Evening star., 1946-04-05
Truman Leaves Today
For Army Day Speech
In Chicago Tomorrow
President Is Expected
To Stress Necessity for
Powerful Armed Force
By Joseph A. Fox


President Truman will leave
Washington at 4:25 pm. today
for an Army Day speech in Chi
cago tomorrow in which he is
expected to impress on the Ma
tion the necessity for maintain.
ing powerful armed force in
the uncertain days ahead.
The President will address a vas,
audience in Soldier Field as the
climax Of civic demonstration
Aides said the speech would bt
major policy pronouncement
II is regarded as a followup of hi.
Navy Day speech in New York las
October q in which he outlined 6
12-point foreign policy and declared
that the United States would use it!
military strength solely to preserve
peace and strengthen the United
Nations.
The Army Day address will be
carried over the major networks
at pm.
Mr. Truman is expected to renew
his demand on Congress for three
vital pieces of preparedness legis-
lation-extension Of the draft, uni
Versal military training and unfit
cation of the armed forces.
Patterson, Eisenhower to Speak.
Secretary of War Patterson, and
Gen. Eisenhower, Chief of Staff, also
will speak briefly.
If the weather is bad, the cere-
monies will be held in Chicago
Stadium instead of Soldier Field
which would cut the potential at
tendance from more than 100000
to 10000.
A group of notables, including
Mrs. Truman and Miss Margaret
Truman, will accompany the Pres
ldent on the special train which also
will carry twoscore reporters, radio
correspondents and photographers.
The train will reach Chicago at
1890 am tomorrow and plans
called for a parade of Mr.. Truman S
party from Union Station through
the Loop to the Blackstone Hotel
Later the President will 60 to a
stand on Michigan avenue at the
Congress street Plaza, where he will
review some $1,000 marching troops
To Meet School Writers.
In the stand with Mr.. Truman will
be Secretary Patterson, Gen. Eisen-
hover. Gen. Carl Spaatz, comman-
der of the Army Air Forces; Gen
Jacob L. Devers, commander of the
Army ground forces, and 1t. Gen
Leroy Lutes. commander of the
Army Service Forces. The hosts will
be Mayor Edward ]. Kelly, Gov
Dwight H. Green and Mai. Gen
Louis A. Craig, commanding the 9Th
Service Command.
The President will lunch at the
Blackstone Hotel, and in an unusual
departure he has arranged a press
conference there for about 1OC
writer's for school and college papers
IN the Chicago area.
The presidential party will leave
chicago Immediately after the
Soldier Field program.
Makeup of Party.
The party leaving here viii,
include:
Secretary and Mrs. Patterson
Secretary OF the Treasury and Mrs
Vlnson, Attorney General and Mrs
Clark, Secretary of Agriculture An.
derson, Senator Lucas, Democrat
OF Illinois, Admiral William D.
Leahy, the Presidents chief o1
staff; Gen. and Mrs. Eisenhower
Gen. and Mrs. Devers, Gen. anc
Mrs. Spaatz, w. Stuart Symington
Assistant Secretary of War for All,
and Mrs. Symington, Presidential
Secretaries Charles G. Ross anc
Matthew j. Connolly and theil
wives, Presidential Secretary Will
liam D. Hassett, Reconversion Di.
rector Snyder and his daughter
Drucy, Gen. Lutes, Gen. A. D
Surles, Brig. Gen. Harry H
Vaughan, the Presidents militar,
aide; Capt. Clark M. Clifford, his
new naval aide; Col. Wallace H
Graham, his physician; Senate Sec.
retary and Mrs. Leslie Bifle, Leon
ard Reinsch, the Presidents radio
adviser, and Samuel Rosenman, for
mer special counsel for the Presi-