Evening star., 1960-11-14
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Ambassador Shows Concern
Over Results of Election
BY BETTY BEALE

ton and start Q whole new
social life. Both she and O
friend are looking for houses
simultaneously, and the two
women hope to find two they
like fairly close together.
PERLE MESTA fiew OF
yesterday to California for
q much needed rest after
campaigning so hard for
Vice President Nixon. She
will spend time in. Los An
geles and San Francisco and
return to her Washington
abode in about three weeks.
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FRANKLIN d. ROOSE-
WELT, Jr.'s, future is q mat
ter Of interesting conjecture
now.. along with those or
dozens Of other people who
worked for Jack Kennedy.
Franklin made from 8 to 10
speeches every day five days
. week throughout the came
paign following the convens
ton. not to mention what
he did for Jack in West Vir-
ginia during the primaries.
But no conjecture is so
fascinating at the moment
as the possibility that Rich,
ard Nixon might be offered .
post in the Kennedy admins
istration. Certainly Jack
could make no more dra.
matte and healing gesture
than to appoint Nixon Am.
bassador to the United Ma
tions. The Vice President
pitched his whole campaign
on his familiarity with for.
eign affairs. FDR had Re.
publicans as his Secretaries
Of War and Navy.
Angler Biddle Dukes name
has been mentioned as o
good choice for chief Of pro,
tocol. He's q well-heeled
former ambassador with lots
of energy and social know.
how and o very affable dis.
position.
Present Chief Of Protocol
Wiley Buchanan, who win be
out Of q job the afternoon Of
January 20. will leave almost
Immediately thereafter with
his : wife and daughter
Bonnie for a round-the-
world trip. They will head
for the Far East. taking in
Manila, Tokyo, Hong Kong,
Bangkok. New Delhi, Tehe-
ran, Athens, Rome, Copen-
hagen. Paris and London,
returning within two months.
When he returns Wiley
will go to work on two books
he wants to write-one on
his experiences as protocol
boss. which will be full Of
humorous anecdotes, and the
other on Europe's Coal and
Steel Community and the
Common Market. Before he
+, went to Luxembourg to serve
rs Ambassador. President
Eisenhower told him that he
believed the Coal and Steel
Community was the begin
ming Of a United States OF
Europe and If Wiley was In
the position long enough he
might find himself in the
capital" Of Europe.
TRAPEZE Is the name Of
the Georgetown shop that
will be opened this week by
five young society matrons
here-Scottie Lanahan., wife
Of Jack Lanahan and daugh-
ter Of F. Scott Fitzgerald;
Liberty Redmond. wife of
Woody Redmond and daugh-
ter Of Winthrop Aldrich:
Maria Merriam, chic Italian
born wife Of native Washing
tonian Bill Merriam, and
Edith Greene and Helen Gull
lion. ex-wives Of American
diplomats Gerry Greene and
Alan Gullion.
Devoted exclusively to
clothes for teen-age girls, the
new shop at 1922 Wisconsin
avenue will look like one con-
tinuous all-day party when it
opens its door Wednesday
morning at 10. The five own.
ers had planned to send out
invitations to a cocktail OPEN
ing, but when they realized
they wouldn't have room for
one owners friends, least Of
all five. they decided to Just
open and await developments.
Maria Merriam will do the
buying for the new firm,
which will include everything
girls from II to II put on
their hacks