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Council with the support of the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society 
and other scientific societies. 
(4) The scientific control of the preparation of the volume on physico-chemical constants 
shall be vested in a committee of seven to be appointed by the Chairman of the National 
Research Council: three members on nomination by the Division of Chemistry and Chemical 
Technology and three members on nomination by the Division of Physical Sciences. The 
Chairman of the Committee will be the paid Editor-in-Chief of the work and will be selected by 
the Chairman of the National Research Council, the President of the American Chemical 
Society and the President of the American Physical Society. (Interested Scientific Societies 
including Electrochemical Society, the Institute of Chemical Engineers, etc., are represented 
in the Divisions of Chemistry and Chemical Technology and Physical Sciences of the National 
Research Council.) The members of the Committee are to be appointed for one year or /or 
such other term as the appointing power may see fit and are to be eligible for reappointment. 
(5) International cooperation is desired in carrying out this project and the International 
Chemical Union shall be requested to make suggestions as to such international representa- 
tion on the Board of Scientific Control as it deems desirable. 
Moved: That the delegates to the meetings of the International Chemical Union to be 
held in July at London and Brussels be authorized to present the foregoing report as the 
American plan for the preparation of critical tables of physical and chemical constants. 
{Adopted.) 
The Secretary reported that the Research Information Service had offered 
to abstract and index the minutes of the meetings of the Executive Board 
and of the Divisions. 
Moved: That the Interim Committee approve the offer of the Research Information Serv- 
ice to abstract and index the minutes of the Executive Board and of the Divisions, and that 
the details involved in this plan be left to the Secretary of the Council and the Chairman of 
the Research Information Service. {Adopted.) 
Moved: That the Chairmen of Divisions be requested to invite the Vice-chairmen of 
their Divisions to attend meetings of the Interim Committee whenever they are present in 
Washington. {Adopted) 
Mr. Yerkes, Chairman of the Research Information Service, presented the 
following report: 
At a meeting held in the offices of the Research Council Thursday, May 29, the division 
was organized with Robert M. Yerkes as Chairman and Rear Admiral Albert P. Niblack, as 
Vice-chairman. An executive committee consisting of five members was elected. The 
membership consists of the Chairman and Vice-chairman of the Division, Wesley C. Frost 
representng the government, C. E. Mendenhall representing the divisions of Science and Tech- 
nology (Colonel W.D. Bancroft was elected to act during the absence of Mr. Mendenhall) 
and Edwin F. Gay from the membership at large. 
The division took the following action relative to activities proposed for consideration: 
(a) Personnel Bureau. That the matter of establishing a personnel bureau to undertake 
the preparation of a catalog of men and women qualified for research in science and tech- 
nology, be referred to the executive committee of the Division with instructions to report back 
to the Division. 
That it be recommended to the Executive Board that the following pro jects be undertaken: 
(b) Catalog of Current Investigations. That the preparation of a catalog of current scien- 
tific and technological investigations be undertaken by the division. 
(c) Abstracts and Handbooks. That the division further the preparation of such aids to^ 
research as systematic bibliographies, abstracts, digests and handbooks. 
