Evening star., 1929-06-09
HOOVER WILL SEE
HOPES REALIZED
President Will Lay Corner
Stone of Building He Helped
~ Plan as Secretary.

Hsvine of the corner stone OF the
$l7.50o 900 Department OF Commerce
Pmlding tomorrow afternoon By .'resl-
dent Hoover will signalize the large Tfrt
this branch OF Government occupies Al
administering law and promoting Ameri-
can trade and industry.
while the Ave addresses to be de-
livered are expected TO touch on various
phases of the significance of the occa-
sion and the department there Will be
placed within the large copper box
which is to be sealed inside the corner
stone. a wide variety of documents, re-
ports and articles. specifically TO carry
down 10 future generations a graphlc
story Of the duties OF the Department
of Commerce.
from q tiny repro luction OF the troWel
ussd bv President Washington in laying
the corner stone Of the Capitol and by
President Hoover In laying the COM
n1erce corner stone, to miniature IL
brary showing a cross section OF me
economic development of the Unlteo
States.
Program Starts at PM.
The program is to start promptly az
O'clock The speakers will be President
Hoover. Secretary of Commerce Lamont,
Senator Snoot, chairman OF the PuoIlc
buildings Commission: Representative
Elliott Chairman Of the House commit
tee on public buildings and grounos, ano
former Secretary OF Commerce george
B. Cortelyou.
II is considered specially significant
that President Hoover should lay the
corner stone, as he was Secretary OF
Commerce when plans for the new
building we're made and had large
rart in shaping the plans for the
future needs Of the department.
The invocation will be pronounced
hv Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop OF Washington, and the osne-
diction will be offered by Right Rev
.Tonn M. Mcnamara, auxiliary Arch
bishop Of Baltimore.
MIIstc will be furnished by the United
States Marine Band.
Three stands are being proVloeo loT
ths occasion, one for the speakers one
for a company Of invited guests. ana a
third for the band. Flags, bunting OF
red white and rlue. will be used IN
nrofusion. and palms and ferns Will
decorate the stands.
The stone is to be laid on the north
west corner of the building, near
Fifteenth and E streets.
At the department yesterday nnal
plans for contents Of the copper oox IN
fhe corner stone were under way. A
exact size OF the copper container' and
was being packed in the most careful
fashion to learn how much would 60 IN
the permanent box OF metal =.
THE contents include long list OF
documents, reports Of the bureaus OF
the department, the Bible. Consttutlon
of the United States. United States nag
flag of the Secretary OF Commerce
new small size dollar bill and an olo
I~t1l, nf H.
ineton daily papers and one copy OF
the New York Times printed on cloth |
Aviation's Growth is Shown.
Miscellaneous articles include me-
dallion OF President Hoover, floor plans
of the Commerce Building, pictures OF
the development of aviation from the
first flight by the Wright brothers IN
1903 to Lindbergh's transatlantic night,
and modern commercial passenger
transportation.
Among the interesting bureau in
closures were the following:
Patent ofice-Patent, No. 4, issued
to Francis Bailey (the Oldest record OF
the patent ofice); patent issued for the
telephone to Alexander Graham Bell,
for the telegraph to Samuel 3, F. Morse:
for the cotton gin, to Eli whitney; 1or
the sewing machine, to Elias Howe, Jr.; !
for the reaper, to Cyrus H. K. Nc |
Cormick: for boat-raising device, to
Abraham Lincoln; for the incandescent |
electric lamp. to Thomas A. Edison;
for vehicle tire, No 1000, 900, to !
Francis H Holton; for a "submerslble |
vessel" the submarine, patent No. |
100000, to Simon Lake; annual re-
port of Commissioner, 1928; ofnciai |
Gazette Of the Patent once, Journal OF |
Patent once Society; pamphlet describ-
inr Patent once organization history |
and procedure, descriptive article; and
a radio talk by Commissioner Of Pat |
ents Thomas z. Robertson, April l5,
1929.