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and office facilities requisite for such files, indices and correspondence as the Committee 
may direct. 
5. In addition to the usual duties in connection with the keeping of files, indices, conduct 
of correspondence, and so forth, the especial duty of the Chairman of the Committee shall 
be to assist the proper officials in securing, locating, and disseminating the information 
required, under such rules and regulations as the Committee may formulate from time to 
time. 
6. When scientific and technical industrial information is required which involves inves- 
tigation to be made in cooperation with foreign civil authorities or military authorities not 
at the front, the investigators selected shall be duly vouched for by this Committee and 
shall be accredited by it to the Research Information Committee abroad. 
Upon motion of Mr. Noyes it was voted that these recommendations be 
transmitted to the Council of National Defense with such additional details 
relating to the cost and organization of the proposed liaison as may be for- 
mulated by the subcommittee of the Military Committee in consultation 
with the Chairman of the Council. 
The Chairman of the Council reported that the Committee on Organiza- 
tion had tentatively considered a scheme for the organization and future 
development of the Council, copies of which were laid before members of the 
Executive Committee. Extended discussion took place, after which it was 
decided to hold another meeting of the Executive Committee in the near 
future to continue such consideration. 
The Chairman of the Council was requested to appoint a special committee * 
to consider the acquisition of adequate office accommodations in Washington. 
The meeting adjourned at 1.30 p.m. 
Thirty-fifth Meeting, December 19, 1917 
The meeting convened in the offices of the Council, Munsey Building, 
Washington, D. C, and was called to order at 9.15 a.m. by the Chairman of 
the Council, Mr. Hale. 
Marston T. Bogert, Russell H. Chittenden, Edwin G. Conklin, Gano Dunn, 
George E. Hale, Van H. Manning, R. A. Millikan, Arthur A. Noyes, Ray- 
mond Pearl, S. W. Stratfcon, Victor C. Vaughan, Charles D. Walcott, and, by 
invitation, William F. Durand and John C. Merriam were present. 
The Chairman of the Council reported: 
1. That arrangements have been made to lease the building at 1023 16th Street, Wash- 
ington, D. C, for the offices of the Council, at a rental of $500 a month, and that a state- 
ment of estimated office expenses of the Council, aggregating $29,250.00, for the year 1918, 
has been submitted to the Director of the Council of National Defense. 
2. That the resignation of Mr. Mendenhall as Chairman of the Committee on Rela- 
tions with State Research Councils has been accepted and that Mr. Merriam, of the Uni- 
versity of California, has been appointed Chairman of this Committee. 
Upon suggestion of the Chairman, Mr. Merriam reported upon the pro- 
posed scope and organization of the Committee on Relations with State Re- 
search Councils. Upon motion the Committee on Relations with State 
