Evening star., 1934-05-06
ROOSEVELT PAYS
WOOD|N TRIBUTE
Attends Rites in New York,
Accompanied by First
Lady and Aides.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 5.-President
Roosevelt sat almost motionless to-
day in the old-fashioned meeting
house" of the Presbyterians at Fifth
avenue and Fifty-fifth street as the
funeral service was read for his old
friend and adviser, William H.
Woodin.
With his hands claSped in his lap.
the President did not lift his eyes
once from the long blanket of yellow
jonquils which shrouded the coffin
of his former Secretary of the Treas
Try.
He sat with his shoulders bowed,
a look of deep sorrow upon his face,
throughout the l7-minute service.
After the apostles creed was recited,
he joined in the Lords prayer.
Mrs. Roosevelt put her hand on his
sleeve as Rev. DR.. Robert w. An
thony, acting pastor of the 126-year-
old church, began the closing lines:
THE Lord lift up His countenance
upon you and give you peace both now
and forever more"
Presbyterian Ritual.
The President rose as DR.. Anthony
said amen" and with Mrs. Roose-
welt, his secretaries and aides. dele
CATION of cabinet officers, Vice PreSi-
dent Garner, Speaker Rainey and
other high officials, he moved into the
vestry room, there to await Mrs.
Woodin and her family.
At Mrs. Woodin's request, the serv-
Zee followed the oldfaShioned PreSby-
terian ritual There were prayers,
the recitation of psalms, reading from
Che books of John. Romans, First
Corinthians and from Peter.
There was no singing. but before
the arrival and after the departure OF
the President the organist, Harry
Gilbert, player Mr.. Woodin's favorite
hymns, Nov the Day Is Over, " Lead
kindly Light" and "Oh, Love That
Will Not Let Me Co."
At Mrs. Woodin'S request, he did
not play any of the former Secretarys
own music. The only other music
was the funeral march from Chopin
and the Going Home" movement
from the New World Symphony
Eulogy Is Brief.
The only eulogy was a sentence
added by DR.. Anthony to prayer:
I'VE thank Thee for his loyalty and
devotion to this Nation and praise
Thee for his faith. courage and tire
less sacrificial service to his country
in an hour of great need"
The crowd. waiting for the PreSi-
dent before the old brown sandstone
church, waved as Mr.. Roosevelt ar
rived from the station, but there was
not sound in Fifth avenue. The
motor cycle squad escorting the Presi-
dent moved along with muffled ma
chimes.
All traffic had been routed off the
sunshiny avenue, and from many
f1agstaffs hung banners at half-staff
A great flag before the church, flying
also at half-staff, almost touched the
street.
The President and Mrs Roosevelt
and the Washington delegation were
met at the church door by Mrs.
Woodin, who Immediately after shak-
ing hands with the President, took
her place with her family.
Accompanied by Aides.
The President, wearing an informal
suit Of black and a black tie, bowed
his head in prayer as soon as he was
seated. By him sat Mrs. Roosevelt
in a black tailored suit, silver fox
fur neckpiece and small black hat
In the pew behind them sat the
Presidents aides and secretaries and
in the third pew we're Vice President
Garner, Secretary Morgenthau, Secre-
tary Dern, Secretary Perkins, Attor-
ney General Cummings, Speaker
Rainey, Senator Joseph Robinson of
Arkansas and Representative Joseph
w. Byrns of Tennessee
With Mrs. Woodin, who wore black
and a heavy mourning veil, were the
following members of the Woodin
family: Her daughter, Mrs Mary
Woodin Miner; her daughter and SON.
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace w. Roe,
of Cincinnati; her son-in-law. Col.
w. F. Harvey, and Mrs. Frederick H.
Eaton. widow of cousin of the for
mer Secretary.
Mrs. Harvey was too i'll to attend.
William H. Woodin, jr., who has been
Ill in Arizona, also was unable to
be present.
The funeral party will leave tomor-
row for Berwick, Pa, Mr. Woodin' s
boyhood home. where a burial service
will be conducted at PM Mr..
Woodin died Thursday of a throat
Infection.
Coast Guard on Duty.
In the congregation were Henry
Morgenthau, sr, former Ambassador
to Turkey; former Mayor John P.
OBrien, w. c. Dickerman, president
Of the American Locomotive Co.; Wal
ter j. Cumming, treasurer of the
Democratic National Committee and
chairman of the Continental Bank of
Chicago.
Also C. U. Harvey. who succeeded
Mr.. Woodin as president of the Amer
lean Car & Foundry Co., and a dele
cation from the Coast Guard, under
Capt. William H. Shea, commander
OF the New York Coast Guard Divi-
sion.
The Coast Guard, who served under
the Secretary of the Treasury, kept
guard over the coffin until time for
taking it to the station.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
and their party drove down Fifth ave-
nue. to the station after the service
boarding the special train which had
brought them from the Capital. They
were in New York less than an hour
and half.
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