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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
voted, upon motion of Mr. Dunn, that a small Committee with executive 
powers, consisting of the general officers of the Council and of the Chairmen of 
its Divisions, be appointed, to be known as the Interim Committee, to serve 
between meetings of the Executive Board for consideration of current busi- 
ness. It was also voted that five members of the Interim Committee shall 
constitute a quorum. , 
Mr. Dunn spoke of the desirability of maintaining reciprocal relations and 
associations with the Engineering Foundation, and after discussion it was 
Resolved, that in conformity with the policy of The Engineering Foundation expressed 
in its resolution of September 20, 1917, addressed to the National Research Council, and 
subject to the approval of The Engineering Foundation, the National Research Council 
hereby designates Alfred D. Flinn, secretary of The Engineering Foundation, as assistant 
secretary of the National Research Council, without salary, for a period of one year from 
date, and in turn is ready reciprocally to approve the designation by The Engineering Foun- 
dation of John Johnston, secretary of the National Research Council, as an assistant secretary 
of The Engineering Foundation on the same terms and for the same period. 
Upon suggestion of the Chairman of the Council, an Information Section of 
the Administrative Division was established, to include the work of the Re- 
search Information Committee and other similar activities. He read the 
following statement relative to the purpose and functions of the Research 
Information Committee. 
RESEARCH INFORMATION COMMITTEE 
1. By joint action the Secretaries of War and Navy, with the approval of the Council of 
National Defense, have authorized and approved the organization, through the National 
Research Council, of a Research Information Committee in Washington with Branch Com- 
mittees in Paris and London, which are intended to work in close cooperation with the of- 
fices of the Military and Naval Intelligence, and whose function shall be the securing, classi- 
fying, and disseminating of scientific, technical, and industrial research information, espe- 
cially relating to war problems, and the interchange of such information between the Allies 
in Europe and the United States. 
2. In Washington the Committee consists of: 
(a) A civilian member, representing the National Research Council, S. W. Stratton, 
Chairman. 
(b) The Chief, Military Intelligence Section. 
(c) The Director of Naval Intelligence. 
3. The initial organization of the Committee in London is: 
(a) The Scientific Attache, representing the Research Information Committee, H. A. 
Bumstead, Attache. 
(b) The Military Attache, or an officer deputed to act for him. 
(c) The Naval Attache, or an officer deputed to act for him. 
4. The initial organization of the Committee in Paris is : 
(a) The Scientific Attache, representing the Research Information Committee, W. F. 
Durand, Attache. 
(b) The Military Attache, or an officer deputed to act for him. 
(c) The Naval Attache, or an officer deputed to act for him. 
