The Dolores star., 1923-07-27

engineer, architect, artist, interior
and exterior decorator landscape gardener, tree
DOCTOR florist, game keeper, fashion dictator, d.
rector of outdoor sports and of beauty
morals and safety.
He co-operates in selecting sites for monuments
makes plans for their dedication and memorial
and keeps them cleaned and decorated. He causes
public squares to bloom, fountains and bands to
play, and sandples to grow for the kIddles. He
arranges patriotic parades and celebrations Is
sues permits and Invitations, makes traffic regua-
dons erects pavilions, receives boy scouts, re-
views high school cadets and serves on the floor
committees of charity balls
Well, last spring some Of Colonel Sherrilrs ex-
perts IN metallurgy discovered that the bronze
used in Mills statue of Washington in Washing
ton circle, Pennsylvania avenue and Twenty-sec-
ond street. being badly corroded by the ee-
ments; that the equestrian statue must come down
and have the moth holes plugged up, the horse be-
ing positively mangey.
So derrcks and tackle were employed in an at
tempt to get the general off his perch George
Washington extremely "sot" in his ways The
statue refused to bulge So for days high-power
flares and torches malet and chisels blazed and
hacked away without result But Mt last the first
president and his steed were slowly swung from
their granite base and ANONYMOUSLY rolled through
the streets on motor truck to a gondola freight
car, bound for repair shop In Brooklyn.
OF course all this watched by curious
crowds. And no sooner had the statue been re-
moved than this word all over Washington
and the United States:
Andrew Jackson's statue is to be removed from
Lafayette square and replaced by that of George
Washington in Washington circler'
roar of nationwide protest followed from
Democrats.
Swap statues Remove Andrew Jackson from
his seventy year-old place Of honor In LAFAYETTE
square overlooking the White House and repIace
him with George Washington! Never sir! Neyerl
It's an outrage. nothing but the rankest sort Of
partisan politics."
The storm broke when story was printed that
in accordance with expressed wish of the Pres.
ident- the office of public buildings and grounds,
seriously considering the change
zone gloriously bright morning late last SUM
mer,' ran the story of how the proposed Idea was
born, the President and two very high officials
Of the government were standing looking out of a
north window In the east room. During pause
have said, There is the finest view in Washing
tom
THE fact that the statue Of Jackson has for
many years been the brunt of criticism and abuse
by visitors, and even some Of the oldtine resi-
dents, principally because of its hobby horse ef-
feet, was called to his attention." continued this
recital. HE was asked If he did not think the
view he admired greatly could not be improved
by the removal of the Jackson statue and the
erection In the center Of the park Of more pleas
ing work Of art
Jackson statue with the greatly admired Washing
ton statue, which is so little known by the resi
dents OF the city and is by only few of tbe
visitors because of its rather remote location tbe
President Is said to have agreed most enthusas
hcally He familiar with the Washington
statue More than he had paused to view II
The office OF public buildicSs and grounds was