AMERICAN WELCOME

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19454, 13 October 1937, Page 5

AMERICAN WELCOME

MRS. ROOSEVELT'S OFFER ESCORT IN SLUMS WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. "I shall be delighted to show America's slums and its public housing projects to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor," said Mrs. Roosevelt, the wife of the President of the United States, in reference to the projected visit by the Duke to investigate labour and housing problems in America. Mrs. Roosevelt added that she had not received notice of a visit by the Duke and Duchess to the White House, but she considered that the visit would very likely take place.

DENIAL FROM HOLLYWOOD STORY OF CENSOR'S JOB NEW YORK, Oct. 12. According to a message from Hollywood, Mr. Will Hays, who is a force in the film world with regard to the moral standard of Hollywood productions, states that there is no foundation for the report that the Duke of Windsor would be offered an appointment as world film censor. Other film officials said it was most unlikely that Hollywood would employ the Duke. There was the risk of offending Britain, and British countries were important to the film iD dustry. A message sent from New York on Monday stated that George Fischer, who writes the cinema column for the Los Angeles Evening News, had announced in the course of a radio broadcast that the Duke of Windsor was going to Hollywood, where he would accept the position of world film censor. Mr. Fischer said that the film studios would invest, the Duke with full power to censor all Hollywood films released outside the United States. His salary would be £20,000 a year, which would enable him to give up the income he received from Great Britain.