The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-09
M E N, w o IA E N
 A ND T H IN G s

Kinds, and there is great competition
 anong the various centers to draw
 them.
 For years it has been the talk of
 Birmingham to have suitable audi
 torium, and it looks like at last we
 are on the eve of getting one started.
 as the lot has been acquired and mo-
 tice given to the occupants of the
 property on which it Is to be erected
 to vacate.
 Many of the auditoriums being
 talked of will take the form of
 memorial, but the outstanding one IS
 to be the National Victory Memorial
 building, national tribute from a
 grateful couptry to it's gallant sol diersc sailors and marines, authorized by Congress to be erected in Wash
 ington by the George Washington Mem orial association.
 
 This war memorial for the nation as a whole is to take the form of majestic National Victory Memorial building. Congress has donated the site for the building on the spacious Mall, about halfway between the White House and the Capitol, ad- joining the new National museum, and has authorized the George Wash ington Memorial association to ool- lect the necessary funds for it's con struction and naintenance.-s1o,- o00,0o
 The National Victory Memorial building will contain an auditorium sons. several smaller halls and recep- tion rooms; banquet hall seating more than 700 persons; special room for each state in the union and for each of it's outlying possessions; I national headquarters rooms for the George Washington Memorial asso- cia ation, the National Council of l Women and It's affiliated organiza- tions,> and Washington headquarters for the American Legion and other patriotic, industrial. social and civic | bodies of national character.
 In front of the great building will | be suitable victory commemora .ion | statue or statuary group surrounded | by beautiful gardens, which will be | particularly symbolical of the part | played by the women of America in the World war. Inasmuch as the building is to commemorate the work they did for the soldiers and the na- tion, as well as the deeds of the men of affairs, it has been decided that as fitting finale of their work the privilege of raising the funds shall be directed by the women's division of the Council of National Defense.
 The central idea is to have every one of the more than 4.000,000 service stars represented in the Victory Me- morial building, and to have the stars themselves actually, separately and individually reproduced on some service flag which will for all lime be visual record and reminder of what each and all of the boys" did. Each star will have the name or mi tials underneath.
 Under the service star plan, each { individual employer, institution, club, church, college, organization or com I as the case may be, will be permitted the honor of financial rep 'esentation in proportion to the num- { per of stars in its respective flag ( '5 for each blue star and s1O0 for ,ach gold star, and no more.
 For example: If given firm had I 0 men in the service, two of whom lid not return, it would be entitled o have the stars on it's service flag represented in the Rational Victory ] Memorial building, and be permitted o raise its organization and contri- 'ute $200 for the>two gold stars and 40 for the eight blue stars. pr total t f s24o. '
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 While In larger towns and cities :. he service stars and honor rolls will i, ,e fully represented by Q careful Inclusion of all employers. clubs, as- ociations, institutions, etc, that had he privilege of displaying service lags, it will be advisable in smaller and in country districts 0 treat them as units, and call upon he local representatives of the plan !. n such localities to ascertain the umber of stars that represent the {, community as a whole. and see that h he representative amount is sub- cribed by the community in order hat their servicej flag or honor roll :, ; represented. As it may often hap en that starr family is not in a osition to avail itself of it's privi- ,ge from its own means, other in- crested families, better circum- tanced, will doubtless count it pecial privilege to contribute beyond < heir proportion.
 The memorial is backed by Presi- n ent Harding, General Pershing, Jus e ce raft, the cabinet. senators and 2 and many men and a omen noted for their public zeal p ITS. Henry F. Dmmock, the presi- q ent. deserves great credit for the t nthusiasm which she has created lt pr the worthy project for which W ready more than s1.oo0. 900 has been O