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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
The Rockefeller Foundation 
61 Broadway, New York 
April 10, 1919. 
My dear Dr. Hale: 
I have the honor to inform you that a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Rocke- 
feller Foundation held April 9, 1919, the following resolutions were adopted: 
Resolved that the sum of Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) be, and it is hereby, appro- 
priated, of which so much as may be necessary shall be paid to the National 
Research Council during the year 1919 for the maintenance of a system of 
National Research Fellowships in Physics and Chemistry under the 
direction of the Research Board of that Council and in general conformity 
with the plans outlined in letter of application. 
Resolved that the Rockefeller Foundation pledge itself to appropriate to the National 
Research Council for the maintenance of a system of National Research 
Fellowships in Phvsics and Chemistry such additional sums for use in suc- 
ceeding years as shall make available for expenditure during the period from 
May 1, 1919, to June 30, 1925, a total sum not to exceed Five hundred 
thousand dollars ($500,000), it being understood that the appropriation for 
any one year shall be for not more than One hundred thousand dollars 
($100,000) plus any unexpended balances from appropriations for previous 
years. 
Very truly yours, 
Edwin R, Embree, 
Secretary. 
Moved: That a committee be appointed to express to the Rockefeller Foundation the 
appreciation of the National Research Council for the Foundation's willingness to cooperate 
with the Council in the promotion of research, and of its munificence in supporting by the 
sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars the maintenance of National Research Fellowships 
in Physics and Chemistry. 
Appointed: Messrs. Hale (Chairman), Noyes, and Millikan. 
An announcement in regard to these Fellowships v^as issued by the National 
Research Council and is printed with these Minutes, page 313. 
Mr. Yerkes, Chairman of the Research Information Service, presented a 
report of the Committee on Organization of the Government Division which 
was approved in the following amended form: 
(1) The membership of the Government Division shall consist of the heads of such bu- 
reaus, civil and military, of Departments of the United States Government as shall be deter- 
mined by the Executive Board of the National Research Council and by the Council of the 
National Academy of Sciences in accordance with Article V, Section I, of the Organization 
of the National Research Council. 
(2) The Chairman of the Government Division shall be nominated by the Executive 
Board of the National Research Council and the President of the National Academy of 
Sciences shall be requested to present the name so nominated to the President of the United 
States for designation as Chairman of the Government Division. 
(3) The Chairman of the Research Information Service shall be a member of the Govern- 
ment Division and shall serve as its Secretary. 
The Executive Board concurred in the opinion of the committee that the 
Government Division has a very important function in bringing together at 
