Evening star., 1939-02-05
Roosevelt Discusses
Archives Project
With Trustees
Plans to Give Public
Papers to Nation Are
Mapped at Dinner

dinner at the Carlton Hotel last
night at which he and trustees of
the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library,
Inc, discussed in more detail plans
for carrying into effect his purpose
of giving the Nation his public
papers, official correspondence
pamphlets and special collections
of Americana.
1t was announced at the dinner
that committee of ways and means
of approximately so members had
been formed to assist in raising
funds for the library to be erected
on the Presidents Hyde Park, N. Y,
estate. Frank c. Walker of New
York is chairman.
Private gifts will be sought
throughout the country to defray
the cost of the building, for which
the President will donate land. De-
tails of the campaign will be an
nounced by Mr.. Walker soon.
DIR. Leland Presides.
Dr. Waldo G. Leland, chairman of
the Executive Committee of the
project, presided at the dinner. In
statement to the press he said
the Presidents announcement of
December 10 had won the support
of scholars throughout the country.
Dr. Leland, who is director of the
American Council of Learned So
cieties, explained:
Most scholars would agree with
out difficulty that the quarter of a
century through which the United
States is passing, from the close of
the war into the decade of the 40s,
is one of the most significant periods
of American history" DR.. Leland
added:
"The proposal of the President to
establish, under public control, exer-
cised by the National Archives, what
undoubtedly is the key collection
for the study of this most recent
period is particularly welcome to all
students of American history. If, as
seems likely, the Presidents collec-
ton should attract other related
collections, such as the papers of
members of his administration, there
would soon be accumulated a body
of material such as does not exist
anywhere else, and the Franklin D.
Roosevelt Library would become one
of the chief centers of research in
contemporary history in the United
States"
Those Present at Dinner.
The dinner was attended by the
trustees and members of the Ex-
ecutive Committee, several men,
bers of the new Committe on Ways
and Means and the scholars, Ii
brarians and others composing the
Advisory Committee. Those pres
ent were:
The President.
DR.. Randolph G. Adams, Ann Ar
Dor, Mich; Mrs George Backer,
New York City; DR.. Charles A.
Beard, New Milford, Conn; DR..
Robert c. Binkley, Cleveland; Julian
P. Boyd, Philadelphia; Otto Brem-
er, st. Paul; Anon G. Carter, Fort
Worth, Tex; DR.. Charles E. Clark,
New Haven, Conn; DR.. ROBBERS D..
w. Connor, Harvery c. Couch, Pine
Bluff, Ark; Stephen Early, Mar
riner S. EccIes, Silliman Evans,
Nashville, Tenn; John Fahey, j..
w. Flanagan, Toronto, Canada; DR..
Alexander C. Flick, Albany, N. Y;
DR.. Guy Stanton Ford, Minneapolis;
Justice Felix Frankfurter, Frank P.
Graham, Right Rev. Msgr. Peter
C,,;lJo,, Jorooe Wy uorec Iofbron
C. Harper, New York City; Fred A.
1ronside, New York City; Jesse H.
Jones, Walter Jones, Pittsburgh;
Stanley Kahn, New York City;
Henry Kannee, John c. Kelly, New
York City; Gerard B. Lambert, New
York City; DR.. Waldo Clifford Le-
land, Ernest K Lindley, Breckin-
ridge. Long, DR.. Harry Miller Lyden-
berg, New York City; Marvin H.
Mcintyre, Mrs. Helen Taft Man
ming, Bryn MaWr, Pa; Henry Nor
genthau, ST., New York City; DR..
Samuel E. Morrison, Boston; DR..
Allan Nevins, New York City; Basil
O'Connor, New York City; DR.. Bes-
sic L. Pierce, Chicago; Donald Rich
berg, DR.. Stuart A. Rice, Lawrence
w. Robert, Jr.; Sol Rosenblatt, New
York City; Samuel I. Roseman, New
York City; Boris Said, New York
City; Louis A. Simon, DR.. st. George
L. Sioussat, William Stanley, Nathan
Straus, jr.: Dean c. Mildred Thomp-
son, Poughkeepsie, N. Y; DR.. Wal
ter P. Webb, Austin, Tex; Sidney
Weinberg, New York City; DR.. Mar
guerite M. Wells, Minneapolis.
Committee Members.
Members of the Committee on
Ways and Means appointed by
Chairman Walker are:
Frederick B. Adams, New York;
Mrs. George Backer, New York;
Bernard M. Baruch, New York;
Michael L. Benedum, Pittsburgh;
Anthony j. Drexel Biddle, jr., War
saw, Poland; Adolph Bremen, st.
Paul, Mimi; Otto Bremen. Mimi;
Colvin Brown, New York; Ellsworth
Bunker, New York; John J. Burns,
New York; George Bye, New York;
Mr.. Carter; Frank L. Crocker, New
York; James r. Cromwell, Summer
vile, N. j.; Harvey G. Couch, Pine
Bluff, Ark; Walter Cummings, Chi
cago ILL.,; Homer S. Cummings;
Joseph E. Davies, Brussels, Belgium;
Mr.. Eccles, Mr.. Evans, Mr.. Fahey,
Mr.. Flanagan; Edward j. Flynn,
Bronx, N. Y; j. Paul Getty, Los
Angeles; Harvey D. Gibson, New
York; John P. Grier, New York; Mr..
Hanes; w. Averill Hartman. New
York; Col Joseph NJ fairfield, New
York; Will Hays, New York; Will
liam Helis. New Orleans; John
D. Hertz, New York; Robert w.
johnson, New Brunswick, N. j.;
Jesse Jones, Walter Jones, Mr.
Kahn, MIR. Kelly, Jr. Bruce
Kremer, Mr. Lambert, Mr.. Long.
Stewart Mcdonald; James A.
Moffett, New York; Keith Morgan,
New York: Mr.. Morgenthau; Ralph
w. Morrison, San Antonio, Tex: Mr..