| Description | Present at the meeting: Professor E D Adrian (Foreign Secretary, Royal Society, Chairman); Professor J D Bernal (Association of Scientific Workers); Mr Ritchie Calder (Ministry of Eduction); Dr C H Desch (Royal Society); Mr T Dewhurst (Parliamentary and Scientific Committee); Professor H J Fleure (National Committee for Geography); Professor H Munro Fox (National Committee for Biology); Dr N Howard-Jones (British Couoncil); Dr O J R Howarth (British Association); Sir Harold Spencer Jones (National Committee for Astronomy); Professor N F Mott (National Committee for Physics); Miss Nancy Parkinson (British Council); Professor J Proudman (National Committee for Geodesy adn Geophysics); Professor H H Read (Royal Society); Sir Edward Salisbury (Secretary, Royal Society); Professor F J M Stratton ; Mr R A R Tricker (Ministry of Education);
The Joint Secretaries: Mrs J J Hawkes (Ministry of Eduction); Dr D C Martin (Royal Society)
Mr H L Verry attended in place of Sir Edward Appleton (D.S.I.R.). Mr F R Cowell and Mr W D Pile of the Ministry of Education also attended
Apologies for absence were received from Sir John Fryer, Sir Ian Heilbron and Sir Robert Watson-Watt
Matters discussed;
10. Minutes of the first meeting, held on 27 June 1947, were confirmed.
11. Arising from the minutes of 27 June 1947
11 (i) Membership fo the Committee
11 (ii) Executive Committee
11 (iii) Activities of the Natural Sciences Division
11 (iv) World Medical Association
11 (v) Scientific Informatin Service
12. Draft Agenda for 2nd General Conference of UNESCO, Mexico City, 1947
13. Publicity
14. International Medical Students Clinical Congress, 1948
15. Date of next meeting
It was agreed that the spring meeting of the British Committee for Co-operation with UNRSCO in the Natural Sciences should be held at 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday 25 May 1948. |