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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   1560

Anderson stated that the Smithsonian had a special tradition in connection with the old "Smithsonian Park" which occupied much of The Mall, and that great care should be exercised not to relinquish Smithsonian land. On motion by Senator Anderson, seconded by Senator Fulbright and Dr. Haskins, and carried it was

VOTED that the Board of Regents instructs the Secretary to inform the District of Columbia Department of Highways and Traffic that the Smithsonian Institution has no present plans for the abandonment of the Arts and Industries Building, and that the District of Columbia Department of Highways and Traffic be requested to investigate the possibility of planning the Ninth Street Underpass by the use of a suitable detour or depression so that the Arts and Industries Building will not be harmed.

NATIONAL ARMED FORCES MUSEUM ADVISORY BOARD LEGISLATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS TO BOARD

The Board of Regents has been requested by the White House to submit recommendations for appointment by the President to the National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board. Public Law 87-186 provides that of the nine members to be appointed by the President, two shall be from among persons recommended by the Regents. The hope was expressed that the President would appoint more than two civilians to this board in order to avoid dominance by the military in its deliberations. It was decided that the Regents would not propose any names in addition to the two recommendations formally requested but leave this matter at the staff level. On motion by Senator Anderson, seconded by Senator Fulbright, and carried it was

VOTED that the Board of Regents recommends for appointment by the President as members of the National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board:

Chief Justice Earl Warren
Dr. John Nicholas Brown

TEXTILE MUSEUM

The Secretary reported that he had been instructed by the Executive Committee to proceed with conversations concerning the possibility of the transfer of the assets of the Textile Museum, founded by George Hewitt Myers, to the Smithsonian Institution. It was

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