Evening star., 1936-12-28
INAUGURAL FETE.
GUARANTY FUND0F.
100000 SOUGHT.
! Budgeting Expenses Ex.
pected to Permit Refunds
in Full.
QUICK COOPERATION
OF CAPITAL IS ASKED
Fleming Appoints Finance Aides
to Assist Raising Of Sum From
Firms and Residents.

Request for subscriptions to the
100000 guarantee fund FOR the
Roosevelt inaugural ceremonies jan
uary 20 was issued today by Robert
v. Fleming, president Of the Riggs
National Bank, who is chairman Of
the Inaugural Finance Committee.
Raising of the fund must be car
ried on intensively because of the ad-
vanced date of the Inauguration, he
said. asking for the cooperation of
Washington business men and other
residents.
He announced the selection of four
vice chairmen Of his committee to as
sist in collection of the fund, all of
which will be returned to subscribers
provided revenues from the ceremon-
les are sufficient to meet all bills.
The inaugural will bring together a
greater number Of Democratic party
leaders than any other occasion since
the national convention.
To the list Of guests to be invited,
the Democratic national committee
men and committeewomen. Demo-
cratic State chairmen and vice chair
men were added today by Rear Ad-
miral Cary T. Grayson. general chair
man.
Special invitations will go forward
this week to these party officials in
the hope q majority will be able to
attend. All the men and women who
accept will be guests of Presiden>
Roosevelt in his reviewing stand and
Of the joint Congressional Committee
in charge Of the ceremonies at the
Capitol.
Chairman Grayson and Commits
sioner George E. Allen, who is head
of the Reception Committee, antici-
pate also that these State leaders will
be extensively entertained by State
societies and Young Democratic
Clubs, which are planning the social
features Of the inaugural.
The vice chairmen named by Flem-
ing are Floyd B. Wilson, president of
the Chesapeake g. Potomac Telephone
Co.. who served as chairman of the
Finance Committee for the 1888 in
augural: D. j. Callahan, supreme
treasurer Of the knights of Column
bus and a member of the District
Unemployment Compensation Board; !;
Philip o. Coffin. who served the fin
ance group in 1893, and Mark Lans-
burgh Of Lansburgh & Bro, who was
vice chairman of the finance group
for the first Roosevelt inaugural.
100 Per Cent Refunds.
in former inaugurals, a substan-
tial amount of the guarantee fund
has been returned to subscribers" )"
Fleming said. In the case of the
last two inaugurals, the entire amount
was refunded, and large sums, repre-
senting revenues in excess of expendi-
lures, were devoted to charitable pur-
poses"
Fleming said that while it was not
possible to promise that subscriptions
could be refunded in full, the same
method Of control of receipts and ex-
penditures Is being employed that was
followed for the last two inaugurals.
Expenses Budgeted.
This involves the appointment of a
Budget and Auditing Committee to
pass on all expenditure of funds and
the sources of income as well. The
committee is headed by James A..
Councillor of the firm of Councillor g.
Buchanan, certified public account
ants.
washington is fortunate in having
the opportunity of participating in the
arrangements for the inaugural cere-
monies which, in addition to the i'm
portant business value to the COM
munity, have always reflected great
credit upon the city," Fleming said.
He asked that checks be sent to him
at the Riggs National Bank, made
payable to Corcoran Thorn, treasurer
Of the Inaugural Committee.
Floats to Be Urged.
Meanwhile some of the Democrats
Of Prince Georges County. Md, are
planning to register protest with
Chairman Cary T. Grayson of the
Inaugural Committee against elimin-
alton Of floats from the inaugural
parade. H. Winship, Wheatley, jr.,
Of Hyattsville, president of the Young
Mems Democratic Club of the county,
said:
II intend to write the committee
and ask its members to change their
minds. We would like to enter three
floats in the parade, one of which
would depict the Resettlement Ad-
ministrationis low-rent housing project
ut Greenbelt. The floats would be
sponsored by the Democratic Clubs
Of the Prince Georges. We were pre-
pairing to construct the floats when
we saw in the newspapers that Ad-
miral Grayson would allow only mill
tary units in the line Of march. I
intend to write the letter this week,
and ! will perhaps contact some of
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