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Evening star., 1939-03-05
Worlds Fair Exhibit
Masterpieces

Masterpieces OF Painting
From Europe to Be ShoWn.
More exciting is the news that
500 of the greatest paintings by
masters of the past will be shown
at the New York World Fair,
brought hither from the galleries of
Europe, through the courtesy Of the
several governments and at the ex-
pense of a group of art lovers who,
preferring to remain anonymous,
have incorporated and are styled
art Association. Inc"
These paintings, conservatively
valued, for insurance, at $50, 900 900,
will include the masterpieces of
painting from the Middle Ages to
the early 10Th century, and col
lectively form the most complete
and we'll rounded history of the
great epochs of European art ever
1t Is said, presented under one roof.
This is staggering statement, and
potentiality, but with the knowl-
edge that the collection was as
sembled by DR.. w. r. Valentiner.
one of the greatest authorities in
the world on European painting of
the past, and that loans will come
from the Louvre, in Paris; the. Uf-
fiji Gallery in Florence and the
National Gallery, London, as well
as the Rijks Museum In Amster-
dam, with others, there is reason to
give 1t full credence.
In addition to these masterpieces
coming from abroad, there will be
loans from American museums and
private collectors, the list of which
fairly turns ones head and takes
the breath. Never has such feast
of the art of painting been provided
and available to the public In this
country.
These priceless treasures will be
shown in building of flreproof
steel construction. designed by Har-
rison and Fouilhoux, architects,
which will occupy two-acre lot on
the Street of Wheels near the ad-
ministration gate, to be known as
1.-THE Masterpieces of Art Museum"
1t will be one story in height, built
around a water garden, with gal
leries, arranged in sequence. A series
of fans will keep the air fresh and
cool within and a special lighting
system has been devised to assure
the best possible display. Every
nation of Europe and every i'm
portant epoch in the development
Of the art of painting will be rep
resented. To the lover of art this
must, indeed, seem like an Arabian
nights dream-but 1t promises to
come true,
Evening star., 1939-03-05
Treasure Island Exhibit
Art From the East as Wei

AS the West to Be ShO1Dn.
In "Old Masters" borrowed from
European museums, there would
seem to be bewilderment Of riches
in this country this summer, for, in
addition to the great Old Masters
Exhibition at the New York Fair,
there is a second $30,000,O00 show
on Treasure Island" in San Fran
cisco Bay. secured by astute collec-
tors representing the Golden Gate
Fair DR.. Walter He'll, director of
the De Young Museum in San Fran
cisco, has gathered these, and among
the astonishing loans made through
him are Raphael's Madonna of the
Chair" and Botticelli's Birth of
Venus" which are among the most
famous paintings in the world. Also
DR.. He'll has borrowed sculpture of
such great distinction as Michael
angeles Madonna" and Donatello's
Bust of Antonio Del Narni." There
are in this section $50 masterpieces
of European art.
While DR.. He'll was collecting
treasures for the Golden Gate Fair
in Europe Prof. Langdon Warner of
the Fogg Museum and adviser to
the Freer Gallery of Art in this city
was visiting and securing loans from
countries bordering on the Pacific
Ocean-our neighbors to the west;
Roland j. McKenney, who for seven
years was director of the Baltimore
Museum of Art, was collecting works
by American artists of the past and
present in the United States, and
Dorothy Lebos was getting together
outstanding examples of the dec
orative arts. All of these are under
one roof in the great West Coast
Fair-but to see them, Fasteners
must draw on their Seven League
Bocts"-or take to the air-that is
if they are busy people. AS to what
can be left in European galleries
that may be left to surmise and
the final report of those who journey
eastward across the Atlantic in the
summer of 1899,
Evening star., 1939-03-05

exhibition Of American painting, to
include works by the foremost paint
ers of the last $50 years. Only those
now deceased will be represented,
therefore there will be no conflict
with the display of works by artists
of today. To the contrary. for such
an exhibition as this should provide
a much needed and very interesting
background.
The Metropolitan Museum OF Art
is also preparing a special exhibition
of American art to be shown at the
time and for the same purpose. Ger
tainly, weather permitting, New
York should in a truer sense than
ever before be the art capital" of
the United States during the coming
summer, even if she has to share
honors with San Francisco.
Evening star., 1939-03-05
Biennial Approaches
The CorcOrGn Biennial
Jury to Make Selections
and A1DdrdS

