COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL RESEARCH II3 



Division 5 (Chemistry) 



Milton C. Winternitz, Chief (Pathology, Yale University) 

 C. Chester Stock, Deputy Chief (Biochemistry, Memorial Hospital, New 

 York City) 



Division 6 (Malaria) 



George A. Carden, Jr., Chief (Internal Medicine, Columbia University) 



Records Section 



Kenneth B. Turner, Chief (Internal Medicine, Columbia University) 



Each contract in eflect at the time of the reorganization or thereafter 

 adopted was assigned to the Medical Administrative Ofl&cer or to one of 

 the divisions. The Division Chief became responsible to the Medical Ad- 

 ministrative Officer, and through him to CMR, for the contracts within 

 his field. This was a continuing responsibility. The Chief was in a position 

 to accept it because the field of his division was of practicable proportions 

 and because he was given the assistance of Technical Aides and Consultants. 

 He co-ordinated the work of the several investigators in each subject area 

 and kept the CMR informed of the progress of individual investigations 

 and of the general state of advancement of the subjects within his division. 

 In the case of new projects he maintained close liaison with the NRC com- 

 mittees and advised CMR on proposals which had been recommended by 

 them. He was free, at his own discretion, to stimulate the submission of 

 contract proposals. 



The Records Section established a central office which effected a greater 

 degree of order in the acquisition and filing of progress, interim and final 

 reports of contract investigators than had previously been the case. It 

 distributed progress reports more widely, though to the same general 

 groups. It created a roster of contracts, listing under each the number and 

 substance of the reports which had been received. In April 1944, the section 

 inaugurated a weekly bulletin containing a summary of reports which 

 had been received by CMR from open and restricted projects. The re- 

 ports were abstracted by their authors or by the section stafi and arranged 

 by subjects in a useful and readable fashion. These bulletins were given 

 a much wider distribution than the original reports, and by July 1945 the 

 edition had increased from looo to 3100 copies, 400 going to England, 

 350 to the European Theater of Operations and 200 to the Pacific. 



The reorganization of CMR provided a more effective supervision of 

 the execution of contracts, relieved the members of a mass of detail which 

 had pressed upon them, and gave them more time for the broader aspects 

 of the CMR program. It might well have been effected sooner. 



West Coast Consultant Panel. The administrative activities of CMR and 

 NRC were necessarily conducted in Washington. There were no repre- 

 sentatives from the West Coast upon CMR and, initially, only eight upon 



