Evening star., 1941-11-10
ArmisticeDay
Talk Prepared
ByPresident
Services at Arlington
Tomorrow Will Be
Broadcast Nationally

President Roosevelt today put the
finishing touches on a brief addres:
he will deliver tomorrow in the
Arlington National Cemetery amphi-
theater in commemoration of Arml-
stice Day.
There was no indication from the
White House Of the tenor OF the
Presidents speech, which will be
broadcast nationally at II am. He
kept most of this afternoon free OF
appointments to work on the ad-
dress.
Mr.. Roosevelt will appear on the
program traditionally sponsored by
the American Legion He will speak
after one of his aides lays wreath
in his behalf on the Tomb OF the
Unknown Soldier.
Secretary of War Stimson anc
Secretary of Navy Knox will &C
company the President to the am
phitheater, along with Maj. Gen
Edwin M. Watson, the President
military aide. and Capt. John R
Beardall, his naval aide. This will
be the second time since 1885 that
Mr.. Roosevelt has led the Nation
In observance of Armistice Day,
with a speech from the amphi-
theater. In other years he has laid
a wreath at the Unknown Soldier
tomb without making an address.
Lucy Monroe to Sing.
In his ArmiStiCe Day. speech last
year the President branded as ''puny
and false" the "unpatriotic efforts
by some of our own countrymen to
make us believe that the sacrifices
made by this country in the last
World War were wholly in vain"
He pointed out that the war OF
1914-1918 preserved democracy for
at least a whole generation and left
it in position to resist the present
move for world conquest by the
Axis.
The Rev. Fred J. Halloran, ma
tional chaplain Of the Legion. will
give the invocation, and Joseph J
Malloy. national chairman of the
American Legion Armistice Day
Committee, will deliver a message
Of welcome at the Arlington services
After Mr.. Roosevelt's address. Miss
Lucy Monroe. "star-spangled So
prano," will sing My Buddy ac-
companied by the United States
Army Band, and Lynn U. Stam-
baugh. national commander of the
Legion, will be introduced.
Saunders Will Sneak.
Miss Monroe then is scheduled to
sing Roses of Picardy," after which
Mrs. Mark w. Murrill, national
president of the American Legion
Auxiliary, is to speak.
The program will be completed
with an address by Haywood N.
Saunders, commander of the District
of Columbia Department of the
Legion: singing of the National
Anthem by Miss Monroe and bene-
diction by the Rev. Howard c. Sny-
der. chaplain of the District Of Co.
lumbia Department.
Government departments and
banks will be closed tomorrow
However, most downtown stores will
Dc Op6Il uul lliS Usual DuoliICoS AiOoA @
according to the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association.
War and Navy Departments will
get the holiday as usual, although
Up. M. and other defense agencies
are expected to remain at work.
Knudsen's Plea Needed.
All employees and officers in the
War and Navy Departments are to
be excused, it was said, except for
those whose presence is absolutely
necessary. Press sections of both
departments are in the necessary
classification. and most of their
workers are to remain on duty.
A number of defense agencies not
under o. P. M. will stay open in
response to o. P. M. Director Will
liam S. Knudsen's plea for defense
workers to volunteer their services
despite their legal right to take
Armistice Day off.
At the British Supply Council and
the British purchasing Commission
employees said they worked last
Armistice Day and had heard moth
ing about getting tomorrow of.
The Public Library, Eighth and K
streets NV, and all branches in the
library system will be closed tomor-
row. it was announced by Miss Clara
w. Herbert, librarian.