- 2 
I am wondering, for instance, whether you are anxious 
to have that Naval exhibit now in the rotunda or whether you 
would just as soon see it located somewhere else. I am also 
wondering whether you would be agreeable to furnishing some 
space off the rotunda for the exhibit of the Academy in Rome. 
In this connection, I asked Mr. Cammerer whether the granting 
of an exhibit to the Academy in Rome might not result in addi¬ 
tional requests for exhibits. He felt that there was no danger 
that either the Fine Arts Committee or the Museum-would be 
embarrassed by requests for exhibit space. 
While there is small chance that the question regard¬ 
ing space for the Fine Arts Committee in the National Gallery 
will be brought up prior to your return, I am wondering whether 
this whole subject has been definitely settled and is understood 
by Professor Holmes. It is By understanding that none of the 
space will need to be vacated until some time late in the fall. 
Yours very truly. 
Since writing the above letter, I have got in touch 
with Mrs. Pearson and she sent over some papers covering 
your correspondence on this subject. As near as I can 
figure from this, you would not make any very definite 
promise on space, one reference relating to space adjoin¬ 
ing the National Gallery and the other to space for murals 
in the National Gallery. I don’t know that there will be 
any demand for more or less definite assignment of space 
except in the case of the Acadeey in Rome. My own prefer¬ 
ence in this regard would be to assure them of your in¬ 
terest in this subject and your desire to cooperate with 
them, but to point out to them that you are a member of 
this Committee and that any definite assignments of space 
should await your return. 
J. E. G. 
