Show 1732 ad adi i y 1 H Hs s j s 7 Z x i J N t j 4 jy b I t ar Y J dl 4 t lf FN P r a y t- t I t jl p T rr Yr y O a at t r H alp w W St ll r sm z r i rl r rY Y r t r s sr 1 r hy Z j akL kL a G N t f K 4 Q 1 2 Y f wS W MI-W ay r y From tI oJ he Strafe 1 rt f sy C J r- r rF F 4 1 w 41 l Nt fI fJ 1 I I j Hb N f u U I J I W wl t N E h y t j m V jrr c r rBy By ELMO SCOTT WATSON the went ent Itself A Is s yet two 1 ears CIUS s ava aa an a preparations ale aie going for forward forward forward ward rapidly for making ma the two hundredth annh er sary celebration of ash ash ashington ashIngton ington s birthday a the great e went of ot It Its kind eser e er c held In this tills coun country try SI ears ao ago ident Cool CoolId CoolIdge Id e appointed a group of ot from every I part art of the United States with himself as ec ct e officio ch n known as ns the United States Commis Commis- Commission anon sion Ion for the U n of ot the Birth ot of George Washington to prepare e a aplan aplan aplan plan Since that time the commission has r been considering some forty different suggestions for for the nation i a Ide Me cele j but the only plan that ha thus t tar far been definitely adopted Is that for forthe forthe forthe the systematic I publication of ot soils oiLs 01 hs b band and about Washington This plan was drawn up by Dr Albert Bushnell professor of ot history at Harvard Hanard uni and 1 j jand and historian of ot the Blon lIlo ion commis-ion p pl 1 t The plan In detail calls for the for tol lowing publications L 1 1 George Georgo Washington V Reading WIth a n Purpose written by Doctor Bart Hart and recently Issued b by the tho corn com commission mission to be circulated by b the corn com cornI comI commission mission In quantities I 2 2 Select reading lists on George Washington on A proposed I d so SC of oC hest books boos on Washington Intended 14 tI to stimulate purchase of ot Washington 3 r r books by Individuals and nd school chool and other such lists to be clr U fated by the commission c especially to schools 3 A George Washington map A sizeable wall map on paper or cloth costing In quantities about 10 cents each to be sent free h hi the commis Eton dou to any an school loom woof akin aking fir It as a i 1 leans of bringing the lie and Its work vork ork home to e b ot of thousands of len and their elders 4 W of ot Georbe George Washington ton A definitive e e edition to be Lo edited by J JC JC JC C editor of Washington lurl There are arc to be tine thle ec I u a Mount emon enion edition de tine lu lu ea a Capitol f edition exclusively eh for meni bers otc of ot r c tongres S and e 0 and judicial ils In office in III 1027 and a popular edition t to tobe tobe o be sold old in III complete sets of ot t twenty enty sot 01 I C times umes or In chronological groups ot o othree t three to tl five ve volumes 01 5 A George Geurge W cries eries It I t will viii be made up of ot about fifteen sot 01 tomes umes of ot various arlous sizes pertaining to t o Georbe Washington depicting Wash WashIngton Wa In Ington on as us a western e tern man mun Washing Washington fiShing ton as a soldier 1 fi hh ton as an nl i 1 the bo boy boi Washington etc tc To Tobe T Tobe o be published In a complete limited edl tion an and also nho In a regular edition etc eich h lume pm ble separator separately 10 7 lobe o I c be written mitten by Q In the foe besera ds eral 1 fled and e edited L Li Ly the historian L I 6 B A e Gorge George Washington atlas I It t C 1 t tI I I 1 I TTA r 4 r TA 7 y PA Include lI detailed of ot all 1111 re- re regIons re regions gions gloss In which W ashington II ll cd cd and tm traveled and all his military caw am campaigns making ID possible the locution of every place Washington Is n nto kno to ha hale Inhabited or visited every everyplace e er place or e estate tate In England I- I owned o 0 ned or occupied by ancestors of Georbe George W ash ashIngton Ington eser eer e eri e er house tint tilt can now V be Identified In which he stayed sti t ted ed all his real estate and lands er situated situ situated situated It was as early decided that t the 1932 celebration as was not to be he a hi hie e n of the importance of thE thees es e ent In the form of ot a worlds world world s fair or expo exposition of Its physical resources and the development de of Its arts sel and Industries lIo lIoe ie Ho e r the commission slon of fine arts and the nation national national al park and planning commission are arc co operating with Ith the bl bi bicentennial centennial commission in planning the 11 observance ance of ot the e event ent to tobe tobe he be held In the clay which bears bear IVash tons ton's ons on's none mine hopes that a number of major projects all of ot which are close closely Iy linked ed with the bicentennial sole bration Idea will Ill be completed by 1012 Chief among these are the followings following The Arlington Memorial bridge e no no nowell well ell alon along In construction and virtually ally certain to Ie le l e completed by the th bicentennial year Completion of the monument gardens gar gardens gardens dens at the base of the monument originally proposed In the 1001 plan plin for W and urged by city planners since Completion of ot the arboretum and the national bot garden Completion of the proposed ld Mount Vernon boulevard nr bet between een the west Hit westend westend end of the e Arlington