Evening star., 1943-03-16


Manuel de Freyre y Santander; tn
Felipe ESpil, the Mexican Ambassad
the Ecuador Ambassador, Capt. Co.
Ion Eloy Alfaro. who was host in
honor of the Vice President 10 days
ago; the Brazilian Ambassador,
Senior Carlos Martins; the Venezue-
ian Ambassador, DR.. Don Diogenes
Escalante: the Chilean Ambassador.
Senor Don Rodolfo Michels: the
Cuban Ambassador, DR.. Aurelio F.
Concheso; the Uruguay Ambassador,
DR.. Juan Carlos Blanco; the Boliv-
Ian Ambassador. Dr.. Don Luis Fer
nando Guachalla the Paraguay
Ambassador. Dr.. Don CelSo r. Velas-
quez; the Guatemalan Minister, DR..
Don Adrian Recinos; the Salvador
Minister, Dr.. Don Hector David
Castro, the Nicaraguan Minister.
DR.. Don Leon De Bayle, the Hon
duTas Minister. DR.. Don Julian R.
CacereS; the Costa Rican Minister.
Dr., Don Luis Fernandez, who will
start his homeward journey the end
of this week and for that reason has
planned no party in honor of the
Vice President; the Dominican Min
lister, Dr.. j. M. Troncoso; the Haitian
Minister, M. Andre Liautaud, and
the Colombian Charge d'Affaires,
Senor Don Alberto Vargas Narino.
The Speaker of the House, Repre-
sentative Sam Rayburn, was there
with Senator Tom Connally. chair
man Of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee; the majority and minority
leaders OF the Senate. Senator Alben
w. Barkley and Senator Charles L.
McNary, and Senator Dennis
Chavez; the majority and minority
leaders of the Lower House. Repre-
sentative John w. Mccormack and
representative Joseph w. Martin.
II, and Representative Sol Bloom.
chairman of the Foreign Affairs
Committee, were others from the
legislative branch of the Govern
ment.
The Acting Secretary of State,
Mr.. Sumner Welles, with other Off
cials of the State Department in
cluding the Assistant Secretary, Mr..
Adolf A. Berle, jr.; the chief of
protocol, Mr.. George T. Summerlin;
the political adviser, Mr.. Laurence
Duggan, who, with Mr.. Hector Lazo
OF the Board of Economic Warfare,
will accompany the Vice President;
Mr.. Philip Bonsal, chief of the Bu-
reau OF American Republics, and
Mr.. Murray White.
The Secretary to the President.
Mr.. Marvin H. Mcintyre; the CO.
ordinator of inter-American affairs,
Mr.. Nelson A. Rockefeller; the ex-
ecutive director of the Board of
Economic Warfare, Mr.. Milo Per-
klns, and others from that agency,
Mr.. Wesley Adams, Mr.. Jose Ber-
gido, Mr.. Joseph Jones, Mr.. Smith
Howell, Mr.. r. H. Dano, Mr. Ger
aid Foley and MI R. J. Reuben. |
Others at the luncheon were DR.. |
Domingo Caino, professor of Span
lsh at Georgetown University; DR.. |
Tomas Cajigas, former Representa-
tive Maury Maverick, Senor J. D.
Crespo of Panama, Mr.. Picnot of
Texas, a close personal friend of
the host; Mr.. Alberto Bareto of the
Office of the Co-ordinator of Inter-
Affairs; Mr.. Ralph Hilton
Of the Associated Press, Mr.. Will
liam H. Lander of the United Press;
Mr.. Joseph Kinsbury Smith of the !
News Service and !
members of the Embassy !
staff.
Mrs. Wallace shared honors with |
the Vice President last evening at
the dinner which the Chilean AM
bassador and Sonora de Micheis
gave in their attractive and stately
Embassy on Massachusetts, avenue.
The company was strictly official, |
the menu in keeping with the war
days and the party was only din
ner with ample time for conversa-
ton afterward.
The Peruvian Ambassador, Senor
de Freyre y Santander, who was
host to the Vice President and Mrs.
Wallace the latter part of last week,
was the ranking diplomat present
The Vice President will visit Peru
during his tour and the Ambassa-
dor was host to 25 guests, including
Mrs Wallace and officials and dip
lomats and their wives.
The members of the Presidents
official family who were at the party
of the Chilean Ambassador and
Sonora de Michels last evening were
the Attorney General and Mrs.
Francis Biddle and the Secretary
of Labor. Miss Frances Perkins.
The chairman Of the Senate For
eign Relations Committee and Mrs.
Tom Connally and the chairman
of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
OF the House, Representative Bloom
and Miss Vera Bloom, represented
the legislative branch of the Fed
eral Government
The Chilean Ambassador to Mex
leo, Senor Emilio Edwards. who
has been in New York for several
weeks after a brief visit in Wash
ington, came down for the dinner
party last evening Gen. Oscar Es-
cudero, chief of the Chilean Army,
who is here on special mission and
is being considerably entertained,
also was among the guests last eve
ming. Others at the party were
the director general Of the PAN
American Union, DR.. Leo S. Rove;
the chief Of protocol, Mr.. Summer
lin, and Chilean Senator Cruz Coke,
who arrived few days ago for
visit Senator Coke is a former
Minister Of Public Health of Chile
and is one Of the leading citizens