Evening star., 1940-12-10
Inaugural Day
Parade Seats
Go on Sale
Presidents Wishes
On Reviewing Stand
To Be Sought

for the inaugural parade complete,
tickets for the seats went on sale
at noon today at 727 Fifteenth
street NV.
The tickets range in price from
$3.50 to $40, and corps of workers
will be organized at the Fifteenth
street address to handle the orders.
The regular staff of ticket sellers
from the Washington baseball park
will be on hand, and reservations
will be received by mail, telephone
and personal calls, officials said.
Inaugural Committee officials said
the designs for the stands, to be
built facing the White House and
f1anking the presidential reviewing
stand as we'll as along the west
side of Fifteenth street on Treasury
Building property, have been COM
pleted under direction of Engineer
Commissioner David McCoach, jr.,
and Waddy B. Wood, chairman of
the Architectural Committee of the
Inaugural Committee Bids on the
work are expected to be asked within
"a hours.
To Seek Advice.
Meanwhile it was learned that
Commissioner J. Russell Young was
considering asking President Roose-
welt to help in the designing of the
reviewing stand in front of the White
House. Inaugural officials want to
be sure the stand meets with the
Presidents approval and is not too
elaborate"
May Be Expanded.
Despite earlier predictions of a
lumber shortage, it was determined
yesterday that local dealers will be
able to provide the supply for the
approximately $4,000 seats to be
constructed. The designs are so
planned that more seats can be in
stalled, and should the crowd ex-
ceed expectations portable seats will
be rushed from New York end Other
cities at the last minute.
Under the completed plans the
grandstands will be erected on the
north side of PENNSYLVANIA avenue
from East Executive avenue to West
Executive avenue opposite the White
House and also flanking the Presi-
dents platform. These and those
on the Treasury property will be
covered.
Fire Precautions Taken.
Fire Chief Stephen T. Porter
meanwhile, applied to the Civil
Service Commission to certify so
men who are to be employed for
temporary duty as District firemen,
to assure adequate protection for in
augural stands and other properties
here during the inaugural period.
Funds for the extra help were in
cluded in the congressional appro-
priation for inaugural expenses.
The so extra men are to be assigned
to duty throughout the city as sub
stitutes for more experienced fire.
men, who will be detailed to duty
in the grandstands and reviewing
stands. The extra men will be ap-
pointed for service for January ID,
19, 20 and 81.
Fire Chief Porter and the execu-
tive officer of the Fire Department,
Capt. c. S. Peterson, already have
assigned some men for protection of
inaugural property. These men.
armed with hose lines laid out from
fire plugs, are on duty at Capitol
Hill where construction of cere-
monial stands is under way.
The Senate passed a Joint reso-
luton yesterday giving the CHAIR
man of the Inaugural Commit
tee exclusive authority to deter
mine the location of stands to be
erected along the route of the
parade for President Roosevelts S
third Inauguration next month.
The authority will apply to stands
whether on public or private prop
erty.
The erection of any such stands
without permit would be a mis-
demeanor punishable by fine not
to exceed $1,000. The resolution
was sent to the House for approval.
Frances Nash, pianist, whose hus-
band is Maj. Gen. Edwin M. Wat
son, presidential secretary, has been
appointed chairman of the Commit
tee of Music of the Inaugural Com
mittee.