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ing a general discussion of the project, two of decisions were: that a survey be conducted of the aeronautic field in order to learn what important historic and technical material might be available, and that efforts be made to locate a storage area where collected material might be received pending the construction of permanent facilities for public exhibition and study.

On January 6, 1947, in Administrative Bulletin No. 2, Dr. Wetmore directed that Mr. Carl W. Mitman, Head Curator, Department of Engineering and Industries, be designated as Assistant to the Secretary for the National Air Museum; that Mr. Frank A. Taylor, curator of Engineering, serve as adviser to Mr. Mitman in aeronautical matters, and that the section of Aeronautics be elevated to the status of a division. 

On September 17, 1946, Mr. Paul Edward Garber, who had been on military furlough during the war, returned to the Museum after an absence of nearly five years in the Navy with the final rank of Commander. Administrative Bulletin No. 2 designated that he be curator of the new division of Aeronautics, reporting directly to Mr. Mitman. The division obtained the services of Mrs. Ann S. Campbell as secretarial assistant on March 3, 1947. 

Although the Law establishing the National Air Museum authorized the sum of $50,000 to defray the expenses of its planning, this money was not made available during this fiscal year and the carrying out of the Advisory Board's directives has been accomplished as far as possible by the existing staff. Because of the high priority accorded this work, it has constituted the division's principal endeavor during the latter half of the fiscal year. Consequently the basic functions of the division