On the Committee vs. the Scientific Approach to Problems of Professional Training

In this letter to the editor, the author notes that the recent committee report on the "Recommended graduate training program in clinical psychology" (Amer. Psychologist, 1947, 2, pp. 539-558) is admirable of its kind. The author appreciates that circumstances may occasion the issuance of a report earlier and in different form than the Committee might otherwise desire, but the issues touched on in this letter seem worth raising even if not legitimately in criticism of this report. The point of the letter is to raise the issue; as the Association increasingly takes important steps, and makes use of committees and boards for that purpose, it seems especially important that consideration be given to the mode of their operations.