These proceedings consist of 25 conference papers on consumer interests: (1) Consumer Leaders of Yesteryear, (2) Potentials for Professionalism in Consumer Affairs, (3) Legislative Priorities--The Washington Scene, (4) Consumer Protection--The Municipal Approach, (5) Virginia Approach to Consumer Protection, (6) An Explanation of Electric Utility Finance and Its Effects on the Residential User, (7) Systems Approach to Family Money Management Counseling, (8) Consumer Education: The Unknown Limits, (9) An Experimental Investigation of the Consumer Use of Explicit Product Information, (10) Cost Benefit Analysis of Consumer Product Safety Programs, (11) Consumer Participation in Health Planning: A Selective Review, (12) An Investigation of Objective Relationships Between Product Price and Product Quality, (13) Ethics: A Cost Benefit Analysis, (14) An Evaluation of the Illinois Consumer Education Program and Student Learning, (15) Advertisers' Substantiation of Claims to the Public, (16) What University Advertising Programs are Doing in Consumer Education, (17) Low Income Chicano's Family Purchasing, Credit and Consumption Behavior--An Exploratory Study, 1970-75, (18) Communitywide Discount Programs for the Elderly: Problems and Prospects, (19) A Bill of Rights for Consumers, (20) Careers in Consumer Affairs, (21) Educational Opportunities in the Consumer Field, (22) Electric Utility Advertising and the Consumer Interest, (23) The Development of a Competency Based Consumer Credit Counseling Certification Program, (24) The Local Consumer Information System: An Institution-To-Be?, and (25) Financial Management Practices of Nebraska Bankrupts. (EM)