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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION    1466

year 1960 at its meeting on December 10, 1958, transmits these two budgets, as approved, to the Board of Regents at the next annual meeting.

The question of the use of marble for the new Museum of History and Technology Building was discussed because of a letter received by the Secretary from Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting a letter from Senator Homer E. Capehart urging the use of Indiana limestone rather than marble for the Building. It was

VOTED that the Executive Committee having considered the question of the stone to be used in the new Museum of History and Technology Building of the Smithsonian Institution, and having noted a recommendation that limestone rather than marble be used for this building, reaffirms its direction that the building by constructed from marble in view of the recommendation concerning this matter from the Commission of Fine Arts and architects of the building.

A report on the development of safety precautions at the National Zoological Park was presented by the Secretary.

Paragraphs of a letter received from the Honorable Robert E. McLaughlin, President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, concerning future financing of the National Zoological Park were read to the Committee. The relevant paragraph is as follows:

"The joint fiscal subcommittee of the District of Columbia Committees recently approved a revised capital outlay program for the District. In their report on the legislation the District of Columbia Committees recommended the deletion of funds for capital improvements at the Zoo. In view of the District's apparent willingness to embark on a capital outlay program for the Zoo and its subsequent deletion by the Congress, the Committee recommends that the District Commissioners bring this question of future financing--not only of capital improvements but also the cost of operating expenses--to the attention of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution."

There was detailed consideration of this question, and on motion duly made, seconded and carried it was

VOTED (a) that the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution be authorized to work out with the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia an acceptable method to determine the percentage of visitors to the National Zoological Park who reside in the District of Columbia and those who live outside

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