Evening star., 1945-01-19

the speakers stand.
AS the retiring Vice President and
his successor step aside, President
Roosevelt will come to the stand to
be sworn in by Chief Justice Harlan
Fiske Stone.
Next on the program is the Presi-
dents inaugural address. Then the
Right Rev. Msgr John A. RYAN,
director of the Social Action De-
partment, National Catholic We'll
fare Conference. will say the bene-
diction. and The Star Spangled
Banner will conclude the cere-
mony.
Because of the limited space the
guests on the portico will include
only the families of the President,
Vice President and Vice President
elect: members of the Supreme
Court and the cabinet, the Speaker
of the House, chiefs of the armed
services and the dean of the diplo-
matte corps.
All of Audience Will Stand.
All will stand, as will the others
in the audience on the ground be-
low, which will be made up princi-
ipally of members of Congress with
one partner each presidential elec-
tors TO the same number, diplomats,
State Governors and their staffs,
members of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. Democratic State
chairman, Federal agency heads,
veterans representatives and lead
ers of women's, foreign language
and other groups-including the
One Thousand Club-which took
part in the successful fourth-term
campaign Husbands and wives
were invited along with those en-
titled by their position to attend.
A notable absentee from the list
of Governors will be Gov. Thomas
e. Dewey of New York, Mr.. Roose-
welt S fourth term opponent, who. it
was announced from Albany yes
terday. is declining the White
House bid
A smaller list will be guests at a
buffet luncheon Immediately after
the President and Vice President
are sworn in. Later in the after
noon there will be a tea at which
the President will receive the mem
bers of the electoral college.
Cost Held to Minimum.
Congress appropriated S25 900 for
the inaugural, in the expectation
that the customary display would
accompany the ceremony The
President told a news conference
later that he expected to hold the
cost down to approximately
tenth of that--a plan that met the
approval of the Joint Congressional
Committee on the Inauguration
headed by Senator Byrd, Democrat,
of Virginia, with which the Presi-
dent ultimately worked out the de-
tails.
Elaborate police arrangements for
the ceremony call for 10 police lieu
tenants, IA sergeants, corporals
and 245 privates to guard the gates,
direct the guests to the proper en-
frances and parking places and han
die traffic. In addition, a motor
cycle. escort will be provided to
escort the so cars in the diplomatic
corps from Eighteenth street and
Massachusetts avenue to the White
House area. The newsreel men also
will have a special motorcycle escort.
Ten policeWomen complete the spe-
cial details
In special order to the force. AS
sistant Police Supt. Harvey G. Gala
han cautioned police not to permit
any one to enter the White House
grounds without proper credentials,
including their friends and relatives.
The police were advised not to EN-
gage in any argument or discussion
on this point" but to refer insistent
visitors to the Secret Service.
Even Sidewalk Restricted.
Only people holding White House,
press or radio passes. invitations to
the church services or tickets of ad-
mission to the White House grounds
will be allowed to use the south side
walk on Pennsylvania avenue be-
tween East Executive avenue and
West Executive avenue.
E street, from Fifteenth to Sew
enteenth street, will be closed to all
traffic from 9 am. to 6 pm. After
cars begin parking on Fifteenth and
Seventeenth streets, these streets
will be made one-Way north from
Constitution avenue. C, D, F and G
lstreets and New York avenue be-
tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets will be made one-way streets
for west-bound traffic, and E street
from Fifteenth to Fourteenth streets
will be one-way for east-bound
traffic.
The gates the guests will enter