Over one hundred officials attended the January meeting of the Proviso Township Municipal League, held in Melrose Park. Theodore Asch-man, a member of the Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area Local Governmental Services Commission was the guest speaker. Mr. Aschman explained the Commission would study problems affecting the metropolitan area and would report their findings to the next session of the legislature. The Commission's study will be limited chiefly to water, its distribution and supply; drainage and sewage disposal. Mr. Aschman pointed out the Commission was not interested in establishing a super-government nor of depriving the suburban governments of their powers.

Speakers' Table, left to right: Village President Joseph Cerny, Stone Park; E. J. Thiele, former Village President, Hillside, Past President, IML; Village President Merritt Braga, Broadview; Village Clerk Michael Laraia, Melrose Park and Secretary-Treasurer of the Proviso League; Village President Richard Zueike, Bellwood and President of the Proviso League, and Theodore Aschman, guest speaker.

The annual short course for sewage works' operators', will be held at Urbana, March 19th through March 23rd. This is a service to municipalities, institutions and industries, sponsored by the Sanitary Water Board and the University of Illinois, annually.

The course makes possible an excellent opportunity for operators to acquire information on the operation and maintenance of sewage works. Every municipality having a sewage disposal plant, should send its superintendent to the course. The cost will be $12.50 for registration fee, made payable directly to the University of Illinois, plus the necessary expense for transportation, meals and lodging. If you have not already done so, your operator should be enrolled immediately. Application should be made directly to the Sanitary Water Board, Room 616, State Office Building, Springfield, Illinois.

At the 32nd American Municipal Congress in Miami in November, the invitation of the City of St. Louis and the Missouri Municipal League to hold the 33rd Annual Congress in St. Louis, was accepted by the Board of Trustees. The meeting will commence on Sunday, November 25th, and will probably continue for three days.

This will afford an excellent opportunity for many Illinois Municipal Officials to attend the Congress next year.