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lsional group will accompany hin
Ito the rostrum Of the House.
Following the address, he vii
be guest Of House Minority Lead
Ter Martin at a luncheon in tn
Speakers private dining room
Mr.. Martin said the luncheon viii
be attended only by Gen. Mac
Arthur's party and the Demo
cratic and Republican leaders O.
both Houses. Also invited are th'
three Commissioners, Joseph c
McGarraghy, general chairman O
the Civic Committee. and Edga,
Morris, reception chairman.
Immediately after luncheon
the 20-car motorcade-augmentet
by four armored scout cars ant
q half dozen news and radio car
will assemble on the Capito
grounds.
IL Bands to Be on Route.
Behind a V-shaped vanguard ol
motorcycles, the general will ride
at 10 miles an hour down Penn.
'sylvania avenue to Fifteenth street
and thence to Constitution ave-
nue. and the Monument grounds
Mrs. Macarthur and their young
son will ride in the first car with
the general.
Seventeen bands will give their
musical cheers to the military
leader along the motorcade route
More than 1000 troops Of all serv-
ices will present arms as the gen
eral passes. Fifty-one State and
Territorial flags, carried by rep
resentatives of the State and Ter
ritorial societies, will add to the
color along the line of march.
Brig. Gen. w. H. Abendroth
commanding general of the Dis
trict National Guard, requested
that all District National Guards
men report at the Armory by noon
tomorrow to take part in the cor.
don along the line of march.
The general is expected to reach
the Monument Grounds at 2:15
p.m.-15 minutes after he leaves
the Capitol.
Veterans to Be Honor Guard.
Lined up en- both sides of the
reception stands will be an honor
guard formed from virtually all
veterans posts in the area. They
viii carry approximately 100
standards. Waldron E. Leonard,
! director of veterans services and
, chairman of veterans participa-
tion in the celebration, asked the
color guards of the veterans or
ganizations to report at. the
Monument Grounds at / pm.
On the stand along with the
distinguished visitors will be 80
wounded servicemen from the
service hospitals in the area,
many of them casualties Of the
Korean war. In all. there will
be places for 286 on the stand and
seats for 1900 invited guests will
be lined up in front Of the stand.
The general public viii stand
and a quarter million of them
are expected to do so. +
Although the Monument n t
Grounds program will start at
1890 pm. with a broadcast Of
Gen. MacArthur's speech before
Congress, the formal ceremonies
later are not expected to last more
than Is minutes. Gen. Macarthur
will receive the keys to the city
from Commissioner John Russell
Young. Mrs. Macarthur will be
presented with a bouquet of roses
and some consideration is being
given to making a presentation
to 13-year -old Arthur Macarthur,
the generals son.
Mild Weather Expected.
After the Monument Grounds
ceremony, the general will make
two other public appearances
before the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution and the Ameri-
can Society Of Newspaper Edi-
tors.
Mild weather has been promised
for Gen. Macarthur day." A
high of 81 degrees is scheduled
and showers are expected to hold
off until night.
For area school children, to-
morrow will be a big day. Dis
trict public schools will close at
noon, parochial schools in the Dis
trict and as far out as Laurel,
Md. and Rockville, Md, will close
at 1880 am. Public school chill
dren in Prince Georges County,
Montgomery County. Alexandria,
Arlington County and Fairfax
County will be excused in time toI
attend the ceremonies If they
bring notes from home.
Downtown department stores
have agreed to close at 1880 pm.
and reopen at 3 pm. or $3.50 pm.
depending on their location.
Kanns, Hechts, Lansburgh's and
Goldenberg's will reopen at pm.
and Raleigh Haberdashery, Jel-
leff's. Woodward and Lothrop's,
Garfinckel's and Harry Kaufman's
will reopen at $3.50 pm.
Transportation Plea Issued.
Jerome B. Mckee. chairman of
the Business Participation Com
mittee, said this was the first time
the business and professional en-
ployers have participated as fully
as the Federal and District Gov
eminent in releasing their en-
ployes.
The Courts will not be closed
but the chief judges of District
and Municipal Courts said all
attaches who can be spared will
be released.
Police Chief Robert j. Barrett
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