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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 15

MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Preceding the convening of the Board, and on call of the Chairman, a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held in the Illini Union Building, Urbana, Illinois, on Saturday, M a y 15, 1954, beginning at i t : 00 a.m. T h e following members of the Executive Committee were present: M r . H e r b e r t B. Megran, Chairman, Mr. P a r k Livingston, and Mrs. Frances B. Watkins. Also present and participating in the discussion of the business considered by the Committee were the other members of the Board of Trustees, the officers of the University, and the officers of the Board, as recorded above.

AUDIT OF UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTS

At the annual meeting on March 20, 1954, the Board received a report from its Finance Committee reviewing the practice followed by the Board of Trustees for many years of employing certified public accountants to audit the University's financial records. T h e Committee's report included a recommendation that this practice be continued, and that the firm of Haskins and Sells, Chicago, be retained to audit the accounts for the year 1953-1954. T h e Board approved this recommendation and referred it to the Executive Committee for implementation and with power to act. Chairman Megran reported on attempts to secure a conference of the Executive Committee with the State Auditor of Public Accounts, in view of the fact that his office had also made an audit of the University's financial records for the year 1952-1953 and that he may be considering having audits made in the future. T h e conference has not materialized because it has not been feasible to arrange a mutually satisfactory date, and in the meantime it has become necessary to reach a decision with respect to the proposal to employ Haskins and Sells again. On motion of M r s . Watkins, the Executive Committee voted to employ Haskins and Sells to audit the University's accounts for the year 1953-1954, in accordance with the terms and the fees recommended by the Finance Committee (see Minutes of March 20, 1954, pages 1202-3) a s reported to and authorized by the Board of Trustees on March 20.

COMMUNICATION FROM LOCAL NO. 6 9 8 OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES

T h e Secretary presented a letter, dated M a y 10, 1954, he received from Mr. Sherdie C. Jones, Representative of Local N o . 698, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, requesting for representatives of that organization an appearance before the Board ot Trustees to discuss the Union's position with respect to collective bargaining agreements covering six groups of employees. President Morey commented on this matter and reviewed previous consideration given to requests of the Local for general increases in rates of compensation of employees represented by Local N o . 698.