After Douglas MacArthur's triumphal six-city tour, his congressional testimony, and his well-photographed visits to New York's three baseball parks, it had begun to seem as if the Great Homecoming were finally over. But the general had more than one gusher of hospitality in reserve: last week he flew off to Texas (in an Eastern Airlines Constellation chartered by his oil-rich hosts) for a four-day, five-speech circuit of the Lone Star State.
Circus-day excitement reigned in the state capital at Austin when he landed, with his wife and son, for his first public appearance...
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