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...magnetic appeal. Wherever he went, dedicating public works (many of them unfinished) that he wanted identified with his regime, crowds collected and cheered. At his residence one morning, 10,000 civil servants serenaded him, then presented him with an unofficial medal of gratitude. Later a 200-car caravan, filled with nearly 1,000 men, women & children, arrived outside the palace from Nogales, on the Arizona border, to thank the retiring leader for his public works...
...adventures enough to impress Tom Sawyer: a Living Buddha trusts them with a secret message, a great bandit prince bows down to do them reverence, a buried treasure opens to their shovels in a ruined city. The story never rips & snorts; it moves with the pace of a desert caravan. But in its freshness and steady excitement it has some of the marks of a real children's classic...
...Eisenhower caravan will come down Massachusetts Avenue from Central Square after giving a major speech at the Boston Common. HYRC President Edward R. Schroeder '53 says his group has plans for a rousing reception for the General in the Square. HYRC members will also distribute campaign literature at the Common speech. Eisenhower's parade through Cambridge is part of his week-long tour of New England...
...Republicans would not debate some of "the solemn questions" facing the U.S. "Their whole campaign," he gibed, "reminds me of a phonograph record that monotonously repeats 'I love you, I love you, I love you' -and adds 'honey chile' and a rebel yell when the caravan moves South." In Albuquerque he warned against "the Communist conspiracy within the U.S.," and promised: "Under me as President of the United States, federal agencies will deal sternly . . . with all who would betray their country and their freedom...
...they moved on through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Tennessee and Florida, their crowds grew in size, and so did their equipment. When George's family joined Lawrence's on the road, the Brunk caravan swelled to three trailers and two more tents, the largest built to shelter 6,000. They also bought a small airplane which George pilots to reconnoiter future camp sites...