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1. Representatives of national scientific and technical societies; 
2. Representatives of the Government, as provided in the Executive Order; 
3. Representatives of other research organizations and other persons whose aid may- 
advance the objects of the Council. 
ARTICLE III. DIVISIONS 
Section 1. The Council shall be organized in Divisions of two classes: 
A. Divisions dealing with the more general relations and activities of the 
Council; 
B. Divisions dealing with related branches of science ond technology. 
Section 2. The initial constitution of the Divisions of the Council shall be 
as follows: 
A. Divisions of General Relations B. Divisions of Science and Technology 
I. Government Division, VII. Division of Physical Sciences, 
II. Foreign Relations Division, VIII. Division of Engineering, 
III. States Relations Division, IX. Division of Chemistry and Chemical 
IV. Educational Relations Division, Technology, 
V. Industrial Relations Division, X. Division of Geology and Geography, 
VI. Research Information Service, XL Division of Medical Sciences, 
XII. Division of Biology and Agriculture, 
XIII. Division of Anthropology and Psy- 
chology. 
Section 3. The number of divisions and the grouping of subjects in Article 
III, Section 2, may be modified by the Executive Board of the National Re- 
search Council. 
Section 4. The Divisions of General Relations shall be organized by the 
Executive Board of the National Research Council (Article IV, Section 2). 
Section 5. To secure the effective federation of the principal research agen- 
cies in the United States, provided for in Article II, a majority of the mem- 
bers of each Division in the group of Science and Technology shall consist of 
representatives of scientific and technical societies, chosen as provided for in 
Article V, Section 2. The other members of the Division shall be nominated 
by the Executive Committee of the Division, approved by the Executive 
Board of the National Research Council, and appointed in accordance with 
Article V, Section 4. 
Section 6. The Divisions of the Council, with the approval of the Executive 
Board, may establish sections and committees, any of which may include 
members chosen outside the membership of the Council. 
ARTICLE IV. ADMINISTRATION 
Section 1. The affairs of each Division shall be administered by a Chair- 
man, a Vice-Chairman, and an Executive Committee, of which the Chairman 
and the Vice-Chairman shall be ex-ofhcio members, all of whom shall be 
elected annually by the Division and confirmed by the Executive Board. 
