Evening star., 1932-02-21
OFFICIAL PROGRAM
BEGINS TOMORROW
President Hoover Will Lead
Washington Tribute Be-
fore Congress.
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chamber, with wee PRESIDENT CurtiS
leading the procession. Speaker Garner
will relinquish the gavel TO the vice
President.
Guests Of honor will be seated In a
reserved section In addition to the
President and his cabinet, they will in
clude Chief Justice Hughes and his as
sociates of the Supreme Court. Ambas-
sadorS and Ministers of foreign govern
ments, Gen. Pershing, Gen Macarthur,
chief of staff of the Army; Admiral
Pratt, chief of naval operations; Maj.
Gen Fuller, commandant OF the Marine
Corps; Rear Admiral Billiard. COM
mandant Of the Coast Guard; the DIS.
trict Commissioners and Governors OF
the States, members of the United
States and District Bicenternial Com
missions, representatives of the Wash
ington family and members of the Joint
Committee on Arrangements OF the
Senate and House.
A brief musical program will open
the exercises The audience will sing
the first and last verses OF America
and the Interstate Male Chorus, under
direction of Clyde B. AitchiSon, will Of
fer De Koven's The Recessional"
Vice President Curtis will recognize
Senator Fess of Ohio. vice chairman OF
the Federal Bicentennial group, who
will present President Hoover.
It is said the President has devoted
considerable time to the preparation OF
his address for this notable occasion:
When the President has concluded
his address the audience will sing The
Star Spangled Banner" Those in the
chamber then will be escorted to the
east front for the public demonstration.
Arrangements for the joint session
were in charge of a committee consist
ing of Senators Fess, Capper and Glass
and Representatives Woodrum, ByrnS
and Tilson.
The throng on the plaza will be
called to order at 12:45 o'clock by DR.,
George C. Havenner, executive wee
chairman of the District Bicentennial
Commission, who will present Dr. Cloyd
Heck Marvin, president OF George
Washington University and chairman OF
the local commission.
Sousa to Lead Band.
Appearance of the President will be
heralded by strains of Hail to the
Chief" played by a maSsed band COM
posed of the Army. Navy and Marine
Bands. John Philip Sousa, one-time
leader of the Marine Band, will con-
duct the big unit.
The President will give the signal for
the epic broadcast of America" to be-
gin. Led by the massed bands and by
the monster choral groups of children
and grown-ups under the noted SYM
phony conductor, Walter DamroScll, the
axemblage will make the plaza ring
with the patriotic hymn. The voices
will be picked up by a battery of micro
phones and hurled to the far corners of
the globe by national and international
radio hook-ups Americans through
out the world will be asked to join in
the stirring song.
Following an address of welcome by
DR.. Luther H. Reichelderfer, president
of the Board of District Commissioners,
a eulogy Of George Washington will be
voiced by Representative James M.
Beck of Pennsylvania, noted for his
patriotic oratory.
The remainder of the plaza program
will be musical. School children will
sing washington, Fair Capital under
leadership of the songs composer, DR..
E. N. c. Barnes, and to accompani-
ment of the Army Band, Capt. William
J. Stannard. leader.
Representative Clifton A. Woodrum
of Virginia, widely known as a singer.
will render Garry Me Back to OF Vir-
ginny."
Children of the colored elementary
schools will sing ITO Thee. o Country"
under leadership of Prof A. H. John
son and to accompaniment of the Navy
Band, Lieut.. Charles Benter. leader.
New March Will Be Played.
A climactic feature will be the playing
OF the George Washington Bicenten-
nial March," composed by Sousa for the
occasion by massed bands of the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps, with Sousa
conducting. Singing by the audience Of
the national anthem will conclude the
Capitol exercises.
President Hoover will return at once
to the White House for luncheon. and
then will join with the personnel of the
Federal and local Bicentennial Com
missions in a pilgrimage across the
Potomac to scenes made famous by
their association with the Father of
His Country.
The trip to Alexandria, where Wash
ington maintained his business Office,
attended lodge and church and met the
widow Custis, will be made over the
new memorial boulevard, constructed
by the Federal Government as a Bicen-
tennial gift of permanent nature.
In tie old town, about 3 o'clock, he
will watch military and civic parade
from special reviewing stand, in which
also will be Gov. Pollard of Virginia and
other officials. From Alexandria he will
proceed to Mount Vernon for the brief
ceremony at Washingtons Tomb.
Members of the two Bicentennial
groups will accompany him to the
tomb.
Alexandria will celebrate again with
q colonial ball tomorrow night at 10
o'clock in historic Gadsby's Tavern.
The ball will be under auspices of the
Colonial Danes of Virginia, the Mount
Vernon Chapter Of the D. A. R. and the
Washington Society of Alexandria.
Three Balls Scheduled.
There will be three Bicentennial balls
In this city tomorrow night, outstand-
ing of which will be the official costume
pageant and ball at the Mayflower Ho-
tel, arranged by the United States and
Society will hold costume ball at the
Shoreham Hotel and the New England
States Society will give colonial ball
ut the Willard Hotel
A special Washington memorial Serv-
lee will be held tomorrow night at 8
O'Clock at the Metropolitan Baptist
Church, Sixth and A streets northeast.
Miss Amy Lee Stockton will deliver an
address and troop of Boy Scouts will
render salute to the flag.
Pohick Church Ceremonies.
At 2:30 O'Clock this afternoon Rep
resentative Sol Bloom, associate director
OF the United States Bicentennial Com
mission, will give an address at Pohick
Church, with which Washington was
afflliated. The speech will be broadcast
over Nationwide network.
In a statement yesterday Bloom said
that virtually all of the $4,000 churches
in America will hold special memorial
services today He called on all the
people to join in the whole Bicentennial
program during the next few months.
All this week there will be shown
here a motion picture depicting prin-
cipal events in the life Of Washington
The film. Washington, the Man and
the Capital" was produced by Warner
Brothers with the cooperation of local
civic interests