| Description | Present at the meeting: Sir Robert Robinson, President of the Royal Society, in the chair; Professor E D Adrian (Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society); Profesor J D BErnal (Association of Scientific Workers); Mr Ritchie Calder (Ministry of Education); Dr C H Desch (Royal Society) ; Professor H J Fleure (Ministry of Education): Mr J F Foster (Universities Bureau of the British Empire); Professor H Munro Fox (National Committee for Biology); Sir John Fryer (Agricultural Reserch Council); Sir Ian Heilbron (National Committee for Chemistry); Dr E Hindle (British Association); Dr N Howard-Jones (British Council); Dr O J R Howarth (British Assocition); Sir Harold Spencer Jones (National Committee for Astronomy); Miss N Parkinson (British Council); Professor J Proudman (National Committe for Geodesy and Geophysics) ; Professor H H Read (Royal Society); Mr J P Stephenson (Science Masters Association); Sir Robert Watson-Wyatt (National Committee for Scientific Radio)
The Joint Secretaries: Mrs J J Hawkins (Ministry of Education); Dr D C MArtin (Royal Society)
Mr F C Herrald attended in place of Sir Edward Mellanby (Medical Reserch Council); Mr H L Verry in place of Sir Edward Appleton (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research); and Mr W E Purnell of the UNESCO Headquarters staff in Paris in place of Dr J Needham (Royal Society); Mr W D Pile and Mr W A Richardson (Ministry of Education)
Apologies for absence were received from Sir Edward Appleton, Sir Edward Mellanby, Sir Thomas MErton, Sir Edward Sainsbury, Mr Tricker and Dr Trueman.
Matters discussed;
1. Membership and Terms of Reference
2. Meetings and Executive Committee
3. Other U.K. Co-operating Bodies
4. Summary of activities of Natural Science Division
4 (a) ad 1 Reconstruction and rehabilitation
4 (b) ad 2 Field Science Co-operation Offices
4 (c) ad 4 International Advisory Councils
4 (d0 ad 5 Scientific Documentation
4 (e) ad 11 Workld Register of Scientists
5. UNESCO agreement with I.C.S.U
6. World Medical Association
7. Scientific information service
8. British Association Meeting
9. Staff Vacancies in NAtural Sciences Division
Summary of recommendation to the Minister of Education;
1. Minute 4(a) - that this Committee draw the attention of H.M. Government to the needs of supplying scientific equipment for the rehabilitation of devastated European laboratories and recommend that this be regaded as a matter of high priority
2. Minute 4(b) - that Mr T W J Taylor, or failing him, Sir Gregory Evans, or failing him Dr C S Harland, be nominated UK representative to attend the Hylean Amazon Scientific Commission in Brazil about 12 August 1947
3. Minute 7 - that this Committee strongly supports the institution by the British Association of a scientific information service and that H. M. Government examine the proposal, bearing in mind that although action be confined to this country in the immediate future, it might later be linked up with (1) an imperial, and (2) an international, organisation.
Summary of recommendations to the Council of the Royal Society
1. Minute 1 (a) and (b) - that (a) the Parliamentary and Scientifice Committee be invited to nominate a representative to serve on the British Committee for Co-operation with UNESCO in the natural sciences
and (b) that Professor F J M Stratton be invited to serve on the British Committee |