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From left to right, John C. Merriam, Vannevar Bush, and Herbert Hoover pose for a photograph at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institution. Original caption: "Associated Press Photo, Please use Credit, From Wahsington, D. C., Hoover returns to capital--non-politically, Former President Herbert Hoover returned to the capital Dec. 9 and politics was not involved. He came merely in the interest of pure science to attend a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institution a few blocks up 16th street from the White House. Shown with the former President are Dr. John C. Merriam (left), retiring President of the Institution, and Dr. Vannevar Bush of The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who will suceed Dr. Merriam." Original credit line: Associated Press Photo 12-9-38, WX A List NY NEG.