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north range, including the Art Gallery. Mr. Goldsmith will fur¬ 
nish sketches, enclosed, which indicate their maximum and mini¬ 
mum requirements. He is at the same time obtaining for them the 
cost in connection with the schemes they have in mind. In case 
they recommend removal of all the internal partitions, there 
will undoubtedly be the problem of their furnishing some tempor¬ 
ary screens on which paintings can be exhibited. Apparently, 
their plans call for the retention of only such gallery paintings 
as are connected with Washington in some way. If they, recommend 
the reduction of these internal partitions from twelve to nine 
feet, it will undoubtedly mean the removal of these partitions 
entirely at the end of the exhibition, and their restoration to 
the twelve foot height provided that is what you wish as a per¬ 
manent arrangement. In any case, they understand that they will 
have to replace anything removed, and they also understand that 
no consent has thus far been allotted for their exhibits in the 
National Art Gallery. Mr. Moore indicated that they would have 
to give their final reply to the painters who are to prepare the 
mural decorations in a very short time, so a statement from you 
which could be taken up with the Secretary would be appreciated. 
It now appears that a rather definite assignment of space in the 
Art Gallery can not be delayed to av/ait your return, a situation 
which does not add to my happiness. A statement was made that 
these mural decorations would probably be worth $300,000.00, and 
they tried to impress upon both Mr. Goldsmith and myself the im¬ 
portance of taking care of their needs even at the expense of a 
very considerable sacrifice on the part of the Museum. 
Mr. Moore stated he would certainly like to see the 
Naval exhibit removed from the rotunda permanently. He was in¬ 
formed that you had this entire subject under consideration, and 
that you certainly did not want to give up the Naval exhibit 
permanently and that naturally our retention of it would hinge 
on an agreement regarding its exhibition which you would make 
with the Secretary of the Navy. I was particularly anxious to 
leave this suggestion with them, since after all the exhibition 
of this material is a subject to be decided between the Museum 
and the Navy Department, and it would obviously be dangerous to 
have the Commission discussing the future disposition of this 
exhibit with the Secretary of the Navy. 
Mr. Moore was informed that Mrs. Hoes of the Bicen¬ 
tennial Commission was also discussing the matter of space with 
you and that this subject is one which must be considered in 
connection with the allotment of ary space in the Museum build¬ 
ings. Mr. Moore indicated that her exhibit belonged in the Arts 
and Industries Building in connection with the Division of His¬ 
tory, and that he thought it would be a mistake to have it placed 
too closely to the exhibition of the Fine Arts Commission. In 
