NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 193 
4. Some Problems of Sidereal Astronomy (Russell) 
5. Refractories (Washburn) 
6. Industrial Research (Jewett) 
7. Scientific Abstracts (Fulcher) 
Moved: That Mr. C. P. Townsend be elected a member of the Patent Office Committee. 
{Adopted.) 
Moved: That Mr. James R. MacCoU be elected a member of the Advisory Committee of 
the Industrial Research Section. {Adopted.) 
Moved: That the resignation of Mr. W. F. Durand as Scientific Attache to the American 
Embassy at Paris, in charge of the Research Information Service in France, be accepted 
with regret and that the National Research Council express appreciation of the admirable 
work which he has done and convey its thanks to him. {Adopted.) 
Moved: That the resignation of Mr. Edgar Buckingham as Associate Scientific Attache 
at Rome, and technical assistant with the Research Information Service in Italy, be ac- 
cepted with regret and that a vote of thanks be extended to him for the work which he has 
rendered in this service. {Adopted.) 
Moved: That the resignation of Mr. Charles E. Mendenhall as Vice-Chairman of the 
Division of Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy and Geophysics be accepted with regret; 
and that the Council express to him its appreciation of the valuable services which he has 
rendered. {Adopted.) 
Moved: That Mr. A. O. Leuschner be elected Acting Chairman of the Division of Physics, 
Mathematics, Astronomy and Geophysics. {Adopted.) 
Moved: That the resignation of Mr. John Johnston be accepted with regret and that the 
Chairman be requested to express to him the great appreciation of the work which he has 
done for the National Research Council, and that the acceptance of this resignation be 
effective when his successor is appointed. {Adopted.) 
Moved: That the transportation expenses of the members of the Division of Chemistry 
and Chemical Technology attending the first meeting of the Division, to be held in Wash- 
ington March 21 and 22, be met by the Council, as a means of assuring a full attendance 
at this initial meeting; and that the Interim Committee be authorized to make arrange- 
ments for the payment of expenses of members attending the initial meetings of other 
Divisions. {Adopted.) 
Upon the request of Mr. Merriam the Chairman presented the following 
resolution: 
Moved: That the sum of $500 be set aside for general maintenance of the Division of 
Educational Relations from the present date to June 30, 1919. {Adopted.) 
The Treasurer, Mr. Cross, presented the financial statement for the month 
ending February 28, 1919, which was accepted. 
The meeting adjourned at 1 p.m. 
Paul Brockett, Assistant Secretary, 
ORGANIZATION MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SECTION OF THE PROPOSED 
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION 
At the organizing meeting of the International Research Council held in 
Paris in November 1918, it was decided to estabhsh an International Astronom- 
ical Union, to continue and extend the work formerly conducted by such in- 
ternational astronomical organizations as the committee of the Carte du Ciel, 
the International Union for Co-operation in Solar Research, and similar bodies 
