The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-02
Roosevelt Permanent Me-
mortal National Commit
tee Announces Plans
WEEK OF OCT. 20-27
DATE OF CAMPAIGN
May Ask for S1o,0O0,00O to Erect Me-
mortal in washington and Establish
ment of Park at Oyster Bay-The
Committees.

NEW YORK, May 2.-TAe Roosevelt
Permanent Memorial National committee
announced after a meeting at l Madison
avenue yesterday, that a national drive
for funds to defray the expenses of the
memorials will be held during the week of
Oct. 20-27. Until meeting of the exec
utive committee, chosen yesterday, has
been held, no definite goal has been set
for the drive, though it was estimated
the sum will be in the neighborhood of
$lO,0OO,OOO
Officers who will direct the memorial
ideas as outlined by the association when
it was formed Magch a, were elected
to office yesterday and committees were
appointed to cooperate i'll the work The
! program includes the nationwide canvass
| for the erection of a suitable and adequate
memorial in Washington the acquisition,
| development and maintenance of a park
at Oyster Bay, which may ultimately in
clude Sycamore Hill, to be preserved like
Mount Vernon and the home of Lincoln
at Springfield, H., and the establishment
and endowment of society to promote
the development and application of the
policies and ideals of Theodore Roosevelt
for the benefit of the American people.
Estimates varied as to the cost of pur-
chasing suitable property at Oyster Bay
and the creation of a park, but it was
said $4,000 probably would be required
for this purpose.
The roster OF officers of the association
elected follows:
Honorary presidents-NNilliam Howard
TAFT, Charles Evans Hughes.
| Honorary vice presidents-Henry Cabot
Lodge, Hiram w johnson, John Mitchell,
A. L. Hert, John T. King
President William Boycc Thompson.
Vice president William Loeb, If.
Secretary-Harr NJ Blair
| Treasurer-Albert H. Wiggin.
Executive committee-Ioseph w Alsop
r. Livingston Beeclman, John S. Craven.
Coleman du Pont, Mrs. Mary A. Gibson
James p. Goodrich, Hermann Hagedorn
Will H. Hays, Otto H Kahn. Irwin r
kirkwood, Mrs G. Grant La Fargo, vii
liam Loeb, jr., Mrs Aledill Mccormick
John Mitchell, Dwight Morrow, Gitforc
Pinchot, Elihu Root, Mrs c. A. Sever
ance, Harry F. Sinclair, Henry L. Slim
son, William Boyce Thompson, Henry c
Wallace, Albert II. Wiggin, Luke f
Wright, William Wrigley, j., Genera
S Leonard Wood
Campaign executive committee-Williau
Boyce Thompson. chairman; Joseph W
Alsop, John S. Cravens, Win II. Hays
irwin r. kirkwood, William Loeb. II
Henry L. Stimson, Henry J. Whigham
Albert H. Wiggin, Horace Wilkinson, Wi
, ian WrigIey, ir.
Committee on monumental memorial a
Washington-Elihu Root, chairman
Z James r. Garfield, James p Goodrich
z Hiram w johnson, Mrs Whitelaw ReiC
Z Raymond Robins, William Boyce ThomJ
son, eX-oHicio; General Leonard WOOD
4 Luke Z. Wright.
Z Committee on Oyster Bay park meme
rial-William Loeb, ir., chairman: Henr
L. Stimson, John F. Birmingham, Co
gate Hoyt, Howard c. Smith, Mortime
I. Schif; Acosta Nichols, George b. Co
y telyou, William W. Cox.
< The meeting of the executive eommittt
to decide on the sum needed to carr
h out the program will be held either
y the last week Of May or the first week
III lime