ARRIVAL IN CAPITAL

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26944, 21 January 1953, Page 7

ARRIVAL IN CAPITAL

Crowds Greet New President

WASHINGTON, January 19. Mr Eisenhower last night arrived in Washington to take the oath of office as the thirty-fourth President of the United States.

The President-elect arrived with members of his family after making the journey by special train from New York. In Washington, as in New York, Mr Eisenhower found the streets crammed with people anxious for a look at the man who, by a landslide vote, was elected their leader for the next four years.

In New York Mr Eisenhower shook hands with 12 motor-cycle policemen who had escorted his eight-car motor parade to the station and then, with a final wave and V for victory sign towards the crowd, he stepped into his compartment on the train.

Ih Washington, where he was greeted by Mr John Foster Dulles, Mr Eisenhower drove to his hotel. Elsewhere in the capital the Republicans celebrated their return from the political backwoods with unrestrained enthusiasm. The major social events were an official reception for State Governors and distinguished guests, and a concert given by the National Symphony Orchestra in honour of Mr Eisenhower’s arrival. The so-called inaugural festival will take place tonight. This will be a bigscale variety show, featuring many stage and Hollywood stars, but Mr Eisenhower will not attend. He will remain "in the wings’’ until inauguration day itself.