Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-13
WAR MEMORIAL BODIES
WILL MEET THIS WEEK
, Special Subcommittee of
Joint Commission Is
Ready TO Report.
w. II. MEnED,ru is nr.rr,.E>r
chairman WithhoIdS information ,s
III Nature of Findings or IIImsr,r
and C"Iira.ucs--Iindy May Reverse
Its Previ"n> Ariion.

i"iht meeting ot the War Mo-
;n"rial Conmis sion and III, S;o,o
Library board vii be held som. lin.
TN" week. ir tho out-or-town rc -,
'e'S can hi".:c arrangements to coma
!" Hchmprl II was announced last
:i"ht by Scnator Morgan II Mile
l'ihi chairman. Mr.. Mills added th:.t
nc ha" communicated with tie tr.c.n
bers who i.v" outside Ricrrnn,
sec II the" would find II, conycu..r,
/" meet h"r" on any evening ~ no
lsnch
Mr Nils took the action laii.r,,L
after he i,ai !cer notified by W,rI-
h"n 4 Meredith. chairman o.. ,hc
Special S''t '''mitt"o OF the jo,u:
com hnissi"n Iopcinrd -, the last
n'ctInE ~ thc TWO bodies to servo
III al aGNIsory capacity in tn. na:n-
iHS OF a.. ;srr:,itcct, one o. mere. 10
Sur"rvisc aaf draw the plans fo. the
~ posed '2.oc0.0O0 War Mcnorjo,
i..hrary. was ready to report. mo
special subcommittee wac no, an :
powered u Sr.p.ay anv achitc,t b,t
'7' ely 10 investigate and make rue
GeShon as to the man or men who
Sh"u!d DC employed to dp the work
Mrr-,Iith u HctIrcnt.
MT Meredith would give out 30
information 'LSl Il iehi as 10 tn. na.
.rrc of the {; port agreed upon, Nv
! rs"lf an! his colleagues r.. ne
:irrcd tina; iry reror: should he gwen
10 the joint comm sion before hriu.,
inb,ish"d ili. associates on tho
subcommittee are Edward j. Willis,
cf Richmond. :.n.! Senator q. Water
Mdpp. OF Ac .onac.
II is believed, however. To be "a ly
certain ;hat IN, jcint commission,
when IL meets will select an ar NJ.
t"ct OF natiohai reputation IL i.;.ru
tie structure cnd that there viii he
TO competition IN .hat dircciou. at
least. ArcnIto.tS al. over Virgir IA
have insisted that they be given an
opportunity to enter "a compctiNon
for the work. They do not insist
that the competition hc confined 10
Nirginians. To the exclusion OF out
Siders, but merely that they be given
a chance to pit their Skill and talents
against all comers, the competition
To be conducted in accordance with
the rules laid down by the American
Institute of Architects
The majority OF the Joint commiS-
sion, at the TWO open meetings which
lave been held. plainly indicated that
II was not In sypathy with this plan.
some OF them describing their atti-
iude as ''unaltcrahle. and there is
no reason to believe that any one has
changed his mind.
May ticNrrsc Its Position.
iherr ~ reason 10 hc,ievc, however.
that the joint commission may re-
verse its position in regard tc grant
ing tile contract for the erection OF
the building IN noncompctitive,
cost-plu@ basis. Mr.. Meredith. APP
pointed to the commission AT the in
stance OF the American legion, and
who originally Tough, vigorously :or
q non competitive contract. indicated.
N recent speech before the Rich
mond Post Of the legion. that, while
lie considered the position he had
taken from the beginning not only
logical and patriotic. hut n keeping
with both economy and efficiency as
well. h. Wis willing 20 rcccdc IL the
course hc Ni,s pursuing was not in ac-
cord with the policy OF the Legion.
Since Mr.. Meredith delivered that
speech. the .\mcrican Legion met in
7'"' Convention III N''1'IE an" 'ntFH
passed resolutions d'mand!Ud tttt tf
responsible contractors be given :,
chance 10 bid on n. work. II is
probable. therefore, that Mr. Mere
dith Will b" among those To reverse
themselves and. in view Of the fact
tl;at the joint commission was pretty
evenly divided on I'll" question. il
"ould require the switching of only
Il couple OF votes IT, place Il on rec
ord as favoring the policy OF the
American Legion and ether organi-
zations which have come out against
awarding tho contrac; on Il nOncom-
petitivc basis.