Evening star., 1935-11-23
SITE OF MEMORIAL
TO Be DISCUSSED
Fine Arts Commission Will
Consider Jefferson Plans
Next Month.

Members of; the Fine Arts Commis-
sion will meet next month with the
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commis-
sion, set up by Congress, to discuss
q proposed site for the memorial to
the former President and the form 1t
will take.
The Fine Arts Commission and the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission met jointly yesterday aft
ernoon and discussed sites for the
Jefferson memorial, the proposed me-
mortal to Grover Cleveland and the
Mellon art museum. No official an
nouncement was made of any definite
sites selected.
H. P. Caemmerer, executive ,secre-
tary Of the Fine Arts Commission, said
today approval has been given to a
series of plaques to be placed in the
solicitor generals Office of the Depart
ment of Justice illustrating various
phases of the administration of justice.
These were executed by the New York
sculptor, Anthony di Lorenzo. At first
paintings were considered, but yeSter-
day the commission viewed one of the
sculptoral panels in place and ap-
proved the scheme.
Propose to Raise $3.50, 900.
Sponsors of the Cleveland me-
mortal told the Fine Arts Commits
sion they are anxious to have the
corner stone laid about March lS,
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birth Of Cleveland. They propose to
raise $3.50, 900 for the memorial, and
a competition among sculptors and
architects will be held Immediately
to secure an appropriate design. Con-
gress has authorized $4,000 for a
pedestal for this memorial.
At the Corcoran Gallery Of Art the
commission inspected paintings pro-
posed for the public works of art
project for the new Justice and Post
Office Department Buildings. These
it took under advisement. Sculpture
for the two buildings was also ex-
amined.
The commission indorsed a design
submitted by Jarrett c. White for
store at Connecticut avenue and CAL
vert street. This comes under the
Shipstead-Luce act, which gives the
commission control over structures to
be erected in the vicinity of public
buildings and parks.
A memorial tablet, to be placed in
the Labor Department, honoring OIL
GERS of the immigration and natu-
ralization service, was taken under
consideration.
Parking Problem Restudied.
C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent
of the National Capital Parks, said
today, after consultation with the
Fine Arts Commission, that the prob
lem of automobile parking on Colum-
bia Island will be restudied. Inas-
much as no automobiles will be al
lowed on Theodore Roosevelt Island,
provision must be made for motorists
at some place adjacent. Finnan said
National Park Service engineers will
design a projected parking place on
the Virginia mainland near the east
wall of Arlington National Cemetery.
The commission agreed to Finnan's
suggestion, he said, as an economy
measure to reduce the size of the Or
namental holly hedge, to be planted
along Memorial avenue, leading to the
cemetery. from to 6 feet. This will
reduce the cost by about one-third,
Finnan said.
The Fine Arts Commission was Civ
en- the location Of swimming pool to
be built west Of the field house in
East Potomac Park. It likewise ap-
proved plans for the Turkeys Thicket
playground development.