DUKE OF WINDSOR

Evening Star, Issue 22772, 6 October 1937, Page 11

DUKE OF WINDSOR

PROPOSED AMERICAN VISIT STUDY OF WORKING CONDITIONS Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright WASHINGTON, October 4._ A short statement from Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary for Labour, gives the first indication of official reaction to the proposed visit of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Miss Perkins, promising to co-operate in assisting the study, of working conditions, said: “ The facilities of the Department of Labour are always available to visitors who are interested.” Mr Cordell Hull, at a Press conference, evaded questions relating to the visit. It is understood that the Duke and Duchess will be invited to a formal dinner at White House. A private audience wuth President Roosevelt is likely to be governed by political considerations. Some quarters fear that an audience might be regarded as a hint that : the Administration sympathises with the Duke and Duchess against the British Government. COMPLICATIONS FEARED NEW YORK, October 5. The New York ‘ Herald-Tribune’s ’ Washington correspondent states: “ What is necessary for politeness, and no more, will apparently be the rule governing the reception of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor by the State Department and the British Embassy.” The newspaper , stresses that political and diplomatic complications are feared from the alleged pro-Nazi sympathies of the Duke and Duchess, particularly if the Duke makes any pronouncements comparing German and American public housing, which is likely to result in a controversy.