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am, accompanied by Secretary o
War Stimson and Secretary of Nav,
Knox His White House car wa
driven alongside the tomb. Th'
President got out and faced th'
tomb, leaning on the arm of his mill
tary aide, Maj. Gen. E. M. Watson
An Army band played the nationa
anthem after which bugler sounded
taps. Arrival and departure of tht
Chief Executive was greeted with 81.
gun salutes. The presidential party
left at :05 am.
The armed services were repre-
sented by Vice Admiral r. S. Ed
wards, chief of staff to Admiral Err
nest J. King; the deputy chief OF
staff of the Army, 1t. Gen. Joseph
T. McNarney, and It. Gen. Thomas
| W. Holcomb, Commandant Of the
Marine Corps.
Sees Need for World Plan.
I'VE as a Nation should begin now
to draw the blueprints for the world
in which we wish to make as our
storehouse for the fruits of victory
and the harvests of peace"
The American Legion, he stressed
believes that the way to peace for
the world can be found in honest
agreements between free and sover-
eign nations to maintain order and
to repress aggression or the threat
of aggression"
Victory and the peace to come will
be a hollow mockery," Comdr
Atherton said, 'unless they can be
shared with dignity by those who
have fought to win them. If there
are those who feel that this is not
just, they should raise their voices
noW-while the bullets still fly and
the wounded still fall"
Expects Veterans to Lead.
The flower of Americas manhood
now fighting this war, the leader Of
the Legion continued, can also be-
come, after this war is over, the
dominant force in leading this
Nation along the paths of peace to a
happy future. We have chosen them
as our best in war; let us proudly
remember this fact as we plan now
to enjoy the liberties which they are
winning at so dear price
Let us offer a prayer for a just
victory in the shortest possible time
and at the smallest possible cost. I
am sure I will be joined in this
prayer by those mothers and fathers
whose sons are far away. by those
wives whose windows are honored by
a star and by those children and
other loved ones who live for a
single hope"
Declaring that every man and
woman must answer Americas call
with the "fullness of spirit we have
preserved since 1776," Mrs. Law
renee Smith, national president of
the American Legion Auxiliary
emphasized there is no room for
hyphenated Americans.
I'VE are now welded into one out
of many" she said during the eX-
ercises broadcast Nation wide. And
the many of the world are depend
ent upon us. Our boys at Corregi-
dor, on Bataan, Wake Island and at
Pass are the Spirit of
1776.' They are the Patrick Henrys
today give me liberty, or
give me DEATH"
Earlier in the day wreaths were
placed on the District of Columbia
War Memorial in West Potomac
Park by c. Francis Mccarthy. de-
partment commander of the Amer
lean Legion, and Francis Gauges,
grand chef de gare of the Society
of the Forty and Eight.
The officers were escorted to the
memorial by the American Legion
National Guard of Honor. John
Weitzel, grand aumonier, Forty and
Eight, began the service with a
prayer offering.
The District War Memorial is
dedicated to the memory of Wash.
ington men who gave their lives
during the last World War.
Service Held at Capitol.
At a II am. service on the east
portico of the Capitol Building, the
service flag of the American Wal
Mothers was raised over the build.
ing under the United States flag
at memorial services presided ovel
by Mrs. E. May Hahn. new presi.
dent of the national organization
Music was provided by the United
States Navy School of Music Band
The address was delivered by Rep.
resentative Springer, Republican, O.
Indiana
Standing on the chilly, wind.