bridge and the home of George Geore Washington Cutting through the mall of ot the p l toads s i 1 S on each side sille of ot the c lt ci composition and nud nd Co Coment ment of ot the public building to n a point where here the 0 go el tri trl uuIe becomes In t f act Completion of ot the scheme for far malt mak maltIn makIn In eld the Ule bh birthplace of George Georgeas as fi l r I n fl Mine rod i nd construction of n s and field and ond han wharves es for ships at atthe atthe atthe the shrine among these se projects ts Is the Mount Vernon Velnon i Louie Louie- boule surd Construction his 1 icon een corn com commenced on this tails by h the bureau hunau of pub lie lac road roads of the Department of ot Abrl culture It Is to e tend from the II h III end of ot the new bridge connect connectIng Ing the Lincoln memorial with Ith tIle the Arlington ton I cemetery to lount V alon along the r riser er a distance of ot 15 mih s 1 Tills his a which will III be OO feet wide Ide will be one of ot the t boule yar cards s In the country Hn and will III offer r easy Y access to Mount 1 un on W WashIngton's a asli h hIngton's Ington's home ss iris Ins appropriated printed funds for the boulevard boule anI the th e InItial cost being J jOO It ha s seen been suggested that to e each cich of the 13 1 3 colonies should be Le nil allowed 0 ed a mile ot o t road rond for such tablets and treatment as my be desired desire d by the stile state with Ith tile the lie ai ni pro 11 of thu ti federal go go eminent This ides Idel ho hoeser er n c eser er Is e nn and may not mate mat materialize o 1 The he plans for the lie mo bar bards ens us o at tile the bu base e of ot the ij foot obelisk ol re- re recalls re recalls calls the fact that the monument as o con e in 1833 Ins his never been com cu m The building of ot the monument at atin In Its present pre form forin underwent eat m imn ny after the lie la ng of tho t lie i orl original tone cornerstone In 1848 1543 2 1 ht t i Ch II war scar ar Int Interfered with Ith the 1 co orf and It as was not until 1870 that the t tic shaft reached a of at 1 fO O 0 fe fein et rn in the second cornerstone w us laid and the work or went ent rapidly nhe ahead ail until 1883 when the monument at w wa al opened to the I public From tint that time little was nas done un UD u until a Ill til the erection of the magnificent n win cola with the p pin pool poolin poolin ool in between het een Now Noss 0 It Is hoped that till t fie WO federal bull building program rim for the t National or Capital which Is a ader nn under n der way will III carry forward the com co m of the monument on the b iSle plans for It an and the development of tile the mall or monument gardens ex extending tending from the Capitol to the mon monument monument u went ment so 0 that all will III be In re for tor the National r Capital for the gren gre at celebration two years hence The commission lon has also en to as assist l t In to the restoration of ot W he V 1 be field Washington Va a a the birthplace of ot Wa beg g ton The Wal pi In poses to add to the lie 70 acres which It now 0 owns 00 acres more which arl a rc necessary to treat the home and It its surroundings prop properly rl John D Hoche Rock e feller Jr has made a provisional pro gift In this connection and congress w willbe ail he asked to appropriate te GO to corn co m the restoration Although these are the ai projects In which the bicentennial com co comission m I mission Is Interested they ire are not the ti ie only memorial to a Washington hington ch y m he completed and in ly ty be the t he scene of ot special Ial ances of ot his I its birthday In 1932 On a n beautiful old 0 01 n log the historic city of Alet Ale z andria a a Is rapidly rising the ti me George n Washington Masonic al a S-i S ere ct ed by the ons of the country to toan toan an Ish honored fellow member el n hick Is withIn h certain to be Le completed d wit with It In the next nest t two 0 yeal s sAu An Au effort Is being made nl also o o to tin fi Ish the George Memo Inn t ull in so o that thit It ill III ll also o be read for the 13 1032 celebration o n The Idea for this building rime cone from tr o m George W Islington himself elf who ho pro P ro s pro Ps In hl his lilb will for a national unis sity er er- ally and In his lilb hl la last t m mes es sage to congress re s the of 01 the general diffusion lon of I 1 no now ledge c through proper propel Institutions A center weir rs ri fie tle so 1 1 w pros pro Ide Ide Is Ie now nou lid lag Ing In n un I According to plans the building ss II hire h 1 C nut not mils onh 1 i lurge large auditorium witha sal sala Ith th n a large rge organ but be be cral small en halls seating from OO to WO poop people le The building would wid be Le made arc es sable accessible ILle to eons of ot ofir carry ir I r char tc ter that may ma select Cachi Washington as us a pi pIlle api aspi ice ace of ot assembly whether tile the he con c u n con Interstate be il d state Inter int cr state or territorial or th eta cli ch be business ss political roil r g pah or social The memorial ial will be i a center enter In fact diffusion ds for the the d dif rt fusion of or knowledge ledge It will Ill be su suit It Il able le for tor Inaugural receptions and bal Is and especially for tor conferences b en as congress Intended It tl L t be hen oIlen hen It gage ga ga H the ground |