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LADY'S indestructable wardrobe trunk; bargain for quick sale. Phone Douglas 134.
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Eve Curie Dropped
 By French Legion


 PARIS, Oct. < The French Le- zion of Honor announced recent ly the expulsion of Henri Bern stein, the playwright, and Eve Curie, daughter of the co-discov- erer of radium. Both are in the United States and had previously been deprived of their French citizenship.
 Gen. Charles de Gaulle, leader f the Free French, also was ex- )elled from the Legion.
 The Daily Alaska Emplre mas the largest paid circulation of any AL acko f1pucnonrr
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 WANTED-Lathe. electric drill and circle saw Write L. S., Box 75, Juneau, or call Green 662.
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Miscellaneous For Sale

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1891 CHEV sedan. New tires. Anti freeze. $75. Phone Black GAO.
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 SING FER SEWING MACHINES, Maytag washing machines, Iron rite ironers. Terms: $5 down and $5 monthly. Liber a wances for your old sewing machine or washer. Call J. H. Anderson, the Singer-May tag man at Phone I'll, or call at motorship Hiawatha at Boat Harbor. Repairs, parts, service. WATKINS Products. Phone Black 634. Mail orders taken. Box 1851. GOOD restaurant equipment for sale. Can be seen at Case Lot Grocery. WURLITzER pianos. Expert tun- ing. Alaska agent. Phone 143.- Geo. Anderson Music Shoppe.
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Evening star., 1941-03-02

work in casting the figure Mills was
paid $1,000, and for labor, iron work
and copper, a further amount Of
$10,996.82 was expended. For the
model, Crawford was paid $4,000,
making the total for the statue, as
we see it today, $23, 1852.
Erecting the Statue Of Freedom
was quite an engineering feat, and
though there are several accounts
of what took place during the course
of its erection, and when the head
was finally placed in position, an ac-
count printed in The Star of Oc-
tober 6, 1888, is worthy of considera-
ton:
Charles F. Thomas, the me-
chanical engineer, who placed the
Statue of Freedom on the Capitol in
Washington, the item goes on to
say, lives with his family in a cot
tage at 80 Eleventh street, Brooklyn.
He is of stalwart proportions. A
long gray beard gives him a vener-
able appearance, but his keen eyes
are restless and sparkle when he
talks.
"You see that framed certificate
on the wall?" he said. well, that
was signed by Abraham Lincoln 20
years ago, a month before he was
assassinated. It testified that Mr..
Thomas, superintendent of construc-
ton of the new dome, placed the
Statue of Freedom on the dome on
December 2, 1858, at II m, and that
the scaffolding whereby the tholus
was built and the statue was raised
to its position and designed and
erected by him.
II was eight years building the
dome and placing the statue in posi-
ton. You see under the glass bell
on the table yonder a model of the
top of the new dome, the statue, and
the circular scaffolding, whose top
is above the head of the statue. That
little model, few inches high, and
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was housed his fabulous private
library of 10000 books.
Today. by contrast, the story
brick structure which was the resi-
dence of Holmes here for more than
three decades stands locked and
forlorn, awaiting eventual demoli-
ton at the hands of some wreck
ing crew. Although the Holmes resi-
dence in its day was an impressive
edifice, the tremendous growth of
downtown Washington has en-
croached on all sides.
Hard by on the west stands the
eight-story New Medical Building.
while parking lot, restaurants, real
estate offices, beauty salons and
other business enterprises surround
the historic mansion. Although
this residence has no marker, and
will no doubt be raZed sooner or
later to make way for needs of the
expanding business district, older
residents of Washington will look
at the Holmes building with a glance
of esteem and respect for what it
SymbolZeS, as long as II STANDS.
Known as DisSenter.
Of Holmes it might truthfully be
said that 'life begins at co." for he
was past that age when he entered
upon the most illustrious phase of
his career. His distinguished serv-
ice on the Massachusetts, Supreme
Court, which for most jurists would
have been the elimination of a
judicial life, was for Holmes only
an apprenticeship or prelude to
three decades of even greater use
fulness and service on the Supreme
Court of the United States.
