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Feb. 26 The artists take over in the old Bailey: Professor Kenneth Rowntres working on one of the four symbolical figures on the dome. These are Truth, Labor, learning's and art. The professor is working on the miniature of art, the near complete full size mural being just above him. Two of his assisynts are working on a window hour. The Artists and Builders take over in the old Bailey : As the courts are in Recess, the central criminal court is beige taken over more and more by a small band of eminent artists and assistants, and by a small Army of builders who are finishing off Phase I of the program of Reconstruction being carried out by the corporation of the city of London. under the direction of the city surveyor. Eighty-five-year old professor Gerald Moira, who painted the original murals fifty years ago, is again responsiblee, with colleague Kenneth Rowntree, fore repainting them and including a new one which is a mural depicting the work of London civil defense forces during the blitz. Man of the work in the dome is being carried out fifty feet above the ground. Scaffolding inside the grand hall gives an indication of the extent of the work which, after phases 2, 3 and 4 are completed by 1954, will have involved an expenditure of nearly half-a -million pounds. Parts of the old Bailey were demolished by an incident, but the remaining courts have always been able to function, Repair work is being carried out according to a plan which will interfere as little as possible with the legal work there

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