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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 24

The extent to which such assistance can be secured for the University is problematical. T h e length of time required to secure certain facilities would make it impracticable to attempt to secure them under the authority of this bill. The Federal W o r k s Administration has encountered some difficulty in securing surplus equipment to distribute since veterans have a higher priority in obtaining possession of surplus equipment. Even though the extent to which assistance can be obtained is so uncertain, the University has filed with the Federal W o r k s Administration documents indicating their needs. If these are approved it will be necessary for the University to file a formal application for the desired facilities. As a part of this application, it is necessary that the Board of Trustees adopt the attached resolution. I recommend that this resolution be adopted.

RESOLUTION FOR VETERANS' EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PROGRAM

Authorizing the Filing of an Application with the United States of America for Prolusion of Veterans' Educational Facilities, and Designating and Authorizing a Representative Whereas, the University of Illinois (herein called the "Applicant"), acting by and through its governing body, upon the basis of available data, has found that there exists or impends an acute shortage of educational facilities required for persons engaged in the pursuit of courses of training or education under Title II of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, and to relieve such shortage proposes to request the United States of America through the Bureau of Community Facilities, Federal W o r k s Agency (herein called the "Government"), to provide educational facilities, pursuant to Public Law 697, 79th Congress (Section 504 of the Lanham Act, as amended), and in connection therewith, has examined and considered such law, the Regulations, the Information for Applicants, the form of application and the form of proposed agreement; Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Board of Trustees of the Applicant (herein called the "Governing Body") that a justification of need and that an application or applications be filed, in such form as may be required by the Government, to provide such educational facilities as are required to alleviate such acute shortage, and that the Applicant will comply with the various requirements and conditions necessary to enable the Government to provide such facilities; and Be it further resolved that Lloyd Morey, Comptroller, is hereby designated as the Applicant's Representative and is authorized in his capacity as such Representative to file with the Government a justification of need and an application or applications to negotiate, execute, and enter into an agreement or agreements with the Government in substantially the form of agreement considered by the Governing Body, to negotiate, execute and enter into such other agreements and instruments and to perform and do any and all acts as may be necessary to provide a suitable site and site preparation, streets or roadways, sidewalks, landscaping, utility mains, technical or engineering data, architectural or engineering services, necessary rights of entry and rights of way for Government operations, to accept on behalf of the Applicant ownership and possession of such facilities, to assure the Government that such facilities will be utilized by the Applicant to carry out the purposes of such law, and to do or perform any and all other acts that are necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Applicant's application, to perform the Applicant's obligations under its agreement with the Government, and to obtain the provision of such facilities.

On motion of Mrs. Grigsby, this resolution was unanimously adopted.

FINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE LYDIA E. BATES BEQUEST (20) As previously reported to the Board (Minutes, April 28, 1941, page 271), the late Lydia E. P a r k e r Bates bequeathed to the University the bulk of her estate to establish a fund to be known as " T h e Lydia E. Parker Bates Fund for the Advancement of Fine Arts." T h e trust estate which she established pro-