Council Policy Committee Minutes T H E Council Policy Committee met a t 3:00 P.M. on Sunday, September 10,1944 in Room 1510 A, Hotel Pennsylvania, N e w York, N . Y. President Midgley presided. All committee members were present. Alden EL Emery, Assistant Secretary, Raymond Stevens, and Elisha Hanson, Counsel, were present by invitation. The special committee t o bring into existence a new permanent Publications Committee presented its report in advance t o the Council Policy Committee, but no action was taken thereon. I t was presented to the Council meeting the following morning by the Chairman of the committee. A nominating committee of six t o nominate two individuals for Director-atLarge for t h e term January 1, 1945 to December 3 1 , 1948 was appointed. The Council Policy Committee recommended that the feasibility of holding a spring meeting in 1945 and the selection of a place and the time b e left with the
President and the Secretary of the SOCIETY with power t o act. This matter was brought before the Council, and the Council voted t o leave the decision to the President and Directors at the December meeting of the board. A belated request for the formation of a Northeastern Ohio Local Section of the SOCIETY was placed before the committee, which instructed the Secretary to place it before the Council with the recommendation that it be granted. It was moved, seconded, and carried that the Council Policy Committee suggests to the Board of Directors that it request t h e Chemists' Club of N e w York City to make available to the members of the SOCIETY through microfilm procedure articles available in the extensive file of journals in its library. The Council agenda was taken up in detail but no special recommendations to the Council were made. CHARLES L. PARSONS,
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^Councilors and Substitutes , fEx Officio. L. H. Adams, Roger Adams, Robert T. Baldwin, Ernst Berl, Erie M. Billings, M. T. Bogert, Cecil Brown, E . J. Crane, Gustavus J. Esselen, William Lloyd Evans; Per K. Frolich, G. B . Hilbert, Arthur J. Hill,' Harry N. Holmes, E. W. D . Huff man, Arthur B. Lamb, S. C. Lind, Carl S. Marvel, J. W. McBain, Thomas Midgley, Jr., Walter J. Murphy, E. M.Nelson,Charles L. Parsons, Laurence L. Quill, Oscar K. Rice, Walter A. Schmidt, R. Norris Shreve, John H. Speer, Robert E. Swain, Έ>. Η. Volwiler, E. R. Weidlein, R. E . Wilson. Councilors-at-Large. George D . Beal, M. L. Crossley, Vincent duVigneaud, Gustav Egloff, Henry Gilman, H . B. Hass, D . B. Keyes, R. L. Shriner, Charles A. Thomas. Local Sections. Akron, John H . Bachmann (subs.), Otis D . Colë,H.L. Trumbull. Alabama, E . V. Jones (subs.), S. J. Lloyd. inwei'R. M . Hixon, R. E . Rundle (subs.). Baton Rouge, George F . Kirby. Binghamton, Donald P . Germann. Boulder Dam, H. C. Lee. California, William H. Claussen (subs.), Hyman Diamond (subs.), K. R. Edlund (subs.), NT. N . Gay'(subs.), R. G. Larsen (subs.), Louis Lykken (subs.), Arthur L. Lyman (subs.), Louis D . Rampino (subs.), L. V. Steck, P. H. Williams. Corolina Piedmont, R. H . Gerke. Central Pennsylvania, J. G. Aston, R. C . Miller. Central Texas, Henry R. Henze, Roger J. Williams (subs.). Chicago, M. H . Arveson, S. M. Cantor (subs.), Victor Conquest, Robert N . Du Puis, A. L. Elder {subs.), Frank T. Gucker, Jr. (subs.), L . M. Henderson, Everett Hoffman (subs.), Charles D . Hurd.
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H. C. Koch, L. E. May, Hans Schindler (subs.), G. E . Schmitkons (subs.), P. W . Selwood (subs.), George O. Sharp (subs.)» M. A. Spielman (subs.), Donalee L. Tabern, T. F. Young. 'Cincinnati, Robert S. Shelton. A. O. Snoddy (subs.).. Cleveland, E. A . Arnold (subs.), M. J. Bahnsen, H. S. Booth, F. B. Dutton (eubs.),fM::iR. Hatfield, G. M . Juredine. Colorado/ H. S.*;?yan Valkenburgh. Columbus, Cecil E.Boord, William C. Ebaugh, William MacNevin (subs.)^. Connecticut Valley, M. G. Burford (subs;^, C. Pauline Burt, Richard D . Dunlpp; Leonard C. Flowers, Vernon K. Kriëblè. ·.· Cornell, A. W. Laubengayeri(subs.)^^ïr-· · ton, John D . Coleman, Carroll-A. Hocnwalt. Delaware, J. Baraha, H. R. Dittmar (SUIDSD, Arthur H . Hale (subs.), William H. Lockwood (subs:), M. C. Moore, J7. A . Mosher (subs.), G. H. Scheffler/E. M. Shoenbom (subs.). Detroit, Harold A. Beatty, E d ward J. Bird, J. Russell Bright (subs.), W. G. Bywater, G. Calingaert (subs.), R. E. Marce (subs.), Helen I. Miner, Carl J . Wessel (subs.). East Tennessee, A. D. Melsvven, J. H. Wood (subs.). Eastern New York, A. L. Marshall, Helen F . Tucker (subs.). Erie, John C. Tongren (subs.)· Florida; Townee R. Leigh (subs.), L. G . MacDowell. Georgia, Paul K. Calaway (subs.), Charles T. Lester (subs.). Hampton Roads, Paul Caldwell (subs.). Indiana, James W. Ferguson (subs.), Jerome Martin, J. L. Riebsomer, Asa N. Stevens. Kalamazoo, H. Jensen, Gerrit Van Zyl. Kanawha Valley, J. F . Bartlett. Kansas City, J. A . Austin (subs.), L. S. De Atley (subs.)· Kansas State College, H, H. King, Lehigh Valley, Howard M. Cyy, F . S. Eisenhauer, W. E. Hanford, T. H. Hazlehurst. Lexington, Harry «R. Allen (subs.). Louisiana, A . Watson Chapman, Harold A. Levey (subs;), E. L. Skau. Louisville, Paul Kolachov, Otto Mileti (subs.). Maryland, G. B . Cooke, A. H. Corwin, Sylvan E. Forman (subs.), John A. Herculson, James L. Webb (subs.), F. Y. Wiselogle. Memphis, Κ. Β. Fleer
