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[[underline]] The Noguchi Sculpture [[/underline]]
Mr. Ripley reported that a marble sculpture titled "Energy Void" has been offered to the Smithsonian Institution by the artist Mr. Isamu Noguchi.
This sculpture, which is made of granite, is 12 feet high, weighing 17 tons, would lend itself magnificently to an outdoor location on a Smithsonian site if it is possible to raise the funds for its purchase, transport and installation. The estimated cost is $300,000. The suggestion was made that perhaps a donor, or donors, could be found who might be interested in such a project.

[[underline]] New Business [[/underline]]
The Vice President stated that in attending a number of constructive presentations around the country concerned domestic problems, he was impressed with the thoughtful contributions to the discussions by representatives from the Indian community, and he had become more aware of the increased sense of identity and pride on the part of the Indians in this country. In that connection, he was reminded that the Smithsonian has a superb collection of American Indian art and that there exists in the Heye collection in New York an even larger amount of art of the Indians of the Americas, including a large and reportedly immensely valuable collection of gold objects. This led him to the suggestion that there might be means by which the Smithsonian Institution could