Evening star., 1932-08-15
PRESIDENT LAUDS
CARDINAL GIBBONS
WORK FOR NATION
Pays Personal Tribute in Ac-
cepting Statue at Shrine
of Sacred Heart.
COLORFUL CEREMONIES
ARE HELD BY K. OF c.
Apostolic Delegate Gives Invoca-
ton and Benediction-Bishop
Mcnamara Speaks.

President Hoover paid personal trlp-
ute to the late James Cardinal Gibbons
as "an American of burning patriot
ism" and a great leader in his faith
when he accepted on behalf of the
Government and the people of the
United States yesterday afternoon the
bronze statue which the knights of
Columbus have reared in the parkway
in front of the Shrine of the Sacred
Heart, at Sixteenth street and Park
road.
The presentation of the memorial
by Supreme Knight Martin H. Carmody
and It's acceptance by the President
was witnessed by throng of thou
sands who jammed the streets and
vantage points in buildings in the vi
cinity of the church. The ceremony.
preceded by a parade of members OF
the knights of Columbus, bands of
music, drum corps and Catholic lay
men. marked the opening of the golden
Jubilee convention of the Knights.
Most Rev. Pietro Fumasoni- Blond,
apostolic delegate to the United States,
opened the exercises with the invoca-
ton. Then Supreme Knight Carmody
made his presentation address on be-
half of the knights of Columbus His
address was followed by the unveiling
of the monument by Miss Margaret
Gibbons Burke, grand-niece of Cardinal
Gibbons. AS Miss Burke, standing in,
the bunting -bedecked rostrum with the
President and Mrs. Hoover, and other
national and church figures, pulled the
light cord that led to the shrouded
monument the white bunting fell away
to reveal the sturdy bronze likeness OF
the beloved prelate. An instant of
silence greeted the revelation and then
a wave of appreciative applause swept
the audience.
Hoover Pays Tribute.
President Hoover, who had watched
the unveiling closely arose. He faced
the battery of microphones. which car
ried his voice to the throng surrounding
him and to the Nation over the two
major radio station chains. His tribute,
Mr.. Hoover said, was that of "a man
and a citizen" as well as that of
governmental official, because he fire.
Quently came into personal association
with the cardinal during the World
War when both sought relief of the
stricken.
The Presidents address of accept
snce follows. IN full:
During the Great War and after
ward came often into personal aSso-
organization of relief work for the
destitute Of Europe and in the devel
opment of our own Government war
agencies after we joined in the con-
flict. I came to know him, not only
as a great leader in his faith, but also
as a man devoted to the widest of hu-
manities and an American of burning
patriotism. I can therefore join this
ceremony not alone in my official ca
pacity accepting this memorial, which
will beautify the City of Washington,
and as citizen.
In his lifetime Cardinal Gibbons
won the personal affection Of thousands
of Americans Of every race and Of
every creed Millions more, who knew
him only through his writings and his
public career, shared in this affec-
tlonate regard. He stood upon a gen.
tie eminence. He was by every instinct
a man of the people, yet he was always
distinguished in any gathering for the
radiant sweetness Of his spirit and the
kindlinesS of his wisdom.
Cardinal Championed Labor.
Cardinal Gibbons carried his reli-
gion into the daily toll and complexities
of life. He bore an active part in all
the public concerns of his place and
time. Movements for social better
ment found in him an unfailing friend
and practical counselor. He championed d
the cause of labor in moments of crisis.
His interest in the welfare of the Negro
race found practical expression In the
institute erected by him at Ridge, Nd,
for their instruction in the practical
srtc.
Cardinal Gibbons truly loved human
L. iV, oil hoi
variety and with all their imperfectlons
He loved God, and to a degree that is
seldom equaled he succeeded in carry
ing into the minds of other people the
feeling that the truths of religion are
really their primary aids in solving the
,perplexitieS Of everyday living.
= Above all. the impression he made
upon the country was Of the power
that gentleness, kindliness and homely
wisdom can have, not only to shape
ones personal life, but also to influence
the larger affairs of the community
and the Nation.
1T is of special interest to observe
that practically his whole active life
was lived in his native city of Balti-
more. From this one place as its cen
ter, his effect upon his felloW-mer
spread TO the remotest parts OF the
United States. His life was remark
able demonstration Of the power OF
quietly noble personality to expand it
Influence to other people far beyond tht
range of his physical presence.
s Cancellation was implicit in his phi
lbsophy of life, and was the method /,
his public acts. 1t was far more eftec
tive than violence OF thought or action
Both reason and reasonableneSs Wer'
his building tools.
Cardinal Gibbons uaS ALWAYS nIOl(
of his American birth and Of his Amer
sican citizenship. He was patriot
proud of his country, jealous in hi
Support Of its democratic institutions
4 am glad to accept upon behalf OF Tn
Government this commemoration o
4the life Of great citizen"
J. Ovation Greets Gov. Richie.
The unveiling and presentation cere
Suony followed approximately As min
slutes after the end Of the parade. whicl
began at 80 o'clock in the afternoon
Music was furnished by the Unitet
States Army Band, which played semi
&religious compositions in the interim
lThe throng which had lined SiXteentl
sstreet to witness the procession move'
Anorthward to pack in the blocks sur
Bounding the Sacred Heart Church, il
<front of which the monument stand;
AT 1925 O'Clock Baltimore band on tn
@outskirts of the crowd struck up Mary
land" and the throng accorded Coy
Albert C. Richie of that State a
ovation as he was obliged to shoulde
his way to the platform following hi
arrival by way of upper Sixteent
street with Mai. z. Brooke Lee c
Montgomery County.
One minute later, motor eye
escort of policemen signaled the ar
+ proach of President Hoover from dow