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in Chemistry at a salary of eleven hundred

Waahington, D, C,

Mr*  Eustace has been in conference with me tod%rat my request.  I de-
sire to ask the Michigan Agricultural  College to contribute the services of Mr.
Eustace to the P
assist in handling the work in distribution and marketing of perishable products.
We will contribute  h i 8 i i v i^
nectibn with^ the department of Agr^i
lined make8 his assistance of invaluable aid to the department,  I have asked a
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their unanimous desire to assist in handling of the food administration  problem*

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On motion of  ^

attend  meet-

Agnes  Hatch

meeting of tne Federal Board for Vocational Educ

tend  meeting

and 21, or to send a delegate in case he cannot go»

On motion of Mr* Doherty, the following resolution was adopted:

"Whereas, The Federal Government has placed tremendous emphasis upon
the need of increased production of food as a war measure, and has strenuously
urged the farmers of this  country, by  circular and direct appeal, to "speed up"
and multiply  both acreage and yield to the utmost  limit, to the end that the
armies and the people of the Allies, as well as our own people and army, may be
well fed, and. 

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j Resolutions
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I draft ing of;:
! f a r m e ry  • ..:

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•Whereas, Congress has recently made a large appropriation, of which

3tichigan*s share is #155,000, as an emergency measure to further this cause and

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to stimulate the farmers in every way possible to multiply the food supply; and

•Whereas, Since agriculture more than most other industries requires
skilled labor, it is absolutely  impossible to increase the farm output if the
men trained and experienced in farm work are to be taken from the land, and

"Whereas, In the passage of the slective draft act it was urged that

the men experienced and trained in agriculture should not only be left upon the
farms, but should be regarded as contributing equally to the great cause by
remaining to do their accustomed work, and

"Whereas, It now seems that  in the administration of the draft act by

the district boards, and under advice from federal officials, there is a dis-
position to disregard the policy previously  set forth and to minimize the im-
portance of retaining upon the farms of the country the only men who know how
to run them, suggesting that raw recruits from the towns, ignorant and untrained,
may be substituted; Therefore, Be it  .

RESOLVED, That this Board, representing the agricultural interests and

needs of Michigan, and knowing the losses that are already  in evidence through
shortage of experienced farm labor, and the disaster to agriculture that will
follow the taking of men from the farms to supply the armies, protests against
such a policy, and demands, in the il-nterest of the countries allied with ours
and in the interest of the cause for which we are all fighting, that no n^w act-
ively  engaged in farm labor, either as master  or servant, be taken from his occu-
pation to fill the ranks of the army."

Improvement
of Exp.Sta.

|Leola Lewi8 :
Library Asst;

Prof.Plant
to attend
meeting*

On motion of Mr, Doherty, a committee consisting  of the President, and

Chairman of the Board, was appointed to consider the matter of the  improvement

of the Experiment  Stations, and to report to the Bfcard at its next meeting*

On motion of Mr* Graham, Miss Leola Lewis was appointed Library Assist-

ant at a salary of seven hundred fifty dollars per annum, beginning September 1*

On motion of Mr* Grahm, Prof* Plant.was authorized to attend a meeting

of the Mathematical Association of America, at Cleveland, Ohio, September 6

and 7, with transportation expenses paid*

:!C.A.Hoag

Grad.Asst*

C.Foster,
Grad.Asst*

On motion of Mr* Waterbury, Mr* Chauncey Allen Hoag was appointed

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half time Graduate Assistant  in/so±iB Department, beginning September 1, and Mr.

Creighton Foster Murphy was appointed half time Graduate Assistant  in the Depart-

ment of Botany, to begin September  1; each at a salary of five hundre d dollars

per annum*

On motion of Mr* Graham, the resignation of Miss Addie Snow as Clerk

Addle Snow
to the Dean of Engineering was accepted, and Miss Agnes McCann was appointed to
resigns^
Agnes• McCann
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to fill-
fill her place at a salary of seven hundred dollars, beginning September 1*
place*

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On motion of Mr* Poherty, Mr* Howard E* Johnson was appointed Assistant

H.E.Johnson
As st.in
Vet.Anatomy

in Veterinary Anatomy, at a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum, beginning

September 1*

Opening of ;
College
postponed*  as far as possible in taking care of crops, the opening  of school was postponed

On motion of Mr. Doherty, in order to assist the farmers of the State

:from September  26 to October 10.

Concerning i 
Food Bill  I 
referred to; expenditure of the funds appropriated to Michigan, including the appointment  of
Pres.,Gra-
ham & Secy*;emergency County Agents, was referred to the President, the Chairman of the Board,

On motion of Mr* Doherty, thematter relating to tfce Pood Bill, and the

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jand.the Secretary, with power to act*

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On motion of Mr* Woodman, the expense accounts of the Bsard Members"

i were approved*

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On motion adjourned,

Secretary,