Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1935, Page 17

CAPTOL PROET HEARING IS FOED House Committee to Hold Session Wednesday on Alteration Plans. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Completion of the Capitol by ex- tension of the east front of the cen- tral portion to give the dome a better appearance of balance will be consid- ered Wednesday at 10 am. by the House Committee on Public Buildings | and Grounds. Authority for tue im- provement has already passed the Benate. Extension of the slighted east front was intended by the Senate and House when the present wings, housing the two legislative chambers, were added to the original structure. The plan, contemplated since 1863, when it was recommended by Thomas U. Walter, then architect of the Capi- tol, has been indorsed and urged by subsequent holders of that post. The same finding has been made by con- sulting architects, who declare that the building is out of proportion, that the midsection, immediately under the dome, appears to be chopped short, and that the whole structure—mag- nificent as it is—appears top-heavy. Lynn to Attend Hearing. David Lynn, the present architect of the Capitol, and his assistant Hor- ace D. Rouzer, will be present to answer any questions the committee may ask about the several sets cf plans which have been preparec. For the first time a note of objection to the project will be sounded by Dr. Leicester B. Holland, chief of the Fine Arts Division of the Library of Congress. The present form of the Capitol is the result of a series of additions over a long period, carried out under di- rection of various architects of the Capitol, each of whom added to, and to some extent modified the work of his predecessors. Architect Lynn explains that the central portion of the old building o Missing BLOODHOUNDS USED IN SEARCH FOR MATRON. MRS. ANDREW GORDON, 25, socially prominent society matron of Farmington, Conn,, who has been missing since Wednes- day night, when she left her home, hatless and wearing & light green suit, after telling her maid she was going to a drug store to obtain some necessity for her 3-moath- old baby, Bloodhounds are aiding searchers in scouring tie country- side for the missing woman. —A. P, Fhoto. CHEST TRUSTEES ELECTION DATED 256 New Board Membérs to Be Chosen April 25 at Annual Meeting. | | including the western extension, was completed under supervision of Archi- | tect Bulfinch between 1818 and 1829. The iron dome was designed and erected by Walter, who became archi- tect in 1851 and continued in that capacity until 1865. He also erected the north and south wings. This was the last important alteration in the the building. The dome as then planned and ex- ecuted rests upon a rectagonal base or skirting which_overhangs the east wall approximately 15 feet and 6 inches, in such a way that it rests upon a void space apparently with- out support. It was not intended that this condition should be permanent. ‘Walter left reports and sketches, show- ing he proposed as the next step to carry forward the wall and portico of the central portion in order to give the dome an adequate appearance of support. War Halted Project. ‘The Civil War interrupted the prog- ress of this work. The building to- day, therefore, represents an unfin- ished stage in the development of what was intended to be a complete and harmonious design. this overlap of the dome what many architects have unanimously agreed is a serious architeceural defect. Wal- ter in his report 72 years ago, referred to above, said: “The eastern portico of the old building will certainly be taken down at no very distant day, and the front be extended eastwar Walter favored building out the cen- tral partion at least to a line with the north and south wings, now occu- pied by the Senate and House. In an appropriation act 31 years | ago Congress set up a joint commis- “ sion to investigate and report on the | extension of the Capitol Building. | ‘This commission appointed the firm | of Carrere & Hastings, consulting | architects, to study the problem. This firm submitted an elaborate report February 19, 1905, urging the neces- | sity for the proposed extension east- | ward. They submitted alternative | plans. i The Senate in passing the bill now before the House committee, “reached the conclusion that it is highly de- sirable that the central portion of the Capitol be extended eastward to cor- rect the architectural defect now ex- isting.” It advised that the exact dis- tance to which the front should be extended “may best be determined | through the preparation of complete architectural drawings and designs as well as scale and full-sized models, and that this detail may safely be left to the determination of the com- :yifslon proposed to be created by this ill.” Lynn to Explain Plan, The Senale committee seemed to favor a modified plan which Architect Lynn offered and which he will ex- plain to the House committee on Wednesday. It is considered to offer certain advantages both from practical and aesthetic points of view. ‘This plan, ‘gxcept for a slight modi- fication in ‘the width of the central portico and the steps leading to it, which is considered desirable in order to give additional emphasis to the central entrances, preserves the origi- nal architectural design and detail of the central portion of the building. In addition, it provides for certain practical necessities which were felt even at the time of the previous study more than 30 years ago, and which have since become of more serious importance. Provision is made for a corridor be- tween the House and Senate wings on