Letter from John David Griffith Davies to Sir Henry George Lyons, The Royal Society at Trinity College, Cambridge The Secretaries and Foreign Secretary propose subject to Lyons' agreement, bringing before the next meeting the attached ammendement to be inserted if approved, in the rules governing the procedure in the nomination of Council. By this proposal the Council at any meeting, or in case of emergency the President, shall have power to appoint a substitute to attend in his place. 23 September 1939