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Committee Becomes Society. The American-Soviet Science Society is the new name of the Science Committee, National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Inc., New York, N. Y. All members of the latter have been invited to membership in the society. It was recommended that scientists and technologists be eligible for membership in the new society. Under the auspices of this society 300 scientists attended a reception, August 21, at Columbia University, New York, N. Y., to honor Doctor Irving Langmuir, General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y., and five other members of the American delegation of 16 that attended the recent scientific congress in Moscow.