Evening star., 1938-02-18
MEMORIAL SITE
PICKED TO HONOR
JEFFERSON HERE
New Location, Nearer to
Highway Bridge, Is Up
to President.
PANTHEON STRUCTURE
TYPE IS ABANDONED A
Characteristic Dome, However, to
Be Retained-Committee Named
for Final Arrangements.

Oficials charged with developing
the Thomas Jefferson Memorial were
virtually in agreement today on the
memorial site and plans to be laid
before President Roosevelt before q
final decision Is reached.
The new location is farther south
toward the Highway Bridge than the
previously proposed site on the Tidal
Basin. 1t was said that the new loca-
ton. however, fulfills even more ac-
curately the original plan Of placing
the memorial on the fifth cardinal
point Of the Capital.
The new design calls for a me-
mortal structure to cost $4,000, 900,
and the Memorial Commission reaf-
f1rmed its selection of an architect
by approving new design submitted
by Higgins & Eggert. associates Of the
late John Russell Pope, who submitted
the original plan.
Pantheon Type Abandoned.
The new design does away with the
pantheon type of structure, which the
Fine Arts Commission did not like,
but retains the dome said to be a
dominating feature of Jefferson's IA
vorite type Of architecture.
Decision to lay the new plans be-
fore the President was reached yes
terday afternoon by the commission
in conference with members OF the
Fine Arts Commission and the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
A committee was appointed to lay
the new plans before the President.
1t consisted of Representative Boylan
OF New York, Senator Thomas of Ok
lahoma, Representative Smith OF Vir-
ginia and DR.. Fske Kimball. Repre-
sentative Boylan will seek White
House appointment today.
The new structure, construction of
which will not harm the cherry trees,
will consist of circular colonnade
under dome. A heroic statue OF
Jefferson will be set up under the
dome. The memorial will differ
from the Lincoln Memorial in that it
will be an open colonnade rather
than inclosed on three sides.
Authorized by Congress.
The $4,000 900 memorial has been
authorized by act of Congress. hast
year the Budget Bureau submitted a
recommendation for an appropriation
OF $500,00 to start the work. but this
was disallowed by the House Appro-
priations Committee. So the situation
now is that if the President approved
the decision reached yesterday in the
conference between the three COM
INSTRUMENTATION Memorial, Fine
Arts and National Capital Park and
Planning-a deficiency appropriation
will be asked for through the Budget
Bureau.
In announcing the result of the
conference last night, Chairman Boy
Ian said:
I'VE seem to be approaching a final
agreement on the matter after con-
sulting with the Commission of Fine
Arts and the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission. Final de-
cision will not be reached until after
consultation with the President"
The members Of the memorial COM
mission are Chairman Boylan. Sen
ators Thomas. Lonergan, Democrat,
OF Connecticut and McNary, Re-
publican. Of Oregon, Representatives
Smith and Culkin, Republican, OF
New York. Thomas Jefferson Coolidge,
Hollino N. Randolph, Joseph P,
Iumulty. Stuart G. Gibboney. DR.
George j. Ryan and DR.. Kimball.