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A-16 Roosevelt Monument Model Is on Display By ROBERT J. LEWIS Bur Staff Wrltar This is the first week end the mn-in-the-ztreet will .have a chance to take a close look at the controversial design for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Monu ment, already a Nation-wide sensation. Up to now, the winners of the competition have heard— in the words of Milton: "On all sides, iron irrumer able tongues “A dismal universal hiss, the round _ t “Os public scorn." Gallery Crowded But public reaction has come, so far, from pictures alone. With the models themselves now on display at the Corcoran Gallery, the prize - winning architects are hoping that Shakespeare was right when ho said: “Scorn at first makes after tow the more." All day yesterday, the gal lery was crowded. B. Y. Ste venson, the superintendent, said, "They all want to see the winner.” Today between 2 and 5 p.m., another big turnout is ex pected. Sharing attention with the ISO,OOO grand prize winner will be five runners-up, 22 others who received honorable men tion, and all the paintings be ing shown in the Corcoran’s 27th biennial exhibition, which opened yesterday. A storm engulfed the memo rial design from the moment of its first announcement two weeks ago. It has been mocked, ridiculed and derided, almost unceasingly, since then. Object of Derision Letter-to-the-editor writers, editorialists, professional crit ics and amateur commentators leered, sneered, gibed at and scoffed at the choice made by a distinguished board of judges. One of the eight shaft-like concrete elements of the memo rial would rise 168 feet high -38 feet higher than the average Washington office building. Yet the design Impressed critics as—among other things: “A bleached skeleton of a long-dead cow.” “A broken-down box.” “A set of book-ends.” "Eight tombstones.” One writer said the monu taent, designed for a site in East Potomac Park between the Lincoln and Jefferson Memo rials, left him in a state of ’’esthetic shock.” Designers Surprised All this has surprised and puzzled the designers—William P. Pedersen and Bradford 8. Tllney, of New York. They’re still trying to adjust themselves to the uproar. Even the losers are,a bit con fused at the vehemence of the condemnation. Rolf Myller, bne of the six finalists, said last pight: "Throughout history, the work of all the great architects has been done in the vocabu lary of the day. The Greeks were contemporary. The Ro mans were contemporary. In all ages, the great work was done with the concepts and the technology of their own time. "The distinguished jury in this competition had the cour age to come to an objective choice. Within the framework of their own philosophy, the winners have done a superb job. 14 Years as Partners "The American public must have the courage to be them selves, and to be proud of the great products of their own culture. Otherwise, as a people, we must fall back, and be imitators. Instead, we should be proud of the new solutions to old problems. We don’t need to fall back on the Greeks, Romans and other cultures. We have our own, and it’s a culture of which we can be justly proud." Both Mr. Pedersen and Mr. Tllney are fiftyish, quiet spoken and modest. Both have had distinguished architectural careers. Mr. Pedersen, a Navy lieutenant commander station ed here during the war, and Mr. Tllney, a former captain in the Corps of Engineers, have Baths and Powder Rooms New or Remodeled SOf J MIHwM Cell for an appointment. 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Both said they thought that the best understanding of the effect sought could be obtained if the individual gallery-goer imagines the true height of the monumental shafts, and their arrangement—and then uses imagination, once again, to conceive of approaching the enclosed space and of walking into it. “We believe this will be an inspiring moment, and that people will be proud of this monument to a great Presi dent," Mr. Pedersen said. If the two architects are in clined to be philosophical, they can reflect that, like a book, a new edifice is never a mas terpiece; it has to become one, with the passage of time. The two architects who head the firm of Pedersen & Tllney ’ had as their associates in the 1 design of the monument Nor man Hoberman, 32; Joseph Wasserman, 29, and David W. Beer, 25, a sculptor in their office. One a Washingtonian Mr. Wasserman