A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit

The third quarterly open meeting of the group at California State Prison, San Quentin, recently was attended by 109 members from the Bay Area Groups in addition to 80 members of the group in the prison. A.A.s from San Francisco, Oakland, Alameda, Richmond, Vallejo, Santa Rosa, San Rafael, Burlingame, San Mateo, Palo Alto, Pittsburgh and Redwood City were among invited guests. The general session was devoted to discussions by both men and women A.A.s and non-alcoholic visitors. Dr. D. G. Schmidt, acting chief medical officer at San Quentin, spoke from the point of view of a psychiatrist while Warden Clinton T. Duffy, long a supporter of A.A., and Associate Wardens D. C. Rig and H. O. Tees were also invited to speak. The San Quentin News, prison newspaper, carried an advance news story and an editorial praising and explaining A.A.