Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-22

not yet made known, or per-
haps selected, the Americans
who will represent him at the
coronation of Elizabeth II,
there are several people in
Washington who will witness
the ceremony from within
Westminster Abbey.
The United States military
chiefs have been invited to at
tend the historic event in Lon
don by their British counter
parts. The official formal In
vitations have not arrived but
there has been an informal
sounding out to see who can
come. The invitations happily
include their wives who are
tickled pink over the prospect.
The Chairman Of the Joint
Chiefs Of Staff and Mrs. Omar
Bradley are going, Air Chief
of Staff Gen. Hoyt Vanden-
berg and Mrs. Vandenberg and
the Chief Of Naval Operations
and Mrs. William Fechteler.
It looks, however. as though
Army Chief Of Staff Gen. j.
Lawton Collins and his wife
will not be able to go. The
annual conferences held in
Washington by the Chief Of
Staff Of the United States
Army with his commanders Of
the separate armies who fly
in from wherever they are sta
toned, always fall on the first
few days In June.
OF course, the American Am
bassador to the Court Of st.
James's Winthrop Aldrich and
his wife will be eye-witnesSeS
and probably also our EN-
bassy's No. 2 man over there
and his wife. And they say
that Ambassador Aldrich
couldn't be more pleased or
less blaSe about attending, al
ready has all details at his fin
gertips. It may surprise q lot
Of people who look upon the
top level tycoons Of Wall Street
as men Of SophiStication and
worldlinesS who can afford to
go wherever they please and
do practically whatever they
wish. to discover that they
can get as thrilled as the rest
Of US over excitementS that
only the United States Gov
eminent can provide.
The President has been in
vited to send a delegation Of
three with an encourage of
two. But he can, If he likes,
have the latter two of equal
Importance and standing to
the other three. The three
must be eminent citizens of
this country but they do not
have to be connected with the
Government.
Since it may be presumed
that he will select at least
one member Of the opposition
party to be in the group Of five:
there Is already conjecture on
the possibility Of the one being
ex-President Truman or ex-
Presidential Candidate Steven
son. The former has expressed
his desire to do some travelling
now that he Is out Of Office
and he might be expected to
leap at the chance to see the
coronation Of the young queen
with whom he struck up such
a friendship q year and q half,
ago.
AS for Adlai Stevenson, he
may be, about that time, on
his way home through Europe
from his round the world trip
that he begins the end Of this
month in the direction Of the
Orient. A stopover in London
might be logically en- route and
also very popular with the
British, whose language they
have pointed out more than
once, he speaks.
Gen. and Mrs. Bradley win
90 over In time to speak at
the annual "prize-giving" at
Clifton College near London
where the general had his
headquarters when he was
planning the invasion Of Nor
mandy. He has been inter-
ested in the school ever since
and they have asked him to
speak three times before. The
"prize-giving" falls on May 80.
Though the military chiefs
may not stay over long enough
for the trooping Of the color,
the guards annual drill and
one Of the must" events, they
will undoubtedly see much Of
the guards commander, popu-
lar Maj. Gen. Julian Gas
coigne. who was stationed in
Washington just q few years
ago. Life magazine depicted
the trooping and also Gen.
Gascoigne In his guards uni
form In last weeks issue. JUL