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Sixth International Congress of Genetics 
Dr. George M. Reed atiended the meeting of the Sixth Inter- 
national Congress of Genetics at Ithaca, New York, held from 
August 24th to 31st. He read a paper before one of the sectional 
meetings on “Inheritance of Resistance to Loose and Covered 
Smuts in Hybrids between Certain Susceptible Oat Varieties and 
He also prepared an exhibit of oat and sorghum 
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materials. The oat exhibit included Riker mounts of the parents, 
first and second generations of hybrids of Gothland & Victor and 
also of Hull-less X Black Mesdag. Several charts were prepared 
giving data on the inheritance of smut resistance in various oat 
crosses. Photographs and specimens of the oat smut were also 
exhibited. 
The sorghum exhibit included a demonstration of the method 
of detecting hybrid seedlings by means of their color. There was 
1e color of the coleoptile 
— 
also a demonstration of the inheritance of t 
in certain sorghum crosses. Special mounts showing the inheri- 
tance of panicle and grain character of different crosses were 
made. There were also some charts giving data on the inheri- 
tance of seedling color and also the inheritance of smut resistance. 
The director served on the Committee for the entertainment 
of foreign delegates in New York City, August 20-23. 
Cooperation with Relief Agencies 
Lhe Mayor's Official Committee for the Relicf of the Un- 
employed and Needy—Our cooperation with this Committee, 
noted in the preceding annual report, has been continued through- 
out 1932 on the same basis. Employees of the various City De- 
partments contributed one per cent. or more of their salaries during 
the year and the fund thus raised, together with other donations 
from private sources, was distributed by the Mayor's Committee 
to provide work and wages for those unemployed on account of 
the general depression. [Employees of the Garden voluntarily 
assessed themselves one per cent. of their salaries or partial sal- 
aries received from the Tax Budget. As last year, it was ar- 
ranged that this fund be applied to per diem labor at the Garden, 
thus prolonging the period of employment. 
Considering that many of those participating in this plan also 
