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cialized types of duty or for general classification purposes; (2) projects in 

 connection with Army and Navy training programs including the develop- 

 ment of details of training methods for particular tasks, and (3) projects 

 concerned primarily with new equipment. The latter were designed in part 

 to assist the equipment designer to lay out his equipment so that it would 

 make the minimum demands on the abilities of the operator and in part 

 to assist with the development of operational and instructional doctrine so 

 that it would be ready for Service use when the equipment came off the 

 production line. 

 Authorizations: 



September 18, 1943, to June 30, 1944 $658,000.00 



July I, 1944, to June 30, 1945 $831,000.00 



July I, 1945, to February 28, 1946 (estimated) $211,000.00 



July I, 1945, to June 30, 1946 (actual) $ 53,502.53 



Vacuum Tube Development Committee 



(July 19, 1943— March 27, 1945) 



I. I. Rabi, Chairman 



The endeavor of this committee was to co-ordinate and standardize the 

 design and production of vacuum tubes, the diversity of which had become 

 a considerable problem in production and procurement. 



Authorizations: 



July 19, 1943, to June 30, 1944 $66,000.00 



July I, 1944, to March 27, 1945 $45,000.00 



Committee on Propagation 



(January 22, 1944 — June 30, 1946) 



C. R. Burrows, Chairman 



This committee conducted a comprehensive study of radio wave propa- 

 gation under varying atmospheric conditions and including a wide band 

 of frequencies. 



Authorizations: 



January 22, 1944, to June 30, 1944 $ 20,000.00 



July I, 1944, to June 30, 1945 $360,000.00 



July I, 1945, to February 28, 1946 (estimated) $315,000.00 



July I, 1945, to June 30, 1946 (actual) $ 73,000.00 



