Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-08
STATES EXPOSITION
BUILDINGS URGED
Commissioners Take Under
Consideration Committees
Request for Aid.

The District Commissioners wer'
urged today by a citizens committee
headed by Robert n. Harper, presiden
of the District National Bank, to aiC
it In its project to have each of tbs
fS States erect a permanent State
building in Washington which woulC
be representative of that States his
tory, achievements and outstanding
industries. The appeal was made al
a public hearing which preceded The
.semiweekly meeting of the Board OF
Commissioners.
The committee also asked the Com
1nissioners to request President Cool
idge to invite the governors of the
several States to Washington for q
discussion of the plan in the Spring OF
early Summer The Commissioners in
addition were urged to ask the PreSi
dent TO make favorable reference tC
the scheme in his Spesch on George
Washington's birthday, which is to
- @sTz3a acast 10 the Nation through
the largest chain of radio stations ever
linked together.
Sites to Be Provided.
The committee pl.n contemplates
the erection of the State buildings in
the National Capital on sites provided
by the Federal Government. These
buildings would be dedicated in 1882
during the 200;h anniversary celebra-
ton of the birth of Washington.
Details of the plan were outlined by
Mr.. Harper and other members of the
committee, which included Edwin G.
Brander burg, Isaac Cans, Charles w.
Darr, Henry X. Bush-Brown and
Jesse G. Suter.
Tho Commissioners took the request
under advisement
The purpose Of erecting permanent
State buildings in Washington, Mr..
Harper pointed out is to maintain for
all time at the seat of Government a
creditabie exhibit of the natural re-
sources as well as the manufacturing
agricultural and social development of
each State.
Exhibit TO Show Progress.
"Such buildings located in the Ma
lions Capital. which people from all
over the word at some time come to
visit" he sad, would present in an
attractive and unanswerable manner
practically everything from each State
of a substantial nature and progress
sive character, which would speak for
AAlC kolotS Az d ldilE QdSG WHICH
not be so wildly and so effectively
conveyed by word of mouth.
"As such displays would be of in
estimable advantage to the State in
many ways, and no less to the Federal
Government, they should be encour-
aged and advocated by both. The ex-
hibits should show, in practical way,
how many of the States have moved
forward step by step from barren
prairie to wealth through gifts of
nature and how their fertile agricul-
tural land has been made more potent
year by year as mans ability has de-
veloped, or how, by artificial means,
irrigation has become a lasting sue
cess
THE Government, for instance,
could show most graphically the val
liable work done in the Forestry Serv-
Ice, both in development and protec-
ton, and how theory and practice are
carried out in the various States to
enlarge and make safe that which we
have today.
THE proposition which seems to ap-
peal TO the wisdom of the people is
that each State and Territory shall
erect a separate and permanent build
ing along lines that would localiZe it
and present most strikingly the States
individuality in comparison with the
other States