Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29
TRADITION TO GUIDE
HOOVERS' HOLIDAY
New Year Reception at White
House to Follow Gus
toms of Past.

The President and Mrs. Hoover plan
to observe the tradition which has
made the annual New Year reception
at the White House an affair OF Of
fetal Importance and social brilliance.
The announcement of the order OF
the reception made public yesterday
was the same as that in years past
except that 1t was signed by George
Akerson, secretary to the President.
Short directions at the bottom of the
page informed the public that during
the morning reception, persons to be
received whether in carriages or on
foot will enter and leave the White
House by the east entrance"
During the afternoon reception
guests will enter the White House by
the north entrance and depart from
the east entrance, opposite the
Treasury.
Roosevelt Set Precedent.
The direction, it was said at the
White House, evidently had been writ
ten during the early administration OF
Theodore Roosevelt.
The President will receive the mem
bers of the Cabinet and the diplomatic
corps at II o'clock New Year morning
i en- minutes lAI6E Lie NLllel JuSlICC vi
the United States and associate justices
Of the Supreme Court and other mem
bers of the judiciary, will be received.
At 11:l5 Senators and Representa-
tiveS will pass the reception line, to be
followed at 1925 by the Army. Navy,
Marine Corps, the Public Health Serv-
ice and the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
OhicerS down to and including the
grade Of lieutenant colonel and COM
mander are expected to attend the
reception.
"A few minutes later the Chief Execu-
tive'S assistants, those of members of
the cabinet and the heads of bureaus
in the various departments will be re-
ceived. The last group before lunch
will be the Association Of Oldest In
habitants of the District Of Columbia
Citizens to Be Received.
general citizenship Of the country will
be received.
The order for the reception as an
nounced yesterday by the White House
follows:
HOO a.m.-The members of the cabi-
net and the director of the Bureau Of
the Budget, the diplomatic corps, the
director general of the American
Union.
11:1O a.m.-The Chief Justice and
associate justices of the Supreme Court
OF the United States, the presiding
judge and associate judges of the Cour!
OF Customs and Patent Appeals, the
chief justice and associate justices OF
the Court of Appeals of the District of
Columbia, the chief justice and aSso-
ciate judges of the Court of Claims, the
chief justice and associate justices of
the Supreme Court Of the District Of
Columbia
1l:15 a.m.-Senators. Representatives
and Delegates in Congress, the librarian
OF Congress- the Commissioners OF the
District OF Columbia. the public printer.
n:25 a.m.-Army, Navy, Marine
Corps; the staff of the commanding
general OF the District Militia, Coast
Guard, Public Health Service and the
Coast and Geodetic Survey--of1icers
down to and inclusive of the grade OF
lieutenant colonel and commander.
Callers Before Noon.
1855 am. - The chief executive
assistants OF members of the cabinet
the regents and Secretary Of the
Smithsonian Institution, the civil serv-
ice commissioners, the interstate COM
merce commissioners. the members of
the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal
trade commissioners, the United States
tarin commissioners, the commissioners
OF the United States Shipping board,
the trustees of the United States Ship
ping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation,
Federal Farm Board, National Commits
sion on Law Observance and EnfOvce-
ment, the members of the United States
Board OF Mediation the United States
employees compensation commissioners,
the members Of the Federal Board for
Vocational Education, the Federal Farm
Loan Board. the United States Board
OF Tax Appeals, the controller general
OF the United States, the director of the
United States Veterans Bureau. the
National Advisory Committee for Aero
nautics, the Federal radio commits
sioners, the chairman of the American
National Red Cross, the treasurer of
the United States, the chief of the
United States Bureau OF EFFICIENCY.
the alien property custodian the heads
OF bureaus in the several departments,
the president of the Columbia Institu-
ton for the Deaf and Dumb.
l1:45 a.m.-The Society of the Gin
cinnati the Aztec Club of l847, the
1851 the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion Of the United States, the Grand
Army of the Republic the Medal of
Honor Legion, the Union Veteran Legion,
the Union Veterans Union, Veterans
OF Foreign Wars, the Society of the
Army of Santiago, the Spanish War
Veterans, the American Legion, the
Army and Navy Union, the Minute Men,
the Society Of Colonial Wars, the Sons
Of the American Revolution, the Sons
Of the Revolution, the members Of the
the District Of Columbia
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