Evening star., 1933-01-26
COURT Of HONOR
| CONTRACT LET AS
PAY THREAT LOOMS
Union Instructs Carpenters
to Demand $11 Per Day Un-
der Bacon-Davis Law.
SECTION FOR PRESIDENT
TO COST TOTAL OF $13,067
Stands Planned in Front of White
House to Seat 300 Guests Of
Roosevelt and 1900 Visitors.

Roosevelt and 500 Visitors.
With the awarding Of the contract fol
the erection of the court of honor, from
which Franklin D. Roosevelt, as tht
new President, will review the inaug.
ural parade, there came rumblings to.
day of labor trouble between the car
penters' union and the contracting firm
which won the contract for the erection
Of the stands.
! The union today announced that II
has instructed its men to hold out fol
what they contend Is the prevailing
! wage" under the Bacon-Davis law, $ll
day. while Skinker e. Garrett. con-
| tractors, who have both the Capito
| and Pennsylvania avenue jobs, an.
nounced they had been assured by sew.
| eral hundred union carpenters that
! they were willing to work on the inaug.
ural stands for So day.
| I'VE will use union labor. regard
less of the outcome Of the situation,
| it was stated today at the Offices Of
'Hr e Garrett.
The contractors also contend thai
the Inaugural Committee work doe.
not come under the jurisdiction Of the
Bacon-Davis law because the structure!
| contemplated are not Government
structures.
Contract Let for $I3,067.
Just what action the union will take
| with regard to union carpenters who
| might agree to work for So a day wa.
not disclosed by the union
The contract for the work was let BY
| the Inaugural Committee today at q
! price Of sl3.067, and construction is ex-
| pected to begin the latter part of the
week
It was stated at the inaugural head
| quarters this morning that at the time
the contract for the stands was dis
cussed, the committee adopted the broac
principle that all work should be done
by firms employing union labor. No de.
parture from this principle has beer
made. 1t was stated.
The court Of honor is by far the
largest job in connection with prepara-
tions for the inaugural. The plans cal
for reproduction of old Federal Hall
the building in New York on the porticc
of which George Washington was sworn
in as first President.
In this building President Roosevelt
shortly after the swearing-in ceremony
at the Capitol. will view the inaugura
parade. and flanking the court of honor
will be two large stands. which, with
the Presidents stand, will seat a tota
of 1900 persons.
"a Units to Seat $1,000.
The Presidents stands will seat about
300 persons. who will be the persona
guests of Mr.. Roosevelt, while the dis.
tinguished guests Of the Inaugural
Committee will be in the flankine
| stands. These stands will be covered
as will virtually all other stands erected
by the committee. In all, "a units OF
stands. seating approximately $4,000
persons. will be erected.
Mrs. Blair BaniSter, chairman of the
Inaugural Committee on Housing and
Hospitality, today announced that rail-
roads entering Washington have agreed
to cooperate to the utmost with her
committee. The services of Mrs Ban
| ister's committee will be emphasized in
all publicity used by the railroads in
advance OF the inaugural. Time tables
! entc.l'e between now and March 4
will make known the desire of Mrs
BaniSters committee to assist visitors
IN finding accommodations, and the
Pennsylvania Railroad has placed al
the disposal of the committee its facil-
tiles at the Union Station for routing
vicit0rs
The House today passed two resolu-
ions IN connection with the inaugural
one giving Lieut.. COL U. S. Grant, 3d.
olrector OF the Office Of Public Build
lngs and Public Parks, authority to
ahot space IN public buildings under
nus jurisdiction for the housing OF
troops taking part in the inaugural
ceremony. and the other giving District
authorities the right to permit the erec-
ton OF stands and other structures con-
sldered necessary by the Inaugural
Committee.
Inc following have been named mem
oers OF the Committee on Cooperation
OF Civic Bodies In connection with the
inaugural by Curtis A. Hodges. chair
man: Granville Guide. wallace b
Robinson, Mark Lansburgh, Archie
Snlpe, Chester Warrington and Arthur
The following members of the
inaugural Finance Committee have
been appointed by Lloyd B. Wilson
chairman: Francis G. Addison. In.
c. A. Aspinwall, Harry Blake, Y. D.
Booker. Edwin G. Brandenburg, Henry
n Brawner, ir., Col. Wrisley Brown
William j. Brown, Rolfe Boiling. Morris
Cafritz. A c. Case, j. Bowie Chipman
DR.. Arthur c. Christie, E. F. Colladay
j. =. Collihower Oscar Coolican, Kari
Corby, John H. Davis. H. Rozier Dulany
jr, w. w. Everett. w. j. Eynon, Robert
V. Fleming, DR.. Harry Fowler, George
Garrett, Frank E. Ghisselli, Or. M. J.
Gibbs, c. c. Glover, jr., Eugene C. Gott
Randall H. Hagner, William F. Ham
John H Hanna. Arthur Harnett. George
w. Harris, Christian Heurich, IT., C. p
Hill, Frank r. Jelleff, Edmund F. Jewell
L. s. Julie. David B. Karrick, Joseph
%. kaufman, Carter B. Keene, George
Keneipp, J. c. Koons, Maj. E. Brooke
Lee, Ralph w. Lee, Martin A. Leese
David r. Lehman. Louis Levay, T. p
Littlepage, Arthur Marks, George Mar
shall. Arthur j. May, Edward D. Mer-
rill, w. c. Miller william Montgomery
Edgar Morris, E. j. Murphy, Fleming
Newbold, Clarence F. Norment, jr, Bert
L. Olmsted, c. H. Pope, B. H. Roberts
DR.. Sterling Rufin, John Saul, j. N
! Saunders, Carl Schedler, George c
Shaffer, Marcy L. Sperry. Arthur ]
Sundlun, Mrs Sidney Taliaferro, s
Percy Thompson, Charles H. Tompkins
| Leon S. Ulman, L. H. Vandoren, Ben T
Webster, James G. Yaden, E. g
Yonker, Ford E. Young, Dr. Charles s
White.