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say that it has been proposed that an attempt be made to secure a meeting 

 of members of committees representing these various societies on the subject 

 of affiliation in the near future. I should lil^e to ask whether your commit- 

 tee from the Association of Economic Entomologists would be able to meet 

 with the other committees at the close of the meetings of the American Chem- 

 ical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, etc., 

 at Baltimore. 



A copy of this letter is being sent to the three members of your committee. 



If you have in mind any definite proposition covering a scheme of fed- 

 eration and involving a plan for having a common editor, with perhaps a 

 separate body of associate editors for each branch, I should be glad to hear 

 what you would propose. 



In connection with the consideration of this matter, it would be well to 

 take into account that we have a Society for the Promotion of Agricultural 

 Science. It has been proposed that this be enlarged to embrace all of the 

 various sciences and that the society then divide itself into sections corre- 

 sponding closely with the American Association for the Advancement of Sci- 

 ence, except that this organization would deal with applied science in its re- 

 lation to agriculture. 



It would also be well to take into consideration what disposal shall be 

 made of the scientific work done in connection with the Adams fund in the 

 various experiment stations. 



Shall it be published in the separate organs of the several societies or in 

 the separate organs of the joint society, or shall it be published, if possible, 

 through the Office of Experiment Stations in Washington? Is it desirable 

 in your opinion that there should be critical discussions of other work in con- 

 nection with these papers whenever desired? In your opinion would this 

 be possible or feasible if done in a dignified and proper way, provided the 

 publication were done through the Office of Experiment Stations? If all of 

 this work is to be published in the organs of such a joint society, how shall 

 it be financed? 



These are some of the important questions which you should have under 

 consideration, and I should be glad to hear from you concerning any one 

 or all of them, or any other points which may occur to you. 



I hope that I may hear that your society will be represented at the Balti- 

 more meeting, so that an arrangement for a joint meeting of all of the com- 

 mittees can be made to take place immediately upon the adjournment of the 

 various sections that will meet at that time. 



Very truly yours, 



H. J. Wheeler. 



Washixgtox, D. C. November 28, 1908. 

 Dr. H. J. Wheeler, 



Kingston, R. I. 



Dear Sir: Replying to your letter of the 25th inst., I will say that it would 

 appear to me to be very desirable to hold a meeting of the committees rep- 

 resenting the various societies at Baltimore. Personally it would be more 

 convenient if the meeting was held on Wednesday, or at latest, on Thursday. 



The annual meeting of this Association will be held on Monday and Tues- 

 day and the matter will undoubtedly be discussed and some action taken along 

 the line of instructing the committee as to the attitude that should be taken 

 in the matter. 



As you ask for my opinion about the proposed affiliation, I herewith submit 

 a plan that I believe to be workable and one that will accomplish the main 

 object in view. This is my personal view of the matter and should not be 

 considered as expressing the sentiment of this Association. 



The plan I have in mind is to affiliate the societies now existing for the 

 advancement of agriculture. This should be done by having each society 

 select one of its members, who should be given power to act for it, to repre- 

 sent the society on a joint board or council. This body should be the execu- 

 tive head of the affiliation and should organize by electing a president and a 

 permanent secretary and such committees as are necessary to properly con- 