The time of the Biennial Exhibi-
ton of Contemporary American Oil
Paintings, organized by the Cor
coran Gallery of Art, is rapidly ap-
preaching. Tomorrow will be the
last day for receiving paintings at
the Corcoran Gallery of Art which
are to be submitted to the jury. The
latter part Of this week all the paint
ings in the galleries in the main
building devoted to works by Amer
lean artists will be taken down to
make room for the biennial display.
Those accepted by the jury will then
be hung and these galleries, closed to
the public until March 26. The jury
will begin its meetings next week,
and the prize awards will probably,
according to custom, be announced
prior to the opening of the exhibi-
ton.
The jury of selection and award
for this 10th biennial exhibition will
be composed this year of Maurice
Sterne, chairman; Randall Davey
Jerry Farnsworth, John G. Johansen
and Carroll Tyson, with G. Powell
Evening star., 1939-03-05

These paintings 1piH be in
cluded in the exhibition, "A
Century of American Paint
ing," 1Ohich opens in the Mu-
scum OF Modern Art Gallery
OF Washington today with a
preUie1D for members, and on
Tuesday to the public. They
are all by eminent American
painters. Can you identify
them? All the paintings in
this exhibition Uill be un-
signed and Uisitors UiI be
asked to name the artists.
Prizes Will be awarded to
those correctly identifying
the greatest number during
the nert tUO Ueeks.
Evening star., 1939-03-05
Local Artist Exhibits

Paintings by Grace Merrill
Ruckman to Be Shoun During
March.
An exhibition Of paintings by
Grace Merrill Ruckman of this city
will open this afternoon with tea
in the studio of the District of
Columbia Branch Of the League Of
American Pen Women, the Grafton
Hotel, where it may be seen
throughout the month of March.
Mrs. Ruckman has been represent
ed in the leading local exhibitions
for some years, and her work is
good in color and composition and
rendering. Especially charming are
her paintings of flowers and still
life, which she sets forth with ex-
ceptional skill.
In this same gallery and under
these same auspices Josephine F.
Danforth has, by invitation, been
showing sketches in water color and
pen and ink during the last fort
night.
Evening star., 1939-03-05
Century of American
Painting

Identification Test Is. OF
Unusual Intere& at Ne1D
Exhibition.
An exhibition opens this afternoon
with a preview for members in the
Museum of Modern Art Gallery of
Washington and will be free to the
public for the rAxt two weeks be-
cause of the identification contest in
connection Herewith. The 81 pic
lures to be included in this showing
will all be. by well-known artists, but
will be shown without name plates
or SIGNATURES. Every one visiting the
exA'sltion will be given a numbered
blank to fill out with the name of
the painters. each identified by IA
miliarity with his or her style, and
to those making the highest records
prizes, in the form of memberships
in the gallery, will be awarded.
An artists style is, as a rule, as
individual as his handwriting, but
as there are some who write alike, so
there are some who paint in SINH
Evening star., 1939-03-05
New York Galleries

Spec1dl Erhibiti01S OF Amerz-
can Art to Be ShoUn During
Fair.
In cooperation with the New York
Worlds Fair management and as
supplementary to its exhibition of
contemporary art, the National
Academy of Design will show in the
Fine Arts Galleries. 215 West Fifty
seventh street, New York, during
May, June and July, a Retrospective
Evening star., 1939-03-05
Current Exhibitions.

Gallery ShOlDS Black ana
White Work.
Works in black and white by
Washington artists will be shown in
the Book Shop Gallery under the
auspices of the Book Shop Associa-
ton through March IA. Meanwhile
special exhibitions of varied char
acter will be found in the small, in
innate galleries at 1904 o street and
1924 Wisconsin avenue, Georgetown.
Also during March paintings by
DR.. Florence A. Everhart and by
Mrs. Alma A. 'Fivac will be hung
in the Women's City Club, jackson
place.
Evening star., 1939-03-05
Jex Heads Club
The Landscape Club Elects
Officers at annual

TIE landscape CIUt Elects
Officers at Annual
Meeting.
At the recent annual meeting of
the Landscape Club of Washington
the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President,
Garnet w. Jex; vice president, Omar
r. Darlington; secretary, James H.
Turner; assistant secretary, Herbert
Hicks, and treasurer, Roger M. Rit-
tase.. Rowland Lyon and Mitchell
Jamison were elected to serve with
tho ofncers on the Executive Com
mittee.
Evening star., 1939-03-05
Impressionists on Display
Works From, Phillips Gallery

