MONUMENT TO U.S. MORALE
300 FT. COLUMN PROPOSED. NEW YORK, April 5. It. is proposed to erect a groat, monument to commemorate “the splendid morale of the American people during the depression.” A committee of architects has sent to President Roosevelt a design for such a memorial, to be erected by all the forty-eight States. Mr. Severin Stockmar, of New York, llio designer, slates llrnl Ihe monument will consist of a cylindrical column 300 ft. in height. Three groups of symbolic sculpture will be at the base, which will be set in the centre of a circular reflecting basin .surrounded by an avenue of trees. The sculptures will represent: The failure of financial institutions; The shortcomings and corruption of political organisations, ami The breakdown of business and farming. Oyer these, Mr. Stockmar says, the courage, faith, and ideals of the American nation will be shown triumphant.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 4 June 1934, Page 2
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