Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-14
By BETTY BEALE

The State Department has
been anxious to have Queen
Elizabeth and Prince Philip
visit the Middle West and
even the Far West when they
come here in October. But
the royal couple will not do
so unless there's a big change
in plans.
Our Government wants the
Queen and her husband to
go West because that's where
their visit would do the most
good. Most people on the
East Coast appreciate the i'm
portance of close Corpora
ton with all of free Europe.
particularly with our closest
allies, the British. Elizabeth's
visit will have little effect on
their thinking.
But out in the typically
American Middle West where
isolationism flourishes, the
first visit of a Queen of Eng
land could work wonders.
The British Embassy, how
ever. says her schedule is
already too full. that she
can't possibly add to it. APP
parently that's final.
Sir winston Churchill
might agree with the State
Department. A story about
Sir Winston showing where
he thought the pulse of
America could be found, was
recently recalled by Kay
Halle.
A longtime friend of Ran
dolph Churchill. Kay was
visiting the family home at
Chartwell in 1882 when she
posed this question to Mr..
Churchill:
"Of the American Ambas-
sailors you have known, which
do you consider the most eff
fective?"
Without hesitation Church.
i'll answered, Charles
Dawes"
Why? Because he was
from the Middle West: he was
typically American; he even
refused to wear knee breeches
to the court; he hung the
Embassy with Navajo blan-
kets, and he refused to serve
alcohol at the Embassy be-
cause America was under
prohibition. I respected him
for that"
But once a week Churchill
dined with the American
Ambassador and. he said,
II always felt / was getting
the true voice of America
from that man: how Ameri-
ca felt and what she be-
lieved."
1t was so much better, he
added. for the United States
to send this type of man
than someone like an Eng
lishman.
The Churchillian footnote
to the story was that Mr..
Churchill, after his weekly
dinner with Mr.. Dawes, in
variably went to Whites
(his club and went through
the progression of drinks he
would have had if he had
dined at home.
The whole story gives one
food for thought on the
selection of ambassadors.
Why do we so often try to
pick a man who is like the
types he will encounter?
Why not just settle for a
good American.
4 \ X
SUMMER SPICE-Gov-
eminent wags have a new
line. 1t goes like this: Have
you heard the latest? Secre-
tary Dulles is a man with
the infinite capacity for TAX
ing planes. Secretary
Humphrey is not always right
but he's never in doubt. i.
Deputy Undersecretary of
State Bob Murphy in one of
his communicative moods will
tell you almost as much as
you read in The Evening Star
the night before.
X X
MALE FINERY-The men
attending the American Bar
Association meetings in Lon
don have to take more lug
gage than their wives. Hus-
bands who've beefed in the
past about the little woman
setting out with everything
she ever owned just in case
are. now red in the face.
Because of British formal
ity Attorney General Her
bert Brownell, for instance.
has to take morning coat
with striped trousers. the
box or club coat worn
with striped trousers. dinner
clothes and full dress suit.
suit.
That. in addition to warm
daytime suits for England.
Ireland and Scotland. cool
daytime suits for Italy and
Sn0rtS rlntheS for vorot flor,