The official stand was placed in front of the Federal Pavition of the United States, which faced on the Avenue of Peace and the "Hall of Nations, decorated with the flags of the sixty nations that are taking part in this exposition. In reserved closure, "more than 60,000 invited guests and officials were seated to hear the President. speak.
'A short while later, Mr. Grover Whalen, President of the Fair, opened the Temple of Religion, a single Dullding grouping inside ie the sym= Dols of all the world's several faiths.
President Roosevelt then arrived at 12,30 p.m. and was the guest of hon-fur at a luncheon given in the United States pavilion. -Inelu 350 guests were foreign representatives and. the Commission= ers of the various fore the Fair,
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