Evening star., 1933-01-06
Chairman of General Com
mittee Hopes to Leave To-
morrow for Week End Visit.
FIRST CONFERENCE HELD
LAST MONTH IN GEORGIA
Names of Is Heads of Committees
for March 4 Activities An
nounced Today.

committee chairmen ready to 90 to
work, Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson,
chairman of the General inaugural
Committee, planned to leave tomorrow
for a week end visit with President
elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, at HYDE
Park, N. Y, to discuss further plans
for the inaugural.
Expected Back Monday.
Admiral Grayson Is expected back in
Washington Monday, and if possible, a
meeting Of the General Committee will
be called Immediately to get the ma
chlnery OF the big committee Junction.
Ing on the vast amount of work that
is necessary to make the induction into
office Of the President of the United
States run smoothly.
Admiral GraySon will lay before the
PreSident-elect the work already done.
acquaint him with the members of the
committee he has chosen and receive
any new suggestions Mr.. Roosevelt NAV
have for the celebration.
President-elect Roosevelt already has
gone into the inaugural plans at length
with Admiral Grayson in a conference
in early December at Warm Springs,
Ga, but SO much work has been done
since that time that Admiral Grayson
Is anxious to have Mr.. Roosevelt know
the progress that has been made.
No definite time has been set for the
general meeting Of the inaugural chair
men, but Democratic leaders here feel
that 1t is possible that the committee
could De called together Immediately
upon Admiral GraySon's return from
Hyde Park and set to work.
In naming the 18 chairmen of the
subcommittee today, Admiral Grayson
as Tar as possible decentralized the ma
cnlnery Of the committee and In a
letter to each subchairman gave the
letter practically free hand to make
plans, and to function on its own initis.
tive. Later, difficulties that might be
encountered by committee will be-
ironed out by Admiral Grayson and his
vice chairmen and executive staff.
which includes Frederic A. Delano. Mrs.
J. Borden Hartman, John r. Costello
and H. Rozier Dulany, vice chairmen:
Sorcoran Thom, treasurer; Charles A.
Douglas, general counsel; Hugh T, Nell
son, executive secretary. and John p.
Bramhall. secretary to the general COM
mittee.
Subcommittee Heads.
The chairman of the subcommittee
are as follows: Finance COMMITTEES.
Lloyd B. Wilson; Legislative Commit
tee, Leslie G. Garnett Housing and
Hospitality Committee, Mrs. Blair Ban
mister; Committee on Reception of Gov
ernors and Distinguished Guests, Ray
mond T. Baker; Historic Sites Commit
tee, George Rothwell Brown; Enter.
tainment Committee, Huston Thomp-
son; Grandstands and Decorations
Committee, Waddy Wood; Grandstand
Ticket Committee, Daniel C. Roper;
Medals, Badges and Souvenirs Com
mittee, Robert Woolley: Public Order
Committee, Melvin c. Hazen; Medical
AID and Emergency Arrangements Com
mittee, Maj. Gen. Merritte w. Ireland:
Transportation COMMITTEES, Thomas P.
Littlepage; Printing and Engraving
Committee, John P Colpoys; Press Re-
lationS and Communications Committee,
Charles Nicholson; Inaugural Ball
Committee, Mrs. John Allen Dougherty
and Wilton j. Lambert, honorary chair
man; Official Program Committee, j.
Fred ESSary; Budget and Auditing Com
mittee, James A. Councillor; Special
Entertainment Committee, DR.. G. David
Houston.
Each Of the subcommittee chairmen
VIII nave free hand in naming the
men and women who will serve with
them on their individual units, it was
announced, and already they are at
work drawing up the personnel of their
units, preparing to hold preliminary
meetings and working out the details
Of their particular jobs.
Ball Idea Endorsed.
President elect Roosevelt has indorsed
the idea of the inaugural ball, the pro-
ceedS of which will go to charity and
relief, but probably viii not attend him.
self. He has assured Admiral Grayson,
however, that members Of his family
will be there.
What other plans he may have for
the inaugural are not at present known,
but Admiral Grayson expects to lay be-
fore the first general committee meet
ing the program Of the inaugural as
finally approved by the President-elect.