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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
Upon motion this request of the Sub-Committee on Psychiatry was ap- 
proved, with the understanding that funds to meet expenses of the proposed 
work be secured from other sources. 
Mr. Durand presented a request for an allotment of $250 for incidental 
expenses in connection with experiments being undertaken by Messrs A. M. 
Hunt and Gary T. Hutchinson on the production of artificial spray in which . 
to envelop ships for purposes of protection. He pointed out that this investi- 
gation is a very promising one and has the approval and cooperation of the 
Ship Protection Committee of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Upon 
motion, an allotment of $250 was made for this purpose, to be expended from 
the funds of the Council which have been deposited with the Engineering 
Foundation. 
Mr. Bogert, Chairman of the Chemistry Committee, submitted a general 
statement relative to the work of this Committee, and upon his recommenda- 
tion the following additional appointments were made to membership in Sub- 
Committees : 
Sub-Committee on Chemistry of Fuels: W. A. Hamor, W. E, Vawter, and E. R. 
Weidlein, all of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Sub-Committee on Chemistry of Leather and Tanning: F. P. Veitch, U. S. Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. 
Sub-Committee on Chemistry of Dye-stufs: Marx Hirsch, 50 East 41st Street, 
New York, N. Y. 
Sub-Committee on Organic Chemistry: Roger Adams, University of Illinois, Ur- 
bana, Illinois. 
After discussion, upon motion of Mr. Noyes, it was decided to discontinue 
the Committee on Nitrate Supply of the Council and to organize a new Com- 
mittee on Nitrogen Fixation as a Sub-Committee of the Chemistry Committee. 
A report was read from the Chairman of the Psychology Committee de- 
scriptive of the organization and progress of psychological work which has 
been obtained in relation to miUtary activities and, upon motion of the Chair- 
man of the Committee, the following Sub-Committees were appointed: 
Sub-Committee on Methods for the Psychological Examining of Recruits: Chair- 
man, R. M. Yerkes; W. V. Bingham, H. H. Godard, T. H. Haines, L. M. Terman, 
T. L. Wells, G. M. Whipple. 
Sub-Committee on Tasks of Special Skill: Chairman, E. L. Thorndike; J. C. 
Chapman, T. L. Kelley, W. D. Scott. 
Sub-Committee on Problems of Aviation, including the examination of aviation 
recruits: Chairman, H. E. Burtt; W. R. Miles, L. T. Troland. 
Sub-Committee on Incapacity, Reeducation and Vocational Training: Chairman, 
S. I. Franz; K. S. Lashley, J. B. Watson. 
Sub-Committee on Visual Problems: Chairman, Raymond Dodge; R. P. Angier, 
H. A. Carr, L. R. Geissler, S. P. Hayes, G. M. Stratton, L. T. Troland. 
Communications received from the Chairman of the Geology and Paleon- 
tology Committee were presented and, after consideration, the following 
actions were taken : 
