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Show j WORK WILL BE RUSHED ON LINCOLN MEMORIAL Washington, Mar VI. Former Sen-' Sen-' ator SuUom of Illinois, resident commissioner com-missioner in charge of the construction construc-tion of the Lincoln Memorial In this I city, is hopeful that the great me-morial me-morial will bo completed earlier than j wag anticipated, and be said today 1 ho would press tho work vigorousb The fact that the Bundrj civil bill, containing the first appropriation of 9300,000 toward the memorial did not ' become a law at the last sosslon of 1 , coQKresg because of President Taft s reto has handicapped the work, ac- j I cording to Mr Cullom. He expects. I however, that the difficult, will be ,dalt with In the coming special session ln the meantime Mr. Cul-lom Cul-lom is looking around for a builder for a memorial and is obtaining samples sam-ples of American marble which will he used exclusively In its construction. |