New Britain herald., 1916-03-15

REV. DR. OMAN ON
 ERICSSON MEMORIAL
Local Pastor Appears Before Con-
 mittee in Congress
Especial to the Herald,

Washington. March 15-Elouuent l pleas were made by several Connectt- cut men at the hearing before the house committee on library for the erection of a monument to John Fries son, the inventor and builder of the Monitor, the ironclad vessel of Civil war fame.
 Rev Dr. $. G. Ohman, of New Brit ain, pastor of the Swedish Lutheran church, of that city, was one of the speakers. Another was Rev. S. G. Youngert, pastor of the Swedish IIuth- eran church, Hartford. Both these clersymen are Swedish Americans. and there were a number of other per sons attending or participating in the hearing who are of Swedish birth or descent.
 There were two bills under consider alton before the committee. One by Representative Tilson of Connecticut provides $125,0 900 to pay for the Ericsson monument, which would be in Washington. The other is by Rep resentative Fitzgerald of New York, chairman of the appropriations com mittee and carries $10O,OOO for th, monument.
 Representatives Tilson and Oakley of Connecticut were on hand for the hearing and both men addressed the committee on library The Connect. icut lainisters and other speakers re- ferred to Capt. Ericsson's Swedish birth and his service in numerous ca- pacities in Europe and America, his great ability and the wonderful results that followed the building of his Monitor.
 Ericsson Lived in Connecticut.
 It was pointed out that Ericsson lived in Connecticut and that the Monitor was built in New Haven, with Connecticut ca pital. MT. Ti1son stated that one of the packers of the project for building the ship was w. c. Bush nell, to whom there is monument in New Haven, and that former Repre- sentative and Postmaster N. D. Spor- ry, of New Haven, who died a few years ago, also helped finance the construction of the Monitor. MT. Sperry is said to have put up the bond required by the government in con- nection with the contract for the con- struction of the naval vessel
 Connecticut is therefore very much interested in the Tilson- Fitzgerald bills The former gives the republi- can party representation on the com mission that is proposed to have charge of erecting the Ericsson mon unent.
 Naval Experimental Work.
 Thomas Robins tof Bridgeport, sec retary of the naval cossulting board, has appointed a special committee of of Rhode Island saying that Chair man Thomas A Edison Of the board has appointed a specil committee of it's members to take up the matter of a naval experimental and research la boratory. pr. Baekeland of Workers, N Y. is head of this committee which is gathering data, for submission to congress- and otherwise preparing to boost tho laboratory project before the naval committees of congress. Various locations at New London, Newport, R. l., and other places have been suggested as sites for the labor atory. The house committee on nav al affairs is expected to arrange for hearings on the matter for the near future.
 Because here is a shortage of cop. ies of the presidents proclamation uring neutrality upon all Americans at the beginning of the great war, Rep- resentativc Hill of Connecticut today presented the proclamation to the house and had it inserted in the Con- gressional Record.
 Jerry Donovan in Washington.
 Former Representative Jeremiah Donovan of Norwalk is in Washington presumably looking after his contest against Representative E. J. Hill, tor the seat in congress from the fourth Connecticut district.
 MT. Hills brief in the contest mas been filed recently. MT. Donovan has until April 6 to file a brief in reput- al After that the matter may come up before the house committee on elections for consideration ana near- ings.
 Morton H. Dawson has been com n,issioned nostmaster at Canton, Conn.