The Chairman of the Division of Engineering reported the appointment of a committee for the investigation of high speed steel, of which Mr. J. V. Emmons has been named Chairman.

Moved: That the appointment of a committee for the investigation of high speed steel be approved. (Adopted.)

The Chairman of the Division of Medical Sciences reported that Professor Graham Lusk had been nominated by the Society of Biological Chemists as its representative in the Division of Medical Sciences.

Moved: That the nomination of Professor Graham Lusk be received and transmitted to the President of the National Academy of Sciences with the recommendation that he be appointed a member of the National Research Council and assigned to the Division of Medical Sciences. (Adopted.)

The Chairman of the Division of Biology and Agriculture presented for reconsideration a request that the National Research Council in raising funds for the support of Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole. He emphasized the importance of the work carried on at this laboratory, which is handicapped at the present time by lack of funds. He asked that the Council take action.

After a short discussion consideration of the matter was postponed until the afternoon session.

The following nomination was presented by the Chairman of the Division for member at large of the Division of Educational Relations:

Mr. Herbert Hoover, Ex-United States Food Administrator; Trustee, Leland Stanford, Jr., University.

Moved: That the nomination of Mr. Herbert Hoover be approved with the recommendation to the President of the National Academy of Sciences that he be appointed a member of the National Research Council and assigned to the Division of Educational Relations. (Adopted.)

Upon recommendation of the Chairman of the Division it was

Moved: That Col. Robert I. Rees be appointed a representative from the Committee on Education and Special Training of the War Department as a member of the Division of Educational Relations to fill a vacancy in that position. (Adopted.)

The Chairman of the Council announced that the Division of Anthropology and Psychology is in process of organization, and that a meeting of the Division will be held on October 20.

The Chairman of the Research Information Service presented the following

matters:

In response to a request from the Division of States Relations it was

Moved: That Mr. Edwin F. Gay be appointed to represent the Research Information Service in the Division of States Relations. (Adopted.)

The following nomination was presented by the Chairman of the Division for membership in that Division:

Mr. Frank Burke, Chief of the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice.

Moved: That the name of Mr. Frank Burke, Chief of the Bureau of Investigation, as representative of the Department of Justice, be presented to the President of the United States in accordance with Article V, Section 3, of the Organization of the National Research Council, for designation by him for service with the National Research Council on the Research Information Service. (Adopted.)

The Chairman of the Division presented the following nominations for members at large of the Research Information Service:

Clement W. Andrews, Librarian, The John Crerar Library, Chicago, Illinois.

Milton C. Whitaker, Consulting Chemical Engineer, New York City. Arthur D. Little, President, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Industrial Research Laboratories, 30 Charles River Road, Cambridge, Mass.

Fuller R. Callaway, LaGrange, Ga., Cotton Manufacturer.

F. S. Terry, Mgr., National Lamp Works of General Electric Co., Nela Park, Cleveland, Ohio.

W. R. De Field, President, W. R. De Field & Co., Chicago, Ill.

Charles F. Kettering, President, The Dayton Engineering Laboratories Co., Dayton, Ohio.

Moved: That the nominations of Messrs. Clement W. Andrews, Milton C. Whitaker, Arthur D. Little, Fuller R. Callaway, F. S. Terry, Charles F. Kettering, and W. R. DeField be approved with the recommendation to the President of the National Academy that they be appointed members of the National Research Council and assigned to the Research - Information Service. (Adopted.)

The Chairman of the Research Information Service called attention to action taken by the Interim Committee at its meeting on October 2, 1919, recommending to the Executive Board reconsideration of its action on June 24, 1919, relative to the making of charges by the Research Information Service for services in exceptional cases. It appeared to be the sense of the meeting that such charges would be proper, but in view of the absence of a member of this Board, who had previously opposed the proposal, it was

Moved: That the matter be referred to the Interim Committee with power, and that an effort be made to consult absent members as to any grounds of opposition. (Adopted.)

The Chairman of the Council reported that, with the return of Mr. Walcott to the city, action is being taken in the organization of the Government Division, and it is hoped that it will be completed within a short time.

