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to the degree you are willing to involve yourselves. You are the first Board of Trustees of this Museum, and I know it is an opportunity and a responsibility to which you will respond with skill and dedication.

Thank You.

Please, please take care of my children.

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The Chairman and members of the Board of Trustees expressed their great appreciation to Mr. Hirshhorn for his statement and agreed that it should be included in its entirety in the minutes of the meeting. Representative Brademas said that he would be happy to submit Mr. Hirshhorn's statement for publication in the [[underlined]]Congressional Record.[[superscript]]1 [[/underlined]]/[[/superscript]] Mr. Hirshhorn thanked the Trustees and Congressman Brademas and added that he hopes the museum will receive another substantial gift before its opening.

[[underlined]]Director's Report[[/underlined]]

The Chairman then called upon Mr. Lerner for his report, which follows:

[[underlined]]Building Progress [[/underlined]]

The new scheduled building completion date of June 30, 1973 has shifted our opening date to the spring of 1974. This shift is necessary to accommodate the interior completion of the building - painting, electrical installation, furnishing, getting our staff settled, in addition to mounting the inaugural exhibition and arranging all the events that will accompany the formal opening.  Transfer of the works of art from New York and Greenwich to Washington will begin as soon as the building is ready to

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[[footnote]][[underlined]]1[[/underlined]]/ Mr. Hirshhorn's statement was placed in the [[underlined]]Congressional Record[[/underlined]] of January 16, 1973, Vol. 119, No. 8, page E231, by Representative Brademas.[[/footnote]]