City Councillors Invite Navy To Moor 'Monitor' in Charles

An order praising the "patriotic efforts of the Harvard CRIMSON and the members of the "American Students for Raising he Monitor" was passed yesterday by the Cambridge City Council. The vote was eight to one.

The bill, presented by Councillor John J. Foley, invites the United States Navy to "moor the historic ship in the Charles River, should salvage operations prove successful." Councillor John D. Lynch confided that the ship would be "anchored off the Weld Boat House as a city shrine."

Lynch said that a ramp would probably be built out from the beat house to the "cheese-box on a raft." The city would sell orangeades from the ship in order to gain added income, Lynch stated.

The co-chairmen of the American Students for Raising the Monitor, Andrew E. Norman '51 and Stephen O. Saxe '51, representing "innumerable students" in the nation, issued the following statement last night: "We are gratified by the Cambridge City Council's support of our campaign to raise the U.S.S. Monitor and its invitation to moor the ironclad on the Charles River.

"Future generations of Americans, as they visit this national monument, will remember the patriotic wisdom of Cambridge's city fathers," they added.

Joseph E. DeGuglielmo '23, who voted against the bill, said he thought it "foolish." He added: "You don't mix municipal affairs with such ridiculous pastimes." DeGuglielmo was attorney for the Lampoon in its recent trial for obscenity in the "Pontoon."