Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1937, Page 4

A—4 REAL DAUGHTERS' HONOREDBYD.A.R. Four Whose Fathers Fought British Are Ac- claimed. The four living Daughters of the American Revolution whose own fathers fought against the British for the freedom of the 13 Colonies were acclaimed today by the Forty- sixth Continental Congress of the D. A. R. at Constitution Hall. ‘The oldest of these “real daughters,” none of whom attended the con- gress, s 98, and the youngest is 87. Fach of them receives a pension of $25 a month from the D. A. R. as well as $10 at Christmas and Easter. The four are: Angelina Loring Avery, whose father, Solomon Avery, was 74 when she was born July 16, 1839. She lives in Williamantic, Conn. Solomon Avery enlisted in the Continental Army when he was 14. He was married three times—1787, 1814 and in 1828, when he was 83, Mrs. Mary Pool Newsome, born April 15, 1850, who has never iived outside the boundaries of Georgia. Her father, Henry Pool, enlisted when he was 13 or | 14 and was discharged from the Army | in South Carolina in 1783. He was at least 80 when Mrs. Newsome was born. Mrs. Caroline P. Randall, Spring- field, Vt., who was born September 19, 1849, one of 10 children, of whom only she is living. Her father was a child when he carried water to the wounded soldiers at Bunker Hill. Mrs. Annie Knight Gregory, born March 23, 1843, whose father, Richard Knight, entered the Revolution at the age of 11 as a drummer boy and later fought in the War of 1812 as a cap- tain. He was 78 when Mrs. Gregory | was born | Last September 5 Miss Sarah Pool, sister of Mrs. Newsome, died. She left her life savings of $500 to the | National Society, D. A. R, “The society,” the report of the Real Daughters’ Committee remarked of the bequest, “feeling that the pensions given to Miss Pool and Mrs. Newsome | were their only means of support, de- | cided to send the pension, which had | formerly been sent to Miss Pool | monthly, to her sister, this amount to | be taken out of the legacy.” K Memorial Continued From First Page.) raising of hands whether they came | to testify in favor of architectural competition or to protest against the | Tidal Basin site and the threat to the cherry trees the result was a tie, with 18 witnesses on each proposition. | Among those waiting to be heard | were Harris M. Albright of New York, | president of the American Planning | and Civic Association; Julian Berla and Roderick Sundenburg, League for Progress in Architecture; two wit- nesses for the American Federation of Arts; Francis P. Sullivan, American Institute of Architects; Mrs. Florence Jackson Stoddard, to present a reso- lution adopted by the Democratic ‘Women's National Council, represent- ing 800 women in every State in the Union; Miss Dora Shapiro, Charles Edward Russell, Mrs. R. D. Rands, representing the Sixteenth Street | Heights Citizens’' Association; Eugene THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1937. Discuss Opposition to Jefferson Memorial Involved in today’s House Library Committee hearing on the proposed Jefferson Meinor_ial were, left to right, Representative Scott of California, Chairman Keller (seated), Representative Wearin of Iowa (standing), Edgar Morris, president of the Washington Board of Trade, and Rep- resentative Treadway of Massachusetts (right, seated). —Star Staff Photo. Grim, New York architect; Wal(‘ott‘ Clarke Waggman and Thomas L.|another from Thomas Freary, an out- | against their acceptance.” Eagan, Rotary Club. | Representative Wearin emphasized | at the opening of the hearing that | his interest in pressing this legisla- tion was in behalf of architectural competitions, which, he said, are ex- tremely important, especially to the Federal Government and constitute a question never considered by Congress. He made it plain his resolution is not intended as a criticism of the Me- | morial Commission or the location | and design of the memorial. He also | said he personally prefers a monu- mental rather than a utilitarian me- morial. He said at no time has he criticezed the design of Pope, al- though, personally, he does not ap- prove it. Regarding the general pro- test against destroying the cherry | trees, Wearin said he deplored any | action that would spoil the annual | blossom display. | To Report on Competition. Wearin told the committee he desires to make a voluminous record covering | the entire subject of architectural | competitions. He pointed out that young men had won in competitions on designs for the Capitol, White House, Pan-American Building and a score of other buildings which he named. He agreed with Chairman Keller and Treadway that Pope is an outstanding architect and said he | would have voted for Pope if he had been a member of the commission and it had decided against competi- tion. Wearin placed in the record a letter of protest from the Columbia Uni- versity School of Architecture, signed | by 10 members of the faculty, and standing authority on American archi- tecture, who expressed regret at the | Jefferson Memorial design and its lo- | cation. Wearin testified that a ma- Jjority of the protests he had heard in Washington are against destroying the cherry blossoms and against the Tidal Basin site, while most of the professional objection is against the | design and method of