Evening star., 1953-06-14
Eisenhower Flies
Over Tornado Area,
Pledges Federal Aid
By Joseph A. Fox
SinE Sfoff Corra.nendanf

HANOVER, N. H., June 13-
President Eisenhower saw the
trail of Mondays tornado in
Flint, Mich. as he few over the
battered city late today and
then quickly radioed a message
to the people there pledgine
help.
Enroute from his trout-flshing
holiday in the Black Hills to &C
cept an honorary degree and
speak at Dartmouth Colleges
commencement here tomorrow
Gen. Eisenhower had a close
look at the swath cut by the tor
nado which cost more than 10C
lives. His plane cruised over
Flint at 1000 feet in the bright
sunshine. The accompanying
press correspondents trailed the
president from a vantage point
200 feet higher.
Extends Sympathies
The Presidents message, ad-
dressed to the Mayor OF Flint
said:
even a fleeting look at thu
destroyed section Of your city
such as we were able to obtair
as we few over it today, clearly
shows the destructive force of
tornado and the extent of thu
disaster suffered by many OF YOU
citizens.
MY sympathies and bes1
wishes to each of those families
together with the assurance thai
all appropriate agencies, includ'
ing the Federal Government, viii
cooperate to assist them in thi'
time of trouble"
The President already has des'
ignated Flint and Worcester
Mass, as disaster areas to paw
the way for extending Fedora
aid to the two communities.
Plans Worcester Tour.
Gen. Eisenhower plans a sim
liar inspection Of the TORNADO
damage around Worcester to
morrow afternoon while flyinI
to Oyster Bay, Long Island. N. Y
for the dedication of Sagamor
Hill. Theodore Roosevelt's oil,
home, as a memorial to the 26tl
President.
Gen. Eisenhower slanded a
Lebanon Airport, eight mile
from Hanover, at 8 o'clock to
night, after a fight Of six hour
and IS minutes from Rapid Cit,
S. OAK, where he drove thi
morning from his vacation re
treatsat the State game lodge il
Custer State Park.
Awaiting him at Lebanon wa
Dartmouth's president, John S
Dickey. at whose home Gen Ell
senhower Is spending the night
The trip here was a home
coming for Gen. Eisenhower
top aide, Sherman Adams, VIII,
came to the White House from
the New Hampshire governor
ship.
Will Receive Degree.
Gen. Eisenhower is speaking
briefly at Dartmouth. when h,
receives a honorary LID. de-
gree-hiS second in recent weeks
William and Mary College con
ferred this honor on the Chic
Executive last month.
dent will go on to oyster Bay 70
another extemporaneouS talk q
Sycamore Hill.
He'll land at Mitchell Fiel,
and drive to Oyster Bay in com
pany with Gov. Dewey Of New
York and COP National Chair
man Leonard w. Hall, who 1
active in the Roosevelt Memoria
Association which Is taking owe
Sycamore Hill.
Then starts the return tt
Washington where Gen. Eisen
hover is due at 7::35 pm.
Goes Trout Fishing.
Gen. Eisenhower thorough.
enjoyed his stay in the Blacl
Hills country in South Dakots
where he arrived late Thursda!
and got in a long day of trou
fishing that left him highl,
pleased-and wanting more.
A parting token of the trip wa
a pair Of cowboy boots and {
broad-brimmed hat presentet
by Gov. Sigurd Anderson.
The Air Force base in Rap1s
City here was rededicated toda.
as Ellsworth Base, in honor o
Brig. Gen. Richard Ellsworth
who was killed last March in /,
plane crash in Newfoundland
Gen. Eisenhower unveiled tn,
memorial plaque marking tn
field.