Evening star., 1926-03-06
COOLIDGE GUEST
OF NEWS WRITERS
White House Correspondents
Give Dinner in Honor of
Chief Executive.

President Coolidge was the princi-
pal guest of honor at the annual ban
auet of the White House Correspond
ents' Associa ton last night at the
Mayfower Hotel. The clOture rule
was in force throughout the evening
and the only exception to shis was In
the case of the President.
The Executive had been Informed
previous to his remarks that the
now famous White House spokesman n
was not invited and that there was
to be no report of what he said. As
a result the President talked freely
and intimately.
George f. Durno of the Interna-
tional News Service the retiring presi-
dent Of the association, opened the din
ner, after which he turned the gavel
over to John Edwin Nevin of the
Washington Post, the newly elected
president. The entertain inment pre-
sented during the evening vas di-
rected by J. Russell Young of The
Evening Star. az ringmaster. assisted
by Kirk Miller of the Times.
Real Feature" Of Program.
ment program was brief skit. In
which the White House spokesrla n
played the leading role. and which
concluded with a song rendered ny
George n. O'Connor. accompa med ny
Matt Horne at the piano. and spec
ially written song. which eNrreSe"d
the correspondents hope that the
President again would establish the
Summer White House At Swdmpsco;t. {.
Mass.
The ia nQuet was held in the Chi
nese room Of the Mayfiower, which
had been specially decorated for the
occas sion.
Other prominent guests present
were Postmaster General New. Secre-
tsry of Commerce Hoover. Nicholas $
I.ongworth, Speaker Of the House:
Frank w. Stearns of Boston. Repre-
sentative Sol Bloom Of New York.
Everett Sanders secretary to the
President: John n. Bartlett. First As
| sistant Postmaster General: Edward
Il. Clark, personal secretary To IN"
| President; Rudolph Forster, executive
| officer OF the White House: +. stewart
| Crawford. chief clerk "f the White
| House: capt. Adolphus Andrews. com
niander of the presidential yacht May
| flower: Maj. James +. Coupal the
! I'GPSl1cnt DeISbIdl DIlN SI'ldil hiN
Comdr Joel r. Boone. medical officer
! Of the yacht Mayfiower
Others Who Participated.
| Others present were officers. mem
bers and guests of the association
John Edwin Nevin. president; Paul f.
| Haupert vice president John 7
Lambert. secrctary.treasurer Graf
ton s. Wilcox. Charles r. Michael
j. Russell Young. George +. Durn"
Members OF the executive commit
ee-Robert Allen. George Akerson
/ George F. Authier. George Rsrr
Baker, John n. Bartlett. f.. Ross
| BARLEY. J. Edward Barry. :. W. Bell
Ulric Bell. Ira F.. Bennett. J. G
| Brown. John r. Buckman. Thomas
Carrens. Raymond Clapper. Ralph 4
Collins. Edward A. ConroN. Ralph
| Crutchfield. G. L. Dalrymple. Johna
than Daniels. John NJ. Denison. Homer
j. Dodge. Clinton l.. Doggett. William
j. Dona ldson. George NJ. Dorsey
! George Drescher. =. +. EngIe. Garter
Field Don ". Foster. r.. W. Gable
man. Stuart Goodwin. Isaac Gregg Car
Groat. Harry Gusack. Frank Hale
| Frank 4. Hail. Charles 4. Hamilton
Roscoe G. Harper. John +. Hayes
Lou J. Heath Michael HennessN
clarence Hess. A. r.. Holland. George
r. Holmes. Matt Horne, Walter 6
I Jacobs, Richard Jervis. Max Jordan
| Maurice Judd.
| John r. Kelley. Charles l.. keyAer
| Thomas Kirby. A. II. kirchhOfer
! Richard Lee. F. I. Lewis. William J
Losh. Lorenzo Martin. Miles NcCa
Hill. Paul McGahan. GUY Mckinney
Hardie Meakin. Fl. l.. Merry. Abra n
! Movers Henry Miller. Kirk Miller
John Monk, John Mont gomerN. Coli
! Morgan. Frank Morgan. Ralph e. Mul
! ligan. William G. Murphy, Graham r
| N!chcl. Robert J.. Norton. John Glea
son O'Brien. Richard w. o'Neil
| George O'Connor. Richard Y. Oula
| han G.. G. Parker. Harold Phillips
! r. F.. Powell. Harry \. Price. A. A. II
Rain. James Ring. Nathan Robert
son. c. W. Scully. Tom Shipp. George
w simpson. Francis NJ. Stephenson
l.. G. Speers. Thomas l.. Stokes
Harry Stringer. Henry l.. Sweinhart
! Glenn l. Tucker, Harry Van Tine
Everett G. Watkins. Warren Wheaton
| Paul Weir, James l.. West. r. w
| Westwood. Frederic w. Vile. James
| l.. Wright. Comdr. 5. S. Yeandle.