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THE STAR'S SOUVENHt EDITION OF SECOND ROOSEVELT INAUGURATION
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85th YEAR. No. 33,867. S7S5 a WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1937-EIGHTY-TWO PAGES.****M«n. A„oci.t.d PrM,. TWO CENTS.
HELP FOR NEEDY
IS TERMED DUTY
OF GOVERNMENT
Executive Reconsecrates Self to
“Long-Cherished Ideals in Sud
denly Changed Civilization.”
TENS OF MILLIONS ARE SEEN
DENIED NECESSITIES OF LIFE
Continuation of Work for Underprivi
leged Is Theme of Inaugural Address
at Capitol Plaza.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
President Roosevelt, taking the oath of office as Chief Executive
for the second time today, "reconsecrated” himself and the country
"to long cherished ideals in a suddenly changed civilization.”
The President, speaking to thousands in a storm-drenched
Capitol Plaza, pictured a Nation which is emerging from depression,
but in which there are “tens of millions of its citizens—a substantial
part of its whole population—who at this very moment are denied
the greater part of what the very lowest standards of civilization
call the necessities of life.”
“It is not in despair that I paint you that picture,” said the
President. “I paint it for>ou in hope—because the Nation, seeing
and understanding the injustice in it, proposes to paint it out.”
The test of American progress, the President declared, “Is not
whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much;
it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”
The underlying theme of Mr. Roosevelt’s address was that
government—national, State and municipal—must be so admin
istered as to make it possible to have “a Nation uncorrupted by
cancers of injustice.”
The President dealt only in a gen
eral way with the problems which
confront the country. He made no
specific pledges of legislation; outlined
no program. He recalled the condi
tions which existed in the United
States when he took office on March
4, 1933. At that time, in a period of
national anxiety, he said, "We dedi
cated ourselves to the fulfillment of a
vision—to speed the time when there
would be for all the people that secur
ity and peace essential to the pursuit
of happiness.”
Tledged to End Despair.
"We of the Republic,” he continued,
pledged ourselves to drive from the
temple of our ancient faith those who
have profaned it; to end by action,
tireless and unafraid, the stagnation
and despair of that day.”
For the first time in the history
of the Government a President began
his elective term of office in January—
under the provisions of the Twentieth
Amendment to the Constitution. By
that amendment President Roosevelt's
first term in the White House was
shortened by almost two months;
The President’s pledge today was
to continue to work for the people,
especially those millions who have
been called the underprivileged. He
declared that during the last four
years & “new chapter in our book of
self-government” has been written.
This year, Mr. Roosevelt said, marks
the 150th anniversary of Constitu
tional Convention "which made us a
Nation.” At that convention, he
pointed out, a strong Government
was set up with powers sufficient to
"solve problems utterly beyond in
dividual or local solution.” The Presi
dent made it clear he proposes to use
those powers to advance the interests
of the whole people.
Invoke Same Powers.
"Today,” he said, “we invoke those
same powers of government to achieve
the same objectives”—general wel
fare and the blessings of liberty.
"Pour years of new experience have
not belied our historic instinct,” the
President continued. "They hold out
the clear hope that government with
in communities, government within
the separate States, and government
of the United States can do the things
the times require without yielding Its
democracy. Our tasks in the last four
years did not force democracy to take
a holiday."
The President visioned a moral
awakening during the period of stress
through which the country has just
passed.
“The greatest change we have wit
nessed,” he said, “has been the change
In the moral climate of America."
This awakening, this change “in our
moral climate, and a rediscovered
ability to improve the economic order,”
(See OATH, Page A-2.)
Guide for Readers
Page.
Amusements B-ZO
Comics !_B-16
Editorial A-10
Financial_A-19
lost & Found A-3
Obituary ...A-1Z
Page.
Puzzles __B-IS
Radio -B-15
Short 8tory.B-17
Society_B-J
Sports_B-13-15
Woman’s Pg. B-»
(Complete Index on Page A-2.J
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Text of Speech
Roosevelt’s Second In
augural Address After
Taking Oath.
HE text of President Roosevelt's
second inaugural address, as
delivered today immediately
after taking the oath of of
fice, follows:
My Fellow-Countrymen:
When four years ago we met to
inaugurate a President, the Repub
lic itself, single-minded in anxiety,
stood in spirit here. We dedicated
ourselves to the fulfillment of a
vision—to speed the time when
there would be for all the people
that security and peace essential to
the pursuit of happiness. We of
the Republic pledged ourselves to
-drive from the temple of our an
cient faith those who had pro
faned it; to end by action, tireless
and unafraid, the stagnation and
despair of that day.
we uia tnose iitsl Hungs nrsi.
