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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION  842
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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
HELD MAY 29, 1930.

HOUR OF MEETING.

The Board met at 9:30 A.M.

PRESENT.

The Hon. Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice of the United States;
Senator Joseph T. Robinson;
Senator Claude A. Swanson;
Representative Albert Johnson;
" [[ditto for Representative]] R. Walton Moore;
" [[ditto for Representative]] Robert Luce;
Mr. Robert S. Brookings;
Mr. Frederic A. Delano;
Dr. John C. Merriam; and the
Secretary, Dr. Charles G. Abbot.
Mr. Delano was invited to act as Temporary Chairman. 

NON-ATTENDANCE.

The Secretary stated that Mr. Irwin B. Laughlin was at Madrid, as Ambassador to Spain' that Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow, Vice-President Charles Curtis, and Senator Reed Smoot, were unable to attend owing to important engagements. 

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