The Colorado statesman., 1922-04-08
Difficulties in the Way.

torians.
Difficulties in the Way.
An act of March 4, 1913, passed in
response to President Taft's. message,
as amended by the act of June 2S.
| 1916, in consequence of Representa-
| tive Fess' speech, authorized site
and building of permanent home for
the national archives, but 1t proved
that the site was not to be acquired
until after the approval of the de-
signs and estimates for the building
by IL commission consisting of the vice
| president the speaker of the house
of representatives and the secretaries
of the Treasury, War and Interior de-
partments.
Owing to the character of .ais legis-
lation it has not been possible to pre-
pare other than typical plans, the arch
itectural treatment being largely de-
pendent upon the location and sur
roundings of the site to be subse-
quently selected.
Official reports made to congress
showed that papers of inestimable
value are now stored in numerous out
of-the-way and inaccessible places. 1t
has for more than decade been The
unanimous conviction of all who have
/ looked into the situation that all pos
sible means for the proper care and
protection of valuable official docu-
ments under existing conditions are
now being utilized, and their manifest
inadequacy demonstrates the urgent
necessity for an archives building.
The additional security against loss
or destruction of official papers, the
| economy in time and labor resulting
from the greatly improved facilities
for examining the same, and the con-
sequent increased efficiency in the pub
| lie service would all appear to be
strong arguments in favor of the
| speedy construction of the building. In
addition, it is pointed out that the con-
struction and occupancy of the pro-
posed building would release much
space which is greatly needed to re-
lieve congested conditions in depart
mental buildings.
1t develops that the supervising
architect of the treasury told the house
appropriations committee that he
doubted if there is sufficient authority
to make the appropriation. There
seems to be an honest difference of
opinion in congress on that point, al
though the majority view is that there
is sufficient authority.
Capital as Convention City.
The numerous advantages of the ma
tional capital as convention city for
business organizations were impressed
deeply on the minds of several hun
| dred delegates to the midwinter meet
| ing of the National Association of
Real Estate boards during their stay
in this city as guests of the local
| board.
Don d. Goss of Chicago, director of
research for the national association.
whose duty it is ordinarily on such
occasions to precede the delegates to
the meeting place and arrange for the
| convention, on arriving here found
that officials of the local board had
made complete arrangements for the
entire series of sessions.
| Every desire of the visitors was an
ticipated and met in advance through
q well-arranged program of hospitality
and entertainment, in which all the
members of the board and good
many of their wives took part.
Many of the delegates did not hesi-
| tate to state that the banquet tender
| ed the executive committeeman by the
local realtors eclipsed any function of
| the kind ever participated in by the
| committee as n whole. The elaborate
souvenir menus, containing colored
photographs of the armistice day light
| ing effects and of the Lincoln memoir
| ial, were preserved as memento of
the affair by the guests.
Auditorium Is Great Need.
In desiring to cater to every want
of the visitors, representing leading
realty interests of the country, the
local board had in mind something
more than being considered an able
host. The knowledge that in the near
future Washington will be equipped
with an auditorium capable of accom-
modating the entire membership of the
National Association of Real Estate
| Boards in annual convention was an
impelling motive, it is understood.
Washington has never been selected
as the convention place of the whole
organization, due to lack of auditor
ium facilities here, it is pointed out.
| The convention last year in Chicago
was said to have been the largest gath
ering of business men in the history
of the country. Only cities with halls
] large enough to hold the vast assem-
blages of realtors have been fortunate
enough to be selected as the annual
meeting place.
The convention this year will be
held in San Francisco, beginning May
81 and lasting through the first week
in June. An idea of the program of
such convention is given in the fol-