Evening star., 1953-06-13
President Heads Easi
After He and Nehru
Voice Truce Hopes
By Joseph A. Fox
SsuT Ssoff Correspondent

CUSTER STATE PARK, s.
OAK, June 13.-President Eisen-
hover heads East today after a
brief Black Hills holiday during
which he sent a message to In
dia's Prime Minister Nehru ex-
pressing hope the Korean pris-
oner Of war agreement will
speedily lead to an armistice
and just peace in Korea and to
a relaxing Of world tension"
The President caught seven
trout during a one-day break in
Pthe five-State speaking tour
which took him to Minnesota
and the Dakotas earlier in the
week and will take him to New
Hampshire tonight and New
York tomorrow. His message
was sent after the Indian leader
cabled his congratulations to
Gen. Eisenhower for "his leader
ship at this crucial moment"
1.-THE United States" Mr..
Nehru said, under the leader
ship of the President, has played
a wise and generous part in these
negotiations which have resulted
in an agreement. >. .. I earnestly
trust that this agreement will
lead to peace, not only in the
Far East but elsewhere"
Hopes for Just Peace.
The Presidents reply, cabled
to Mr.. Nehru in London through
the Indian Ambassador in Wash
ington, read as follows:
II thank you for your message
regarding the prisoner-of-war
agreement reached at Panmun-
jom. I greatly appreciate your
words regarding the part which
the United States has played in
this matter.
1T is my earnest hope that
this agreement will speedily lead
to an armistice and just peace
in Korea and to a relaxing of
world tensions.
"India's participation in the
work of the repatriation commits
sion will mark a further signif1-
cant contribution toward these
ends"
India is one of the members
of a five-nation commission set
up under the Panmunjom agree
ment to handle POW repatria-
ton.
Gen. Eisenhower's trout-fishing
interlude in the streams of the
Black Hills helped along the
legend Of Eisenhower luck"
Timely Arrival.
A couple of his Republican
predecessors in the White House
who toyed with the fishing past
time never appeared in very
heroic roles when performing
for photographers. In fact, the
pictures made them look like
they would rather be anywhere
but where the camera caught
them.
For Gen. Eisenhower it was
different. .se. r
He had spent four or five hours
whipping the streams without
any appreciable results when
photographers finally caught up
with him in French Greek, a
spot in the wilderness about 20
miles from the presidential
headquarters here.
Within five minutes, as the
cameras ground, the buoyant
President landed three big rain
bow trout that were headed
without ceremony to the deep
freeze.
Were just keeping the big
ones; let the little ones co." the
President chuckled as his fishing
luck continued.
Senator Case, Republican, of
South Dakota, was an interested
onlooker.
TITS phenomenal" he said,
watching the presidential catch.
"It'S better than a Hollywood
production. You'd almost think
it was staged"
May View Tornado Damage.
The President may take look
at the tornado damage in Worces-
ter, Mass, on his way to New
Hampshire to take part in the
Dartmouth College commence
ment exercises at Hanover to-
morrow.
Murray Snyder, acting press