of the
work begun by the association at Washington.
5. Social Science Publications
During 1935 a final payment ($11,711) was
made by the Foundation to the Social Science
Research Council for the liquidation of the publication
of Social Science Abstracts.
The year 1935 marked the publication of the
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