Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-20
Truman Claims Staff Chiefs
Backed Macarthur Firing
Crowd Greater
Than Welcome
For Lindbergh

NEY YORK, APRIL 20 Up
An estimated 100000 (M) per-
sons turned out in New York to-
day to give Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur the nations greatest vel
come to returning hero.
The estimate of the astonishing
and almost unbelievable size Of
the cheering, fiag-waving throngs
that lined the f5-miIe route Of his
50-car motorcade came from
Policy Commissioner Thomas r.
Murphy.
From building to curbs the side
walks Of New York were packed
with a dense mass of hoarsely
shouting humanity. Office build
ing windows were jammed.
Many of the spectators welcom-
ing the old soldier back from the
Far East came neighboring states
Connecticut, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania.
The almost unbelievably huge
crowd nearly doubled the size of
the 100000 M turnouts for
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and
Col. Charles A. Lindberg.
Vessels in the harbor tied
down their whistles to add to the
tumult.
Cheering throngs greeted him
from the moment he drove out
of his hotel driveway in big
automobile at 11:06 AN. (EST).
The General. smiling and wav-
ing, was wearing his familiar
crushed officers cap with its
scrambled eggs" visor and long
army evercoat. Seated beside him
was Mayor Vincent r. Impellit-
teri in a blue topcoat and a gray
homburg hat.
Also in the car were Grover A.
Whalen, the city's Official Greet
er." and Maj. Gen. Courtney
Whitney, the Generals aide.
NEW YORK, APRIL 20 Up
The magic name of General Doug
las Macarthur drew millions of
persons to the streets of Man
haitian today for perhaps the
greatest welcome ever given a re-
turning hero.
The crowd was expected to
reach 100000. Many poured in
to the city by automobiles, train.
bus and subway for glimpse Of
the old soldier who was ousted
from his commands by President
Truman.
This number is 100000 more
than the mammoth throngs which
turned out to greet Charles A.
Lindberg in 1927 after he made
his nonstop flight to Paris.
And it tops by the same total
the crowd that cheered Gen.
Dwight d. Eisenhower when he
came home in 1916 after the con-
quest of Europe
An estimated 100000 Swarmed
out last night to give Macarthur
an unofficial but tumultuous
welcome. Crowd-wise New York
police kept them in hand and
there were no near-mob scenes
like the riotous welcome in Hon
olulu and San Francisco.
1t was a sentimental journey
for the General-this return to
New York. Ii was IA years ago
that Macarthur married pretty.
dark-haired Jean Faircloth of
Murfreesboro, Tenn, at the mum
icipal building.
Macarthur told a greeting
party; when we reached the city
Of New York, we knew we had
come home"
Excitement mounted steadily
his morning as the time ncared
or the start of big three hour
parade I'll AM. EST. 1t was
he same strange excitement that
seems to surround Macarthur
wherever he goes-the same deep
that drew ovations from
hundreds of thousands in Hawaii,
san Francisco ard Washington.
The climax will come when the
sencral-now the center of
aging political controversy over
policy IN Asia-lcaves
he Waldorf Astoria Hotel to re-
eive the city's homage
The parade win wind through
,entral Park downtown into the
averns of lower Manhattan.
Then the motorcade will swing
ack onto Broadway in a shower
t confetti and tickcr-tape TO
1ove up the famed street where
ther heroes have received their
cclaim throughout the years.
And this list is long with names
lat live in history. Admiral ]
gorge Dewey of Spanish-Ameri- (
an war fame General John ].
Black Jack" Pershing Admiral
Richard z. Byrd who made the |
rst flight over the North Pole
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