Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-10
COMMITTEE URGES
INAUGURAL BALL Be
|NPENS|ON OFFICE
No Other Place in Washing
ton Is Adequate, Lead
ers Claim.
BORAH WOULD PUT END
TO new APPROPRIATIONS
Says $4,000 Is Suficient-Norris
Moves to Block Effort to
Bring Troops.

With only four votes In oppose
tion. the House this afternoon
passed the joint resolution.
which ha. already passed the SEN
ate, apprOpriatinE $4,000 for in
nugural stands, programs and pOlfc-
ing at the Capitol on March 4. BY
n vote Of 2S5 to 5. the House re-
jected nm amendment offered by
Representative BlantOn to cut this
appropriation from $4,000 to
Members of the inaugural commit
Zee. appearing before the Senate Dis
trict committee today, strongly urged
that Congress permit the use of the
Pension Office building for the pro-
posed inaugural ball. They frankly
admitted that no other adequate place
was obtainable in Washington.
Senator Borah of Idaho. Immediately
following the meeting of the Senate
today, introduced a concurrent resolu-
tion declaring that no further funds
beyond the $4,000 allowed under the
Knox resolution should be appropri-
ated by the government for the in
auguration. His resolution also pro-
vides that no public buildings may be
used for an inaugural ball.
Senator Norris Of Nebraska offered
an amendment which would inform
the Secretary of War and the Secre-
tary of the Navy that Congress would
not authorize the use of any funds
for bringing any of the military es-
tablishments to Washington to take
part in an inaugural parade. The
Borah resolution went over until to-
morrow for consideration.
1t recites that there are more than
100000 men and women in the
country, many of whom are in need.
and that 3,500,O00 are on the verge OF
starvation in Europe; that the United
States has debt of $24 10000, 600
and faces a deficit of $4,000. 100000. 1t
is also declared that plans were un-
der way for the most elaborate In
wsala Ldsa Only Three Days.
The Senate District committee was
Informed that the pension office files.
which in 1909 were kept in the court
of the building, where the bail would
be held, have been moved to tie
third floor. For this reason it Will
hot be necessary now to move all
of these valuable records out of the
building, as was done in the past.
The chief clerk of the pension Office.
A. d. wilkinson. told the committee
that in his opinion it would be pos
sible to permit the use Of the pension
Office for the inaugural ball this year
with little or no Interference in the
actual business Of the ofice.
He pointed out that the building
would be turned over to the fnau-
gural committee for decoration the
Monday before inauguration and
would be returned the Monday fo!-
lowing Inauguration day. which falls
on Friday He estimated that only
three real working days would be
lost.
. Among those who appeared at the
committee meeting today were Ed
ward B. Mclean. chairman OF the in
augural committed: Charles ]. Bell.
John Joy Edison, Samuel J. Prescott.
Wilton Lambert. Milton E: Allies.
Frank ]. Hogan and Jesse c. Smith.
Go Over Resolution.
Members of the inaugural commit
tee went over in detail the New reso-
luton, introduced Saturday. proyid-
ing for adequate police protection and
ARRANGEMENTS for viewing the inau-
Corcoran Thom estimated that 1t
would cost IS a seat to erect the
stands along the court of honor. He
pointed out that many Of these seats
are given to officials Of the govern
ment. of the states and members of
the diplomatic corps. Those which
are sold, therefore. must pay for the
erection of the stands. Four years
ago, he saids 1t cost $1.75 per seat to
erect the stands along Pennsylvania
avenue. 1t would cost. he said, more
than this to erect them now.
Charles j. Bell told the committee
that IL the limitation proposed by
Senator Phipps of Colorado-that no
seat in any stand should sell for more
than $l-there would be no stands