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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION  761
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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING 
OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
HELD APRIL 5, 1928, AT 10.00 O'CLOCK A.M.
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PRESENT.

Chief Justice William H. Taft, Chancellor, in the chair;
Vice President Charles G. Dawes;
Senator Claude A. Swanson;
Representative R. Walton Moore;
Mr. Frederic A. Delano;
Mr. Irwin B. Laughlin;
Mr. Charles E. Hughes;
Dr. John C. Merriam; and
The Secretary, Dr. Charles G. Abbot.
Assistant Secretary Dr. Alexander Wetmore was present by invitation.

CALL FOR MEETING.

The Secretary explained that this Special Meeting had been called by four members of the Permanent Committee for the purpose of considering the subject of the proposedNational Museum of Engineering and Industry and such other matters as might be brought before the Board.

NON-ATTENDANCE.

The Secretary stated that Messrs. Robert S. Brookings and Dwight W. Morrow were unable to attend owing to absence from the country; and that Senators Reed Smoot and Joseph T. Robinson, and Representatives Albert Johnson and Walter H. Newton could not be present owing to engagements at this hour.

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