ITINERARY IN U.S.A.

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 117, 20 May 1939, Page 9

ITINERARY IN U.S.A.

FOUR DAYS' TOUR

WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK

WASHINGTON, May 18.

The State Department today published their Majesties' itinerary in the United States, They will be met at Niagara Falls on June 7 by the Secretary of State, (Mr. Cordell Hull), the British Ambassador (Sir Ronald Lindsay), and various members of the British Embassy and American officials, including the highest-ranking army and naval officers, who will act as the King's aides-de-camp during his stay in the United States.

The Royal party will arrive at Washington at 11 a.m. on June 8, and will be met by the "President and Mrs. Roosevelt at the railway station and by a reception committee consisting of members of the Cabinet, the Chief Justice (Mr. C. E. Hughes), and highranking military and navai officers and their wives.

Military honours will be rendered, including a military escort to the White House, where a diplomatic reception will take place, and following this a small informal luncheon. Their Majesties will then tour Washington seeing the sights. They will attend a garden party at the British Embassy Jate in the afternoon and a State dinner at the White House in the evening.

On June 9 their Majesties will receive members of the British colony at the Embassy and 1000 members of Congress at the Capitol at 11 a.m. After this they will proceed to Mount Vernon with the President and Mrs. Roosevelt on the Presidential yacht. The King will lay a wreath on the grave of the Unknown Soldier. Their Majesties will give a dinner in honour of President and Mrs. Roosevelt at the British Embassy in the evening, and at 11.30 p.m. they will entrain for New York. '

On June 10 the King and Queen will detrain at New Jersey and board a destroyer for New York, where they will be welcomed by the Mayor, Mr. La Guardia, and Mrs. La Guardia at the Battery. They will then proceed to the World's Fair, where they will lunch, afterwards visiting the British pavilions.

In the afternoon the King and Queen will visit Columbia University and from there they will motor to Hyde Park, President Roosevelt's estate. They will spend the day of June 11 there, departing at night for Canada.-