Evening star., 1925-01-16
MANY PLEDGE AID
FOR INAUGURATION
Political Lines Dropped as
Residents Promise to Help
in Laying Plans.

Cordial cooperation of organized
Washington, in laying plans for in
auguration Of Calvin Coolidge March
4, was indicated today by the food of
ceptances to committee appoint
ments. which poured into the in
augural committee headquarters at
the New Willard Hotel
Democrats and Republicans, reli-
gious leaders Of different faiths men
and women in widely variant walk 8
of life throughout the National Capt.
tai responded to the call of William
T. Galliher, chairman of the commit
tee with stack of mail full of
promises Of cooperation and well
wishes.
Among the first to be received were
acceptanceS from the Rt. Rev. James
f. Freeman, Bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese of Washington; the Rev. c..
w. Lyons. S. j.. president OF George
town University; Dr. William Mather
Lewis, president of George Washing
ton University, and Chief Justice
walter I. Mccoy of the District Su
preme Court.
Democrats represented on the COM
mittee appointment list also replied
with early responses. Among them
was Robert Lansing. former Secre
tary of State under President Wilson,
whose letter was said to be most cor
dial. Carter B. Keene, local attor-
ney, will known in fraternal circles
of the city, promised to serve in
any capacity BETTING an humble and
downtrodden Democrat"
The shortest response was re-
ceived from Frank Hogan, attorney,
who indorsed the letter of appoint
ment from F. A. Fenning. secretary
of the inaugural committee, with
these words, in ink: Dear Fred:
OF course. Frank"
Seek to Raise 100000.
Among the few persons who could
not accept appointment to the in
augural committee on account of alb
sence from the city was Mrs. Mary
Roberts Rinehart, whose secretary
notified committee headquarters that
the writer was in Egypt and would
not return until May.
Invitations to all governors OF the
States are expected to. go out from,
headquarters shortly, it was under
stood today. Chairman Galliher this
morning dived into consideration of
this question and the myriad others
which are pressing. with the pros
poets that by Monday noon, when the
first meeting of the general inaugural
committee will be held at the New
Willard, most of the major problems
will be in hand and ready for dis
position in the orderly proceSse to
be laid down in the organization.
A goal of 100000 has been set by
Harry Wardman, chairman of the
finance committee, 1t was revealed
last night. Joshua Evans, jr., execu-
tive vice president of the District
National Bank, has been named vice
chairman of the finance committee,
and 1t was understood these two were
rapidly laying plans for raising at
least the stipulated sum.
Additional members of the general
Inauguration committee were ap-
pointed last night by Chairman CAL
liner as follows: B. w. Parker, Ben
T. Webster, Ord Preston, Walter H.
Klopfer, R. r. Bennett, Henry E.
Stringer, Charles r. Roberts. Percy
S. Foster, Louis Levy, F. J. White,
]. B. c. Weldon, James F. Shea, Roy
L. Neuhauser, Elliott H. Goodwin, J.
Ottoway Holmes, A. J. Gaskins, the
Rev. ]. C. Olden, Charles E. Robin
son, J. Finley Wilson, w. Clarence
Duvall James NJ. Woodward, A. F.
Fox, w. X. Reeve, Holcombe G. John
son, j. Leo Kolb, Walter A. Brown, c.
Melvin Sharpe, Atwood NJ Fisher,
Walter Brownley, the Rev. H. E.
Woolelever, Proctor l.. Dougherty, G.
w. Forsberg, Bates Warren, w. H.
Sholes, S. R. Bowen and John S.
Barker