Holmes earned for himself the
sobriquet of ''the Great Dissenter"
before he was on the bench very
napv vnarc He was knouY1 nv this
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Jefferson Davis Changed Original Design
Writer Gives Freedom as Correct Title of
Art Work Modelled by Thomas Crawford
Bv John Ciaeeff Proctor,

bp JOhH CIQ2eFE FfOCIOTs
to remain until it falls down, for
few, indeed, would agree to see it
removed or remodeled at this late
day. Whatever else may be said
of it, it cannot be denied that it
is an American creation, and that,
of course, is what counts with the
people of this great Republic.
However, there was a suggestion
to remodel this statue as recently
as 1924, when a story appeared in
The Star carrying these caustic
words:
st have no hesitation in stating
that we have no goddess of liberty
on the great dome. I believe we
should employ an expert with a cold
chisel and cut that pagan helmet
off the head of the statue and place
instead a liberty cap with a tiara
of 48 stars of the States-something
to symbolic liberty, unity and
America"
The bringing to this country
hundred years ago of the Greenough
statue of Washington demonstrated
the difficulties of shipping to the
States from abroad works of art
of any considerable size or weight,
or both. And the bringing over of
the model of the Statue of Freedom
at later date truly was an exciting
and eventful journey, as told by
Charles E. Fairman in his "Art and
Artists of the Capitol of the United
States of America" Says Mr.. Fair
man:
THE bark containing the plaster
model of the Statue of Freedom
sailed from Leghorn, Italy, April 10,
1858, bound for New York. On the
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22d, having sprung a leak which
continued with more or less force
until the 18th of May, it was decided
to put into Gibraltar to make the
necessary repairs before proceeding
farther on the voyage. Upon ar
rival, the cargo, excepting the model,
was landed and stored, and the
vessel was calked. upon the COM
pletion of the repairs, the vessel
sailed thence on the 26th day of
June for the port of destination,
New York
Having encountered much stormy
weather, with heavy gales from the
northwest, from the date of leaving
Gibraltar, the vessel was found on
the 1st of July to be leaking badly.
The leak gradually increased until
the 18th, when, finding the vessel
to be making water at the rate of
IL inches per hour, it was resolved
to tighten her by throwing over
board a part of the cargo. One
hundred and seventeen bales of rags
and 48 cases of citron were jetti-
soned. On the following day 1873
bales of rags were thrown overheard.
Finally, on the 9th of July, the
leak having increased to 16 inches
per hour, it was determined for
safety to put into Bermuda, at which
port they arrived on the 29th of
July. Upon surveys held, the vessel
was condemned and sold. The car
go, which had been landed and
stored, was finally forwarded to
destination by a vessel which had
been chartered and sent to Bermuda
for that purpose"
Crawford, the sculptor of this
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whose largest timbers are no bigger
than matches, will sustain a weight
of 100 pounds. The elevation of the
top of the scaffolding on the western
face of the Capitol was 800 feet.
Two workmen and myself only were
allowed to go on the structure. We
climbed to the top by means of
cleatS fastened to one of the up
rights. Washington is a windy
place. Gusts used to come from the
most unexpected quarters on that
lofty place.
THE head of the statue was
hoisted to its position by means of
an eyebolt in the cluster of feathers
in the helmet of the statue. The
instant it settled into place, "a guns
were fired by a park of artillery east
of the Capitol, and the guns of all
the forts near Washington re-
sponded.
ut was by the wish of Jefferson
Davis that the head of the statue
was crowned with the helmet, sur
rounded by a circlet of stars and
topped off with an irregular but
picturesque bunch of feathers. Mr..
Davis was Secretary of War in 1855.
The sculptor, Crawford, designed a
Statue of Freedom with the Liberty
cap. To the cap Mr.. Davis objected,
because, he said, the cap was worn
by freed slaves among the ancient
Greeks. Mr.. Davis objected that
the design suggested that Ameri-
cans had been slaves. Mr.. Crawford
objected to change. Nevertheless
he prepared a design similar to that
now on the Capitol. Mr.. Davis ap-
proved it, and it was adopted. At
once newspapers opposed to Mr..
