Evening star., 1928-03-18
PRESIDENT GUEST
OF NEWS WRITER'S
White House Correspondents
Give Annual Banquet.
Officers Installed.

trCIudiNE several nlenlbcrS OF the cab
;net, the Senate and House, made mcrr,
last night at the annual BANQUET q
thc association ST the Carlton Hotel.
There was something In the way q
r7errirent and funmaSinS and interes'
from the moment the banquet started
The entertainment was varied and nl'
though some Of the humor was at thu
expense Of the President and other;
present, every one enjoyed It.
II has been the custom Of President
Coolidge to take the occasion Of these
annual gatherings OF White House cor
respondents virtually 10 step down fror'
the Office of Chief Executive and to ir-
dulee in heart-to-heart talk. He fol.
lowed this custom last night
Kellogg Makes Speech.
Others who spoke briefly we're Secre.
tary ot State kellogg. Secretary of tht
Treasury Mellon, Postmaster Genera
New. Senator Harrison of Mississippi
and Franklin Pierce Morgan. veteran
newspaper correspondent of this city
The latter covered" the White HouSs
when Hayes was President and Calvir
Coolidge Was 5 years OF age.
OMcerS Of the association for the
coming year were installed as follows
John Russell Young of The Star
president; Ralph A. Collins. New York
Sun, vice president, and Oliver B
lerch. Wall Street Journal, secretary
treasurer. John T, Lambert of Univer-
Eal Service, retiring president. admins
tered the oathS 10 the officers Mr.
Lambert presided at the dinner until
the new president was in6ucted.
The entertainment included songs by
George II. OConnor. accompanied on
Nj hy- HA 80
saint Patricks Day In the Morning"
by Representative Bloom Of New York
the singing of Out Among the Black
Hills and the Pines" by Oliver B.
1erch. and topical songs by Jane and
Ginger Rodgers Of the Keith circuit.
Incidental music was furnished by q
Jazz band.
Films Are Shown.
Stereopticon views and motion pic
lures of the President and the cor
respondents during their vacation trips
and the recent visit to Havana were
shown. Col. Osnun Latrobe. veteran
CsvslrynaaIl. who the President met in
the Black Hills last Summer and who
was recently appointed chief military
aide at the White House, was asked to
stand up while one of the members of
just what the duties Of an aide are. and
presented him with set to follow.
George z. Durno Of International News
Service was chairman of the entertain
ment committee; Mr.. Lerch, chairman
OF the finance committee: RAYMOND
Tucker OF the Scripps- Howard papers,
chairman OF the invitation committee;
Carlisle Bargeron Of the Washington
Post. chairman Of the seating commit
tee: Ralph A. Collins. chairman of the
dinner committee: Stuart HAYES of Cen.
trA News. chairman of the menu COM
nlittee, and Raymond Clapper of United
Press Chairman of the reception COM
Besides the honor guests those invited
we're:
Russell c. Aikens. Col. Edward n
Ainslie. George e. Akerson. Francis G
Aldham William Frederic Ards, Roosrt
E. Armstrong, George r. Authier. Car
Isle BarEeron. Adolf K. Barta. z. Ross
Baruey. Uric Bell. Laurence M. Bene-
olcs. George w. Billings, ir.: Charles S
Blue, Frank X. Boal. Lieut.. Comdr
joel 7. Boone. John S. Boyd Andrew D
Brashears. William w. Bride. D Field
Brittle, J. G. Brown. Can't. Wilson
Brown. Robert Grey Bushong. George
Barr Baker. Raymond 6. Carroll. wal
ter Chamblin. John Chevalier. RAYMOND
Csapper. Edward T. Clark, Ralph A.
Collins. Edward A. Conroy. Dr.. John
Constas. Roger Cortesi Mai. J. r. Cou-
PAL. 7. Stuart Crawford, Kenneth G
CraSford. Carl c. Grove. John T. Cush-
:ng. Clarence Dairymple, Roland C.
