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Show THOUSANDS SEE ROOSEVELT TAKE HIGHEST OFFICE Hopes of World Center on Washington as New Regime Begins I laeegeraUa parlare appear i I aa page 14. I a ' By BYBON PRICK. Aeaectaled Free guff Writer WASHINGTON. March 4 Franklin Frank-lin D. Rooarvelt became president today to-day la a setting vibrant with Use gravity grav-ity of national responsibilities and declared de-clared In hie Inaugural addraaa he was prepared lo eubmit a program of drastic dras-tic remedies la cur th nation'! economic eco-nomic Ills. Cheered by thousanda h pronounced pro-nounced the words of his faith from th north steps of th capitol, th new president added that It congress did not help to carry thia program into fulfillment he would ask that wartime powers be vested In the presidency. pres-idency. Ha outlined only In general (arms lha program he had In mind, but named among his objectives new sale-guards sale-guards lor banking and against speculation. spec-ulation. His induction Into office was th high moment of an old-time Inaugural, to which on of th largeet crowds la history had cam. Vic President Gamer had taken th oath of office) nearly aa hour before be-fore hit chief. In abort ceremony in th aenat chamber. A mammoth inaugural pared, atarting Immediately Immediate-ly after the presidential addraaa and reviewed by Mr. Roosevelt from a While House Hand, brought the great pageant to an end Amid the noisy approbation of thou-lands thou-lands of hit fellow nttien the largest larg-est Inaugural crowd m recant year, it teesl the New Yorker upon whom will rest epochal tasks In thia time of need waa whirled along th road to his high responsibilities. First pausing for a few brief words of prayer and meditation at a ape-cial ape-cial church eervlce, th new leader rode, cavalry-escorted, along th historic his-toric way up Pennsylvania avenue, to the capitol where precedent decreed de-creed that he takt the formal pledge of hit obligation. ACCOMPANIED BT HOOVER Hoover, weary after the long months of trlsl In th Whit House, rod be-ide be-ide his successor, bidding fsrewell lo the honors and duties of office, turning turn-ing already toward the vacation on mhich h waa to depart almost at one. Even at the Inaugural ceremonies were beginning, the new preaident was applying all hia energy to a re-conttrurtlon re-conttrurtlon of th banking situs lion, with a prospect of far-reaching anion before his administration u many hours old. Aa he conferred with his chosen ad vixen at hia hotel suite, Herbert Hoover. Hoo-ver. half mile away in the White House was ending hia four troubled years of office, at gripe with the aame problem. Th whole inaugural scent waa overcast with feeling of suspense sus-pense and tens expectancy. For the Inaueural day March furnished furn-ished a day a little too cool for com fort In the far-spreading reviewing ilands along Pennsylvania avenue, hut thousands assembled early nonetheless, none-theless, making certain to mis nothing. noth-ing. Th morning tkict were dark but the weather bureau promised clearing. Mr. Roosevelt, up Isle last night In consultation with members of his cabinet, cab-inet, was not yet astir In hit suit at the Mayflower when th first of his advisers called this morning. He slept until after I o'clock, then breakfasted with Mrs. Roiieevclt on grapefruit, soft boiled eggs, loasl. marmalade and coffee. Mr. Hoover was up early, but canceled can-celed a scheduled last meeting of the medicine ball cabinet and went instead in-stead lo th Whit House office of the presidential physician for a final physical qhrck-up. Dr. Joel T. Boone pronounced him "in excellent condition, condi-tion, better than when he entered the Whit House." Already th first groups had taken placet on the Immense pluza in front! lot th Inaugural stand. By g o'clock1 iCssussfSsiiStu leal I Thousands See Roosevelt Take ffiihest Office iCaaUaatd fraa Pees Oal thousand wara thara. Marinaa pa. tmllad Ihlt aecuoa In front of lha Whlta Hnus wara draw up twa trim