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Philip S. Hopkins, director of the National Air Museum since 1958, 

 announced his retirement as of August 1, 1964. S. Paul Johnston has 

 been selected as the new director. He wiU take office on September 1, 

 1964. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Philip S. Hopkins, Director. 

 S. Dillon Ripley, 



Secretary^ Smithsonian Institution. 



