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Show Rep. King Welcomes President De Gaulle As President Charles De Gaulle Thursday in the United States, Rep. David S. King of Utah gave an official welcome to him in French over the Voice of America. Amer-ica. Because he is fluent in French Congressman King was chosen by the Voice of America to give its greeting to the French President Presi-dent in a broadcast heard in most of western Europe, and carried by more than 20 stations in the French network. This was the fifth broadcast which Mr. King has made for the Voice of America since he took office last year. In his greeting he observed, in part, "It goes without saying that the American people will receive President De Gaulle with great enthusiasm. Our people have been profoundly impressed with the leadership he has displayed and with the message he gave before the House of Commons in his recent visit to Great Britain. Mr. King's greeting also recalled re-called bright personal memories of another great Frenchman, Georges Clemenceau. When the Congressman spent a year in France as a boy, his Paris home was across the street from that of Premier Clemenceau, then looked upon by the world as the "tiger of France." |