Evening star., 1933-02-16
INAUGURAL POLICE
|. PLANS UNCHANGED
Chiefs Already Had Arranged
Most Complete Peace
Time Guard.

Plans already made for Franklin D
Roosevelt taking over the presidency
under the most complete guard ever to
attend time President will not
be changed as result of the attempt
at assassination of the President-elect
at Miami last night, inaugural and po-
lice officials declared here today.
The original public order" program
provided by the Inaugural Committee
in cooperation with the Capital police
and the Secret Service, calling for i'm
portation of large numbers of uni
formed and plain clothes policemen
from nearby cities will stand. it was
stated by Rear Admiral Gary T. Gray
son, chairman Of the Inaugural Com
mittee.
Meanwhile, Maj. E. w. Brown, super
intendent of police. announced that nc
additional funds will be sought to aug
ment the $4,000 already requested OF
Congress to pay for the employment OF
outside police and attend to other de-
tails Of policing and providing conven-
fences for the inaugural crowds.
Precautt0nE Checked.
Admiral Grayson said today that the
assassination atter pit In Miami un-
doubtedly will call for a complete re-
check of the present plans of utilization
Of the forces provided for under the
original plan, and undoubtedly there
will be some change in the preparations
Of the secret service for the protection
Of Mr.. Roosevelt, but these are expected
To ha har ho ~
the shooting in Miami
Melvin C. Hazen, chairman of the
Public Order Committee of the Inaugu-
raj Committee, was i'll in Emergency
Hospital today, but his executive as
siStant, Edward A. Dent, was in touch
with police officials and the Inaugural
Committee, and it was decided that any
further strengthening of the guard fol
the inaugural would not be necessary
The original plans call for 400 Ma
rines, to be brought to Washington
from Quantico. to guard the Capito
during the inaugural ceremony; the
importation of 200 uniformed police
from Baltimore, the importation from
other Eastern and MidweStern cities Of
rs plain clothes men and the deploy-
ment OF all available secret service
agents at strategic points.
These preparations were made sew
eral weeks ago and the imported police
will work with the Capital police under
the direction OF the Public Order Com
mittee and Washington police officials
Meanwhile. prominent Democrats
here expressed the opinion that Mr.
Roosevelt is satisfied with the plans
already made for his protection. They
took the position that Mr. Roosevelt
is fully cogniZant of the dangers that
always beset President and has con-
f1dence In the measures taken to pro-
tect him from maniacs and anarchists
They took the position that any un-
usual recognition Of danger in con-
nection with the great gathering here
for the inaugural might be construed
as fear on the part of Mr.. Roosevelt
and one prominent Democrat added
Fear is totally absent from the make
up Of Mr.. Roosevelt"
$4,000 More Available.
The Inaugural Public Order Com
mittee has asked for $4,000, Of which
approximately $4,000 is for employ
ment of extra police to augment the
city's police force. The committee has
been obligated to spend approximately
Sl1 900 more on other functions, but
there remains about $4,000 which could
be spent for extra police protection
If this later Is deemed necessary.
The 400 Marines are to be brought
here from Quantico on the morning OF
March 4, on special trains, and their
function will be to completely guard
the Capitol during the indoor and out
door inaugural ceremony and to act
as uSherS in the stands on the east
front Of the Capitol
hoc ,etn e
have a heavy guard along the line OF
march OF the inaugural parade, and
this plan has been worked out this
year as thoroughly as in former years
due to the economic conditions Of the
country, and these same conditions
have prompted inaugural and police
! offcialS to cover every phase of the
problem of protection of the President
and distinguished guests more COM
pletely than for former inaugurals.
The Marines, Capital and out-of-
| town police will be heavily armed ano
| equipped to deal with large crowds
and in addition, there will be in the
city concentration of several thou
sand soldiers, sailors, Marines, CoaSt
Guards and reserve units which will
take part In the parade.
These forces will be within calling
distance of the Capitol during the in
augural ceremony there. and will bt
the first disbanded after passing the
Court OF Honor, from which Mr.. Roose-
velt will review the parade. They form
the first division of the parade.
The tentative police plans also cal
for heavy guard of both police and
Secret Service agents at the presiden-
| tial reviewing stand. These plans have
been in the making since the Inaugural
| preparations first were started and were
reported working out in the routine way
at police headquarters
Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, assistant
superintendent of police. today said the
complete plan for police protection has
not yet been worked out and probably
would not be completed until police
know just exactly what factors they
will have to deal with on Inauguration
day, such as the extent of the crowds
and the extent Of undesirable elements
in the city. 1t Is not likely this infor-
nation will be available until day OF