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Show Woman Plans to Unite Art Industry and Commerce t .-. ; ; -l-ttiY-A ' AtTfs.-t;?v: ;':'-;v" " Z&f ''.'':y,' V .' v X , t '.j 1. ' : r- - atiee RITA DIIU By EDWARD THIERRY I HE A Bet-vice Staff Writer. NEW YORK. Aug. It. Miss Rita Reen Is the woman with a $30,000,000 dream! ''And It Is coming true!" she ssys. "It Is a dream of eighteen years, and ! have fought to make It come true. It lan't a dream of that gigantic sum In cash. buT of an Idea to unite art with Induatry and commerce com-merce In a mammoth building In Washington, the 'grounds and construction con-struction of which will cost fS0. 000,000 or more, to be known as ths National Art Center. Temples designed as subsidiary to the Washing-ton center are planned In other cities throughout, the country. Buffalo le among; ths frlst actively working; to carry eut this Idea. Mayor Schwab having; Just Invited Miss Reen to go there for a conference. A letter from the lata President Harding officially Indorsing t he Idea Is a prised poaeeeeion of Miss Reen. who la resident of the Hl..sH...Mssa.......M I American Arts and Industries association. as-sociation. President Coolldge- will appoint a commlsalon to consider ths proposal pro-posal officially, under a bill already passed by the senate, and which has been approved by the houaa committee on publlo buildings and grounds and scheduled for vote at the next session. Mlaa Reen.- vlauallat and realist, art critic snd Industrialist, seas the) National Art Center as a "world court of art- and trade." "It will be a clearing houae for tsate and enterpriae." she saya. "Profits will not be sought. The building In Washington containing the American art aalon, fundamental funda-mental source of all the plans will Include workrooms for art tats, lnventora, dealgners and crafts-'men. crafts-'men. with the purpose of financing, developing an., marketing unrecognised un-recognised geniua. "Also It will be the exhibition center to which merchants end manufacturers will coma for new and original world producta, instead in-stead of having to send ajrenta to scour ths comers of the world." Congress haa not made aa an-i an-i nrtSprietlon for -the buiimrig. 4 bat Mies Reen who has lived to sea her dream approved by the art and commercial and political powers pow-ers has arranged the funding of the project, as a gift to the people, peo-ple, through cooperative ehannels. UnlUnar srt snd cam me roe." ahe saya, "will be economical efficiency for the public and the Individual." |