Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-06
PROTEST OVER SEA
MEMORIAL UPHELD
Fine Arts Commission 0p-
poses Plans of Association
s4s Headed by FiSke.

The Commission of Fine Arts has
sustained the protest made by Repre-
sentative Andrew Of Massachusetts
who is a World War veteran and a
member of the House naval affairs
committee, against plans for the pro-
posed Navy and Marine" memorial
here 4 National campaign 10 solicit
funds for this project has been carried
on nv the Navy ana Marine Memorial
Association OF New York city. headed
nv eEeav Admiral Bradley \. flske'
retired. -.
Inasnuch as Jhe memorial cah,tot
he built without the approval Oh ene
TTina Arts Commission, the AsSoc1@.
-: .' - - sro,,ted with the choice Of
rlangine its plans 70 conform 10 dle
rr;ticfsy,s ~ the commission or 81
laundering tire proiect, for Whleh
eroT,san5 Of dollars have been con.
t~;bI,ted. Prominent officials here ana
members Of Congress are among the
contributors.
Sustained on Both Points
,~7l Andrew sent an open letter 70
Admiral riSke vigorously oojectlhg 20
rr>o5llisas made by the ASSOCIATION tilA'
an those who save SlVo or more
~-,,,1s hevA their names chiseIed on
-, ,-,a-,,r;af especially. as Col. An
s~ev- noiuced out, when a STUDY q
Yba MANS failed 10 reveal provision 4of
r,gaoirr on the monument the names
- a single American naval hero. lie
alSo criticized the design for the me
Yoorial which would show bronze sea
x1,us above representations or waves.
TIE Fire Arts Commission suStalnS
F~al Andrew on both points and Iuf-
Their holds that the promise TO those
w-ho have given or viii give Sl00 or
more Is not warranted by law, when
ruling places the association IN an Ell
harrassing predicament, as IL mas DeeA
soliciting funds under what the com
mission says is a plan it cannot iegalIy
carry through. AT any rare the Coii4-
mission won't let it.
CSba~laa Moore. secretary Of the Fine
Arts Commission. has sent to Admiral
Fiske letter saying that the COM
TnissIon has studied letters ana clrcu-
lars of solicitation sent out by Admiral
Fisks.
misunderstanding Cited.
This correspondence" wrote Char
man Moore to Admiral t1sKe, as
closes the fact that fundarnehtdA
misunderstanding between your asso'
,,fstion and the Commission OF Fine
ARTS exists. Ina smuch as no permits
for +he construction of the proposed
memorial can be issued until the loca-
tion and design have been approved
nv the commission. it viii be necessary
To clear this misunderstanding. !
I'm the first place, the commission
In a letter of January 10, 1925, definite !
~ disapproved the location at Hams
Point. In the same letter the COM |
mission expressed the decided opinion
that the design was not monumental
in character, but rather romantic;
that 1t should not be executed IN the
size suggested, but should be stuoled |
from the viewpoint OF a garden orna-
rnent. When such studies had peen
made thu commission expressed a will |
tnsness again TO consider the design |
from the new standpoint. Such &C |
tion the commission is still ready 70 |
take. but no approval Of any design |
has as yet been given by the COM |
mission.
ssThe correspondence sent ont from |
the Office Of the Navy and Marine Me- |
mortal Association proves that con-
tributions have been solicited on the
basis Of placing the names OF con- |
tributors of 800 or more on the mond- |
FnenL. EUcn al dSSuLdllCO - NAiNsNA
ranted by the law as interpreted by |
the commission. The commission |
would not feel warranted in giving ap- |
proval to a project complicated by en- !
gaeements NOT warranted by the law.
The commission feels that it is best |
to have a definite understanding on |
this point before any further steps can |
be taken
IEicl~a Ranltpg
Admiral Ffske, in reply to the let
ter from Col. Andrew, said that the
ate on Hams Point had been given
an. but that another on Potomac
River Drive had been selected; that
the size of the memorial had been re-
duced and that both changes, he un.
derstood, were informally approved at
a conference with Chairman Moore.
Mr.. Moore denied this and said ne
could not recall such d conference.
LAS to there being no names OF
Navy officers on the monument,
wrote Admiral Tiske to Col. Andrew,
s'our literature states clearly that this
is not a monument to individuals, and
is not O. monument to naval officers--lt
is a memorial to all seamen and TO
all who have lost their lives at sea.
GAS to the names of founders and
donors, their names are not TO be on
the monument itself, but to be placed
appropriately and inconspicuously on
the base, in a, fashion designed by
the architect"