FRIEDBERG, NEAR FRANKFURT, WEST, GERMANY (1 Mar 1960) REUTERS
ELVIS PRESLEY ARRIVNG FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE
ELVIS PRESLEY SPEKING (ENGLISH): "I mean if somebody can come up and make it, well, more the power to them, because I'm a boy glad of the success I've had. You know, I couldn't be envious of some other young or new guy that's trying to make it too, because, as the old saying goes, I've been down that road before. I have three pictures in a row to do. I hope they won't all be rock-and-roll pictures because I've made four already and you can only get away with that so long, I'm thinking in terms I'd like a little more of the serious rolls, because my ambition is to progress as an actor, which takes a long time and a lot of experience."
Background: American rock-and-roll singer Elvis Presley held a press conference March 1, at Ray Barracks, Friedberg, near Frankfurt, before leaving the 3rd United States Armoured Division where he has spent the last 18 months of his National Service training in West Germany.
Answering questions by international pressmen, 25-year-old Presley talked about his plans for returning to the world of Show Business. He said (SOF): Special military police guarded the gates of the barracks to ensure that no teen-age girls forced their way in. Despite all precautions several girls managed go slip through and mobbed the singer for his autograph.
Army officials have arranged for Presley to fly back to the United States, instead of taking the normal troop ship. This to prevent any of his fans staging similar scenes of the kind that greeted him when he first arrived in West Germany.