The Washington times., 1937-07-03
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HnmpsOn Gary
Backs Plan
FOR MADISON
By HELEN EsSARY

Chief Executives.
The gentlemen who undoubted
ly tried their best while they were
In the White House should have
the decent honor of nationa
burial.
These observations inspired my
good friend, HampSon Gary, Gen
eral Counsel of the Federal Com
munications Bureau, to send MI
an interesting letter.
Mr.. Gary is not only a gooc
lawyer, a charming man-about
town, but also a Virginian and ar
antiquarian.
He has a suggestion for the re
burial of President James Madi
son. Says Mr.. Gary:
"Of the Presidents given by
Virginia to the Nation, Madison
q the only one whose tomb is
not in q cemetery like Holly
wood in Richmond, or in
ground set aside as a national
shrine like Mount Vernon or
Monticello. He is buried on
his old estate, Montpelier, now
In possession of others than, his
Own family.
at would seem fitting to re-
move his remains and those of
his famous and beloved wife,
Dolly Madison, to the Washing
ton Cathedral, for both spent
years in Washington and both
were communicates Of the
Episcopal Church.
"The tablet on St. Johns
Church records that he wOr-
shipped there, and it is said
that he was instrumental in its
erection. His kinsman with ex-
actly the same name, James
Madison, was the first EpiS-
copal Bishop of Virginia.
Madison will always be re.
Vered as the Father of the Con.
stitutiOn of the United States
the organic act that created
this Union and made us q
Nation. Why not entOmb him
in the Nations Capital in the
Cathedral Church Of his faith
he, and his lovely wife, who
lives in legend and in story?
"There would seem to be no
problem involved in the re-
mOval of the remains Of the
MadiSOns at this late date.
Nearly a hundred years after
his burial in the Congressional
Cemetery in Washington the
remains of George Clinton, the
first governor of New York,
were removed to New York
and there reinterred.
"AbOut 20 years after his
burial in. the same cemetery
here the remains of J. Pinkney
Henderson, first governor Of
Texas, were removed to the
G6UlbAk VI 1A1S 0O0bC0
"If MadisOn's distant cOlIat.
eral relatives of today approve,
and the Cathedral authorities
agree, there would seem to be
nothing standing in the way OF
the removal of MadisOn's re-
mains from Montpelier to the
Capital City where they spent
80 many years, and where each
made contributions to the life
of the Nation that will ever
live in the pages of our his
tory"
Representative Caroline O'Day
of New York, is an artful story
teller. Her deep, magnetic volc'
gives the commonplace a specla
twist. She has an anecdote abou
Senator Hattie Caraway and
disabled veterans wife that i
worth going miles to hear. Mrs
O'Day has a collection OF fans o
27 countries.
Surgeon-General Reynolds, o
the U. S. Army, is proud of tn
last Army record, that shows onl'
four cases of typhoid in the ent1r'
enlistment. All four cases were II
the Philippines-three American
and one Filipino.
Undersecretary of State Sum
ner Welles breakfasts every morn
ing at tbs at his country homt
at Oxon Hill, and begins his da,
at the State Department shortl'
after 8.
It's no surprise to me that Bel
lin has conferred a NaZi decora
ton on James j. Watson, newl,
elected president of the Interna
tional Chamber of Commerce. MI
Watson, a big white haired NAL
of about go, is one Of the mos
likable people who comes t.
Washington.
He's frequently here for big off
cial dinners and lucky indeed 1
the woman who sits beside hin
at the table. President Of tn
International Business Machine
Corporation, he has Travelled owe
the world many times and know
its most important and amusing
citizens.
Mrs. Lothrop Stoddard, tn
pretty bright-eyed woman who's
husband is a lecturer and writer
will join the faculty at Holton
Arms School next year. She vii
teach singing, a new feature Il
the schools curriculum.
Republicans to Rally
ROCKVILLE. Md, July 81
Republican rally and picnic will b
held at the farm of Judge Thoma