Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-23
NATION PAYS HOMAGE
President Luis, Congress and
Supreme Court Honor Chief
Executive Elect.


Will missions emotional response to the
welcome extended them that memorable
Yuletide week end in Rio de Janeiro.
To behold that welcome was to wit
| ness hospitality run rampant In all
Brazilian history there are few COM
! parable instances of such popular &C
claim being accorded foreign visitors.
All three branches of government
rendered homage to the guests of the
Brazilian nation.
President Washington Luis, repre-
senting the executive branch, turned
his palace over to them and took per-
sonal charge of the lavish program of
entertainment.
The Brazilian Congress met in special
| joint session and paid tribute with fer
vent oratory.
The Supreme Court was called into
extraordinary session and, flinging re-
straint aside welcomed Americas am
bassador of friendship with band music
| and speeches.
Hoover Addresses Legislators.
The press and the people joined in
| lionizIng the Yankee" President to-be
! and every member of his retinue. There
was not a discordant note anywhere
| not even a "Sandino" banner, for Bra
iii deals harshly with agitators of every
/, description.
The joint legislative session was held
| in the fine new Chamber of Deputies
T''"ding. Mr. Hoover was driven to the
edifice under escort of Respondent
troop of presidential dragons, with uni
| forms of tropical white and glistening
helmets topped with long plumes of
orange and black. He was met at the
marble entrance by DR.. Antonio Acre
do, President of the Senate, and DR..
Rigo Barros, President of the Chamber
of Deputies, who conducted him be-
tween lines of soldiers into the mag
nificent octagon-shaped auditorium.
The entire assembly on the floor and
in the galleries arose and applauded as
Mr.. Hoover stepped to the speaker
rostrum. A great dome of loaded glass
bathed the scene in variegated colors.
Ringing of bell brought the house to
order.
DR.. Azeredo and DR.. Barros, speaking
in Portuguese, felicitated the President
elect on behalf Of their respective iegis-
lative bodies, and Mr.. Hoover made a
brief speech in reply. reading it in Eng
lish and having 1t translated into
Portuguese.
Progress Is Recalled.
1--WE know that mistakes will be made
and failures may discourage those who
look for the millennium overnight" he
told the Congress, ''but If we survey q
century Of experience in the Western
Hemisphere we see that we have made
more progress in human welfare than
has been made in any such period in
history"
From the Chamber Of Deputies Mr..
Hoover was escorted through cheering
crowds to the nearby Supreme Court
Building, where he was met by DR.. Go
dofredo Cunha, president Of the court,
dressed in the long black robes Of his
high Office. A band in the lobby played
THE Star Spangled Banner" as Mr..
Hoover entered the building. Police
had difficulty restraining the crowds
who sought admission to the building.
Forsaking customary decorsIm, the is
robed justices gave Mr.. Hoover a most
informal reception in hall on the Sec
ond floor. gathering around him and
shaking hands cordially. DR.. Cunha
voiced an oficial welcome on behalf Of
the court, and the President-elect In a
short complimentary address thanked
him for sentiments expressed.
The next reception was at the Ameri-
can embassy, where hundreds OF MEM
bers of the American colony were in
troduced to the future President OF the
United States and his wife. Ambassa-
dor Edwin v. Morgan and other Ameri-
can diplomatic and consular officers as
sisted in receiving the guests.
Banquet and Reception.
The days program eliminated In a
grand banquet and reception at the
| Cattete Palace by President and Senhora
| Washington Luis. The avenue In front
of the palace was cleared of all trafhc
except that concerned with the func-
ton, and companies Of police and cav
alrymen held back the huge crowds that
assembled to watch the arrival OF the
fashionably attired guests.
The banquet hall was riot OF color
and bedlam Of gayety. A distinguished
company had been invited, including
members of the diplomatic corps, the
American Naval Mission. the French
Military Mission and numerous govern
ment dignitaries.s
DR.. Washington Luis, in formally vel
coming the goodwill mission, paid Mr
Hoover a remarkable personal tribute.
He is undoubtedly a great represent
alive of a great Nation" the Brazilian
President declared. He possesses and
has carried to a very high degree all the
fundamental qualities Of his race. all
the virtues of the noble people to whom
he belongs. Were it still permitted to
concede titles would demand for Mr.
Hoover that of friend Of humanity. :"
Tribute Paid U. S.
OF the Nation which Mr.. Hoover wa:
to assume leadership the President said
Its political institutions are origina
SzAofYHfafn ond de.
velop all individual rights and all public
liberties. They powerfully confirm re-
publican democracy and give satisfac'
ton to our present-day anxieties ane
aspirations. All the fundamental idea
of Western civilization-work, capital
property, family, God and religion-ar'
consecrated as the essence OF that grea
Nation. The words union and 'Unitet
States are conserved in laws. but tn,
word American has been exalted b.
the coming of this great people"
The President-elect, making the fina
address of his goodwill tour, expressed
the hope that his visit would be &C
cepted as the responsive sentiment o
100000 of my countrymen towart
the people of Brazil"
II know" he continued, that OF
these occasions 1t is usual to refer t.
that unbroken span of good Will which
traverses the whole history of our tw'
continents. Nor is it trite or common
place to give voice to these facts. TO
when true friends meet the renewal o
their expressions and experiences
but the glow of a responsive human
h art. 1t has been good will far beyon
the formal relationships between ma
tions. 1t has been proven by sympathy
and mutual support in times OF trla
and by mutual satisfaction In times O
: success and triumph. Never has clou
passed even in our dry words of diplo
matte communication.
1 Mr.. Hoover stated that Brazil and tn
. United States had proved that trad
relations were not productive of Ill feel
ing, but of better understanding an
friendship.
Let. none think that internations
trade is only the noisy pickering G