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Show FORUM Where's Best Place for the Chief gislature and the proposed new state commission the problem of deciding the final disposition disposi-tion of Massasoit, and whether this statue or some new piece of statuary should go in the rotunda." Massasoit is coming to Salt Lake City!! In as much as the real Massasoit is to be placed permanently in the capitol ought not the people of Springville have some say about the matter? In as much as Mr. Dallin is associated with Springville, should we not consider the matter? Perhaps the paper would like to conduct the pole, or perhaps the paper would like to arouse attention on the situation and express to the legislators an answer relative to this important problem. Do we wish to instruct our legislators I think the matter is of such importance that the people of this locality should have voice n the matter. J. B. Sumsion Editor's note The Springville Spring-ville Herald is not prepared at present to conduct a survey opinion or to comment either way concerning the disposition of the monument, Massasoit, as we have not done sufficient research re-search to be fully acquainted with the proposition. However, we do invite other comment on the subject which was brought to the attention of Mr. Sumsion Sum-sion by the following news item: "Secretary of State Lamont F. Toronto Tuesday asked the Legislative Council to attempt to solve the dilemma of what piece of statuary should be displayed under the dome of the State Capitol. "He said that the Cyrus Dallin Dal-lin statue of Massasoit, which occupied the spot of honor nearly 40 years, will be returned re-turned to the Capitol within about 60 days. "Massasoit then will appear for the first time in, Utah -in permanent bronze. Only a plaster plas-ter cast of the statue was displayed dis-played here previously. The original bronze statue is at Plymouth, Mass. "Mr. Toronto suggested that the Legislative Council . refer the problem to its appropriate committee for study. "He asked that the committee commit-tee consider introducing legislation legis-lation providing for appointment appoint-ment of a state commission to make recommendations and place a suitable piece of statuary stat-uary in the rotunda. "During the year we have thousands of tourists visiting our beautiful State Capitol," Mr. Toronto wrote. "The big murals and other paintings in the Capitol," he pointed out, "give an overall picture of the history of our state. "It has been suggested, he said, that a beautiful piece of statuary depicting some great event or characters in the history his-tory of the state be placed in the center of the rotunda. "Meanwhile, Mr. Toronto proposed to place the Massasoit Massa-soit statue in a beautiful base in front of the Capitol looking south over the valley. "He would leave to the Le- |