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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
The Acting Chairman, Mr. Merriam, announced the appointment on 
April 4, of the following committees and requested that these appointments 
be approved: 
Committee on Organization of the Division of Industrial Relations. — Henry M. Howe, 
(Chairman), W. D, Bancroft, G. H. Clevenger, and E. F. Nichols. 
Committee on Organization of the Government Division, — R. M. Yerkes (Chairman), W. D. 
Bancroft, and E. F. Nichols. 
Committee on Program of National Research Council /or Meeting of National Academy of 
Sciences. — A. O. Leuschner (Chairman), Whitman Cross, Henry M. Howe and R. M. Yerkes. 
(Approved.) 
Mr. Howe, as Chairman, submitted a report of the Committee on Organ- 
ization of the Division of Industrial Relations. 
Moved: That the report of the Committee on Organization of the Division of Industrial 
Relations be adopted in the following amended form: 
Organization of the Division of Industrial Relations 
It is believed that the work of this Division, particularly its first work should be largely so 
directed as to stimulate industrial administrators to broaden their research activities, and to 
persuade the smaller industries to combine for the creation and maintenance of efi&cient 
research laboratories for the common good. 
The chief contribution which the Research Council has to offer the industries is the organ- 
ized assistance of its Divisions of Science and Technology which are directly available for 
suggesting problems of industrial research and cooperating in their solution. Hence, these 
Divisions will serve to stimulate the industries to carry out larger and more effective schemes 
of cooperative research, suggested by the Division of Industrial Relations. 
The Division will require a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman. The Chairman should 
preferably be in a position to devote his whole time to the work and should possess the high- 
est qualifications. He must be a man who can command the attention and respectful hearing 
of large industries. He should have the necessary directing and executive abihty combined 
with the power to weld together the various schemes of cooperative research. 
The Division of Industrial Relations should serve as the medium through which coopera- 
tion is secured for the Divisions of Science and Technology. The actual work of organizing 
and directing industrial researches will be the specific work of the Divisions of Science and 
Technology. 
The Committee therefore infers that the need of activity on the part of this Division is 
not so pressing now as is the case with the Divisions of Science and Technology. 
The Committee recommends that the Division be constituted as follows : 
Ex Officio Members. — The Chairmen of the Divisions of Chemistry and Chemical Tech- 
nology, Engineering, and Physical Sciences. 
Representatives of Government Bureaus. — A representative each of the Bureaus of Chemis- 
try, Mines, and Standards. 
Members at Large. — At least eight representatives intimately connected with industrial 
research or highly experienced in industrial administration. {Adopted.) 
M oved: That the present Committee on Industrial Research be requested to report nomi- 
nations for membership on the Division of Industrial Relations in accordance with the 
approved constitution of the Division. (Adopted.) 
Moved: That consideration be given to changing the functions of the present Advisory 
Committee of the Division of General Relations so that it may serve as an Advisory Com- 
mittee to the Executive Board. (Adopted.) 
