fellowships-a portion of which is used to supplement endowment income and gifts in meeting general expenses.

Approved.

PHILIP HANDLER,

President, National Academy of Sciences.

ROBERT C. SEAMANS, JR., President, National Academy of Engineering.

DONALD S. FREDERICK SON,

President, Institute of Medicine.

President

The Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, as amended (84 Stat. 1327; 45 U.S.C. 541), created the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to provide a balanced transportation system by improving and developing intercity passenger rail service.

The Amtrak Corporation is built on a for-profit basis, with investment capital and operating losses currently supported with Federal financing in the initial stages of development. Amtrak owns and operates the passenger trains but does not own the roadbeds over which tracks are laid, the signaling systems, or the real estate.

Amtrak operates over 200 trains, between "end-points" designated by the Secretary of Transportation in January 1971, on a contract basis with the following railroads: Atchison, Topeka

ROGER LEWIS.

J. RICHARD TOMLINSON. JAMES M. COWELL, JR. ROBERT J. DOOLEY. EDWIN E. EDEL.

HAROLD L. GRAHAM.

KENNETH A. HOUSMAN.

LE ROY HUNT.

F. S. KING.

ROBERT S. MEDVECKY.

ROBERT C. Moot.

GERALD D. MORGAN.

SYDNEY S. STERNS.

DAVID A. WATTS. KURT WEISSHEIMER.

RICHARD M. BOYD.

and Sante Fe; Burlington Northern; Baltimore & Ohio-Chesapeake & Ohio; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific; Illinois Central Gulf; Louisville and Nashville; Missouri Pacific; Penn Central; Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac; Seaboard Coast Line; Southern Pacific; and Union Pacific.

Amtrak is governed by an 11-man board of directors. Eight members are selected by the President of the United States, three members are selected by the various railroad companies which own stock in Amtrak. Provision was made in the original legislation for four additional board members to be elected

by public stockholders-should Amtrak decide to issue stock for public purchase. The Corporation is currently

The American National Red Cross is chartered under the act of Congress approved January 5, 1905 (33 Stat. 599, as amended; 36 U.S.C. 1), pursuant to the treaties of Geneva or the treaties of the Red Cross to which the United States is a party.

A 50-member Board of Governors directs the activities of the American Red Cross. Thirty are elected by the local chapters; eight, including the chairman, are appointed by the President of the United States, who serves as Honorary Chairman; and 12 are elected as members-at-large by the Board. The chairman, a volunteer, is the principal officer of the corporation. The president is the chief executive officer.

FRANK STANTON.
GEORGE M. ELSEY.
EDNA E. MATTOX.
FREDERIC S. LAISE.
ROBERT C. LEWIS.
JAMES B. FOLEY.

JOHN L. CURRIN.
PAUL A. VOLCKER.

JAMES M. ILLIG.

TRUMAN SOLVerud.

PAUL M. MOORE.

DONALD W. STOUT.

SHELDON C. WILLIAMSON.

The managers of the four domestic areas are responsible for direction of activities of the organization and for giving service to divisions within their jurisdictions.

The divisions are delegated responsibility by area offices for giving service to chapters in a specific geographical territory.

The chapters are the local units of the American National Red Cross through which Red Cross services are provided to the people of the United States. The chapters are chartered by the Board of Governors and are an integral and indispensable part of the structure required to carry out national and international activities of the cor

poration. They are not separate legal entities.

PURPOSE

The American Red Cross is the instrument chosen by the Congress to help carry out the obligations assumed by the United States under certain international treaties known as the Geneva or Red Cross Conventions. Specifically, its congressional charter imposes on the American Red Cross the duties to act as the medium of voluntary relief and communication between the American people and their Armed Forces, and to carry on a system of national and international relief to prevent and mitigate suffering caused by disasters.

The human and material resources of the Red Cross are directed to the alleviation of suffering and the improvement of the quality of life through programs that are addressed to critical priority problems of the day. Nationally and locally the American Red Cross is governed by volunteers, most of its duties are performed by volunteers and it is largely financed by voluntary contributions.

ACTIVITIES

Service to the Armed Forces and veterans are available wherever U.S. military personnel are stationed to help solve personal and family problems by providing counseling and, in emergencies, rapid communications and financial assistance.

Disaster Services works with Government agencies and community groups to set up disaster preparedness plans and, when disaster occurs, provides emergency care for victims and rehabilitation assistance to help individuals and families resume normal living.

The Blood Program collects blood from volunteer donors in 58 regional centers, processes and distributes it to hospitals for use as whole blood or components, and conducts research to develop new methods for its collection, separation, preservation, and usage.

Community Educational and Health Programs include Nursing and Health Programs, which teaches classes in home nursing, mother's aide, and mother and baby care; Safety Programs, which gives courses in first aid, small craft operation, and swimming and water safety; and Red Cross Youth, which is concerned with three broad areas of interest: health and safety, service to others, and intercultural and international friendship.

International Relations supervises the donation of supplies, funds, and technical assistance for relief in major foreign disaster and refugee situations through the League of Red Cross Societies. The International Committee of the Red Cross is supported in its role of guardian of the Geneva Conventions.

The offices of Volunteer Personnel and Program Development are reshaping and augmenting these traditional programs with new activities to help meet the current social needs of people.

Sources of Information

PUBLICATIONS

Copies of the Annual Report and The Good Neighbor (monthly) are available on request from National Headquarters, Seventeenth and D Streets NW., Washington, D.C. 20006. Subscriptions to the American Red Cross Youth News should be directed to Red Cross Youth Service Programs at the above address. A publications list of free and inexpensive publications covering all Red Cross activities is available from local chapters or National Headquarters.

FILMS

Films for sale or loan are available from the General Supply Office at National Headquarters.

SPEAKERS

Requests for speakers should be directed to local chapters.

VOLUNTEERS

Persons desiring to serve as Red Cross volunteers should contact their local chapter.

For further information, contact the Office of Public Relations, American National Red Cross,

Seventeenth and D Streets NW., Washington, D.C. 20006. Phone, 202-737-8300.

Approved.

GEORGE M. ELSEY, President.