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Show 2S0VEREIO ARE GREETED "BYwriEssr Tribute Given 'Father of . .Country' jn, Rite? at', : . . . Mt. Vernon , i X By WEBB MILLER . ' MT. VERNON", V, June t; (UP) King. George VI place! ; a wreath today on the tomb of George Washington, the rebel whom .George III would have ' hanged. . , That third George's greet-great-great grandson and namesake stood before the simple Washington bter. Nearby wars his queen, and the president of the United States, the temporary heir ef George Washington's Washing-ton's political estate, and - Mrs. , Roosevelt. Around them were , grouped the lords and ladies ot the oourt and the presidential party. Their, maJesUea arrived by water , at Mt. Vernon dock. Tbe preai-, dsntlal yacht Petomaa brought them and their hosu from Wash-, tngton, whore a, round of duty had . begun at mid-morning, From here they will' visit ICCO camp and then plac a wreath at the tomb . of the unknown soldier. Precedents Broken 'Precedents tiunl'' when King Oeorge and Queen Elisabeth almost,, attended a prsaa conference. Jura, : Roosevelt's, to start the morning, i Then the British smpassy claimed . their majesties and. J 000 Britons, ' white,, red and black, hlp-hlp-hur-rahed in a British cheer. Servant' and soldier, rich man and poor, stood together on tbe embassy lawn, wbers yesterday some 1400 Americans Ameri-cans attended a royal garden party. The eapitol was next, with congress con-gress assembled In the great rotunda. ro-tunda. Their majesties received the members shoulder to shoulder' with a red headed rebel named Thomas Jsffsrson, but ho wss in marble. And they stood beneath an Indian maiden done In oil, Pocahontas, Poca-hontas, tin first American girl with whom a Briton fell in love. Hurry to Yacht From the capital, the royal eoupla hurried at noon to the presidential yacht for the hour and a half cruise to Mt Vernon and their first day- time respite from crowds and heat There was lunch on ths little vessel, ves-sel, and Mr. Roosevelt and Us king had an opportunity to chat. About 20 miles downstream a grassy hill rose high, but gently, oa their maJesUss' right and at its summit wars ML Vernon a colonnades, colon-nades, workshops and quarters. Automobiles awaited them at the dockslds. Mt, Vernon's distances ars short, but the paths are steep and the day was hot. They swung smartly up a wooded driveway and to the tomb. And there K was that a British king cams to acknowledge error, and by a gesture and a wreath to help lay tbe cost of ill feeling which has been an intermittent stalker ef Anflo-American relations. Ths company assembled watched In silence. A few last-ditch Irish blooded dissenters stayed away from the congressional reception, together with others who. for various reasons, rea-sons, did not attend. Between To and 100 of the 43 U. S. representativesabout representa-tivesabout the average who ordinarily ordi-narily fall to respond to a auorum (Oesllanae aa fam Twer (Cojuma rivO RULER HONORS 1ST PRESIDENT i" " " n Oinl call were abaant; and S3 of the U. 8. senator failed to appear for the hand- hiking ceremoniea . so familiar and dear to the heart of veteran politician. The eongreaemen, virtually the only persons admitted to the capital capi-tal rotunda through cloaely drawn police lines, staged a notable dissent dis-sent in the matter of attire. Many wore customary morning clothes. Almost an equal number donned summer linens. By the time the royal couple reached the capital, passing through cheering crowds of citisens and close by a special spectators' stand reserved for consressional wives. they already bad been on the go for nearly two hours. Ths king and queen rose early despits their crowded schedule of ysstsrday. The official program of ths day did not end until a few minutes after midnight, when the last guests left the White House after a notable dinner of stats and a musicals. Chat Lasts Long Even then the king, at least, did not retire. He and President Roose- VVtkJ'nrBT "qTsBft-a'ewBsrw Jfst4'ewMeywiweJwV of ths second floor oval study, where not a few American presidents presi-dents have pondered and struggled over thorny knots of British-American relations. There they sat and chatted until the White House clocks chimed 1 o'clock in ths morning. Ths royal day started with a good American breakfast served to the king and qusen at their request re-quest in their White House rooms. Whether a British morning pot of tsa was served first was not disclosed. dis-closed. But the breakfast Itself was strictly standard U. 8. from Maine to California fruit Juice, toast, coffee, cof-fee, bacon and eggs. U Minutes Allowed Forty-five minutes were given to the congressional reception. The king and queen were met at the steps of the capltol by a welcoming committee headed by Chairman Key Pittman (D.. Nev.) of the senate sen-ate foreign relations committee and Representative 8ol Bloom D, N. y.), acting chairman of tha house foreign affaire committee. Cheers resounded from the crowds in the capltol plaza and tha party ascended the capltol ataps and entered ths rotunda. Veteran senators were introduced to the king and queen on a basis of seniority. That made Senator William Wil-liam E. Borah (R., Idaho), a frequent fre-quent critic of British policy, first in Uns. Borah, whose distaste for social functions almost squala that of tha vtos president, bowed to the pleas of Pittman and state department protocol otnesrs ana appearea in formal morning clothes In his own words, he hadn't worn auch attire in about 86 years and had to take It "out of the mothballs." Borah b First Behind Borah cam other senats veterans Henry F. Ashurat (D, Arts.), Morris Sheppard (D, Texas), Kenneth D. McKellar (D., Tenn.l, William H. King (D, Utah) aad Frederick Hale (R., Me.). Senator George W. Norris (Ind., Neb.), who ranks sixth in senats service, decided de-cided to stay horns. After Introducing their majesties to ths senators. Pittman and members mem-bers of ths senate arrangements committee stepped aside to permit Bloom to present members of tha houss. Af tar receiving the two houses, thslr majesties were escorted down ths steps by ths Joint committee, which wslksd a few feet to the rear so that thousands of women and children massed in the plaza below could enjoy a clear view. The king and queen walked past the throng and entered their automobile auto-mobile many yards from ths capltol steps. They then drove around ths seats before going to the navy yard to Join President Roosevelt on board the 8. 8. Potomac for the cruise to Mount Vernon, Washington's Washing-ton's blrthplaoe. Until 11:30 tonight when they depart their majesties often will turn back the pages of history aa though to rewrite It treading ground scarred with bloody collision col-lision of British and Amsricaa arms. But In Arlington national cemetery ceme-tery memories of those violent misunderstandings mis-understandings will dim as ths king honors ths unknown soldier his fsllow fighter who died In the first war ia which ths Unltsd States and the empire fought as ens. Those are solemn moments la today's tight schedule. Their majesties spent last night at the White Houss the same, but reconstructed building that British soldiers burned in lilt. Back from ths tombs, their msj-ssties msj-ssties will appear at a tea which intrigues Washington. Mrs. Roosevelt Roose-velt has arranged It and the guest list is almost a secret |