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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
The Secretary reported that he had cast the ballot in accordance with the 
foregoing resolution and Messrs. Walcott, Dunn, and Millikan were declared 
First, Second, and Third Vice Chairmen respectively. 
The Chairman reported the receipt of a communication from Secretary Red- 
field stating that he would be pleased to have the National Research Council 
represented at the World Cotton Conference to be held at Atlantic City, May 
28. 
Moved: That Mr. Johnston and Mr. H. E. Howe be appointed delegates to represent the 
National Research Council at the World Cotton Conference to be held at Atlantic City, May 
28, and that this appointment carry with it reimbursement from the funds for the general 
maintenance of the Executive Board for expenses of travel and subsistence. {Adopted.) 
With reference to the proposed establishment of a popular journal of sci- 
ence it was 
Moved: To pass the following resolution, only members of the Council of National Academy 
of Sciences voting: 
Whereas, at the meeting of the National Academy of Sciences on April 30 the following 
motion was adopted: 
"That the Council of the National Academy of Sciences be authorized to proceed with 
arrangements for a popular journal of science, provided arrangements be made for properly 
financing the journal, and for safeguarding the scientific quality of its contents," 
Resolved by the Council of the National Academy of Sciences that the Executive Board of 
the National Research Council be requested to assist the Council of the National Academy of 
Sciences by investigating and reporting back on the feasibility of a popular journal of science, 
and by securing pledges of funds. {Adopted.) 
Moved: That Mr. Vernon Kellogg be invited to prepare as promptly as possible for the 
National Research Council a report on the feasibility of establishing a popular journal of 
science, on a plan for the organization and direction of such a journal, and on estimates of 
necessary expenditures in connection therewith. {Adopted.) 
Mr. Washburn reported that in accordance with the resolution passed by 
the Executive Board on May 8, 1919, an informal conference concerning tiie 
continuation of the Committee on Explosives Investigations, had been held 
with representatives of the Army, the Navy, and the Bureau of Mines. 
Present at the Conference were Col. C. Harris, Jr., of the Ordnance Depart- 
ment of the Army, Lieut. Commdr. T. S. Wilkinson of the Bureau of Ordnance 
of the Navy, Dr. C. E. Munroe, Chairman of the Committee on Explosives 
Investigations, and the Acting Chairman of the Division of Chemistry and 
Chemical Technology. Mr. Van H. Manning of the Bureau of Mines was un- 
able to be present owing to another engagement, but his views were known to 
the other members of the conference. Mr. Washburn submitted a recommen- 
dation from the conference that letters be addressed to the Bureau of Ordnance 
of the Navy, to the Ordnance Department of the Army, and to the Bureau of 
Mines, suggesting that these organizations cooperate in making arrangements 
for the permanent continuance of the Committee on Explosives Investigations, 
such cooperation to involve financial support to the extent of $2000 per annum 
by each of these three organizations. 
