Evening star., 1937-01-17
70OATTEND DINNER
OF ALFALFA CLUB
Senator Harrison Installed
as President of Group-NeW
Members Present.

The Alfalfa CLUB neld 1LS tWeHty-
fourth annual dinner at the Willard
Hotel last night and installed Senator
Pat Harrison as its new president.
More than TOO members and guests
attended the affair.
Brief memorial services were held
for three members who died during the
year-former Gov. Albert c. Ritchle
of Maryland, Brig. Gen. William
Mitchell and Philip st. Julien Wilson,
former chief engineer of the Bureau
Of Public Roads.
The dinner also was marked by a
national political convention" in
which former Senator James Watson
of Indiana was nominated by Senator
Harrison as candidate for President
of the United States on the Alfalfa
ticket.
Six new members were initiated.
They are DR.. Malcolm Gibbs, president
of Peoples Drug Stores; Senator White
of Maine, Senator McNary of Oregon,
Thomas McAdams, former president
of the American Bankers Association;
Carroll Morgan of the G. M. P. Muir
ply Co. and Stanton Peel, prominent
Washington lawyer.
Senator Harrison succeeded Cor
coran Thorn as president. Other Off
GERS who assumed their posts were
Edward j. Walsh, first vice president;
Gene Buck, second vice president;
Charles Porterfeld Light, secretary
treasurer; William Payne Meredith.
sergeant at arms. and George H.
O'Connor, water boy.
The list of invited guests and men,
bers follows:
The Speaker of the House OF Rep
resentatives, the Ambassador Of Bel
gium, the Ambassador of China, the
the Minister of Siam, the Attorney
General, the Postmaster General.
A.
Dean Acheson, Commissioner George
E. Allen, James B. Alley, Earl M.
Amick, Representative Walter G. An
drews former Representative Tim
othy T. AnSberry, Representative Les
ter O. Arends, Alexander Armstrong,
Harry Armstrong, Brig. Gen. Henry
H. Arnold, Jacob Aaronson, Charles w
Arth, Philip c. Arth, C. Rogers Arun-
dell, Clarence A. Aspinwall, H. F.
Atherton, Albert w. Atwood, Hugh D.
Auchincloss, H. Thomas Austern, F..
Gloyd Await and Edward Ayre.
b.
Former Representative Isaac Bach
arach, Senator Nathan L. Bachman,
Representative Robert Low Bacon,
Richard H. Bailey. jr.: Bruce Baird.
Charles H. Baker, Gibbs L. Baker,
Representative William B. Bankhead,
Senator Alben w. Barkley, Carter
Barron, George H. Barrows, Robert
Barry, John H. Bartlett, Sanford
Bates. Norman w. Baxter, William
L. Beale and Charles w. Beck, jr.;
Former Representative Carroll L.
Beedy, Daniel w. Bell, John G. Bell,
Uric Bell, James B. Beller, Edgar
Bergen, Donald NJ Bernard, George
l.. Berry, Clifford K. Bergman. Paul
Bestor, DR.. Gregg Gusts Birdsall.
George T. Bishop. Judge Oscar E.
Bland. Representative John W..
Boehne, jr.; Everett j. Boothby. Har-
old G.. Bowen, Dr. Walter w. Boyd,
Thomas w. Brahany. Harry M. Bra
love, Raymond P Brandt. Capt. Tay-
lor Branson, U. S. M. c.; William j.
Bray, Benjamin H. Brewster, jr.;
Alan F. Bristor. former Representa-
tive Fred A. Britten, Arthur G. Brode,
Frederick H. Brooke, Robert E. Brooke,
John st. c. Brooks, jr.; George Roth
we'll Brown. Norman c. Brown, Thad
H. Brown, Norman c. Brown, Powell
Browning, Charles E. Bryan. John
Stewart Bryan, Eugene Edward Buck,
Walker S. Buel, DR.. N. D. Buie, Barry
Bulkley, Senator William j. Bulow,
former Assistant Secretary of State
Harvey H. Bundy. Senator Edward K.
Burke, DR.. John w. Burke, Taylor
Burke, Ebert K. Burlew, H. Ralph
Burton, Harry C. Butcher, Charles
Henry Butler, Senator Harry Flood
Byrd, Harry Flood Byrd. jr.. and
Senator James F. Byrnes.
c.
DR.. James A. Cahill, jr.; Robert F.
Cahill, Louis G. Caldwell, Daniel j.
Callahan, Daniel J. Callahan, jr.; w.
B. Galloway. Michael F. Calnan,
George NJ Campbell, Ward Canaday,
Austin F. Garfield, Robert Carey,
John H. Carroll, jr.; Anon G. Car
ter, former Public Printer George H.
Carter, Norman Stanley Case, Col.
ROLAND w. Case, U. S. A.. Claude
D. Cass, DR.. Philip A. Caulheld, E.
Taylor Chewing, Edwin F. Chinlund,
Charles Chapman. George Bowie
Chapman. Wallace w. Chiswell,
George B. Christian, jr.; Melville
Church, jr.; Senator Bennett G. Clark,
Gaylord Lee Clark, Lawrence Clayton,
James S. Clifford, jr.; Representative
John j. Cochran.
e. Randolph Cooke, Philip o. Cof-
i'm. Charles E. Cohn, Frank ]. Cole
man, Maj Gen. Frederick w. Cole
man, U. S. A.; Edward F. Colladay,
James E. Colliflower, Henry E. Collins,
Representative William M. Colmer.
Rear Admiral Charles Conard. Rear
Admiral Hutchinson I. Cone. re-
tired, U. S. NJ; Senator Tom Con-
nally. John c. Conover, Thomas Jeffer-
son Coolidge. Senator Royal S. Cope
land, Thomas G.. Corcoran. William
c. Costello, Joseph j. Cotter, Robert
j. Cottrell. former Chief Justice j.
Harry Covington. Gen. Malin Craig,
U. S. A.; Henry D. Champion, Comdr.
T. A. NJ Craven, U. S. NJ; John M.
Crawford, John F. Crosby, Lewis M.
Crosley. DR.. Jerome F. Crowley, Leo
T. Crowley, Thomas r. Crowley. for
mer Surgeon General Hugh S. Cum
mings, Andrew jackson Cummings,
Attorney General Homer Cummings,
Harry F. Cunningham. J. Harry Cum
ningham, j. Maxson Cunningham.
d.
Walter Damn, Chester C. Davis,
Ewin Lamar Davis, Floyd E. Davis,
Howard Davis, John Harrison Davis,
Manton Davis, DR.. william Thorn
RESORTS.