Our covenant with ourselves did
not stop there. Instinctively we
recognized a deeper need—the need
to find through government the in
strument of our united purpose to
solve for the individual the ever
rising problems of a complex civili
zation. Repeated attempts at their
solution without the aid of govern
ment had left us baffled and be
wUdered. For, without that aid,
we had been unable to create those
moral controls over the services of
science which are necessary to make
science a useful servant instead of
a ruthless master of mankind. To
do this we knew that we must flind
practical controls over blind eco
nomic forces and blindly selfish
men.
We of the Republic sensed the
truth that democratic government
has Innate capacity to protect its
people against disaster# once con
sidered inevitable—to solve prob
lems once considered unsolvable.
We would not admit that we could
not find a way to master economic
(Continued on Page 2, Column 5.)
KILLED IN FALL
Plunges Prom Tenth Floor Trying
to See Parade.
Slipping from a wet balustrade atop
the 10-story Capitol Oarage, 1320 New
York avenue, under which he was
clambering in an effort to get a better
view of the inaugural parade, Robert
C. Seeds, 20, of Poxcroft, Va., tell to
his death this afternoon.
Seeds struck the corner of a skylight
above the first story and was killed
instantly. He was employed part
time by the Western Electric Co. and
part-time by the garage as a ear
Parker.
Coal Strike Near fend.
BRUSSELS, January 20 OP).—
Spokesmen for mine owners and
workers agreed last night to terms
which were expected to end a strike
of 15,000 coal miners today.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, dripping wet from their drive down Pennsylvania avenue from the
Capitol in an open car, as they arrived at the White House. Many times during the trip the Ptesident
doffed his hat to the scattered but cheering crowds along the route. —Star Staff Photo.
President Roosevelt takes his oath for a second term. Left to right: Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes,
Charles E. Cropley, clerk of the Supreme Court; the President and his son James. —A. P. Photo.
President and Chief Justice
Hughes Stand Bareheaded
During Oath.
Undaunted by the cold, driving rain,
thousands of water-soaked men and
women massed at the east front of the
Capitol burst into cheers at 12:29 p.m.
today as Franklin D. Roosevelt was
sworn in for his second term as Presi
dent of the United States.
Both the President and Chief
Justice Hughes, who administered the
oath, stood bare-headed, the latter
having removed a skull cap he had
been wearing to protect his head from
the rain.
President Roosevelt repeated the
words of his oath of office after the
Chief Justice and then launched im
mediately into delivery of his in
augural address. His words fell, how
ever, on a rapidly thinning and only
half-listening crowd.
The Senate started for the inaugural
platform promptly at 11:48 a.m., after
a brief three-minute session, during
which it transacted no business ex
cept to recess until noon Friday. Some
wore formal morning attire, but heavy
overcoats and slickers were far in the
majority. Senator Lee, Democrat, of
Oklahoma, wore a seaman’s hat
Diplomatic Corps Present.
Secretary Hull and Col. Edwin Hal
sey, Senate secretary, led the Senate
procession to the platform. The
Diplomatic Corps, resplendent in
braid, then filed through the Senate
chamber and on outside.
When the Supreme Court justices
arrived they went at once to their old
chambers in the Senate wing to don
their robes. Some of the elderly
justices draped overcoats over their
heads for protection. The Cabtset
made its appearance on the platform
15 minutes late and House members
quickly filed in.
Mrs. Roosevelt, carrying a bouquet
of violets, walked quickly through the
press section and joined the Presl
(See INDUCTION, Page A-5.)
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Thousands Jam Union Station,
Kept From Parade hy Rain
Taxicabs and Street Cars Unable to
Accommodate Last-Minute Rush
to Line of March.
Thousands of inaugural visitors, un
willing to venture out in a cold rain,
jammed Union Station this afternoon
while the parade was in progress.
The spectators had arrived by ex
cursion trains during the morning, but
remained in the station hoping the
rain would let up.
The cold, driving rain kept the sight
seers indoors until they made a last
minute rush for taxicabs and street
cars. The concerted demand could not
be met by either the hackers or the
street car and bus operators.
The result was that from 6,000 to
8,000 visitors failed to see the in
augural parade. There followed a rush
on ticket offices by out-of-town spec
tators anxious to take the first train
home.
