FACTS CONCERNING THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. To THE Members of the House of Representatives: Sirs: The Hon. Wm. P. Borland circularized the House to the effect that the Grand Army of the Republic, The Loyal Legion, and the American Federation of Labor were in favor of a road to Gettysburg as a Memorial to Lincoln. Mr. Borland is in error as to the real facts. Inquiry at the headquarters of The Loyal Legion and Amer- ican Federation of Labor disclosed nothing that puts these organizations on record in favor of such a roadway. Inquiry at the headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic shows that a small minority of that organization did indorse "the general idea" of a roadway to Gettysburg as "one form of a memorial," but it is safe to say that that organization will take action at its next annual encampment "in favor of a suitable Lincoln Memorial Building in the nation's capital." The same sentiment is strongly in evidence in The Women's Relief Corps, Ladies of the D. A. R., Daugh- ters of Union Veterans and other patriotic organizations of women. Against the statement of Mr. Borland that The American Institute of Architects is the only national organization sup- porting the Lincoln Memorial on the Mall, the facts are, that two hundred and five local and national clubs, civic, municipal, historical, architectural, landscape, and engineering societies and organizations throughout the country have expressly en- dorsed the Lincoln Memorial on the Mall, or the Park Com- mission Plans which place it there. The Senate of the United States on December 13, 1912. with only one vote in the negative, approved the findings of the Lincoln Alemorial Commission, placing the Memorial on the MALL. FACTS CONCERNING THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. To THE Members of the House of Representatives: Sirs: The Hon. Wm. P. Borland circularized the House to the effect that the Grand Army of the Republic, The Loyal Legion, and the American Federation of Labor were in favor of a road to Gettysburg as a Memorial to Lincoln. Mr. Borland is in error as to the real facts. Inquiry at the headquarters of The Loyal Legion and Amer- ican Federation of Labor disclosed nothing that puts these organizations on record in favor of such a roadway. Inquiry at the headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic shows that a small minority of that organization did indorse "the general idea" of a roadway to Gettysburg as "one form of a memorial," but it is safe to say that that organization will take action at its next annual encampment "in favor of a suitable Lincoln Memorial Building in the nation's capital." The same sentiment is strongly in evidence in The Women's Relief Corps, Ladies of the D. A. R., Daugh- ters of Union Veterans and other patriotic organizations of women. Against the statement of Mr. Borland that The American Institute of Architects is the only national organization sup- porting the Lincoln Memorial on the Mall, the facts are, that tzvo hundred and five local and national clubs, civic, municipal, historical, architectural, landscape, and engineering societies and organizations throughout the country have expressly en- dorsed the Lincoln Memorial on the Mall, or the Park Com- mission Plans which place it there. The Senate of the United States on December 13, 1912, with only one vote in the negative, approved the findings of the Lincoln Memorial Commission, placing the Memorial on the MALL. T '3 .L72,v The government-appointed Fine Arts Council, the Perma- nent Commission of Fine Arts, and The Lincoln Memorial Commission, composed of President Taft, Speaker Clark, Representatives McCall and Cannon, and Senators Cullom, Wetmore, and Martin, and Col. Cosby indorsed its location on the Mall. The Washington Chamber of Commerce, The Washington Board of Trade, The Federation of Citizens Associations and fourteen individual local associations have passed resolutions favoring placing of the Lincoln Memorial on the Mall. The leading commercial organizations of Rhode Island, Indiana, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Ohio, Texas, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Michigan, Iowa, Kentucky, 'New York, and Missouri, and noticeably through patriotic motives the Chamber of Commerce of Harrisburg (close by the field of Gettysburg) and the Board of Trade of Philadelphia, have passed resolutions favoring the Lincoln Memorial being in the Nation's Capital — on the Mall. Against this array of endorsers there is not a single organi- zation counted on the other side — with the exception of the two road associations. The design of the "imitation Greek temple down by the brewery," as Mr. Borland chooses to call the Lincoln Memo- rial, was approved by the most eminent authorities, not only in this country, but abroad, as the most imposing form of a great memorial to the great Lincoln. Of the hundreds of thousands of visitors who come to their Capital annually, practically all visit the great memorial to Washington. The records of the War Department show that for the fiscal year ending June, 1911, over 160,000 took the time to go to the top of the Monument. Is it not fair to assume that the vast majority would prefer to view the Memorial to Lincoln at the same time that they By 'Traasfer JAN 13 1912 see the Washington Monument — less than a quarter of a mile apart ? Note may be made here that the ground on which it is pro- posed to place the Lincoln Memorial is now owned and con- trolled by the Federal Government. The memory of Abraham Lincoln does not need to be "rescued from oblivion," but the memorial to him should be one that has met with the approval of the highest authorities in the world. Respectfully submitted by Order of the Executive Committee of The Committee of One Hundred on the Future Development of Washington. Organized in 1910 by the sanction of the Chamber of Com- merce. Thomas Grant, Secretary. The Committee of 100 ON THE Future Development of Washington. Glenn Brown, Chairman, Wm. E. Shannon, Vice-Chairman Thos. Grant, Secretary, Milton E. Ailes Chas. J. Bell Ira E. Bennett Emil Berliner Miss Mabel Boardman Scott C. Bone Chapin Brown D. J. Callahan Dr. Mitchell Carroll Frank G. Carpenter Wm. McK. Clayton Fred G. Coldren C. I. Corby E. H. Daniel John Dolph E. H. Droop H. Rozier Dulaney John Joy Edson Dwight L. Elmendorf Fred A. Epiery Wm. Phelps Eno Wm. John Eynon W. W. Finley W. T. Galliher E. C. Graham Julius Garfinkle Col. F. C. Goldsborough Wm. F. Gude Rev. 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