Evening star., 1942-12-09

LOT Lne chle1 executive of the island
republic showing the warm friend
ship OF this country for Cuba. There
has been a close tie between the
two countries since our war with
Spain for the freedom of Cuba.
Arrangements for the dinner last
evening were similar to other such
functions in the stately White
House, with the Marine Band Or
cestra playing from its station in
the north corridor, and the rooms
bright with autumn blossoms on
mantels and tables. The guests
were seated at long table in the
state dining room, with delicate
pompons in the small vases OF the
famous Monroe gold service and low
mounds OF autumn blossoms alter
mating with the candelabras and
bowls of fruit.
Members of President Batista's S
party who were among the guests
last evening were the Minister Of
State, DR.. Martinez: the Cuban Am
bassador, DR.. Aurelio F.. Concheso;
the Minister of the Presidency,
Senior Amodeo Lopez Castro and
DR.. Oscar Garcia Monies, men,
Der of the Cuban National Develop
ment Commission.
Of1cialS of this Government who
were guests last evening were the
Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell
Hull; the Secretary of the Treasury,
Mr.. Henry Morgenthau, jr., and his
father, Mr.. Morgenthau of New
York; the Attorney General, Mr.
Francis Biddle; the Postmaster
General, Mr. Frank C. Walker: the
Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Frank
Knox; the Secretary of the Interior,
Mr.. Harold L. Ickes: the Secretary
Of Agriculture, Mr. Claude R. Wick
ard; the Secretary of Commerce,
Mr.. Jesse H. Jones: Associate JUS
tice Robert H. jackson; the Speak
er Of the House. Representative Sam
Rayburn; Senator Tom Connally,
chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee; Representative Sol
Bloom, chairman of the Foreign
Affairs Committee; the chief of
staff to the President, Admiral Will
liam D. Leahy; the chief of staff,
United States Army, Gen. George
G. Marshall: the chief of naval op-
erations, Admiral Ernest j. King:
the commandant OF the Marine
Corps, 1t. Gen. Thomas Holcomb;
the Undersecretary of State. Mr..
Sumner Wells; the director of eco
nomic stabilization, Mr.. James F.
Byrnes; the director of foreign re-
lief and rehabilitation, Mr.. Herbert
H. Lehman: the chairman of the
War Man Pow Commission and
Federal Security administrator, Mr..
Paul V. McNutt; the United States
Ambassador to Cuba, Mr.. Spruille
Braden; the chairman of the Fed
eral Reserve Board, Mr.. Mariner
S. EccleS; the special assistant to
the President, Mr.. Harry L. Hop
kins; the secretaries to the Presi-
dent, Mr.. Marvin H. Mcintyre and
Maj Gen. Edwin M. Watson; the
chief of protocol, Mr. George T.
Summerlin: the chairman of the
American Red Cross, Mr.. Norman
H. Davis; Rear Admiral Ross T.
McIntire. surgeon general of the
Navy; the administrator of lend
lease, Mr.. Edward R. Stettinius. jr.:
the political adviser to the State
Department. Mr. Laurence Duggan;
Assistant Chief of Protocol Mr..
Stanley Woodward: the librarian of
Congress. Mr.. Archibald MacLeish:
the president of the Export Import
Bank, Mr.. Warren Lee Pierson: the
chief of the Division of American
Republics of the State Department,
Mr.. Phil H. Bonsal; Mr.. Stanley
Woodward Of Protocol Division; Brig.
Gen. John B. Coulter, U. S. A., and