Evening star., 1941-10-18
Windsors Miss Tea
AT Capitol 10 Meet
Foreign Affairs Group
Bid to Visit Red Cross
Booth Refused Because
OF Busy Schedule

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The Duke and Duchess of Wind
sor, spending the week end in the
Virginia hunt country after a one
day visit to Washington, left behind
them some disgruntled members of
the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee.
At Warrenton, Va, the Dukes
euuerry. Maj. Gray Phillips, said last
night that the Windsors missed
teatime visit to the Capitol because
the British Embassy advised them
the pressure of their itinerary would
not permit.
The couple. he said, consulted the
Embassy about an invitation for
them to visit a Red Cross booth in
the Capitol rotunda and have tea.
The Duke and Duchess were in
formed by the Embassy, Maj. Phil
lips said, that their busy schedule
would not enable them to be in
Washington at 4:30 pm. to accept
the invitation.
Motor to OakwOOd.
The Windsors left a party at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Wood Robert. jr.. 2110 LIE Roy place
NV, at approximately that time to
motor to OakWood, 5 miles west of
Warrenton, for a visit with Capt.
and Mrs. Sterling Larrabee.
Left waiting on Capitol Hill with
bunch of roses and a pot of tea
were most of the members of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee,
including Chairman Bloom.
Mrs. Mabel Anderson said she
wrote to the Duchess asking her to
visit the Red Cross booth for tea. An
aide to the Duke, she said. tele-
phoned to say both the Duke and
Duchess would be present. Mrs.
Anderson then extended the invita-
ton to the foreign affairs group.
Representative Mundt said that
late Thursday Mrs. Anderson asked
him to write to the Duke and
Duchess so that they would know
members of the Foreign Affairs
Committee would be present
Il wrote them" the South Da-
kota legislator related, "and said I
thought it would be a nice thing
If they could arrange to visit the
Red Cross exhibit.
Flowers Given to Tourists.
He was on his way to the tea. Mr..
Mundt added, when his secretary
notified him that the British En-
bassy had called with word that the
Duke and Duchess were unable to
attend.
Mrs Anderson gave the flowers to
tourists and poured out the tea:
Viscount Halifax. the British AM
basSador. who was detained in Eng
land when the Windsors visited here
last month. entertained them at an
Embassy luncheon yesterday. Of
fetal washington was represented
at the luncheon by Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. Knox and Mrs. Sum-
ner Welles, wife of the UnderSecre-
tarv of State. Mr. Welles was in
vited but could not attend the EN-
bassy affair.
Visits Arlington Cemetery.
From the Embassy the Windsors
drove to the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Robert. The Duke stayed there only
long enough to pay his respects to
his hosts and then hurried out
again, accompanied by Mr. Robert.
The Duke and Mr.. Robert were
driven to Arlington National Gene
terry. There he was escorted through
the Lee Mansion, asking questions
about the relationship between the
Lees and the CuStiSes and pausing to
gaze over the city from the manison
porch.
tomb Of L'Enfant. the Duke re-
Sponded, "Oh, yes, he was the
Frenchman who laid out all those
circles. They've messed up your
traffic for years, haven't they?"
As he walked to tis car, he passed
close to a sighNeer who said in
conversational tShe, ''Hya, Duke"
Ths former King of England replied
politely, Fine, thank you"
Spends Minutes at Tomb.
At the cemetery Amphitheater,
however, he asked that nobody be
allowed to enter while he was there.
With solemn face, he walked slowly
around to the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier while sightseers with the
same object in view waited respect
fully outside the Amphitheater.
After spending about five minutes
there, he returned to his car and
motored back to the Robert home
The party broke up shortly there
after and the Windsors were escorted
out of the city behind two motor
cycle policemen and three carloads
of detectives, who saw them across
the Memorial Bridge, where they
were Joined by Virginia State police
men.
The Windsors will return here to-
morrow night in time to catch a
sleeper for New York, where they are
expected to spend about a week be-
fore returning to Nassau, where the
Duke will open the Legislature as
governor of the Bahama Islands.