Show MRS LITTLETON SCORES mrs ma martin rtin littleton wife of of new york won a notable victory tho the othel day before the senate committee on Albra library when ijen phe j cured by unanimous vote nn authorization i for a favorable report on sena senator tor martines resola tion authorizing the appointment of 11 joint committee of five senators and ana flye five representatives to investigate and report on the feasibility of having baying the govern government mei at acquire monticello the 4 home of th thomas omas jefferson mrs airs littleton became interested in having the government acquire the estate and tomb of thomas jefferson and pro preserve serve ii it like ilke mount vernon and arlington after after she bad made a visit to the place A year ago she sent out an interesting pamphlet devoted to proving the patriotic duty of the government to acquire and preserve monticello since then mrs mra littleton has baa kept up the fight over many obstacles cies T tha he of these has been the opposition of representative jefferson M levy who owns montle el lo 10 and dee declares fares that he will not sell it to the government when mrs airs littleton appeared before the cot committee she found confronting her judge R T W duke jr of charlottesville va who appeared as the representative of mr levy and who took issue with mrs Little littletons tons statement in regard to the present condition of monticello she had told the committee that ho he roads leading 0 the jefferson estate were atrocious that the residence needed painting and that the general appearance of the place was one of neglect and decay mr duke explained that representative levy had no desire to sell monticello even to the government ern ment ile he insisted tha thattie atthe th tithe place was kept in repair senator cummins a member of the committee suggested that monticello might be acquired by the exercise of the that right of eminent domain we have taken private P property from private owners tor for public purposes heretofore and there Is ner question that we can do so BO in this case it it becomes ne decesary necessary cesary suggested senator cummins the force of this suggestion appeared to appeal to judge duke who observed that in spite of mr air levys unwillingness to sell cell the properio property he believed that if the congressman could be convinced that there was a wide popular interest in acquiring it tor for patriotic use thit that ho he would yield |