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"The present annual federal expenditure al sew
enty TO eighty millions for public roads was ut'
drehmed OF. Some years were To pass before We
undertook the reclamation Of our aria minus
through federal agencies Rural free delivery ia"
not even entered upon the period Of acnhem'c u',
cusson. Federal land banks were unthous"' VI
except In the minds OF few students oi tore'Sn
agricultural credits. Women voted In general
elections nowhere In the Union save In my s,a'e
OF Wyoming and the Eighteenth amendment ""'
not been thought Of"
Independence day this year Will have new
feature In Its celebration: the honoring OF James
Monroe, fifth president Of the United States anu
author Of the Monroe Doctrine. Senate joint res
olutlon 274 In the last congress to provide 1of 'e
participation OF the United States IN the "nset'
ance Of the one hundredth anniversary oi the
enuncation OF the Monroe Doctrine and OF the
nInety-second anniversary Of the death of James
Monroe, is substantially as follows:
Resolved etc, That there Is hereby established
the Monroe Doctrine Centennial commission
There Is hereby authorized 10 be appropriated the
sum of $l22,5O0, 10 be expended by the congress
siona commission The sum OF S675Oo may oe
expended In cooperation with the James Monroe
Memorial Association and Foundation, for the
purpose Of contributing 10 the purchase and res
toration of the former home Of James Monroe In
and the creation of a memorial foundation. the
income from which shall be used for purposes OF
furthering progress. amity, and good will among
the peoples Of the Pan-Amercan republics. Fifty
five thousand dollars may be expended In coop
Grafton with the National Committee Of Celebra.
tIon for the purpose OF participating In n general
program OF public celebration Of the one hundredth
anniversary of the enuncintlon of the Monroe
Doctrine to be held In New York and Washington,
and in the places Of the birth and of the burial
of James Monroe: and participating In memorial
services to be held In New York, on July L. 1923,
the ninety second anniversary Of his DEATH No
expenditures shall be made until the James Mon.
roe Memorial Association and Foundation has ex-
pended or contracted to expend AT least the sum
of SGT 500 for, the same purposes.
Wien Clemenceau was here he put In his ltin-
erary two must things: To place n wreath at
Lincons tomb and TO touch the Liberty Bell. He
did both. And In this connection, Representative
F. B. Gernerd of Pennsylvania was moved In the
last congress to retell the story Of the famous
Journey of the Liberty Bell to Allentown, Pa. dur.
ing the Revolution. He said In part
st was after the battle OF Brandywine Sept. II,
1777. that General Washington ordered the trans
fer of all military stores TO Bethlehem, Pm. Even
before that critical hour had arrived, the Pennsyl.
yania assembly awoke to the gravity Of the stua.
ton and passed a resolution on the sixteenth day
OF June authorizing the removal Of all bells, rs
well as oil the copper and brass, In the city Of
Philadelphia to some place OF safety; the Liberty
Bell was not taken from Independence Hall until
after General Washlngton's order had been given.
1t constituted part Of the military train Of 700
wagons which carried the whole Of the heavy
baggage Of the army, which was escorted by 200
Virginia and North Carolina soldiers under the
command Of Col. william Polk OF North Carolina
That famous caravan proceeded along the banks
OF the Delaware river to Trenton, and from there
Travelled through Wild and rugged country to Beth.
ehem. arriving there on the twenty-fourth day Of
September, 1777. After the military train had
reached Bethlehem the wagon upon which the Lib.
erty Bell was loaded broke down In the street
"The next day the bell was placed on the wagon
Of Frederick Leaser, who, together with John
Jacob Mickey, escorted by n small guard Of sol.
diers brought II and the chimes Of Christ church,
eight in number to Allentown. where they were
placed In the basement Of the German Zions Re.
formed church. where II was kept In hiding until
the following spring, when the British army evac-