line of Naw York potira, six-footer all. Mrs. Roosevelt atartad bar day by taking her Broltlih larriar. "Maggie, for a walk outside lha Mayftowrr h tl. Tha amall lobby from which an elevator (oaa dlrartly lo tha Rooaavalt Rooaa-valt suite mi amply aava for aarrat ervtce man Vlra President-elect Camay, always an aarly riaar. vtaltad hia barber for a have, haircut and ahlna before t or lock. Than ba want to hi capital offira, tat dowa alone, and reed a nawapaper with hia faat propped up on tha desk. Whan he had Inquired Into tha leg ulatlve ailuatMn la lha bouea, ha derided de-rided to break tha precedent which would have required him la go la tha Whlta Houaa before lha Inauguration. "I am going la finiah thia )ob over hare" he aaid. "and lei all that formality for-mality aad tomfoolery stuff go by the board." Tha rapltol waa (Imoat hermetically seeled againat all except thoaa who had buainaaa thara. Squads of marinaa guarded every turn In It corridor. Una capltof employe who worka thara every day found hia way barred completely whan ha mlalaid hia paaa. George W. Noma, lha veteran een-ator, een-ator, alao found out lha marinaa wara in charge, particularly If ana carried auspicious package. He had a bundle under hia arm whan ha arrived and argued with lha guarda for a quarter of an hour before ba got la, OLDS FAREWELL President Hoover, before leaving tha Whlta Houaa. held a farewell "at home" for lha office force eerving under un-der him for four years. Clerk, eec-relariee, eec-relariee, arcountantj and all ather in tha office filed peal for a good bya handshake. Several of tha retiring cabinet mem-bare mem-bare war at their deak aa uauaL Profeaaor Rexford U. Tugwell. an of Mr. Rooaavalt aconomw advisers waa lha firat caller at hi aulle today. I Mr. Rooaavalt put on for lha ceremonies cere-monies a Banna velvet loan of tha entering lha executive mansion, while other member al tha party advlaad Prealdent Hoover af lha arrival of his nicceeaor for lha trip la lha rapltol. Tha automobile was an open louring car. with tha top down. I Mr. Rooaavalt and ather of tha party walked up tha (tep and chat-tad chat-tad with Ptaaident Hoover' uniformed uni-formed a Idea, standing at attention, la await lha departure. AHEAD OF SCBEDULS Just five minutes ahead of schedule, sched-ule, at 10 44, Prealdent and Mrs. Hoover Hoo-ver emerged from tha north door under un-der lha great portico and Joined Lb Roosevelt. Tha retiring president took hi place In tha car beside hi sun sea ir, Mr. Hoover on tha right barauea ha still waa president, Mr, Rooaavalt on tha left Mr. Hoover and Mr. Roosevelt rode la lha aacond car la tha lion af 'a van. Tha party laft Immediately. For 'tha Hoover It waa leave-taking of tha esecutiv mansion, for they wara la go directly from tha capllol to the train, Lik Mr. Rooaavalt Mr. Hoover was In formal morning draaa, silk hatted Tha twa exchanged a word at greeting greet-ing and a handclasp aa tha outgoing executive climbed into hi place In the car. A small group gathered about the entrance applauded, and prealdent and president-elect am Med their acknowledgment Then tha motorcade motor-cade railed ewlftlv away over tha hialorir route of tha president, between be-tween tha long eurceealon af already tilled reviewing stands. IN BBEABS Ol'T A they paaaad up lha avenue accompanied ac-companied by a din of cheering, lha aim broke through tha cloud for tha first tint, lighting to a naw brilliance bril-liance lha bright color of tha avenue's ave-nue's flag and bunting. I A hollow aqua re of cavalry. It rait-lee rait-lee mount making a sharp clatter above the shouting, grouped Itself about tha officials' rars a they want on their way to the capltoL Tha trip waa mad, for tha moat part, at a trot Prealdent and President-elect waved repeatedly aa lha crowd cheered them lo the echo It was nine minute after II o'clock whan lha head of tha Una of car drew up al tha aenat wing of the capllol. Tha arriving digniLarlea wara In plain view of thousand of those who I had gathered for tha ceremonies