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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1943 
  

  

  without 
  authority 
  to 
  administer 
  the 
  trust 
  directly, 
  and, 
  therefore, 
  

   constituted 
  an 
  "establishment" 
  whose 
  statutory 
  members 
  are 
  "the 
  

   President, 
  the 
  Vice 
  President, 
  the 
  Chief 
  Justice, 
  and 
  the 
  heads 
  of 
  

   the 
  executive 
  departments." 
  

  

  THE 
  BOARD 
  OF 
  REGENTS 
  

  

  Changes 
  in 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  were 
  as 
  

   follows: 
  

  

  Senator 
  Charles 
  L. 
  McNary, 
  of 
  Oregon, 
  having 
  been 
  reelected 
  to 
  

   the 
  Senate 
  for 
  the 
  term 
  beginning 
  January 
  3, 
  1943, 
  was 
  reappointed 
  

   by 
  the 
  Vice 
  President 
  on 
  February 
  4, 
  1943, 
  as 
  a 
  regent 
  to 
  succeed 
  

   himself. 
  

  

  On 
  October 
  26, 
  1942, 
  the 
  Honorable 
  William 
  P. 
  Cole, 
  Jr., 
  of 
  Mary- 
  

   land, 
  resigned 
  from 
  the 
  House 
  of 
  Representatives, 
  which 
  automati- 
  

   cally 
  terminated 
  his 
  term 
  as 
  a 
  regent; 
  on 
  January 
  12, 
  1943, 
  the 
  

   Speaker 
  appointed 
  Representative 
  Edward 
  E. 
  Cox, 
  of 
  Georgia, 
  to 
  

   succeed 
  him. 
  

  

  The 
  term 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Roland 
  S. 
  Morris, 
  of 
  Pennsylvania, 
  as 
  a 
  citizen 
  

   regent, 
  expired 
  February 
  20, 
  1942. 
  By 
  Joint 
  Resolution 
  of 
  Congress 
  

   approved 
  July 
  28, 
  1942, 
  he 
  was 
  reappointed 
  to 
  succeed 
  himself 
  for 
  

   the 
  statutory 
  term 
  of 
  6 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  roll 
  of 
  regents 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

   Harlan 
  F. 
  Stone, 
  Chief 
  Justice 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  Chancellor; 
  

   Henry 
  A. 
  Wallace, 
  Vice 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States; 
  members 
  

   from 
  the 
  Senate 
  — 
  Charles 
  L. 
  McNary, 
  Alben 
  W. 
  Barkley, 
  Bennett 
  

   Champ 
  Clark; 
  members 
  from 
  the 
  House 
  of 
  Representatives 
  — 
  Clar- 
  

   ence 
  Cannon, 
  Foster 
  Stearns, 
  Edward 
  E. 
  Cox; 
  citizen 
  members 
  — 
  

   Frederic 
  A. 
  Delano, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  ; 
  Roland 
  S. 
  Morris, 
  Pennsyl- 
  

   vania; 
  Harvey 
  N. 
  Davis, 
  New 
  Jersey; 
  Arthur 
  H. 
  Compton, 
  Illinois; 
  

   Vannevar 
  Bush, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  ; 
  and 
  Frederic 
  C. 
  Walcott, 
  Con- 
  

   necticut. 
  

  

  Proceedings. 
  — 
  The 
  annual 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  was 
  

   held 
  on 
  January 
  15, 
  1943. 
  The 
  regents 
  present 
  were 
  Chief 
  Justice 
  

   Harlan 
  F. 
  Stone, 
  Chancellor; 
  Vice 
  President 
  Henry 
  A. 
  Wallace; 
  

   Representatives 
  Clarence 
  Cannon, 
  Foster 
  Stearns, 
  and 
  Edward 
  E. 
  

   Cox; 
  citizen 
  regents 
  Frederic 
  A. 
  Delano, 
  Roland 
  S. 
  Morris, 
  Harvey 
  

   N. 
  Davis, 
  Arthur 
  H. 
  Compton, 
  and 
  Vannevar 
  Bush; 
  and 
  the 
  Secre- 
  

   tary, 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  G. 
  Abbot. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  presented 
  his 
  annual 
  report 
  covering 
  the 
  year's 
  

   activities 
  of 
  the 
  parent 
  Institution 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  Government 
  

   branches, 
  which 
  was 
  accepted 
  by 
  the 
  Board, 
  as 
  was 
  also 
  the 
  report 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Delano, 
  of 
  the 
  executive 
  committee, 
  covering 
  financial 
  statis- 
  

   tics 
  of 
  the 
  Institution. 
  The 
  Secretary 
  stated 
  that 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  

   exigencies 
  of 
  wartime 
  travel, 
  there 
  had 
  been 
  no 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian 
  Art 
  Commission 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  