A 30-piece band took up a stand in the
concourse shortly before noon and en
tertained the visitors with “Happy
Days Are Here Again” and some snappy
march tunes. The brasses echoed
lustily under the high roof of the great
concourse.
lllC rea"lA>»teu iuuoiubuo, iucuuiuo
of the Miners’ Roosevelt Club of Wind
ber, Pa., learned they could not march
in the parade and decided to make an
informal contribution to the in
augural.
Taxicabs were at a premium since
daylight, and extra starters worked
frantically to supply the demand and
keep the lines of cabs moving. The
peak of the rush hour came at 6 a.m.,
when special trains arrived with po
lice contingents from Philadelphia
and New York.
Many of these out-of-town officers
were helping to handle the erowd at
Union Station. Soma amusing en
counters resulted between the Phila
delphia and New York policemen and
visitors who questioned them about
Washington.
“How can X get to the best spot to
see the parade," a, iar^g and Wry!
flustered woman demanded of a
Philadelphia policeman. “You see,
ofllcer,” she continued, “I’m from
Philadelphia and I don’t know much
about the Capital.”
“Lady, you haven't got a thing on
me,” responded the fellow Philadel
phian. "I’m a stranger here myself."
Extra information clerks answered
thousands of questions as the visitors
surged around the booth near the cen
ter of the station. Temporary lunch
rooms, baggage depositories and addi
tional flsst-aid facilities were sup
plied.
The incoming throngs of inaugural
spectators represented a cross-section
of American life. There were coal
miners, colored domestic servants,
service officers, West Point cadets,
finishing school girls, debutantes and
dowagers in mink coats.
At one time many of the visitors
had to carry their own luggage, while
the red cap porters collected around
the brass band.
ACCIDENT COSTS LEG
OF INAUGURAL GUEST
Philadelphian Step* Prom Train
in Path of Another at Yards
in Southwest.
Harry Fischer, 35, Philadelphia poli
tician, was critically injured today as
he disembarked from the Kelly Spe
cial bringing inaugural guests from
the Pennsylvania city, at the Penn
sylvania yards at Ninth and D streets
southwest and was hit tv a train on
an adjoining track.
At Emergency Hospital physicians
found it necessary to amputate his left
leg. Heualao was treated for a skull
fraction! and lacerated forehead.
FisAer is the leader of a ward in
Philadelphia.
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PERIlS£fLOOD
550 Families Flee Homes in
Missouri Section—Vast
Area Covered.
t>» the Associated Press.
Rain-swollen streams battered
levees with unabated fury in the
Middle West today, sweeping over
lowlands and forcing hundreds of
families from flood-engulfed homes.
Anxiety for the safety of thousands
of other persons was heightened by
forecasts of additional rains in por
tions of Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Illi
nois and Arkansas.
Red Cross officials said at least 550
families evacuated homes in the vicin
ity of Kennett and Senath, Mo., where
the raging St. Francis River pounded
through at least nine levee breaks.
Weary emergency workers demobilized
after a losing fight to restrain the
stream.
Farm Land Inundated.
Thousands of acres of farm lands
were inundated along the Missouri
Arkansas line. Monette and Black
Oak, Ark., and the rich farming area
of Northeastern Arkansas faced flood
waters. Farmers and sharecroppers
joined in the task of holding the St.
Francis within its banks in lower
Dunklin County, Mo.
The White River, climbing steadily
an inch an hour, tore through two
levee breaks and flooded thousands
of acres of farm land in the vicinity
of Hazelton, in Southern Indiana.
Farmers had been expecting the break.
(See FLOOD, Page A-4.)
Ford £n Boute to Georgia.
NEW YORK, January 30 VP)-—
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford passed
through New York today to their spe
cial car. attached to a regular train,
an route to their Winter home at
Savannah, Oa.
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V
CROWDS BRAVE
DOWNPOUR TO
LINE AVENUE
Smart-Stepping West Point Ca
dets and Midshipmen March
in Curtailed Procession.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE SETS EXAMPLE
FOR THOUSANDS OF ADMIRERS
Rejects Eleventh-Hour Plea to Take
Oath in Capitol—Storm Causes Can
cellation of Ten Special Trains.
Two full pages of pictures on Pages A-6 and A-7.
BY REX COLLIER.
A "grand march" by trim military units, State delegations and
a few non-military groups of citizens began down historic, rain
soaked Pennsylvania avenue early this afternoon, in celebration of
the reinduction of Franklin Delano Roosevelt as President of the
United States.
