Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-04

rolonel Franklin D'Olicr. elected
...s;Jont last Wednesday Of the Scs-
ppnII..Centennial Exhibition Association.
w.nts the support and active aid of
,,,ry Philadelphian to make the great
hir a success.
With that forthcoming, he says. the
,rros,tion will add another gem in the
crown Of our city's glory"
Colonel D'Oicr expressed his views
N the fair. and the. part the people
Of the city should take in 1t. in his
speech Of acceptance. made last night
Il Jefferson. y. II. lie said:
II accept the presidency of the
sesqui. Centennial Exhibition Associa-
ton very unwilllngly. feeling that the
task is a great one. Yet. with the
support of the people of Philadelphia. |
an sure that the fair which we hope
10 have in our city in 1926 will be a
pride and credit to the purpose to which
/ is dedicated. and will be another gem
10 the crown of our city's glory"
Colonel D'Olier will accept no salary
tor the five year,, WORK that is ahead
Of him as tie sterrsman at the helm
Of the Sesqui- centennial. He will not
use the absolute power voted him by
the members Of the Board of Directors.
Co. operation Needed
The magnitude of the undertaking
depends entirely upon the attitude of
The citizens of this city. Every last
ounce of unsc,fsh operation on the
mart Of every one who can heip is needed
TO put the fair over. the colonel said
trsely. yet with n confident air that
Indicated corporation would not be
lacking wncn things get going strong"
How the fair will be organized is
sill matter Of indefniteness.
II cannot tell. said Colonel D'Oiicr
in answer to the first question. which
concerned the plan Of organization OF
the huge undertaking. how the En-
position will be organized until | know
definitely how much money the Sr>uui-
Centennial Association. tho people of
tie city. the State and the Nation are
ready 20 put up.
Money is the grcatcs: immediate
necessity All must contribute if the
fair is to be as great an exposition a.
all who are interested hope it will be.
personally. am not going to in
terest myself in the iinancia! end Of
the organization. Colonel D'OI:"" con.
tinued. "lanS are now being worked
out for the financing of the proposition.
but the actual raising Of the funds
leave to the Board of Directors or the
financial director they may appoint"
Members of the Board ot Directors
are working upon n financing plan
which calls for the issuance of debcn-
ture bonds of indebtedness which i'll
be offered for public sale. In addition.
Il is expected tlNt strong representa-
L., :,
By the municipality. the Legislature
and by Congress.
The directors must see to it that
funds are provided and they must tell
me what they have before | shall be
lble to 90 ahead" said the new presi-
dent of the fair body.
i is for the people of the City of
Philadelphia 10 dictate 10 ih" head OF
the exposition and the governing body
how large or how small the far shall
BE-, Colonel DOlier said.
I'VE shall be limited entirely and
only by til" people of Philadelphia and
what thcy rut up to So" tn cxpoSi ion
Through he continlri. I'VE shall
need III" financial support and the CO.
operation in every other way of every
one. Without Support and co. operation
nothing can he done. II all work to-
gether. however. we can give the rolin
try tn" finest exposition it has ever
seen, one that will be- "A source oI
pride t" III" ,itiz"nry Of Philadelphia
and one thar it will be able to point
to as the greatest achievement the mu
nSIalitv has ever n"r"mplishcd
SO far as my salary is cOncernpd.' '
b. continued. II will not accept any
DO not think that any man sh0ult
accept salary for II task of the ma
,uie OF the on" have just undertaken
us the duty of every on" 10 do VIVA
can to spread the name and fame o
tt!hli'adelphin. am willing to do my
ot' and will render all the service
"n toward making the fair success.
colonel DOiicr. uronzed and tannct
&SaIh MAN, his Yachting trip off the coast %
Tyler, Philadelphia f'Htfhcisfr GRa"TTr III
rector Of tn" Exposition Association. i,
'ne picture of health. When he nr,
hVed at Jefferson last night he wa
Khaki. dusty and tired, after 200
nile automobile trim from Rockland. II,
received the telegram from the assocla
uoh informing him of his election I,
we presidency at Rncklnnd. This wa
me hrst infimation he had had. Colonr
uo'ler said, that he would be chosci
"'ou inv StslUl enttnllldl
TO Confer with Box
AT Rockland the new president wa
.nr'y miles away from Camden, Me.
where Edward Box. another director o
Mp M lalr body. is spending the summer
nnhile Colonel D'Olier did not meet Mr.
noK' 1t is quite likely that the tw,
directors will confer before the ncN
'tNl0Pnt uOpS burk tn philalulnhin 4
/, Y on his cont and pitch into wor
III earnest. "
approval Of Colonel D'Olirr'S state
Men, was expressed today by member
,ri ,h' hoard of the SeSQui Cent ennial
,.,nr directors expressed especial sat
,ac'loh S,".h at the part Of Colonel D'Olier'
o,,ell'ht saying I'VE shall be limitc
pbmeiF and only by the people "
pnt t',mhc'phln and VIII at they put up t
~ 'ne exposition through
bo"o., - W. llollun, II member of tn
Sal Shld: 1--WE ought to get to
sst 'e' "hcn the roloRcl returns >an
NO thorough idea of his views bcfor
Ce,,eu' upon the scope Of the SrSQui
noi,tI''h'al; Personally | favor an tx
ol international scope.
ord oel"N"d that the new prcsidrn
Nvra 'he members of the board wi
tbo ul"h lie bond selling method u
eYn,,i'S' ' way to raise money for II
root''oh ana II 50 earn the sent linen
rss"'u1As IN" FAIR, IL the people do n,
ono V"n i" 'h" "h'rtS To scIl the bond,
An wi, vi lhe directors said. 1T win |
ths hhnni,Ia'lon that they do not favu
"o"lhs OF the exhibition"