Evening star., 1933-03-18
ARTS GROUP SEEKS
TO SOLVE CROWD|NG
+ OF STATUARY HAIL
DR.. Moore Leads Personal
Inspection, Which Is to Be
Followed by Report.
AVENUE OF STATES
ONE OF PROPOSALS
Commission Expected to Ask
Statute Change to Make East Csp.
itol Street Beauty Thoroughfare.

The Fine Arts Commission TODAY
turned its attention to the problem of
crowded statuary Hall at the Capitol.
A personal inspection was made.
under leadership of DIR. Charles Moore.
the commissions chairman, as Congress
has requested that the Commission
render its opinion on what should be
done to relieve the situation. The weight
OF the statuary groups on the floor has
become matter Of concern to the
cIhcials at the Capitol, but the problem
OF where to place them and not offend
the States that placed statues of their
great men there is likewise of moment.
Charles w. Eliot, I'd, director of
planning OF the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, has long
been an advocate Of creating an Avenue
OF the States. along East Capitol street,
WIN each State erecting its own build
ing along that thoroughfare. One of
tne solutions Of crowded Statuary Hall
put forward is that the statues might
pe erected in front Of the buildings
bearing the names of their own States.
Report to BE Made.
The Fine Arts Commission will in
qulre into the whole problem and
render its report shortly to Congress.
Amendment of the Shipstead-Luce
act. which gives the Government con-
troll over the type of buildings erected
near public buildings and parks, is in
the ofhng. to embrace East Capitol
street, from the Capitol to the Ana
costa River, in its provisions. H. P.
Caemmerer, executive secretary of the
fhe Arts Commission, said today that
mi inn
De cone. to balance the Mall develop
ment. westward of the Capitol. The
Shlpstead-Luce act, he said, Is operat-
ing for the betterment of buildings in
the central area. It is expected that
the commission will shortly make rec
concentrations for the amending of the
statute, so that East Capitol street NAV
become one Of the most beautiful in
the city, by preventing the erection Of
INFERIOR structures on it.
AT a joint meeting of the National
capital Park and Planning Commission
and the Fine Arts Commission, yester-
DAY afternoon, it was decided to prepare
a publication on the old Colonian homes
ana gardens in Georgetown. This ac-
ton came after the two commissions
nad inspected plans submitted by the
Aineo Architects, Inc, which took I'D
fAObASAi VI ing THESE OlQ homes
to their Colonial dignity, as an aid in
the Unemployment situation. Horace
w. Peaslee, local architect; Mr.. Eliot
and Mr.. Caemmerer were named mem
oers OF committee to prepare plans
for the new publication.
Bridge Study Extended.
No final decision was reached on the
problem OF the utility bridge planned
across B street This will be given fur
ther STUDY. Discussion brought out that
the street should not be obstructed by
piers or pillars, but further thought was
deemed necessary.
Maj. Gilmore d. Clarke, landscape
architect member of the Fine Arts
commission, agreed to make an inspec-
tion OF the Coast Guard memorial in
Arlington National Cemetery. with a
view to improving the landscapine
scheme. He will confer with officials Of
the Coast Guard in this work.