Evening star., 1925-03-08

ing into the treasury of the associa-
tion each month than was being ex-
pended and that the monthly pay
roll amounted to approximately SIS
600. The statement continued: I'm
March. 1924. the receipts of the as
sociation equaled tho expenditures
In April the receipts amounted to
more than $2S,000, and up to May u,
the Office had received II founders
rolls of 81 900 each and receipts from
children's founders rolls and other
subscriptions brought the total to
more than $4,000.
"E Rivers was the newly author
lied business manager and arbitrar-
lily ruled. Mr.. Dave Wedd resigned
as executive secretary. The organiza-
ton work was stopped, since that
date. with the exception of money
naturally coming in from the mo-
mentun of the money-raising cam
paign already put on, there has been
little effort made to raise money"
Program of Propaganda
The sculptor charged that "a pro-
gram of malicious propaganda was
begun to disrupt the association and
that he. and Mr.. Venable were de-
rberatety estranged" He said that
Mr.. Randolph and Mr.. Arnold hast
ened to my assistance. The inter
views that were printed under their
signatures at that time directly con-
trovert their statements Of the last
two days" He asserted that Mr.. Ran
dolph eulogized him in an address
before the United Daughters of the
Confederacy convention at Savannah.
Mr.. Borg1um said that he had a
tentative contract with the associa-
yirc
for $3.50, 600 and that his contract was
technically with the women of the
United Daughters OF the Confederacy
who supported the project. He said
the Stone Mountain Confederate Mon
umental Association was a holding
corporation and technically the as
ISOLATION was not concerned with my
contract To the association was given
the trust of financing the memorial"
He said that l.. w. Roberts, a con-
sultfng engineer estimated that he
(Borglum) was entitled to draw $1s,-
600 more than he had drawn, based on
results accomplished; that he did not
draw the money, ~and a survey at
this time will show that the work
accomplished is still far In advance
of money drawn"
Entitled to Account.
He charges that he was entitl ed to
a personal drawing account on the
10th of each month, that payments
ceased, and the business manager
told him there was no money COM
ing In, so none could be paid out He
said his requests for payments were
received with rebuffs, but that the
executive committee as a whole knew
nothing of these insults" 1t was
not intended that they should know,
he said.
He denied that he delayed the de-
sign for the memorial half dollar
adding that a national election was
coming on, and this coin for various
reasons could not be approved until
after that election was settled.
Mr.. Borglum traced what he de-
scribed as efforts Of the officials to
force him out, asserting that the
president of the association issued a
statement without the knowledge of
the executive committee that Borg
lum's dismissal as sculptor is immi-
nent."
Disposed of Models.
He said that after his dismissal he
went to the Stone Mountain studio
"and disposed of all my discarded
models. that not even these might be
allowed to fall into the hands of
their stonecutters."
He said that an executive COM
mittee of IA men and woman
was selected but that no members
of the u. D. G. were included He
alleged that 1t was a cut and dried
program.
Mr.. Borglum declared that for the
first time there was more money
coming into the treasury of the as
sociation each month than was being
expended. and that the monthly pay
roll amounted to approximately
900. The statement continued:
Amount of Receipts.
I'm March, 1924, the receipts of the
association equaled the expenditures
In April the receipts amounted to
more than $4,000, and up to May IL
the office had received IL founders
rolls of 81, 900 each, and receipts from
children's founders rolls and other
subscriptions brought the total to
more than $4,000.
"E. Rivers was the newly author
lied business manager, and arbi-
trarily ruled. Mr.. Dave Webb re-
signed as executive secretary. The
organization work was stopped. Since
that date, with the exception OF
money naturally coming in from the
momentum of the money-raising cam
paign, already put on, there has been
little effort made to raise money"
The sculptor charged that "a pro-
gram of malicious propaganda was
begun to disrupt the association, and
that he and Mr.. Venable were de-
liberately estranged."