Art: Secretary of Art

Once more a bill has been introduced into the House of Representatives call-ing for the addition to the President's Cabinet of a Secretary of Art to be in charge of a Department of Fine Arts.

The present bill, sponsored by George Holden Tinkham of Massachusetts, was prepared by Walter Oilman Page, Chairman of the State Art Commission of Massachusetts.

The bill calls for a Secretary who shall receive a salary of $12,000 a year and "be learned and experienced in matters pertaining to the fine arts." The bill further states that "the purpose...

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