Montgomery County sentinel., 1949-01-20

for the 1949 Inaugural will be
72-page book containing more fea-
ture and historical material than
any such program ever produced
in the past, it was announced by
Melvin d. Hildreth, General Chair
man for the 1949 Inaugural.
Rich in pictures and special arti-
cles by prominent officials and
well-known writer's, the program
will be produced in sufficient guam
tity for visitors to Washington
during inaugural week, and for
those people throughout the coun-
try who wish to buy the volume as
souvenir. The official program
will sell for rs cents per copy.
A special de luxe edition, bound
in blue and embossed in gold, i'm
scribed by General Chairman Hill
dreth, will also be available for
$500. This edition win have the
owners name in gold on the cover.
There will be no commercial ad-
vertising in the program, which
will be the only official program
for the inaugural ceremonies.
Every detail of the program has
been worked out carefully, with a
beautiful symbolic cover design
printed in gold, red and blue.
The official program contains 72
pages, and its contents reach deep
into the history of the Presidency
and of the nation. 1t is volume
that can be treasured by every
American interested In the back
ground of his country and, in par
ticulsr, of the history of the Presi-
dency.
The 1949 Official Inaugural Pro-
gram was edited and designed by
Edward Boykin, Director of the
National Capital Sesquicentennial
Commission, and is being printed
in Washington by Ransdell Inc.
The art work was done by Charles
Chickering of the Bureau of Print
ing and Engraving.
The cover of the Official Inaugu-
raj Program is created around the
Great Seal of the United States,
and shows a base horizon of the
City of Washington depicted by
the Capitol, the White House, the
Washington Monument, the Lin
coin and Jefferson Memorials. The
light beyond this horizon shades
from red into a gold sky in which
are set 4S stars representing the
States of the Union. The Great
Seal of the nation is set in the
middle of the gold sky. aes
Across the bottom of the cover
runs the line UNITED We Stand,
Divided We Fali," which was the
motto of the American Revolution
and which appears on the great
seals of the home States of the
President and the Vice-President-
Missouri and Kentucky. n
Among the main features are
special signed message by Presi-
dent Truman; reproductions of
the newest pictures of President
Truman and Vice-President Bark
ley; and pictures taken especially
for the program of Mrs. Truman
and Mrs. Truitt. the Vice-Presi-
dents daughter and his official
hostess.
There are also biographies of
the President and Mrs. Truman;
Vice-President Barkley and Mrs.
Truitt.
Outstanding feature articles in
the program were written by Jay
Franklin and Ernest X. Lindley,
acknowledgement writers. Mr..
Franklin's article, entitled "One
Man Victories in American Elec-
tions," compares President Tru-
mans election with other similar
elections in our history. Mr.. Lind
ley's article, "The Presidency =
Then and Now" compares the
problems which faced our first
President with those that face our
thirty-second President.
Melvin d. Hildreth, General
Chairman of the 1949 Inaugural
Committee, has contributed to the