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(subs.), D. F. Nealon. Michigan State College, E. J . Miller (subs.). Midland, A . W. Beshgetoor, Edgar C. Britton, Lewis XL Drake (subs.). Milwaukee, C. O. Miller. Minnttola, W . F. Oeddes (subs.), Ralph E . Montoojia, L . H.Reyerson, Lee Irvin Smith. Nebraiha, E. Roger Washburn. New Haven, C . M. Doede. Neva York, M. Irene Bailey, Ross A. Baker, Charles O. Beckman, Erwin Brand, B. L . Clsurke (subs.), Wallace P. Cohoe, S. E . Doebbeling, E . J. Durham (subs.), Arthur Elsenbast, Ralph L. Evans, Louis Freedman, Fisher Gaffin, Arthur W. Hixson, Harold A . Horan, Carl Iddings, TV. R. Johnston, D . H. Killeffer, C. G. King, R . E. Kirk, Julius A. Kuck. H. G. Lindwall (subs.), Lewis G. îLongsworth, H. B. Lowe (subs.), Harry B. McClure, S. P . Miller, Donald Price, Walter M. Ralph, C. F . Rasswciler (s=uk), Philip W. Schutz, Cornelia Γ . Snell (subs.), Foster Dee Snell, Roland P. Soule (subs.), W. W. Winship (subs.). Nor-ih Carolina, R. W. Bost, Paul Grross. JVortfc. Jersey, C. R. Addinall, Ivey Allen, Jr., D . L. Cottle, C. J. Frosch, Paul AC Giesy.It. H. Elenle, Simon Klosky, H . T. Xacey (subs.), J . R. Little (subs.), Frank R. Mayo-, Richard N . Meinert, Louis A. Milceska» Robert J. Moore, Ε . Η . Northey, RufusD. Reed, Η. Ε . Riley (subs.), Robert B. Sosmanx, H. F . Wakefield, Byron L. West, F . W. Willard (subs.). Northeast Tennessee, J . H. Brant (subs.), W. M. Gearheurt. Northeast Wisconsin, Harry F . Lewis. Northeastern, Michael J. Ahern, Chester M . Alter, Avery A. Ashdown, Chester P. Baker Ex-officio members. The proposed Constitutional Council to have substan tially the same ex officio members as the present Council. In the proposed Con stitutional Council, however, the ex officio members shall have no vote but shall have the privileges of the floor. (c) Electors. The Electors shall be permitted entrance to the gallery of the Council meeting room during sessions of the proposed Constitutional Council, but they shall not have the privileges of the • floor nor the right to vote. Explanatory Remarks on Proposal No.1 The number of voting members is limited to 48 in the belief that it is small enough t o make an effective deliberative body, yet large enough to represent the various regions of the country. (The fact that the number equals the number of States in the TJnion is incidental.) The 36 Regional Councilors shall be nominated in the same manner as the Regional Directors are nominated now. Fast experience has shown this to be very satisfactory. The Regional Councilors shall b e elected by the Electors of their respective geographical districts. I t is suggested that the Constitutional Coun cilors be elected for a term of three or four years and that their terms be staggered to give continuity. V Ο L U ME
The ex officio members of the proposed Constitutional Council arc t o be given the privilege of talring part in the discus sions of the Council because they are officers of the SOCIETY, past presidents, or chairmen of divisions. This group com prises members who are intimately ac quainted with the policies and affairs of •the SOCIETY. Thus group, however, is not to be given a vote in the proposed Council because a large number of them are members of the Board of Directors and, therefore, they would be voting advice to themselves. The Electors who are chosen by each and every section shall bo admitted to Council meetings as auditors so that representatives o f every section, irre spective of its size, may learn a t first hand what transpires a t each meeting and can thereby give oral reports to their respective sections on the business and discussions which take place at Council meetings. Section members are interested in what transpires at our Council meetings, but they frequently prefer an oral report to a written account. Proposal N o . 2 Proposal No. 2 is a moderate change and proposes that the present Council be modified in size b y reducing the number of Councilors allotted to the larger sec tions. According to this proposal, each section would be allowed at least one Councilor. The largest section—New York with approximately 3,400 members —would be allowed 6 Councilors rather than the present 34; the next sections in
