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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
engineering, the Foundation hereby declares that it will be its policy to continue the co- 
operation between the two bodies in all practicable ways that may be now, or may become, 
mutually available, such ways consisting of the interchange of helpful suggestions, advice, 
information, office representation and similar facilities, and in addition a recognition of 
community of purpose that shall promote in the field of engineering research increasingly 
intimate relations between engineering and science. 
The reciprocal designation of the secretary of each of the bodies as an assistant secretary 
of the other for the purpose of enabling both bodies to have offices in both New York and 
Washington is favorably regarded, and the Foundation welcomes and gladly accepts the 
offered assistance of the Research Council in the national co-relations of the Engineering 
Research work of the Foundation to which the Foundation's resources will be devoted. 
Extended discussion took place with regard to advisable means for bring- 
ing about a more co-ordinate effort among engineering interests with refer- 
ence to the Government. Upon invitation, Mr. C. A. Adams, Chairman of 
the General Engineering Committee of the Advisory Commission of the Coun- 
cil of National Defense, outlined plans already made for a general conference 
on this subject to be held in Washington on October 26, to which all of the 
national societies and special organizations interested in engineering work 
have been invited to send representatives. He stated that the National 
Research Council, its Engineering Committee and its Aeronautics Com- 
mittee have each been invited to appoint two representatives to attend this 
conference. There followed further discussion in which Mr. Adams par- 
ticipated, concerning the engineering work of the Research Council, after 
which the Chairman of the Executive Committee was requested upon motion 
to appoint the six representatives of the Council to attend the conference on 
October 26, with the understanding that these conferees will meet in ad- 
vance to discuss and determine upon appropriate recommendations which 
may advisedly be made by them at the conference in question. The follow- 
ing members of the Council were appointed as conferees; Messrs. Carty, 
Dunn, Durand, Noyes, Millikan and Pupin. 
The meeting adjourned at 1.10 p.m. 
The thirty-third meeting of the Executive Committee convened in the 
offices of the Council in the Munsey Building, Washington, D. C, on Satur- 
day, November 10, 1917, and was called to order at 10.10 a.m. by the Chair- 
man of the Committee, Mr. Carty. 
Present: Messrs. Bogert, Carty, Chittenden, Conklin, Dunn, Hale, Man- 
ning, Millikan, Noyes, Pearl and Pupin. Mr. Mendenhall was also present 
upon invitation. 
The minutes of the regular monthly meeting of the Committee of October 
10 were approved as prepared and distributed to members of the Committee. 
Record is made of the following actions which have taken place since the 
last meeting of the Committee: 
