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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   1504

from every expenditure.

Therefore, I believe that it is the responsibility of the Executive Committee or of the Chancellor to notify Mr. Floete that we do not want the plans and purposes of the Smithsonian changed, but instead we want to have contracts let and work done which would use up the full amount of the appropriation and no more.

Sincerely yours,

/s/ Clinton P. Anderson

After discussion by the Executive Committee there was full concurrence with the statements made in Senator Anderson's letter. It was agreed that this letter most clearly presented the wish of the Regents in regard to the building.

It was the decision of the Committee that the Chairman of the Executive Committee and the Secretary of the Smithsonian should seek an appointment with Mr. Floete to discuss with him the interpretation of the latter's letter in the light of Senator Anderson's letter.

There was then a general discussion of the inevitability of work changes in the construction of all modern complex buildings. The Secretary was instructed to give full consideration to the wish of the Regents in regard to the complete utilization of available balances for the construction of as adequate as possible a building as authorized by the Congress, but that this must be done within the limit of the funds already appropriated.

Prior to my conference with Mr. Floete, the Secretary was directed to ask for a conference with Mr. Clarence Cannon to acquaint him with the views of the Committee and to ask his advice concerning the conference with Mr. Floete. This conference was held on March 10, 1960, and Mr. Cannon approved the action of the Committee, and specifically approved Senator Anderson's view that the entire sum of money appropriated should be used to make the new Museum of History and Technology the best building possible by the use of the funds already appropriated.

My conference with Mr. Floete was held on March 15, 1960. It was also attended by Mr. Lawson B. Knott, Jr., Deputy Commissioner of Public Buildings Services, and Dr. Carmichael.

After careful discussion and consideration Mr. Floete and Mr. Knott agree that, in their opinion, the General Services Administration should cooperate with the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in authorizing work which would allow the full expenditure of appropriated funds so that the building could be as adequate as possible for the purposes which the Congress had authorized.

It was agreed that Mr. Leonard L. Hunter, Assistant Commissioner for Design and