Evening star., 1962-05-27


ment of two new committee
members and the acquisition
by the White House Of six
historic pieces Of sculpture.
At the same time the White
House confirmed the First
Lady has named James T.
Babb, Yale University librar-
ian. to head another new
project to add old and rare
books to her collection Of
White House antiques.
The new appointees are
Mr.. Lloyd Goodrich of New
York City to the Advisory
Committee Of the Fine Arts
Committee for the White
House and Mr.. Vincent Price,
the actor. Of Beverly Hills,
Calf, to the Special Commit
tee for White House Paint
ings.
Mr.. Henry F. du Pont Of
Winterthur, Del, is chair
man Of the Fine Arts Com
mittee and Mr.. James Fos-
burgh Of New York City is
chairman of the Special
Painting Committee.
Mr.. Goodrich, who is di-
rector of the Whitney Mu-
scum of American Art in New
York, is a lecturer as well as
a writer on American art.
His books include Thomas
Eakins," "Winslow Homer"
and Edward Hopper"
The actor, Vincent Price,
Is a Yale graduate, who later
studied at the University Of
London and the California
College Of Arts and Crafts
before he went to Hollywood.
Sti1l Unnamed
Mr.. Babb will head a COM
mittee, as yet unnamed, to
find rare books and folioS
for the White House library.
The room Is now in the proc
ess Of being redone. The
collection Of important first
editions in all fields and
other collectors items, it was
confirmed, will be gathered
in the same fashion the
White House has employed
to obtain antique furnishings
and paintings.
Thus far. according to
Miss Pamela Turnure, Mrs.
Kennedy'S press secretary,
Mr.. Babb has not named the
other members Of his COM
mittee. He is out Of the
country on a vacation, Miss
Turnure added. 1t is ex-
pected he will name librarians
and experts from throughout
the Nation. The committee
will try to find donors of
books and the money to buy
items they think would be
appropriate for the White
House library.
Mr.. Babb is a graduate of
Phillips Exeter Academy, who
earned his Phi. from yale
in 1924; an MA. in 1945 and
became a Yale Law School
student 1856.
New Sculpture
The six historic pieces Of
sculpture now in the White
House include five busts of
illustriouS persons in addi-
tion to one bronze grouping.
A bust Of Andrew Jackson
in chalkware, issued about
1887, is by an unknown sculp-
tor. An unknown sculptor
also did a bust Of Patrick
Henry in black spelterware,
issued by Warner, Miskey
Merrill about 1860.
White Parian ware was
used to form the bust of
Henry Clay by Joel Hart
Q810-187D. The sculptor
did a bust Of Andrew Jackson
from life at the Hermitage.
He was commissioned in
1846 to do a bust Of Henry
Clay and went abroad in
1848 to supervise its render
ing in marble. The White
House bust Is the gift Of Mrs.
William s. Paley of New York
City.
A bronze bust Of Benjamin
Franklin, by an unknown
sculptor, is the gift Of DR..
and Mrs. ]. s. Ritter of New
York City. 1t Is believed to
be a 10th century French
piece.
The bust Of Count D'Es-
taing, in marble, is num-
bered "a, School Of Houdon.
The Count was an admiral in
the American Revolution
who came to the support Of
America prior to the time Of
Lafayette. 1t Is a gift Of
Mrs. Louis Brugiere, Mr..
Frederic Bucher, Mrs. John