WOIhS rTOW THItttpS 1utteIy
To Be Sho1Dn at Arts Club.
The Arts Club of Washington an
nounces four forthcoming exhibi-
tions, two of which will open this
afternoon with a private view and
tea. These are a collection of paint
ings by the "impressionists" from the
Phillips Memorial Gallery. select
ed for this exhibition by Mr.. Phil
lips, and collection of water COL
ors by William c. Watts of Cali
fornia. The loans from the Phillips
collection will be hung in the gall
lery; the Watts paintings in the
reception room. Mr.. Watts Is a
Philadelphian, of which city BROTH
er was for many years leading
art critic and writer. For some
years now, however, Mr.. Watts has
made his home at Carmel, Calf,
where, by the way, William P.
Silva, long identified with art in
Washington, also now resides. Mr.
Watts is said to have painted from
Manchuria to Morocco. Certainly
he is a great traveller. At present
he is on a painting trip in Mexico.
These two exhibitions will continue
to March "a, after which they will
be followed, from March 26 to April
II, by water colors, including Greek
temples done in Greece, by Mary
Gay "a sister of Mrs. Charles Bit
tinger), pupil of Tarbell and Ben
son, and herself well-known teach
er of Boston, and water colors by
Xavier Gonzales of Almeric, Spain,
teacher of painting and design in
Newcomb College, New Orleans, La.
Evening star., 1939-03-05
Water CoIors Exhibited

Mary Elizabeth Partridge'S
Work Seen in the Phillips
Memorial Gallery.
In the printrooms at the Phil
lips Memorial Gallery an exhibit
ton of water colors by Mary Eliza
beth Partridge will open today and
continue to March 20. Mrs. Part
ridge (who is Mrs. Phillips sister,
has exhibited with others in the
current shows held in past years at
Studio House-but this is her first
comprehensive exhibition in the gall
lery. Like Mrs. Phillips, Mrs Part
ridge has an unusual sense of earth
forms, and she has been at her best
in paintings of mountainous or roll
ing country. But she has a style
quite her own and handles water
color with a freshness which is al
together pleasing.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
FiUe Million Starter

A RUMOR ran around town
IA a year ago that this country
might seek to establish a Guam
base. An official Navy spokes-
man at that time ridiculed the
idea on the above ground. After
the Navy sent its new base bill
to Congress, he was asked how
he came to change his mind.
He said he did not know then
the Government might pour all
this money into it. The S.
100000 appropriation apparently
is only a starter to build a base
for 20 to 80 airplanes.
"A major advance fleet base"
is contemplated in the Hepburn
report upon which the bill is
founded. He pointed, out Guam
would be of material protection
to the Philippines, although
neither he ncr the Hepburn re-
port made clear why the Philip
pines were worth defending.
Heretofore, the islands have not
officially been considered so.
NOR these reasons, common
4 supposition in Congress has
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

Regardless Of what Congress
does with the Presidents request
for $875,OOO,O 900 additional for
relief funds, the 1889 fiscal year
still will be the costliest since the
World War.
The previous high peace-time ex.
penditure record was established
in the 1886 fiscal year, when in.
itial New Deal emergency meas
ures, coupled with soldiers bonus
payments, brought total outlays
up to $4,000, ,000. 900.
VOLUME UP A BILLION
Latest official Treasury figures
show that this years expenditure
volume is nearly $1,000, ,000, 900
greater in 1898. In the CORE.
spending period a year ago, Fed.
eral outlayS we're slightly in ex-
cess of $4,000, ,0O0, 900.
A graphic illustration Of the
present rate Of expenditures is
furnished in official budget
studies, which showed that be.
tween 1884 and 1910 the Treasury
will have paid out $56, 900 900 900.
This is about $13, ,000, 900 900 more
than the combined Government
outlay during the World War. the
SpaniSh.American war, the civil
war and the Reconstruction pc
Rod.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
|CAPPER AGAINST
D. C. TAX BOOST

