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RS. Aroti Dutt of India was elected Area Vice-President for Asia at the Ninth Triennial Conference in Edin- burgh. Since then she has visited many coun- tries and has done a great deal of extension work for A.C.W.W. in Asia. Site is the daughter of a Member of Pat-Itaâ€" ment, who often had to travel in different parts of India, taking his wife and Aroti, an only child, with him, so that from babyhooa' she has been used to meeting people. After her marriage at eighteen she went to Calcutta University and graduated with philosophy as her main subject. She says she cannot claim that any inner call took her into social serviceâ€"she married into it. Her motherâ€"in-law, Saroj Nalini Dutt. founded the counttjtwomen’s organization that still bears her name, and naturally Aroti car- ried on with the work. When her son was born she found it too difficult to tour in the more remote rural areas, so she was put in charge of the Central Training Institute and the T eacher‘s Training College in Calcutta. both of which were run by her Association. She also worked with the Social Welfare Board and was in charge of two rural centres, not far from Calcutta. Her first contact with A.C.'.W.W. came very soon after she joined the Association. for she corresponded regularly with the London office, sending reports of their work in Bengal. In 1957 she represented the Saroi Nalini Dutt Association at the Colombo Conference stopped traffic to let delegates jaywalk safely. The bus drivers led the singing of Irish songs on trips into the country; bank employees, cashiers and store clerks helped cheerfully to translate pounds, shillings and pence into dollars and cents; post office personnel pa- tiently supplied varied stamps and a special A.C.W.W. cancellation for Slal‘np collectors back home. Throughout these warm and friendly ex- Periences one impression stands out vividly and that is the high regard all these people have , for the ICA. Their organization and its work is well known and greatly respected by everyâ€" one we met and in the opinion of this reporter, to a much greater extent than exists in Canada, Perhaps there’s a broader public relatiOns job to be done here? In this Irish atmosphere of working happily togather it was easy to buckle down to a full Program of speakers, discussions and business FAIL 1965 Mrs. Aroti Dutt, the new A.C.W.W. President and was one of the students at the Kandy Seminar where her intelligence and charm won all hearts. She returned home and then, feel- ing that she needed to learn more about social welfare, she applied for, and won, a scholar- ship at the Institute of Social Studies at the Hague, where her final thesis won her a dtploma with credit. From Holland she went to Scandinavia, stay- ing with A.C,W.W. members, and seeing the work of A.C.W.W. Societies. She visited most of the European countries and spent some time in London, meeting old friends and mak- ing new ones, and ended her tour by attending the Conference in Edinburgh, A colleague has said of her, “A roti Dtttt is (1 true international. To her, people are people, no matter where they come front. This is a siate of mind, a quality of heart, which, We. in /l.C.W.W, recognize and value very highly. She is a wonderful ambassador for India and for A,C.W.W. and to those of us who know her, a much loved friend and soon an inspir- ing President." â€" From The Irish Countryâ€" woman. Accepting the responsibilities of her new office at the closing session of the conference, llnlrs. Dutt said." "Let our work not he just a minor detail in the beautiful tapestry of social welfare in many lam/s, but be a vital part for the prog- ress of women, both at national and inter- national level.“ sessions. The theme “Working Together” was developed along several lines by three key speakers who also helped to guide the dis- cussion in the group sessions which followed their talks. The Right Reverend Monseigneur F. J, Smyth, Director, Coady International Institute, Antlgonish, Nova Scotia gave the initial address on opening day when he spoke on “Co-operation the Ideal.” Dr. Joseph G. Knapp, Administrator, Farmer Coâ€"operative Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, in his first address dealt with “Education for Coâ€" operation” and Mrs. Greta Bergstrom, a Home Economist and Chief of the Education Divi- sion, Department of Consumer Information, Swedish Consumer Institute, Stockholm, Swe- den, spoke on “What Co-operation Means to Rural People.” A second symposium dealt with more spe- cific aspects of co-Operation. Dr. Knapp dealt with “Production, Purchasing, Marketing" 7