Evening star., 1948-12-02
Bids Now Taken
For Sc 10 So
Inaugural Seats
Applications Halted
For Other Tickets to
Purode Stands

! Beginning today, the 1949 Inaug-
ural Committee is taking applica-
tions for parade seat tickets only in
the Sc, 81 and So brackets.
The committee yesterday vas
taking applications in the SIS and the
$40 brackets, but applications for
both groups were halted today pend
ing determination of just how many
of the 10000 parade seats will be
sold in the various price brackets.
Applications for the SO and 81 tick
cts were halted yesterday while ap-
plications for tickets in the minimum
bracket of So were halted some time
ago.
No actual tickets are being deliv-
cred until about January /, the COM
mittee ticket Office in the Tariff
Building, Seventh and E streets
NV, is telling applicants.
The budget committee of the in
augural group expects to be able to
determine how many tickets will be
sold at what prices after it opens
bids next Monday on construction
of the Presidential stands in front
of the White House.
Hopes for $40 Limit.
The committee hopes to limit the
top price to $40 but probably will be
forced by high construction costs to
allocate a larger number of tickets
to the higher priced brackets The
committee does not expect to make
profit but only to break even, it
YVES stressed today by Inaugural
Chairman Melvin D. Hildreth.
Three hundred Washington area
civic. business and fraternal organi-
zation are being asked. meanwhile,
to help find housing for the hun
dreds Of thousands expected to come
here for the 1949 inaugural week.
DR.. Benjamin Striner. an inau-
gural vice chairman for civic Or
CARNATIONS. said that unless a ma
jor effort is made at once the hous-
ing problem could be a calamity"
He discussed some of the problems
at meeting last night of the Fed
Grafton of Businessmen's Associa-
tionS which he heads. The group
met at the American Security and
Trust Building.
The 300 groups also will be asked
to provide volunteers to help with
the housing problem. including the
checking OF private rooms "as far
as respectability and sanitation" he
added.
To Open Housing Center.
The move came as Mrs. Ernest K.
Lindley, head of the overall housing
and hospitality group, announced
the downtown housing headquarters
definitely will be opened next We'd
nesday on the second floor of the
northeast corner Of Fourteenth and
Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Other inaugural developments
include:
The Inaugural Ball Committee
decided against attempting to sell
boxes at the ball, scheduled for the
armory the night of January 20, for
as much as $1,000. Instead it was
decided all tickets will cost $40, as
has been announced, except for the
boxes, prices for which will be set
later. Co-chairmen of the ball COM
mittee are Mrs. George Mesta, Edgar
Morris and Wilson Wyatt, all Of
whom attended yesterdays meeting.
The ball will be formal but black
tie will be acceptable, it was stated.
Inaugural officials added unofficially,
that even a business suit could get
by. Tickets will be sold by invitation
only since the number is limited by
fire regulations to 5000.
Governor Applies for Seats.
Mrs, Lindley said a report that the
embassies have agreed to admit
10000 visitors by invitation was in
complete and premature. She said
the problem is still being worked on
and that the hospitality unit of the
Inaugural Committee to arrange as
many public attractions as possible
for the huge inaugural crowd ex-
pected during the week.
Another governor added to the
sale OF inaugural parade tickets yes
terday when Gov.-elect Browning of
Tennessee applied for $50 parade
seats. He said Tennessee will be
among the growing list of States to
send special trains to the big jan
uary affair.
James Sauter of New York was
named chairman of the Talent Com
mittee by Carter Barron, head of
the Parade and Special Events Com
mittee. Mr.. Sauter will have the job
of lining up stage, radio and other
artists for the inaugural gala, to be