APPENDIX 2 

 REPORT ON THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 



Sir : I have the honor to submit, on behalf of the Board of Trus- 

 tees of the National Gallery of Art, the fifth annual report of the 

 Board covering its operations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1942. This report is being made pursuant to the provisions of the act 

 of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolu- 

 tion of April 13, 1939 (Pub. Res. No. 9, 76th Cong.). 



ORGANIZATION AND STAFF 



During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1942, the Board was com- 

 prised of the Chief Justice of the United States, Harlan F. Stone, 

 who succeeded the Honorable Charles Evans Hughes as Chief Jus- 

 tice and took office on July 3, 1941 ; the Secretary of State, Cordell 

 Hull; the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr.; and 

 the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. C. G. Abbot, ex 

 officio; and five general trustees, David K. E. Bruce, Duncan Phil- 

 lips, Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Joseph E. Widener, and Samuel H. 

 Kress. 



At its annual meeting held February 9, 1942, the Board reelected 

 David K. E. Bruce, President, and Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Vice 

 President of the Board, to serve the ensuing year. The executive 

 officers continuing in office during the year were Donald D. Shepard, 

 Secretary -Treasurer and General Counsel; David E. Finley, Direc- 

 tor; Harry A. McBride, Administrator; John Walker, Chief Cura- 

 tor ; and Macgill James, Assistant Director. At the annual meeting 

 the Board elected Chester Dale of New York as an honorary officer 

 of the Gallery, giving him the title of Associate Vice President. At 

 a. meeting of the Board held December 29, 1941, the Board provided 

 for the appointment of Otto R. Eggers and Daniel P. Higgins, con- 

 stituting the firm of Eggers & Higgins of New York, as consultant 

 architects for the National Gallery of Art. During the year, George 

 T. Heckert was appointed Assistant Administrator, such appoint- 

 ment being made possible because of the reclassification of his office 

 by the Civil Service Commission. 



Also at the annual meeting the Board, pursuant to its bylaws, con- 

 stituted its three standing committees as follows : 



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