Evening star., 1938-11-19
Work Will Resume
Monday al Site Of
Memorial
Three Courses Debated
By Women Seeking
To Save Trees

said today that work WILL be re-
sumed Monday morning at the Tidal
Basin site of the Jefferson Memorial
where $50 clubwomen staged an
angry demonstration yesterday in
an effort to save the famed jap
anese cherry trees and some lesser
publicized white pine, holly and
elms that will be removed to make
room for the monument.
Work was not resumed this morn
ing owing to inclement weather, q
park ofiicial said. Work was halted
yesterday when $50 women grabbed
shovels of laborers and then chained
themselves to the trees In a spec
tacular-though futile-gesture to
save the trees.
Later In the morning, four work
men from the parks department
arrived to place additional protec-
tive sacking around the base OF q
large white pine that had been
partly uprooted when the work was
stopped.
Three Courses Considered.
Meanwhile, the protesting women,
faced with President Roosevelt's
positive refusal to halt work on the
memorial, pondered what to do next.
With slim chances of stopping the
work, these courses are being con-
sidered:
l. An appeal by resolution to the
District Commissioners to seek a
restraining order to halt the work.
2. A later appeal to Congress to
rescind its authorization OF the
memorial.
3. Marshaling of Nation wide sup
port through the General FEEDER
alton Of Women's Club to exert
pressure on Congress.
As a part Of the movement for
Nation wide support, q program will
be broadcast At tbs pm. tomorrow
over VOL and the Mutual Broad
casting System. Women's clubs
throughout America will be asked to
wire protest to President Roose-
welt.
The resolution asking for a re-
straining order had not been placed
this morning before the District
Commissioners.
If it has not been sent to the
Commissioners 1t will be shortly"
said Mrs. Horace Phelps, chairman
of a committee that prepared the
appeal.
The resolution asked the Commits
sioners to apply for court order to
save the cherry trees 80 as to pre-
vent irreparable loss to the City Of
Washington and the people of the
District of Columbia in the unnec-
essary waste Of the peoples money
expended in and about the planting
and development Of said cherry trees
and the marring of the beauty Of
the National Capital thereby"
A copy of the resolution is to go
to President Roosevelt, who at his
press conference yesterday described
the campaign to save the trees as q
case of "flim- -flamming" provoked by
the publisher of two newspapers
here.
The President said that in reality
there will be a net gain Of 912 cherry
trees, as 1000 will be planted within
the site and grounds of the memo
rial, while only SO are being removed.
Bids to Be Opened Monday.
The President was unmoved by re-
ports brought to him during the
conference that women were chain
ing themselves to the trees. He
laughingly remarked that it would
be necessary to transplant the trees
and the women too.
No further spectacular demonstra-
tions are planned, the garden club
leaders said.
I'VE are going to do the best we
can in an orderly, dignifled manner
to save the trees" Mrs. Ernest Hum
phrey Daniel. president Of the Dis
trict Federation of Women Clubs,
said.
The work halted yesterday was
being done by the park service and
consisted only of removing trees that
will be transplanted elsewhere.
Bids will be opened Monday on
contract for the foundation work for
the memorial.