Dawes. III. v. d. Decken John NJ. Deni-
son, Lieut. Coradr. r. G. Denne-
brink, Robert H. Denton. Rudolphe de
Zappe. G. B. Doddg. Clinton L. Doggett.
William ]. Donaldson. ir.; George M
Dorsey. George z. Durno, Thomas r
kdnundS. Parke r. Engle. Benedict M
English. Paul Fenlon. Carter Field
David T. Finley Wilfred Fleishcr VIII
Lam ?. Flytlle. Edward T. Pollard. Marx
Fook. Rudolph Forster, Wilbur S. For
.Iess. Don H. Foster, Jerome G. FraenkeI
kd~arc w. Gsbieman. Harry l.. Candy,
Irwin CeiSSer, T. A. Gillis, Harold Cold
man. Mark l.. Goodwin. Isaac Gregg. w.
henry Grimes, Carl Groat. Charles s
Groves. Prank A. Hall, William p. Han
Artnu 5. HAlsey. Charles A. Hamilton
EDosoN Z, Harper. Lee Poe Hart, Paul
asnpeu. Stuart s. Hayes. r. Eber-
~. Heller. Ray Z. Henle. G r Hes
EdneFt HOLLOWAY. George r. HoImes,
Maet Horn, James p. Hornaday. Or,
Stanley K. Eornbeck, Sid Houston
Inngfa2S Howard, Gordon Huff. William
z. HUI. Maj. C. RAYMOND HIIsart.
austen u. Fei6s. Harvey Ingley A M
Jameson, Richard JeYvs. Howard %.
Johnson Nelson r. Johnson. DR.. MAY
Jotccn, Maurice Judd. Harry A. Karr.
Oaslo z. kaufman, Morgan 8. Kauf-
man, w. z. Kenney Russell Kent,
Fhnp kintIey. Thomas Kirby. Ernest
n. knorT. John T. Lambert. Wilton J.
IAENEEF4
LS9sen, Or. Rudolf Leither. Oliver p
Ierch. Charles j. Liliey, Clarence l..
Lislz, Orbln Lichfelc. Frank Lord,
Phiilp q. Loucks, DR. Matthew Mcguire,
Paul r.. Mailop. George w. Malone,
E1Esr Markham, Lorenzo Martin. s.
Bngh2p1 Martin. Charles II. Mathews
3r.. William l.. Mattocks. Nyles Z. MO
CahiI Leo A. McCiatnhy, Robert Me-
Cltilan, Msl. 6. z. Mccullough. Michael
j McDtrnott, William J McEyoy, Paul
J MoJahan, Guy D. Mckinney. Hsrdie
Meskin, I4arkin o. Mead, Rice w
keans, Albert n. Kitchener. Henry
Miller, Kirk Miller. Floyd Montgomery
Robert Moorefeid. Cole z. Morgan. Col
Andrew Moses Ralph c, Mulllgsn
william G.. Murphy, lr.. X. Foster
Murray. Col Robert c. MusseF. WI.
liam s, Neal. Carl Hsprud. Don
aid J. Heyin, John Edwin heFin, John
q. O'Erien. George OC0nnor, Kenneth
OConnnF. Richard W OMEN, Drew
yearhons Paul H. Pearson. Harold
Phiiiips. n. r PickerS, Edward M
Powell Harry n. Price, Ralph ID Palm
~, MAJ Frank w Patterson. A.. A.. u
Rain. Marion l.. Ramsay, l. n. Richey
Nelson j, Riley. Eolsn1 Robbins. o.,
Eood Roberts. Nathan w Robertson
w. n, E)6erbefs. Carl u. Rgth. Ie0 II
n1sT1, KiJTt q. Sell Chsrlfs =. ShseffeT
Henry e, Sheridan Harry 4 flsttefy
=. w. SnithfFs. Meyer Eoimsgn. Col
kAEsFc w Starring, Amos 4. Steele
Francis M. Ehpilenson, Iiomsa /
fsi0kss, IT,. Harry II. Slrlngkr. Lsureiic,
j. Sullivan. Henry Swift Oswald r
tcntistk, William r.. Tete, Aubrey S