606 
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
The following nomination was presented by the Chairman of the Division 
for membership in that Division: 
Mr. Frank Burke, Chief of the Bureau of Investigation of the Department 
of Justice. 
Moved: That the name of Mr. Frank Burke, Chief of the Bureau of Investigation, as 
representative of the Department of Justice, be presented to the President of the United 
States in accordance with Article V, Section 3, of the Organization of the National Research 
Council, for designation by him for service with the National Research Council on the 
Research Information Service. (Adopted.) 
The Chairman of the Division presented the following nominations for 
members at large of the Research Information Service: 
Clement W. Andrews, Librarian, The John Crerar Library, Chicago, 
Illinois. 
Milton C. Whitaker, Consulting Chemical Engineer, New York City. 
Arthur D. Little, President, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Industrial Research 
Laboratories, 30 Charles River Road, Cambridge, Mass. 
Fuller R. Callaway, LaGrange, Ga., Cotton Manufacturer. 
F. S. Terry, Mgr., National Lamp Works of General Electric Co., Nela 
Park, Cleveland, Ohio. 
W. R. De Field, President, W. R. De Field & Co., Chicago, 111. 
Charles F. Kettering, President, The Dayton Engineering Laboratories 
Co., Dayton, Ohio. 
Moved: That the nominations of Messrs. Clement W. Andrews, Milton C. Whitaker, 
Arthur D. Little, Fuller R. Callaway, F. S. Terry, Charles F. Kettering, and W. R. DeField 
be approved with the recommendation to the President of the National Academy that 
they be appointed members of the National Research Council and assigned to the Research 
Information Service. (Adopted.) 
The Chairman of the Research Information Service called attention to 
action taken by the Interim Committee at its meeting on October 2, 1919, 
recommending to the Executive Board reconsideration of its action on 
June 24, 1919, relative to the making of charges by the Research Information 
Service for services in exceptional cases. It appeared to be the sense of the 
meeting that such charges would be proper, but in view of the absence of 
a member of this Board, who had previously opposed the proposal, it was 
Moved: That the matter be referred to the Interim Committee with power, and that an 
effort be made to consult absent members as to any grounds of opposition. (Adopted.) 
The Chairman of the Council reported that, with the return of Mr. Walcott 
to the city, action is being taken in the organization of the Government 
Division, and it is hoped that it will be completed within a short time. 
The Executive Secretary of the Division of States Relations reported the 
following nominations from the Divisions named to serve as members of the 
Division of States Relations: 
