﻿APPENDIX 
  2 
  

   REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART 
  

  

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

   of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art, 
  the 
  sixth 
  annual 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  

   covering 
  its 
  operations 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ended 
  June 
  30, 
  1943. 
  This 
  

   report 
  is 
  made 
  pursuant 
  to 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  March 
  24, 
  

   1937 
  (50 
  Stat. 
  51), 
  as 
  amended 
  by 
  the 
  public 
  resolution 
  of 
  April 
  13, 
  

   1939 
  (Pub. 
  Res. 
  No. 
  9, 
  76th 
  Cong.). 
  

  

  ORGANIZATION 
  AND 
  STAFF 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ended 
  June 
  30, 
  1943, 
  the 
  Board 
  was 
  com- 
  

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

   the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  State, 
  Cordell 
  Hull; 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Treasury, 
  

   Henry 
  Morgenthau, 
  Jr. 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Insti- 
  

   tution, 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  ex 
  officio; 
  and 
  five 
  general 
  trustees, 
  David 
  

   K. 
  E. 
  Bruce, 
  Duncan 
  Phillips, 
  Ferdinand 
  Lammot 
  Belin, 
  Joseph 
  E. 
  

   Widener, 
  and 
  Samuel 
  H. 
  Kress. 
  

  

  At 
  its 
  annual 
  meeting 
  held 
  February 
  8, 
  1943, 
  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 
  Huntington 
  Cairns, 
  

   who 
  succeeded 
  Donald 
  D. 
  Shepard, 
  resigned, 
  as 
  Secretary-Treasurer 
  

   and 
  General 
  Counsel, 
  and 
  took 
  office 
  on 
  January 
  13, 
  1943; 
  David 
  E. 
  

   Finley, 
  Director; 
  Harry 
  A. 
  McBride, 
  Administrator; 
  John 
  Walker, 
  

   Chief 
  Curator; 
  and 
  Macgill 
  James, 
  Assistant 
  Director. 
  During 
  the 
  

   year 
  Donald 
  D. 
  Shepard 
  was 
  appointed 
  Adviser 
  to 
  the 
  Board; 
  

   Elizabeth 
  Mongan 
  was 
  appointed 
  Curator 
  of 
  Painting, 
  Decorative 
  and 
  

   Graphic 
  Arts; 
  and 
  David 
  Keppel 
  was 
  appointed 
  Associate 
  Curator 
  

   of 
  Prints. 
  

  

  The 
  three 
  standing 
  committees 
  of 
  the 
  Board, 
  provided 
  for 
  in 
  the 
  

   bylaws, 
  as 
  constituted 
  at 
  the 
  annual 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Board, 
  held 
  Febru- 
  

   ary 
  8, 
  1943, 
  were 
  : 
  

  

  EXECUTIVE 
  COMMITTED 
  

  

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

  

  David 
  K. 
  E. 
  Bruce, 
  vice 
  chairman 
  

  

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

  

  Ferdinand 
  Lammot 
  Belin 
  

  

  Duncan 
  Phillips 
  

  

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