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Although discussions continued between Smithsonian staff and officials of the Museum of African Art, members of Congress and other interested parties, and although some members of the [[underlined]] ad hoc [[/underlined]] Committee continued to pursue the question, no further action was taken by the Board in September, 1977.  The Secretary did mention the subject during the oversight hearings on October 3.

The Chancellor mentioned his very long friendship with Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and reported that two days before Hubert Humphrey left Washington for Minnesota, he had called the Chancellor three times about the Museum of African Art legislation.  The Chancellor told him that the subject would be on the agenda of the Executive Committee as well as the Board of Regent meetings.  Senator Humphrey mentioned the drafting of legislation which he had asked Senator Wendell Anderson to introduce for him and discussed the Museum with the Chancellor at length.  The Chancellor referred to a letter which had been sent to Mrs. Boggs, which she read as follows: