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ETHNOGEOGRAPHIC BOARD BENNETT 



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ful hopes for more "research" projects and planning. In the ap- 

 plication to the Foundations, for example, the $55,000 annual budget 

 estimated six Board meetings a year, although no more than two a 

 year were ever held, nor would they have been practical. An item 

 for five consultants a month at $100 each was not explained in the 

 application nor ever clarified in practice. Six to ten projects at $500 

 were itemized by a Board which later restricted grants by policy and 

 seldom considered the employment of part-time personnel. On the 

 basis of 5 successful dinner conferences in 1942, the Directorate es- 



20,000 _ 



15,000 _ 



10,000 



5,000 



TOTAL A 

 EXPEND ITDRES 



'KSTIMATSD BUDGET 

 ' EXPEIOITURES 



BUDGET EXPENDITURES 



PQ 



n 



n 



m 



Fig. I. — Graph of Ethnogeographic Board's budget. 



ti mated 20 in 1943 at a total cost of $5,000 ($75 per conference 

 dinner, plus $3,500 for traveling expenses), but owing to war re- 

 strictions only 5 more were held. 



In estimating its budgets the Director made allowances for hiring 

 additional staff members. However, this was not necessary for many 

 projects because the Smithsonian loaned members of its staff, which 

 increased its contribution but did not deplete the Board's operational 

 budget. For illustration, the Pacific Survey Project cost the budget 

 only $51.03. If outside personnel had been hired the Board's expenses 

 would have increased proportionately. The concentration on war ser- 

 vice rather than research promotion cut down the costs enormously, 



