Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-01-21

3 brought money to coffee ven.
tween Massachusetts and Texas.
No one stopped him as he
carried his Demand Freedom
for Poland and Captive Nations
and Stop Communism"
A half-hour after they
stepped into the reviewing
stand, Mrs. Kennedy left and
other Kennedys took her place
-Eunice taking pictures with q
movie camera, Mr.. Kennedy's
cousin. Anne Gardner. a blue
plaid babusha around her head
which was later tucked into her
fur coat collar.
Vice President Lyndon John.
son. distinguishedly at home in
a topper instead Of his To-
gallon hat, took a special inter-
est in the Texas unit which
claimed "the worlds largest
drum" banged by an over six
foot drummer who had to jump
off the ground to hit the top
Of it.
Stays to End
Lady Bird johnson, nestled
in a soft fur coat, stayed
gamely to the end, seldom
moving from her front row seat.
A white-coated waiter brought
China cups of coffee and waters
on a silver tray, quickly downed-
by President Kennedy and the
group. Once Mr.. Kennedy set
his empty cup on the front rail
Of the stand. There it remained
to watch the rest of the parade.
Some Of the aura of Home
coming football games, so fam
liar to the Kennedys, sur
rounded the parade. They sat
on red pillows and draped
blankets around themselves and
ran up and down steps to shake
hands and some jiggled up and
down in time with the music
and to keep their feet warm.
A loud laugh rippled through
the crowd just before the pa
rade began when a bus labeled
Kennedy family" hurried past.
A bystander said there are al
most as many of them as there
are floats"
Edward r. Murrow, black
homburg on straight, black
shoes glistening. contrasted to
the photographers. looking like
fugitives from PIX stores in
their warm Army surplus
clothing, as they all arrived in
front Of the reviewing stand al
the same time.
Parade Comes
Told he could hurdle the wall
to get to the TV stand, Mr..
Murrow said I'm q little too
old for that" looked at the
crowd and decided that was too
much to battle, scaled the wall
anyway.
Then came the parade.
There were few cheers for the
cabinet members, except for
Adlai Stevenson. peering out Of
q small grey convertible. and
exuberantly waving Bobby
Kennedy.
They all rather jovially took
their places in the stands q
little after 3 pm. BY $50.
they had almost all quietly
disappeared. Attendants were
picking up pillows and blan-
kets. The bleachers lining that
side of the street were as de-
serted as though it were the
day after the parade.
Everyone who stayed became
folksy, joking. When Mr.. Ken
nedy looked directly across the
street, an out-of-town photog-
rapher waved and shouted,
I'm at the Statler!"
Mr.. Kennedy, Lyndon john
son and Orville Freeman tried
on each others top hats.
Look at them stay" marveled
parade official. They fought
everything to get here. I re-
member when he gave a speech
as a Congressman in a little
town in Massachusetts, and he
didn't draw 80 people"
This is a memory that won't
be repeated for the next four
years.
At his first parade as Presi-
dent, the young, calm, poised
man firmly established his pop
ularity with the masses.
People had a free and easy
Identification with him. As a
quarter moon looked down on
Pennsylvania avenue and the
crowd trudged away. more than
one called, Good night, Jack"