Evening star., 1951-01-09
Eisenhower Arrives
In Belgium After 3-Day
Inspection in France
By the Associofsd Press


Gen. Eisenhower arrived here to-
day on the second leg of his visit
to Atlantic pact nations which
will provide the international anti
Kremlin army he is to command
He flew here from a three-day
inspection visit in France, where
he talked with French civil and
military authorities and studied
the flve-nation Brussels pact de-
tense headquarters at Fountaine-
bleau. which may form the nu-
cleuS of the 12-nation Atlantic
defense pact force.
With Gen. Eisenhower were 1t
Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, his
chief of staff, and eight other staff
members.
Appears to Be "Gratified."
On departure from Paris, Gen.
Eisenhower made no comment
about his visit to France. But
his associates said the general zap
peared to be highly gratified, al
though no final, binding decisions
were taken.
Communicated crowds demon
strated twice today against Gen.
Eisenhower.
Communist demonstrators set
upon two uniformed American
soldiers on the Champs Eylsees
A corporal was struck in the back
by fists and a woman scratched
his neck.
Both soldiers beat a hasty re-
treat into nearby Offices and re-
mained there until a dozen French
police helped them get away by a
back door The soldiers refused
to give their names.
merican military police
warned American soldiers in uni
form to stay away from the scene
of the demonstrations. Most of
the soldiers on the streets in uni
form here are on furlough from
Germany and have nothing to do
with Gen. Eisenhower's job as
leader of the Atlantic pact forces.
zoe Start Demonstrations.
About 200 Communists started
the demonstrations by trying to
approach the Hotel Astoria, tenn
porary headquarters for Gen.
Eisenhower, while shouting: "We
want peace" and Eisenhower get
out"
Later, after the general had de-
parted for Brussels, about 1000
demonstrators started parading up
and down the Champs-Elysees
(the Broadway of Paris) chanting
the same slogans.
About 1000 police. with night
sticks at the ready, kept both the
early and late demonstrations
from approaching the Hotel As
toria. Traffic was blocked in the
Arc de Triomphe area, and had to
be rerouted. About 80 of the
demonstrators were arrested.
Communist labor leaders also
ordered a strike of subway and
bus lines, but it also appar-
emily failed. Italian Communists
threatened strikes and demonstra-
tions when the general arrives in
Rome.
Aims "To Talk Business"
After landing at Brussels, Gen.
Eisenhower told reporters he is
here to help build up an organ
ization ito preserve the culture of
which Western civilization has
been so proud
"We can do that without fight
ing" the general added. +st
He repeated that his aim is to
"talk business" and to meet the
many good friends he made when
he led the Western Allies to vic
tory in World War II.
The general planned to spend
the afternoon in conference with
the American diplomats and rep
resentatives. Tomorrow he will
meet Foreign Minister Paul van
iceland, who is chairman of the
North Atlantic treaty organiza-
tons Council of Ministers.
Stops at Versailles.
After meeting French President
Vincent Auriol in Paris early ir
the morning, Gen. Eisenhower
made an unannounced stop ir
Versailles to inspect his Worlc
War II headquarters in the Hote.
Trianon.
Both Versailles and Fontaine-
bleau have been mentioned a.
possible sites for the fise-star gen.
erals headquarters as leader o1
the 12-nation army.
At Fontainebleau the genera
i got a half-hour briefing on all
defense in Western Europe.