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under the chairmanship of Dr. Stewart Paton, with the following member- 
ship: Messrs. Pearce Bailey, Albert M. Barrett, Henry A. Cotton. Charles 
L. Dana, Walter E. Fernald, Adolf Meyer, Thomas W. Salmon, Elmer E. 
Southard, Roy M. Van Wart, William A. White. Upon motion it was voted 
that the appointment of this Psychiatry Committee be confirmed. 
Dr. Vaughan also reported that the Secretary of the Interior has permitted 
Dr. Franz at St. Elizabeth's Hospital to train men for rehabilitation work. 
He also stated that Dr. Murlin has been asked to make observations and re- 
port upon the food and rations which are issued to soldiers in training at 
Plattsburg. 
Upon motion it was voted that a Sub-committee on the Sterilization of 
Water, with Dr. Phelps as Chairman, be appointed. 
Dr. Vaughan further reported that he had been asked to serve as Chair- 
man of the Research Committee of the General Medical Board of the Council 
of National Defense. He stated that the Surgeon General has consented 
that recruits in concentration camps be examined by experts instead of by 
individual medical officers, involving the necessity for the appointment of 
an Examining Board of the Army. Upon motion it was voted that the Chair- 
men of the Anatomy, Psychology, Psychiatry, and other related committees, 
be recommended for appointment on such an Examining Board, together 
with Colonel Bushnell, who is already a member. 
The Chairman was requested to appoint a committee to report on co- 
operation between the National Research Council and the Research Com- 
mittees appointed by the various states. The following committee was 
appointed for this purpose: Dr. C. E. Mendenhall, Chairman, Messrs. 
Bogert, Durand, W. B. Hale, and Vaughan. 
It was voted that the sum of $100 be allotted to the Psychology 
Committee. 
Upon motion of Dr. Bogert the appointment of a Potash Committee, with 
Dr. J. D. Pennock, General Manager of the Solvay Process Company of 
Syracuse, N. Y., as Chairman, was authorized. Recommendations were 
submitted with regard to the membership of this committee. 
The Chairman of the Council read a letter from Dr. Ames, Chairman of 
the Foreign Service Committee, and reported upon the activities and recom- 
mendations of this committee. 
The Chairman of the Council reported the organization and appointment 
of a special New York Committee on Submarine Warfare, the Chairman of 
which is Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, and the Executive Secretary, Dr. G. 
B. Pegram of Columbia University. Upon motion, this action was approved 
and confirmed. 
The suggestion was made that the letterhead of the Council be changed 
to read National Research Council, Acting as the Department of Science 
and Research of the Council of National Defense." This question was re- 
ferred to the Chairman of the Council with power. 
