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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

(including collectors) and from a broader geographical spread. Members were requested to make a list of candidates to refer to the Executive Committee. If candidates are chosen in time, their names can be announced at the opening in May. A motion by Dr. Lewis was seconded and passed to amend the Bylaws to read: "This Commission is to consist of up to 24 members, including five artists, five experts in the fine arts, and five business or professional men of public spirit interested in the fine arts, who shall be appointed by the Board of Regents, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, who shall be an ex officio member of the Commission. They shall hold office for four years and shall be eligible for re-election."

REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY: Mr. Ripley spoke on the Smithsonian's problems with the budget: its severe austerity; the opposition of Congress towards special appropriations for educational-type institutions (such as the Smithsonian); the S.I. Administration's efforts with revisions of budget requests; and the recent generous consideration of the Bureau of the Budget. He pointed out that, even if the museum is opened to the public, there would still be difficulty in maintenance of the building to full capacity. He mentioned problems of the Lincoln Gallery design, and expressed interest in having the NCFA develop more programs of an educational nature. 

REMARKS BY THE DIRECTOR: Dr. Scott stated that the opening would be a report on the national heritage, showing four or five hundred works of good museum quality. He discussed the Powers sculpture collection and announced that the S. C. Johnson Collection (Johnson Wax Collection) had arrived. 

Commission members voted to accept all the works recommended by the Executive Committee on November 15, 1967. They also accepted work by William Merritt Chase, Jasper Francis Cropsey, Grace Hartigan, Chaim Gross, Hans Hofmann and John Rogers. A list of the works of art is attached. 

On motion by Mr. Greenewalt, seconded by Mr. Haskins, and carried, it was 

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the actions recommended by the Smithsonian Art Commission as indicated in the minutes of their meeting of December 5, 1967.