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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 30

A. Subject to the foregoing limitations, The University will pay prevailing rates to all employees in any group when such a rate has been determined or can be determined by the University for that group under the following conditions: Such rates are to be paid only after they have been put into effect locally; they are effective from the date they have been made effective locally; provided that notice has been given the Director of Nonacademic Personnel before the expiration of a local agreement upon which the local prevailing rate is based; if notice is not given in accordance with the preceding condition, rates will become effective only from the date that notice has been given to the Director of Nonacademic Personnel that the rates are in effect locally; no retroactive pay shall be effective prior to the beginning of a biennium in which the rates are made effective by the University; if the local prevailing rate declines during a biennium, the University will follow such declines, but no rates at the University will be reduced beloiv those in effect at the beginning of the biennium. Vacations, disability leave, retirement and death benefits are granted to prevailing rate employees only in accordance with Sections VI to XI inclusive irrespective of local prevailing practice in these matters. In some classifications the University will pay rates below the prevailing rates during the probationary period of not to exceed six months. (Schedules are available showing the classifications subject to the prevailing rate rule as of July 1, 1945. Changes in these schedules will be made only with the approval of the Director of Nonacademic Personnel. Employees concerned will be advised whenever such changes are made.) I n t h i s c o n n e c t i o n , a t e l e g r a m f r o m r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of l a b o r o r g a n i zations w a s read. M r . M o r e y c o m m e n t e d o n t h i s m a t t e r , a n d s t a t e d t h a t a c t i o n is n e e d e d o n t h e p r e s e n t r e c o m m e n d a t i o n of t h e D i r e c t o r of N o n a c a d e m i c Personnel, and that other proposed changes, including those referred to in t h e telegram, w e r e u n d e r discussion. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o n , t h e a m e n d m e n t t o t h e r u l e s w a s a p proved as recommended, and the telegram was referred to the President of t h e U n i v e r s i t y a n d t h e D i r e c t o r of N o n a c a d e m i c P e r s o n n e l . APPOINTMENT OF " M . " SHIMPE NISHIMURA AS RESEARCH ASSISTANT IN BOTANY (4) Professor Robert Emerson, now at the California Institute of Technology, has been appointed Research Professor of Botany in the Graduate School beginning September 1, 1946. H e will be in charge of an important new development of research and teaching in the field of photosynthesis. Professor Emerson desires to have as his Research Assistant "M." Shimpe Nishimura, now a Research Assistant at the California Institute of Technology, who has been associated with Professor Emerson in research work before. Mr. Nishimura has a combination of professional qualifications useful in photosynthesis research which probably could not be duplicated. H e is trained in physics and chemistry, and especially in the study of nuclear phenomena, which training is essential for the research program in photosynthesis. H e has acquainted himself with biological problems at the research level and has had much practical experience in the growth of plants. H e is known to Professor Emerson as a stimulating investigator in such fields as photosynthesis as the University of Illinois will necessarily cover. Because of his special qualifications and because he is Professor Emerson's first choice, I recommend his appointment as Research Assistant in Botany for the period beginning September I, 1946, and ending August 31, 1947, at a salary of $2,760. Authorization of this appointment by the Board of Trustees is necessary because of the rules of the Board governing the employment of noncitizens of the United States. Mr. Nishimura was born in Japan and he can not under existing laws become a citizen of the United States. H e came to this country as a small child and was educated in the public schools of California and in the