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Dutro AccIoims IT, S.-BroziIion Fiqht for Justice
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ten-oay Visit which also will take
him to New York and on an in
spection tour Of the Tennessee
Valley area.
You may be assured" he said, /
"that your cordial gesture will
have a widespread repercussion
in Brazil. whose people are ever
sensitive to manifestations of re-
gard coming from this great
Nation . -" ."
Gen. Dutra's speech to Congress
was part of a heavy schedule
arranged for him today and un-
til Saturday afternoon, when he
will leave by train for New York.
The speech was to be followed by
luncheon in honor of the Brazil
ian leader, at which House
Speaker Rayburn was to be host
to American and Brazilian digni-
taries.
Gives Medals to Z Americans.
President Dutra spent the night
as President Truman's guest at
Blair House. At $50 am. he
moved on schedule to the Brazilian
Embassy, where he will stay until
Saturday.
At an Embassy reception at 10!
am. in a surprise ceremony, he
pinned the Brazilian Order OF
Merit on seven Americans and one
Canadian. all members of the
Brazilian staff here.
One Of those receiving the silver
medal with the red ribbon was
Charles Topp, 54-year-old colored
doorman at the Embassy, who also
was congratulated personally by
President Dutra for his service to-
the Brazilian nation.
Brazilian Veterans on Hand. /
Several members of the official
Brazilian colony here filed up the
marble stairs of the Embassy to
meet their president, his daugh-
ter-in-law, Sonora Antonio Joas
Dutra, Ambassador Mauricio Ma
buco, Brazilian Representative
Arthur Costa, former minister of
finance, Raul Fernandez, minister
of Foreign Relations and other
members of the presidents ret
inue. /
Youngest guest at the reception
was six-month's old Gaytania
Bragale, who received her full
share of the presidents admira-
ton. She is the daughter of Senior
and Senhora Miguel Bragale, Of
the Brazilian Military Commis-
sion here.
Also present were the last three
members of the Brazilian expedi- |
tionary force of World War II
remaining in this country. All
were wounded and are undergoing
medical treatment here. They are
Pvt. Simplicio Almeida and Capt.
Mario Marcio Cunha. of Washing
ton, and Capt. Afranio Jardim,
who flew with his. wife from Los
Angeles for today's celebration.
Dimes With Acheson Tonight.
At 5 o'clock this afternoon, Gen.
Dutra goes to q reception given
by the Brazilian representative
to the Council of the Organization
of American States. He will have
dinner with Secretary of State I
and Mrs, AcheSon at Anderson l
House tonight.
The friendly welcome Gen.
Dutra received on his arrival here
by air conceded with his 64th
birthday. A crowd estimated by T
police at 100000 cheered the visi- :
tor as he rode from National Air
port to the Blair House with Mr..
Truman, pausing to eat some
birthday cake on the way.
At dinner last night Mr.. Tru-
man presented the Brazilian
President with a pound-and-a-
half gold medal struck by the
mint especially to commemorate
the visit.
Regardless of his busy schedule
ahead, the stocky, gray-haired
officer statesman probably will
remember best the 100 minutes
yesterday afternoon in which
Washington saw its guest all the
way from the airport through the
door Of Blair House.
It was one of those rare cere-
monial occasions in which almost
everything went exactly as
planned. Gen. Dutra's airplane,
Brazilian DC-3, in which he had
travelled from Key West, Fla,
touched the airport runway at
$50 pm. On the front of the
ship, just below the pilots cabin,
Brazilian and American flags
snapped in the wind as 1t wheeled
to a stop before the MATS ter
minal, where President Truman
and distinguished retinue waited
to greet the visitor.
Gen. Dutra himself, wearing
dark suit and Homburg hat, was
the first person to step from the
ship, at 1888 o'clock. Guard troops
with fixed bayonets presented
arms and 21-gun salute doomed
in the distance as the two Presi-
dents smilingly shook hands.
Then. when all the greeters and
all the visitors had completed
their round of handshaking, Pres
ident Dutra and President Tru-
man mounted flag-draped stand,
where each made a little speech of
greeting.
Comradeship In War Stressed.
Squadrons of Navy fighters and
Jet pursuit planes thundered over
head. And beyond. for hundreds
of yards across the field, motion
less in the hot afternoon sun. were
straight rows of American soldiers,
honoring their arms
of the last war.