Evening star., 1917-01-10
PLANNING T0CUT
|NAUGURAL'S COST
General Committee Is to Dis
pense With Silver and
Bronze Badges.
BIG PUBLICITY FUND ASKED

The inaugural guarantee fund To-Day
is something more than $4,000
The big silver and bronze medals
usually distributed among the inaugu-
raj committeeman will not be struck
off this year. and $500 will thus be
saved on inaugural expenses.
Instead of the big metal medals the
inaugural chairmen and committeeman
probably will receive engraved centifi-
Gates.
There will be $4,000 worth of fire.
works on the evening of the inaugura-
ton, March 5.
The inaugural committee probably
will reserve the privileges of the grand :
stands on Pennsylvania avenue west OF
11th street as source of revenue LOT
payment of inaugural expenses.
Many military and civic organizations
are enlisting for the inaugural parade.
Reduced Railroad Rates.
Reduced rates have been granted on
practically all railroads for the in
auguration, and an effort is being made
to have the stop-over privileges ex-
tended from February 20 to March 10.
These are outstanding news features
which developed today at the second
meeting of the general inaugural com :
mittee in the red room Of the New VIII
| lard Hotel.
The principal discussion. occupying
the most time of the committee. was
provoked by the report of Frank b.
Lord, chairman of the publicity COM
mittee Mr. LORD had asked for an ap-
preparation of about $4,000 to carry OUT
an itemized program of nation wide
publicity. He had been advised by the
advisory council that the members
thought $500 was about all they could
allow This was based on the hgures
spent at the inauguration -FOUR years
ago.
Conditions Changed, He Says.
Mr.. Lord described how conditions
have changed. so that today the news
papers of the country are forced TO
| turn away paid advertising and there-
| fore will be more unwilling to give ex-
tensive publicity to inaugural matters
| on account of lack>of space. He also
| impressed upon the committee tha'
there is great prosperity in certain sec
tions and the people will come mere II
| they are made acquainted with the at
ira actions that Washington viii oner al
| this time. He said the appropriation
| of $500 would not pay for postage.
Inaugural Chairman Harper and
George r. Linkins stated the position
of the advisory council Isaac Cans
spoke on the value of advertising as
the greatest influence to achieve. II
properly directed. He testified to the
| fact that newspapers are asking theii
I advertisers to hold down" on the size
I of their advertisements. and said ne
thought il there was going to be any
\ pairing of expenses anywhere II should
! be on some other committee rather
| than the publicity committee. which
does so much for the success of the
| Inauguration.
r. P. Andrews suggested that th'
| s., 500 saved from a decision not to cas-
| the metal badges might be well USED
! for the publicity committee He alst
spoke for some time on the value Of
newspaper advertising and publicity
| On motion of r. e. Mattingly. chair
man of the state central committee
action was postponed until the reports
| of other committees had been received
| and appropriations made for fireworks
! badges, etc.