Evening star., 1947-02-09
President 10 Place
Wreath al Statue,
|Honoring Lincoln

OBSERVANCE OF ADFaQdm LluCOiu
birthday, President Truman is ex-
pected to place a wreath at the
foot Of the statue in the Lincoln
Memorial at noon Wednesday.
More than SO patriotic, fraternal
and civic organizations in the Dis
trict will join in ceremonies today
and Wednesday to honor the Eman-
cipator.
Before the President offers his
wreath, Capt. William F. Santel-
mann will lead the United States
Marine Band in a concert. After
the wreath laying, sponsored jointly
by the Military Order Of the Loyal
Legion and hte National Park Serv-
ice, there will be massing of the
colors at the memorial.
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, III,
commander of the District Com
mandery of the Loyal Legion will
read Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Argentine Envoy to Appear.
In other ceremonies at the me-
mortal, Oscar Iyanissevich, the Ar
gentine Ambassador, will present q
wreath at 10 am. Wednesday and
the fifth and sixth grade pupils OF
District 10, District Public Schools,
win conduct exercises at 10:30 am.
Ceremonies were to be held today
from 9 am. to pm. in the Lincoln
Museum in the old Ford's Theater,
Sill Tenth street NV, where Lin
coin was shot to death by John
Wilkes Booth. The anniversary
program, sponsored by the Wash
ington Lincoln Group and the Ma
tional Park Service, includes an
address by Representative Chen
oweth, Republican, of Colorado; an
Army Air Forces Band Orchestra
concert conducted by Maj. George S.
Howard; and a benediction by
Rabbi Norman. Gerstenfeld, Of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation
Although 81 states and the Dis
trict celebrate February IL as legal
holiday, Federal and District en-
ployes will be in their ofilces and
Washington area school children will
not have the day off. Lincoln's BIRTH
day is not a National holiday.
DR.. Robert L. Kincaid, executive
vice president of Lincoln Memorial
University, will be principal speaker
at a dinner this afternoon of the
Lincoln Alumni at Friendship
House, 619 D street Sc, sponsored
by the Washington chapter. He is
nationally known student of Pres
ident Lincoln and graduated from
the university named after the great
Republican in 1915.
A patriotic ceremony honoring
both President Lincoln and Gen.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Polish hero
of the American revolution, will be
held at II am. Wednesday at the
Kosciuszko statue on Lafayette
Square by 400 delegates to the Polish
American Congress and several hun
dred Americans OF Polish descent.
The event will precede the annual
convention of the congress at the
Hotel Statler Thursday and Fri
day.
Participants in the ceremony at
Kosciuszko statue will be addressed
by Senator LANCER, Republican, Of
North Dakota; Representative Fei-
CHAN, Democrat, of Ohio; Repre-
sentative OKonski, Republican, Of
Michigan, and Charles Rozmarek, Of
Chicago, national president of the
congress. Edward Sokolowski. pres
'ident of the Polish Club of WaSh-
ington, will preside as master OF
ceremonies. Several wreaths will be
laid In honor of the birthday of Gen.
Kosciuszko and numerous color
guards will participate. az
Panel Discussion.
The League of Brotherhood will
conduct q Lincoln Day celebration
at Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and
Harvard streets NV. Wednesday
night, with DR.. LIE Roy Halbert pre-
siding. The program will include q
panel discussion on the implications
of the Council of Social Agencies
race relations report by representa-
tives of all faiths. Music will be
furnished by the junior choir of
the Mount Carmel Baptist Church.
Following the laying of wreath
by President Truman Wednesday,
Mrs. Bessie Betz, president of the
Gen. William H. Beck Circle, Ladies
of the G.. A. r., will place a wreath
at 1890 pm.
The Howard University Players
Group will observe Lincoln's Birth
day with a radio dramatization of
Stephen Vincent Benet's John
Browns Body" at 4::3G pm. over
Station WQQW. The full university
choir of more than 100 voices, under
the direction of Dean Warner Law
son, will be heard along with a
speech chorus of IL persons.
James w. Butcher. jr. will play
Lincoln.
Representative Taber, Republic
cali, -, Maui York. wi" -s-eak at q
dinner at o.yv p.t.,. tomor1., at
the Prince Georges Golf and Cous,>
try Club. The dinner is sponsored
by the Federation of Republican
Women of Prince Georges County
which will observe its 25th ami
versary and honor charter men,
bers.
The Lincoln Day dinner-dance
sponsored by the Montgomery
County Republican State Central
Committee will be held at 7 pm.
Tuesday at the Congressional Coun-
try Club. Representative Wiley, Re-
publican, of Wisconsin, will be
principal speaker. State Senator
Roy Tasco Davis will report on the
work of the county delegation in
the General Assembly, and Brooke
Johns, chairman of the County
Board OF Commissions, will review
local problems.
Advertising Club TO Meet
Ashton B. Collins, public relations
and advertising counsellor, Will