Evening star., 1928-12-18
S|MONDS TO HEAD
INAUGURAL STAFF
Gen. SummeralI Puts in Mo-
ton Machinery for
Big Parade.

Mai Gen Charles P. Summerall.
chief of staff of the Army. who has been
appointed grand marshal of the inau-
gural parade, today started the machin-
cry for the practical organization of
that feature of the Inauguration CT
President t-elect Hoover by the designa-
ton of Brig, Gen. George S. SimondS,
assistant chief of staff of the Army and
head of the War Plans Division, War
Department, to be his personal chief OF
staff, for the preparation OF all the de-
tails connected with the organizatlOsl
and movements Of the parade which
will escort the President to the Capltol
and then to his future residence in the
White House.
Mrs. SpeeI Active.
Mrs. Virginia White Speel, chairman
of the inaugural subcommittee on houS-
ing and hospitality of the general COM
mittee, who Is making a survey OF the
available hotels, boarding and room
ing houses and other places where the
visitors may be quartered next March
4, has served notice that exorbitant
prices will not be tolerated and that
her committee will do everything possi-
BILE to prevent any unnecessary boosts
in the charges either for rooms or for
food.
Steps also will be taken to prevent the
visitors from being the victims of in
creased prices, not only regarding their
rooms and meals, but i'll the matter of
everything relating to their convenience
and pleasure during their participation
in the Capitals celebration of the forth
coming inaugural.
The inaugural committee feels that
1ao nf 10 nitar will
cooperate with them to the fullest in
this respect.
/ To List Places.
| Mrs. Speel, as chairman of the hous-
| ing committee, Is having prepared al
| the inaugural committee headquarters
at the Willard Hotel list of the avail
able places to house the many men and
women who will come to Washington at
that time. She has informed those who
are listing their rooms with her COM
mittee that they must keep charges
within reason, and within easy reach OF
the average persons If they want their
accommodations placed on the official
! list at the inaugural headquarters.
| A preliminary report on the progress
| her committee has made in this direc-
! ton will be made tomorrow afternoon
/ When the general committee meeCS III
| the Willard Hotel There will be SINH
| lar reports from the finance, entertain
ment of State governors, law legislation
| parade, publicity and entertainment
committees.
Besides the reading of these reports
which will give some indication of just
how far the preliminary work of the
inaugural committee has progressed
| Lieut. Col u. S. Grant, Sd, chairman
of the general committee, will outline
to the meeting the scope of the cele-
| bration, which will form the basis OF
| the plan to be definitely adopted
Grants Appointments.
Col Grant announced the following
additional committee appointments to-
day:
Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty,
chairman of public order committee;
j. Harry Cunningham, vice chairman.
New members of the general inaugu-
raj committee, Charles j. Brand. w. F.
Corby, Mrs Proctor L. Dougherty, Mrs.
w. B. Ladue, Roy L. Neuhauser, Thom-
as w. Phillips. jr., Mrs. Sydney Talia-
ferro, Mrs. Chester Wells and Edward
G.. Yonker.