greeted by frederic but told the statue of liberty given by friends to her sister republic the united ride through washington itself a symbol of french and american friendship for it was designed by a french architect takes the two presidents past a quarter of a million cheering washingtonians revealing a parade in his honor for the old pledges that his an order by president truman recalling general douglas macarthur from his command sets off one of the most dramatic and controversial news stories of the generation in tokyo thousands of japanese flocked to the daiichi building the supreme allied headquarters to see the seventy one year old five star general as he enters his headquarters for the last time the next morning a plane from korea brings to tokyo the new supreme commander general matthew ridgway named by truman to replace macarthur the next morning happen millions san franciscans hail the general as accompanied by mayor robinson and governor once he goes on a two hour tour of the city that my father had from washington to keep his scheduled appointment before congress military service has turned over many times since i took the oath on the plane at west point and the hopes and dreams have long since  author enjoys his share of the welcome to americans of all political opinions differing though they may on issues raised by my daughter's recall john i'm getting an old soldier and a great one general of the army douglas macarthur hero's welcome to the united in these unassuming buildings the chalk river that in a corner of the ontario bush country some of canada's top scientists are bombarding the atom in a five million dollar atomic pile the most powerful of its kind in the world inside a huge concrete cylinder millions of neutron move at speeds up to ten thousand miles per second producing new materials but even now radically changing the twentieth century were one such product as the cobalt sixty isotope on which chalk river administrator d nineteen fifty eight model car wall and solve any city parking problem from the air lebanon connecticut with its scattered white houses hardly seems to upstage since the days of the revolution it's livestock in rockwall pastures it's all a barns marked lebanon like many another american town as a farming community in some ways unchanged since the day lebanon patriots left on foot to fight in bunker hill lebanon seems times in other ways the town is always growing with the restless energy of america much to its own surprise lebanon recently found itself the center of worldwide curiosity or in the state department's international publications division artists and writers were at work on a pamphlet which in photographs and that the one foreign languages is telling as america's fathers stated on a belief in god whether worship in a baptist church a simple synagogue formerly a school house rabbi is a lebanon farmer or a catholic church build a few years ago in an historically protestant area in early times lebanon's religious life centered around the congregational meeting house designed by a son of the famous jonathan crumbles who was governor of connecticut during the revolution from here governor crumble and his four sons participated in revolutionary activities from boston to valley forge a tunnel ran to the war office where with washington jefferson franklin laughing at and many others they planned for america's freedom with these democratic traditions forming a background of their lives lebanon's young people are conscious of their part in a world still fighting for freedom with new england pride in craftsmanship boys and girls alike learned to work with their hands such training is as much a part of in their new elementary school which replaces seven one room buildings scattered throughout the countryside the younger children of lebanon are discovering the international counterpart of the traditional new england town meeting to a united nations s miniature they can see the selfishness of one nation threaten the harmony and order of the democratic process and the security of other nation setting is homemade but the lesson is the people of lebanon come from many groups some are descendants of early settlers others like the vince of mcbride family are newcomers mr mcbride an electrical engineer and his wife have followed the example of early settlers in joining with