lived in Washington as a* youngster when his father, William Stlx : Wasserman, was Lend-Lease Administrator for Australia. His sister is the wife of Wash ington newspaperman Walter T. Ridder, and lives at 4509 Crest lane, McLean, Va. To a man, it can be assumed that the winning team rejects Ben Jonson’s belief that "art hath an enemy called ignor ance,” holding, instead, with Old Tom ( Carlyle that: "No good book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at first.” Mr. Stevenson, the Corcoran Gallery’s superintendent who has been looking at the model off and on for some time, bean out this belief. “I’ll ten you,” he said, “the more you look at it the better you like it.” Two Men Missing In Refinery Blast ST. MARYS. W. Va.. Jan. 14 (AP).—Two men were missing and presumed dead after a , thunderous explosion and fire swept the Quaker State Oil Co. refinery along the Ohio River here today. Flames could be seen up to I 15 miles away in the pre-dawn i darkness. Firemen from a dozen communities fought the blaze > and got it under control in > about two hours. Company officiate said - damages might run to about i |1 million. The missing men, identified ; as Carleton Robey, 38, of St. Marys and Clyde Rouse, 30, of , New Matamoras, Ohio, were i working in a filter house of the sprawling refinery when the in- I itial blast occurred. The fire following the ex ! plosion spread rapidly, causing j the main cracking plant to rup i ture and topple. At least three . other buildings were destroyed. L and two railroad tank cars on . a bridge crossing a stream were , ignited and blew up. J > BSRMBIBWMHBHVHHfB SWIM Where it’s Always B Summertime” ! HOURS: DAILY 2 P.M. ’«! 10 P.M. ’ Sat & Sun. 11 AM. 'til 10 P.M. Admission Rates ' ADULTS 90c e MILITARY 7Sc t STUDENTS (12 to 16) 75c CHILDREN (UNDER 12) 60c Sun Lamps and Hair Dryers Waters Room Temperatures II Degrees ‘ OPEN AU. YEAR AROUND n BP * wEFk j A Curtis J. Blakely, an em ploy* of the Library of Congress, has been elected grandmaster of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Masonic Lodge of the District Other offi cers are William F. Law ton, deputy grand master; David P. Crosby, senior grand warden; Joseph S. Thomas, junior grand warden; Phillip 8. McNeil, grand treasurer, and A. Mingo, grand secretary. —« Bethesda Banquet Set The annual banquet meeting of the Bethesda Junior Cham ber of Commerce will be held at 6:45 pm. Wednesday at the In town Motel, Wisconsin avenue and Bradley lane N.W. 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"The way the tax is set up. it becomes part of the purchase price of the bottle and therefore is not eligi ble as a deduction,” said Clifford W. Glotzbach, Richmond district director. The same is true of the new cigarette taxes, Mr. Glotzbach said. 7 Teen-Agers Die In 2-Car Crash ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 14 (AP).—A speeding car skidded out of control early today and smashed into another car, wip ing out the lives of seven teen agers. A truck driver who witnessed the violent accident, said one of the cars had passed his vehicle "traveling at least IM miles an hour.” Os the six boys and a girl Who died, four were high school students in St. Paul and had been at a birthday surprise . party fo?a girl. They were Thomas'lrish, 17, driver of the speeding car, which he had borrowed for . the evening from his mother; Larry W. Dexter. 18. Ronald Crawford, 17, and Michael Ol ■ sem, 18. Police said the Irish ear I smashed into another driven , by Michael T. Swifka. 19, St. , PauL His passengers were Guy Marshall. 19. and Cynthia P. 1 Comstock, 18, daughter of a university pqpfessor, both of Virginia Prisoner Hangs Himself MAIDENS, Va., Jan. 14 (AP). ] —A Buchanan County man < serving a 16-year sentence at I the Virginia State Farm near 1 here hanged himself in his jail 1 tell, farm authorities said. Frank Dales, 25, the son of 1 Jess Dales of Vansant in Bu- , chanan county, was found 1 Thursday hanging at the end of < a rope he improvised from the 1 waist binding of his trousers, • a State Farm official said. Dales was serving four years for a Buchanan forgery convic- ' tion; eight years for conviction ' ■ of larceny and assault in Meck lenburg county and a year for < a second conviction; and three years for escaping from road camps and other penal insti l tutions. 1 !; i ~ • Thief Gets Trivia, ! Skips Old Canvas •. 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