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...BOYLAN...
...Republican Washington Post): "A terrain world famous for its beauty would become a replica of a western mining camp. A decade would scarcely suffice to restore its present charm." Back of the battle over Washington's Tidal Basin stands the amiable, aging figure of John Joseph Boylan. Tammanyite, for 15 years the U. S. Representative of New York's 15th Congressional District. Congressman Boylan's lifelong hero has been Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, founder, among other things, of the Democratic Party...
...Promptly at the opening of every session, with patience comparable to Senator Norris' in getting the Lame Duck Amendment, Representative Boylan would introduce a resolution to build a gigantic memorial to Statesman Jefferson that could hold its own with the Lincoln Memorial at the west end of the Mall. Promptly every session it was tabled, until the 73rd Congress found itself with buckets of New Deal money to spend. Quickly Representative Boylan's Jefferson Memorial bill was passed, an expenditure of $3,000,000 authorized (but not appropriated) and a commission set up to draw plans, with Congressman...
Just as easily he persuaded Congressman Boylan and the other gentlemen of the Jefferson Memorial Commission that he would be an ideal architect for this too. Architect Pope's design for the $9,000,000 Mellon Gallery appeared in the newspapers last January. It showed a strong resemblance to the Pantheon at Rome, plus two long, windowless wings ending in Ionic porticos. Modernists winced, but most citizens felt that with his own money Mr. Mellon had the right to build any kind of building he chose. Few weeks later, plans for the Jefferson Memorial were disclosed, and the storm...
...Cherries are short-lived trees," added Congressman Boylan...