Evening star., 1951-04-19
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spent in the fine 12th-foor Presi-
dental suite, busy with his speech.
Mrs. Macarthur used part of the
morning chatting by telephone
with old friends.
The rain was falling. From 7::30
until 10 it fell. and the outlook was
not bright for Macarthur day. But
the weather improved, and as it
did, the crowds began forming
at the hotel. at the Capitol, along
the avenues and at the Monument
Grounds. a.
Breakfast i'm Their Suite.
While police kept a guard out
side the suite. the MacArthurs en-
joyed a breakfast of orange juice,
eggs, toast. jam and milk.
1t was served by John Johnson,
a Statler waiter, who emerged
from the suite beaming. Gen.
Macarthur had asked his nation
ality, he said, and when he replied
Greek" the general responded:
"The Greek boys have been do
ing very we'll in Korea"
Gen. Macarthur also COM
mented on the delicious grape
fruit-he hadn't had any for a
long time.
Promptly at noon, even as the
schedule prescribed, Gen. Mac
Arthur stepped jauntily from an
elevator on the second floor and
STROBE to the first floor with his
wife, son and aides.
Crowds Cheer Wildly.
Crowds jamming the lobbies
cheered wildly as the straight
backed leader stepped into an open
Cadillac parked on taxi ramp at
the hotels rear entrance.
The car turned east on l. street,
disappointing hundreds of per-
sons who had expected him to
leave by another entrance and
were lined along the 1900 block of
K street NV.
Mrs. Macarthur. and Arthur
rode in the second car in the
procession.
! The general, from the lead car
waved and grinned broadly as
he pulled away. His car was
chauffeured by M/Sergt. Frank
Dumick, who drove for the gen.
eral while he was chief of staff
here in the early 193Os.
Senate Majority Leader Mac
Farland, Minority Leader Wherr3
and House Minority Leader Mar.
tin, representing congressional
delegation, had called at the Mac.
Arthur suite at AZ am. Mine
minutes later a group of rankine
military leaders, headed by Gen
Jonathan Wainwright, left thu
hotel.
Escorted by Congressional Group
The general was escorted from
the Statler to the Capitol by &
congressional group including, be.
sides Mcfarland. Wherry ane
Martin, Chairman Russell of thu
Senate Armed Service Committee
Republican Senators Bridges O.
New Hampshire, Saltonstall O,
Massachusetts,, Chairman Vinsor
of the House Armed Service Com.
mlttee. and Representative.
Brooks, Democrat, of Louisiana
Halleck, Republican, of indiana
and Mccormack, Democrat, O.
Massachusetts,.
A guard of honor, representins
all the armed forces, was in dou.
BILE line from Constitution avenu,
across the east front of the Capi
tol Grounds and on to the Hous,
wing.
Through this protective forma.
ton, the generals car drove, pull.
ling up to the south entrance of tn,
Capitol.
Gen. Macarthur entered tn,
Capitol through the south doc
used by the President when h,
addresses Congress. He was re-
ceived in the Speakers Office an,
escorted to the House for his his
toric address to the joint meeting
The days theme was set b,
those who determinedly went t.
the Monument Grounds durin
the morning rain, which began a
1888 and didn't let up until i
la. m.
; They came equipped with um,
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