Senator Arthur Capper (R) oi
Kansas, one-time chairman of the
Senate District Committee, todaS
took issue with President RooSe
velt's bid for higher local taxes.
The Senator agreed with the
Presidents insistence on a larger
local budget to meet human
needs" but differed with him on
the methods by which revenue
should be raised.
While the President urged an
increase in taxes first, with Sec
ondary consideration to an in
crease in the Federal contribution
Senator Capper said:
IT do not feel that the Fed
eral Government has paid its
full share of operating the Dis
trict government for several
years. I think the increase
should come in the Federal con-
tribution. rather than in the
taxes"
President Roosevelt placed spe-
cial emphasis on the need for i'm
proving health conditions in Wash
ington, and congressional leaders
generally agreed with him.
Senator William H. King. pO,
of Utah, committee chairman
however. said he could "see moth.
ing perilous in the present situa'
ton"
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Guam Plan Provocative

THIS reasoning was consid-
l. cred good common sense
when it was the accepted Off
cial viewpoint Of the Navy and
Army up to the time Of the
Hepburn report. It runs this
way:
No matter how great our de-
fenSive preparations, Guam
could be made Self-SuStaining
in war for only a limited time.
It could not be relieved when
besieged, or succored when at
tackled, because it lies deep
within prospective enemy terri
tory. Innumerable enemy bases
are in the Caroline and Mar
shall Islands intervening be-
tween 1t and Hawaii. To re-
lieve it these bases would have
to be conquered by us, step by
step. a problem which (this
authority says) would result in
"a colossal disaster"
It's creation is certainly pro-
vocative. Yet the base itself will
be so weak that it will practi-
cally be q hostage in enemy ter
ritory, lessening the force OF
our Far Eastern diplomacy. At
the same time it will more
deeply involve and entangle us
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Citizens Ask Congress
to End Business Levy
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

Declaring the business privilege
tax a most unfair and inequitable
form Of taxation, the Glover Park
Citizens Association, at last nights
meeting in the Industrial Home
School, passed a resolution to be
sent to Congress opposing renewal
Of the tax, which expires June 80.
The director of traffic was asked
to return to two-way traffic and
lift the parking ban recently placed
on the following thoroughfareS:
Observatory Place, Huidekoper
Place, Beecher Street. Thirty-ninth
Street and Fortieth Street North
west.
Capt. John e. Bowers, of No. 7
Police precinct, made a brief ad-
dress.
TAKOMA PARK MEETING
The Takoma Park Citizens AS
Soctation, at last nights meeting
in Takoma Library, approved a
plan suggested by Senator John
H. Overton, to create a more equi-
table adjustment Of fiscal relations
between the Federal and District
governments by increasing Fed
eral aid to the District in lieu of
the lump sum appropriation.
The association also expressed
approval OF the parking meters
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Coalition Imperils
New Deal in House
Swinging 1t
At Pdrleu

The State Of Washington
could lay undisputed claim
to sending the most colOrful
delegate to the Council of
State Governments, cOnclud-
ing its conference at the
MayflOwer today.
He Is Lieut.. Gov. Vic Mey.
ers. Once q jaZz-band leader,
Meyer campaigned success
fully on such original poll
cieS as ID a redhead hostess
on every street car; (2) a
flower box on every hydrant
in the city of Seattle and
(3) let there be music
wherever the electorate gath
ers to hear a political speech.
"And 1 got more votes
than Roosevelt in 1885,"
Meyers recalls now.
Meyers brought an accor-
dion along to the confer.
ence, just to keep in practice.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Deserted Detective
Files Divorce Suii

Asserting she had deserted him,
Edwin Grayson, of the detective
bureau, brought suit in District
Court yesterday for an absolute
divorce from his wife, Mrs. Helen
Grayson, of Arlington, Va.
A "series of arguments with
her." he said, made his life miser-
able and he did not have a happy
home. She deserted him, he said,
on July 2, 1886, eight years after
their marriage in Annapolis.
The couple have two children.
Attorney Saul L. Lichtenberg rep
reSents the husband.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
S Billion
Spent in
Year
u. S. POurs Out
Over Million
An Hour
BY ERIC FRIEDHEIM

