Evening star., 1948-11-22
Truman Confers
With Marshall
AtWhiteHouse
GloboI Issues to Fore;
Both Go to Lunch
At Blair House
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President Truman and Sec
retary of State Marshall con-
ferred for about 20 minutes at
the White House today and
then walked across Pennsyl-
vania avenue to the Blair
House for lunch. AS they left
the White House, Mr.. Truman
turned to reporters and said:
"Gentlemen, you're not going
to follow us across the street.
That's all there is to it,
President Truman greeted Sec
retary of State Marshall in a
drizzling rain at National Airport
today when the Secretary arrived
from Paris for a post-election
foreign policy review.
Gen. Marshall refused any COM
ment on specific world problems,
but told reporters he thought "a
great deal of understanding has
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bates in Paris.
Mr.. Truman told Gen. Marshall
he wanted him to come to the
White House at 1890 pm. for a
conferences meeting which may
largely decide the fate of China
and the future course Of American
strategy against international COM
munism.
In advance of his conference with
Gen. Marshall, Mr.. Truman got a
report on recovery efforts in Europe
from w. Averell Hartman, the row.
ing ambassador of the Economic Co.
operation Administration, who con-
ferred with the President for 25
minutes.
Mr.. Hartman told reporters after
ward that he reported to the Presl-
dent that "a wave of enthusiasm
went across Europe as a result of
his election.
II told him. Mr.. Hartman said,
"a feeling exists in Europe that lib
eralism is in the ascendancy here as
against the thought that reactlonary
tendencies were
Turns Off Cabinet Question.
Mr.. Hartman also said that he
reported to the President "in gen.
eral terms on the progress being
made in Europe under the European
Recovery Program.
Asked about reports that he might
be rendered some place in the ca5i-
net. Mr.. Hartman responded firmly:
I've got job. I'm working at 1t,
and I've got nothing else on my
mind at all"
Besieged by reporters at the airport
as he walked with the President to
a waiting automobile, Gen. Marshall
said he did not know whether he
would return to Paris for the re-
mainder of the United Nations Gen.
eral Assembly session there.
Won't Talk of Issues.
Naturally. I appreciate the Presi-
dents coming to meet me, particu-
larly on a day like this" the
Secretary said.
He added that it would not be
appropriate for him to say any
thing about issues pending before
the U. N
The United States delegation went
to the Paris meeting determined to
reach some understanding, he said,
adding Il think great deal OF
understanding has resulted from
what has already happened"
Travelling in the Presidents for
mer personal plane. the Sacred Cow,
Gen Marshall landed at 1905 am.
and his plane TAXED up to the Mill
tary Air Transport Services terminal
two minutes later.
Circled Field Half Hour.
The plane was reported to have
been circling the field for nearly
half an hour. waiting to land CO.
incident with the Presidents arrival
at the airport. AS it happened Mr.
Truman had TO wait a few minutes.
The Presidents car drove up be-
fore the MATS terminal at 10 am
Undersecretary of State Lovett and
French Ambassador Henri Bonnet
walked out in the rain to greet him
and he walked back with them to
the shelter of portico.
Mr.. Truman chatted smilingly
with Mr.. Lovett and Mr.. Bonnet as
he waited for Gen. Marshall to land
Gen. Marshall alighted behind
Mrs. Marshall. who accompanied
him on the flight from Paris.
Mr.. Truman noticed that some one
was escorting Mrs. Marshall with an
umbrella but that the Secretary was
walking without one. He sent for
ward one of his associates with an
other umbrella which had shielded
him from the rain on his brief walk
from his car to the MATS shed,
Hands Are Shaken.
AS Gen. and Mrs Marshall were
delayed by photographers, Mr.. Tru-
man doffed his gray felt hat and
walked out in the rain to shake
hands first with Mrs. Marshall and
then with Gen. Marshall, telling
each, It's sure good to see YOU
The trip home is Gen. Marshall's S
first since October 9, giving oppor-
tunity for the first full review of the
international situation between the
President and his Secretary of State
since the election.
Diplomatic authorities agreed tina,
China presents Mr.. Truman anc
Gen. Marshall with their most urg-
(See TRUMAN, Page A-3D