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Show FINE ARTS TO RECEIVEJECOGNITION Washington. Jan 17. Quick to appreciate ap-preciate the plea that the fine arts have been denied the governmental consideration so universally accorded by other nations as suggested by the American Institute of Architects, President Roosevelt has taken the first stops looking to ihelr recognition by this government The president announces In correspondence cor-respondence made public today that he has asked the Institute to designate thirty men 'representing a parts of tho country to compose a council of the fine arts. The object of the council, coun-cil, which is to consist of architects, painters, sculptors, landscape architects archi-tects and laymen of which the supervising super-vising architect of the treasury is to be the executive head la to advise upon the character and design of all public works of architecture, paintings, paint-ings, sculpture, all ornaments parks, bridges and othor works of which the art of design forms an integral part; and to make suggestions nnd recommendations recom-mendations for the conservation of all historic monuments, President Roosevelt cordially Invites the recommendations of the architects, lie says he will direct members of his cabinet to refer to the proposed council coun-cil all matters in theln charge embracing embrac-ing architecture, selections of sites, and landscape work, sculpture and painting. "Moreover," declares the president, in his letter to the architects. 'T shall request the council to watch legislation legisla-tion and on Its own initiative to make recommendations to tho executive and to congress." The president will immediately call upon the council for a report as to the character and location of the Lincoln Lin-coln memorial. |