The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-08
Reaction in U. s.

New York, Nov. 8.-(Up) .-Amerl- can reaction to the Duke of Wind- sor's cancellation of plans for an industrial tour of the United States this month varied today from ex- precision of the belief that tits just as welr' to criticism of American manners.
 Most commentators agreed that dukes selection of Charles Y. Be- daux, American engineer who in- vented an industrial speed-up sys- tenn, as his guide and adviser was unfortunate. Almost all of them looked upon the duke as Q pathetic figure who can be neither . king nor Q private citizen.
 The American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic thank the Baltimore Federation of Labor for calling the national at- tention to the basic facts of Ameri. can life" in its criticism of the dukes proposed visit under the di- rection of Bedaux.
 Pays People Q Compliment
 The New York Post and the Phil- adelphia Record both said the duke paid the American people Q conn pliment" by cancealtng his visit. The Post added that Windsor has hiln- self and his associations with notorious reactionaries and FaScistS to thank for his loss of esteem In this country"
 The Los Angeles Times felt that the postponement called attention to the boorishness of the A. F. Of L." and that the duke was entitled to Q courteous reception"
 The Philadelphia Evening Bull letin said the duke was Q victim of circumstances" and the New York Herald Tribune said that col- lapse of his plans lay somewhere on the border between pathos and personal tragedy" The duke, the Harold Tribune added, "divested himself of none of the penalties of kingship, only of its defenses."
 Public Character No Longer
 H. c. Wells, British author on lecture tour in this country, said of the duke that "he Is no longer public character" and the Hartford (Conn.) Courant saw him as mot only 0 man without country but man without job" whose great est need was "a set of good ad- viSers."
 The New York Times suggested in an editorial column that the duke might receive an enthusiastic well come in Soviet Russia" where "the industrial speed-up system under the name of stakhanofilsn is a ma jor Stalin policy"
 The Kansas City Times in an edi- torial cartoon showed the duchess, chin in hand, asking an abstracted duke, well, David, what the hell shall we do now2"
 The Oklahoma City Times added free America to the list of nations that is bounding the duke" and called the charges of labor concern ing the proposed trip both "crude and rude and not in any sense good sportsmanship."
 Victim of Fate
 The Schenectady (N. Y) Union- Star said the duke was again victim of fate" but the New York Daily News blamed the circus aura" of the dukes plans before the car- cellation on "a little Baltimore girls ambition to come back and swank around in her own home country" The News said if the British gov- ernment had given the duke "a nice castle somewhere in England" and told him to "come on home and .. keep quiet" the current embarrass. ment could have been avoided.
 The Chicago Times thought 1t was "a good thing MT. Bedaux is out and offered to assign a reporter "to show the duke around" if he decided to make the trip later.
 The Kansas City Journal-Post said the duke was "an excellent prince" but an "inexpert private citizen"
 The Boston Traveller said the duke acted ''like a gentleman" but a gentleman "who has an unhappy faculty for falling into the wrong company"
 Just as We'll
 The Howard newspapers said that perhaps it's just as well that the Duke of Windsor has post poned his American tour" If his position Is such he can't risk cen- sure. they added-"Well. this coun- try just isn't the sort of place that he should visit. especially under the chaperonage of MT. Bedaux."
 The Cleveland Plain Dealer saw in American reaction to the dukes plans American manners at near their worst"
 Tn Canada. which the duke was not scheduled to visit, comment was cautious and "off the record" Gov. ernment officials privately expressed disappointment and the belief was general that the duke was "misun.