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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1612 The Secretary stated he had taken the liberty of adding informal notes of information about these firms on the pages in the agenda immediately following Mr. Daly's letter. In addition, on the basis of confidential conversations with a man who has long been outstanding in this field, the Secretary had added the names of four other good firms not mentioned by the Public Buildings Service, as follows: Voorhees, Walker, Smith, Smith, and Haines New York, New York Philip Johnson New York, New York Harrison and Abramovitz New York, New York Chatelain, Gauger and Nolan Washington, D.C. The Secretary further stated that he had received word from Senator Anderson that his choices would be the following, in the order named: 1st - Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum 2nd - Office of Eero Saarinen 3rd - Skidmore, Owings and Merrill At the time Senator Anderson made his selection he did not have the names of the four firms added by the Secretary. Senator Saltonstall inquired if a motion would be in order to make the selection from the three names mentioned by Senator Anderson or from any other names. On motion by Dr. Greenewalt, seconded by Dr. Brown, and carried it was VOTED that the Chancellor, the Executive Committee and Senator Anderson be empowered to select the architect for the National Air Museum from the architectural firms mentioned or from any others that they might consider. Mr. Bow suggested that Mr. James R. Johnstone, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Foreign Buildings, Department of State, who designs buildings abroad for the Government, would be a good person to give advice on various firms from his experiences. STATUS OF IMPROVEMENTS AT NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK The Secretary reported that $1,275,000 had been appropriated for the fiscal year 1963 for construction and improvements at the National Zoological Park. Work under way included remodeling of the Bird House and construction of the East-West roadway from the Connecticut Avenue Entrance along the northerly periphery of the Park to Harvard Street. The Bird House is expected to be completed in May 1964 and the roadway by October 1963.