Evening star., 1941-07-03
Nation 10 Pause
Tomorrow in
Loyalty Pledge
All Citizens Urged
To Tune In at 4
For Broadcast

| or nearly a quarter century ago,
will be celebrated tomorrow with
solemn emphasis on love of country
and allegiance to the flag as Amer
leans enjoy the holiday in traditional
fashion.
Every American, no matter where
he is or what he is doing, has been
asked to pause for little while at
4 pm. (E. S. TD and turn on his
radio, if he has One-he may have
! a portable set OH his outing-and
listen to brief address by President
Roosevelt and the playing of The
Star Spangled Banner" by service
band in Washington. At this hour,
or its equivalent in other time zones,
all citizens are urged by Mayor
La Guardia's Office of Civilian De-
fense to follow the President in a
new pledge OF loyalty to the Stars
and Stripes.
Every radio station in the country
hooked to a network is expected to
carry this unusual Nation wide pa
triotic appeal, which will last prob
ably less than Is minutes Elaborate
plans have been made by Civilian
Defense to reach as many holiday
makers as possible.
Army to Fire Guns.
Surf bathers. beach summers. fish
ermen, mountain climbers. motorists
on the road, theatergoers and lazier
/ persons lolling at home will stop
whatever they are doing, listen a
little while and ponder over this
/ freedom they may have taken as a
matter of course. Those away from
radios are asked to watch the hour
and repeat their allegiance to the
flag in unison with millions of COM
patriots.
Salute to the Union in commence
ration of the 165th anniversary of
the signing of the Declaration of
Independence will bring the firing
of ceremonial guns 48 times in every
Army post and camp throughout the
United States and its possessions,
the War Department announced
Thousands of selectees will hear a
48-gun salute for the first time
Many posts also will hold parades
and other ceremonies.
In a Fourth of July statement to-
day, William S. Knudsen. director
general of the vital Office of Pro-
duction Management, said that we
must press our defense program ever
faster" and he added:
I'VE are not vet doing what we
can do and what We must do. In
the war % years ago we were work
ing together. We turned the scales,
regardless of what anybody says.
The whole world is looking to us
today to stop the dictator; to pro-
tect their lands and their homes;
and we in America want to protect
our own institutions and preserve
our homes as well"
Three Day Holiday for Some.
An exodus from baked Washing
ton streets will crowd trains. buses
and planes over the Fourth. But
Government workers, who often are
donated the half workday Satur-
day when a holiday falls on Friday.
must return to their desks this Sat-
urday. by decree of the President,
who explained that the defense
emergency was too serious to pro-
long holidays.
Tomorrow, however, the Capltals S
chief industry, government, ana
most of it's private business will be
at standstill. Twenty-eight stores.
including the leading department
stores. will be closed from tonight
until Monday morning. giving their
employees a three-day holiday. These
stores begin this week end their
usual all-day-Saturday closing
through July and August.
As usual. the Nations birthday
will be observed with patriotic
program and fireworks display at
the Monument grounds in the eve
ming. Sponsors say it Will be the
biggest and most beautiful array OF
pvrotechnics the city has seen.
The program will start at pm.
with a concert by the Marine Band.
A procession of flags and masslng
of colors will follow. Around 300
veteran. patriotic. fraternal ana
civic organizations will be repre-
sented at the ceremony, after which
the chairman, Fred A. Smith. presl-
dent of the Board of Trade, WILL
conduct a pledge to the Stars and
Stripes. The speaker OF the eve
ming will be Attorney General JACK
son. nominated recently for Assocl-
ate Justice of the Supreme Court,
and his address will be broadcast
nationally. The fireworks will fol-
low the program.
$1,000 Seats Available.
There will be $4,000 seats below
the Monument. at Is cents each, IN
addition to virtually unlimited
standing room farther away in Po-
tomac Park.
A traditional meeting will bring
the Association of Oldest 1nhabl-
tants into conclave at the Old
Union Engine House, Nineteenth
and H streets NV, at 1890 a IN.
After a half hour business meeting,
patriotic exercises will be held.
The invocation will be pronounced
bv the Rev. Edward o. Clark. pas
tor of the Chevy Chase Baptist
Church. The singing of America
will be followed by recital of the
Declaration of Independence by
Jesse C. Suter. Bill Coyle, radio
director of The Star, will sing sew
eral solos, including Wave That
Flag, America with Miss Mesa
Scarry as accompanist. The song
was written by Howard Acton and
Phelps Adams for the recent Ma
tional Press Club minstrels.
An original poem. IF We Just
Could Have Been There" by John
Clagett Proctor. chronicler of the
association, will be read by John B.
Dickman. sr. John Jay DAILY will
recite his original toast to the flag.
A patriotic address will be delivered
by Robert w. Horton. director of in
formation for the Office of Emerg-
ency Management. The ceremony
will close with the singing of Aud
Lang Syne."