Nomination

At their tables in commons students of Reed College (Portland, Ore.) sat back after dinner for a pre-election political rally. A Republican, a Democrat, a Socialist, spoke their last-minute appeals. Then arose an individual immaculate in white tie and tails, wearing horn-rimmed glasses and a mossy beard, who had come in with the wife of Reed's waggish President Dexter Keezer. Introduced as "Dr. Myron K. Blackstone, fellow of the North American Institute for Political Research," he was recognized by sharp-eyed diners as Student Lamar Holt of New York, grandson of late, famed Physician Luther Emmett Holt (Care & Feeding of Children). Said "Dr. Blackstone":

"I offer to you, the first audience in the world, the program and the platform for an entirely new political party with entirely new ideals. Ladies and gentlemen, to be brief: regardless of who gets in the White House, we want an American in Buckingham Palace. Mrs. Simpson for Queen!"

"God save the King!" shouted students planted by "Dr. Blackstone" through the room.

Rushing out of commons, Reed College International Chapter No. 1 of the Simpson for Queen Committee boarded a hired truck whose sides were covered with huge signs nominating "SIMPSON FOR QUEEN, God Save the King," cruised around Portland all evening.

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