Evening star., 1938-04-14
2OOCONGRESSMEN
TO VIEW AZALEAS
Special Train Will Take
Capital Delegation to
Charleston Fete.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

bN WILL
Congressional business will give way
10 enjoyment of the Beauties of spring
in the South next week, when 200
members of the Senate and House will
leave Washington for three day visit
to the fifth annual Azalea Festival in
Charleston, S. c.
The Congressional Azalea Special"
will put out of Union Station at 10
pm. next Thursday, with the Capital
delegation to the festival, including
two cabinet members, District Com
missioner Melvin c. Hazen and Miss
Washington" in addition to the con-
gresslonal party.
Congress will adjourn over the week
end so that business may not interfere
with enjoyment of the trip, which
has been arranged by Representative
Thomas S. Mcmillan, Democrat, of
South Carolina, one of the most popu-
lar members of the House
Plans for royal entertainment of
the local group in Charleston were
announced today.
Guests of City.
The hosts will be the Mayor and
city government of Charleston, the
Chamber Of Commerce and Merchants
Association, all cooperating to show
their attractive gardens to the Capital
guests. Those in charge have been
devoting the last two months to prepa.
rations.
The guests include Secretary of
War Woodring and Secretary of Com
merce Roper, Rear Admiral William
G. Du Bose, chief of the Bureau of
Construction and Repairs, representing
Secretary of the Navy Swanson; Com
missioner Hazen, Vice President and
Mrs. Garner. Speaker of the House
and Mrs, Bankhead, House Majority
Leader and Mrs. Rayburn, Minority
Leader and Mrs. Smell, the chairman
and members of important Senate and
House committees.
The Capital City has for several
years been participating in the annual
celebration in Charleston, and this wear
is sending Katherine E. Pearson, 24O4
Wyoming avenue NV, to the affair
as Miss Washington"
Arriving in Charleston at II am,
Friday, April %, members of the con-
eressional party will be met by a re-
ceptlon committee with a broadcast
ceremony at the station. The Mayor
OF Charleston will be host at lunch
con at l o'clock for the Capital
guests, the Governor and the State
General Assembly, At 4 pm. a pro-
cession of floats and beauty queens
parade is scheduled.
The queen of the festival, Miss
Charleston will be crowned at )
o'clock at the United States Customs
House. A spectacular feature will be
dress parade of students of the
Citadel, military college, at $50 pm,
The "Azalea Ball" one of the most
picturesque and historic social events
of the Southland. will be at pm.
Friday.
Will Visit Fort Sumter.
The entire Washington party will
be guests the next day at 9 am. on
boat trip to Fort Sumter, a visit to
Fort Moultrie and a trip to the
Charleston Navy Yard. At the Navv
Yard two Navy transport planes will
pick up members of the Military
Affairs Committee and fly them to
the Marine Base at Paris Island, A
tour of the Charleston Museum, the
French Huguenot Church. the old
Powder Mazagine, the Exchange Build
Ing and other points of interest also
Is on the itinerary.
The official dinner" for the WASH
1ngton visitors, formal state affair. is
scheduled for Saturday evening at
$50 pm. This will be followed bv
concert of "spirituals" by a society
composed of about rs sons, daughters
and grandchildren of the old rice
plantation owners, organized to pre-
serve for posterity the songs sung
prior to the Civil War by the colored
slaves. About year ago the society
gave concert for President and Mrs
Roosevelt at the White House.
On Sunday. April "a, the congress-
slonal party will be taken on a tour
OF the historic gardens. The party
will be guests of Summerville. The
Flower Town Among the Pines" at
80 pm. and will visit Cypress
Gardens at pm. For the return trip
they Will entrain at 730 pm, arriving
IN washington Monday morning.