Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-09
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T0DEBATE SHRINE
Jefferson Memorial Contro-
versy to Claim Attention
of Convention.

Controversy over the proposed Tidal
Basin site for the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial is expected to occupy atten-
ton Of delegates to the twenty eighth
annual convention of the American
Federation of Arts at the opening
session in the Wardman Park Hotel
Tuesday morning. The convention
will continue through Thursday.
First business of the convention will
be discussion of Public Buildings and
Monuments" by William Lescaze, we'll
known architect; Hobart Upjohn, pres
ident of the New York Chapter of
the American Institute of Architects,
and Carl Feiss of the planning and
housing division of the School of
Architecture, Columbia University.
L. B. Houff, jr., membership Sec
rotary for the Board of Trustees of the
federation, in sending out notices of
the convention, said:
The raging controversy over the
proposed Jefferson Memorial throws
the spotlight on Public Buildings and
Monuments and emphasizes the need
for constructive program for dealing
with the problem"
Concert to Be High Light.
A high light of the convention will
be folk music concert, which John
Powell, renowned pianist, will present
Thursday at 230 o'clock. Powell is
bringing to Washington with him
seven mountain musicians, including
concert at the White House.
Annual reports will occupy the con-
vention's attention Tuesday after
noon, but at 430 the delegates will
visit the Cathedral of SITS. Peter and
Paul and will have tea in the bishops
garden as guests Of the All-Hallows
Guild. A reception for the delegates
will be held Tuesday evening in the
Textile Museum of the District of
Columbia. The delegates will be guests
Of George Hewitt Myers, treasurer of
the federation. They will be enter
tanned with chalk talk by Clifford
Bergman, cartoonist for The Evening
Star
New Angles on the Arts" and "Tele-
vision in Art Education" will be dis
cussed by the delegates Wednesday
morning. "PanAmerican Art" will
be the subject before the afternoon
session. At pm. the delegates will
otta7oG a ot I>o,- ~ HoL s
as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs Robert
Woods Bliss.
Federal Art Projects-and After"
will be the subject of a debate at the
Thursday morning session.
Banquet on Thursday.
The convention will close with a
banquet Thursday evening. Robert
Woods Bliss will preside. Dean Joseph
Hudnut of the Harvard Graduate
School Of Design and Frank CROWN
shield, writer and editor, will speak
Carl Sandburg has been invited to
attend.
Local organizations will be repre-
sented by the following delegates:
Corcoran Gallery of Art, c. Powell
Minnigerode, director, and r. M.
Kaufman; Arts Club. Mrs. L. M.
Stafford and Mrs. Susan B. Chase; divi-
sion of fine arts, George Washington
University. Frank Kari. Miss Eliza
beth Coale, Harlan Mcclure, Alfred
McAdams and Miss Gussie Hanley;
king-Smith Studio, Mrs. Vachel
Lindsay, Miss Franc Epping; Landon
School. David Rounds; division of fine
arts. Library Of Congress, Dr. Leicester
B. Holland; Society of Washington
Artists, Mrs. Clara D. Kimberly;
Washington Water Color Club, Miss
Elizabeth Muhlhofer, Miss Clara
Saunders and A. H. o. Role; Phillips
Memorial Gallery, Duncan Phillips
and Almira Bier, and the Studio
House, c. Law Watkins.