Evening star., 1959-12-05
EISENHOWER
EISENHOWER
JovioI Mood Prevails in Rome
In Spite of Incessont Rain
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continued from FIRST rage
to interpret America to other
people a little bit more en-
phatically. a little bit more ac-
curately than has been done"
In the gold and gilt Office of
United States Ambassador
James D. Zellerbach, the Pres
ident told his audience 81 do
know the United States is not
always admired"
Since I have four grand
children myself, I am much
concerned that they should
have a better life than I had"
he said.
Mr.. Eisenhower promised to
try to make sure that United
States motives are not misun-
derstood. And he gave the i'm
preston that this was what his
current historic tour is about.
The President went to the
Embassy directly from laying
q wreath at the tomb Of Italy's
unknown soldier.
This was the first Of a round
Of activities on his second rain
whipped day in the Eternal
City.
Mr.. Eisenhower seemed to
exude confidence that he would
achieve the goal he has set for
himself on this 1000. mile tour
to three continents.
The persistent downpour
which attended his arrival yes
terday continued, but it ap-
peared to have no effect on the
Presidents high spirit.
He waved Smilingly from the
rolled down window of his
closed car to admiring Romans
as he rode to and from the
wreath laying ceremony and
beamed at shouts of Viva Ike"
The rain kept the crowd down
to about / 900 at the ceremony.
Stands at Attention
The President wore a light
gray overcoat and gray hat as
he walked up the 70 steps to
the base of the tomb. He stood
at attention while the guards
placed the wreath in position.
Beaming good-naturedly, Mr..
Eisenhower last night may
have seen more Romans at a
gigantic reception in his honor
at the 400-year-old Quirinal
Palace than he saw on the
streets all day yesterday.
Some 5000 of Rome's dip,
lomatS, politicians and So
cialites turned out for the event
with their bejeweled ladies.
Mr.. Eisenhower will hold an
other conference today with
Mr.. Gronchi and Mr.. Segni
this afternoon.
A joint Italian-American
communique was promised as
a windup tonight.
A four-point agenda was re-
portedly serving as the basis
for Mr.. Eisenhower's talks with
Mr.. Segni, Mr.. Gronchi and
Foreign Minister Giuseppe
Pella. These points were under
stood to be:
/. Future American defense
strategy-ThiS is particularly
important to the Italians who
have granted long range mis-
sile bases to the United States
and have allowed a short-range
American missile unit in North
eastern Italy.
Wary of Berlin Deal
2. East-WeSt summit talks
The Italians want Mr.. Eisen-
hower's latest estimate about
the prospects for any mean
ingful agreement with the So
viets. They are wary of any
Berlin settlement which might
freeze the Berlin crisis for a
few years at the cost of en-
dangering the goal of German
unif1cation.
8. Disarmament-The Ital-
fans long have been champion
ing this goal but are insisting
on rigid controls to prevent the
Soviets from cheating in any
agreement. Italy's interest was
heightened with it's member
ship in a donation United Ma
tions Disarmament Commits
sion which is to begin work
early next month.
4. Aid to underdeveloped
areas-The Italian government
has been an ardent advocate
of this, particularly for Middle
East areas. The Segni govern
ment is reported ready to de-
vote more of its resources to
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