22 NOVEMBER 1946, Page 5

The appeal for subscriptions to defray the cost of a

statue of President Roosevelt in Grosvenor Square is certain of a swift response. But I hope still that Sir William Reid Dick's design for the statue will be reconsidered. He depicts Mr. Roosevelt standing. That no doubt is usual in statues. But it was far from usual for Franklin Roosevelt to stand. Owing to his infirmity he was compelled

to sit at almost all public functions, and it was in that posture that the world knew him. The statue of President Lincoln at Washington shows how impressive a sitting figure can be. It is surely un- warrantable perversity to depart gratuitously from the obvious and depict the great war-President standing. * *