The Washington times., 1922-05-13
D. c. ALLOTTED
S250,0OO-PART
NATIONAL FUND
George Washington Memorial
Association Will Raise
$7,5OO,oOO

The appeal for the S250,O00 Dis
trict quota for the George Washing
ton Memorial fund will be made be-
ginning Monday.
Next week will be Washington
Memorial Week. Announcement will
be made of the opening of the drive
from the pulpit of Washington
churches tomorrow. The quota ask
ed from the District Is only one
thirtieth of the national figure set
This nationwide mark is set for ST.
100000. That sum is the estimated
cost of the memorial.
The auditorium of the mSmorial
will be planned to hold 1000 people.
All conventions ard bodies of people
who choose Washington as a place
to convene will be privileged to use
the auditorium. 1t will bring more
people to Washington for conven-
tions than the city has ever been
able to ACCOMMODATE. This should
appeal to the merchants and trades
people of the District and as source
!. of revenue should receive their sup
port.
The George Washington Memorial
Hall will be the most beautiful
monument ever erected in the DIS
trict. One OF the Unique features of
the hall will be the placing Of service
stars for every man who served in
the United States forces in the
world war. Gold stars are 70 be used
Tor those who gave their lives. The
initials of every man will be put
underneath the star given him. Due
TO their number they will naturally
have to be small. AS an offset to
this, visitors will be furnished with
aRnifVinU ola order road
them.
1t is hoped by members of the
association that the first year will
see $1,000, 900 brought in. The quota
asked. together with the fund in
hand and in sight, will secure this
and fulfill the conditions of the gov
ernment grant Of the site.
Congress has already passed an
act granting the space of land AT the
north end of Henry Square, on r
street, between Sixth and Seventh
streets. George Washington. in his
will, bequeathed sum of money in
the shape of stock to the erection of
such building as is proposed in the
memorial
Some idea may be gathered as to
the size and versatility of the build
ing from the following: The central
figure of the memorial will be the
auditorium. with a main floor of 49,
600 square feet and a gallery Of TO-
600 square feet. Here it will be pos
sible to hold inaugural receptions,
national and information conventions
and conferences, concerts, celebra-
tions and public ceremonies.
About the auditorium will he
grouped a number of small halls de-
signed for the use of smaller meet
ings of patriotic, scientific and edu-
cational groups. At each side of the
auditorium, on the ground floor, will
be rooms set aside for the preserva
tions of archives and relics. On the
second floor there is to he a great
banquet hall. On this floor there will
also be rooms for the permanent ma
| tional headquarters of patriotic or
ga niZations, societies or veterans,
and other associations.
On the third floor spacious rooms
will he set apart for the exclusive
use of each of the States. The fourth
floor will be arranged for additional
offices for the use of various So
cieties whose object is the promo
lion of the United States.
Under the terms of the grant of
the site by Congress, a permanent
Endowment fund of at least $500, 900
will be provided by the George
Washington Memorial Association.
The Board of Regents of the Smith
sonian Institution, of which the Vice
president of the United States is
chancellor, will control the admins
tration of the building. They will
also be the trustees of the perma-
pent endowment fund.
1t is felt that the memorial will
fill a want long apparent in Wash
nston. That is a building with
seating capacity great enough to ac-
,omodate the enormous conventions s.
national and international, which are
bound to come to Washington. II
las also been found to be concrete
way of carrying out the wishes of
George Washington, as expressed in