Jessen's weekly. [volume] (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1942-1968, 1962-04-04
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for the USA. Her charm, her grace,
her contagious youth have won as
many friends for the United States
in India and Pakistan as Essen
hover did when he visited those
countries more than Khrushchev
and Bulgarian won for Russia.
Travelling the ancient Khyber Pass
which Mongol hordes have swept
down since 400 BIC to conquer In
dia, Jackie also conquered. Like a
fairy princess she stripped through
that Rudyard Kipling land of strong
man and patient camels which ev-
eryone has read about but few are
privileged to visit.
And now, as she returns home,
Jackie faces the inevitable letdown.
She faces problems.
She has to decide what to do
about the gorgeous necklace of
pearls, rubies, emeralds and dia-
monds given her by the President
of Pakistan. Will she keep it, give
| it to the Smithsonian Institution, or
what!
Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt faced
that problem when she was given
giant Brazilian acquamarine by
President Vargas, and finally de-
cided to give it to the, Franklin
Roosevelt library at Hyde Park.
Mrs Eisenhower also faced the
problem when given heavy gold
bracelet by King Saud of Saudi Ar
abia She kept it,
These are mundane things to wor-
ry about after such glamorous trip,
but expensive gifts to the wife of
the President are frowned on, and
the critics are sure to point out that
Jackie's necklace was really paid
for by the millions in foreign aid we
have poured into Pakistan.
More Mundane Matters
| Another mundane problem Jackie
faces is the cherry blossom festival.
This is the fiftieth anniversary of
the famed gift of cherry trees from
Japan, and the daughter of Japan's
foreign minister will plant some
new trees commemorating a new
era of friendship When cherry
blossom chairman "Jigs" Donohue
wrote the White House two months
ago asking the First Lady to par
ticipate, however, he got blunt
rundown from social secretary fish
Baldridge Mrs. Kennedy, she said,
would just be returning from In
dia and would not be available
Cherry blossoms may not be as
exciting as the elephants of Jaipur
or the Tai Mahal by moonlight or
the sacred temples of Benares, but
Mrs William Howard Taft, wife of
another president, planted the first
tree and relations with Japan today
are even more important.
Waiting at the White House also
is the difficult, disagreeable ques
ton of peace, and the benign grand
mothers who are willing to be ar
rested on the White House lawn for
the sake of peace.
/ Peace is a persistent problem.
The grandmothers keep coming
They are professors wives and sci
entists' wives, and one of the group,
Ruth Sheidt of New York, not a
grandmother, looks almost as young
and beautiful as Jackie.
With so per cent of the White
House mail against the President
on the resumption of nuclear tests,
these quiet. persistent ladies pre-
sent problem that could well be
handled by Jackie - if she would
only take over some of these num-
dane problems.
So life is going to be bit differ
ent from the elephants of Jaipur,
the burning CHATS of the Ganges, and
the polished brass of Rawilpindi.
The crocuses, the spring pansies, and
| the ducks on the south fountain of
the White House-are beautiful
but an old story.
| And having enjoyed storybook
trip through storybook land, may
be Jackie might share her youth
and beauty and exciting experiences