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<p>I also sustained a very bad fall while there which has had me confined to my home with a surgical garment, but the show must go on. As the Coordinating Council + my committee met in March in Richmond Va. to vote on design + who does it I am getting a report ready to send as I  cannot go. The enclosed design has been chosen by members of my committee, Governors, and Centennial Commissioners of the states that have raised their quotas.
I know I must present it to you and Mr. Conrad Wirth so I had Bryant Baker, to me the finest sculptor in America give me his opinion on it this week when he was in Atlanta for the unveiling of 4 Chief Justices – I asked him these questions – Was it a suitable design for Gettysburg + the purpose. Was it one that the U.D.C. Mr. Myer and Mr. Wirth would be proud to have in our  National Military Park. Was it architecturally correct and in good taste. He told me he liked it better than the one of the Union Army and much, much better than several that are there. He considered it in good taste and that as 14 states were involved it was most appropriate to have the 14 columns each representing one of the states. That the figure should be 7-4 and that he must have a good architect pass on it before we sign a contract and must have a good lawyer draw contracts. Most important it should have the proper foundation which would</p>
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