Davis in politics said that his motive
in securing the change in the de-
sign was that he did not want an
emblem on the Capitol which indi-
Gated that slaves could ever be made
free.
After the scaffolding was partly
removed I stood on the feathers of
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Holmes & Munroe and enjoyed a
substantial practice.
In 1880 Holmes was appointed
lecturer on common law at Lowell
Institute. He used as a basis for
these lectures some articles which
he had published in the American
Law Review. He collected, revised
and enlarged this material and pub
lished it in book form the year fol-
lowing under the title of the Com
mon Law. The book added i'm
measurably to Holmes reputation
and soon came to be recognized as
the classic in its field. Within the
covers of this volume he set forth
the history and growth of common
law with profound scholarship, an
objectivity and beauty of language
seldom encountered in any legal
book.
Took Chair of Law.
In 1882 the young lawyer ac-
cepted a chair of law at Harvard
Law School, but resigned in De-
cember to become an associate
justice on the Massachusetts, Su-
preme Court. His opinions during
the next II years earned for him the
reputation of one of Americas
shrewdest and unprejudiced judges.
On August Q, 1899, he was appointed
chief Justice of the Massachusetts,
Supreme Court.
The story of the phase of Holmes
career with the Massachusetts, Su-
preme Court is told in recent book
by Washingtonian, Harry C..
Shriver, a member of the District
of Columbia bar and on the staff
of the law library, Library of Con-
gress. The work is entitled "The
Judicial Opinions of Oliver Wendell
Holmes"
Mr.. Shriver is also author OF
another work on Holmes bearing
the title Justice Holmes, His Book
Notices and Uncollected Letters and
Papers," and has written other
articles on the great jurist. Mr..
Shriver first became interested bio
graphically in Holmes when, as a
student in a local law school, he
visited the sessions of the Supreme
Court, then housed in the Capitol,
and was captivated by the personali-
ty, mental vigor and judicial bear
ing of the jurist.
st can see him now in my minds
eye" declares Mr.. Shriver, seated
with customary dignity Immediately
to the right of Chief Justice Taft.
He would sit absolutely motionless,
body bent tensely forward, listen
ing intently to oral arguments and
meticulously taking notes. Not a
syllable, word or legal argument
escaped him, so concentratedly was
his whole attention riveted on the
case before the court"
During the first administration OF
Theodore Roosevelt, Oliver Wendell
Holmes was nominated and con-
firmed as en- associate justice of
the United States Supreme Court.
On December 4, 1902, he took his
seat on that distinguished bench
where he continued to serve for
upward of 80 years.
Mecca for Scholars.
Holmes came to washington at
the turn of the century, when the
Capital City had a population of
about 100000. He and his wife
shortly took up their residence at
their well-known home, 1720 ]
street NV, which became the
mecca for scholars, jurists and
famous literary figures. Here, TOO.
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title not so much for the actual
number of his dissents, as the fact
that his dissents were in legal land
mark cases. wherein he put into
vigorous and cogent legal phrase
ology his views on social and eco
nomic questions, which outlook was
sustained by subsequent historic de-
velopments.
That Holmes was absolutely fear
less in rendering his honest opinion
at all times on the merits of the
case tried can be evidenced by many
illustrations. On one occasion he
remarked to friend after he had
written a dissent while he was on
the Massachusetts, Supreme Court
that his action, he thought, would
make his further judicial promo
ton impossible.
In many of the pivotal cases be-
fore the Supreme Court of the
United States, when it came right
down to the matter of interpreting
the Constitution, Holmes vote was
on the minority side in the famous
"infallible five and befuddled four"
decisions. When Holmes failed to
concur with a decision which nuli-
fled New York's minimum wage law
early in the century, Holmes char
acteristically observed: This case
is decided upon an economic theory
which a large part of the country
does not entertain"
The most recent Supreme Court
decisions In minimum wage cases
have vindicated Holmes earlier po-
sition.
