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[[preprinted]] SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 842 [[/preprinted]] [[preprinted left margin]] MADE BY BAKER-VAWTER CO. [[/preprinted left margin]] 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. [[initialed]] CGA [[/initialed]]