Evening star., 1941-08-18
British and American
Officials Pay Tribute
To Arthur Puryis
Hopkins and Marshall
Are Among Worshippers
At Washington Cathedral

British and Americans knelt to-
gether in the great crossing of the
Washington Cathedral yesterday to
pay final tribute to Arthur B. Purvis,
chairman of the British Supply
Council in North America, killed in
England in a ferry plane crash
Thursday.
No invitations to the service had
been sent out, but TOO worshippers
gathered in the Cathedral, many of
them the men who are carrying on
the program o. American supplies
for England. for which Mr.. Purvis
laid the groundwork.
Although 1t was not an official
occasion, the simple memorial serv-
ice drew many American leaders,
for Mr.. Purvis had made a number
of friends while working for Anglo
American cooperation.
Lord Halifax, the British Ambas-
sador, and Lord Beaverbrook, Brit
ish Minister of Supply now confer
ring here, were seated in the great
choir section with Mr.. Purvis' widow,
who flew here yesterday from her
summer home in Edgartown, Mass.
Mr.. Purvis' son, Blaikie Purvis. and
Miss E. L. Brady, for % years Mr..
Purvis' private secretary, also sat
in the choir section.
Harry Hopkins Attends.
Lease-Lend Administrator Harry
Hopkins, who had arrived in Wash
ington with the President in the
morning from the historic sea meet
ing with Prime Minister Winston
Churchill, and Gen. George C. Mar
shall, Army chief Of staff, who also
attended the sea meeting, were
among the worshippers.
Repeating the simple prayer for
Thy servant, Arthur" along with
the British and American officials
were many of the secretaries and
clerks who, as one Of them put 1t,
bore "the extraordinary affection
Mr.. Purvis inspired in all who
worked for him"
Before the solemn notes of Bee
thoven's Funeral March sounded
through the Cathedral, the Rev
Theodore o. Wedel, canon chan
cellor, offered a prayer for Great
Britain.
American Officials Present.
Among the American oficials
who attended the service were Sec
retary of Agriculture Claude Wick
ard, James v. Forrestal, Under
secretary Of the Navy; Edward r.
Stettinius, chairman of the Priori-
ties Board, Once of Production
Management; John D. Biggers, d.
rector Of the Division of Produce
ton, o. P. M; Ralph A. Bard, As
sistant Secretary of the Navy; Mai.
Gen. C. M. Wesson, chief of Army
Ordnance, and a numer Of other
Army and Navy executives.
The British Dominions were rep
resented by Richard G. Casey, Aus
tralian Minister; Ralph Close, South
African Minister, and F. Langston,
member Of the New Zealand cabinet.
The Minister Of Luxembourg and
Nine. LIE Calais attended, as did
Rene Plevin. representing the free
French government.
From the British missions in the
United States came Morris Wilson,
deputy chairman of the British Sup
ply Council; r. H. Brand. head Of
the British Food Mission; Sir Henry
Self, director general Of the British
Air Mission; Sir Give Baillieu, di-
rector general Of the British Pur-
chasing Mission; c. D. Howe, Cana
dian Minister of Munitions and Sup
ply; Sir Frederick Phillips, rep
resenting the United Kingdom Treas
ury; r. J. Herbert Shaw, represent
ing Sir Gerald Campbell. director
general of British Information Serv-
ices; Capt. John McLay, represent
ing Sir Arthur Salter; Comdr. T. D.
Galbraith, British Admiralty Supply
representative; 1t. Gen. Sir Colville
Wemyss, British Military Mission;
Air Marshal Sir Roderick Hill, Brit
ish Air Mission; w. l.. Gorell Barnes,
North American Supply Committee,
London; Rear Admiral Sir Wilfred
French, British Advisory Mission;
DR.. c. G. Darwin, British Central
Scientific ONCE; William Piercey,
British Petroleum Mission; Frederick
johnson and H. P. Hancock, British
Purchasing Mission, and Sir Louis
Beale, British Supply Council.