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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
REPORT OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE COUNCIL 
The second meeting of the Research Council was held on November 13 
and 14, 1916, in Cambridge, in connection with the Autumn Meeting of the 
National Academy of Sciences. 
No formal actions were taken. 
Dr. W. H. Welch, President of the Academy, reviewed the organization 
and earlier work of the Council; and Dr. G. E. Hale, chairman of the Council, 
reported on the recent activities of its committees, and discussed broadly 
the general purposes of the movement and the plans for the immediate future. 
He described in some detail the studies which he has recently made in England 
and France of the organizations of scientific men in those countries for the 
purpose of assisting their governments. 
Addresses were made by members of the Council as follows: 
Dr. S. W. Stratton, Director of the National Bureau of Standards, Washington. Tar- 
get practice in the Navy and some of the research problems involved; illustrated with mov- 
ing pictures. 
Lieut. Col. George O. Squier, Chief of Aviation, U. S. Army, Scientific research for 
national defense, as illustrated by the problems of aviation. 
Dr. Arthur A. Noyes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The nitrogen prob- 
lem in war and in agriculture. 
Various phases of the work of the Council were then discussed by several 
of its members. 
Gary T. Hutchinson, Secretary, 
REPORT OF MEETINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
The third meeting of the Executive Committee of the Research Council 
was held in New York City on October 16, 1916. Messrs. Carty, ConkUn, 
Dunn, Hale, Pearl, Pupin, Stratton, and the Secretary were present. 
The following resolutions adopted by the American Philosophical Society 
on October 6, 1916, were presented to the Committee: 
Whereas as effort is being made to bring into co-operation existing governmental, edu- 
cational, industrial, and other research organizations with the object of encouraging the 
investigation of natural phenomena, the application of scientific principles in American 
industries, the employment of science in the national defense, and such other objects as 
will promote the national welfare; and 
Whereas, these objects are among those for which the American Philosophical Society 
exists. 
Now, therefore, be it resolved that the American Philosophical Society hereby registers 
its approval of the co-ordination and federation of the research agencies of the country and 
expresses its willingness to join with and assist the National Research Council, organized 
by the National Academy of Sciences to accomplish the above federation. 