selecting the | architect. At one point, Treadway said, “in| fairness to Pope,” it should be stated | he believes the selected architect is | “too big and broad a man to want to | undertake, even if he has accepted a | contract, something which he sees the | American people do not want done.” Chairman Keller emphasized his| conviction that Congress is free to! change the site if the people want it changed. He and Treadway pointed | out the Wearin resolution could not | be passed by the House if the Memo- rial Commission has already, as they believe, entered into a contract with | Pope. Keller said his committee be- lieves “Washington should be made more beautiful all the time.” In his statement Morris told the committee: | “The Washington Board of Trade does not feel that it can properly engage in the current discussions re- garding the propriety of awarding the commission to design the proposed | Jefferson Memorial to an architect secretly chosen by the memorial com- | mission,” Morris said. | “Inasmuch, however, as the plnns1 produced by the officially designated | architect are based on and dependent | upon utilization of the Tidal Basin, | When it comes to LIGHTWEIGHT HATS. got ’em! Not just one or two shades in one or two styles but a comfortable we’ve The COMPLETE ‘LINE UP of styles and shades . . size ranges. They’re light and crushable . « . comfortable and smart. 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(2) “An opinion by the chairman of our Committee on Public and Private Arthur Heaton, that the Tidal Basin site is unacceptable for the reason that the charming informality of the basin area now is far preferable to the suggested formal layout (3) “The fact that only $3,000,000 | has been authorized for construction of the Jefferson Memorial when it is| apparent that completion of all the plans will entail an expenditure of about $10,090.000. This expenditure is unwise due to pressing financial re- quirements in other quarters. Further= more, there is a grave danger that the taxpayers of the District of Columbia will be required to pay for the reloca= tion of roads and alteration of parks to complete the plan. This phase is more expensive than erection of the building. (4) “Destruction of the cherry trees would be mourned from coast to coast by millions of Americans who recall them from previous visits and who look forward to returning to review their | glories in future years. In this connec- | tion we do not believe it is well to New “Ches anticipate saving or transplanting these trees according to present plans. It will obviously be impossible to save more than a handful, transplanting most of them is impossible, and further inclusion of them around the new besin does not seem feasible.” Approl;riations (Continued From First Page.) interest, debt retirement, Veterans’ Administration charges and perma- nent annual appropriations which cannot be reduced.” “Department executives should have discretion to the extent of 10 per cent,” he added, “to transfer the cut from one bureau to another inside their de- partment, provided it did not affect the total cut for the department.” President Roosevelt’s attitude to- ward this drastic economy program was not disclosed, but the Chief Ex- ecutive told reporters recently that Congress might be asked to give him authority to withhold part of the money appropriated to Government units. Some Congressmen said Byrnes’ pro= posal was broached at the White House budget conference Monday night without any indication of op- position from the Chief Executive. ‘The first powerful voice outside Con= gress raised against the President's economy plea was that of the Ameri- can Farm Bureau Federation, often an agricultural ally of the administration. “We are for economy,” said Presi- dent Edward A. O'Neal, “but we are not for an economy that will paralyze agriculture.” Referring to Secretary Wallace's hint that the ‘“ever-normal granary” and other new farm measures might be shelved because of the President’s wish for economy, O'Neal said the storage system, commodity loans and a measure of production control were necessary to a stable price structure. Economy sentiment was apparent in House discussions today of a $927,~ 000,000 appropriation for running the Agriculture Department next year. Representative Biermann, Democrat, of Iowa, noted that the fund proposed was $200,000,000 more than the cost of the entire Federal Government 25 years ago. Chairman Cannon, Democrat, of Missouri, of the subcommittee which handled the bill, said if his group had acceded to all Congressmen’s requests for inserting items into the bill, the cost would have been increased $100,~ 000,000. Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York, joined a group in Congress which questioned the wisdom of the President's proposal to cut next year's relief expenditures about $300,000,000 under this year's cost. The size of the fund should be de- termined by the need for rellef, Wag- ner said, adding that States and com- munities should put up more of the money if they are able. The House “liberal bloc” has pro- posed making the relief appropriation $2,500,000,000. Works Progress Administration offi- PONTIAC ONTIA Sixes & Eights IMMEDIATE DELIVERY WE NEED USED CARS Flood Motor Co. 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