Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-10
Avalanche Of Visitors Expected
To Crowd City for Inauguration

Advance registrations for trans
portation to Washington for the
inauguration now total more than
10000. And that doesn't count
any of the tens of thousands who
will motor here in private autos.
Frank A. Leon, chairman of the
Inaugural Transportation Com
mittee. said no official estimate is
available of the total number of
inaugural celebrants.
Whatever the size of the
crowd, it is doubtful there will
be any shortage of souvenirs.
More types of mementoes will
be on sale than during any other
presidential swearing-in. They
range from gimcracks and gew-
gaws to fine custom jewelry for
women.
The items are on display at
1922 Fifteenth street NV, an
Inaugural Office. Prospective
peddlers may inspect the line
and place their orders there.
Prices are expected to go from
25 cents up, in some cases way
up.
Must Pay $50 Tax
Each peddler will be taxed $50
for selling the souvenirs from
January Is through January "a.
Applications for licenses will be
taken in Room LOG of the District
Building.
Mr.. Leon said top Govern
ment officials will have special
souvenirS-car tags bearing
President Eisenhower's and Vice
President Nixon's likenesses. The
plates may be used in lieu of
regular tags, by dispensation of
the District Commissioners and
Traffic Director George Keneipp.
The tags may be used starting
Saturday, and until January 81.
Cabinet members. members of
/ Congress, other leading Gov
eminent officials and chairmen
Iof various inaugural committees
are eligible for the plates.
/ President Eisenhower will re-
ceive tag No. / and Mr.. Nixon
will have No. 2. Mr.. Leon said
subsequent numbers will be dis
tributed according to protocol.
He said 1000 tags will be issued.
Bus lines have 46,800 reser-
vations for the inaugural, he
said. Railroads have 1880. and
airlines have 5,119.
/ The American Automobile As
ISOLATION estimates that New
York. New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania will send some 10000
visitors here in 10000 autos. The
AAA did not go into the number
of cars expected from other
States.
/ Governors to Attend
I Parade Chairman Edward r.
Carr said SO Governors have &C
icepted invitations to participate
in the Inaugural Parade. Mr..
Carr said he hoped additional
Governors will send their ac-
Iceptances soon.
Among the multitude of details
that pop up during inaugural
time is the problem Of lost chill
dren. Metropolitan police are
prepared for it.
Forty -four rockies will be de-
tailed to look out for children
separated from parents. Some
Is or 20 youngsters got them
selves lost during the 1853
parade. said Capt. Michael j.
Mahaney of the special investi-
cations and missing persons
squad.
Capt. Mahaney said adults
who take small children to the
parade should keep their hands
firmly clasped around the little
fists. 1t won't be enough merely
to keep the children within eye
sight, he warned; keep hold of
them.
Recruit Training Delayed
The parade is interrupting the
12-week training course of the
recruits. Study will resume
after the big march up Penn
Isylvania avenue. Next week the
rockies will be porting over a
50-page book of instructions on
the parade, including chapter
on the care and control of lost
children.
Mrs. Arthur Hartke. OIL Lor-
ain avenue. Silver Spring, who
has attended every Inauguration
since President McKinley's in
1897, plans to add one more to
her record.
Mrs. Hartke, an English teach
er at Taft Junior High School.
was 4 years old when she saw
her first inaugural. The bliz-
card of 1909 wasn't enough to
keep her away from President
Taft's oath-taking that year.
And she said the weather this
year, no matter what it is. won't
Istop her from watching Presi-
dent Eisenhower sworn in again.