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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   1608                     
 
3. Car
 
a. That the incoming Secretary should be provided with a car and chauffeur which he could use in exactly the same fashion as they are used by the present Secretary.

4. Expense Allowance 

a. That the incoming Secretary would have an expense allowance in the same amount, and to be used in the same fashion, as that of the present Secretary.

These points were discussed at length by the Board. It was understood that meritorious service might well be recognized by some salary advance at a future time. 

The recommendations of the Committee as stated above were approved by the Board.

Dr. Haskins then discussed the mechanics of the arrangements surrounding the taking of office by the new Secretary. It was the unanimous hope of the Board that a new Secretary could take office at the normal time of the retirement of Dr. Carmichael, in November of 1963 or at the latest by January 1, 1964. It was recognized, however, that it might be difficult to achieve this goal in practice, and great stress was laid on the importance of having some overlap between the outgoing and the incoming Secretaries. Dr. Haskins reported that, in accordance with the motion made by Senator Saltonstall instructing Mr. Fleming and Dr. Haskins to discuss with Dr. Carmichael the possibility of his remaining somewhat longer if the situation required it, such a discussion had taken place and Dr. Carmichael had consented if necessary to remain until June 30, 1964, but had expressed a very deep hope that this would not be required, as he was particularly anxious to resume the thread of his own individual research and writing as soon as possible.

Discussion followed as to the appropriate position which the outgoing Secretary should assume within the Institution on his retirement and after the new Secretary had taken office. It was unanimously agreed that Dr. Carmichael should be invited to assume a relationship with the Institution upon his retirement as Secretary identical with that offered to his predecessors Dr. Wetmore and Dr. Abbot, with comparable facilities and privileges.

Dr. Haskins then turned to the recommendation of the Committee on a candidate for the Secretaryship. He reported that a total of some thirty names, drawn from a wide range of talents and backgrounds, had been considered. These had been narrowed to some nine after the first formal meeting of the Committee, and to two shortly thereafter. After further consideration and personal interview by two of its members, it was the unanimous recommendation of the Committee that Dr. Sidney Dillon Ripley, the Director of the Peabody Museum of Yale University, be asked to assume the post of Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

This matter was discussed at length by the Board. It was the unanimous decision of all those present to accept the recommendation of the Special Committee. The Board directed that Dr. Ripley be offered the post of Secretary, to succeed Dr. Carmichael.