Home from a tour of the Philippines, General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, 81, who had his differences with the last Democratic President, received an unexpected invitation to a White House luncheon with a bipartisan body of Government leaders. After President Kennedy praised MacArthur for his "triumphant" tour, the general thanked the President for making him "feel a part of the current scene." Later the vigorous vintage soldier offered his impressions of the onetime sailor in the White House: "He seems to have changed very little since he was one of my PT-boat...
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