FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON DISEASES OF THE CHEST

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON DISEASES OF THE CHEST The Honorable Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of The Federal Republic of Germany, has accepted an invitation to serve as the Honorary President of the Fourth International Congress on Diseases of the Chest to be held in Cologne, Germany, August 19 through 23, 1956, under the sponsorship of the Council on International Affairs of the College and with the cooperation of the Federal Republic of Germany and the City of Cologne. Professor Gerhard Domagk, discoverer of the sulfonamides and Nobel Prize Winner, is the President of this important World Congress. The Committee on Scientific Program is now organizing the scientific program for the Congress, to include the most recent developments in pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases. Physicians having whitchtththey The Cologne Cathedral overlooking the Rhine Wo roui gl di n l ~1kl ewtork 0 presen a e Congress are invited to communicate with Professor Andrew L. Banyai, Chairman, Council on International Affairs, American College of Chest Physicians, 112 East Chestnut Street, Chicago 11, Illinois, U.S.A. The official languages of the Congress are German, French, Spanish and English and it is requested that abstracts of papers, in the language in which they are to be presented, as well as English translations, accompany all communications. Requests for places on the scientific program will be considered by the Committee on Scientific Program and authors whose papers are accepted will be notified promptly in order that there will be no delay in the preparation of their manuscripts. The arrangements in Cologne are being supervised by the Executive Committee in Germany. Professor Joachim Hein, Schleswig-Holstein, Regent of the College for Germany, serves as Chairman of the Executive Committee. Other members are: Professor Ludwig Heilmeyer, Governor of the College for Freiburg; Professor Joseph Jacobi, Governor for Hamburg; Professor H. W. Knipping, Governor for Cologne; Professor Rudolf Schoen, Governor for Gottingen; Professor Walter Unverricht, Governor for West Berlin ; Professor E. Wollheim, Governor for Wurzburg; Professor Hans Wurm, Governor for Wiesbaden; and Professor Rudolph Zenker, Governor for Marburg/Lahn (Hessen). Honorary members of the Committee are: Dr. Otto Buurman, Director, Department of Health, Ministry of the Interior ; Professor Redeker, President of the German Central Committee Against Tuberculosis; Dr. Ernst Schwering, the Mayor of the City of Cologne; and Dr. Max Adenauer, City Director of Cologne. Additional members will be invited to serve with this Committee. The International Travel Service, Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, has been appointed the official travel agent for the Fourth International Congress. Information concerning pre- and post-convention tours may be obtained by writing direct to the agency. 353