Evening star., 1948-12-18
Inaugural Plan
Mapped 10 Keep
Parade Moviinq
Committee Wants
Units to Form,
Start Promptly

lar to one for military maneuver
is being prepared for the inau-
gural parade which will last two
and a half hours.
The principal problems in or
ganizing large parade, according
to officials of the 1949 Inaugural
Committee, are getting it started
and stopped. If the ends are
handled properly, the middle will
take care of itself and the specta-
tors will see a smoothly moving
procession, they say.
Long before the parade begins
the afternoon of January 20, depu-
ties of Gen. Bradley, Army chief
OF staff and grand marshal of the
parade, will be checking hundreds
OF contingents waiting on many
blocks of streets in the Capitol area.
With the departure of President
Truman and his party behind a
police motorcycle escort, these dep
uties will have the task of feeding
in the bands, other marching units,
floats and other vehicles in accord
ance with the master plan.
Confident of Success.
No large parade can be expected
to have every scheduled unit in its
programmed place, officials explain,
because last-minute changes must
be made. But they are confident
the January 20 procession will be
Kept moving, with something for the
thousands of viewers to see at all
times.
Each contingent will be given or
ders to report at specific time and
place in the vicinity of the Capitol.
These orders will be issued with a
view to having every unit available
near the actual starting point when
1t is due to enter the parade-but
not IN the immediate area before
that time, because that would clut-
ter up the starting procedure.
Parade officials working under the
general supervision of Carter T. Bar
ron, special events chairman, point
out the other big headache in plan
ming is what to do with the units
afterward.
The terminus of the parade has
been fixed as Washington Circle.
Obviously, when unit reaches that
point. it has to go somewhere in a
hurry. If 1t does not, it will be
overrun by succeeding units or the
parade must wait.
To minimize complications at this
point, detailed dispersal plans are
being worked out, utilizing the
various streets radiating from the
circle.
Special Routes for Carriers.
Some of the bands and other
marching contingents will arrive at
the start in their own or chartered
buses. officials plan to send these
buses over route removed from the
parade to the dispersal area where
they will pick up their passengers
promptly.
Hundreds of applications Tor tenn
porary housing during the inaugural
period are being received daily at
the Inaugural Housing Bureau, 500
Fourteenth street NV, according to
Mrs. John C. McClintocl:, the di-
rector.
Offers of space are coming in, too,
Mrs. McClintock said, but thousands
more are required if serious hous-
Ing situation is to be averted.
One District resident offered
L,n La
from Sioux Falls, S. Oak. 1t is his
home town, and he'd enjoy. talking
to some one from there, he SAID.
Aides to Serve Governors.
Col. Charles w. Gettys, chairman
of the Armed Forces Committee, an
nounced all State or territorial Gov
ernors attending the inaugural cere-
monies will be assigned aides from
the armed forces.
These will be working" aides in
addition to any staff aides the Gov
ernors may bring with them, Col.
Gettys explained.
He said each of the Governors
had been invited to designate an
officer stationed in the Washington
area to serve as aide. Governors
who have no preference will have
aides assigned by the committee,
and officers here are invited to apply
for assignment, Col. Gettys added.
Concessions Chairman Richard
Mansfield said no applications for
food concessions at the District Ma
tional Guard Armory-where the
inaugural gala and ball will be held
Or along the parade route will be
accepted after December 26.
There will be q food sale locations
at the parade. he said.
He added that vendors licenses
will be on sale until a few days
before the event