Evening star., 1953-10-19
Eisenhower Visits
Mexico Chief Today;
Will Dedicate Dam
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emphasize the good neighbol
theme.
Then Gen. Eisenhower start.
back to the Capital.
News dispatches from thiI
area a week ago said that thu
Mexican government was tax.
ing extra precautions to guarc
against Communist demonStra'
tionS in connection with tht
ceremonies.
Second Amity Gesture.
The Eisenhower visit is thiI
administrations second major
gesture of friendship towarc
Latin America. Earlier. DR.. Mil.
ton S. Eisenhower. the Presi'
dents brother, headed a mission
that visited 10 southern coun,
tries studying conditions.
Gen. Eisenhower moved on tC
the border meeting this morn
ing after spending the week enc
at Sharyland, the $500 acre
ranch of Gov. Allan Shivers
near McAllen. Tex.
The trip of some go to 70 miles
gave Gen. Eisenhower further
view Of the rich Rio Grande
Valley, and let him see also some
of the new town sites on both
sides Of the river whose people
were removed-Some protest
ingly-from their old homes be-
ing flooded by Falcon Reservoir
The program called for the
President to be met at the Amer
ican enc of the dam-Falcon
Village-by L. M. Lawson OF
the international Boundary and
Water Commission. who accom-
panied him to the meeting
across the border.
At the boundary line on the
dam, they were to be received by
Rafael Fuentes. Mexico's chief
Of protocol. who takes the Amer
ican visitors to the Municipal
Palact in Nuevo Guerrero for
the welcome by President Ruiz
and other officials. as troops
render honors.
Nuevo Guerrero, one of the
relocated towns. promised a
colorful greeting. From the bal
col1y of the Municipal Palace.
where the two Presidents will
meet, they will see a fiesta in
which Mexico's national SYM
phonic and ballet groups are
to- participate.
Gen. Eisenhower will spend
about an hour and a half on
Mexican soil.
The actual dedication cere-
monies start around AIS pm.
EST.
Falcon Dam becomes a reality
after about % years of planning
Conceived in the Hoover ad-
n1iniStration, it was not until
the Truman administration in
1947 that the international
Boundary and Water Commits
sion set up by the United States
and Mexico was enabled to get
started. with the signing of the
necessary treaty by President
Truman.
Primarily for flood control anc
irrigation, the five-mile dam
about 80 miles south of Laredo
is one of a series projected or
the Rio Grande. It also will gen.
crate power, but that is some
time of. The $48 million. eSti-
mated cost. most of which
has been borne by the United
States. does not include other
costs borne by both govern
mentS, including those for right
of-way purchases.
Forskes Golf Course.
President Eisenhower took
things easy at Sharyland yes
terday and did not go out on the
nine-hole golf course there. ac-
cording to James C. Hagerty
White House Press Secretary.
He went to the nearby town
Of Mission in company with Gov.
ShiverS to attend services at the
First Presbyterian Church, and
heard the pastor criticize South
erners who are unwilling to pay
the poll tax. 1t costs Texans
$1.75 to vote.
The pastor, the Rev. Ernest
T. Deutsch. who has not been
long in the Mission charge, was
preaching on the topic, Christ
in the Issues of Life"
He prayed for "those in the
Kremlin" to return to God and
with the observation that free
dom in the western world is
threatened, said:
Even in the South, a lot Of
people won't pay SITS for the
privilege Of even voting to keep
it free. / don't think they even
have the right to democracy"
The President, who had signed
the register with the Governor,
when he entered the church,
shook hands with the pastor
after the service.
The church had a capacity
congregation-209.
Visits Polio Victims.
On his way to church, the
President stopped by the home
of 15-year-old Thomas Robert
son, jr., a polio victim for two
years, for a word of cheer. The
boy is the son Of a farmer.
When Gen. Eisenhower bids