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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, as Chair- 
man, and the following as additional members: 
Commander J. S. Doddridge, U. S. Naval Observatory, representing the Bureau of 
Navigation. 
Mr. Roy Y. Ferner, representing the U. S. Bureau of Standards. 
Mr. R. L. Faris, representing the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 
It is probable that other members of the Committee will be appointed. 
Upon motion it was then 
Resolved, That the Executive Committee of the National Research Council desires 
to express to the trustees of the Carnegie Corporation of New York its appreciation of the 
generous and timely assistance which has been provided for purposes of the Council by 
means of an appropriation of $50,000 to the Carnegie Institution of Washington to be dis- 
bursed through said Institution for such purposes. 
Consideration was given to the question of the organization of the Coun- 
cil, and of representation in its membership of various scientific activities. 
Upon motion, the Chairman was requested to appoint a special committee 
to consider all such questions and report thereon at a subsequent meeting 
of the Committee. Dr. Bogert was named as the Chairman of this Special 
Committee and requested to confer with the Chairman of the Council with 
regard to its membership. 
The Chairman presented letters from the Chairman of the Botany Com- 
mittee and from Dr. E. M. East of the Bussey Institution relative to the ap- 
pointment of a special committee on Botanical Raw Products. He also 
presented a letter from Dr. Earle H. Clapp, Chairman of the Committee on 
American Forest Research of the Society of American Foresters, urging the 
appointment of a special committee on forestry. After discussion, the Special 
Committee of the Council on Organization and Representation, of which 
Dr. Bogert has been appointed Chairman, was requested to give early 
consideration to questions raised by the suggestions and recommendations 
just submitted, with particular reference to the relation of work on forest 
products to other activities of the Council. 
Upon recommendation of the Chairman of the Anthropology Committee, 
Dr. Charles B. Davenport, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, was appointed 
a member of this Committee in place of Dr. Tom A. Williams, who has been 
detailed for foreign service. 
Dr. Mendenhall submitted the following report of the Committee of the 
Council appointed to consider questions of relations to State Councils of 
Defense : 
The Committee appointed to consider the question of the organization of state research 
committees and their relation to the National Research Council reports as follows: 
In the opinion of the Committee the matter of the usefulness and value of state research 
committees is in the experimental stage at present, so that it is undesirable for the National 
Research Council to take the positive attitude of urging the formation of such committees. 
It seems best to allow developments to take place in accordance with local needs, but to take 
