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8. That until jJie International Chemical Council shall be organized and its Executive 
Committee appointed, the Committee on International Cooperation in Chemistry ap- 
pointed by the Paris Conference shall act as a provisional Executive Committee for purposes 
of organization. Its membership shall, however, be increased by the addition of four mem- 
bers representing industrial chemistry, to be appointed respectively by the Royal Society of 
London, the Academie des Sciences de France, the Academia dei Lincei, and the National 
Research Council of the United States. This Committee shall elect a chairman and a 
secretar>'; but the latter need not be a member of the Committee. 
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD 
At the National Research Council Building 
May 8, 1919, at 9.00 a.m. 
Present: Messrs. Bancroft, Clevenger, Cross, Leuschner, Manning, Mer- 
riam, Ransome, Stratton, Walcott, Washburn, and Yerkes. 
Mr. Merriam, Chairman of the Council in the Chair, 
The question of moving the National Research Council to more suitable 
quarters was discussed. 
Moved-: That a Committee of three in addition to the Acting Chairman of the Council 
be appointed, with power to act in the carrying out of plans and making arrangements to 
move the offices of the National Research Council to more suitable quarters. {Adopted.) 
Appointed: Mr. Walcott, Chairman, Messrs. Cross, Dunn, Merriam. 
In accordance with a request received from the American Council on Edu- 
cation, the Acting Chairman, Mr. Merriam, recommended that the represen- 
tation of the National Research Council on the American Council on Educa- 
tion be increased from one to three members. 
Moved: That Messrs. A. O. Leuschner and R. M. Yerkes be added to the representation 
of the National Research Council on the American Council on Education. {Adopted.) 
The Chairman presented a communication from Mr. Wm. M. Davis, 
Chairman of a Committee of the National Academy of Sciences on Pacific 
Exploration, recommending that a general committee on Pacific Exploration 
be organized by the National Research Council. In this connection Mr. 
Mathews, Acting Chairman of the Division of Geology and Geography, 
reported that the subject of Pacific Exploration had been fully discussed in 
the Division of Geology and Geography, and submitted a recommendation 
for the appointment of an appropriate divisional committee. 
Moved: That the appointment of a sub-committee on the Exploration of the Pacific by 
the Division of Geology and Geography be approved; that each of the other Divisions of the 
Council interested be requested to appoint similar sub-committees; that the chairmen of 
these sub-committees be members of a general Committee on the Exploration of the Pacific 
to be appointed by the Acting Chairman; and that Mr. Davis be informed of this action. 
{Adopted.) 
