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Harold Van Buren Magonigle, architect: "Governors of the Kansas City (Mo.) new War memorial, which I designed, have just notified me that they will not approve my nomination of my wife as sculptor for an elaborate mural relief, The Story of Civilization, which would require five years' work and $160,000 to set forth. This was to be the world's largest frieze, with 500 figures, and for five years I have constantly stressed its importance. It was said that too much space was given in the plans to Mediterranean civilization, not enough to Missouri Valley; that I should not have appointed my wife; that her reputation is 'not particularly widespread.' Viewers of the design noted little differentiation in the human figures of various epochs, King Khammurabi of Babylonia, 2250 B. C., strongly resembling Mohammed, 600 A. D."
* With slight variations, a familiar Persian pattern for rugs (TIME, Oct. 11).