The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-20
|F.D.R. SAYS NO
DICTATOR CAN
RISK FREE VOTE
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lC0nllNuEu TIUIl i dkC oAACl
and the way Of life which its fos'
ters."
The message was read after Try
ing Berlin had led the crowd in the
days goth or more singing of God
Bless America and Mrs. Roosevelt,
in a brief appearance, had begged
off from a formal speech because
of the demands Of her large house
hold.
Meanwhile the crowds Of notables
and common people jammlng the
CAPITAL from all parts of the coun'
try got reinsurance from the
weather bureau that rain would not
mar the oath.taking ceremonies and
the parade tomorrow as it did four
years ago, but a warning that 1t
would take warm clothes to see
them through all the days outdoor
functions.
Fair and continued cold Mon
day." said the latest forecast
Temperature in early morning
about 20 degrees, at noon about
% degrees, and in mi~d-afternoon
Monday about 81 degrees"
The theme of democracy in dan
ger was the keynote not only at
the electoral banquet. 1t was i'm
plicit IN a dinner honoring state
governors given by William $.
Knudsen, defenls director. It was
present in the prayers and sermons
in the churches.
Even at a gala" in Constitution
Hall the principal purpose of which
was fun for the crowds, it asserted
itself in the person of the funny
man of the movies, Charlie Chaplin,
billed to do his famous speech from
his film 1.-THE Great Dictator"
And, it unquestionably will dom
mate Mr.. Roosevelt's short - not
more than IL minutes, the White
House said-inaugural address OF
tomorrow.
Nevertheless, the exuberance OF
the hotel lobby crowds and the
mobs of sight seers was hardly
dampened. They had come tc
Washington, some to acclaim q
great mar of their party, others
merely to watch a great and, this
time, historically unexampled spec
tacle. but all, apparently to have
a good time.
Along Pennsylvania avenue, un
der the fluttering flags, merchants
had boarded up their show windows
to protect them from the parade
crowds. So great has been the
crush in some past years that the
pressure of those in front damned
the shoulders Of the less fortunate
through the plate glass.
Sidewalk bankers were doing
big business in souvenirs - bras
medallions, flags, lapel buttons, thu
usual trivia of a mountaineering
event. One offered genuine copie!
of a personally autographed pic
ture" of the President.
"You address 'em. We mail EN-
he droned. "Send one to Hitler
Some, he said, had accepted the
suggestion.
Family Reunion
At the White House there was g
gay family reunion. Practically the
whole Roosevelt clan was there, in
Guiding son, James who arrived I'm
expectedly - he had advised his
father he would be unable to come
Mr.. Roosevelt, himself, took
things easy. AS was the al yes
terday, he alternated periods of re
Taxation with periods of revising
his inaugural address.
Outside the executive mansion, or
Pennsylvania avenue, an Interde
nominational church service was
held in the "curt of freedom" -
an elaborate stand from which Mr.
Roosevelt will review the Inaugural
parade. Washington clergymen -
the Rev. John Heating, Roman
Catholic, the Rev. Seth r. Brooks
Universalist, Rabbi Norman Ger
stenfeld, and the Rev. Albert J
Mccartney, Presbyterian - parti