Evening star., 1942-06-08

bid farewell to the distinguished
visitor. DR.. PARA Perez concluded
his stay in the Capital late yes
terday afternoon.
At the Embassy luncheon DR..
PARA Perez found the Ambassador
of his country, Senor DR.. Don
Diogenes Escalante: the Ambas-
sador of Argentina, Senor Don
Felipe A. Espil; the Ambassador of
Mexico, Senor DR.. Don Francisco
Castillo Najera; the Ambassador of
Ecuador, Senor Capt. Colon Eloy
Alfaro; the Ambassador OF Cuba,
Senor DR.. Aurelio F. Conchesco
the Ambassador of Panama. Senor
Don Ernesto Jaen Guardia, and
the Minister of Guatemala, Senor
DR.. Don Adrian Recinos.
Also at the function were the
members of the Foreign Minister'S
party, including the Minister of
Agriculture of Venezuela. Senor
Rodolfo Rojas; the director of the
Foreign Office, Senor J. Gill;
Fortoul, and the chairman Of the
Import Control Commission of
Venezuela. DR.. Jose Joaquin Con-
zales Gorrondona. Senor Gustavo
Bachman, superintendent general
of the National Railway of Colom-
bia, who was in town for the day
yesterday. was at the function, and
assisting the Ambassador in caring
for his guests were two members
of his staff, the First Secretary,
Senor Don Alberto Vargas Narino,
and the Second Secretary, SenOr
Don Jose Camacho-Lorenzan
A high light of the series of parties
given for DR.. PARA Perez was the
dinner Saturday night at which the
Co-ordinator of Inter- American
Affairs and Mrs. Nelson A. Rookie
feller were the hosts. In the party
accompanying the honor guest to the
dinner were the Ambassador of
Venezuela and Sonora de Escalante,
Senor Rojas, Senor Gonzalez Cor
rondona, Senor Don Henrique Gil
Fortoul Senor Don Julio Alfredo de
la Rosa, Sonora Don Manuel Perez
Guerrero and Senor Don Antonio
Oavila.
Mrs Henry A. Wallace. wife of the
Vice President, and the Secretary of
Agriculture and Mrs. Claude R.
Wickard also we're at the dinner,
and others present were Mr.. Mar
riner Eccles, Mr.. Ralph K Davies,
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Finletter, Mr..
and Mrs. Maxwell Weston Thorn
burg, Col and Mrs. r. B. Lord. Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. George V. Strong,
Rear Admiral and Mrs Robert R.
Griffin. Mr. and Mrs. Milo Perkins,
Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins, Gen.
and Mrs. George c. Durham, Mrs.
Loring C. Christie, Mrs, Wallace K.
Harrison. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Rovensky, Mr.. Kelso Peck, Mr.. and
Mrs. John M. Clark, Mrs. Turner
MacBaine, Mrs. Tracy Barnes, Mrs,
Carl Spaeth. Mr.. and Mrs. Enrique
de Lozado and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Lockwood.
The dean of the diplomatic corps,
the Ambassador of Peru, Senor Don
Manuel de Freyre y Santander, was
accompanied to Mrs. Evalyn w. Nc
Leans dinner by his son and daugh-
ter. Senor Frank de Freyre and
Senorita Peggy Freyre.
The party of Mrs. McLeans was
somewhat smaller than her usual
Sunday night dinners. the number OF
guests being about so.
Others from the diplomatic set
at the affair we're the Egyptian
Minister and Nine. Hassan, the
Swedish Minister and Nine. Bos-
from, the Minister of Finland, Mr..
Hjalmar J. Procope, and Mr.. Will
liam Gray Elmslie, attache Of the
British Embassy.
The congressional set was repre-
sented at the fete by Senator and
Mrs. Alben w. Barkley. Senator
Joseph Guffey, Miss Guffey. Senator
Arthur Capper, Senator Warren w.
Barbour, Representative James M.
Barnes, Representative and Mrs.
Charles S. Dewey, Senator and Mrs.
Burnet R. Maybank and Represent
ative Lawrence Lewis.
Still others at the event were
Associate Justice Stanley Reed, Mrs.