Evening star., 1941-12-14
President S Address
Tomorrow 10 Climax
Bill Of Rights Day
Will Broadcast at 10 PM.
From White House; Mason
Estute Scene of Service

WashingtonianS will join Presi-
dent Roosevelt and all other Amer
leans tomorrow in giving thanks fol
being free to speak, free to worship
free to assemble, free to write and
print-aS guaranteed by the Bill OF
Rights.
From the White House at 10 pm
will come broadcast to the Ma
ton, climaxing a day of ceremonies
in which children and adults will
commemorate the 150th anniver-
sary of the adoption of the first 10
amendments to the Constitution.
These 10 amendments. America s
Magma Carta, have their roots in
mans historic love of liberty-and
more particularly in the work Of a
Colonial Virginia gentleman, George
Mason, who in 1776 drew up Vir-
ginia's Declaration of Rights.
Accordingly, at pm. tomorrow
Vice President Wallace will arrive
at Gunston Hall. the Mason estate
in Fairfax County, Va. where he
will lay a wreath on the Revolu-
tionary leaders tomb. Gov. Price
will receive him and other high off,
cials who have been invited, includ-
ing the District Commissioners, and
will then deliver an address. Vet
Grams of United States wars, patri-
otic orders, civic associations and
other groups have been asked to at
tend in body.
Thousands Of Ceremonies.
Other notable exercises will be
held at Faneuil Hall, Boston, and
at Mount Vernon. N Y, at the tomb
OF John Peter Zenger, the editor
whose trial established the freedom
Of the press
Thousands of local ceremonies
will be held in schools, libraries and
other institutions with the aid and
sponsorship of local defense coun-
ellis and the Citizenship Educational
Service, an organization represent
ing a broad cross-section Of the
nations civic, fraternal and religious
life.
In a statement yesterday, Senator
Byrd. Democrat, of Virginia, urged
all Virginians to honor the memory
of Mason. He said:
AT no time in our history has it
been 50 imperative for Americans
to rededicate themselves to the Bill
of Rights and hope that every Vir-
ginian will honor George Mason,
father of that historic document, on
the 150th anniversary of its ratif1-
cation by their State"
officials OF the Northern Virginia
Regional Defense Council, sponsor
ing the afternoon ceremony, said
State police had arranged to handle
traffic for the Gunston Hall cere-
mony. The Mason estate is about
three miles east Of highway No. l
approximately Is miles south of
Alexandria.
Mrs. Morgenthau to Attend.
Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, jr.. wife
of the Treasury secretary, will rep
resent Mayor LaGuardia of New
York. head of the National Civilian
Defense organization, and Mrs.
Roosevelt, his aide, who telegraphed
her regret at Delng unaole 10 attend
because of duties on the West Coast
Bill of Rights day also will rec
ognize the contribution of Thomas
jefferson At $3.50 o'clock Attorney
General Biddle and Librarian of
Congress Archibald MacLeish will
speak at the dedication Of Jefferson
murals hung in the Jefferson room
of the Library of Congress Annex.
The Budapest Quartet will play.
At this time the library will ex-
hibit the original journal of the
House of Representatives, contain
ing the Bill of Rights as approved
by the House in 1889, together with
other documents of its history.
The public schools will hold as