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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
He reported that the following recommendations have been submitted to 
the Chief Signal Officer: 
1. That First Lieutenant John Q. Stewart, A. S. Signal O. R. C. be placed 
on active duty and detailed to Princeton for work in the sound-ranging service. 
2. That Mr. Bertram A. Sherry be commissioned as First Lieutenant in 
the Aviation Section, to assist in the development of the Aerological Service. 
3. That in connection with requests received from France for the detail 
of twenty-five scientists to work in French laboratories, 
{a) Major R. W. Wood proceed to France to work in cooperation with 
Langevin or else under the direction of the Interministerial Commission. 
{b) Messrs. Roy W. Chestnut and Samuel Sewall now in Paris be com- 
missioned as Lieutenants and assigned to the laboratory of Professor Perrin, 
Director of Inventions. 
(c) Dr. Leonard Loeb be commissioned as a lieutenant and sent to France 
for assignment to service by the Interministerial Commission. 
He also reported that further recommendations with regard to the detail 
of men in physics and radio-telegraphy for services in France would be de- 
ferred until a report may be received from Maj. Wood with regard to the 
urgent need for such men and that requests for men in bacteriology, chemistry 
and hygiene have been provided for through the office of the Surgeon General. 
A communication from E. M. East, Chairman of the Botanical Raw Prod- 
ucts Committee, was read, urging the allotment of funds by the Council 
to assist the work of this Committee and the need of securing closer relations 
with governmental activities. Upon motion of Mr. Noyes, an allotment of 
$100.00 was made for use by the Botanical Raw Products Committee. 
Mr. Pearl submitted a communication from Irving W. Bailey, Chairman 
of the Sub-committee on Forestry of the Botany Committee urging recon- 
sideration of the action of the Executive Committee in appointing this Sub- 
committee and recommending a proposed enlargement in the scope of the 
work in forestry under the auspices of the Research Council by the creation 
of a special Forestry Committee with appropriate sub-committees, so as to 
encourage desirable cooperation in research with existing agencies. The 
relation of this proposed Forestry Committee with the Botanical Raw Prod- 
ucts Committee and with work in botany and agriculture was also discussed, 
and, upon motion of Mr. Vaughan, it was finally decided to refer these ques- 
tions with power to a special committee consisting of Messrs. Pearl, Chairman, 
Bailey, Coulter, East and Millikan, the decisions of this Committee to be 
reported at the next regular meeting of the Executive Committee. 
Discussion took place concerning cooperative relations which may ap- 
propriately exist between the Council and the National Food Administration, 
in order that members of the Council who are actively interested in food re- 
search problems may be prepared to urge such cooperation whenever an 
appropriate time arrives. 