on tha plaxa, and a grant about went up las the ravalry-eacorled car climbed Capitol hill. new Eleenor blue. Bh wor a pearl necklace and a diamond brooch. Mrs. Jamea Rooaavalt tha presidentelect's president-elect's mother, war a draaa of black with a whlta waiat and a black hat She had corsage of violet. Th lobby of Ih Mayflower filled early with curlou and busy people. Top hats, wide western sombreros and crisp, narrow brimmed Mew York' topper mingled. I A few m inula after IS a. m . th president-elect and hi party laft their i hotel suit for lha prayer service at! St John Episcopal church. But theyi departed by a private elevator, and few of tha watcher saw then. Much gay flurry and confusion arose at th Booeevelt cult In n attempt at-tempt to get th lrg family parly together. BECEIVES VISfTOBS Up to lha last mlnut. Mrs. Roosevelt Roose-velt graciously received visitors, among them two tiny, yellow-haired girla, th daughter of Jam Farley, incoming postmaster genera L Aa they 111 th hotel, the president-elect's wife and her daughter nd daughtors-in-Uw ill were wearing wear-ing shades of blu. Mrs. Roosevelt with her Inauguration gown of Eleanor Elea-nor blue velvet put en a darker blue straw hat and velvet coat Both Mra Anna Dalt, a daughter, and Mr. Jam Roosevelt a daughtor-tn-taw, were In dark blue wool coat with Ih naw leg-of-eMitlon. sleeves aad blue straw hat. Th mother of the president-elect arrived among lha last wearing a Mr. nooaeven. on tne arm or his son James, walked from tha curb long th west Sid of th senate wing, alowly up a specially constructed construct-ed ramp, and into th central door t that end of the huge building. Ha had a long wall nearly twa hours before ha would be called to take the oath of office on the plaia, SCOBTED TO BOOM He wa escorted to an Inner room whila President Hoover went by another an-other route directly to the presidential presiden-tial office )uat off the senate chamber. cham-ber. Mr. Hoover began at once considering con-sidering the legislation prepared for him in tha closing hours of the dying congress. Mr. Hoover, Mr. Roosevelt and the others of the party look their place in th senate galleries. I Mrs. Hoover was wearing an outfit out-fit of beige wool and a small, brown at raw hat and mink erarf. Th president-elect remained In the military committee room nearby, while Mr. Hoover, In the presidential office, worked over the last of the1 accumulated bills, making the final derision of hi administration. The house, through, a usual, long before the senate, adtourned a half-hour half-hour before noon, and Speaker Garner Gar-ner walked serosa to th ant wing to be ready for hi own Inaugural ceremony. I He arrived smiling and Jovial, and went at once to th vie president's room, where Vlra President Curtis) g reeled him with outstretched hand. They stood and talked for a moment sembled company began the slow process of transferring, with much ceremony, lo the plara stand for thj inauguration of Mr. Roosevelt Color guard marched before the inaugural aland on th plaza Immediately Immedi-ately after the ceremoniea In the aenat aen-at were ended. A hush fell on the great crowd. Nearly every one stood. There was spplauj' when Vice Prealdent Garner and former Vice Prealdent Curtis were escorted to their seals on the high platform. SMILES AT CROWD ' Garner walked to the rail and smiled to th crowd. Then ha put on hit high silk hat which he 110101 never wear and leaned against the nearest column, hi back toward the plaia. Amid some confusion, for carefully care-fully laid plana had not worked out ao well, the other from th senate chamber were shown lo their chair. Especially watched by the crowd were the black robed court luetic nd the diplomatic corps in its brilliant bril-liant uniforms. Mrs. Wood row Wilson was shown to her place by a naval aid. Mr. Hoover escorted Mra Roosevelt down the aisle. They were cheered. Mrs. Roosevelt Immediately went over to Vice President Garner and shook hands. Last of all. nearly fifteen minute after th time previously