Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-08
HOOVER APPROVES
TNO-HOUR PARADE;
NO INAUGURAL BALL
Three Military Services, Gov
ernorS and Limited" Dele
cations to March.
CHARITY DANCE GIVEN
SANCTION AT MEETING
New Chief Executive and First
Lady Make 1t Clear They Will
Not Attend, However.

A two-hour parade on March 4, to be
strictly limited to representatives OF
the three military services in the imme-
diate vicinity of Washington, State Gov
crnors with their escorts and limited
delegations Of groups and organizations
represcnting the life and work Of the
people. was approved today by Pres!-
dent-elect Hoover.
There will be no inaugural bah, nor
will the President-elect and Mrs. Hoo
yer attend charity ball scheduled to be
held at the Washington Auditorium the
evening of March 4. The inaugural
committee has undertaken the task OF
so reducing the parade that it will not
take more than two hours to pass oy a
given point. At the same time the
wish of the inaugural committee to pro-
vide entertainment outside of the Of
fetal governmental functions was given
the sanction of Mr.. Hoover.
A conference at the Mayflower Hotel
today between the President-elect,
Lieut.. Col. u. S. Grant, Sd, chairman
of the inaugural committee, and E. r:
Colladay, chairman of the governors
reception committee, developed tnat the
inaugural parade will be longer tnan
that on the occasion of the inaugura-
ton of President Coolidge, and that the
participation of residents of the Capt.
tai in the ceremonies will not be ma
terially curtailed. Col. Grant and Mr..
Colladav were closeted with Mr.. Hoover
for more than an hour, laying before
the President-elect all the details OF the
plan which has been drawn up Tor the
inaugural ceremony. outside the otflclal
induction, which will be handled by
congressional committee.
No Inaugural Ball.
At the conclusion of the conference
the following statement was issued 10y
Col Grant; -
IN conformity with the President
elects wishes there will be no inaugural
ball and he will not attend any other
bail on March 4. No objection was
made to a charity ball that evening,
as was held on the induction OF Presl-
dent Coolidge, but Mr.. Hoover has
made it clear that he and Mrs. Hoover
will not attend. There will be parade.
with the military features strictly limit
ed to the Army and Navy and Marine
Corps in the immediate vicinity OF
washington and an escort for each
governor from his State. But an oppof-
tunitv will be given for limited dele
cation of representative organizations
and groups representing the various
phases of the life and work OF the
people.
However, under no circumstances
will the length of the parade be ex-
tended beyond two hours, and the
inaugural committee has assumed the
obligation of limiting participants IN
t1e narade to whatever extent is nee
essary to achieve this end. The inaug-
ural committees wish to provide enter
tainment outside the official functions
for the general public who will be
visiting Washington on March was
approved"
Col. Grant declined to amplify the
statement. or to discuss details OF his
conference with the President-elect.
Gen. Anton Stephan, chairman of the
parade committee, on whom has fallen
the task of arranging the units in the
planned three-hour parade, said there
will not be any difficulty in so curtall-
ing the parade that it will easily come
within the two-hour limit. He said he
would have to discuss the matter with
Chairman Grant before he could be
sure whether the President-elect means
that the District of Columbia National
Guard unit is TO remain in the process
sion Gen. Stephan said there is no
pressing need to reduce the number Of
men in the military units, as they can
be spaced in closer order and so form a
more compact group. He indicated nc
would request Maj. Cen Charles 2.
Summerall, chief of staff Of the Army,
to have this impressed upon the COM
nanders Of the troops and upon the
Navy and Marine Corps authorities.
The impression was gained after the
conference today that Mr.. Hoover would
not frown upon participation OF aerial
units in sky parade coincident with
the inaugural parade up Pennsylvania
avenue. Under the restrictive phrases
of the statement issued by Col. Grant
however. such aerial units would have
to be from Boiling Field or the Naval
Air Station at AnacoStia.
Committee Heads to Meet.
A meeting of chairmen of the COM
Ylittees of the inaugural committee VIII
be held at the New Willard Hote
Thursday afternoon, when Col. GRAM
will outline in detail the views OF the
President-elect.
Mr.. Hoover's decision not to authorize
an inaugural ball and not to attend
anv other official function on the eve
ming of his inaugural follows the prece.
dent of recent years. Not since Marcl
d, 1909, has an inaugural ball beel
held. On that occasion President TAI
attended the event in his honor in tn
Pension Office Building at tlith ant
q streets.
His successors Presidents Wilson
Harding and Coolidge--did not author
ize an inaugural ball. nor did they at
tend functions in their honor on IN
evening of their inaugural. Arrange
ments for the charity ball to be he'll
at the Auditorium the evening OF Mare
4 were said by inaugural officials TO D
in the hands of Mrs. John Allan Doug
herty.
The part of the inaugural committe
IN the civic ceremonies incident to MI
Hooyer's office taking, will not begl
until after the ceremonies at the Cap
itoI. which are traditionally OF the mos
solemn and digni1ed nature. Senate
Moses of New Hampshire and Repre-
sentative Smell of New York compriS
the committee in charge Of the actta
swearing in OF the PreSident-elect Il
the Capitol.
While the induction ceremony is i
uroprras. the units Of the parade VIII b
marshalling on streets Gebouching int
Pennsylvania avenue, ready TO swim
into line behind the new President a
he progresses up Pennsylvania aVenu
toward the White House. 1t is assume
that the customary mounted escort wi
accompany him down Pennsylvania ave
8 nue. 10 the Capitol before the swear
k1g Ia.