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mittee on Medical Research (hereinafter described), one representative of the 

 Army to be designated by the Secretary of War, and one representative of the 

 Navy to be designated by the Secretary of the Navy. The Council shall advise and 

 assist the Director with respect to the co-ordination of research activities carried 

 on by private and governmental research groups and shall facilitate the inter- 

 change of information and data between such groups and agencies. 



7. There shall be within the Office of Scientific Research and Development a 

 National Defense Research Committee consisting of a Chairman and three other 

 members appointed by the President, and in addition the President of the National 

 Academy of Sciences, the Commissioner of Patents, one ofiBcer of the Army to be 

 designated by the Secretary of War, one officer of the Navy to be designated 

 by the Secretary of the Navy, and such other members as the President may 

 subsequently appoint. The National Defense Research Committee shall ad- 

 vise and assist the Director in the performance of his scientific research duties 

 with special reference to the mobilization of the scientific personnel and re- 

 sources of the Nation. To this end it shall be the responsibility of the Committee 

 to recommend to the Director the need for and character of contracts to be en- 

 tered into with universities, research institutes, and industrial laboratories for 

 research and development on instrumentalities of warfare to supplement such 

 research and development activities of the Departments of War and the Navy. 

 Furthermore, the Committee shall from time to time make findings, and submit 

 recommendations to the Director with respect to the adequacy, progress, and re- 

 sults of research on scientific problems related to national defense. 



8. There shall be within the Office of Scientific Research and Development a 

 Committee on Medical Research consisting of a Chairman and three members to 

 be appointed by the President, and three other members to be designated respec- 

 tively by the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Administrator 

 of the Federal Security Agency. The members so designated by the Secretaries of 

 War and the Navy and Federal Security Administrator shall be selected from the 

 respective staffs of the Surgeons General and the Surgeon General of the Public 

 Health Service with particular reference to their qualifications in the field of medi- 

 cal research. The Committee on Medical Research shall advise and assist the 

 Director in the performance of his medical research duties with special refer- 

 ence to the mobilization of medical and scientific personnel of the nation. To this 

 end it shall be the responsibility of the Committee to recommend to the Director 

 the need for and character of contracts to be entered into with universities, hos- 

 pitals, and other agencies conducting medical research activities for research and 

 development in the field of the medical sciences. Furthermore, the Committee shall 

 from time to time, on request by the Director, make findings and submit recom- 

 mendations with respect to the adequacy, progress, and results of research on medi- 

 cal problems related to national defense. 



9. The members of the Advisory Council, the National Defense Research Com.- 

 mittee, the Committee on Medical Research, and such other committees and 

 subcommittees as the Director may appoint with the approval of the President 

 shall serve as such without compensation, but shall be entitled to necessary and 

 actual transportation, subsistence, and other expenses incidental to the perform- 

 ance of their duties. 



