Plans for the Journal During the War, the 

 CounciTs Appeal to All Members of the 

 Association 



IT is with the keenest regret that the 

 Council of the American Genetic 

 Association finds it necessary to 

 change the policy regarding the 

 Journal of Heredity. The cost of pub- 

 lication has increased about 30 per cent, 

 and our funds are no longer sufficient 

 to maintain the Journal on the present 

 basis of regular monthly issues. 



The collapse of so many of the for- 

 eign journals devoted to this field of 

 science makes it appear all the more 

 necessary that the activities of our As- 

 sociation be maintained. Most of our 

 members must see very clearly the im- 

 mense importance of establishing more 

 widely the scientific, eugenic point of 

 view, in relation to the fundamental 

 questions of human welfare, that are 

 pressing upon us as never before. 



The war is showing us how defective 

 our civilization is, demonstrating the 

 enormous need of scientific investigation 

 and popularization in dealing with the 

 more fundamental problems of national 

 and racial welfare. It is felt that instead 

 of being compelled to enter upon a policy 

 of retrenchment at this time the Asso- 

 ciation should consider it a patriotic duty 

 to maintain its activities through this 

 period of crisis. 



It may be that the financial difficulty 

 could be met by raising the dues of the 

 members to $3.00, but this might tend 



to restrict the membership, either now 

 or in the future. An active effort to in- 

 crease the membership would be very 

 much better. Undoubtedly the member- 

 ship of the Association could be doubled 

 if each member would ask himself which 

 of his friends or acquaintances would 

 and should be interested in the Journal, 

 and then bring the matter personally to 

 their attention. Finally, there may be 

 more members who are able and willing 

 to subscribe to the guarantee fund which 

 a few have maintained for several years 

 past. Some of our guarantors have not 

 been active members of the Association, 

 but have considered its objects as 

 worthy of support, and it may be that 

 some of our members can secure the 

 interest of other broad-minded, public- 

 spirited citizens who feel as much re- 

 sponsibility for furthering constructive 

 undertakings as for palliative charity. 



The Council appeals, therefore, to the 

 membership of the Association for an 

 expression of opinion as to the course 

 that should be followed under the cir- 

 cumstances, in relation to the raising of 

 the dues or to any other steps that should 

 be taken, and especially it appeals for 

 such active support as can be giyen by 

 increasing the membership or contribut- 

 ing to such an increase of the guarantee 

 fund as would insure a continuance of 

 the Journal. 



