Rome, May 10 (?—A Pope of
the Roman Catholic church and a
-member of Britain’s Royal House
meet today for the first time in
more than a quarter of a century.
Pope Pius XII will receive pret-
ty Princess Margaret Rose in priv-
ate audience in his personal libr-
ary.
- Afterwards the Princess will
visit the Vatican museum's Sis-
tene chapel to see Michelangelo's
“last judgement”.
Some English Protestants had
asked King George to prevent her
audience with the Pope.

The last meeting between the
Pope and British royalty was 26
-years ago when the Princess’
grandparents King George V and
Queen Mary, were received by
Pope Pius XT, predecessor of the
present Pontiff.
 
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The federal
government says it has spent nearly $2
million improving President Nixon's
homes in Florida and California, all of it
relating to “security.” The expenses
ranged from fire sprinklers to golf carts
for the Secret Service.

The White House also disclosed that
businessman Robert H. Abplanalp, who
helped the President buy his San Clemen-
te, Calif., retreat, has been getting some
money back in the form of rent associated
with Nixon's Key Biscayne, Fla., place.

A month ago the White House had listed
$39,000 in federal funds for improving the
Western White House at San Clemente
since Nixon bought it in 1969.

Last week, after a further search of
record, it raised this figure to $460,302.

On Thursday, General Services
Administration (GSA), the government's
housekeeping agency, said a still more
extensive audit put the total federal ex-
penditure at San Clemente at $703.367 over
four fiscal years beginning July 1, 1969.
This included only the residence there, not
the White House office space.

GSA listed for the first time the federal
expenditure for improvements, equip-
ment, operation and maintenance at the
White House complex at Key Biscayne,
including both residence and office
space-— $1,180,522. -pread over five fiscal
years beginning July ', 1968

Included in the Key Biscayne figure
was $161,463 for renting two heuses in the
complex for the Secret Service and White
House communications staff.

The White House said one of these
houses is owned by Abplanalp and the
other is owned in the name of Edwin H.
Underwood, trustee for the Indiana
National Bank, Indianapolis.

The White House said all of the tax-
payers’ money spent in San Clemente and
Key Biscayne was for security-related
improvements and that all work was done
at the request of the Secret Service, not the
President.
 