Evening star., 1937-01-18

With the. inaugural trek to the
Capital in full swing and heralding a
record breaking throng, the Weather
Bureau today issued a forecast Of
cold and disagreeable" for Wednes.
days ceremonies.
1t is still too early to predict as to
rain, it was said, although the chill,
intermittent fall of the past "a hours
is due to end late today or tonight
and be followed by temperatures in
the high 30s.
But rain or sunshine-and there
are those who'll bet on the famous
Roosevelt luck" for the latter-the
crowd is moving in from all points.
Estimates of the number who will
see Franklin Delano Roosevelt
launched on his second term in the
White House run from a modest
100000 to three times that many.
Address Being Prepared.
AS early arrivals jammed hotels ana
disregarded the weather to spread
through the gaily- decorated down.
town section, President Roosevelt con.
tinued work on his inaugural address
and at the Capitol last-minute prep
arations were being made for the &C.
tual induction.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon, Senator
Nicely of West Virginia, chairman OF
the Congressional Committee On Ar
rangements, ordered a dress re.
hearsal" on the east front of the Capi-
tol, where the President and Vice
| President take the oath.
| All of those who will participate n
the actual ceremonies-or their repre-.
sentatives-with the exception Of the
President. we're asked to go through
the rehearsal, in order that there
might be no last-minute hitch.
Two of three Coast Guard cutters
ordered here for the Inauguration
docked at the Navy Yard this morning.
They are the Ponchatrian and the
Cayuga. The Mendoza is. due from
Norfolk late this afternoon. Three
hundred men and officers from the
cutters will march in the parade. In
addition, 1870 cadets from the Coast
| Guard Academy at New London, Conn.
will arrive by train early Wednesday
morning. Fifty enlisted men of the
! Coast Guard also will be brought here
| to act as special guards at the Treas.
ury Building tomorrow, Wednesday
and Thursday.
The President will take the oath
from Chief Justice Hughes shortly
after II o'clock Unless there is rain,
the Dutch Bible which has been in
the Roosevelt family for generations
will be used. 1t will be opened as it
was four years ago to that passage OF
Corinthians, which says:
Though I speak in the tongue Of
men and angels, and have not charity,
I am become as sounding brass, or .
tinkling cymbal."
Before the President is sworn. John
Nance Garner will take oath as Vice
President there, thus breaking ira.
dition. Customarily, the Vice Presi-
dent is indicted in the Senate Cham
ber.
After the President repeats his oath,
he will deliver the inaugural address
and then proceed to the White House
in time to receive the vanguard of the
marchers, who by that time will be
under way.
Interest in Address.
Unusual interest was being evinced
in the turn that would be taken by
the President in his address. De.
livered under far happier economic
conditions than was that Of four
years ago, when he called 70 the
people of this Nation for courage in
a black hour, administration leaders
believed he would point to his re.
election majority as, in effect, vic.
tory for principles transcending party
lines, much as did Andrew jackson
when, in 1929, diverse elements were
brought together in the present
Democratic party.
This, it was felt, would be in
fitting vein, and in keeping more.
over with the "Jacksonian simplicity"
on which the inaugural ceremony has
been pitched, even to the selection
of the Hermitage, Jackson's Ten@
nessee home, as a model for the re.
viewing stand in front of the White
House.
Early arrivals congregated about
"the Hermitage" rubbing their eyes
(see INAUGURAL, Page A-2)