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   Through: Richard L. Ault or appointed representative.

   Time: Through 1976

3. Study, with the technical advice of experts, the alternative communications systems geared to informing the public as quickly as possible of a range of items from hourly Festival of American Folklife events to exhibit halls that have been temporarily closed due to crowding (i.e., Direct telephone links from museum director's office, guard office, and the Festival, to one central office where incoming information would be transformed on a teletype or video screen and immediately relayed to all public information desks around the Institution).
   Through: Robert B. Burke, Director, Office 
            of Protection Services, in 
            conjunction with Mary Grace 
            Potter, Director, Smithsonian 
            Associates Reception Center

   Time: For inclusion of FY 1976 budget (May-
         June 1974)

4. Increase guard employment to make up for current estimated short-fall--current needs should be justified on their own merits (regardless of Bicentennial) plus appropriate increases based on visitor level projections for the Bicentennial. Also, an improved visitor counting system should be adopted for 1976.

   Through: Robert B. Burke
    
   Time: For inclusion in FY 1976 Budget (May-June 1974)