Mineral Resources and the Atlantic Charter

Abstract

THE Conference on “Mineral Resources and the Atlantic Charter”, arranged by the Division for the Social and International Relations of Science of the British Association, is to be held in the theatre of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, Bloomsbury, London, on July 24 and 25. There will be morning and afternoon sessions on each day, beginning at 10 a.m. and 2.15 p.m. The subjects of the successive sessions are intended, broadly speaking, to be classified respectively as: (1) distributional, in the geological and geographical aspects ; (2) the preceding considerations as applicable to certain mineral products ; (3) new sources and materials; (4) economic and planning considerations. The Conference will be opened by Sir Richard Gregory, president of the Association, and the chair at the successive sessions will be taken by Sir Thomas Holland, Sir William Larke, Dr. C. H. Desch and the Right Hon. Sir Stafford Cripps. Among expected speakers are Prof. H. H. Read, Prof. C. B. Fawcett, Prof. W. R. Jones, Sir Lewis Fermor, Dr. E. F. Armstrong, Dr. W. H. Hatfield, Dr. L. Dudley Stamp and Prof. J. G. Smith. Admission to the Conference will be by ticket, obtainable from the British Association, Burlington House, London, W. 1; tickets will be issued, so far as accommodation in the theatre permits, on or after July 13.