The Executive Secretary of the Division of States Relations reported the following nominations from the Divisions named to serve as members of the Division of States Relations:

For the Division of Industrial Relations: Mr. H. E. Howe.

For the Division of Educational Relations: Mr. Vernon Kellogg.

For the Division of Engineering: Mr. S. W. Stratton.

For the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology: Mr. W. D. Bancroft.

For the Division of Geology and Geography: Mr. E. B. Mathews.

Moved: That the nominations of Messrs. H. E. Howe, Vernon Kellogg, S. W. Stratton, W. D. Bancroft, and E. B. Mathews as members of the Division of States Relations be approved. (Adopted.)

The Executive Secretary of the Division of States Relations also reported the nomination from the Society of American Foresters of Mr. Hugh P. Baker to serve on the Division of States Relations.

Moved: That the nomination of Mr. Hugh P. Baker be approved, with the recommendation to the President of the National Academy of Sciences that he be appointed a member of the National Research Council and assigned to the Division of States Relations.

(Adopted.)

The Executive Board took recess at 12.30 to meet again at 2.00 p.m.
The Executive Board resumed its meeting at 2.20 p.m.

The Chairman made reference to the matter of quorum and stated that consideration of this was referred to the Committee on By-Laws.

At the suggestion of the Chairman the legal relations of the National Research Council to the National Academy of Sciences were discussed, and it was

Moved: That the Chairman of the Council be authorized and requested to pursue this subject farther with a view to clarifying the status of the Council. (Adopted.)

The Chairman of the Council raised the question of policy in regard to research in the industries, especially as this relates to overlapping of interests in the various Divisions and, in particular, in the Divisions of Industrial Relations and of Engineering. A discussion at length followed.

Moved: That a committee of five on General Policy and Solicitation of Funds, of which the Chairman of the Council shall act as Chairman, be appointed. (Adopted.)

Appointed: Messrs. Angell (Chairman), C. A. Adams, H. E. Howe, Kellogg, and Walcott.

The question of securing financial aid for the Marine Biological Laboratory, which had been presented at the forenoon session, was brought up for further consideration.

Moved: That the matter of securing financial assistance for the Marine Biological Laboratory be referred for recommendation to the Committee on General Policy and Solicitation of Funds.

(Adopted.)

The Chairman requested an expression of opinion by the Board concerning the policy of the Council in reference to matters of congressional legislation, with special reference to two bills at present pending,-one providing for a tax on scientific instruments, and the other the removal of exemption which has hitherto been enjoyed by educational institutions. It was the sense of the meeting that the Council should take no action.

The Chairman of the Council presented a recommendation submitted by Mr. Dunn, as Chairman of a committee appointed by the Executive Board on June 3, 1919, to provide for the continuation of retired Chairmen of the Council as members of the Executive Board.

Moved: That the Executive Board recommend to the Council of the National Academy of Sciences that Article IV, Section 2, of the Organization of the National Research Council be amended by the addition of the following sentence: "Chairmen, on their retirement, shall continue for three years as members of the Executive Board." (Adopted.)

The Chairman presented a recommendation from Mr. Alfred D. Flinn, that the action of the Interim Committee on October 2, 1919, providing for the continuation of the appointment of Mr. Flinn as Assistant Secretary of the National Research Council be amended to omit the name of Mr. Flinn, making reference only to the Secretary of the Engineering Foundation.

(Approved.)

On motion of the Treasurer various small items of appropriation and accounting were approved.

The Chairman stated that in the allotment of funds for the current year certain expenses had not been provided for, making it necessary for the Executive Board to appropriate small sums of money under various headings to cover such unauthorized items. He suggested that this matter should be referred to the Committee on Organization and Budget.

Moved: That the Committee on Organization and Budget be requested to make a redistribution of allotments of general expense temporarily and to prepare a motion to authorize action in future.

(Adopted.)

The matter of the publication of minutes of Divisions, committees, etc., was discussed, and it was

Moved: That nothing be published by the National Research Council or any of its Divisions without the sanction of the Committee on Publication. (Adopted.)

The meeting adjourned at 4.20 p.m. to meet again at 9.30 a. m., November 18.

HARRY O. WOOD, Assistant Secretary.

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