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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
Mr. Hale emphasized the importance of undertaking at present the promo- 
tion of industrial research in preparation for post bellum conditions and 
activities. Upon his recommendation authorization was given for the ap- 
pointment of an Advisory Committee for the Section on Industrial Relations 
ft the Administrative Division of the Council, to consist of prominent leaders 
of industry in the United States. 
Inasmuch as the former membership of the National Research Council is 
still maintained, it was decided, upon nomination of the Chairman of the 
Council to request the President of the National Academy of Sciences to 
appoint the following gentlemen, who will have an active part in the work, 
as additional members of the Council: Henry A. Bumstead, Director, Sloane 
Physical Laboratory, Yale University; Whitman Cross, Geologist, U. S. Geo- 
logical Survey; Charles B. Davenport, Director, Department of Experi- 
mental Evolution, Carnegie Institution of Washington; Frank W. DeWolf, 
State Geologist of Illinois; Douglas W. Johnson, Professor of Physiography, 
Columbia University; John Johnston, Research Department, American Zinc 
Lead, and Smelting Company; Philip S. Smith, Administrative Geologist, 
U. S. Geological Survey; Colonel Ralph H. VanDeeman, Chief of Military 
Intelligence Section, Army War College; Lt. Col. William H. Walker, Assist- 
ant Director of the Chemical Service of the National Army. 
Mr. Stratton explained the proposed activities of the Research Informa- 
tion Committee recently organized, and emphasized the need for the collec- 
tion of information by the Research Council with regard to scientific activi- 
ties and progress in the United States and abroad bearing upon the war. 
Upon invitation of Mr. Hale, extended discussion took place relative to the 
future work of the National Research Council in cooperation with the 
National Academy of Sciences. 
Cary T. Hutchinson, Secretary. 
