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 haps, or a flare-up of public opin- ion in the United States based on the fact that Britain still owes the United States billions of dollars in war debts. Some Britons had fear ed that people of the United States would draw the conclusion that the king and queen had gone to enlist their sympathies for the next war"
 All Doubts Dispelled
 But the warmth of the receptions in Washington, New York, Hyde Park and other towns on the way had dispelled these doubts and con- firmed the wisdom, from the Brit ish empires viewpoint, of the royal journey to America.
 Today the king and queen headed into the last phase of that visit four more days of receptions in Canada before they sail on the liner Empress of Britain, from Halifax, for home. In these four days they will visit New Brunswick, Prince Ed ward Island and Nova Scotia, the only three of the nine Canadian provinces they had not visited in crossing Canada to the Pacific and back before they entered the Unit- ed States.
 In addition to 8 brief stop at Sherbrooke, there were receptions scheduled today at Lewis and Isi- viere Du Loup, the former at 6:05 p. m. and the latter at 9:25 p. m.
 Official Farewell
 Although there were spectators at most of the Northern New York railway stations to watch the royal train pass between midnight and dawn, the official farewell to the royal visitors was made by the pres ident and Mrs. Roosevelt, the pres ident's mother, Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, and crowd of several hundred at the Hyde Park station.
 It had been a comparatively quiet and strange Sunday for the rulers of one-fourth of the worlds area and population that are Great Brit ain. They had worshiped, beside the president and Mrs. Roosevelt, in the little, ivy-covered, 128-year- old St. James Episcopal church at Hyde Park, had bowed in prayer, joined in singing hymns, heard a sermon on "neighborliness," by the Rt. Rev. Henry St. George Tucker, presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in America.
 Enjoyed Everything
 They had gone riding through the Roosevelt Duchess Hill estate, with the president at the wheel; tasted their first American "hot dogs" at Mrs. Roosevelt's picnic and, to all appearances, had enjoyed them. Beer was among the liquid re- freshments served to the as- semblage of some 150 at the out door party, and reports varied as to whether the king and MT. Roosevelt drank beer. No reporters or photo graphers were present and some of the guests later reported that the king had drunk beer; others hadn't seen him do so.
 The king and MT. Roosevelt later went swimming in an outdoor pool beside Val Kill cottage, on the pres ident's estate.
 Exchange Of Gifts
 The courtesieS at the Roosevelt estate ended with an exchange of gifts. When the king and queen came downstairs from their rooms at the presidents home, they car- ried package which they present. ed to MT. Roosevelt's mother. It contained a silver picture frame with the royal crest, and auto graphed pictures of the king and queen. Prime Minister w. L. Mac kenzie King gave the president and Mrs. Roosevelt a silver bowl. The king was reported to have given MT. Roosevelt a massive silver-gilt inkpot bearing the royal coat of arms, and a plate commemorating the visit. The president and Mrs. Roosevelt gave their autographed photographs to the king and queen. It was shortly before Il p. m. when the king and queen and their noSts arrived at the Hyde Park sta- ton to board the train.
 IN Last Handshake Given Last to receive the kings farewell handshake were the president and Mrs, Roosevelt.
 Members of the royal entourage felt ak they left the United States that the warmth and extent of the reception meant perhaps. for one thing, that opinion in this country was beginning to realize more gen- erally that Britain is one of the great defenders of the system under which Americans live.
 These men believed 1t meant that In the United States there would exist, henceforth. an even more friendly comprehension of the role Of Britain in disturbed world. And they believed that much was accomplished toward banishing what elements of unpopularity that arose following Prime Minister Neville chamborlain's action at Mu- UE=554.