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rN .Uon lv' the~- u a prcr.1p. Tbi• •boi:ld. Mke tb• d.-nd• cm JOU,, 

• Cbalrun1 ratber aocwst. estlfJOlml.17 in Yiw or t.ne lmt tbat. th• 

tbartor ;uatf,4 .. tar au AFSl 1:18lt.1Uft 01"0up (SXSAa) t.o t.Me caro ot t.ba 

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Uke JQli t6 &a iis,· fc~ thtt pv.rpotia ot u~ating me in detena.tn1ng til8 

•T•t.'d.P. er the Boant,. 1A accorda.~e 'ld..t.b the pmYS.stcn ot p&Ngraph 6 Ott.he imilo1lfi". Jn order to gS.n JOU aomD oppol'twd.'V t.o tb1Dk about. 

thf.(l l-fOri.lmt. s;rcl.1111.DAl':f il'l 8d.Yao..ce of 10ur next ri.att n.n, I 1ccla~ 

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.(b} panona _.. na.s wre eugce:sted at, 0110 ti.- or another ~lq the 

,._.or the mat.ence ot SCAG, am (c) persca• whose naes V81"e auacutftd 

in a 1"6C!eftt. -u.nc or lr.'"'8. 

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W ~d.tioa ot llbJ.ch 1d.ll be such tat each pb-. or i!'frA •UriUea 

mu la!• at lout. one to three b1g,\'l-cal1ber ecient.1.st.a, eng'lMC'B, or ~"tlcl..U ilbo car. ba &Ya1lable to a tor 1od1'1dv.al ccnnl tad.on 

·fl't!C ~- "° u... I hal'dly need to rmd.rd 70u, bowl'er, ot tbe rat.hor 

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M»!O FOR REOORlh At tha 8U!Z8&tlon or Mr. Friedman,. Adr:i• weriger phoned 

Prot. Ca1rna 22 Oct S2 mi invited b1a to be tne first Chairman~ 

!FSASAB· Pmt. Cai.ms accepted tile Ch.a1:rmansh1p over tl'le phone. 

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--- (a) Persons who were menbers or SCAO 1 

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Prof. Stetlart. s. Calms 

llr,. Joseph Desch 

Dr. 'ff. T. ~at.ram 

Br. J9bn H. IWud - Kr .. John c. McPherson 

Prof. John Yon Heumann 

Jlr. l>ean Post 

Dr. Ralp.~ I. Potter 

Prof'. H. P. Robertson 

Dr. Clame E. Shannon 

Mr. !dlfln A. Speakman 

Mr. Charles B. Tompkins 

Mr. W1ll1a Webster 

11r. w,μter o!I n'himan 

(b) Penons who'e naaes vere suggestild at one Uma or &D.Otber duri.ng 

the 1eJa' ot the .S.ete.Act. ot SCA.al 

Dr. Howard B • .&1.ken, flarV"a:d UntTersi\Y' 

:Or. David B • .8.1.acJcwll, Stat1st.1.c1an1 HcrAI'd UD1"fen1Q' 

Mr .. ~ Dunc:m, Rall:tngt.on Biid 

Mr. ~"tephen w. Dunvell., International. .ilusinem MachL'lea 

Corporat.ton 

Dr. WUl.7 Feller. Princeton Unt•erait.y" 

Dr. 01lbort Huntt. Cornell um.versiv 

Prat. ~ lac. ~rmll Un1Yeratv 

Jfr. Ralph tee Pal.mer,, International Buaineaa Hacbines 

Corporation 

Dr. R. D. Rlcht.llQ'ur. Stant"o?d UniTer:d.tJ' 

llr. A. "81.vS.n Skellett,, tiaU.onal Union 

Dr, Il"'l'Gn Travis• Burrt>ughs J.dd.illg Machine Co. 

l!'r .. qthui- ~ler,. East.an ltodak. eo. 

( c) Bev nameo .-~ested by EISABa 

Jr.ADM. Joseph k. Redman, onH Rat., Vice Presidmt• 

Western Union 

~t. J. l'\::>rreater,. Sel'Vl>-atecbanism.s Laboratal'J"> M.I. T. 

Prot. ~~.r:; HacLane, Dapt. ot KatbematJ.cs, 

Unl l'mll V or Chicago 

Prot! ~ stom. Dept.. or Mathematica, 

Universi tg ot Chicago 

Prof. Sam.iel s. WUks. Dept. or Mathematics, P~ton uru.vvatv 

Jlr._ ~~ a..na. General Marl8.ger, Xl.ectronics 

1Jlv1'1cm, Oenera1 ~t.r.l.c Co._ Syracuse,. I. I. 

fi'of. Hartl.n Joos• Un1Terai ff' ot i..a.soons1n 

(Lingu1at1os) 

Ill-._ 5411..uel B. WUlJ.ams. Ret., Bell Laboratories 

Jtr1 R.. V. L. Jtut.l.07, Ret.., Bell Laboratories 

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Ml-. Ju. B. l~lllin• Ret. • Bell Laboariorie~ 

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