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The Secretary directed attention to the fact that the annual report of the 
National Research Council to the Council of National Defense should be com- 
pleted with as little delay as possible and requested that Chairman of Divisions 
and other executive officers place their material in the hands of Mr. Wood for 
general assembling during the month of July. 
Moved: That the Chairmen of the Divisions and other executive officers of the National 
Research Council be requested to bring the material as published in the Third Annual Report 
of the National Research Council presented to Congress down to June 30, 1919, and that 
these reports be submitted to the Assistant to the Secretary by July 15, 1919. (Adopted.) 
The Secretary read a communication from Col. L. H. Ruggles, Chief of the 
Technical Staff of the Ordnance Office dated June 27, in which cooperation is 
requested in securing experts in dynamics and mathematics. The Secretary 
was requested to send copies of this communication to the Chairman of the 
Division of Physical Sciences, the Division of Engineering, and the Division 
of Chemistry and Chemical Technology. 
Moved: That the Interim Committee, acting for the Executive Board is in favor of a 
change of name from the Division of Industrial Relations to the Division of Industrial 
Research, if the Division of Industrial Relations submits a definite recommendation to 
that effect. {Adopted.) 
The Interim Committee adjourned at 12.30 p.m., to meet again on July 15, 
1919. 
Paul Brockett, Assistant Secretary. 
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE INTERIM COMMITTEE 
At the National Research Council Building, July 15, 1919, at 9.30 a.m. 
Present: Messrs. Angell, Bancroft, Barrows, H. E. Howe, Kellogg, Mathews, 
Ransome, Wood, Yerkes, and, by invitation, J. H. J. Yule. 
Mr. Angell in the chair. 
The minutes of the Interim Committee of July 1, 1919, were approved as 
circulated. 
The Bursar raised the question as to method to be adopted by the Council 
for computing annual or monthly compensation for services. 
Moved: That the following rules for compensation of any person in the Service of the 
United States Government be approved for the computation of pay for services rendered to 
the Council. (Adopted.) 
