Evening star., 1949-01-12

Agencies Along
7oDroW Lotsfo
Some Of the best seats for the
inaugural parade are free.
The holders need not worry about
the weather. They'll be inside the
Government buildings along Penn
sylvania avenue Virtually all Of
these lucky parade viewers will be
employees Of the agencies quartered
in the buildings, or members Of their
families.
On the other hand, hundreds of
equally choice inside vantage points
will cost the holders from So to $l2.
These are the seats being prepared
in the windows of stores, private
Offices and hotels along the Avenue.
The drawing of lots will be re-
sorted to by number Of Govern
ment establishments to give en-
ployes a fair chance at the windows
on the Avenue side of their building.
In most instances, special passes will
be issued to employees to permit them
to enter the building on the holiday
Division Heads Decide.
Some agencies whose employees are
scattered among several buildings in
various sections of the city are allot-
ting window space on a percentage
basis to each division or section. The
task of selecting the workers to get
a view of the big procession general
ly is being thrust on division heads.
Most Of the officials indicated
they will draw names or numbers
from a hat, with regular occupants
of the Avenue side Offices taking
their chances.
A majority of the window space
in the old Post Once Building, now
occupied by the audit section of
the General Accounting ONCE, will
go to workers in the building. Re-
manning space will be divided
among GAO Offices elsewhere in
the city.
Temporary stands. seating 400
persons, are being built on the bal
cony of that building by the Pub
lie Building Administration. OF
these seats, $50 will be allotted to
PBA, the rest to the GAO. Holders
will be chosen by lot.
Restrictions on Families.
Other agencies appointing space
to employees by lot are the Justice
Department, the Benjamin Frank
lin Post ONCE Station, the Bureau
Of Internal Revenue, Commerce De-
partment and Treasury Department.
In most cases employees will not be
permitted to bring their families.
Although the Treasury Depart
ment's main building has two sides
facing the line of march-on Fiji
teenth street and on Pennsylvania
avenue-a spokesman said there are
several divisions in other parts OF
the city which have to be accom-
modated.
Offices which will be able to offer
window space to all of their en-
ployes, as well as members of their
immediate families, include the
Coast Guafd, at 1900 E street NV;
Public Library administration Of
flee and the Institute of Inter-
American Affairs, both at 499 Penn
sylvania avenue NV; the National
Archives and the Federal Trade
Commission.
Only the FTC is permitting en-
ployes to bring guests other than
members OF their immediate
families. FTC workers may invite
two guests In addition to family
members.
Hotels Arrange Seating.
Seats In the Raleigh Hotels
Raleigh room, overlooking the Ave-
nue., were placed on sale this week
at $12 each.
The Washington and Willard
Hotels planned window seating
weeks ago and sold out quickly,
spokesnen said. At the Willard
the seating was handled by a ticket
agency which has had the conces-
sion since the Harding Inauguration.
It will place a small stand on the
Avenue side of the building, in ad-
dition to the seats in the lobby.
Rates for rooms on the Avenue
side of hostelries have been ad-
vanced, on the theory most guests
plan to have friends in to see the
parade.
Most of the lucky operators of
stores and Offices along the avenue
are restricting their visitors to en-
p owes and their families.
Those who are offering seats for
sale have priced them at from So
to $40, plus the 20 per cent tax.
Top price for seats offered by the
Inaugural Committee is $40, tax in
cluded. Those selling seats in
buildings, however, point out their
patrons will be warm and untrou-
hled by the possibility of rain or
snow.
Louis Krupsaw, furniture dealer
at 805 and 807 Pennsylvania avenue
NV, is providing about 200 seats,
and he said about half are sold al
ready. The top price is 81, plus tax,
on the first floor. On the second
the price is IS. on the third floor,
81, and on the fourth floor, SO, all
plus taxes.
Fifty at Another Store.
Simon Krupsaw. dealer in antique
furniture at BIT Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV, said there are a few seats
available on the first floor at IS.
He said upper floor windows have
been rented mostly to regular GUS
toners, while others will be used by
the stores employees. About so per-
sons will be taken care Of, he said.