Evening star., 1940-04-22

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agency which -
has advisory 'ss''
jurisdiction over Mr.. Cret.
Federal buildings and properties in
the District of Columbia.
Mr.. Cret is best known in WASH
ington as architect of the Pam
American Union Building with AL
bert Kelsey; the Folger Shakespeare
Library, the Central Heating Plant,
the Federal Reserve Board Building
on Constitution avenue and the
Calvert Street Bridge.
Educated in French Schools.
He was born at Lyons, France.
October %, 1875, and was educated
in French schools of architecture.
among them the Lycee of Bourg,
the Ecole des Beaux Arts of Lyons
and the Ecole des Beaux of Paris.
He won the Paris prize in 1896, the
Rougevin prize in 1901, the grand
medal of the Ecole des Beaux Arts Of
Paris in 1901, the gold medal of the
Salon des Champs Elysees, 1903; the
medal of honor of the Architects
League of New York in 1881, the
Box Prize in 1881 and the dis
tinguished award of the Washington
Society of Architecture. He was a
member of the Architectural Com
mission for the Chicago Century OF
Progress Exhibition in 1888.
Mr.. Cret came to the United States
in 1903 as professor of design at the
University of Pennsylvania, a post
which he held until 1887, when he
became professor emeritus and
trustee. He became consulting
architect for the American Battle
Monuments Commission after the
World War and has served in
similar capacity for Brown Univer-
sity and the Universities of Texas,
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
When the World War broke out,
Mr.. Cret returned to France for war
service. When the United States
entered the war, he applied for
transfer to the United States Army
and served in the 1st Division,
American Expeditionary Force. He
was made an officer of the Legion
of Honor and received the Croix
de Guerre.
Mr.. Cret is an associate of the
National Academy of Design, fellow
| of the American Institute of Archi-
tects and a member of the American
Philosophical Society Of New York.
the Institute of Arts and Letters.
the Societe Architectes Diplomes of
France and the Societe of Beaux
Arts Architects.
Seven Bills Signed.
Mr.. Roosevelt also took time this
morning to affix his signature to
seven pieces of legislation.
Included in this grist was a meas
ure to amend the judicial code to
give to citizens of the District and
of Hawaii and Alaska the same
right to bring suits in q Federal
District Court of any State, on the
ground of diversity of citizenship, as
now obtains in the case of citizens
of the States.
Approved also was a bill author
izing payment to Floyd H. Roberts
of Bristol, Va, of S5,l6666 as SAL
ary for his services as Federal Judge
Of the western district of Virginia
from August /, 1888, to February
6, 1899. Judge Roberts received a
recess appointment to the post in
1888 and his nomination was sent
to the Senate early in 1889. Be-
cause of objections raised by Sena-
tors Glass and Byrd, Democrats, of
Virginia the nomination was re-
jected and Judge Roberts service
ended on February 6, 1899.
Retirement Provisions Approved.
Mr.. Roosevelt also approved a
measure designed to correct GER
tain deficiencies" in the Retirement
Act for foreign service officers.
Credit for fractional years of serv-
ice and several retirement options
are provided in the bill, enactment
of which was requested by Secretary
OF State Hull. House and Senate
reports stated that 1t would call for
no additional Federal appropria-
tions.
Another bill approved today would
authorize appropriations for death
expenditures in cases of Navy and
marine personnel, making such au-
thorization uniform with that now
extended for Army personnel. =
With the weather turning clear
and warmer here the President yes
terday went for a long afternoon
ride with Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott
Roosevelt and some other friends.
Aides reported that a flood OF
congratulatory kilograms and let
ters has poured in since his Satur-
day night speech attacking the Re-
publican party's past and present
tactics and calling for pair of
liberal nominees and liberal plat
form for the Democrats.