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letter expressing the regret of Mr. Brookings that illness prevented him from being present. Senators Smoot and Swanson were unable to attend owing to important engagements. 

MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF MAY 29, 1930.

The Secretary explained that these minutes had been supplied to the Regents in typewritten form and were now before the Board in the printed pamphlet shown. In the absence of objection the Chancellor declared the minutes approved.  

CHANGES IN BOARD OF REGENTS.

The Secretary stated that the induction of Mr.Dwight W. Morrow as a Senator from New Jersey automatically terminated his membership as a citizen member of the Board of Regents, and leaves a vacancy in that class. Another vacancy exists in the citizen class owing to the fact that the Joint Resolution naming Mr. Charles A. Stone to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Mr. Hughes as Chief Justice of the United States,has not been acted upon by Congress. The Secretary announced that the term of Mr. Robert S. Brookings as a Regent would expire January 6, 1931, and then read the following letter from Mr. Morrow:-

December 10, 1930.

My dear Dr. Abbot:

I understand that my election to the United States Senate disqualifies me from serving as a civilian Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. As I leave the Board of Regents I want to express to you, and through you to the Board, my pleasure at having had the opportunity of serving on the Board and my regret that during the past three years, while I was in Mexico, I was able to attend so few meetings.

With kind regards, believe me,
Very Sincerely yours,
DWIGHT W. MORROW.

Dr.C.G.Abbot,
Secretary, Smithsonian 
Institution,
Washington, D.C.