Evening star., 1933-03-19
STATUES TO LINE
CAPITOL CORRIDOR
ON GROUND FLOOR
Arts Commission Solution of
0vercroWded Hall An.
nounced by Rainey.
OPPORTUNITY GIVEN
FOR ORDERLY ARRAY
Impressive Setting for Each States
Representation Assured by
New Arrangement.

Statues of great men of the States
hre to be transferred from Statuary Hall
in the Capitol to the long corridor on
the ground floor, running the entire
length of the building
Speaker Rainey announced this de-
ctsion Of the Fine Arts Commission
yesterday after that group had made q
personal study Of conditions In the
original House chamber, now known as
6tatuary Hall, which has become en-
pf the massive memorials.
Omcials Of the Fine Arts Commission
declined to reveal their findings imme-
diately. saying that . report would 60
forward to David Lynn, architect Of
me Capitol, some time this week.
Impressive Setting Assured
The Speaker said that the long cor
tidor was considered an ideal place in
which each statue can have an impress
Sive setting, in inches which are al.
ready built, flanked by marble col
Nmns. BY this arrangement, the
Speaker explained. the statues from
States can be placed opposite each
other. and 1t Is proposed to have these
shrines SO marked that viAtors to the
Capitol can readily find the statues
presented by their own States. Hereto
lore there has been considerable con.
fusion among tourists endeavoring to
nave the guide point out to them the
statues Of their States.
The statues honor two leading men
from each OF the States who have done
most for humanity. They are now
overcrowding Statuary Hall so that the
engineers assert 1t Is unsafe. Hence the
decision to move them to the corridor,
720 feet long, running from the south
end Of the Capitol to the north end
on the ground floor.
Fine Arts Commission officials un.
ofdctally pointed to the delicate prob
lem involved in moving the statues.
Ihey said that care must be taken not
70 offend the States that presented the
masterpieces to the Nation. In Statuaty
HaH there was q sort Of "round-robin"
erect, none being given undue promi-
nerce. Placing them in a corridor,
precedence. This burden rests In large
measure on the shoulders Of MI. Lynn.
Accompany Commission. 8.
Speaker Rainey and Mr.. Lynn yester-
day accompanied the Fine Arts Com
mission on its tour Of inspection Of
Statuary Hall, and suitable locations
to which the pieces might be trans
1eerred. and Representative Luce, Re-
publican. Of Massachusetts,, former
chairman Of the Library Committee,
also was in the inspecting party. The
Fine Arts Commission expects to make
q report to meet the situation, 80 that
the floor space will be no longer in
danger.
Yesterday afternoon the commission
visited Arlington National Cemetery
and conferred with Coast Guard ON
ofals on improving the landscapipg
around the Coast Guard memorial.
Guilmore D. Clarke, landscape architect
member OF the commission, win study
plans for betterments Of the arrange
ment. The commission noted the great
improvement recently made by War De-
partment authority in the southern
section OF the cemetery and surveyed
the route for the new highway that
VIII link the Lee Boulevard with the
Arlington Memorial Bridge, skirting
the south wall Of the cemetery.
Three New Statues.
With IS statues already in the over
provided Hall Of Fame, three new ones
ere ready to be installed. This IS an
other reason why officials are proceed
ing without delay to decide on the re-
location Of some Of them In other parts
6f the building.
Maine has Just shipped to the Capitol
. bronze statue Of Hannibal Hamlin,
VINO was Vice President in the admin
Itration Of Abraham Lincoln, during
the Civil War. The unveiling IS await
ing solution Of the problem Of location.
Delaware has two marble statues
ready to be shipped to Washington in
the near future. One is Of John NJ.
Clayton. who, as Secretary Of State in
the Taylor administration, negotiated
the Clayton -Bulwer treaty with Great
Britain. pledging the neutrality of q
proposed ship canal across Central
America. The other new statue from
Delaware is of Caesar Rodney, member
Of the Continental Congress and .
Ngner Of the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence.
Served in Congress.
Hannibal Hamlin's fame was not con-
Mned to his service as Vice President.
He had also served In the House and
Senate before the Civil War. Follow
ing the war he again became Senator,
from 1859 to 1881, and was also Ameri-
can Minister to Spain for two years.
Clayton. before becoming Secretary
Of State in 1849, had been q Senator,
and returned to the Senate In 1853.
The Clayton-B -Bulwer treaty was rati-
ned In 1850, and was superseded In
1901 by the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
Rodney held various of1ces in Della
ware. served In the Revolutionary
Army. and again was a member of the
Continental Congress In 1777 and ITS.
Representative Luce Of Massachusetts,,
Of the House Library Committee;
Capitol Architect Lynn and Charles
Fairman, art curator Of the Capitol,
accompanied the officials of the Fins
Arts Commission on their tour Of tie
building yesterday. Approximately 40
spaces outside Of Statuary Hall, to
which statues might be moved, were