Evening star., 1946-11-17
Truman Leaves Today
By Plane for Week S
Vacation in Florida
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman leaves the
Capital today for a weeks rest in
Florida, after crowded visit to the
Naval Academy at Annapolis yes
terday, when he urged the Mid
shipmen to devote themselves to the
ways of peace and rooted unsuc-
cessfully for Navy gridiron victory
over Penn State.
Speaking extemporaneously to the
2.700 midshipmen at noon mess, the
President, greeted with cheers, de-
clared that the United States must
be run for the welfare of the world
not selfishly"
1T must be run for the peace of
the world" he continued, telling
the future naval officers that they
were being educated to keep the
peace of the world"
IF you don't keep the peace of
the world, there will be no peace, /"
the Chief Executive said earnestly.
Win Go to Key West.
The trip starting today takes the
President to Key West where he will
remain until Saturday. He will be
quartered on the submarine base,
and may get in some fishing, but the
principal objective is rest.
He is being accompanied by Brig.
Gen. Wallace Graham, White House
physician, Clark Clifford, counsel !;
Edwin A Locke jr., special assistant; /;
Capt. James H. Foskett. naval aide;
Capt. C. L. Freeman, skipper Of the
presidential yacht Williamsburg,
and Charles G. Ross, press secretary.
Reconversion Director John r,
Steelman may join the party later
with Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan,
the Presidents military aide.
MIR. Truman will take of from
National Airport in his private
plane, the Sacred Cow" at 10 am.
and land at Boca Chica Airport.
about 20 minutes ride from Key
West, around pm. A press plane
will leave half hour ahead of the
President.
The return trip starts at mid
day Saturday.
Received by ForrestaL
The Annapolis visit kept the
President busy nearly 10 hours and
gave him the same sort of closeup
of the sea service school that he
enjoyed at West Point a few weeks
ago, when he saw the Army OFF,
cer-training program.
Arriving aboard the Williamsburg
after an overnight cruise from
Washington, the President was re-
ceived by Secretary OF the Navy
Forrestal, and taken on a tour that
included the submarine Tusk,
chapel, museum and classrooms.
In the chapel, he asked Donald
Gilley. the organist, to play Handel's
Largo.
Afterward, there was a brigade
review, which brought out several
thousand spectators. The President
greeted the brigade officers headed
by Capt. Judson D. Langston of
Tupelo, Miss, and received set
of IL Navy service plates as SOU
venir.
Introduced by Fitch.
At the mess hall, the President
was introduced by Vice Admiral
Aubrey w. Fitch. superintendent of
the Academy. He evoked a roar OF
applause when he said he was
counting on" the Navy to beat Penn
State.
Turning serious then. the Presi-
dent spoke of the obligations the
students must meet in time to come
"You young men are being edu-
Gated for peace as well as for an
emergency which might happen
and we hope never will" Mr.. Tru-
man said. I'VE have had two demon
strations in one generation prac-
tically of what it means not to be
ready to meet an emergency. We
must always be ready to meet an
emergency. In civil life. in military
life, in any other vocation you
choose to follow, you must be ready
to meet the situation as 1t comes
and do what is necessary to meet it,
That is the reason you are being
educated"