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an outdoor garden with perhaps a small pavilion where we could demonstrate to the people of this country, in terms of grains and other basic foodstuffs, the life support systems, the food problems that we are addressing ourselves to and perhaps providing a fascinating expose of what the family of man is going to be thinking about in the Twenty-First Century.

Senator Scott said that the essential point to be remembered is not so much whether a building should be erected (perhaps we could even say that for the present it shouldn't), but unless this ground is reserved for use by the Smithsonian, at some point someone else might ask for the area which might prove to be incompatible with the Mall.

If legislatively reserved for the Smithsonian at this time, the site will be available at some future date to complete the Smithsonian complex on the Mall for public education and enjoyment. At the appropriate time, legislation authorizing construction of a new museum building would be requested. Thus, the present proposal looks to the future and will assure the orderly and proper development of the Mall.