fixed, came the old and new president. Wslking ahead of hi successor. Mr. Hoover wa cheered and lifted hi hat In acknowledgment. Then re DiacB pony skin coat and a dark purple pur-ple velvet hat and dress. She wor a large corsage of white violets. Mr. Roosevelt left the Mayflower on the arm of bis ton. Jams. Both wer in conventional morning coat striped trousers and (ilk hall. GREETED BY CHEEBaV A they entered he (utomobil. there were erlea of "Hurrah tor President Presi-dent Roosevellt" tram the crowd 00 th street. Th short distance to St John's church was lined with waiting crowds. Inaid the chapel th rector, the Rev. Robert Johnston, greeted the president-elect and hia family at the door. Assisting in the aervic was Dr. Endicott Peabody. who performed the Roosevelt marriage ceremony. Th little gray-green aturco house of worship was built in IS2S, and Is on of tha landmarks of the capital. Eleven presidents hav attended church ther regularly. Aa the party assembled Inaid th chap!, a soft rich light from brightening bright-ening akies streamed down ubm thsm remarking upon the crowd and the significance of the moment OARNER LINGEBS After th greetings, Curtis went Immediately Im-mediately to the sen si rostrum to tk up hi gavel for the last Um. Garner lingered a moment In the corridor cor-ridor before turning Into the chamber cham-ber where ha i to preside for four years. Th senate chamber wa dressed In its insugural apparel. Instead of the deep, apace-filling chair ordinarily occupied by lha sens tors, plain, straight-barked wooden one were Placed In light row and In tha rear of the chamber. Tha uprm court nd diplomat and notables had their place reserved. SUII the crowd grew on the plaia A motUed gray sky, broken now and then by the sun, covered the broad experts before th while-columned platform erected for Mr. Roosevelt The seals for 12.000 aeemed loat in th hug crowd that atretched back blocks beyond the golden-domed Con- through th high stained glasa windows win-dows behind th altar. No one was dmitted except the official party. At 10 M . m. the president left his desk, closed the door of hi office nd walked through the inclosed corridor cor-ridor to tha White House, there to await the arrival of Mr. Roosevelt Other of th party minus Speaker Speak-er Gamer already had assembled Mrs Hoover, Mr. Garner, Mr. Dolly Uann, (later of Ihe retiring vie prealdent. preal-dent. and several aide and secretaries. secre-taries. Huge army trucks, some carrying the baggsge of Ihe outgong Hoovers end other the furniture and trunks of the Incoming Roosevelt, virtually passed each other In a nearby street CBOWDS INCREASE Everywhere along th great parade ground from Whlta House to capllol tha crowds had grown rapidly. It seemed certain the total would com mar to being unprecedented. Every window overlooking Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania avenue was filled with eager faces. But th roofs war kept clear by tha police, uniformed officers patrolling pa-trolling them. On the capitol plaia th Jam was terrific, but lha marine kept th crowd within definit lines. Before 11 o'clock tha marina band. In its red coats, took its place luat In front of the towering white plaia of th inaugural aland, and, under the leadership of Captain Taylor Branson, Bran-son, entertained with martial aire. Tha skies continued to brighten, nd a stiff, chill breeze whipped flag and bunting into a flutter of color. After leaving the chapel, Mr. Roose-i Roose-i velt. breaking precedent remained stated la tha automobile Ins lead oi greeaionai norary. Heavy coats, closely wrapped muffler muf-fler and furs wer th predominant dress Many wrapped their knees with heavy steamer rugs. Small boy perched In tree and on roof top within light of th ceremo nwl stand ware parked more than an hour before the ceremony. Hundreda of visitors brought lunches with them. Other brought chairs, but their hopea for comfort were destroyed as tha pressing crowds pushed the chair ssid. Th throng ther was estimated by guards at