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sition at the head of the municipality
of Put-in-Bay
through the period of celebrations
incident to the cen-
tennial celebration of Perry's victory
on Lake Erie.
Secretary Galbreath called attention to
a large pho-
tograph of the "Old Sculptor"
T. D. Jones, which had
been contributed to the museum by Mr.
Claude Meeker.
The masterpiece of Mr. Jones, the
"Lincoln Memorial,"
which stood for many years in the
rotunda of the State
House at Columbus, is now at the head
of the stairway
between the Senate chamber and the
State Library.
A vote of thanks was tendered Mr.
Meeker for the
gift. On motion the morning session
adjourned to meet
in the afternoon.
President Johnson: "We have now
come to an im-
portant point in our program. We took
it upon our-
selves to send an invitation to a
distinguished son of
Ohio to deliver the annual address. The
speaker of the
day is a renowned lecturer and
educator, a distinguished
statesman, and a beloved neighbor from
Yellow Springs.
I ask General Orton to escort to the
platform United
States Senator Simeon D. Fess.
SENATOR SIMEON D. FESS
spoke as follows:
"Mr. President, ladies and
gentlemen: I was considerably
abashed a moment ago, when the Chairman
refreshed my memory
-- that I am to deliver the annual
address. I recall now that
when the Secretary asked me whether it
would be possible for
me to reach this place today, and
invited me to address you, that
he did mention something about the
annual address. I cannot
express to you my perturbation. I do not
like to make an apol-
ogy for being present in a place like
this, which represents such
a very important work for the state and
nation, and with an un-
usual type of audience, with so slight
preparation to do what I
have been announced to do. I say this
with a deep desire that