Evening star., 1945-08-23

evening of President Harry S. Tru
House. Gen. de Gaulle arrived y,
the White House over night. He ,
House today to remain until early
entertainment during his visit fol
heads of other nations who have b
with Gen. de Gaulle at the White ]
Foreign Affairs for the provisional {
was among the guests at the dinner
last evening.
The guests, in addition to Gen.
de Gaulle and NJ Bidault, were the
French Ambassador, M. Henri Bon
net: Gen. Alphonse JUN, chief of
staff of the French Army; M. Gas
ton Palewski, chief assistant to Gen.
de Gaulle: Vice Admiral Raymond
Fenard, naval attache: Maj Gen.
Auguste Brossin de Saint-Didier,
military attache; Maj. Gen. Charles
Luguet, air attache; NJ Herve Al
phand, director general of economic
affairs; M. Pierre Louis Falaize,
chief assistant to M. Bidault; M
Francis LacoSte, counselor of the
French Embassy; Commandant
Charles Henri de Lewis Mirepoix,
naval aide to Gen. de Gaulle; 1t
Claude Guy, his military aide, and
Ensign Philippe de Gaulle, son of
the general.
The Chinese Ambassador DR.. Wei
Tao-ming, the British Charge DAT
faires, Mr.. j. Balfour, and the Soviet
Charge d'Affaires, Mr.. Nikolai V.
Novikov, were the only diplomats
from foreign countries at the din
ner. with the exception. of course,
of the French Ambassador. Asso-
ciate Justice Hugo L. Black was the
only member of the Supreme Court
present.
officials of the United States
Government who were asked to
meet Gen. de Gaulle included: The
Secretary of State, Mr.. James F.
Byrnes; the Secretary of the Treas
ury, Mr.. Fred M. Vinson; the At
torney General, Mr.. Tom c.
Clark; the Postmaster General,
Mr.. Robert Hannegan; the Secre-
tary of the Navy, Mr.. James V. For
restal: the Secretary of the Interior,
Mr.. Harold L. Ickes; the Secretary
of Agriculture, Mr. Clinton P. An
derson: the Secretary of Commerce, !
Mr. Henry A. Wallace; the Secre-
tary of Labor, Mr.. Lewis Baxter
Schwellenbach: Senator Arthur H.
Vandenberg. Mr.. Robert P. Patter-
son, Acting Secretary of War; Fleet
Admiral William D. Leahy, General
of the Army George c. Marshall,
Fleet Admiral Ernest j. King, Gen
eral of the Army Henry H. Arnold,
Representative Sol Bloom, chair
man of the Foreign Affairs Commit
tee: General A. A. Vandegrift, COM
mandant of the Marine Corps; MI.
J, A. Krug, chairman of the War
Production Board; Mr.. John w.
Snyder, Mr.. William H. Davis. Mr..
Leo T. Crowley, Mr.. Paul V, McNutt,
Federal Security administrator; Mr..
jefferson Caffery. Mr.. James c.
Dunn, Assistant Secretary of State;
Mr.. William D. HaSsett, Mr.. Mat
thew J. Connolly and Mr.. Charles
G. Rose, secretaries to the PreSl-
dent; Judge Samuel I. Roseman,
special assistant to the President;
Mr.. George T. Summerlin, chief OF
protocol; Brig. Gen. Sumner Waite,
United States military aide to Gen.
de Gaulle: Brig. Gen. Harry H.
Vaughan and Commodore James K.
Vardaman, military and naval aides
to the President, and Capt. w. G..
Michelet, United States naval aide
to Gen. de Gaulle.
Arrangements for the dinner also
we're similar to those at other such
functions, the Marine Band Or
chestra playing from the north
corridor preceding and during the
dinner, and the guests being re-
ceived in the blue room. The table
was in the shape of U, the center
banked with palms. The table was
laid with the famous gold service
and in the vases and in low mounds
which alternated in the center of
the table we're roses and baby's
breath. Festooned about the damask
rloth were sprays of asparagus vine
and maidenhair fern.
The menu was typical of the
United States, starting with clear
soup and fairy toast, curled celery
and assorted olives. Roast turkey
and dressing with currant jelly,
string beans, Spanish corn and
mashed sweet potatoes cost points
only for the butter-if any-in the
seasoning. Cheese straws were served
with the green salad and the ice
cream and sliced peaches with angel
food cake might have been sweet
ened with unrationed honey. Dainty
dishes of nuts and candy were served
with demi-tasse.
Secretary Byrnes will entertain
Gen. de Gaulle at dinner this
evening, others at the party to-
be only men. The dinner will
be given at the Shoreham, where
Secretary and Mrs. Byrnes make
their Washington home. Tomor-
row evening the French Ambas-
sador, M. Henri Bonnet, will en-
tertain a group of gentlemen at
dinner in honor of his President and
the following day ladies have been
Included in the invitations. Cards
for the reception have been issued
In the name of Gen. de Gaulle and
are engraved in French. The recep-
ton will be from to o'clock in
the Embassy and cards of admission
are inclosed.
The British organized the first
"Airgraph Service" to maintain
contact with troops in Egypt and
India via microilm.