neerer 150 000 than 100.000 Mr. Garner, escorted by the Joint committee on arrangements, look a seal to the left of Vice President Curtis, Cur-tis, end th assembled company applauded. ap-plauded. AND TREMBLES Garner sat with hi hands folded, then picked up a copy of the oath he was soon to take. Hi hand trembled slightly as he resd It over and laid It down. He fingered hi glasses. Hi hand upraised, the new vice president pronounced the oath at on minut after noon. According to custom, cus-tom, Mr. Curtis administered it In a short address the retiring second sec-ond in command of the nation wished the new administration welt declaring declar-ing the present wa no time for partisanship. par-tisanship. Then Mr. Garner, assuming his naw duties In one of the briefest of insugural in-sugural address n. delivered extemporaneously, extem-poraneously, said he deemed It (inappropriate (inap-propriate to say more than thia: "1 com a presiding officer to coop erste, to be helpful sod to do Ihe best I csn to csrry out th proceedings proceed-ings of th aenat. i Imrnediateiy h concluded th a 1 other snout went up as Mr. nooaeven walked down the rsmp. The momentum momen-tum of the cheering Increased and suddenly died. Mr. Roosevelt bare headed, leaned 'on the arm of his toll son, James. Other heads wer bared and th marine ma-rine band struck up "Hail lo th ChMf." . REPEATS OATH When quiet wis restored Chief Justice Jus-tice Hughes removed his skull csp and stepped forward. The prealdent- j elect placed his hand on th thirteenth thir-teenth chapter of Paul's epistle to the Corinthians, in the SOO-year-eld Dutch family Bible. He repeated the oath, his vole ringing cimrly over th crowd. Immedislely, standing behind a stout speskers' stand, which he grasped with hi hands. Mr. Roosevelt began reading hi speech. I H pok in determined, measured ton, nodding now and then for emphasis. em-phasis. The wind fluttered the leave of his text lying 00 Ih stand before him. Hands clapped and feet were stamped now and then as be made a point Most of tha time, however, the thousand listened Ir utmost attention at-tention end serious quiet Throughout the speech Mr. Hoover sst with lips compressed. At th end. however, as th crowd applauded, he rose, removed hi hat and shook hand with Mr. Roosevelt Then he departed immediately for union station, sta-tion, where a crowd had assembled to say goodby. Th new president and Mrs. Roosevelt Roose-velt left the capilol at 1:1 p. m. As their opn rsr mad th return Journey Jour-ney along Pennsylvania avenue the ' cheering mounted to a constant roll- Ing ovation. Sidewalks as wall as bleacher and window ware packed. Again and again th president waved his hst 10 th crowds, HOOVEB CHEERED I At th asm time Mr, Hoover, the nation's only living ex president had reached union elation to ba cheered a he passed through the trains bed with Mrs. Hoover and boarded a car for New York. After several days I there he will sail for a vacation cruise to California. At th Whit Houa a quick luncheon lunch-eon awaited th Roosevelt before 1 they took their place in the glass inclosed in-closed reviewing stand on the avenue, where great crowds already awaited, to review the Inaugural parade. It was 1:5 p. m. when the presl-l dential automobile entered Ih south-1 east gala of the Whita House, hsving. first passed through th block long "court of honor" in front of Lafayette square, past th empty presidential reviewing stand and southward along executive avenue. As they retired into their new home for luncheon tha first unite of the big parade were getting under way from beyond the capltoL Heeded by regular army units. In long olive gray overcoat, th front of th Una had a very businesslike appearance. Juat before the firat of Ih parad-ers parad-ers were due th crowd broke through th police line below Constitution avenue and Second street As a solid maas of several thousand bora down the police were marshaled and charged into Ihe crowd to opea the way. 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