Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-28
Presidents Stamina Outdoes Aides
In Swift-Poced 4-Country Tour
BY MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
Associated Press stan Writer

BY MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
Associated Press stan Writer
BARHOCHE, Argentina, Feb.
81. - President Eisenhower is
again standing up amazingly
we'll under the grueling physi-
cal punishment of a swift-paced
tour abroad.
And he seems to be scoring
a great personal triumph on
this visit to South America, just
as he did when he travelled to
IL nations of Europe, Asia and
Africa last December.
In the case of both tours
particularly this one now at
the halfway mark-it remains
to be seen whether he will
achieve his goal of a major
contribution to world peace
through personal diplomacy.
There would be no doubt about
it, if a mans popularity were
the only issue.
Got Big Welcome
A highpoint of the Eisen-
hover acclaim on this 15,600-
mile tour into Brazil, Argen-
tina, Chile and Uruguay came
yesterday in the great tribute
paid him in Buenos Aires.
Argentines, generally re-
garded as much less demonstra-
tive than some of their Latin
American neighborS, gave the
President a tumultuous well
come which far outstripped the
receptions he got earlier in the
week in Brazil, where he got
rousing welcomes in three cities
-Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and
Sac Paulo.
In those cities a total Of
perhaps million people turned
out to greet him. In Buenos
Aires, United States Secret
Service Chief U. E. Baughman
estimated that between 100000
and l million damned the city's I
streets as he rode in whiting f
heat in an open car.
Buenos Aires police easily
handled a scant turnout of
spectators at the start of the I
six-mile parade. but had their
hands full keeping the motor T
cade moving through packed, :
cheering crowds in the down.
town area. I
Peronists Demonstrate
In Buenos Aires the Presi- r
dent for the first time en- !,
countered diversionary demon L
strations Of any size or signif-
icance. s.
Two political elements were t
Observation-Disclosures of Argen- Ii
tina's deposed dictator. Juan
D. Peron, and a left-wing So ?,
cialist splinter group. y
The left-wing Socialists de- r
cried Mr.. EiSenhower'S visit 4
and burned American flags. n
The PeronistS, who lean toward
nationalism, chanted "Peron"
in demonstrations that were
regarded as aimed not at Mr.. ;,
Eisenhower but at the Argen- y
tine administration of Presi- q
dent Arturo Frondizi. Police "
moved in and arrested some :
of both groups. =
Mr.. EisenhoWer's tour, which =
started last Tuesday i'll Brazil, q
will take him next week into :,
Chile and Uruguay. He will re- =
lax at golf Friday and Satur- :
day in Puerto Rico and arrive .
back in Washington a week q
from tomorrow.
At the midway point. the =
same question that kept pop y
ping up all during the De- v
cember tour is being asked I
everywhere he goes: How does q
he stand it,"
This tour is perhaps a bit n
less rugged than the last. For n
one thing, he is visiting only t.
four nations and he will be in t.
South America 10 days as COM
pared with 10 days in Europe, Il
Asia and Africa. F
Mr.. Eisenhower once again il
putting in 15-to-18-hour days n
and appears to thrive on the b
activity. p
Nonstop Schedule U
In Buenos Aires yesterday, n
for example, he was out Of bed "
before 7 am. and didn't start fl
back from state dinner until s
midnight. He had a couple OF
short breathers during the day.
but all in all it was a mighty
busy time for the 69-year-old A
Chief of State. b
For so minutes without a
break he was on his feet IN
an open car on the drive from
the United States Embassy re-
sidence to Government House.
The heat was intense under a
blazing sun.
After a brief rest, Mr.. Eisen-
hover rode through another
huge crowd, addressed the
Argentine Congress, and then
with the crowds still surging
travelled back to the embassy s.
residence. He got in an hours n
rest and then turned up look n
ing fresh-and sunburned-at e
an embassy reception.
A bit later he was off to the D
Frondizi state dinner. At mid il
night, when his aides already IL
had been dropping for some b
time, he still had some spring a
in his step.
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