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Corregidor MemorialProte5i£ sre being made in Manila against lt;he plan to spend $7,M,000 to erect an elaborate Ccrregidor-Eataar Memnriai in honor of the Fil-S|^no5 and Americans who died Uiere together. » has been suggested that the actual memorial be much more modest and that part of the ians^ be used tor pernuneot projects in the pub* Ito ir^erest. In this country k been suggested in some quarters that the memoria; fund noight endow a much r/ceded cultural ceriter.These objections to the memorhl plan are valid* The monument to the men of Bataan and Corre^dor ou^ to be a thing, not s«ne lt;xdlectlo8 of lifeless marble. The money can be QeQt in a way that will do e\ en greater honor to the men wdko are memorialized.An atoractive akeroative is tise construction ni a good diiidpen’s hospka^ and a convales-oetA hosm. These service are badiy needc^d and fiieir proviskm. surely, would be m ideal way jf jp8y «ir trkxite to the dead oci bebal/ of the Bmg, The Fihpiaot, we ere convinced, would te Jo complete agreement wdth this view'point.York Itaes.
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Farmington Daily Times
Farmington, New Mexico, US
Wed, Mar 11, 1959
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