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Moved: That Mr. Leuschner be elected Acting Secretary of the National Research Council 
from April 16 to June 30, 1919. (Adopted.) 
Moved: That the Chairman appoint a Committee to consider all matters relating to organ- 
ization of administration. (Adopted.) 
Appointed: Messrs. Cross (Chairman), Clevenger, Hussey, Leuschner, 
Yerkes. 
Moved: That the present Budget Committee be discharged and that the Chairman ap- 
point a committee to consider the budget for the ensuing year. (Adopted.) 
Appointed: Messrs. Leuschner (Chairman), Cross and Clevenger. 
Moved: That the transportation expenses of the members of the Division of Biology and 
Agriculture attending the first meeting of the Division be met by the Council. 
(Adopted.) 
Moved: That the President of the National Academy of Sciences be requested to appoint 
as members of the Research Council the representatives of societies and others nominated to 
membership in the Divisions of Engineering, Chemistry, and Physical Sciences, for such 
terms as have been or may be determined by lot in the Divisional meetings. (Adopted.) 
The Chairman of the Division of Engineering recommended the approval 
of the following Committees: 
Nominating Committee. — C. A. Adams (Chairman), E. P. Hyde, and Ambrose Swasey. 
Executive Committee. — C. A. Adams, D. S. Jacobus, E. G. Spilsbury, and the Chairman 
and Vice-Chairman of the Division. 
Publication Committee. — A. M. Greene (Chairman), E. P. Hyde, and E. G. Spilsbury, 
Finance Committee. — W. R. Walker, (Chairman), Gano Dunn, C. F. Rand, and A. A. 
Stevenson. 
Heat Treatment of Carbon Steel. — Henry N. Howe (Chairman), R. M. Boylston, and Albert 
Sauveur. 
Pulverizing. — G. H. Clevenger (Chairman). 
Committee on Insulation. — F. B. Jewett (Chairman), C. A. Adams, Leroy Clark, Wallace 
S. Clark, W. A. Dehnar, F. M. Farmer, A. E. Kennerly, F. W. Peek, H. J. Shanklin, C. E 
Skinner, J. B. Whitehead. 
Moved: That the Committees as recommended by the Engineering Division be authorized 
and that the appointment of the members as given above be approved. (Adopted.) 
Mr. Clevenger presented a request of the American Welding Society that 
the National Research Council designate a representative for appointment as 
Director in the American Welding Society. 
Moved: That in accordance with a request received from the American Welding Society 
the Division of Engineering be authorized to appoint a member of the Divfsion as director 
in the American Bureau of Welding with full powers. (Adopted.) 
The Acting Chairman, Mr. Merriam, presented a communication from 
Mr. W. A. Averill of the Central Bureau of Planning and Statistics requesting 
that a weekly report be presented on Friday of each week on the work of the 
National Research Council. 
Moved: That in accordance with a request received from the Central Bureau of Planning 
and Statistics weekly reports of activities of the Research Council be transmitted to the 
Central Bureau of Planning and Statistics. • (Adopted.) 
