PRESIDENT COSGROVE IN AMERICA

IRISH INDEPENDENT 2 April 1928

   SUCCESS  OF  THE TOUR

   THE  CLOSING DAY

(From FRANK J.  GEARY,  Special Representative   of   the   “Irish Independent.”) New York,  Friday.

President Cosgrave’s tour concluded to-day  with  a  comparatively  quiet programme. There is a feeling of profound satisfaction among the party,  at the end of  the  hustle  and  round of engagements,  at  the  great success of  the tour.

The  President  paid a number  of private calls to-day, including a visit to  Mr. John  Devoy.  He attended a reception and luncheon given at the Lawyers’ Club by Judge Cohalan, and met many prominent citizens there.

The tour closed to-night, when the President attended the dinner of the St.  Patrick’s   Society,   Brookly,  and paid  a  midnight visit to the Emerald Ball  at  the  Waldorf   Astoria  Hotel. He will drive direct from the hotel to the steamer, which will sail at 3 a.m.

PRESIDENT GRATIFIED

The president is highly pleased with the  result  of  his  visit,  and  the  very enthusiastic  reception  which was accorded to him everywhere he went. He looks forward to very good results from his   tour,  and   believes  that  there  is an   enthusiastic   feeling  among  Irish-Americans  with  regard  to  the  future of the country.

He believes that immeasurable good for  Ireland  will  result  from  the visits he has paid.   The great Press publicity attracted the attention of hundreds of thousands of Americans whose knowledge of Irish political,  economic and financial   conditions   was   extremely limited.

 Re-typed by Hannah Mustapha