Evening star., 1939-01-22

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As Alfalfa Club
President
Fun Dominates Program
At 26th Annual
Dinner
Members of the Alfalfa Club
whose platform demands more OF
what we want and less of what we
can't get" had plenty of what they
wanted-fun-at their 26th annual
dinner at the Willard Hotel last
night.
Gene Buck. noted theatrical fig
ure, was inaugurated as new presi-
dent OF the club to the tune of
Pass the Buck to Gene" a song
written especially for the occasion
by Harry Won Tilzer and Irving S
Caesar, authors of many hit" tunes
Three Senators-Barkley of Ken
tucky. Lodge Of Massachusetts and
Austin of Vermont-were initiated
as new members of the club.
Campaign Slogan.
There was lavish program of
professional entertainment in addi-
ton to fun-making by the members
in connection with nominating a
= candidate for President for 1910 on
the Alfalfa platform:
Give everything to everybody
and take nothing from nobody"
approximately 700 men, includ-
tlg many celebrities from other
parts of the country, attended the
dinner
Senator Pat Harrison, a former
president, presided until Mr.. Buck
was inaugurated. Other officers
we're Joseph H. Hines, vice presi-
dent: Senator Connally of Texas,
second vice president; Charles P
Light, cretary-treasurer; William
Payne Meredith. sergeant at arms,
and George H. O'Connor, water
boy.
List of Guests.
The list of members and guests
attending the dinner included:
Dean G. Acheson. Horatio H.
Adams, Francis G. Addison, jr.;
Frederick Albert, New York City;
the Minister of Albania, Faik Kon-
itza; Richard S. Aldrich, George E.
Allen. Paul H. Appleby, William S.
Ardery, William Campbell Arm
Strong, Clarence A. Aspinwall, Hugh
D. Auchincloss and Senator Warren
R. Austin of Vermont.
B.
Isaac Bachrach, Atlantic City, N.
j.; Harry N. Baetjer, Baltimore
Justice Jennings Bailey, Charles H.
Baker, Gibbs L. Baker. Arthur A.
-Ballantine, New York; Representa-
tive William B. Bankhead of Ala
bama, Senator w. Warren Barbour
Of New jersey, Senator Alben w.
Barkley of Kentucky, jerome F.
Barnard, Raymond Barnett, Carter
T. Barron. w. P. Bartel. John H.
Bartlett, Representative Bruce Bar
ton of New York, j. S. BarstoW, Hi
land G.. Batcheller. Breckenridge,
Pa. Harry A. Batten, Philadelphia; q;
William l.. Beale, Jack Beall, Charles
w. Beck. jr., Philadelphia; Raymond
N. Beebe, John G.. Bell. Uric Bell,
Eric L. Bergland, Wilmington, Del; ;
Clifford K. Bergman, Paul Bestor,
Newark, N. j.; Clarence R. Biting,
Watch Hill, R. l.; David H. Blair,
1t. j. G. Blanche, U. S. NJ; Oscar E.
Bland, Marvin J. Bland, Terre
Haute, Ind; Representative John w.
Boehne, jr., Of Indiana; Representa-
tive Patrick E. Boland of Pennsyl-
vania, Representative Chester C.
Bolton of Ohio, William Langhorne
Bond, E. S. Bonnet, New York City;
Chief Justice Fenton w. Booth,
Court of Claims; Maj. Gen. Fred w.
Boschen, U. S. A.; Robert j. Bourke,
Rear Admiral Harold G.. Bowen, U.
S. N; DR.. Philip w. Boyd, Winches-
ter. Va; Charles c. Boysen, Philip
E. Bradley. Bethesda, Md: Thomas
w. Brahany, Raymond P. Brandt,
Edgar N. BraWner, Harold Brayman,
John S. Brookes, jr.; Henry w.
Brewer, New York City; George
Rothwell Brown, Thad H. Brown,
Walter Brown, John Stewart Bryan,
Richmond, Va; Stewart Bryan, jr.,
Richmond, Va; Tenant Bryan,
Richmond, Va; Frederick Buchholz,
Eugene Edward Buck, New York
City; George w. Buck, Great Neck,
Long Island; Walker Showers Burl
Barry Bulkley, Robert j. Bulkley
Senator William j. Bulow of South
Dakota, William j. Bulow, jr.; Har-
vey H. Bundy, Boston; Gilbert U
Burdett, New York City, Senator
Edward r. Burke of Nebra ~ka Dr.
John w. Burke, Taylor Burke, Alex
andria, Va: Wallace E. Burke. New
York City; Ebert K Burlew, Edward
B. Burling, Clarence F. Burton, H
Ralph Burton, Robert w. Burton
Harry G. Butcher. Ulysses Butler
Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Vir-
ginia Harry Flood Byrd, jr,, VIM
chester, va, Joseph M. Byrne, Jr.,
Newark, N. j.; Senator James F.
Byrnes of South Carolina.
Irving Caesar, New York City;
Robert F. Cahill, Louis G. Caldwell
Capt. Daniel ]. Gallaghan, U. S. NJ;
Daniel j. Callahan. w. B. Galloway
Baltimore; Michael F. Calnan, DR.
George w. Calver, DR.. Ralph J
Carlo, Robert Carey, Jersey City
N. j.; William F. Carey, New York
City; w. Gibson Carey, New York
City; John Haydock Carroll, jr.
Chicago; Anon G. Carter, Fort
Worth, Tex; George H. Carter, New
York City; Norman S. Case. Turner
Catledge, DR.. Philip A. Caulfeld
Walter F. Chappell, Earl D. Chesney
George Bowie Chapman, Wallace w
Chiswell, Brice Clagett. Raymond