Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-03

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) month. It's an exhibit that
he, himself, initiated.
} 1t came about as the re-
suit Of his reading an article
in the New York Times about
President Franklin D. RooSe-
velt's extraordinary collection
of naval prints. Not as well
known as his stamp collec-
ton, the late Presidents col
lection of naval art numbers
! literally thousands of impor-
tant and rare prints that are
housed in the Roosevelt
Library at Hyde Park.
Mr.. Kennedy spoke to his
Special Assistant Arthur
Schlesinger of his wish to
see some of these prints ex-
hibited in Washington and
other parts of the country,
and Arthur talked to the
powers that be at the Ma
tional Archives about it.
! THE NATIONAL AR
CHIVES then set about ar
ranging it with the result
, that SO of the finest color
and black-and-white prints
and drawings from the col
lection will be exhibited
in the Archives Building be-
ginning June 81.
Entitled THE Old Navy"
, it will include the earliest,
dated around 1776, through
the year 1860. Many, Of
T. course, are battle prints, but
/. some are amusing. For in
. stance, a Japanese print Of
American naval vessels ar
) irving at Japan for the first
time show Admiral Perry
with slanted Oriental eyes.
. President Kennedy will
|. open the exhibit on June 81
. at q small private preview.
Who and how many will be
invited to attend Is not
known, but it most certainly
; will not be one of the 5000
invitation affairs that Gus
stomarily launch an important
exhibit at the National Gal
! lery Of Art.
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4 FUNNY THINGS HAPPEN.
J For instance, former Vice
. President Nixon will make
the principaladdress at the big
Fourth Of July celebration in
! Jutland, Denmark, where his
American host will be Am
bassador William Mccormick
. Blair, who did his best to
help first Adlai Stevenson,
I then John Kennedy, to de-
feat Richard Nixon in three
successive elections.
I The fact that anti-admin-
sistratiop Nixon should be in
yited to represent the United
States at the celebration may
strike some observers as be-
ing q little awkward interna-
tionally speaking. But it is
in no way to be construed as
a slap at the President, ex-
plain the Danes privately.
Seems that the Danish
American Committee work.
ing on the to-do is full Of
Danish-Americans who live
in California and like Dick
/. Nixon, so they invited him to
ebe the star performer. No
doubt, this has been ex-
splained to President Kennedy
to take the Danish govern
ment off the hook.
. Why should Denmark be
celebrating Americas hide
pendence Day? It's the only
foreign country to do so out
side of the Philippines, which
!. simply adopted our national
: day as theirs. It was started
by q group Of Danes who re-
turned to their homeland
latter living in the United
States, and it has been kept
up for so years because Of the
vast number of Danes still
living In this country. This
years 50th celebration will
be a big jubilee.
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TOWERING SOVIET AM
BASSADOR Anatoly. Do
brynin was asked at the AZ
ghanistan reception last
sunday how tall he was. IT
-son't know" he replied. ASK
{ my wife" Mrs. Dobrynina
gave her husbands height in
meters. Good heavens" said
] another guest mistakilg me-
tiers for kilometers, don't tell
us how tall your husband is
in miles. Well never figure
! that out" Then turning to
. the Ambassador she said, "If
you will just lie down, Mr..
4 Ambassador, it will be very
easy to pace you off and tell
your height that way" Do
brynin laughed heartily and
remained vertical.
{ THE DREW PEARSONJ
have bought one of the left
I over streetcars the Capital
Transit Co. sold when it re-
placed them with buses, and
it now reposes on their farm
at Potomac, Md, by the cro-
quet court on the right Of the
driveway as it approaches the
house.
!. This streetcar will be
named Desire" though it's
possible it will use the French
version, or "Desiree." It has
already received a fresh coat
= of paint - green and white
stripes on the roof to give an
: awning effect and plain green
{ on the rest with blue trim
4 around the windows. But
= Luvie has decided that the
blue trim was a mistake and
: its coming off.
J Some of the seats will come
out and others will be re-
versed to face each other and
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