Evening star., 1939-05-28

should occur during the entertain
ment of the British King and Queen
here June 80, it hardly could be due
to lack of diligent preventive
measures by the officials in charge.
They are thinking of everything
Take that painting of the Sur
render of Lord Corvallis" which
hangs in the Capitol rotunda, for
instance-the State Department has
seen to it that there will be no
chance of the King and Queen see
ing pictures of themselves with that
painting IN the background.
In fact, at no time during their
majesties' visit here will there be
much of a chance for anybody to
get exclusive or possibly embarrass-
ing candid pictures of them. News
paper photographers with carefully
checked credentials will be AN
chored' at specific spots designated
long in advance and pictures will be
made only when and where the
powers that be decree
Traffic to Be Cleared.
Their majesties also will be care
fully shielded from such annoyances
as afflict ordinary travellers in WASH
lngton as traffic jams. Everywhere
they go here a police motorcycle
escort will lead the way and ar
rangements already have been made
to prohibit parking and cut off other
traffic on all the streets thcy will
traverse.
And if anybody has thought of
trying by some hook or crook to
change places with a White House
servant in order to get close to the
King and Queen-well, Scotland
Yard and Secret Service agents
thought of it first. They We issued
Identification cards, bearing pictures
OF the employees, to all members Of
the White House staff.
1t even was suggested at one
time that all the newspaper re-
porters and photographers assigned
to cover" the royal visit and nat
urally gaining closer view of their
majesties than most of the general
public, be made to carry such cards
with their pictures and fngerprints.
The final arrangements do not go
that far.
Arm Bands for Identification.
Press representatives travelling
with the royal party-the more
than 100 reporters and photogra-
pliers who will arrive on a pilot
train is minutes ahead of the
royal train at II am. June 8-will
be identified by red, white and blue
arm bands and lapel buttons, with
matching numbers, and will carry
special press cards issued by the
State Department, Police Supt. Maj.
Ernest w. Brown disclosed yester-
day. Blue, white and blue arm
bands will distinguish local press
men from the travellers.
Special stands will be built for
the press at vantage points along
the royal visitors route, such as at
Union Station, along Pennsyl-
vania avenue, in the Capitol ro-
tunda, at Mount Vernon and the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
News pictures will be allowed to be
made only from these stands.
Only one, photographer will be
allowed to make the historic pic
ture of King George and President
Roosevelt shaking hands in the
presidential reception room at
Union Station on their majesties'
arrival June 8, and only one will
be permitted at the British EN-
bassy garden party that afternoon.
These photographers will be chosen
by lot and their pictures distributed
to other papers and services.
Complain Of Regulation.
Some photographers are COM
planning that the official regula-
tions, banning any of the press
from getting closer than 20 feet to
the King and Queen, will not per-
NIT them to make any Closeup"
views of their majesties with an
ordinary lens, and in most cases
a telephoto lens would bring them
too close to include any "atmos-
phere" in the picture.
The powers-that-be are making
sure, too, that there will be no "artl-
flcial" pictures-nothing that would