Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-27

dueQudIS endowment Is the
most important of all-more
important than a roof. 1t
would be terrible to erect a
beautiful. empty she'll"
Senator Pell, Democrat Of
Rhode Island. chairman of the
Senate Special Subcommittee on
the Arts, in a statement pre-
pared for delivery in the Sen
ate: Great art speaks in a
universal language. The great
poet or painter, or sculptor OF
musician -. goes beyond mar
row limits Of time and place.
He lluminates our vision,
so that we can better under
stand each other and better
comprehend the goals we seek
In this sense, I believe
President Kennedy was a true
artist-not alone in the words
he used to motivate us, but in
the impulses which motivated
him. And therefore :.
think 1t would be appropriate
that our National Cultural Cen.
ter-as it Is contemplated, as
1t is planned, as 1t energies tt
reality-should bear his name :
Floyd Akers, a Center tr1s,
tee: would be for it. I thinl
1t wodld be a very fine thing. 1
would stand for something h
represented. He Represented
the youth. the progress, tn,
things we need for the future
and the culture we need for tn,
future. I think it is a granc
m OVEN emit, and I think W,
should do it, because he hal
spearheaded the renewal O
this since President Eisenhowe,
started IT.
DR.. J. George Harrar, presi
dent of the Rockefeller Foun,
dation, which recently an
nounced it $1-million grant tt
the Center: Naming the Cen,
ter after President Kennedy /
an intriguing idea, an irAagina
tive one. certainly very appeal
ing. 1t seems to me that in me
morializing a great leader, it /
always better to do so with
living monument, something
that is dynamic and continu
ling.
And since the late Presiden
land his family have been tn
prime moving force behind tn
Cultural Center, 1t seems to m
most appropriate to name it TO
him and to expedite its con
struction. The memorial woul,
be in an area he personally eS
pouSed - culture. -
DIR. Leonard Carmichael, sec
retary of the Smithsonian In
stitution: 81 think this is
very interesting and very signi
.lficant suggestion and woul
advocate its most SyInpatheti
consideration by the board"
Mrs. Herbert May, patrones
of the arts: 81 think it is a yer
good idea. But I think the wor
cultural should not be includ
ed in the name of the center.
could be, as a suggestion, tn
John F. Kennedy Art Center
Charles A. Horsky, specia
adviser to the President fo
National Capital Affairs: Ger
tainly there was nothing close
to the Presidents personal in
tereSt than the Cultural Cen
ter. If anything is to be name,
for him the Center would seer
to be very high on the lis
However, I think we need NOR
time to determine what woul
be the most appropriate me
mortal
Walter N. TObriner, DiStriC
Commissioner: IF the Kenne
dy family agrees to naming tn
Cultural Center after Presiden
Kennedy I would be heartily
favor of it. 1t seems to me tina
naming both the Cultural Cen
ter and District Stadium afte
President Kennedy would re
fleet the manifold nature O
his interests since he was
man with wide cultural inter
estS as well as one with an in
ltereSt in competitive sports"
George Meany. president @
the AFL-CIO: 81 would b
heartily in favor of the propc
sal to name the Center in no
nor of the late President. I al
ways felt that the name 'Natio
nal Cultural Center left some
thing to be desired. I feel tina
in view of the Presidents clos
Relationship to the concept G