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Committee.  Accordingly, it was proposed that the following resolution, approved by the Executive Committee, be transmitted to the Chairman of the National Board of the Smithsonian Associates, endorsing this priority project for the Institutional Development Committee.  (A statement describing this committee is attached also).

The following motions were proposed by Mr. Webb and it was 

VOTED that the Board of Regents approves the Bylaws of the National Board of the Smithsonian Associates;

and

Whereas the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design located in New York City requires financial assistance, sufficient to renovate and restore the Carnegie Mansion at 2 East 91st Street to permit a public opening; and Whereas an additional amount of $750,000 to aggregate $1.5 million dollars is the  target figure to be raised by the first quarter of 1974;

Now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents endorses the concept that the Institutional Development Committee of the National Board of the Smithsonian Associates undertake the Cooper-Hewitt capital fund raising as its first effort.

It was suggested that a letter to Mr. Lapham signed jointly by the Chancellor and the Secretary, indicate the importance of this undertaking.  Coordinated effort on this project as well as other joint efforts in the future will be encouraged.  A proposed letter was presented to the Secretary by Mr. Webb for subsequent approval by the Chancellor as indicated above.