Evening star., 1946-03-05
Churchill
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form, where for 20 minutes he ex-
changed banter with old friends in
the crowd and shook hands.
Most. of the St. Louisians were
seeing Mr.. Truman for the first
time since he entered the White
House
If the crowd has expected to see
MI. Churchill they were disappoint-
ed. for the former prime minister,
late riser, did not leave the car.
Mr.. Truman and Mr.. Churchill
talked at length as the tram rolled
through the hills of Maryland and
West Virginia yesterday and as they
passed Harpers Ferry the former
Prime Minister reminisced on an
earlier trip through that section with
the late President Roosevelt, when
they were bound for the presidential
retreat, Shangri-la, on Catoctin
Mountain.
President at Throttle.
Mr.. Churchill also recalled Har-
pers Ferry as the spot where Jack
son captured McClellan's supplies in
the Civil War, and recounted with
a chuckle that on the earlier trip
he had recited snatches from the
epic of Barbara Frietchie as they
passed the site of her home at Fred
erick, Md.
The President took time out from
his conversations with his guest to
go through the train and greet cor
respondents in midafternoon, and
also assumed the duties of Engineer
j. l.. Rock of Baltimore for a few
donning the engineman's
cap and gloves and handling the
throttle OF the Diesel engine pulling
the train for five or six speedy
miles.
Mr. Truman waved occasionally
to small groups lining the trains
path. Only one stop was made dur
ing the daylight hours, the train
pausing briefly in late afternoon
for servicing and checkup at
keyser, w. Va, where MI. Truman
went out on the platform of his
car to acknowledge the greeting
of couple of hundred persons.
A company of eight dined together
on the train last night. In addi-
tion to the President and Mr..
Churchill, there were Admiral Will
liam D. Leahy, the Presidents per-
sonal chief of staff; his secretaries,
Charles G. Ross and Matthew j.
Connolly; Reconversion Director
John w. Snyder, who decided at the
last minute to make the trip:
Charles Campbell of the British
Press Service, who is acting as Mr..
Churchill's press secretary, and Col
Frank Clarke. the Churchill host
at his vacation site, Miami Beach.
The Green Foundation lectures
at Westminster were endowed by
Mrs. John Finley Green of st. Louis.
a Canadian by birth. in memory of
her husband. distinguished alum
nus of the college. Under the terms
OF the endowment. the lectures are
designed to promote understanding
OF political, economic or social prob
lens OF international significance.
Region of IndividuaIism.
In visiting Fulton and Callawav
County, Mr.. Churchill comes to a
region famous for its rugged in
dividualism.' The county. of strong
Confederate sympathies, boldly an
nounced its secession from the
Union during the Civil War, hence
Kingdom of Callaway.'
The President and Mr.. Churchill
will leave Fulton shortly after the
college ceremony, and return to
Jefferson City, where their train
leaves at JAS EST.
Overnight, they will travel to Co.
lumbus, Ohio, where the President
addresses the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America at
noon tomorrow. while Mr.. Churchill
continues the trip to Washington
uninterrupted >,
After his speech. President Tru-
man will board the Sacred Cow"
and return to the Capital by air,
reaching the White House early
tomorrow evening.