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platform. We had to go to the proper entrance. It said on the tickets what entrance you were supposed to go to, how you were to get to the Capitol, by what door, through Statuary Hall. We asked if he knew how to get us there. He said, “Well, mister, you'll be lucky if you get there at all today. The streets are full of people. It's a terrible crowd. The police are rushing around giving orders. You'll be lucky if you get there at all. I'll get you as far as I can”

We realized we were in for it. We started off. We had a really terrible time getting up there. The streets were full of people. The police were holding up things. Time was flying. Wallace and I were both nervous. He was looking at his watch. We understood that the inauguration would begin at eleven sharp. We wanted to be there. We felt we must be there.

We finally got up pretty close to the capitol, down where the capitol grounds begin. There the policeman stopped us. There were great big wooden barriers across the street. The cab driver said, “Can't go any further,”

Henry said, “Let me talk to the policeman.” He hopped out and said to the policeman who he was and that we were both members of the new Cabinet. We had these tickets to the platform and had to get up there. Couldn't the cab