Under the auspices of the League of Nations Association, of which both President Lowell and W.Y. Elliott, professor of government, are members, a referendum will be submitted to about half a dozen communities in the vicinity of Boston, including Concord, Belmont, and Waltham, on the question of the United States joining the League of Nations with such reservations as the Senate sees fit. Professor Elliot, who has long taken a great interest in the work of the League of Nations, is an active member of the Association and is one of the principal organizers of the present referendum.