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the world today it is necessary that education for administration and government should be ahead of technical skill; and this applies to the highly developed countries as well." ‘ Lady Elliot referred to India and Pakistan as countries where the emancipation and higher edu- cation of women “has done more than anything else, to bring these countries to the forefront," and she stressed the importance of women in the modern state being able to resist mass pressures and to stand out as individuals and not to be swayed by the crowd. Among the greatest challenges of the times Lady Elliot put the challenge of the Homelessâ€" the refugees left as an aftermath of the last war. She said. “UN has designated this year World Refugee Year. Is it too much that I should appeal to all of you when you return to your own counâ€" tries to urge your Governments to support this great humanitarian eliort?" The President Reports Progress Reviewing her travels and observations in the last inter-conference period. Mrs. Alice M. Berry, A.C.W.W. President, reported a tour of her own country, Australia, where she saw progress partic~ ularly in the international interests of the Coun- try Women‘s Associations, She found more “pennies for friendship," more pen friendships being established, more study of international issues. and a greater interest in youth exchange visits, co-operation with migration centres and an endeavour to assist with the integration of new settlers and to help them to overcome their lone- liness in a new land. Homes have been opened to students coming to study in Australia under the Colombo Plan and the members feel that their lives, too, have been enriched by these con- tacts. On a second visit to Malaya after six years Mrs. Berry saw a rapid development. The Insti- tutes had just opened their own headquarters and at the annual Agricultural Show the women from the villages showed their first exhibits of preserved fruit, In Calcutta Mrs. Berry attended a confer» ence where the women discussed and very ably â€" “Rural Child Welfare" and “The Role of Women‘s Organizations in Raising the Economic Standard.“ This was followed by a Seminar :mm sored by FAQ on “Education for Rural Hom. and Community Life in South East Asia.“ The women of the Philippines showed an impressive pm gramme carried on by their Rural imprmt hem Clubs and the Japanese women in the How. In“ provement Section of the Agricultural Burr. vi of Japan reported that in the ten years sinr. [he clubs were established approximately 1t Him members had been enrolled in 7,000 club 1h; Japanese women do not feel quite ready to b «we members of A.C.W.W. but they sent ObSeH‘ 10 the Edinburgh Conference and made many t ,i it among the delegates. Mrs. Berry paid a tribute to the work - _'1.3 viceâ€"presidents: Mrs. Hugh Summers, C .i.; Mrs. Dahierup of Denmark; Lady Coomam of Ceylon; Miss Payne of New Zealand' , Kleyn of the Netherlands; Mrs. Ebba Q .,l Finland; Mrs. Price of Southern Rhodesia Apperson. U.S.A.; Mrs. de Mel, Ceylon, a! ir. Nancy Adams, Canada. The Problem of Hunger “Two thirds of mankind, inhabiting ti! 3 well developed parts of the world, drag on .r short unhappy lives imprisoned within th‘ : walls of Hunger, Disease, Ignorance and (t - sion." said Mr. John Anderson of the Is ;| Agricultural Advisory Service. “These are l i which Christian folk, indeed all men of ‘- will whatever our race. creed and colour c it and must not ignore." Here are a few notes from Mr. And s challenging address: “At this moment" (through FAOJ “the more than 300 agricultural experts, gatherev n all over the free world, working in the 1. countries . . . Cattle are today grazing ii . pastures where only a few years ago the .13 nothing but sand whipped about by the -J. The first deserts are beginning to bloom rv Countries working together for the first it id slowly beginning to control the locust.“ 6- ViOUSly the locust needed no passport to fit in one country to another so it could not b ni- Deiegales from ti em Europe in nations ran at the civic gorder any at Lauriston Castle Edmâ€" burgh.