NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD 
At the National Research Council Building, July 9, 1918, at 9.40 a.m. 
Present: Messrs. Bogert, Cross, Dunn, Johnston, Kellogg, Merriam, Milli- 
kan, Noyes, Pearce, Woodward, and by invitation, Mr. Edgar. 
The minutes of the preceding meeting, April 30, 1918, having been circu- 
lated by mail, were considered and approved. 
The Acting Chairman, Mr. Noyes, reviewed the activities of the Council 
since the last meeting of the Executive Board, April 30, 1918, stating that 
the President of the United States had issued an Executive Order defining 
the functions of the Council, that' the Carnegie Corporation of New York 
had made an appropriation of $100,000 for the expenses of the divisions, and 
that the President of the United States had allotted, through the Council of 
National Defense $61,000 for the running expenses of the Council, including 
the Research Information Committee, for the period from July 1 to December 
31, 1918. He stated further that the work of the Research Information Com- 
mittee had been increasing steadily, and that the third office had been estab- 
lished in Rome. He also briefly described the plan for the endowment of 
research in chemistry and physics which had been submitted to the Rocke- 
feller Foundation. 
The National Research Council budget was presented, and Mr. Dunn 
Moved: THat the allotments in the budget as presented be approved. (Adopted.) 
Moved: That there be presented at each monthly meeting of the Executive Board a 
budget sheet showing fqr comparison the following items: Funds Available for the year, 
Total Amounts allotted, Liabilities, Expenses, and Balances. (Adopted.) 
Motion adopted at the meeting of the Interim Committee, July 3, 1918: 
That the Carnegie Institution of Washington be requested to allow Mr. John 
L. Wirt, its bursar, to advise the National Research Council in regard to an 
improved accounting system for the carrying on of its business and that the 
Secretary and Treasurer be asked to confer with Dr. R. S. Woodward and 
Mr. Wirt in regard to the matter. 
Mr. Woodward, being present, offered the services of the accountant of the 
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mr. John L. Wirt and his assistant, to 
look into the accounts of the National Research Council and to make sug- 
gestions as to improved methods of carrying them on. The offer was accepted. 
The National Research Council accepted full membership in the Emergency 
Council on Education, and J. C. Merriam was elected representative of the 
Council. The membership fee of S100 to cover expenses was authorized. 
The President of the National Academy of Sciences has appointed as mem- 
bers of the National Research Council the following men, upon the recom- 
mendation of the Interim Committee: 
