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In London the newsweekly Cavalcade, which has fattened its circulation by specializing in Windsor news ever since the early days of the abdication crisis (TIME, Dec. 14, 1936, et ante), announced results of a "nationwide" straw vote in which Cavalcade got subjects of King George VI to ballot on: 1) "Which foreign nation do you like best?" and 2) "Should the Duke and Duchess of Windsor be invited to return to England to live?" Result: 37% preferred the U. S., 28% France and 15% Germany; 61% were for inviting the Windsors back to England. This survey was made last July (Edward abdicated last December) by the British Institute of Public Opinion, the London branch of the serious, well-reputed American Institute of Public Opinion which makes personal interview surveys which it sells to the Press. Cavalcade has just signed up for its services, figures Britons must feel much the same about Edward today as they did in July.
In Paris last week the Duke lunched with U. S. and British correspondents, telling them he is "a very happily married man."
"Sportsmanship is absent from some newspaper comment on the activities of the Duchess and myself," added Windsor. "We are looking forward to our tour of the United States to study methods of housing and industrial conditions. . . ."
Commented Nobel Novelist Sinclair Lewis: "There is no longer any way for the Duke of Windsor to make himself useful to the world."