Evening star., 1946-03-04
Truman and Churchill
Leave for Missouri
Aboard Special Train
British Leader to Speak
On 'Sinews of Peace
At Fulton Tomorrow
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(Picture on Page A-5.)

President Truman left for Mis-
souri, with Winston Churchill
today after topping a busy morn
ing with a new plea for ratifica-
ton of the British loan agree
ment.
The Chief Executive and the for
mer Prime Minister of Britain, who
will speak at Westminster College at
Fulton tomorrow afternoon, de-
parted by train at 2pm.
The Presidents limousine picked
up Mr.. Churchill at the British EN-
bassy at 1:30 pm. and then called
at the White House for Mr. Truman
They shared a special car on the
Baltimore g. Ohio train. Recover
sion Director John w. Snyder ac-
companied them.
"Sinews Of Peace" Is Topic.
The party included 80 reporters,
Is radio correspondents 10 newsreel
photographers, 4 still photographers,
3 communications employees and II
officials of the White House staff.
Mr.. Churchill will speak on THE
Sinews of Peace" at the Missouri
college to which he was invited by
Mr.. Truman, who will make the
introduction.
Mr.. Churchill, accompanied by
Mrs. Churchill and their daughter,
Mrs. Sarah Oliver, arrived in Wash
ington yesterday, and went to the
British Embassy.
The President and Mr.. Churchill
will go by st. Louis, where the train
will be turned over to the Missouri
Pacific tomorrow morning for two
hour run to Jefferson City. The
last stage of the journey, about 30
miles, will be made by automobile.
Truman to Speak Wednesday.
The Westminster College exercises
are scheduled at 4 pm, Washing
ton time. Immediately afterward,
the party will leave for the return
trip. On the way home, President
Truman will speak at meeting of
the Federal Council of Churches of
Christ in America, at Columbus.
Ohio, Wednesday.
Mr.. Churchill, who has been va
cationing at Miami Beach for sew
eral weeks, will deliver what is
known as the Green Foundation
lecture. Under the terms of the
endowment, these lectures are de-
signed to promote understanding
OF political, economic or social prob
lens of international significance.
Putting freshly lit cigar, Mr..
Churchill was greeted by his reporter
son, Randolph Churchill, on arrival
here yesterday morning. He sent
out word before he left his special
car that he would not be inter-
viewed.
He had planned nothing beyond
an automobile ride around the Capt.
tai for his first day here.
The special train will stop briefly
in st. Louis at 8:45 am. tomorrow
and again tomorrow night, but
Charles G. Ross, press secretary,
said the President does not plan
platform appearances, and that
anything done will be purely i'm
promptu"
Mr.. Churchill is being accompanied
by Charles Campbell of the British
Information Service, who is serving
as his press secretary. Col. Frank
Clarke, Mr.. Churchill's host at
Miami Beach, also was scheduled to
make the trip.
1t is the first time that MIR. Tru-
man has travelled by train on a Mis-
souri, trip as President. The decision
to go by rail, White House officials
said, was necessitated by the size
OF the party and the difficulties in
providing housing in Missouri to-
morrow night.
The trip will bring the President
into section of Missouri he has not