THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
TUCSON. ARIZONA 85721

Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology
Department of Anthropology

Dr. David Adams
Psychology Laboratory
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT 06457

December 11. 1956

Dear David,

It was nice talking with you last week from the AAA
meetings. I wanted to enclose a copy or the special meetings
Issue of the Anthropology Newsletter which includes on page 4
the "Resolution to Endorse the Seville Statement on
Violence. At the business meeting, with approximately 300
attendees, I briefly provided background information about
the Statement. Following a supportive comment from Gabriel
Lasker, the resolution passed unanimously by voice vote!
Following the business meeting, the Statement was discusssd
further, briefly. as part or an Open Forum. One professor
said that he was going to use the Statement in his class, and
was very glad that he now knew about it. I think that the
Statement has now received considerable publicity among
anthropologists, because in addition to the business
meeting/open forum activities, the meetings edition of the
Anthropology Newsletter with the Resolution was distributed
to all conference attendees (~3,500 persons), and now that
the Resolution passed, it will be reprinted in the January
issue of the Newsletter and distributed to all members of the
American Anthropological Association. The complete text of
the Seville Statement was also handed out at the business
meeting.

Also of note, the Statement on Violence has now been
published in its entirety in the most recent issue of the 
Newsletter of the International Society for Human Ethology.
I sincerely hope that such efforts will contribute to
the "snowball effect" in building support for the Seville
Statement. On a personal note, I had expected most
anthropologists to agree with the Statement, but I was
absolutely thrilled with the unanimous vote! I had not
expected that degree of support. I hope that from this short
description you and the other drafters of the Statement may
get a feeling of the widespread support and warm appreciation
that were apparent from your anthropological colleagues at
these meetings.

Sincerely,

Douglas P. Fry, Ph.D.
Research Associate