aides without regard to the Ci\il 

 Service Laws. These aides are to be 

 selected on the basis of quahfication 

 in a special research field and are to 

 serve on a part-time basis for periods 

 up to 3 years. 



As determined bv the board of 

 trustees, aides are to be compensated 

 for time spent in the work of the 

 Foundation, and when traveling are 

 to receive tra\'el expenses in accord- 

 ance with Government regulations 

 and a suitable per diem to cover 

 other costs. 



As aides are scientists in a poten- 

 tially productive period, provision is 

 to be made to insure that thev remain 

 professionally acti\'e, and that service 

 with the technical board does not 

 jeopardize their academic careers. 



Committees 



The technical board is to appoint 

 ad hoc committees to advise with a 

 particular member on medical prob- 

 lems. Members of such committees 

 are to be appointed consultants with 

 per diem compensation up to twenty- 

 five dollars ($25), and in accordance 

 with Go\ernment regulations are to 

 receive travel expenses and suitable 

 per diem to cover other costs when 

 tra\'eling. 



Aides and committees appointed 

 for a technical board member are to 

 be discharged on the expiration of 

 the member's term, but continued 

 service may be in\ ited bv the mem- 

 ber's successor. 



Authority of the technical hoard 



The technical board is to receive, 

 review and recommend to the board 

 of trustees on all requests for gen- 

 eral research funds, fellowships, and 

 grants-in-aid. 



It is to take such steps as are neces- 

 sary to put appro\cd programs into 

 effect. 



It is to maintain reasonable super- 

 vision of work under general research 

 funds and grants-in-aid and of the 

 acti\'ities of Fellows, and keep the 

 trustees informed on the progress of 

 this work. 



It is to arrange for the preparation 

 of reports or appraisals as requested 

 by the board of trustees. 



Its members are to keep themselves 

 informed on the status of pertinent 

 medical problems, to which end thev 

 are authorized to convene round-table 

 discussions, to invite competent per- 

 sons to prepare summaries of specific 

 problems, and to seek authoritative 

 information in any other appropriate 

 manner. 



It is to recei\e and consider recom- 

 mendations from individual investi- 

 gators with regard to the further 

 development of problems of possible 

 scientific interest. 



Office of the Executive Secretary 



A full-time executive secretary is 

 to be appointed bv the board of trus- 

 tees after consultation with appropri- 

 ate Government fiscal and accounting 

 agencies. The executive secretarv is 

 to organize administrative, fiscal, and 

 accounting offices for the conduct of 

 the business of the Foundation. Fiscal 

 actions approved bv the board of 

 trustees are to be put into effect by 

 the executi\'e secretary and his affili- 

 ated officers. 



Except for the executi\e secretarv, 

 all members of the stafii^ of the execu- 

 ti\e secretarv are to be drawn from 

 qualified ci\'il-ser\ice lists. 



2. Functions of the Foundation 



The functions of the Foundation 

 are to be (a) to further medical re- 



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