NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
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Moved: That the suggestions contained in the report of Mr. Washburn be approved. 
(Adopted.) 
The President of the National Academy of Sciences presented the following 
report on the proposed lease of the Navy League Building: An offer has been 
made to the agent of the building of $6500 a year for a two year lease, with 
the privilege of extending the lease for another year and with the understand- 
ing that the building shall be turned over to the National Research Council in 
thoroughly good order. It expected that a definite report will be received 
by June 3. 
The Acting Chairman announced that he had appointed an informal com- 
mittee consisting of Messrs. Walcott, Leuschner, and Yerkes, to report on the 
representation of the United States at the international meetings to be held at 
Brussels beginning July 16. This committee reported that nominations were 
being received from the proper sources, that the traveling expenses of some of 
the nominees could be provided by educational and research institutions, but 
that it had become evident that the United States would not be properly rep- 
resented unless additional provision for traveling expenses could be made; 
that in particular government bureaus were not allowed, under the law, to 
provide traveling expenses to these meetings for their members. Under these 
circumstances the President of the National Academy of Sciences had addressed 
a letter to the President of the United States, emphasizing the importance of 
adequate representation at the Brussels meeting on the part of the United 
States, and recommending that the Government provide the necessary travel- 
ing expenses of delegates. 
The Committee further recommended that in case traveling expenses should 
be appropriated as requested, those delegates whose expenses are to be paid 
from government funds should be distributed approximately as follows: 
For the International Research Council and the Unions which are already 
in process of formation and will be able to begin active work at Brussels, namely 
the Astronomical, Geophysical, Chemical, and Medical Unions, approximately 
5 each. 
For the conference to be held in connection with the proposed formation of 
Unions in Physics, Geology, Biology, Mathematics, and Bibliography 1 to 2 
each, with the understanding that this distribution is only tentative. A pro- 
vision of the International Research Council and of the Scientific Unions oper- 
ating provisionally is that the number of delegates is not limited, and it seems 
desirable to the Committee that additional delegates be accredited if neces- 
sary, particularly in astronomy, if their traveling expenses can be provided for 
from private sources. 
Moved: That the foregoing action and recommendations of the Committee, Messrs. Wal- 
cott, Leuschner, and Yerkes, on Representation of the United States, at the International 
meetings to be held at Brussels commencing July 16th, be approved and that the Committee 
be constituted a Committee on Selection of Delegates with power to nominate delegates in 
accordance with the plan presented. {Adopted.) 
