364 
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD 
At the National Research Council Building 
May 13, 1919, at 9.30 a.m. 
Present: Messrs. Bancroft, Dunn, Flinn, Hussey, Leuschner, Mathews, 
Merriam, Ransome, Washburn, Woods, Woodward, and Yerkes. 
. Mr. Merriam, Chairman of the Council, in the Chair. 
The Chairman announced that President Walcott of the National Academy 
of Sciences had appointed the following Committee on Nominations of 
Members at Large of the Executive Board: Messrs. Dunn (Chairman), 
Merriam and Yerkes. This is a joint committee of the Council of the Acad- 
emy and of the Executive Board of the National Research Council, appoint- 
ment of which was provided for at the joint meeting of these bodies held 
April 30. This Committee will report to a joint meeting of the Council of 
the National Academy and of the Executive Board of the National Research 
Council. 
The Chairman asked consideration of the number of Vice Chairmen to be 
elected under the new organization of the National Research Council, the 
number of Vice Chairmen under the old organization being three. 
Moved: That there be three Vice Chairmen in the new organization of the National 
Research Council. {Adopted.) 
Mr. Washburn, Acting Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemi- 
cal Technology, presented an amended report on the organization of the pro- 
posed International Chemical Union. The original report was presented at 
the meeting of the Executive Board on April 15 and was referred to the 
Division on International Relations. The amended report presented by Mr. 
Washburn, has been printed with the minutes of April 30. 
Moved: That the plan of organization of the proposed International Chemical Union, as 
circulated with the minutes of April 30, be approved. (Adopted,) 
Moved: That the whole question of delegates to international conferences to be held dur- 
ing the coming summer, be left to the Interim Committee with power and that the principle 
be adopted that in naming delegates alternates be named at the same time. (Adopted.) 
Consideration of this report brought up the question of delegates to the 
various international conferences to be held in Europe during the coming 
summer. 
Moved: That the question of delegates for the coming meeting of the International Chemi- 
cal Union be referred to the Division of Chemistry for nominations and that the Division 
report to the Interim Committee. (Adopted.) 
The Chairman submitted for consideration the question of the future of the 
Foreign Research Information Service. Mr. Yerkes, Chairman of the Re- 
search Information Service outlined the history of the Service during the war 
