Evening star., 1945-10-28

tossing hint in Russia's direction.
in view of the conditions prevailing
in Baltic and Balkan states.
The President also condemned
territorial aggrandizement, but be-
spoke understanding by the people
of this country of "the special prob
lens of other nations"
1--WE must seek to understand their
own legitimate urge toward security
as they see it," he explained.
Mr.. Truman admitted that 1--WE
are now passing through difficult
phase of international relations
an unquestioned reference to the
Russian question-but he empha-
sized that differences of the kind
that exist today among the nations
that fought together so long and so
valiantly for victory are not hope
less or irreconcilable.'
Unity Must Be Kept.
Unfortunately" the Chief Exec
utive said, 'it has always been true
after past wars, that the unity
among Allies, forged by their COM
mon peril, has tended to wear out
as the danger passed"
This must not happen now, he
warned.
Loss of faith in the effectiveness
of international organization" is the
great threat to peace, the President
declared, adding solemnly: In an
atomic age it would be nothing short
of disastrous"
Mr.. Truman spoke after a tri-
umphal 17-mile ride through Brook
lyn and Manhattan, en- route from
the Navy Yard. Earlier in the
morning, when he travelled from
Pennsylvania Station to the Navy
Yard, the streets were heavily popu-
lated in spots. But on the return
trip which took him through lower
Broadway and Fifth Avenue. dense
lines extended over every foot of
the way.
At times torn paper showered the
streets in an almost binding mass,
and the motorcade which the Presi-
dent headed in an open car, moved
at snail's pace.
For most of the way Mr.. Truman,
protected against sharp wind by
light topcoat, sat on the back of
the car, waving his hat at the
crowd.
Sits in Back of Car.
AS he passed st. Patricks Cathe-
dral, Archbishop Francis j. Spell
man and a number of other pre-
lates in crimson robes, stood on the
steps of the edifice in company with
Nelson Rockefeller, former Assistant
Secretary of State, to exchange
greetings with Mr.. Truman.
Mayor La Guardia, who had Joined
the presidential party early, took
Mr.. Truman by the City Hall on
their way to the park and he signed
the register.
The Presidents speech was de-
livered from a -bedecked stand
fronting on the sun-lit slopes of
Sleeps Meadow. The size Of the
crowd there was anyone's guess.
Police called it a million.
From the park, Mr.. Truman went
to the foot of Seventy-ninth street
and took a small boat for the
battleship Missouri, where he was
the luncheon guest of Admiral
Jonas H. Ingram, commander in
chief of the Atlantic fleet. He was
Joined there by Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey of New York and Gov. Wal
ter E. Edge of New Jersey.
Mrs. Truman Accompanies Him.
Mrs. Truman, who accompanied
the President from Washington,
and their daughter Margaret, who
joined her parents here, also
boarded the Missouri and Margaret
Truman was photographed at the
deck plaque marking the spot where
the Japanese signed the surrender
terms.
Shortly before o'clock, the Presi-
dent boarded the Renshaw for the
review. AS he left the Missouri, her
guns gave the 21-gun Presidential
salute, and from out of the clouds
to the south, planes started roaring
over the Hudson in a seemingly
endless stream.
The review took nearly two hours
and within that time, the river was
a bedlam. The whistles on every
boat were tied down, and as the
Presidents ship passed each of the
war craft, a 21-gun salute sounded
as the crews stood at quarters.
Truman's First Visit.
Thousands watched the spectacle
from points of vantage on Riverside
Drive and the Jersey shore. Dark
ness had settled when a final blast
from the Missouri signaled the Pres
ident's return.
The 50-block trip back to Penn
sylvania Station took the President
through other massed thousands.
The visit was the first that Pres
ident Truman had made to New
York since he entered the White
House and he took advantage of the