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    "ocrText": "HOTEL COMMODORE\nKHRUSHCHEV AT THE\nHorse\nSEPTEMBER 17, 1959\nAn Historic Day\n'OH,\nSAY CAN\nYOU SEE?\"\nChorused 1200 Guests- -\nShown on dais at the Hotel Commodore\nare\ntop row (left to right): Soviet Ambassador\nMenshikov; U.N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge,\nJr.; Mr. Khrushchev; Vladimir Sukhodrev, his in-\nterpreter; Mayor Wagner; Richard C. Patterson,\nJr., Commissioner of Commerce and Public Events,\nand Alexander Akalovsky, State Department inter-\npreter. Bottom row (left to right): William Zecken-\ndorf, Sr., President of Webb & Knapp; Floyd Odlum,\naircraft manufacturer; Lawrence E. Gerosa, City\nController; Vasily Yemelyanov, Soviet atomic\nenergy chief; Abe Stark, City Council President.\nExcerpts from the speech of HENRY CABOT LODGE, JR.\nUNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS\n\"I hope and believe that we and the Soviet Union are united in our common desire not to be\ndestroyed by another world war\n\"There have been periods in our history when we felt so remote here between our two oceans\nthat we took our ideals for granted - and some of us even forgot about them altogether. I hope\nyou will believe me when I say that you have waked us up and have made us more conscious\nof the great ideals on which our country rests\n\"\nExcerpt from the speech of HON. ROBERT F. WAGNER\nMAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK\n\"Of course we shall live, and we shall live together, somehow. Visits like that of Chairman\nKhrushchev here may help. We all fervently pray that it may\n:\nHOTEL\nOMMODORE\nN.Y. Herald Tribune Photo\nExcerpts from the speech of NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV\nCHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS\n\"The question of the state and social systems prevailing in this or that country is one to be\nsolved by each nation in the respective country. If you like capitalism, and I am sure that you\ndo, God's with you. Continue in your efforts, but take care, a new system has emerged. A system\nthat has started to tread on your heels\n\"So let us compete peacefully and build our relations so to increase the friendly ties\nbetween us, on the basis of peaceful coexistence\n\"\nExcerpt from the speech of RICHARD C. PATTERSON, JR.\nCOMMISSIONER OF COMMERCE AND PUBLIC EVENTS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK\n\"We welcome Nikita S. Khrushchev to our city, and hope that here he will see the living proof\nthat peoples of all nations, races and creeds can dwell together in harmony. Understanding is\nthe catalyst through which this is accomplished\n\"\nEFFECTIVE 1664\nLuncheon\nin honor of\nHis Excellency Nikita S. Khrushchev\nChairman of the Council of Ministers,\nUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics\ngiven by\nThe Honorable Robert F. Wagner\nMayor of the City of New York\nMenu\nApéritif\nCRAB MEAT COCKTAIL\n-\nPinot Noir,\nTENDERLOIN OF BEEF\nBuena Vista\nNEW STRING BEANS SAUTÉ\nPOTATOES BOULANGERE\n-\nDESSERT MERINQUE GLACÉ\nDEMI TASSE\nHotel Commodore\nThursday, September 17, 1959"
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