The Washington times., 1935-01-04


Cabinet Greets President
The President and Mrs. Roose-
velt following the procedure
they inaugurated last year
came down from the second
floor on the elevator and joined
the Cabinet group in the family
dining room which Immediately
adjoins the State dining room.
After informal greetings had
been exchanged the hosts pro-
ceeded through to the Blue
Room, where they received the
thousand or more guests. They
went by way of the State Din"
ing Room, and the Red Room
to their post in this historic
room facing the windows and
in front of a wall of tall palms
rising from a bank OF ferns.
The members of the Cabinet
circle, the Secretary of State
and Mrs. Cordell Hull, the Sec.
retary of the Treasury and
Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, jr..
the Secretary of War and
Mrs. George H. Dern, the
Attorney General and Mrs.
Homer S. Cummings, the
Postmaster General, Mr.. James
A. Farley (Mrs. Farley was not
present last night); Mrs.
Claude A. Swanson, wife Of the
Secretary of the Navy; the Sec
retary of the Interior and Mrs.
Harold L. Ickes, the Secretary
of Agriculture and Mrs. Henry
A. Wallace, the Secretary Of
Commerce and Mrs. Daniel c.
Roper and the Secretary Of
Labor, Miss Frances Perkins,
followed in line as far as the
Red Room, where they were
soon joined by group which
had gathered earlier in the
Green Room and it was COM
posed of members Of the For
eign Relations Committee of
the Senate, headed by its chair
man, Senator Key Pittman,
who was present with Mrs,
Pittn1an; the members of the
Foreign Affairs Committee of
the House, former ambassa-
dors and ministers, the Assist
ant Secretaries of State and
other Government officials with
their wives.
Marine Band Plays
The other guests who formed
in line in the corridor on the
floor below passed up the wide
stairway and across the main
corridor to the entrance to
the East Room which they
entered after the diplomats
had gone down the line"
to be received.
The Marine Band resplendent
in dress uniforms played in the
spacious entrance hall which
was gaily bedecked with red
earn tions and poinsettias
against a back ground of
palms, and petty officers of
the Navy and Marine Corps
took turns in standing at
either side of the entrance to
the Blue Room holding the
Stars and Stripes and the
Presidents flag.
The coming Of President
Roosevelt was heralded with a
fanfare of trumpets and stand.
ing at attention along the way
were the Naval and Military
aides attached to the White
House. The military aide to
the President, Col. Edwin M.
Watson. and his naval aide,
Capt. Wilson Brown, walked
in the official procession the,
former escorting the President
and the latter Mrs. Roosevelt
and after them came the Cabi-
net members.
A1Cer Cne guests were re-
ceived they continued in line
to the State Dining Room
which is remarkable not only
for it's size but it's beautiful
panelled walls which reach
from the floor to the high
ceiling above, which is tinted
q deep ivory and is elaborately
decorated. The buffet table
which extended the entire
length of the room was deco
rated with tall silver bowls
filled with TaliSman roses and
filmy Stevia. Palms placed
about this room were Of the
same beautiful shade of green
as are the window draperies,
and the mantel shelf was
banked high with ferns. Cakes,
nuts, candies and fruit punch
were served and it was here
everyone fingered to chat be-
fore going on to one or another