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one that did not require the approval of the President. In addition to the 

 four original offices and the Scientific Personnel Office established under 

 Administrative Order No. 3, it provided for the creation of the Office of 

 Field Service, the operations of which are described in the chapter of that 

 name. Karl T. Compton was designated Chief of the Office of Field Service; 

 he was authorized to delegate any of his powers or duties to such assistant 

 as he might designate with the approval of the Director. 



Administrative Order No. 4 was amended on April 25, 1945, to require 

 approval by the Office of Scientific Research and Development Contract 

 Settlement Review Board (established by Administrative Order No. 5) of 

 contract or subcontract termination claims in excess of $25,000. Certain 

 additional administrative authority was conferred upon the Executive Sec- 

 retary by the same amendment. A further amendment of the same order 

 on July 26, 1945, provided that in the absence or disability of the Director 

 and the Chairman of the National Defense Research Committee the Execu- 

 tive Secretary should discharge all the duties and exercise all the powers of 

 the Director of OSRD. A further amendment of the same order on Decem- 

 ber 18, 1945, provided for a Deputy Director of OSRD who should become 

 Acting Director in the absence or disability of the Director and the Chair- 

 man of the National Defense Research Committee. The provision with 

 respect to the Executive Secretary was modified to remove him from the 

 line of succession. Stewart resigned as Executive Secretary and was appointed 

 Deputy Director on December 18. 



Administrative Order No. 5 of April 30, 1945, provided for the establish- 

 ment of the Office of Scientific Research and Development Contract Settle- 

 ment Review Board to consist of five members appointed by the Director. 

 The function of the Board was to examine and review all proposed termi- 

 nation claim settlements under OSRD contracts and subcontracts where the 

 amount of the termination claim exceeded $25,000. The Board's recom- 

 mendation was to be communicated to the contracting officer who was 

 authorized to submit to the Board for recommendation other termination 

 claims or matters not otherwise falling within the jurisdiction of the Board. 



The original composition of the Board was O. M. Ruebhausen (General 

 Counsel), Chairman; W. F. Davidson (Deputy Executive Officer, NDRC); 

 Cleveland Norcross (Executive Assistant to the Executive Secretary); C. G. 

 Cruikshank (Fiscal Officer), and R. C. Bowker (in charge of Priorities and 

 Property Control). When Norcross became Acting Executive Secretary fol- 

 lowing Stewart's resignation, he was succeeded as a member of the Board 

 by Paul A. Scherer (Chief, Engineering and Transition Office). Davidson 

 became Chairman on February i, 1946, upon Ruebhausen's resignation as 

 General Counsel; the vacancy on the Board was filled by E. T. Barker, the 

 new General Counsel. 



