Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1933, Page 23

LTZENS REOPE CUPDLA DISPUTE Burroughs Group Denounces Shift in School Plans as “Dangerous.” . — - ‘The long controverted cupola ques- tion cropped up once more in the Bur- roughs Citizens' Association last night with issuance of a statement warning that “a dangerous precedent” might be set, if the District subcommittee of the ‘House Appropriations Committee con- tinues to support the District Engineer Commissioner in “his disregard of the law” pertaining to his cuties in rela- tion to public building plans. “And Congress might just as well abolish the Fine Arts Commission,” the statement continued, “thereby saving from waste the funds which are appro- priated for its use and preventing the loss by the distinguished persons mak- ing up that commission of their time 2nd efforts to make this, the greatest Capital of the greatest Nation in the world, worthy of its name from an architectural standpoint.” The statement was issued, according to its preamble, “in order to correct m misunderstanding in the public d as to the real issues involved” in the cupola controversy, about which it “noted with regret the appearance in the public press of misleading informa- tion” concerning the association's ef- forts to have a cupola erected on the Taft Junior High School. Funds Are Adequate. ‘The association emphasized it was not “now asking Congress to appropri- ate one penny for this cupota,” pointing’ out that the 1932 and 1933 appropria- tion bills carried funds necessary for construction of the school, including the cupola. Appearance of members before the subcommittee last month, it was ex- piained, was at the suggestion of the subcommittee and for the purpose of making clear the association’s attitude toward public building construction and fupolas. “Our fight,” the statement asserted, “has been solely for the purpose of hav- ing this school (Taft Junior High School) built in accordance with the ;lssig'n originally drawn and intended or it.” An explanation of the economies ef- fected by the Commissioners and by congressional order then was detailed, the statement continuing: “In the light of these enormous sav- ings thus mentioned, we feel that no one can justly condemn us for trying to have this school built in accordance with the design originally intended for | tim 4t and in accordas with which it is now being constructed, minus the most essential part of its design, the cupola, the cost of which will amount to about $5,000. Charge Violation. “By eliminating the cupola from this hool the Commissioners have, in our pinion, violated a law and executive rders intended to prohibit the mutila- jon of the design of public buildings in e District by engineers and others ho have no training, and perhaps no n st, in architecture. By this law @ad these executive orders the Commis- sion cf Fine Arts has final say as to the design of public buildings, and in some cases of private buildings, to -be constructed in the District. The duty of the Commissioners in this respect is to draw the plans in the first instance and submit such plans to the Fine Arts Commission, but once that body has approved them, they cannot by law be -mutilated by anybody, not even the Commissioners. In this case the Com- “missioners had deliberately flouted the Fine Arts Commission by eliminating the cupola from the design, but thanks ‘to a favorable reconsideration of the matter by our two civilian Commission- the way was paved for the restora- of the cupola to the design of the school. And for that action we are deeply grateful to Dr. Reichelderfer and Gen. Crosby. . “Should the support which the sub- tommittee on the District of Columbia of the House Appropriations Committee has given the Enginecr Commissioner of the District in his disregard of the law and executive orders pertaining to his | duties in relation to plans of public buildings in the District be continued, & most dangerous precedent will be made whereby the architectural beauty of all buildings- private—in thi: untrained and sometimes disinterested laymen and Army engineers who may for the moment hold executive offices having charge of such buildings.” tomplated the Disirict bearing the en- .t‘ cost, with no Federal contribution. SRR Lincoln Telegrams. PORTERVILLE, Calif. (#)—S. V. Bedgwick, mail carrier, possesses two original telegrams bearing the name of Abraham Lincoln. Both were sent from Springfield, Ill. They were given Sedg- wick by his uncle, former telegraph company messenger in Lincoln’s home ity. They are dated July 11, 1859, and C April 4 of the same year. Lanshurgh’s NO CONNECTION WITH ANY OTHER WASHINGTON STORE Grandee Once Kept Hat on Before King, May Lose His Lands Spanish Council Votes to Confiscate Estates of De Romanones. By the Associated Press. " MADRID, February 3—Because for- | mer Premier Count Alvaro de Roma- nones kept his hat on in the presence of the King 22 years ago the Agrarian Reform Council decided today he must surrender his estates to the republic. The government will pass on the de- cision. ‘The law stipulates that grandees who availed themselves of the privilege of keeping their head covered while stand- ing before the King must be included in the list of persons whose lands are being expropriated. This privilege was accorded grandees only. De nones, a premier several times under King Alfonso 3nd now a deputy in Parliament, was friendly to democratic measures many years be- fore the monarchy fell, and was a tatorship. In seeking exemption from the expropriation law, he said he had never used his privileges as a grandee An agrarian institute secretary said he learned the former premier used the privilege of keeping his hat on at least one occasion in 1911. FORMER GARDENER HELD IN 7-YEAR-OLD THEFT Accused of Taking $17,750 in Jedrels and Cash From Home of Luella Gear, Former Stage Star. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 3—The dis- appearance more than seven years ago of nearly $18,000 in jewelry and cash from the home of a former actress, Luella Gear, now the wife of G. Mau- rice Heckscher, resulted in the appear- ance of Alois Schwark, 34, of Phila- delphia, Pa., in the police line-up yes- terday. Schwark at the time of the theft was employed as a gardener by the former actress. Police said he made a complete confession to Assistant Dis trict Attorney David Dugan, who ac- companied a detective to Philadelphia, | where Schwark was arrested. Police said he pawned the jewelry for $800. Jewelry valued at $14,750 and $3,000 |in cash disappeared from the. former actresses’ home October 2, 1925. Schwark and his wife disappeared at the same e. DR. WELCH IN HOSPITAL Johns Hopkins Professor Emeritus Under Observation. BALTIMORE, February 3 (#)—Dr. William H. Welch, professor emeritus of the history of medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, was a pa- tient today at the Brady Clinic of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He entered the clinic Wednesday for observation. Dr. Welch, dean of American medi- cine, is 82 years old. He will remain at the institution for a week or 10 days. L g e Boy Scouts of Blackpool, England, have worked 7,275 days, aid 3,946 bricks and excavated 3,526 cubic feet of clay in building their new headquarters. % MUDDIMAN § 911 G St. Nat’l 0140-2622 Organized 1888 Vicks Chemists Invite Tests of New Antiseptic The makers of Vicks VapoRub have now produced an oral antiseptic. It is called Vicks Voratone Antiseptic. 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