Evening star., 1941-08-23
RooseveIts 10 Greet
Duke Of Kent al
Hyde Park Today
Brother Of King George
To See Librory on
Informal Visit
BY JOHN {. HENRY,
Star Staff Correspondent.

HYDE PARK, N. Y, Aug. 23.-
President and Mrs. Roosevelt await
ed a royal guest here today, the
Duke of Kent. younger brother of
King George vi of England.
Just completing an extended tour
of Canada and an inspection of the
fighting facilities of the Dominion,
the Duke and his immediate party
are scheduled to arrive at the
Roosevelt family home here about
S O'Clock this afternoon. He was to
reach La Guardia Field, New York,
in his special airplane about 2:30
pm, and to make the remainder of
his journey to Hyde Park by auto
mobile. 70.
Accompanying the Duke are Wing
Comdr. Sir Louis Greig, who has
been plotting the specially equipped
transport plane in which the party
is travelling; A. J. Lowther, secre-
tary; H. j. Evans of Scotland Yard
and valet.
H. Charles Spruks of the Protocol
Division, State Department, was to
meet the Duke at La Guardia Field
and to come to Hyde Park with him
Visit to Be Informal.
White House headquarters here
emphasized today that the Dukes
visit with the RooSevelts will be
strictly personal and informal one
1t is expected. however, that there
will be an exchange of information
between the President and the Brit
ish visitor on the wartime efforts of
the two English-speakine nations.
While no formal entertainment is
planned here for the Duke, it is ex-
pected that the President will escort
him on a tour of the new Franklin
D. Roosevelt Library, including a
special preview of an exhibit of so
colored drawings from the w. P. A.
Index of American Design. to be
displayed to the public for the first
time Tuesday.
The drawings in this exhibition,
chosen from hundreds prepared in
the w. P. A. art program, deal ex-
clusively with the marine subjects
and are considered particularly ap-
propriate for this first special dis
play in the Roosevelt Library.
Drawings Faithful in Detail.
An announcement of the exhibit
states that "the drawings have been
made with faithful attention to de-
tail and color from actual examples
of old marine sculptures found in
the shipping towns of New England
and elsewhere along the East Coast.
Most of these were hand carved
from pine or other native woods by
local artisans and brilliantly painted
or, in some cases, oyerlaid with
gold leaf. The few remaining ex-
amples of this early craftsmanship
are scattered here and there in va
rious museums or are slowly rotting
away in marine 'graveyards' on the
hulls of old ships which have long
since passed their usefulness"
Tomorrow night the Duke and his
party will make the trip to Wash
ington on the Presidents special
train, due in the Capital on Monday
morning.
1t is understood here that the
Duke will go directly from Union
Station, Washington, on Monday
morning to the Naval Air Station at
Anacostia, from where he will be
flown to Norfolk for inspection of
defense ana ship repair facilities
in that area. His return to WASH
ington, landing at Boiling Field, is
scheduled for that afternoon and he
will then go to the White House.
An informal dinner is planned for
him at the White House that night,
and he will remain overnight as a
White House guest.
On Tuesday morning he is sched-
uled to fly by United States Army
airplane from Boiling Field to the
Glenn l.. Martin airplane factory
near Baltimore. The Martin plant
is turning out bombers for British
use.
BY midafternoon the Duke is
due back in Washington for plan
ned sightseeing tour around the
city. Among the places for which
he is reported to have asked oppor-
tunity for q brief visit are the
Capitol, the New National Gallery
of Art, the Lincoln Memorial and
the Washington Monument.
A cocktail hour at the National
Press Club is tentatively scheduled
but it is understood that no press
conference will be held by the visitor
during his time in the Capital.
On Tuesday night he 10 to meet
(see DUKE OF KENT, Page A-6J