Evening star., 1935-04-28
WHITE HOUSE
. SCR|BES FROL|C
Roosevelt and Cabinet
Members Attend An
nuaI Dinner.

Fun-making marked the fourteenth
annual banquet of the White House
Correspondents Association in the
ball room of the Willard Hotel last
night, which was attended by Pres
ident Roosevelt, Vice President Gar
ner and long list of notables.
Besides more than 200 newspaper
men. others attending the dinner were
members of the cabinet, with the ex-
ception of Postmaster General Far
lev and Secretary of Labor Perkins.
who we're out of the city; Speaker
Byrns, Senator Joseph Robinson, ma
,ority leader of the Senate; Senator
Charles L. McNary. Senate Republican
leader; Representative Bertrand N,
Smell, House Republican leader; Sena-
tors Harrison of Mississippi, Byrd OF
Virginia, Byrnes of South Carolina,
Wheeler of Montana and Reynolds,
North Carolina, Barkley of Kentucky
and Representative Sam Rayburn OF
Texas. Prominent in the New Deal
command were: Harry l.. Hopkins,
Federal relief administrator; James A.
Moffett, Federal housing administra-
tor: Rex Tugwell, Undersecretary OF
Agriculture; Donald Richberg. chief
of N. r. A.; Frank C. Walker, director
of Emergency Council: Joseph P. Ken
nedv. director of the Securities and
Exchange Commission: Jesse Jones,
director Reconstruction Finance Corp;
Chester c. Davis, agricultural ADJUST
Ynent administrator; A. S. Prall, head
Of the Communications Commission;
Col. Marvin Hunter Mcintyre and
stephen T. Early. representing the
white House secretariat; DR.. Henry
r. Grady, State Department. Former
Postmaster General Harry S. New. VINO
has attended every annual affair OF
the association, was present.
. President Introduced.
: The frolic started the moment every
6ne was seated. There were no set
speeches, although Frances M. Ste
penson, Associated Press, retiring pres
adent of the association. welcomed the
ruests and introduced President RooSe-
velt. who responded to rising toast
10 the President of the United States.
There was a brief talk from Albert
l.. Warner, New York Herald Trlb-
nne, incoming president, who was in
augurated at the dinner.
The entertainment. which was ar
ranged by committee headed by
George E. Durno, Mcclure Syndicate
who acted as "ringmaster," included
songs by George OConnor. with Matt
Horne at the piano; Bernard Fitz-
gerald, Irish tenor, and Edward Steffe,
baritone. A high light of the pro-
rna1 n1oHn
by the Fox Movietone News, arranged
by Laurence Stallings, Lowell Thomas
and directed by Arthur De T1tta. The
reel was a satire on the events Of
The New Deal and included the Pres
ident and other leaders, among them
Gen. Hugh johnson. Senator Huey
Long, Secretary Ickes, Postmaster
General Farley and others.
Navy Band Enters.
The opening feature of the evening
was the marching into the hall OF the
Navy Band under the leadership of
Lieut.. Charles Benter, playing An
ehors Aweigh," favorite tune OF the
President This was followed by the
playing of the White House Core
spondents' March," an attractive mel
ody, written by Lieut.. Benter in COM
pliment to the association.
The last half of the entertainment
was furnished by the Columbia Broad
casting Co., who brought to Washing
ton a large company of outstanding
stars. Included in this list were Col.
Stoopnagle and Bud, James Melton,
tenor; The Revelers, quartet; Virginia
Rea, soprano; Gertrude Niesen, exotic
singer; Benay Venuta. new star; May
Eastman, soprano: Norman Gordan,
baritone; Carson Robinson. and his
Buckaroos, Virginia Verrill. Paul Duke.
magician; Minor and Root, dancers;
Everett Marshall, Broadway star;
Cookie Bowers, comedian; Arthur Bo-
ran, mimic; Pat Casey, bar room pia-
mist, and Enoch Light and his orches-
ira.
{ Officers Enaugurated.
I One of the real features Of the eve
ming was the fun incident to the in
auguration of the new officers of the
association, the initiation being con-
Quoted by President Stephenson. Be-
side Mr.. Warner, the incoming presi-
dent, the new officers installed were
George Lewis Tarry, Wall Street Jour-
nal, vice president; Leon Dure, Wash
thgton Post, secretary treasurer; Fred
erick A. Storm. United Press, Charles
w. B. Hurd, New York Times, and
Edward L. Roddan, Universal Serv-
Tee, Executive Committee.
I There were more than $50 guests in
attendance from all sections of the
country, including high officials of the
various broadcasting and wire commu-
nications corporations
/ The members and guest list for the
banquet follows:
Phelps Adams, Clyde B. Aitchison,
Merit Akers, George Akerson, Robert
G. Albright, George E. Allen, Robert 8.
Allen, E. S. Alvord, Harold Ambrose,
Paul Y. Anderson, R. C. Anderson, Ed
Anthony, j. c. Aitchison, Walter H.
Atkins, George Authier and M. H.
Aylesworth.
Frank Baer, Senator Nathan L.
Bachman, Hugh Baillie, Joseph L.
Baker, H. r. Bankhage, Capt. Hugh
Barclay. Carlisle Bargeron, Eric Bark,
r. Morville Barker, Senator Albert
Parkley. j. E. Barnes, Lieut.. Comdr.
y. c. Barringer. Carter Barron, Will
lam L. Beale, j. Frank Beatty. Uric
Bell, j. P. Bernard, Robert j. Bender,
Clifford Benjamin, Ira Bennett,
George A. Benson, Lieut.. Charles
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