Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1919-02-15
BEGINS WORK ON II. Il. MEMO
RIAL
Comittoo Issues Call for Contributions
and Suggestions for Permanent
and "Dynamic" Monument to
the Colonel

Now York, Fcb.--Tho permanent
memorial to be erected by nation widc
popular subscription to tho memory
Of Theodore Roosevelt must mot DO
moroly a thing Of stone and bronze
but, like Theodore Roosevelt him
self. it must be dynamic"
Such Is tho aim voiced by tho Rooso
volt Permanent Memorial National
Committee, which has opened offices
on tho twenty ninth floor Of 1 Madi
son Avenue.
III statement issued by tho com
mittco it was made clear that the mem
bers OF the committee will remain
opon minded for many months on the
exact form to be taken by the memo
rial and promise to give all suggestion
from sources outside the committee
the most careful consideration. 1t
was further explained that the admin
istration expenses of the committee
would be borne by separate subscript
ions, and that 'overy penny given for
the memorial will be spent for the
mcmorial.'
Contributions to tho memorial fund
are solicited and will be promptly &C
knowledged and deposited with the
treasurer, Albert Wiggin of tho
Chase National Bank.
COMMITTEES STATEMENT
Tho statement issued by tho commit
toe says in part:
'"The Roosevelt Permanent Memo
rial National Committee consists e1clu
sively Of men and women who wero
in one way or the other closely asso
ciated with Col Roosevelt. They know
him In public life and at homo; they
knew better than any one else out
side his immediate family what he
loved and what no hated, what ho
stood for and what he stood firmly
against; among them they represent
every phase Of his extraordinary and
many sided career. If any group there
fore can say what would be the wish
Of Theodore Roosevelt In regard to
Il national memorial to him, this com
mittce should be able to do 1t.
Theodore Roosevelt believed i'll
tho people; that means that he BIO
lieved In the sound horse sense OF the
average American. 1t is only just to
his memory, therefore, that the Amer
lean people whom he implicitly trust
Cd and who have trusted and followed
him should have every opportunity
to express their preference concerning
the form that thoir memorial to him
should take.
Tho committee has no idea what
that form will be. 1t knows only this
that the memorial which tho Ameri
can people ultimately dedicate to
Theodore Roosevelt must not be mere
ly Il thing of stone and bronze. Like
Theodore Roosevelt himself. 1t must
be dynamic. Roosevelt never stood
still, and it would be treason to his
spirit If this memorial should not
have in it some Of the creative energy
Of tho man it socks to honor. In some
way it must help to build the now
and better America.
Roosevelt the man is dead, but
Roosevelt, the energizing spirit is
very much alive. 1t Is the aim of tho
memorial committee, with the aid Of
Col. Roosevelt's friends and support
ers all over the country, to find some
effective way of putting that spirit
to work"
FIRST CONTRIBUTOR, CAPT.
BOURKE
The honor OF making tho first con
tribution to the memorial fund fell to
Capt. Edward Il. Bourke Of the Thirty
third precinct police station, who scr
we'd under Col. Roosevelt when the
latter was Police Commissioner Of
New York City, and who accompanied