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Society in order to secure as large a measure of 

 agreement in these fields as is practical. 



A communication was presented to the council 

 from Munn and Company, New York, in regard to 

 their plans for a development of the Scientific 

 American Supplement asking the support and aid 

 of the American Chemical Society in regard to 

 chemical material appearing therein. After ex- 

 tended discussion, the following motion was pre- 

 sented to the council; was laid on the table and 

 was made a special order for the spring meeting: 



That as a general policy the society do not lend 

 its name to any private undertaking for profit. 

 This will not preclude contracts with private con- 

 cerns to carry out undertakings of the society. 



It was also voted 



That a committee of three be appointed to study 

 the question of possible relations between the Amer- 

 ican Society and certain scientific publications and 

 report to the next meeting of the council. 



The American Chemical Society of a membership 

 of over 13,500 American chemists to-day by its 

 authorized representatives unanimously adopted 

 the following: 



Whereas, the recent war has clearly demon- 

 strated that the advancement of science through 

 competently directed research In military prob- 

 lems is indispensable to the security of the nation, 

 and 



Whereas, the bill recently introduced into Con- 

 gress (Senate 2715, 66 Congress — ^by the General 

 Staff of the Army providing for universal military 

 service and the reorganization of the Army is of 

 such scope and effect as to inevitably impede the 

 development of all technical and scientific work of 

 the Army by placing it under the absolute control 

 and direction of purely military ofScers who do not 

 have the requisite scientific knowledge, and 



Whereas, an organization so constituted could 

 not function efiiciently and in time of stress would 

 prove to be an element of fatal weakness and 

 could never hope to - ttract to itself those scientific 

 and technical experts without whose aid modern 

 warfare can not ]ye successfully conducted. 



Now therefore, be it resolved that the American 

 Chemical Society emphatically protests against 

 this or any other bill which does not provide for 

 commissioning staff officers in the corps and de- 

 partments in which they are to serve and which 

 does not accord to the technical man the same rec- 

 ognition and opportunity throughout every grade 

 and department of the Army as are accorded to the 

 man trained for a military career only. 



The secretary presented to the council a summary 

 of some important matters contained in the bill 

 introduced by the general staff of the Army in the 

 66th Congress, known as Senate Bill 2715, pointing 

 out that technically trained men were not given 

 the same privileges in the plans for the organiza- 

 tion of the War Department which were given to 

 line officers After discussion the following resolu- 

 tions, prepared by a committee consisting of B. C. 



Hesse, M. T. Bogert and Charles L. Eeese were 

 unanimously passed: 



The following resolutions were presented and 

 adopted by the council: 



Whereas, the American Chemical Society is con- 

 vinced that the compensation of the chemist in the 

 national and states service, like that of the uni- 

 versity investigator in chemistry, is far below that 

 received in the chemical industries, and 

 . Whereas, the government can not maintain an 

 efficient chemical service unless it offers adequate 

 compensation to its chemists, and 



Whereas, various agencies are now at work 

 toward remedying this situation, and 



Whereas, the Congressional Commission on Ee- 

 classification of Federal Employees is one of these 

 agencies. 



Be it therefore resolved, that the American 

 Chemical Society hereby pledges its cooperation 

 with Congress and with the Commission of Ee- 

 elassification of Federal Employees with all other 

 agencies with like endeavor and urges upon them 

 the vital necessity to the welfare of this country 

 of remedying the present situation, and 



Be it further resolved, that copies of this reso- 

 lution be sent to the Commission of Eeclassification 

 of Employees, the press, and be published in the 

 Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 



As a resiilt of these resolutions it was voted 



That the President appoint a committee of three 

 with power, directing them to cooperate with the 

 Commission of Eeclassification of Federal Em- 

 ployees and to furnish them with any available data 

 and to take such action with the commission and 

 other agencies as shall be thought wise in further- 

 ing the ends set forth in the resolution. 



The president appointed W. D. Bancroft, W. D. 

 Bigelow and Chas. L. Parsons. 



It was voted that the secretary send the mem- 

 bers of the council copies of resolutions regarding 

 Senate Bill 2715 with a request that they take up 

 same with their senators and congressmen and that 

 they bring the matter also to the attention of other 

 members of their local sections. 



Chakles L. Parsons, 



Secretary 



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