Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-01-14
OBSERVE BIRTHDAY
OF Ben FRANKLIN
Many Organizations Over
Nation Will Commence
rate Statesman

New York, Jan: 14.-The memory
of BENJAMIN Franklin, Patriot, will be
honored next week throughout the
nation. Tuesday, the 18th is the 233rd
birthday anniversary of the Boston
born Philadelphia who is usually
ranked as one of the three greatest
Americans.
Poor Richard Club, Philadelphia's
group of advertising men, will make
their annual pilgrimage to Franklin
grave in Christ church burial ground,
followed a night by their 34th annual
banquet. Sponsored by the Adver-
Using Federation of America, tribute
to the name and fame of Franklin as
"rhe Father of Advertising in Anne
RIGA" will also be paid by advertising
Clubs in many other cities.
Numerous Franklin statues will be
decked with floral tributes. These in
clude bronzes in Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago
and Paris, France. The statutes were
unveiled last year, the first in jan
uary in the Post Office Department
Building in Washington, the second,
heroic-size in marble, last May in
the many-million-dollar Benjamin
Franklin Memorial and Franklin In
stitute building on newiy-named
Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Phila-
delph:a.
Printers in New York and elsewhere
VIII show publicly that Franklin is
their special Patron Saint" and in
spiration.
University of Pennsylvania, found
ed by Franklin, on the 21st will again
celebrate their Founders Day. A
statue of Franklin by Boyle, since
1899 on the city post office pave
ment, will be rededicated on the
campus.
In Chicago the benjamin Frank
Inns" will get together. Benjamin
Franklin Affect heads this group
each member of which is named fol
DR.. Franklin.
International Commemoration Of
Franklin's Birthday was launched in
1921 as New York Citys feature OF
National Thrift Week. This patrio.
tic movement, however, is not con,
fined to Franklin birthday parties
Other dates signalized include Feb
ruary g. anniversary of the signing
of the treaty of alliance with France
! il, 1878; July 4, as Franklin has been
lauded as "The Father of Our Liber-
ty"; September 3, "Recognition Day
on which was signed the definitive
treaty cf peace of 1888; Labor. Day
on which William Green once pro
claimed Franklin as Patron Saint Of
Labor; also Constitution Day, Sep
TENDER IL.
Celebration of F'ranklin's Birthday
especially in the schools, has been
urged by the 1923 Congress of the
daughters of the American Revolu-
ton and by other patriotic and trade
organizations.
J. Henry (fSlogan') Smythe, Jr.
of New York City, Founder of Frank
lin Day." is now chairman of the
Benjamin Franklin Committee, N. S.
S. A. r. Smythe wants to see an ade
quate Benjamin Franklin Memorial
in Washington, where one to Thomas
Jefferson is already started. Smythe
was the first in this century to sug-
gest that Philadelphia erect a Frank
lin memorial. He is likewise leading
the movement, backed by fellow Penn
sylvania alumni, to put Franklin or
the pennies, if Lincoln is promoted
to the dimes. His earlier plan was to
put Lincoln on the niclzles but JEFF
ferson's head was accorded that bon
or
An anti-Jewish Prophecy" ascriIb
ed to Franklin, is being widely circu
lated by the Nazi press and others
Often repudiated, it is specially re
scented by the S. A. r., Internationa
Benjamin Franklin Society, Franklin
Institute and many leading Franklin
authorities. Smythe says: This libe
is unjust to Jews and to Dr. Franklin.