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Upon arrival at the Plaza de Armas, on which the Presidential Palace faces, the Vice-President left his carriage and proceeded on foot to the front of the Palace, where he gave a short response to President Prado's welcome. This ceremony was no more than five minutes in length. It should be noted that upon the arrival of the official party to the Palace there were present in the Plaza approximately fifty thousand people. It was noted that there was much hissing and booing during the speech of Presiddnt Prado. Also, a large percentage of the crowd demonstrated their Apriste sympathies by waving of white handkerchiefs in the Aprista salute. From this it was apparent that the Plaza de Armas and Presidential Falace had been designated by the Aprista Party as the congregating point for Party members. However, upon the response of Vice-President WALLACE to the welcome by President Prado, no signs of antagonism or political difference were made. Mr. WALLACE was received with hearty accord by all present. On the side of the Plaza de Armas opposite the Presicential Palace, school children were arranged in two huge bleachers so that their colored costumes formed the flags of Peru and the United States. At this time the national anthems of the two countries were played again, and the Star Spangled Banner was sung in English. Upon his errivel at the Palace, Vice-President WALLACE granted a press conference at which were present approximately forty newspaper and press correspondents from Peru and the United States. At this conference there were present representatives of United Press, Associated Press, Trans-Radio Press Service, New York Times, Baltimore Sun, and El Comercio, ‘La Prensa, La Noche, and other outstanding Peruvian newspapers and periodicals. A This conference was very general. Questions asked were mostly by personal, and it was apparent that the newspaper correspondents were attempting to cultivate Mr. WALLACE's goodwill by staying away from political and diplomatic questions. There were, however, two questions placed to him of this type. One reminded him of a statement he had made at a Panamanian press conference to the effect that the U. 5. Government was thankful for the Communist intervention into the war. The question placed was:as to whether or not the United States placed Communism on a basis with Pan- Americanism. To this Mr. WALLACE answered: "At the present time Pan= Americanism is not sufficient. Communism is necessary to effect a world peace." The second question placed to Mr. WALLACE was as to what would be brought to the man on the street by the present Pan-Americanism program, to which Mr. WALLACE responded that he did not understand what was meant by the "man on the street" but that attempt would be made to help everyone, both in the United States and in South America. He stated that any commercial crisis which might arise during or after the war could not be judged or foreseen at this time.