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17, 1919. The United States was represented 

 as follows : Dr. F. G. Cottrell, chief metal- 

 lurgist, U. S. Bureau of Mines ; Dr. C. L. Par- 

 sons, chief chemist, U. S. Bureau of Mines, 

 secretary of the American Chemical Society; 

 Dr. E. W. Washburn, professor of ceramic 

 chemistry at the University of Illinois, past 

 chairman of the division of chemistry and 

 chemical technology of the National Research 

 Council. 



The proceedings of the conference were con- 

 ducted in French, M. Moureu acting as chair- 

 man and M. Gerard as secretary. Almost the 

 whole time was taken up in framing the con- 

 stitution of the new body, which is to be known 

 as the " International Union of Pure and Ap- 

 plied Chemistry," and in discussing the desira- 

 bility of its inclusion in the scheme of organi- 

 zation projected by the Conference on Scien- 

 tific Academies. The following officers were 

 elected for a term of three years: President, 

 M. Moureu; Vice-presidents, M. Chavanne 

 (Belgium), Signer L. Parodi Define, Dr. C. L. 

 Parsons and Sir William Pope; General Sec- 

 retary, M. Jean Gerard, 49 rue des Mathurins, 

 Paris. 



In addition to the five countries represented 

 at this meeting, it was agreed that the British 

 Dominions and the nations signatory to the 

 Peace Treaty should each have separate repre- 

 sentatives on making application. In this con- 

 nection Canada and Poland have already sig- 

 nified their adhesion. It was also decided to 

 admit neutral countries. With the exception 

 of Belgium, each of the nations at present rep- 

 resented in the International Chemical Union 

 has formed a national organization similar to 

 the British Federal Council for Pure and Ap- 

 plied Chemistry; thus the United States has 

 instituted a Chemical Division of the Na- 

 tional Research Council; France, the Federa- 

 tion Nationale des Associations de Chimie 

 Pure et Appliquee; Italy, the Assoeiazone 

 Italiana di Chimica Generale ed Applicata. 



The following resolutions were passed: 



The International Union of Pure and Applied 

 Chemistry, meeting in conference in London from 

 July 14 to 18, 1919, hereby records the following 

 opinions : 



1. That the Confederation should be included 

 in the scheme of organization contemplated by 

 the Conference of Scientific Academies, with au- 

 tonomous powers, as the Chemical Section of the 

 International Research Council. 



2. That it shall constitute "The International 

 Committee of Chemistry. ' ' 



3. That the various international delegates rep- 

 resenting chemistry at the meeting of the Inter- 

 national Research Council shall be appointed by 

 the same National Federation which appoints the 

 delegates to the Confederation. 



4. That the officers of the present Confedera- 

 tion be, ex officio ofS.eers of the Chemical Section 

 of the International Research Council. 



It was decided to hold the next meeting of 

 the International Chemical Union in Italy 

 during the first two weeks of June, 1920. 



The conference adjourned to meet again in 

 Brussels on July 22 in connection with the 

 International Research Council. The Ameri- 

 can delegates were joined by Dr. H. S. Wash- 

 ington. Professor Albin Haller joined the 

 French delegation and presided over the meet- 

 ing. 



The meeting at Brussels was largely engaged 

 in the discussion, modification and final adop- 

 tion of the statutes of the new International 

 Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. It was 

 informally agreed that the only apparent basis 

 for international cooperation on the abstract- 

 ing of chemical literature was a simple ex- 

 change of proof sheets of abstracts between 

 the various countries interested, although it 

 was thought possible that the Latin countries 

 might be able to combine to advantage in pub- 

 lishing an abstract journal in French. Also 

 it was informally agreed that America should 

 go ahead with her proposed program on Scien- 

 tific and Technical Monographs, the issuance 

 of these to be later correlated, if possible, with 

 the English program on Compendia of Or- 

 ganic and Inorganic Chemistry should their 

 plans at first proposed be extensively modified. 



The election of officers as made in London 

 was confirmed and the International Union of 

 Pure and Applied Chemistry became officially 

 the chemical section of the International Re- 

 search Council. 



