Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-29
BICENTENNIAL "GREATEST
CELEBRATION" DECLARES TESS
Washington Center From Which Series
of Events Will Radiate Through
out Country. {

Of Washington-if the tentative plans
are carried out in anything like their
present form-can be quickly grasped
In main outline. But the Bicenetnnial
Commission has purpoSely kept away
from anything that might SAVIOR OF COM
rnercialism in connection with the plans
that are being made. That Is the far
thest thing possible from the motivating
thought behind the celebration. That
fact Is one reason why the idea OF q
worlds fair was definitely discarded.
But the responsibilities tncumbent
upon the residents of this city, from
the highest to the lowest, principally
for the entertainment of the hundreds
of thousands of extra visitors that are
expected to come here in 1882, are
hard to grasp. Up to date those IN
charge of the local arrangements, IN
cooperation with the United States
Commission, have held only preliminary
conferences with the associate directors,
and it has been possible for them only
quite recently to even begin to grasp
what all this may mean to the city.
People Held Responsible.
while entertainment of q public
nature will be provided by the United
States Commission" says Q statement
issued at the national headquarters
within the last few days, "the response
bility for seeing that all visitors are
properly provided for rests with the
people of the District OF Columbia, act
ing through their own commission"
Without delay the members OF the
District Bicentennial Commission, fol-
lowing luncheon and conference last
week with Lieut.. Col. Grant and Repre-
sentative Bloom have begun, under the
leadership of Cuno H. Rudolph, local
chairman, to lay the groundwork for
the entertainment of the vastly in
creased influx of visitors expected here
two years hence.
1.-The associate directors of the George
Washington Bicentennial Commission"
says another official statement from
national headquarters, were assured by
Chairman Rudolph and the members OF
the commission that machinery would
be set up Immediately to carry out the
great program which they have UNDER
taken, and from now on there Is to be
close cooperation in order that no time
may be lost in formulating all the plans
for the District Of Colun1bias part IN
the celebration"
In later article the part which the
District will play In the celebration will
be considered more in detail and the
plans that have been made, or are con-
templated, will be discussed.
AS the various articles follow one an
other the vast scale upon which the
celebration has been conceived ana Is
being worked out will become more
apparent. The plans thus far, Of course,
except for the permanent memorials
that have been approved by Congress,
are in the embryonic stage. The asso-
ciate directors, however, believe they
will materialize and that the proposed
great series Of celebrations here and
throughout the Nation will be success.
Confident Of Appropriation.
They are confident that Congress win
grant the necessary money, as 1t has
already made start in that direction,
and they feel certain that the State
United States and of foreign countries
will join enthusiastically, once they
discover how they can best help, in
making the 200th year after the birth
of George Washington one that will
stand out large when the history Of the
future is written.
The members of the United States
Commission and the associate directors
have already received evidences of sup
port from many quarters. Requests
have already begun to come IN from
various groups for permission to par
ticipate In the programs in this city.
It Is difficult to talk with those who
are In charge of the arrangements for
the bicentennial year without becoming
lnbued with the superlative brand Of
enthusiasm that Is apparent In every
thing they say about 1t. It will be the
purpose Of these articles not to make
predictions, but to report as faithfully
as possible what has been done, what
Is being done and what Is planned, for
the most part permitting those directly
in touch with the arrangements to
speak for themselves concerning the
plans for "this greatest celebration thus
Tar known in history"