Evening star., 1947-04-26
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Plans Pushed by
School Children
Pupils in Mexicon
Costumes Will Strew
Flowers Along Woy

Costumes Will Strew
Flowers Along Woy
Many District school children win
add q fiesta touch to the welcome
Of President Meman of Mexico by
wearing colorful Mexican costumes
and scattering flowers along the
route he will take to the District
Building following his ARRIVAL here
at pm. Tuesday.
President Truman and his cabinet
viii meet the Mexican chief exec
ltiye at National Airport. President
Aleman is returning President Tru-
mans recent visit to Mexico.
After crossing the Memorial
Bridge and rounding the Lincoln
Memorial, the official 30-car mo-
torcade viii proceed down Consti-
tuition avenue, north on sixth street
and UP Pennsylvania avenue to tho
District Building for the official re-
ception. The encourage will then
drive up Pennsylvania avenue to
Treasury place and East Executive
where the party will enter
the White House via the northwest
gate.
South Of Border Style.
The fiesta aspect was indicated
late yesterday when the Greater
National Capital Committee Of the
Washington Board of Trade dis
closed that 40 youngsters of the
Ben w. Murch School sixth grade
were going to the reception in south
Of the border" style.
They are now busy painting their
own Mexican and American flags
for use during the welcome, and q
of the children will wear
Mexican garb which they are de-
signing and making in school. They
will travel to their stations" along
the line of march in chartered
bus which they are paying for them-
selves.
In addition, each youngster win
bring an armful of flowers cut from
their school garden. They will strew
the flowers in the path of the auto
mobile carrying President Aleman
and President Truman. The party
is being organized by Mrs. Mary
F. Knowlden, teacher.
Posters and Flags.
Other children in various Dis
trict schools plan similarly color
full participation. The fiesta theme
also will be stressed by thousands
of Mexican and American flags
to be unfurled along the route.
and by several hundred multicol-
ored posters in store windows.
A big air show will be part OF
the Capitals welcome. The II
B-29 Super Fortresses which will
join the presidential plane over New
Orleans will participate in an aerial
review after the Sacred Cow lands.
A squadron of Is P-80 Shooting
Stars from the Tactical Air COM
mand at Andrews Field, Md, also
will take part in the review.
Col. Peyton G. Nevitt, adjutant
general of the District National
Guard, meanwhile announced the
names of Is bands that will particle
pate in the reception and the posi-
tions assigned to them. They are:
Pennsylvania avenue-AnacoStia
High School, Sixth street; ARM
strong High School, Seventh street:
Central High School, Ninth street;
Coolidge and Eastern High Schools,
Tenth street; Mckinley High School,
Eleventh street; Roosevelt High
School, Twelfth street; Police Band.
at reception stand, Fourteenth
street; Western and Wilson High
School Bands, Fifteenth street.
Constitution avenue-Police Boys
Band, Sixth street; Washington Gas
Light Co. Band, Eleventh street;
356th Engineers, Twelfth street;
George Washington High School
Cadet Band, Fourteenth street;
Washington and Lee High School
Band, Seventeenth street; Army
Air Forces Band, Lincoln Memorial.
The United States Army Band will
play at the National Airport cere-
mony, and the Navy Band will play
in front of the White House.
Scouts to Form Lines.
Meanwhile yesterday, the Dis
trict's Boy and Girl Scouts put
the finishing touches on their prep
aratiOnS. One thousand Girl
Scouts in full uniform will line
both sides of Constitution avenue
from Fourteenth street to Seven
teenth street. approximately 900
Boy Scouts will take positions along
Constitution avenue from Seventh
to Fourteenth street.
In addition, uniformed high
school cadets will line the route on
Pennsylvania avenue from Seventh
to Fifteenth street.
Protestants of the Washington
area were urged by DR.. Arthur S.
Flemming, president of the Wash
ington Federation of Churches, to
welcome President Aleman of Mexico
"wholeheartedly."
LIZ. flemmlng asked Protestant
ministers of the city to call the
attention of their congregations to
the historic event.
He also called on District Prot
estants to further our good neigh
Dor policy" by joining in the public
reception at the District Building,
Fourteenth and e streets NV.
Civic Groups Asked to Attend.
Woolsey w. Hall, president of the
Federation of Civic Associations,
last night called on affiliated groups
to turn out in force for the cele-
bration. Mr.. Hall said, Naturally,
we all want our celebration TO be
as heartWarming and impressive as
the reception the Mexicans gave
President Truman. We all want to
10 our individual part in enhancing
our already good relations with
Latin America"
On arrival at the airport, Presi-
dent Aleman will be accorded mill
5ary honors by United States Army
units, and a 21-gun salute will be
nred. The guard of honor at the
White House will include one COM
pany OF Marines, one company OF
olueJackets, a second naval con-