Evening star., 1933-02-11
Entrances to Be FIanked by
Statues of Washington
and Jefferson.
PLANS FOR INAUGURAL
PARADE ARE COMPLETED
Police From Other Cities Will Be
Used to Supplement D. G. Force
During Ceremonies.

Pennsylvania avenue, in front Of the
White House. will present the appear
ance OF a great stage across which will
pass in colorful array the inaugural
parade, 1t was revealed today in the
final plans of Waddy B. Wood, archi-
tect, who has designed the Court OF
Honor from which President Roosevelt
will review the column.
The Grandstands and Decorations
Committee of which Mr.. Wood is chair
man has obtained two great statues
one Of Thomas Jefferson and one OF
George Washington, to place at either
side OF the entrance OF the stage, which
the scenery will be banked evergreens
against the background of the trees OF
Lafayette Park and the lawn of the
White House
The statues, borrowed for the George
Washington bicentennial celebration
from the American Sculpture Society
will be shipped back to New York when
the Inaugural Committee is through
with them. They have been stored in
the National Museum since the bicen-
tennial celebration ended.
Decision ON Cadets Explained.
Incidentally, the inaugural will bring
to washington its first out-of- doors
statue of Thomas jefferson. At pres
ent there Is no statue of Jefferson in
any Of the parks or other public places
Of the city and the Inaugural Commit
tee considered it fitting that his figure,
along with that of Washington should
be prominent in the Inauguration OF a
Democratic President.
Col. e. M. Watson, chairman of the
Inaugural Parade Committee, today ex-
planned, in reply to protests from school
authorities over the limiting of the par
ticipation Of high school cadets in the
parade, that the limitations placed on
the parade made the move necessary.
He said that at the outset he dis
cussed the matter with Lieut.. Col. Wal
lace M. Craigie, U. s. A., retired, pro-
fessor OF military science and tactics in
the public schools, and the decision
made then seemed satisfactory.
Every effort Is being made, Col Wat
son said, to keep the parade within the
prescribed length Of a column that will
take two. hours to pass given point
He regretted the necessity of cutting
down the cadets to IA companies, but
could see no other solution Of the prob
lem.
Police Policy Decided.
Special police to augment the Wash
ington police during the inaugural will
be recruited from the organized, trained
forces of other cities, and not from the
ranks Of the unemployed, Supt E. W.
Brown of the Police Department an
nounced today.
Maj. Brown pointed out that while
there have been requests that the work
be given the unemployed, 1t has been
decided that this policy might prove
unfortunate in some Of the personnel
selected. and to obviate the danger of
this procedure, only the regular police
OF other cities will be used.
This policy had been assailed by
Patrick ]. Sheehan. lit Twelfth street
northeast, in a letter to Chairman
Norton OF the House District Com
mittee.
Huston Thompson. chairman of the
Entertainment Subcommittee of the
Inaugural Committee, in a radio talk
last evening told the country of the en-
tertainment plans that are being made.
He estimated that there will be in
the city for the inaugural between 150,-
0c0 and 100000 visitors, with an in
ton such as accompanied the old-fash-
ioned inaugurals. He said every effort
is being made to have the inaugural
spectacular and joyful, with, always, the
picture Of the unemployed. who are to
be the benefciaries of any profits of the
Inaugural Committee, to start our
minds on the road to new deal that
will leave the handicaps of the depres-
sion complex behind U.S."