Evening star., 1946-06-30
DistrictP|an
Gala Eventsto
Mark Ju|y4
Federal Workers
Holiday on 5th
Appears Unlikely

Patriotic, civic and religion
groups are vying with one anothe
to make it the most impressiv
Fourth of July in the Capital,
history.
Prospects of Federal workers get
ting a vacation over the 5th ap
peared slim, barring unlocked 10
House passage of the Senate-ap
proved bill to make that day ,
holiday. The bill is on the Hous,
unanimous consent calendar for to-
morrow.
District Plan Discarded.
To get the 5th off. Government
and District employees alike prob
ably will have to ask for annua
leave and obtain permission of theil
supervisors. The Commissioners hac
considered a plan to give District
workers Friday off in return fol
work to be done Saturday, July
13, but discarded it.
Events scheduled for the day
marking the birth of the Natior
will emphasize for the most part
the elation of victory and of free.
dom reborn out of war. But there
will be those, too, which sound 9
note of humility over the new
power and responsibility thrust
upon the United States by the worlc
conflict.
Highlight of the day here will bt
the Americas Cavalcade of Free.
dom" show on the Washington
Monument grounds, at which an at.
tendance Of 100000 or more is ex.
pected.
The 31a hour program of enter.
tainment to begin at 7:30 pm. will
be climaxed by display OF fire.
works, including 10 set pieces and
200 aerial units. Sponsors of the
affair are the District Recreation
Board. Greater National Capita.
Committee, of the Washington
Board of Trade, Motion Picture
Theater Owners Of the District ano
the Office of National Capital Parks
l5,UOU seats Arranged.
Joseph c. McGarraghy, executive
committee chairman for the spec.
tacle, has arranged for $1,000 seats
to be placed close to the big stage
being erected for the occasion
Tickets may be obtained from any
local hotel, the American Automo-
bile Association. Keystone Auto
mobile Club and Peoples Drug
Stores.
The largest choral group ever to
appear here will sing special ar
rangement of Ballad for Ameri-
cans" to end the entertainment
portion of the program. Gene Ford,
who is staging the ballad, has an
nounced that Its author, John La
Touche, will arrive tomorrow to
assist Dana Beaschler, director of
music for the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church, at a dress
rehearsal of the choral group.
Music for the cavalcade program
will be furnished by more than It's
musicians from the Navy, Army Air
Forces and Marine Corps bands
Thirty-six loudspeakers will carry
the program over an area a mile
square.
Oldest Inhabitants To Meet.
In the morning at II, the Associa-
ton of Oldest Inhabitants will cele-
brate the Nations birthday at the
Old Union Engine House, Nineteenth
and H streets NV. John Clagett
Proctor, acting president, will pre-
side.
All present will renew the Pledge
Of Allegiance to the Flag and sing
America" Charles H. Bates will
recite the Declaration of Independ-
ence, Mrs. Edward H. Cox will sing
and William E. Leahy will deliver
the principal address. The Rev
Edgar C. Berry, pastor of Emory
Methodist Church, will deliver the
Invocation.
Up to $500 members of the Police
Boys Club have been invited to take
q crfise down the Potomac aboard
the merchant ship American Mar
iner." The vessel will leave the
dock at Seventh street and Maine
avenue SW. at noon, returning at
pm.
Special Service Planned.
Catholic University will mark the
day with a special service of prayer
at S FIN. at the National Shrine OF
the Immaculate Conception on the
campus. Sponsored by the Commis-
sion on American Citizenship of the
University, the service will be dedi-
cat5d to the spiritual welfare of the
Nation and its rededication to the
Christian principles of its founda-
tion.<
Msgr. P. J. Mccormick, rector OF
the University, will celebrate the
solemn benediction of the blessed
sacrament. and the Rev. John P
Monaghan, pastor of the Church o1
st. Margaret Mary, New York, anc
educational director of the Associa'
tion of Catholic Trade Unionists, viii
deliver the sermon on Education
for Christian Living"
Observations in nearby areas viii
include exercises in Takoma Park
Md, in conjunction with the pre-
sentation to the town of the Com
munity Honor Roll at Carroll ant
Willow avenues by Takoma Parl
Post No. $50, Veterans of Foreigl
Wars, at Sis pm. DR.. Reuben G
Steinmeyer, professor of interna
tional relations at the Universit.
of Maryland, will be the principa
speaker.
Athletic Events Arranged.
Willard D. Normandy, chairmal
of the Fourth of July Celebration
Committee sponsoring the affair
has announced that athletic event
for young people also will take plac
at 2 pm. at the Takoma Parl
Recreation Center and that ther
will be dancing at the tennis court
at Third and Van Buren street
from $3.50 to II pm.
The Washington Missionary Col
lege Band will give a 15-minut
concert prior to the patriotic exer
cises and will play during tn
ceremonies. The band is to be lie,
by George Wargo. Edward Kulds
k0lOiSf of the Takoy,oe n.~ts.