Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-02-17 | Page 1 | Marx Statue T Orise in Moscow

MARX STATUE TO TORISE i. i RISE I IN MOSCOW MOSCOW Feb 17 AP AP-A AP A gi gigantic gigantic gigantic gi- gi gantic bronze figure of Karl Marx the father of ot communism Is to tobe tobe tobe be erected In the heart of Moscow The monument will be sixty feet I high and will post cost ost It ft Is the work of the Russian sculptor S. S S S. S It depicts ts ICa Ia j Marx with a group of fans lans consisting of f a French member member member mem mem- ber of the Paris commune of ot 1871 a manual worker and a woman toller toiler the latter leading a communist communist com corn youth holding aloft a banner banner banner ban ban- ner of freedom The cornerstone of ot I the granite pedestal for the monument monument monument ment was laid by Nicolai Lenine in 1920 1020 The monument is nearing completion and will be placed Inthe in inthe the center of Theatre Square It will r reach ach to the fifth floor of the theold theold theold I old l hotel which stand stands to the left lert t I iJ La 1