Friend of Brandeis.
One of Holmes closest friendships
on the Supreme Court was with
Justice Brandeis, who was also a
product of the Harvard Law School.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection of
Jurisprudence; 90 the establish
ment of the residence of Justice
Holmes at 1920 I street NV. as a
permanent memorial to the jurist;
80 the publication and distribution
to public libraries in the United
States of a volume or volumes of
Holmes writings, and (4) the eStab-
lishment at some suitable place in
the District of small open space or
park. to be appropriately Handicapped
and beautifed, and dedicated as a
memorial to Justice Holmes.
After due deliberation, the COM
mittee turned down the first and
second proposals. 1t was felt that
a law collection in the Library OF
Congress would be too restricted a
memorial. AS for making the
Holmes residence national shrine,
the committee said:
Apart from its association with
Justice and Mrs. Holmes, the I street
residence has little to commend it
as a memorial. The house is not
of attractive architecture. The
neighborhood is rapidly changing
from residential to a business
district, and the house will soon be
surrounded by high buildings, with
no open space near it."
But the third and fourth recon-
mendations were favorably consid-
cred. The responsibility for a pro-
posed memorial volume to Oliver
Wendell Holmes was indicated as
appropriately the province of the
Government Printing Office for pro-
duction and distribution, rather
than private enterprise. 1t was
stated that an edition of 10000 VOL
umes for free distribution to Ii
braries and educational institutions
throughout the country and other
distributes, would cost about $10,-
900. The editing of such volume
would be intrusted to skilled and
discriminating editors.
Policy Adopted.
The most enduring memorial of
all would be the setting apart of an
open space in the District as a suit
able park. After checking over all
possible locations with the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission, the conclusion was reached
that the site of the proposed me-
mortal could best be selected in con-
nection with the plans of the Gov
ernment for the construction of
public buildings in the near future.
For some time the commission
had been of the opinion that in or
der to meet the need for additional
public buildings the Federal Gov
ernment should acquire the two
blocks lying east of the Supreme
Court Building, bounded by Mary
land avenue and B street on the
north, on the south by East Capitol
street, on the east by Third street
NE. and on the west by Second
street NE.
1t was thought that this area has
much in its favor for projected pub
lie buildings. For example, the new
building which will house the in
valuable library of the Surgeon Gen
eral Of the Army might be erected
here, close 70 the Library of Con-
gress. Also, somewhere in this area,
in the shadow of the great Supreme
Court Building, an appropriate area
could be set aside and devoted to a
Justice Holmes Memorial, with a
suitable tablet, bas-relief or piece
Of sculpture, to commemorate the
service Of Holmes to the Nation.
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Holiness Dssener Supreme Court Century Ago

The two had first met in Boston
in the late 1370S. When Bran
deis was appointed to the Supreme
tribunal in 1916, the old friendship
was resumed and ripened with the
passing of the years that they spent
together on the bench. Their gen.
eral outlook on many social and
economic issues was quite similar.
In 1924 Holmes was awarded the
Roosevelt Memorial Associations
medal for the development of public
law, and he won many other public
recognitions of his great services to
the United States.
The whole country paid Holmes
glowing tributes when he retired
from the Supreme Court in 1882
past the age of 80 with his mental
powers unimpaired.
Holmes died on March 6, 1885, Just
two days short of his Gath birthday.
His energy, wit and vitality were
amazing to the very last. Some one
once asked Holmes for the secret of
his long and vigorous life, and he
replied that it was due to violating
all the advice Of doctors and flouting
the rules of longevity. His humor
was characteristic of him all through
life.
Made Unique Will.
The will of Holmes was unique.
His total estate approximated some
$550,000. He gave his nephew the
right to choose 100 books from his
library, and after certain specific
cash bequestS to relatives and serv-
ants, he left the entire remainder of
his estate to the Federal Govern
ment. The Holmes bequest consisted
of residence and real property, cash,
bonds, library and the like.
