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House Monday evening because that
cabinet officer is a woman.
Small chrysanthemums were used
In the decorations of the house and
the 20 guests were, in addition to
President del Rio, his Minister of
Finance, Senor Don Vicent Illing-
worth; the Ecuador Ambassador,
Captain Eloy Colon Alfaro, and off,
cials of the United States Govern
ment and their wives.
The Secretary of State, Mr.. Cor
dell Hull, was host at dinner last
evening for the distinguished visitor
who is the guest of the Government
and is staying at Blair House. Fhe
arrangements for the dinner were
personally supervised by Mrs. Hull
and were in keeping with similar
functions which the statesman and
his charming wife have given dur
Ing their years in official life. Mrs.
Hull spent the day working at the
Red Cross and then went down to
see that everything was in readi-
ness for the party last evening.
Secretary and Mrs. Hull yesterday
marked the silver anniversary of
their wedding though affairs of
State interferred with any festivity
to observe the day. Mrs. Hull chose
bronze and yellow chrysanthemums
to decorate the table, the colors
being more masculine than her
favorite pink roses.
Secretary Hull's guests included
those in President Arroyo del Rios
party the Minister of the Treas
ury, Senor Illingworth, the Am
bassador, Capt. Alfaro; Senator
Cation Cardenas, Senator Manuel
Benigno Cueva, Senor Pedro
Hidalgo, of the Chamber of
Deputies; Senor Jose Ricardo Chiri-
boga, Secretary General to the
President, the latters Military At
tache, Col. Pablo Borja; his aides
de-camp, Maj. Gabriel Gallegos and
Maj. Juan Ramirez; Senor AguStin
Arroyo, son of the President and
Senor Eloy Alfaro, son of the Am
bassador, who are acting as secre-
taries to the Chief Executive; the
military and naval aides to the
President, Brig. Gen. Ralph H.
Woolten, U. S. A., and Capt. Frank
Ioftin, U. S. N.
Others at the dinner were the
Secretary of the Treasury, Mr..
Henry Morgenthau, jr.: the Secre-
tary of Commerce, Mr.. Jesse H.
Jones; the United States Ambas-
sador to Ecuador, Mr.. Boaz Long:
Senator Tom Connolly, chairman of
the Foreign Relations Committee;
Senator Arthur Capper. who is
member of that committee; Repre-
sentative Sol Bloom, chairman of
the Foreign Affairs Committee;
Representative Charles A. Eaton.
also a member of that committee:
the Assistant Secretary of State, Mr..
Adolf A. Berle, jr.; the Assistant
Secretary of Commerce, Mr.. w. L.
Clayton; Mr.. Bernard M. Baruch,
adviser on Army ordnance; Mr. Milo
Perkins, executive director of the
Economic Defense Board; Mr.. DON
aid M. Nelson. chief of the War Pro-
duction Board; Mr. Edward r. Stet-
ttnfus, jr administrator of lend
lease; Mr.. o. Eberstaadt, vice chair
man of the War Production Board;
the chief of protocol, Mr.. George
T. Summerlin; the director general
OF the Pan-American Union, DR..
Leo S. Rowe; Mr.. Rockefeller, CO.
ordinator of Inter American Affairs;
DR.. M. w. Perry, Mr.. Album West
Of the Associated Press; Mr.. Will
liam Lander of the United Press,
Mr.. j. Kingsbury Smith of the In
ternational News Service and from
the State Department Mr.. Laurence
Duggan, adviser on political rela-
tions; Mr.. Philip w. Bonsal, chief
of the Division of American Re-
publics; Mr. H. Charles Spruks.
ceremonial officer, and Mr.. Edward
w. Nash.