The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-12-02
AMtRICANS PLAN
BRAZIL MONUMENT
STATUE WILL BE SYMBOLIC or
FRIENDSHIP FELT BY UNITED
STATES
Committee Formed to Enlist Nation
wide Support for Memorial
In Behalf Of American
People in Brazil

hington.-Committee has JUS
oeen formed to enlist nationwide sup
port for plan to present Brazil wit
a memorial on behalf of the American
people, In connection with the celebra
ton to be held In Rio de Janeiro mex
year to commemorate the one hun
dredth anniversary of Brazils indie
pendence. The movement originated
with the American colony In Brazil ant
80 highly was 1t regarded that 1t wal
at once adopted by the American cham
Der of commerce for Brazil, In Rio de-
Janeiro. 1t Is to cooperate with this
chamber that the committee for the
United States has been originated.
Once the plan was revealed 1t com.
manded the ready sympathy OF men
prominent In international affairs,
many of whom offered to serve On the
American committee the officers OF
which are: John L. Merrill, president
Of All-America Cables Inc, chairman
@. A. Richards vice chairman; John
Freeman, secretary. Other members
of the committee include such well
known men as Judge Ebert III. Gary
chairman of the board of directors !;
United States Steel corporation; Ker-
NIT Roosevelt, vice president Of the
Karr Steamship company Lawrence
Armour, vice president Armour and
company; DIR. John Bassett Moore,
president Of the Pan-American society
Newcomb Carlton. president of the
Western Union Telegraph company,
and Samuel L. Vauclain, president of
the Baltimore Locomotive Works.
Announcement of the Inauguration
of the movement here was made by
John l.. Merrill. chairman of the newly
formed committee.
''In view of the great and growing
Importance of our commercial rela-
tons, our traditional friendship and fu-
ture good WILL" said Mr.. Merrill, ut
seems only fitting that upon the oc-
casion of Brazll's centennial the peo-
pie of the United States should make
n substantial and suitable acknowledge
ment of their appreciation of the bono
existing between the two countries by
offering to the Brazilian nation
worthy token Of our friendship"
Charles Keck of New York, whose
sincere and brilliant work has earned
him widespread reputation as a sculp- |
tor, has been commissioned to create |
the memorial, the selected design of |
which consists OF a colossal figure in |
Bronze. symbolic of Friendship, hold |
ng In her right hand q sprtg o. laurel |
Ind supporting with her left hand the
Tags OF Brazil and the United States
'ound together by laurel and palm.
The main figure is supported on a
ofty and imposing pedestal OF stone,
ntched with has reliefs, and near the
sse are four standing figures, George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln, rep
esenting the United States and Jose
and Rio Branco, represent
ng Brazil. Beneath these figures are
hree has reliefs, one depicting the
igning of the Declaration Of hide
endence, another Dom Pedro at the
piranga river. declaring Brazil's in
ependence of Portugal and the third
scene symbolic of the lasting friend
hip of Brazil and America. Inscribed
the base is the simple statement
rat the memorial is the gift of the
merican people to Brazil.
Mr.. Keck's work is known abroad as
ell as In America, his bronze George
'ashington In Buenos Aires being
,nSdered one of the notable monu-
ents in that city. In his student
iys he was an assistant of Augustus ..
t. Gaudens founder of the American !.
'hool OF sculpture. But in 1900 hnv-
< won the Rinehart scholarship, he ,
# his famous master to attend the J.,
merican Academy at Rome for five :
AIRS.
Since his return to his country he q
Is executed many important com v
issions the intest OF which was an I
roic equestrian, "Stonewall" Jack q
n, unveiled at Charlottesville, Va. ON 2
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