G.N.S0 The Treasury today
reached a new milestone in the
greatest Government spending
program since World War days AS
Federal outlays touched the five
billion-dollar point for the current
fiscal year.
Exceeded only by the costly era
OF 19l8-1919, the IL months end.
ing this June will be the third
most expensive year in the ma.
TONS history. President Roosevelt,
in his recent budget message, fore
cast total expenditures of $9,60O,
100000, including statutory debt
retirement payments.
COSTLIEST SINCE WAR
While Congress battles over ad-
ditional relief appropriations, the
Treasury is pumping out an aver
age Of more than $1,000, 900 every
hour to pay for the new burdens
of Government.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
Behind the News By Paul Aal2on

been that Me. Roosevelt may
have some diplomatic purpose in
mind; perhaps hoping to crowd
Japan into a treaty perpetually
neutralizing the P phillip p ines,
which would be advantageous
to American defense, or into
keeping the Open Door in China
ajar, despite the Japanese bayo-
nets surrounding it.
Conclusive information Is
lacking, but Mr.. RooSevelt's per-
sonal interest is taken for grant
ed by most observers. His COM
ment that the bill had not been
seen at the White House did not
challenge this general assump-
ton, as he is so close to the
Navy no one here can conceive
of such a naval step being taken
without his approval OF direc-
ton.
Cotton Control Again
I Attest WALLACE balloon
~ for a world cotton control
agreement is an old one. Agri-
culture Secretary first inflated
it four years ago, using just
about the same words. It never
got off the ground.
However, don't be too sure it
will fail to rise higher this time.
Behind the re-inflation was a
little off-the-record talk between
an American official at Lima
and delegates from Brazil and
Argentina, in which those two
nations expressed concern over
low cotton prices and seemed
rather favorably inclined to
world action. Also, an official of
the International Agricultural
Institute at Rome has sent out
a feeler on the idea.
Wallace Is in good position
to force an agreement by threat
ening to dump his II million
bales of surplus cotton land he
would do it if he could, but
nevertheless most observers here
are selling agreement prospects
short. Other difficulties are too
high.
CERTAIN agricultural Con-
" greSSmen believe Wallace
will resign because his process
ing tax proposal was thumbed
down by MeSSrS. Roosevelt, Gar
ner and Morgenthau. You may
see the suggestion aired consid-
erably in print, but every Wal
lace friend considers it prepoS-
ferrous.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

some Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration and other alphabetical
agency poWers-may provoke the
biggest Republican battles.
Demands were made in the
secret conference for adoption
Of a Republican policy on revision
of the Wagner LABOR Relations
Act, and framing Of party policy
on relief.
PREPARE FOR 1910
Many of the newly.elected Re.
publica1s, it was learned, led the
movement for a battle against
the New Deal all down the line.
Many veteran Republicans, it was
learned, argued that party men,
5ers in Senate and House must
develop the program on which the
presidential battle of 1910 will be
based,
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
She'll Miss "Bill" Bullitt

Cworid copyright, 1889, by King
Features Syndicate, Inc, all rights
reserved. Reproduction in full or
in part strictly prohibited)
MOT all American defense
IN men like this plan to fortify
Guam. One whose professional
reputation stands as high as
any in the Navy and the Army
has termed 1t literally a mad
imperialistic proposal"
Such skeptical official tongues
have been silenced by adoption
Of the program. Public dis
Senters probably would lose
their official heads if they
spoke out now, but Congress
may find some amazing dissent
ing reports and views inside the
Navy and War Departments if
1t goes rummaging around for
the full story.
It will find this one in par
ticuIar which. establishes pro:
fessional objection to the forti-
ftcation of Guam, not on Japa-
nese interests or politics or cost,
but on the ground that 1t would
be a foolhardy military and
diplomatic blunder.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21

in European causes in the Far
East,
On the other hand. if the
United States keeps to its
adopted line of Alaska-H Hawaii
Panama defense, it will avoid
the danger Of becoming in
volved in the Pacific and it will
have an invulnerable position,
from which it could carry war
into enemy territory with
minimum danger and cost.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
.Gonzdgd Debdters
Beat New York Team

Contending that the United
States should not form an alliance
with Great Britain, the Phocian
Debating Society of Gonzaga High
School last night triumphed over
the Debating Society of Xavier
College High School, of New York
at the Gonzaga Auditorium
Jesse H. Mann was adjudged the
best speaker for Gonzaga and
Louis r. Ford was outstanding on
the visitors team.
The Washington times., 1939-01-21
i. ). Deficit Triple
That Of a Year AQo

Because of last years buSi-
ness slump, Federal revenues
currently are tagging cOnsid-
erabIy behind 1888 receipts.
Government income from all
sources since July / totals
about $3,11O,OO0,OO 900. This is
a decline of about $265,OOO,-
600 from last years revenue
yield. As q result, the deficit
at present stands at $780,
100000. This is almost three
times the size of the deficit
at this time in 1888.