On April 25, 1885, the month fol-
lowing Holmes passing. President
Roosevelt sent message to Con-
gress recommending that the be-
quest of Justice Holmes be set aside
in special fund instead of being
paid into the general fund of the
Treasury. The President said in his
recommendation:
With an insight into its history
that no American scholar has sur
passed; with a capacity to mold
ancient principles to present needs,
unique in range and remarkable in
prophetic power; with grasp of its
significance as the basis upon which
the purposes of men are shaped, Mr..
Justice Holmes sought to make the
jurisprudence of the United States
fulfill the great ends our Nation was
established to accomplish"
On June %, 1898, Congress passed
joint resolution pursuant to the
message of the President of April
Is, 1885, appointing committee Of
nine, composed of three representa-
tives each from the Supreme Court,
the Senate and the House, to de-
termine the most suitable memorial
to Justice Holmes.
Four Plans Offered.
This committee was composed of
Justice Harlan F. Stone, chairman;
Justices Owen j. Roberts and Felix
Frankfurter, Senators Henry Cabot
Lodge, jr.; Tom Connally and David
I. Walsh and Representatives John
w. Mccormack, Richard B. Wiggles-
worth and Kent E. Keller.
This group considered four major
memorial plans for Justice Holmes:
Cd The acquisition and maintenance
of a collection of legal literature in
the law department of the Library
Of Congress, to be known as the
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By Cedric Larson.

Americans should pause for a mo-
ment in the midst of an emergency
defense program of unprecedented
magnitude to salute the memory of
Oliver Wendell Holmes, the Tooth
anniversary of whose birth falls on
March 8, 1941.
We are apt to think of Holmes
as primarily an illuStriouS juriSt,
whose service on the Supreme Court
for full generation made his men,
ory imperiShable in American his
tory. But Holmes was also at vari-
Gus times in his career soldier, a
| lawyer and a teacher Above all,
however, he was great humani-
tartan, whose services to mankind
will be increasingly appreciated in
retrospect as the years go by.
A brief survey of Holmes life
strikingly reveals the comparative
youth of America itself. When
Holmes was born on March 8, 1841,
in the Boston home of Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, physician, author and
poet, and familiarly called "the
autocrat of the breakfast table, -
America had a population of only
100000
Holmes was born a few days after
William Henry Harrison had taken
his oath of Office as President
of the United States. The Mexican
War had not been fought, and the
California gold rush was still eight
years in the future. And the War
Between the States was a full gen.
Grafton away.
| What wealth of historic events
was to tranSpire in the span of
Holmes life Of "a years. What in
credible achievements in science,
communication, transportation and,
indeed, in law and jurisprudence,
Holmes own domain, were to be
chronicled. At the time of Holmes
birth Washington itself was town
of about 10000 people and destined
to grow IA times this size during
the lifetime Of the great jurist.
Joined Volunteers.
The young Oliver Wendell Holmes
received the best education which
Boston afforded and attended Har-
ward University, from which he was
graduated in 1861. His first public
act after graduation was to offer
his services in defense of his coun-
try, and he enlisted in the Goth
Massachusetts, Volunteers.
He served three years with this
unit and ultimately became its lieu
tenant colonel. He was thrice
wounded and in the fiercest battles
seemed oblivious to personal danger
His wounds were received at the
Battles of Balls Bluff, Antietam and
Fredericksburg. With the ending of
the Civil War, he returned to Har-
ward to study law, obtained his
LII. B. degree in 1866, and in March
of the year following was admitted
to the bar in Suffolk, Mass.
Holmes now launched forth on his
illustrious career in the law in Bos-
ton and in 1870 was named in
structor in constitutional law and
then lecturer on jurisprudence at
his alma mater of Harvard. Also
at this time he became editor of
the American Law Review, in which
capacity he became well known to
the legal profession in America.
The twelfth edition of Kent's Com
mentaries was edited by Holmes in
1873 and is now regarded as the
standard of that work. In this same
year he became a member of the
Boston legal flrn OF Shattuck