Joining with their Chief Executive in defying the discouraging
weather, crowds banked themselves on stands and sidewalks as
smart-stepping West Pointers, midshipmen from Annapolis, Coast
Guard cadets and other well-drilled units marched in salute to the
commander in chief.
Bares Head to Downpour.
"If those people can take it, I can, too,” the President had re
marked earlier when Inaugural Committee members had urged him
to be sworn in within the shelter of the Capitol. Forthwith he bared
his head to the dripping skies while Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes administered the solemn oath.
Not to be outdone by the troops who had to march in the
steady downpour, the President rode back to the White House in an
open car, the top of which was down. His head was bare as he
waved his top hat to the cheering throngs.
Then after he returned to the White House he ordered work
men to remove the glass inclosure from his booth in the reviewing
stand in the Court of Honor.
Even as the parade was started south of the Capitol, the work
men labored feverishly to discard the glass “windshield” so care
fully erected in advance.
With the glass out of the way, a short brass rail was installed
so Mr. Roosevelt could stand directly at the front of the booth
rain or no rain. The President is reported to have reiterated that
he could “take it” as well as the crowd could.
It was in the same spirit—characteristic of the New Deal—
that marchers and spectators ignored the unkind elements as the
comparatively short, but colorful, inaugural procession wended its
way down Capitol Hill and along the “parade ground of Presi
dents” to the decorated Court of Honor in front of the White House.
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Trains Canceled
As Railroads Lose
Business in Rain
Harried railroad officials today sur
veyed the wreckage of plans for a rec
ord-breaking inaugural business as the
cold and driving rain resulted in the
cancellation of orders for at least a
dozen special trains and numerous spe
cial sections of regular trains.
Unable to estimate their total can
cellations, Pennsylvania Railroad offi
cials said they had been heavy, and
were still coming in.
The Baltimore As Ohio, which had
made preparations for transporting
some 10,000 passengers from Balti
more, announced only about 3,000 are
now expected.
"Cancellations have been many from
nearby points,” one B. As O. official
said, "particularly along the Atlantic
Seaboard. Take Baltimore for exam
ple. We had expected to use about
40 special trains for that service. Now
it looks as though we won’t run more
than eight or ten.”
The same official said there had
been virtually no cancellations from
distant points, those inaugural visitors
having started their journey before
the bad weather set in.
At 10:30 a.m. Union Station offi
cials reported cancellation of three
special trains from Bob ton, three from
New York, two from South New Jer
sey and one each from Williamsport,
Pa., and Philadelphia. One special
section from Pittsburgh and two from
New York also were called off.
The Chesapeake As Ohio is running
four specials and reported one can
cellation. The Southern line and the
R„ P. At P. reported none, however.
Bus lines reported no cancellations.
SWANSON HAS CHILL
Secretary of Navy Assisted From
Inaugural Platform.
Secretary Swanson was assisted
from the inaugural platform immedi
ately after the President’s address to
day because of a sudden weakness.
He retired to his home, where it was
said be had suffered a chill, due to
the cold, wet weather, but had re
covered quickly. The Secretary has
been in bad health for some time.
4
> Just before the swearing in of the
President, Vice President Gamer had
taken the oath from the Senate ma
jority leader, Senator Robinson of Ar
kansas.
After the President finished his ad
dress, the parade of State Governors,
military units and selected groupi
from the Civilian Conservation Corpi
started down Capitol Hill and on to
the White House.
Special Trains Canceled.
The discouraging weather outlook
caused last-minute cancellation of 10
special trains and several section!
which had been reserved by group:
In various cities. Braver citizen:
poured into the city this morning In
scores of other special trains. A city
of Pullman cars sprang up on scat
tered railroad tracks fringing the city
Repeating his procedure of foul
years ago, the President attended a
special brief service at 10 a.m. in his
toric St. John's Episcopal Church,
across Lafayette Square from the
White House. In the presidential
party at the church service were Mrs,
(See INAUGURAL, Page A-3.)
U. S. Lacks President
Nearly Half Hour
As Oath Is Delayed
Technically, the United States
was without a President and
Vice President for 29 minutes
today.
The lapse in the administra
tion was due to delay of Presi
dent Roosevelt renewing his oath
of office at noon, as provided for
by the twentieth amendment to
the Constitution.
The amendment states specifi
cally that the terms of the Pres
ident and Vice President shall
end at noon on 20th day of
January, but Mr. Roosevelt, be
cause of the delay in the in
augural ceremonies, did not re
new his oath of office until 12:29
p.m.