Evening star., 1929-01-04
INAUGURAL PLANS
READY FOR HOOVER
Lieut.. Col. Grant viii Confer
With President-EIeCt
Here on Monday.

Lieut.. Col U. S. Grant, Sd, chairman
of the inaugural committee, on Monday
will lay before President-elect Hoover a
complete outline of the steps taken to
date by the committee for the functions
in which officials and civil Washington
and thousands of visitors will take part
on March A. Col. Grant is understood
to have an appointment with the PreSi-
dent-elect Monday although the place
has not been announced.
Out of the general meeting of chair
men of committees yesterday afternoon
at the Willard has come clear outline
of the many component parts OF the
ceremony incident to and following the
actual inaugural on the steps OF the
Capitol Prior to yesterdays meeting
many details worked out by the several
committees were not familiar to Col.
Grant and his immediate aides. But
from the reports of the chairmen and
chairwomen yesterday Col. Grant has
been enabled to get complete skeleton
plan of the ceremonies to be arranged
by the group of Washington men and
women who head the committees. This
skeleton plan must have Mr.. Hooyer's
approval in all its details before the
work can be put into execution.
Such details as to where the review
ing stands are to be erected. length OF
the parade, disposition of the units and
many other matters will be laid before
the President-elect for decision.
Hotels Get Reservations.
Although the housing committee made
it plain that the cry of standing room
only" is not to be raised at this early
date. it was announced at inaugural
headquarters today that the larger no.
tells in Washington now have reserva-
lions for the inaugural period which will
fill them to about two-thirdS capacity.
Mrs. Virginia White Speel, chairman OF
the housing committee, announced to-
day that her committee will be able TO
place 100000 visitors in private homes
and boarding houses, and that this estI-
mate may be augmented if the demand
increases.
The parade to accompany Mr.. Hoo
ver's passage from the Capitol TO the
White House is definitely limited TO
| 20, COO persons, according to Gen. Anton
Stephan, chairman of the parade COM
mittee, and will require about three
| hours to pass given point. The ques-
| ton of bringing cadets from West Point
and Annapolis has been decided IN the
negative because the committee can
not afford the expenditure OF the $37,00
| involved in bringing these units mere,
and is satisfied that Congress would not
appropriate the money
| That ceremonies accompanying the
| inaugural will be both colorful and 1ull
of historical incidents was certain To-Day
as Col Grant went over reports. Inc
plan of Chairman Graham OF the en-
| tertaiLment committee to furnish 1lfe-
works on the evening Of March ana tc
provide entertainment and musical 1ea-
lures on March 2 and has been ap-
proved, and an appro. ,riation OF S250OV
has been allocated to the committee on
public order for the employment OF
! several hundred special policemen
erection of information booths and con-
| struction of special traffic signs.
Authorization has been given MIS-
Mabel T. Boardman, chairman OF TIT
committee on marking historic sites
to have printed and distributed intor,
nation and guide pamphlets. One o
the main information centers Will b
located in the Union Station, Wnll
booths will be placed at several othel
locations throughout the city.
Cadets Represent Australia.
Australia, where Herbert Hoover un
dertook his first big foreign engineer
ing job, will be represented at tn
inaugural by $50 cadets, who on Marcl
will find here climax to tour o
the United States. The inaugural com
mittee has been notified by the British
embassy that the cadets will arriv
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