Evening star., 1947-05-30
|Ar!IingtonCe
|0f Memorial
Rites for Dead
Truman Aide Places
Wreath at Tomb;
Truffic Rush Heavy

From early morning until sun
set. when three silver B-25
bombers shower Arlington Gem
Ietery with flower petals dropped
from bomb bays, Washington
Joined the Nation today in hon
oring its war dead.
It was fitting that the hub Of
today's widespread services was the
Arlington Cemetery where, 10 years
ago. Gen. John A. Logan's order
creating Memorial Day was observed
for the first time.
At II ANA time now symbolic
of the end of war-Col. Don e,
Lowry, White House aide, repre-
senting President Truman, placed a
wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier as token of Americas re-
gard for its fallen heroes.
After others representing patriotic
organizations also placed wreaths
on the white sarcophagus, service
organizations designated to carry on
for the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie held ceremonies in the marble
amphitheater at Arlington.
70,o00 Graves Decorated.
Throughout the day Boy Scouts /
and soldiers decorated the 10000 :
graves at Arlington. Nor were those
who died on foreign fields forgotten,
for every grave in military ceme-
teries of the two World Wars was
decorated with flags.
The rush of those leaving the
city for a three-day holiday had
passed its peak, but railroads, bus
lines and airlines reported heavy
traffic again today. Most Govern
Iment agencies, schools and busi-
ness houses were closed, and there
were few on the streets early to see
the flags along Pennsylvania
avenue.
An unreasonable chill was not
enough to thwart those who had
planned to combine memorializing
with outings. The American Auto
mobile Association reported trafflc
on the highways was dense yester-
day and continued to lesser extent
today.
Speaker at the GAR Corps Ar
lington exercises was Attorney Gen.
eral Clark.
Clash Of Ideologies.
Addressing an audience in the Ar
lington Cemetery amphitheater, At
torney General Clark said the
great values" of the American way
OF life "can be maintained only by
constant struggle"
"The fight for democracy is a con-
tinuous one" he said. Never have
its defenders been able to rest from
completed task.
There is still clash of ideologies
in the world today. However 1t may
be camouf1aged, we cannot hide the
fact.
When democracy, as we know
and live 1t, is chained, when thought
Is rigidly channeled, when news Is
suppressed, when Misrepresentation
supersedes truth, when individual
liberty is dethroned, then aggres-
sion, depotism and slavery follow In
their train"
Ceremony Broadcast.
Broadcast in part to the Nation,
the colorful ceremonies opened with
music by the Marine Band, the
sounding of assembly and massing
of colors by United Spanish War
Veterans, Veterans Of Foreign Wars,
the American Legion and Disabled
American Veterans.
Lee r. Pennington, American Le-
,gion past department commander,
called the assemblage to order and
introduced James G. Yaden, presid-
| ing officer. The invocation was by
the Rev. Robert E. Lee, VFW de-
partment chaplain.
Featured in the singing of the
national anthem and other seiec-
tions was Gordon Clifford, Metropoli-
tan Opera Company baritone. There
was the traditional reading Of Gen.
Logans order by Harold M. Dixon,
department commander, DAv; of
THE American Creed" by Charles
M. O'Malley, department COM
mander, VFW, and Of Lincoln's Get
tysburg address, by Harlan Wood,
American Legion past department
commander.
Concluding the exercises were the
benediction by Rabbi Isadore Bres-
lau, department chaplain, Jewish
War Veterans; taps and retiring Of
the colors.
Maj. Gen. Luther D. Miller, chief
OF Army chaplains, issued a state
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