Evening star., 1937-01-20
Inaugural
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Roosevelt and other members Of the
family, with several Of the White
House staff; Vice President and Mrs.
Garner; members of the Cabinet and
their wives, and heads Of the major
Federal agencies also we're in the
group.
The devotional period was made q
part Of the official inaugural program
by special request Of the President.
Rev. Endicott Peabody. headmaster
Of the Groton School. which Roosevelt
attended. presided with Rev. Oliver
Hart rector of ST. Johns Church; Rev.
Frank Wilson. rector of the Hyde Park
Episcopal Church, and Rev. H. S. Will
kinson, rector of st. Thomas Epis-
copal Church. assisting in the serv-
ices. The Roosevelts are regular
parishioners Of St. Thomas Church.
Immediately after the services the
President returned to the White House
to receive the joint congressional COM
mittee on inaugural arrangements. Of
which Senator Nicely Of West Virginia
is chairman. Other committee men,
bers are Senators Robinson OF Ar
kansas, and Hale Of Maine. and Rep
resentatives O'Connor, New York:
Doughton, North Carolina, and Smell,
New York.
The congressional group escorted
the President to the Capitol
On its way to the Capitol the pres
idential automobile was preceded and
followed by a motor cycle escort OF
metropolitan police.
Immediately behind 1t came q Sec
ond closed sedan carrying Mrs Roose-
velt, her son James. Senator Hale and
Representative Smell.
As he settled himself in the ma
chine awaiting him under a canopy
at the south portico of the White
House, Mr.. Roosevelt adjusted his
silk hat. which had been put into
the machine before he entered.
Meanwhile furry OF eleventhh hour
maneuvers was taking place at the
Capitol.
Members of the Supreme Court
convened at IL am. in their former
chamber in the Senate wing of the
Capitol, to don their robes for the
state occasion.
The House met at 11:40 and pro-
ceeded in a group to seats reserved on
the right Of the Presidents plat
form. This was the first time in his.
tory that Representatives have oc-
cupied seats on the presidential plat
form at an inaugural ceremony.
Speaker Bankhead was In the fore.
front of the House contingent.
The Senate convened 10 minutes
before noon and. led by the president
pro tempore. marched in q group
to reservations on the left Of the
platform.
Foreign diplomats assembled in the
marble room on the Senate side of the
Capitol, whence they were escorted to
block of seats on the Presidents
platform.
Members Of the Cabinet met in the
presidential room of the Senate wing.
where aides led them to their places
on the platform.
Governors of the States formed
their lines in the lobby of the Senate
chamber, while Gen. Malin Craig
chief of staff Of the Army; Admiral
William D. Leahy, chief of naval
operations; Maj. Gen. Thomas Hol-
comb, commandant Of the Marine
Corps, and Rear Admiral Russell r.
Waesche, commandant OF the Coast
Guard, proceeded to the platform
from the Senate reception room.
With the stage thus set and all the
supporting cast properly placed, Chair
man Nicely and his committee, with
the sergeants-at-arns of the House
and Senate, escorted President Roose-
velt and Vice President Garner to
their seats at the front Of the in
augural platform.
Chief Justice Hughes occupied =
seat Immediately to the President's 8
right. Garner took Q seat at the
left Of the President. Members of the
Joint Congressional Committee were
on both sides Of the President.
Shortly after noon, Rev. Ze Barney
T. Phillips. chaplain of the Senate.
offered invocation.
Vice President Garner then broke
an all-time inaugural custom by tax
ing the oath Of ONCE on the outdoor
platform. just before the swearing
in Of his chief. Heretofore the Vice
President has been inducted in the
Senate chamber prior to the outdoor
ceremony.
The oath was administered to
Garner by Senator Robinson, desig-
mated because he is majority leader.
The Vice President made no address.
Chief Justice Hughes and President
Roosevelt moved to the rostrum -
Garner and Robinson withdrew. The
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