Show Truman Makes 1st Mexico City City Trip rip by President Military Music Salute Welcome Chief Executive at Airport I IBy By MERRIMAN l Sl SMITH TH MEXICO CITY March 3 UP President UP UP President Truman arrived here Monday in his private priva e airplane the Sacred Cow Gowat at 1054 am a.m. EST on a visit of three days the first by a U U. S S. chief ex executive to this Mexican capital in the history of the two nations As Mr Truman descended from his plane in front of th the administration adminis building President Miguel walked down a flight of specially constructed steps from the balcony of the building When President Truman appeared ap In the door of his plane a mn military tary band began to play and anda a battery of ot guns started t a gun 21 salute Mr Truman doffed his liLs Is hat in response to a. a cheer and hand clapping from the few civilians permitted inside the airport Shake Hands As the salute ended the band struck up The St Spangled Star Banner after which the two presidents presidents prest- prest dents advanced from the their positions post post- Hons about 30 feet apart to shake hands cordially The introductions were made by U. U S. S Ambassador Walter Valter Thurston Thurton who had m met t Mr Truman at the foot of the steps leading down from the plane After chatting a few minutes and making formal presentations ns of members of the presidents president's pa party ty and Mexican officials the party walked between a d double uble row of troops carrying bayoneted ted rifles to a tribunal across tile the street Mr Truman took off at am a.m. EST from the Kansas City Kan Ran I Fairfax airport which was covered cov coy ered in a heavy mantle of snow I The e president left W Washington Washington- n. n e early rIy S Sunday day and spent most of ot th the day at the beside of his 94 year old mother Mrs Martha E. E Truman In Grandview Mo Mother l Tine FIne The presidents president's mother fell two iwo weeks ago and broke her hip A A consultation of doctors doctors' said her condition was fine but she probably probably probably ably will be confined to her bed bedfor bedfor for the rest of her life This was the first visit of ot an anA an I A American president to Ito the the- sister i republic of Mexico since ince the late President Roosevelt met President Avilla Camacho at Monterrey in bi April 1943 Shortly following Mr Truman's Truman visit to Mexico City Aleman will return the gesture and visit the American chief executive in Washington Traveling with Mr Truman was the Mexican ambassador to the I United States Antonio Espinoso de de do Los and the full presidential staff including Adm Mm William D. D Leahy chief of staff to the president Mr Truman's plane was accompanied accompanied I by two other is DC-is DC bearing bearing- secret service agents newspaper and radio dio r reporters porters and raphers To Give Dinner Espinoso will give a state dinner Monday night for Mr Truman who will speak in a world-wide world broadcast The president was e expected ex cx- to renew again the good neighbor policy originally developed developed devel devel- aped by the late President Roosevelt Reese Roose velt veil Aleman will speak first firt in ina a a. broadcast b beginning ginning at 1030 pm p.m. EST On the way home from Mexico the president will speak again at Waco Tex where he will receive an honorary degree from Baylor university on March 6 Both Mexico speeches Mexico City and Waco Waco will will deal with the importance import import- ance of good relations between this country and Mexico Monday Mr Truman will have hav lunch at the American embassy In Mexico City with Walter Thurston Thurston Thurs Thurs- ton the American ambassador Dinner Monday night will wUl be atthe atthe at atthe the national palace Two Receptions Set Tuesday Mr Truman will place of the Mexican Mexican a wreath at the U base can Independence ce monument and then give a a. luncheon at the embassy embassy em em- bassy for Aleman In the afternoon afternoon after after- noon there will be two receptions one one at the embassy and one atthe at atthe the foreign affairs m ministry Wednesday Mr Truman Win will flyover flyover fly flyover over the volcano and visit the pyramids of ot not far from Mexico City He will He-will will receive members of the American and colony during the afternoon dine with Aleman that night He takes off oft for Waco at 7 1 am a.m. EST ESTon on Thursday Mr Truman went to Mexico well prepared t to discuss with Aleman an up- up the minute the minute program program program pro pro- pro pro- gram of ot cooperation including this country's efforts to aid Mexico co in bringing under control the latest up flare-up of ot the hoof and mouth disease i i I |