FEW STATESMEN WHO HAVE VISITED AMERICA HAVE RECEIVED SUCH A WELCOME OR AROUSED SUCH INTEREST AS ...

FEW STATESMEN WHO HAVE VISITED AMERICA HAVE RECEIVED SUCH A WELCOME OR AROUSED SUCH INTEREST AS AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER MR. MENZIES. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN WHEN HE ARRIVED AT NEW YORK. THE PRIME MINISTER MR. MENZIES ACKNOWLEDGES APPLAUSE FROM SPECTATORS ON THE OBSERVATION PLATFORMS AT LA GUARDIA MARINE BASE, NEW YORK AFTER CLIPPER CROSSING FROM LISBON. WITH HIM IS MAJOR ELMER HASLETT, LA GUARDIA FIELD MANAGER. FOLLOWING THEM ARE THE SECRETARY TO THE WAR CABINET MR. F.G. SHEDDEN, AND MR. JOHN STOREY, MEMBER OF THE AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION COMMISSION. (NEGATIVE BY MR MENZIES).