The Grin and the Outstretched Arms

São Paulo, Brazil

As the President’s jet aircraft screamed north toward Puerto Rico, as the Coxey’s army of newshawks filed their last rush copy, as the cruisers and helicopters and Flying Boxcars began loading the tons of special equipment used on the Presidential visit, those of us who had seen Ike come, smile and depart sighed in relief and felt a patriotic glow over the applauding multitudes who had greeted him.