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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES OF MEETINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, 
JOINT MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE NATIONAL 
RESEARCH COUNCIL WITH THE COUNCIL OF THE 
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
In the United States National Museum 
April 30, 1919, at 4.55 p.m. 
Present: Messrs. Bancroft, Clevenger, Cross, Dunn, Hale,* Leuschner, 
McClung, Manning, Merriam, Millikan, Noyes,* Ransoms,* Stratton, Wal- 
cott,* Woodward, Woods. 
Mr. Walcott in the chair during the transaction of the business of the 
Council of the Academy. 
Mr. Merriam in the chair during the transaction of the business of the 
National Research Council. 
The minutes of the meetings of the Interim Committee held April 22, and 
April 28, 1919, are included in this record. 
Mr. Cross, Chairman of the Committee on Organization of Administra- 
tion, presented a report of progress, recommending that there should be 
adopted a classification of the entire administrative force of the Council, both 
scientific and clerical, to serve as a basis for determining responsibility, the 
method of supervision, and the salary scale, and asked for authorization in 
behalf of the Committee to take the necessary steps for the establishment 
of an equitable bonus system. The proposed classification was approved and 
it was 
Moved: That the Interim Committee approve the general plan of a standard salary scale 
for non-scientific employees of the Research Council with bonuses to meet the increased 
cost of living and authorize the Committee on Organization of Administration to work out 
an equitable basis for such bonuses. {Adopted.) 
At his own request, Mr. Cross was reheved of the chairmanship of the 
Committee on Organization of Administration, and Mr. Leuschner, Acting 
Secretary of the Council, was appointed to succeed him as chairman of the 
Committee. 
On recommendation of Mr. Hale, Chairman of the Division of Foreign 
Relations, the following tentative organization of the Executive Committee 
of the Division was authorized: Foreign Secretary of the National Academy of 
Sciences, Chairman; Chairman of National Research Council, Chairman of 
the Research Information Service, Dr. H. A. Bumstead. 
Mr. Washburn, Acting Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemi- 
cal Technology, requested information regarding the plans of the Government 
* Members of the Council of the National Academy of Sciences. 
