Evening star., 1941-01-18
RABBI NORMAN
GERSTENFELD.

be the electoral college dinner at
the Mayflower Hotel at Z o'clock,
the private dinner of William S.
Knudsen, director of the Office of
production management, and other
national defense leaders; for the
Governors at the Carlton Hotel at
o'clock and the inaugural gala
substitute for the grand balls of
more peaceful times-at Constitu-
ton Hall at 8:45.
Service at Court of Freedom.
Spiritual guidance for the inaugu-
ration and third term of the Presi-
dent will be invoked at the public
service in the Court of Freedom. in
front of the White House. at 2:3O
pm. tomorrow. Representatives of
Jewish, Catholic and Protestant
churches will take part.
Presiding will be the Rev. DR.. AL
bert j. Mccartney, pastor of the
Covenant First Presbyterian Church
and chairman of the Committee
on Religious Life in the Nations
Capital
The speakers will be Rabbi Norman
Gerstenfeld of the Washington
Hebrew Congregation, the Rev. DR..
John K Cartwright, rector of the
Immaculate Conception Church,
representing also the Most Rev.
Michael j. Curley, Archbishop of
Baltimore and Washington, and the
Rev. DR.. Seth R. Brooks, pastor of
the Universalist National Memorial
Church.
The Washington Choral Society,
under the direction of Louis A. Pot
ter, will present the musical pro-
gram, accompanied by the Navy
Band.
Guard Memorial Program.
In the District National Guards
annual memorial service, at Wash
ington Cathedral emphasis will be
placed on the spiritual significance
OF the l94l Inauguration.
Rabbi Gerstenfeld will deliver the
sermon. Brief talks will be made
by the Right Rev. James E. Free
man, Episcopal Bishop of Washing
ton, and Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox,
local Guard commander. There will
be special prayers for Our Com
mander in Chief" and Our Ma
tional Guard" The Dean of the
Cathedral, the Rev. Noble C. Pow
ell. will deliver one of the prayers.
Between 1000 and 1900 Guards
men, expecting a call to Federal
service within two weeks, will at
tend. 1t will be in the nature of
a farewell service for these men.
The 121st Engineers Band and the
Cathedral Choir will take part.
On Inauguration Day the Presi-
dent will attend services at st.
Johns Episcopal Church, Sixteenth
and H streets NV, at 1890 am,
when a special five-minute prayer
service will be conducted on ma
tional radio hook-ups. At noon he
will take the oath of office at the
Capitol and return to the White
House to review the inaugural pa
rade beginning at LAS pm.
Heater for President
If the weather forecast of fair
and cold comes to pass on Inaugu-
ration Day, the best prepared man
for outdoor observation of the in
augural parade will be President
Roosevelt.
Under the Colonial stand which
he helped design and from which
he will review the parade, there has
been installed a special electric
heater. From this heater warm air
will flow upward through a rec
tangular floor vent on which
President Roosevelt will stand.
In front of the President will
be a hand rail feet inches high.
Protection is afforded from rain or
other elements from directly over
head by an extension of the roof.
The President will stand throughout
the parade, which according to pri-
vate estimates he has made to
friends, he does not expect to last
more than 25 minutes.