Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01

Fundamentally the remark which Mr..
Hoover made when advised that ms
relief work might jeopardize his pri-
vate fortune. To he'll with my pri-
waite fortune" said Herbert Hoover.
To hell with mine, too" said Mr.
Richard And he started for Belgium.
For two years he WAS honorary sec
rotary Of the Commission for Relief IN
Belgium When the United States be-
came belligerent, he became assistant
to Mr.. Hoover as food administrator.
In 1918 he was acting chairman Of the
Commission for Relief in Belgium. The
following year he was director Of the
American Relief Administration, which
carried help to Russia and central and
eastern European countries. becoming
director general in 1922.
Mr.. Richard has French. Polish. Bel
gian and Austrian decorations. H. has
them because he could not avoid them.
They were thrust upon him and were
his before he knew it, So far as pos
sible. however he has avoided the spot
light. So successful has he been that
few except his friends know OF his
activities.
SCHOLARS and notables from various
United States will be present at the
ceremony in Louvain. The faculty Of
the institution and guests who have
academic robes will meet at the Univer-
sity Hall at 1880 pm. and will march
in colorful procession to the library
where the ceremonies will begin at $50
with the dedication of this building and
the carlton which. with the clock. is
the gift of American engineers in men,
ory of their fellows who died in the
World War Cardinal Van Roey Arch
bishop Of Malines and successor TO the
late Cardinal MERCER. will pronounce
the benediction. American and Belgian
bishops will assist him.
The formal opening of the library will
be made in the presence OF Prince
Leopold of Belgium. School children
will sing. there will be addresses, the
keys Of the library will be presented to
the university authorities and the
carlton of as bells will ring out the
national anthems of Belgium and the
United States At 4:30 pm. the bust
of Herbert Hoover will be unveiled.
after which a visit will be paid to the
university buildings which were burned
in 1914 Then there will be dinner in
the reading room of the library. during
which the playing of some Of the most
famous carillons of Belgium will be
heard by radio The carlton of the
library tower will have its hour later.
the player being NJ. J. Denim of
Malines. At 10 o'clock. as in the eve
ming of all Fourth of July celebrations,
the fireworks will start. Trumpeters
will announce the start of each new
event of the day from the top of the
library tower
The setting for this stately celebra-
ton of robed scholars and priests Is
building characteristic of the art of
Brabant and symbolic of the ideas
which gave it birth. It's site on the
Place du Peuple is regarded as the most
imposing in Louvain The architects
had no thought of reproducing the old
Hall of the Cloth Weavers. The fam
tastic and delicate stonework of that
ancient structure could not be dupA-
Gated today. nor could 1t be rescued
from the ashes.
THE purpose of the architects was to
erect building which would typify,
not initiate. the work of the ancients.
Iney spent almost year tfaFelllg
through Belgium. absorbing the at
mosphere of its most beautiful struc-
lures, making sketches here and there
Using the white stone and red brick
which are characteristic of the region,
they based their designs on what they
had seen and rooted the building with
blue slate.
The facade on the Place du Peuple
is 220 feet in length, with 40-foot
loggia which has II arches. Above
this arcade is the reading room. Be-
hind Ii are the administrative Offices
and a small museum. To the left Of
the center rises the lofty tower which
houses the clock and the carlton. A
vast stairway leads to the second floor,
in which, besides the reading room, are