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Show PREFERS SIMPLE CEREMONY Harding Calls Halt on Inauguration Pomp and Ceremony. Marlon, Ohio. In tho Interest of national thrift, President-elect Harding on Monday requested officials arranging ar-ranging for Ids Inauguration to abandon aban-don nil plans for an Inaugural ceremony. cere-mony. In n telegram to 10. 1). McLean, chairman ot the Inaugural cninmlttco nt Washington, Mr. Harding declared he preferred simply to take tho oath of 'office, deliver a brief udilress and then take up his duties. Ho said It would mako his position very unhappy If the outlay for an einborato Inaugural In-augural created the Impression of extravagance. ex-travagance. Ho nlso telegraphed Senntor Knox of Pennsylvania, In churgo of tho congressional con-gressional end of tho plans, suggesting thnt tho proposal to erect stands ou tho capital grounds be abandoned. This proposnl has been tho subject of heuted debate ln congress. |