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4. To invite, if it is considered necessary, commissions or individuals from England, France 
and Italy to this country to advise with the Medical Division of the National Research 
Council. 
5. To maintain correspondence with prominent medical investigators in the American 
Expeditionary Forces and in civilian laboratories in France, England and Italy and thus 
obtain reports of the important fields of research, the character of the work in progress and 
the needs of the workers. 
6. To establish relations with and if agreeable to them, to cooperate with research organ- 
izations abroad as (a) British Medical Research Committee, (b) the Research Society recently 
organized in France by medical officers of the American, French and British forces, and (c) 
the Committee on Medical Research of the American Red Cross in France. 
7. To obtain reports of all medical research organizations in this country dealing with war 
problems and of individuals engaged in the investigation of war problems. 
8. (a) Prepare lists of individuals and laboratories equipped and ready to undertake re- 
search at short notice. 
(b) Prepare lists of individuals who will hold themselves in readiness to move from lab- 
oratory to laboratory to work for shorter or longer periods on special or emergency problems 
or to augment existing laboratory staffs in a group of selected laboratories. 
9. To maintain a bureau for the dissemination of up-to-date bibliographies of all forms 
of medical research bearing on war problems. 
10. To hold conferences from time to time in Washington or other central city for dis- 
cussion of important research problems and methods of attack. 
11. To hold military medical meetings from time to time, in the neighborhood of large 
cantonments, for the discussion of medical problems by military and civilian physicians. 
The Chairman of this Division also outlined the character of investigations 
already undertaken in cooperation with the Surgeon General's office of the 
Army. The Chairman of the Council stated that requests had been received 
for information which might require an extension of the proposed activities 
of the Anthropology Committee, operating under the Division of Medicine 
and Related Sciences. Upon motion it was voted that the Interim Com- 
mittee be authorized to make such additional appointments to membership 
in the Anthropology Committee as may be advisable in order to provide 
adequately for future work which may be undertaken by this Committee. 
• Meeting adjourned at 12 o'clock. 
John Johnston, Secretary. 