the gallery floor level. Additional space will be created for the use of committees, particularly on the House side where the Appropria- tions Committee now occupies rooms on three separate floors, and by re- leasing space now occupied by these committees, the project will allow the provision of adequate space for the Teception of those having business with members. It provides for 56 ad- ditional rooms. It is intended also that such portions of the building as are now built of sandstone should be refaced with white marble so that the central por- tion will conform to the House and Senate wings. Greedy Gulls Can’t Take Off. When 40 tons of herring, for which no purchasers could be found, were dumped back into the sea off Buckle, Scotland, thousands of sea gulls col- Jected from miles around and circled in clouds above tie spot. As the birds gorged themselves they settled down into the water and many of them were so full that they were unable to rise. R @racious Lady Buys Blooms. On a recent wintry night a flower seller stood beside his basket at The -Hague. Passengers hurried past, no one would buy, and he was cold. An automobile drove up and stopped. The driver got out and bought the entire basketful of blooms, while the fair er in the car smiled gra- iously. She was the Queen of Hol- nd. It presents in | Election of 256 members of the | Board of Trustees of the Community | Chest will be one of the important | items of business at the annual meet- | ing of the Chest to be held April 25. The exact time and place of the meet- | ing have not been determined, it was said at Chest headquarters, but will | be announced early in the week. Of the 256 new trustees, 128 will represent the 64 agencies comprising | the Chest, two to each agency, and the | other 128 will represent contributors | to_the Chest fund. The Nominating Committee, of | which Dr. William McClellan is chair- man, met last week and tentatively | selected 128 persons to represent the | contributors on the Board of Trustees, | On the committee with Dr. McClellan are Mrs. Leonard B. Schloss, Frank | A. Birgfeld, Robert J. Cottrell and Dr. Henry J. Crosson. Letters have gone out to each of | the nominees notifying them of their nomination and inviting them to ac- | cept membership on the board. The representatives of the agencies will be determined by the agencies selecting one board member and one staff mem- ber for each organization as members of the board. Under the by-laws of the Chest the Board of Trustees, composed equally of representatives of agencies | and of the contributors, holds all au- thority for organization and admin- istration of the Chest. It acts by di- rect vote or by delegation of its au- | thority to other committees, which | report their activities to the parent {boay. The Board of Trustees, there- fore, ultimately is responsible to the people of Washington for the con- structive, economical and efficient conduct of the Community Chest. Additional nominations may be made by petitions signed by five or more contributing members and pre- sented to the Nominating Committee at any time before the annual meet- ing. Officers will be elected by the Board of Trustees at its first meeting following the annual meeting. CRUMBLING EMPIRE TUGS AT BIG FIRM $10,000,000 Holding Company Menaced With Suicide of Banker Tufts. By the Assoctated Press. BOSTON, April 13—The tumbling financial empire of Bowen Tufts, suicide banker, threatened tonight to engulf a holding company in which the public has invested an estimated $10,000,000 and to bring to $34,000,000 the total invested in concerns plunged mmk litigation by Tufts’ suicide last week. A bill in equity brought today in Suffolk Superior Court by Thomas Fitzgerald of Boston, sought receiver- ship for the National Service Co., a coal and oil concern with public in- vestments estimated by.the petitioner of approximately $10,000,000. Pitz- gerald is a minority stock holder. ‘The National Service Co. is affiliated with C. D. Parker & Co., of which Tufts was an official and for which a receiver was appointed during the week. Receivers likewise have been appointed for the Seaboard Utilities Shares Corp, with investments of $16,000,000, and the Railroad Shares Corp., with investments of $8,000,000. Both were connected with the C. D. Parker Co. FRENGH ECONOMIC CONFERENCE ENDS “15-Year Plan” With Fund for Cotton Raising Is Chief Achievement. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 13.—France’s imperial economic conference, the first in the nation’s history, closed a four months’ session today with a “15-year plan” as_its major achievement. Delegates in a final meeting with President Albert Lebrun heard former Minister of Commerce Louis Rollin call for a permanent institution to be established out of the confersnce as they prepared to leave the capital for home. ‘The “15-year plan,” which will be submitted to Parliament for considers- tion when the two houses meet again, provides for the expenditure of 11,- 200,000,000 francs ($67,000,000), with nearly 3,300,000,000 francs for de- velopment of cotton raising in French West Africa in an attempt to make France independent of the United States and other countries for that product. The nation now imports 300,000 tons of cotton a month. NEEDS FOR FLY TIME It's high time to buy now and save the difference SCREEN BEAD Cle ine, Wi e Yac SCREEN WIRE e AYac Gt 2V%ce FREE DELIVERY SCREEN DOOR gt pine. zalv. wire 2.6x3.6 and 2.8x68....... Hechinger Co—Free Delivery—ATiantle 1400 FIXUP voor PORCH Values way out in front—save by fixing up now. 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