Evening star., 1953-01-20
| Nixon S Workday
! Short, but Keeping
Tab on Kin Is a Job

Vice President Nixon had five
minutes of work on his first day
in Office today, but his extra
official activities included keeping
an eye on II relatives so they
would not get lost in the shuttle.
To accomplish this latter task,
the Vice President prepared a
detailed time table and set of
instructions. Typed copies were
handed members of the family
party.
The official job Mr.. Nixon had
to carry out was to convene the
Senate Immediately after the
Inauguration ceremonies. This
was necessary so that nomina-
tions to President Eisenhower's
cabinet could be received.
The rest of the day was de-
voted to a crowded schedule of
inaugural festivities. He ad-
mitted-"Golly yes"-that it
made him breathless when he
had time to get breathless.
Family's Timetable.
Mr.. Nixon had his own time
table. The family timetable he
prepared began at $3.50 am:
BE prepared to depart your
residence various hotels) in an
Inaugural Committee auto
to transport you to the National
Presbyterian Church -. for pri-
vate services"
After church:
"(A) Proceed to waiting autos
remember the number of your
carr.
"(B) Direct your driver to take
you to Seventeenth and PennSyl-
vania avenue NV. to motorcade
rendezvous point"
Other entries:
10:45 a.m.-"Motorcade, under
escort, will proceed to Capitol"
II am.-"Arrive Capitol"
12:4O p.m.-"Ceremony ter
inmates. AS soon as ceremony
is concluded, you will be escorted
to main floor entrance of Senate
side of Capitol, and thence to
the Vandenberg room for
luncheon"
Evening Schedule.
At $3.50 pm, the evening
schedule starts: BE prepared to
depart ). for transportation to
the ball at the Armory."
11:40 p.m.-"Be in your In
augural Committee autos (re-
member the number of your carr
for transportation to the second
ball at Georgetown Auditorium. ."
Last weary entry:
Your car will be available
when you wish to return home. !"
There was another schedule
for Mr.. Nixon's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank A. Nixon of Whittier,
Calf, and his children, Patricia,
6, and Julie. 4.
The other family members
here are Mr.. Nixon's brothers,
Edward and Donald: Donald's S
wife; Uncle Ernest L. and Mrs.
Nixon of State College. Pa;
Uncle Russell Harrison of Whit
tier; Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Ryan of Artesia. Calf, brother
and sister -in-law of Mrs. Nixon;
Cousins Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Par
sons of Whittier; Mrs. Nixon S
aunt and uncle. the Edward o.
Sullivans, sr., of Yonkers. N. Y,
and her cousins, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward o. Sullivan, jr., and Miss
Mary Sullivan.
After the three-hour parade,
the Nixons expect to attend the
swearing-in Of cabinet members
at 6 pm. in the White House,
three receptions and a dinner
given by the Contra Costa
County (Calif.) Sheriff's Posse
at the Statler Hotel.
New Ambition.
IT have realized my main am
bition." Mr. Nixon said. That
ambition was to get rid of this
bunch that has been running the
Government. My next ambition
is to see the Eisenhower admin
istration become the success I
believe it is destined to become.
and to do what little I can to
help"
He doesn't want to be known
as weep"
"Veep," he said, els a term
of affection applied to Vice Pres
ident Barkley. and it should go
with him Mr.. Barkley will al
ways be Weep"
He said it would be all right
to call him "Mr. Vice President,
Mr. Nixon, or Dick"