LUNCH AT GUILDHALL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 3 September 1942, Page 5

LUNCH AT GUILDHALL

U.S. SOLDIERS GUESTS OF CITY OF LONDON WELCOMING SPEECHES GIVEN i (Rec. 11 a.m.) Rugby, Sept. 2. Two hundred officers and men of the United States Army, and 20 marines marched through the West End of Lon. don to the city this afternoon to lunch at the Guildhall as guests of the City of London. The Army detachments were marching in squads of 50 drawn from all arms of the service and huge crowds lining the route gave them a tremendous cheer. Among the guests were the Deputy-Prime Minister, Mr Attlee, the American Ambassador, Mr J. G. Winant, the Foreign Minister, Mr Eden, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr A. V. Alexander, other Cabinet Ministers, and Sir John Dill. British military representative in U.S. The Lord Mayor, welcoming the guests, said this was the first meal to be served in the Guildhall since it had been repaired after the German bombing blitz. Major-General Lee, replying, said: “We came over here for the duration and none of us want to return home until victory has crowned our efforts.” Mr Eden said: “The Americans have come 3000 miles over a perilous sea to join with us in a cause. The United Nations have united to overthrow the most shameless and inhuman tyranny the world has ever seen and have united to put in its place a world where men can live and work freely. We believe that the futures of Britain and the United States must be worked out in the closest possible partnership and understanding. Our soldiers and United States soldiers are forerunners in the cause which we are all serving. When they pass to offensive action it is they who will mark the return of liberty to the European Continent.”— BOW.