Evening star., 1943-04-11

do'Ns NtotiOPOIIt0H OiiSS
To Unite in Directing
Autos, Pedestrians
Anticipating attendance OF thou
sands at ceremonies dedicating the
Thomas Jefferson Memorial at noon
Tuesday, officials last night an
nounced cor .prehensive system of
traffic contrcl.
Park police and Metropolitan po-
lice will cooperate in directing mo-
tor traffic expected to converge
heavily on the scene at the south
shore Of the Tidal Basin.
The traffic plan calls for private
cars to drive to the memorial by
way of park roads, while taxicabs
use the high-level Fourteenth street
route recently opened to traffic.
Parking space will be provided in
East Potomac Park and the Polo
Field, where drivers will be di-
rected how to park their cars.
Program to Last an Hour.
The ceremonies will last only an
hour, from 11:30 am. to 1890
pm. The exercises will commem-
crate the 200th anniversary of the
birth Of the third President, who
was principal author Of the Dec
laration Of independence. The en-
tire program will be broadcast.
Dignitaries from this and most of
the Allied Nations will be among
the invited guests, to be seated in
chairs on the north front of the
memorial. The public, however, will
be welcome. and here will be plenty
Of standing room. officials said.
The White House announced yes
terday that President Roosevelt was
preparing a speech that will be
brief and Jeffersonian," to be de-
livered on Jefferson Day. Stephen
T. Early, presidential secretary, ex-
planned that the time and place Of
the address would not be announced
until tomorrow.
The parking and traflc plan for
the memorial ceremonies was an
nounced for the Jefferson Memorial
Commission by Edward ]. Kelly,
special assistant to the superin-
tendent of National Capital Parks.
Traffic Directions Issued.
Gall cars. except taxicabs," said
Mr., Kelly In the instructions, "are
requested to enter the park road
system at Fifteenth or Seventeenth
Streets and Constitution avenue,
Fourteenth street and Maine ave-
nue, via the underpass. and pro-
coed to the memorial via the low
level roads. Taxicabs will use the
high-level Fourteenth street route.
Persons driving their own cars
will turn left into East Potomac
Park at the golf course underpass
and will park as directed. walking
to the memorial via the tourist camp
underpass. Drivers are urged to
follow this direction. No other
parking space will be available In
the vicinity for unattended cars.
Chauffeur driven cars will dis
charge passengers at the Fourteenth
street curb at the memorial, and
will turn right into West Potomac
Park, parking at the Polo Field.
Chaufeurs will return for passen-
gers via the same route at the end
OF the ceremonies. turning left into
the memorial grounds to load pas
sengers. ..r
"Taxicabs will turn left after dis
charging passengers, returning via
Fourteenth street."
Marine Band to Play.
All guests are asked to be seated
before 11:30 am, when a half hour
concert by the United States Marine
Band will open the ceremonies. It
will be under direction Of Capt. Will
liam F. Santelmann conducting.
Stuart G. Gibboney Of New York,
chairman OF the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Commission, will preside.
The invocation will be by the
Rt. Rev. Henry st. George Tucker
presiding bishop. Episcopal Church
in America. and the benediction will
be pronounced by an eminent Cath
Ollie prelate. the Most Rev. Peter L.
Ireton, coadjutor bishop Of Rich
mond.
Music for the occasion will in
elude the singing Of the national
anthem by Miss Grace Moore and
the playing of America by the
United States Marine Band.
The statue of jefferson. which
has been put in place during the
past few days and has been paint
ed bronze. will not be unveiled, but
there will be a ceremony, when
American flags will be unfurled near
the figure. The statue is tempo
rary, of plaster, but will be re-
placed by a bronze figure after the
war, when this vital metal becomes
available again for statuary. The
memorial room, with the statue,
will not be open to the public until
after dedication.
Document to Be Displayed.
The engrossed copy Of the Dec
laration of Independence, with sig
natures, will be on display for a
week, under armed guard of ma.
ri1es, "a hours a day. The IA
ailouS NONulllClltt VI WIilCll OcllcI sui
was the principal author, will be
placed at the foot of the statue.
Blossoms of the Oriental fiowering
cherry trees which have been a
great attraction around the Tidal
Basin and near the new memorial,
now are past their prime and ex-
pected to be gone before the ded-
ication.
The bicentennial of Jefferson this
week also will be marked BY several
other events and exhibitions, at the
Library of Congress. National GAL
lery Of Art and the National Ar
chives. Ceremonies also willie be
held Tuesday at Monticello. JET
ferson's home. where he Is buried,
and at the University Of Virginia,
which he founded at Charlottes-
vile, Va.
Archibald MacLeish, librarian Of
Congress, will open the exhibit of
Jefferson papers at the library at 4
pm. tomorrow at informal cere.
monies, where he will read the
Declaration of Independence.
A distinguished group Of Ameri-