Evening star., 1937-01-31

not be generally know that the
sculptured without his queue. . natu-
.sl appendage Of his coi6ure. as the
general did not wear q wig-and all
sorts Of gadgets which were part Of
the Washington bicentennial ceebra.
ton for which the director OF the
Constitution Sesquicentennial served
q the director.
Mr.. Bloom Would Make the
Constitution . Best Seller.
This was to have been story about
Representative Sol Blooms views on
an appropriate memorial in the Ma
tion's Capital to Thomas Jefferson
because Mr.. Bloom Is an authority on
historic emorials-but 1t was side
tracked by q dissertation on that re-
vered and wonderfully beautiful com.
position, the Constitution Of the
United States. Just at the present
time Mr.. Bloom eats, sleeps and
dreams Of the day when the immortal
document will be put into the hands
of every man, woman and child IN
America, In its true and authentic
form. That is to say verbatim ct
literatim: All "fs" dotted and all
commas In their original places. In the
late presidential campaign there was
much talk and many obvious remarks
on the Constitution, 30 Mr.. Bloom.
who for q decade has represented the
New York nineteenth district In the
Congress. decided after he was made
director general Of the sequicentennial,
the first thing to be done was to
gather about him . corps Of men and
women learned In the history OF all
that went into the making Of the
foundations Of the Republic.
Mr.. Bloom expressed himself as i'm
nensely interested in q national
memorial to the author Of the Decla-
ration Of Independence. But he was
too full Of the Constitution and the
celebration Of its l50th anniversary
on the 18th Of next September to
continue.
In looking over hundreds Of printed
copies Of the Constitution In school
books, expensive as well Is cheap
publications-even sometimes quota
tions in the Congressional Record,
Representative Bloom said he was
amazed to see not only glaring in
accuracies and deviations from the
original document, In capitalization.
punctuation and spelling, but many
erroneous statements OF descriptions.
To illustrate his point he picked up q
al ~ Aha fnnGtiflYfiny1
published by one Of the largest and
most distinguished publishing COM
panies in this country and pointed out
1,497 deviations-as he politely ex-
pressed it-from the original.
Dr.. Fitzpatrick, Well-Known
Scholar, Aids In Writing. .-
With these glaring inaccuracies in
mind, he planned and edited . story
Of the Constitution which will shortly
be OF the press. He worked under
the immediate supervision Of the we'll
known historian, Mr.. David M. Matte
son, who Is mainly responsible for the
accuracy Of the text and statements.
He was assisted by DR.. John G. Fitz-
patrick Of the Library Of Congress.
Mr.. Ira e. Bennett, Mr.. Charles c.
Cusick and others. The book is dedi-
Gated to I'VE, the People" That is to
the millions Of American who wish to
know something about the story Of the
Constitution and to have 1t told to
them in Q simple, direct manner 50
that laymen may know Just what the
Constitution stands for; its principles
and the means by which 1t operates.
Included in this book Is an accurate
copy Of the Declaration Of 1ndepen-
dence, which Mr.. Bloom said opened
the way for the Constitution, and
AWashington's Farewell Address" on
keeping In the path. The book is
fully illustrated with portraits Of the
signers, the IL men who have been
Chief Justices Of the United States
and other appropriate material
While Mr.. Bloom was expounding
the need Of . better understanding Of
the Constitution and all that it stands
for, he was missing delightful recep-
ton in his own house. where some Of
the most interesting people Of Wash
1ngton were assembled at one Of the
Bloom Tuesday afternoons. which are
about as near q salon as the Capital
can boast Of. Both Mrs. Bloom and
Miss Vera are charming linguists-
Vera, who received marked attention
from II Duce when in Italy and was
decorated BY him, and who wrote one
Of the FIRST stories about him in Eng
lish and who also wrote for his paper,
b . brilliant talker and popular in