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and fossils. These islands have been but little 

 explored and it is believed that many new 

 species will be discovered. Provision is made 

 for taking photographs, both still and moving, 

 adequate for illustrative and educational pur- 

 poses. 



Cooperation of Mexican and American scien- 

 tists in an expedition of this kind is most grati- 

 fying and will do much toward increasing the 

 friendly relations between the two countries 

 and developing a mutual interest in the con- 

 ,servation of the natural resources of our coastal 

 waters. 



On Sunday morning, July 9, the expedition 

 sailed from San Diego, with all the scientific 

 staff on board, and with the American flag 

 flying at the masthead and the beautiful 

 Pabellon Mexicano flying gracefully aft. 



SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



THE CHEMICAL FOUNDATION 



(American Chemical Society News Service) 



The American Chemical Society, represent- 

 ing some 15,000 men and women working in 

 educational institutions, research laboratories 

 and industrial plants, is preparing to fight to 

 the last ditch to preserve the American chem- 

 ical industry. 



Recent acts on the part of the government 

 have made the necessity for such a fight ap- 

 parent to this group. In the hope of placing a 

 fair presentation of the views of American 

 chemists before the president. Dr. Edgar F. 

 Smith, former provost of the University of 

 Pennsylvania and now president of the Amer- 

 ican Chemical Society, appointed a committee 

 to serve with him. Their purpose in seeking 

 a conference with President Harding was to 

 lay before him briefly the far-reaching effects 

 which the contemplated action against the 

 Chemical Foundation will have upon chemistry 

 in America. The committee also desired to 

 have any facts which could properly be given 

 to them in order to guide the society in its 

 future actions. The committee with Dr. Smith 

 as chainnan is as follows : 



Dr. J. E. Teeple, consulting chemist. New York, 

 treasurer of the American Chemical Society. 



Dr. E. H. McKee, head of the department of 

 chemical engineering, Columbia University. 



Dr. J. P. Norris, professor of organic chem- 

 istry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



Dr. A. D. Little, consulting chemist, Cambridge, 

 Mass., past president of the American Chemical 

 Society and of the American Institute of Chem- 

 ical Engineers. 



E. E. Weidlein, director, Mellon Institute of 

 Industrial Eesearch, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Dr. George D. Eosengarten, director and mem- 

 ber advisory committee on national policy, Amer- 

 ican Chemical Society, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Dr. Julius Stieglitz, University of Chicago. 



William Hoskins, consulting chemist, Chicago, 

 111. 



H. E. Howe, editor. Journal of Industrial and 

 Engineering Chemistry, member National Ee- 

 search Council. 



None of the members of this committee is a 

 dye manufacturer or connected with the Chem- 

 ical Foundation. The committee believes that 

 the president would not have taken this step if 

 he had possessed full information or had called 

 into conference unprejudiced persons well able 

 to advise him. 



American chemists believe in the Chemical 

 Foundation and no facts have been presented 

 thus far by the administration to shake their 

 faith in this institution which has become the 

 nucleus of the organic chemical industry in 

 this country. 



The request for a conference with the presi- 

 dent was made on July 12, and was followed 

 by two reminders. Not until July 21 was ofli- 

 cial word received from the White House. It 

 was then stated that the president would be 

 unable to meet such a committee for the present 

 because of the other urgent and imperative 

 matters now before him. 



The American Chemical Society is about to 

 liold its annual meeting in Pittsburgh, where 

 the situation will be presented in detail to 

 the governing body at the general meeting. 

 The society is planning a vigorous campaign 

 to have the country understand the true situa- 

 tion. The latest evidence of the necessity for 

 this action is an announcement carried in an 

 Associated Press despatch from Chicago, dated 

 July 18, which makes the significant announce- 

 ment that the Third German-American Na- 



