Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-20
admir-. BYRD MAY
RETURN TO POLE
Receives Capitals Official
: Welcome and Will Get
Medal Tonight.
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Is significant, because 1t indicates that
Antarctica once was tropical"
Byrd granted the interview immedi-
ately after his arrival at the Willard
from Union Station. where he had been
greeted by Acting Secretary of the Navy
Jahncke. Rear Admiral Moffett, chief
of the Bureau Of Aeronautics: DR.. Gil
bert Grosvenor. president Of the Ma
tional Geographic Society. and others.
Back from the frig!d wastes at the
bottom of the world. the 42-year-old fly
ing admiral was taken into the warm
embrace of admiring fellow citizens.
This afternoon he received hearty
handShake and wordc OF praise from his
commander-in-chief, President Hoover,
and tonight he will face the president
again to receive from him the special
gold medal of honor of the National
Geographic Society, co-sponSors of the
expedition.
The Byrd special" bearing the ad-
miral his wife, his son, Dicky, jr.; his
mother, Mrs Eleanor Boiling Bryd, and
his brothers. former Gov. Harry Byrd
of Virginia and Capt. Tom Byrd, rolled
into the station promptly at 9 o'clock
this morning after an all-night ride
from the reception in New York.
There was a good-sized crowd of
spectators lining the roped areas at
the east end of the concourse and plaza.
They sent up lusty cheer as the erect
figure of the explorer, Respondent in
white and gold braid, came down the
platform.
There were no formalities at the sta
ton, the group merely hating at the
east entrance while photographers took
pictures of the admiral and his chiefs.
Acting Secretary Jahncke and Admiral
Moffett.
For the benefit Of the talking movies
Jahncke made little speech. in which
he commended Byrd for upholding the
traditions of the service. Byrd replied
by thanking the Navy for its assistance
Admiral Byrd assisted Mrs. Byrd and
Dicky into an open automobile and then
climbed in himself with DR.. GroSvenor
Mrs. Byrd wore figured dress with
dark-blue tailored coat and blue hat
Young Dick, hatless, was all smiles and
his wide eyes did not miss anything
going on around him.
Throngs Wave Greetings.
The ride from the station to the hotel
was BY way of the east front of the
Capitol and along Pennsylvania avenue,
where groups of men, women and chill
dren waved their greetings.
The 80 other members of the expedi-
ton, including not only the AZ men who
spent II months on the ice of Little
America but the ship crews and others
In conveying it to and from the base,
piled into two large sightseeing buses.
Prominent among the other members
Of the expedition was the brown-fea-
tured Bernt Balchen, who piloted Byrd
over the South Pole. Balchen, in plain
blue suit and SLOUGH gray cap, smoked
nonchalantly on a cigarette during the
brief pause at the station. He appeared
wholly unconcerned about the whole at
fair until time came to get into the
automobiles. Then he ran up the walk,
laughing like youngster, asking where
mo. IL car" was parked.
During the interview an attache of
the party tugged several times at the
admiralis coattail to remind him he had
not yet had breakfast, and that it was
getting late" but Byrd continued to
answer all questions. He dug a map
out of his grip to show the newSmen
the extent of his explorations and
claims in Antarctica.
Greeted at White House.
Breakfast was served him in his
room, following which he went to the
White House to meet President Hoover.
More pictures were taken at the White
House, with the whole command get
ting into the pictures for the first time.
There was a large crowd of sight
seers to greet the party as 1t arrived at
side the lobby of the presidential offlces
were grouped employees of the executive
staff, who applauded vigorously as Byrd
and his men filed into the building.
While his men assembled on the south
lawn of the White House grounds, Ad-
miral Byrd was escorted to the PreSi-
dents private Office for brief informal
chat. Byrd and the President came out
In a few moments and, with DR..
GroSvenor, posed for the news pho
tographers and talking movies. For the
benefit Of the movie men the President
rehearsed the medal presentation cere-
mony, which takes place tonight. After
the picture-taking each member of the
Arctic command was introduced to
President Hoover and received his
fluctuations and the presidential hand
shake.
The trustees of the National Geo.
graphic Society rendered Byrd and his
entire command a luncheon this after
noon in the large ball room of the
willard. A marked air of informally
prevailed throughout.
Guests at Luncheon.
The luncheon guests were:
Vice President Curtis, Postmaster Gen.
eral Brown, Acting Secretary of the Navy
Jahncke, the Minister of Norway, Har-
ward H Backe; the Ambassador of Italy,
Mobile Giacomo de Martina; Senator
Hiram Bingham, Senator Arthur Capper,
Senator Carter Glass, Senator Claude
A. Swanson, Senator Frederic C. Wal
colt, Representative Louis c. Cramton
of Michigan, Representative Bertrand
H Smell Of New York, Representative
Allen T. Treadway of Massachusetts,
former Gov. Harry Flood Byrd, Harry
Byrd. jr.; Capt. Thomas Byrd, DIR.
Charles G. Abbott. secretary of Smith
sonian Institution: Franklin Adams
counselor OF the Pan-American Union;
Capt. Claud c. Bloch. U. S. N; Capt.
Joel T. Boone, u. S. N; Rear Admiral
Bristol, Albert H. Bumstead, DR.. George
K Burgess, director of the United States
Bureau of Standards; Maj. Gen. Smed-
ley D. Butler, u. S. M. c.: DR.. j. A. C..
Chandler. president of William and
Mary College; Rear Admiral Joseph
Johnston Cheatham, u. S. N. Emanuel
Cohen of New York, DR.. Frederick ".
Coville, Surg. Gen. Hugh S. Cumming,
chief Of United States Public Health
Service; John Joy Edison, DR.. Charles
Hull Ewing. Franklin Fisher, Robert ".
Fleming, DR.. John Foote, Brig. Gen.
Ben H. Fuller. U. S. NJ. c.; Edward E..
Gam, Brig. Gen. William E. Gilmore,
u. S. A; DR.. j. H Gore, Lieut.. Col.
u. S. Grant, Sd; Ralph A. Graves, DR..
Gilbert Grosvenor. Melville Bell Gros-
venor, Capt. J. F. Hellweg, u S. N.
j. r. Hildebrand, Admiral Charles F.
Hughes, u. S. N; George W. Hutchinson.
Neil M Judd, Sam Katz of New York,
DR.. Vernon Kellogg, Sidney r. Kent,
DR.. John Oliver La GORGE, Jesse l..
Iasky, Rear Admiral William D. Leahy,
U. S. N; DR.. Cloyd II. Marvin, DR.. C.
Hart Merriam, DR.. John c. Merriam,
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett,
U, S. N; DR.: E. w. Nelson, Rev. w.
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