Evening star., 1946-12-04

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half of the diplomatic missions In
President and Mrs. Truman at di
It was the second State func
diplomatic dinner. The division "
corps has increased so greatly Il
81 ranking diplomats and their wi
State dining room.
Arrangements for the entertai
those of last week with. perhaps, q
roses. white pompons and snapdrag
and beautifully appointed with th'
luscious fruits and delicious candi
heavy linen cloth on the table was s
and Baker ferns partially filled In
the center of the U. Carrying out
the precedent established last week
no additional guests we're asked for
the musicale following the dinner
The program was given by Law
renee Tibbett, famous American
) baritone, who was accompanied by
Edward Harris at the piano.
The reception of the guests fol-
lowed closely the method at the
first dinner, and Mrs. Truman had
a becoming gown of black crepe,
fashioned with fioor-length skirt
and the upper part of the gown OF
black lace.
The Uruguayan Ambassador, DR..
Juan Carlos Blanco, came down
for the dinner from New York where
he is attending the meetings of the
United Nations. Others on the list
last evening included the Norwegian
Ambassador and Mrs. Munthe de
Morgenstierne, the Honduran Am
bassador and Sonora de Caceres,
the Costa Rican Ambassador and
Sonora de Gutierrez, also here from
the United Nations meeting, as were
the Cuban Ambassador and Sonora
de Belt. The Italian Ambassador
and Signora Tarchiani, the Turkish
Ambassador, Mr.. Huseyin Raglp
Baydur; the Panamanian Ambassa-
dor and Sonora de Vallarino, the
Colombian Ambassador and Sonora
de SAM de Santamaria, the Iranian
Ambassador and Nine. Ala and the
Soviet Ambassador and Mime. Nov1-
kov were in the. company.
His Britannia Majesty's Ambassa-
dor, Lord Inverchapel, was present
and other representatives of heads
of state were the Czechoslovakian
Ambassador and Nine. Slavic, the
Yugoslavian Ambassador, Mr.. Sava
N. Kosanovic; the Argentine Am
bassador and Sonora de Ivanlsse-
vich, the Australian Ambassador
and Mrs. Norman j. o. Maxim, the
Bolivian Ambassador, Senor Don
Ricardo Martinez Vargas; the
Egyptian Ambassador and Nine.
HaSSans
Ministers and their wives who at
tended the dinner and musicale last
evening included the Latvian Minis
ter and Nine. Bilmanis, the Danish
Minister and Nine. de Kaufman,
the Luxembourg Minister. Mr..
Hughes LeGallais; the Iraq Minister
and Nine. Jawdat, the New Zealand
Minister and Lady BerendSen, the
South African Minister and Mrs.
H. T. Andrews, the Swedish Minister
and Mime. Erickson, the Hungarian
Minister and Nine. Szegedy -Maszak
and the Ethiopian Minister, Ras H.
S. Imru. @
The Foreign Relations Committee
of the Senate was represented by
Senator and Mrs. Robert M. La
Toilette, jr., and Senator Theodore
Francis Green and the Committee
of Foreign Affairs Of the House was
represented by Representative Edith
Nourse Rogers and Representative
Helen Gahagan Douglas.
The Venezuelan Charge d'Afaires
and Sonora de Falcon-Briceno, the
Spanish Charge d'Affaires and
Sonora de Baraibar, the 1ndlan
charge d'Affaires and Lady Bajpai,
and the Haitian Charge d'Affaires,
Mr.. Mauclair zephirin, were the
other diplomats at the brilliant
festivity.
Oficials of this Government also
Included Fleet Admiral and Mrs.
Chester w. Nimitz, the Comman-
dant of the Marine Corps and Mrs.
A. A. Vandegrift, the Undersecre-
tary of State and Mrs. William L.
CLAYTON. the Secretary to the Presl-
dent and Mrs. Charles G. Ross, the
chief of Protocol and Mrs. Stanley
woodward and Special Counsel to
the President and Mrs. Clark M
Clifford.
Others there were former United
States Ambassador to China and
Mrs. Nelson T. Johnson, former
United States Ambassador to Haiti
and Mrs. Orme Wilson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward T. Folliard, Mr.. and
Mrs. Rex Goad, Miss Kathleen l.
Hartman, Mrs. George Mesta, Mr.
and Mrs. Lyle C. Wilson, Mr.. Tib-
bett. Mr.. Lawrence Tibbett, jr., and
Mr.. Harris.
Also at the dinner were Mrs
James M. Helm, Miss Reathel M
Odum and the Presidents military
and naval aides, Maj. Gen. Harry
II. Vaughan and Rear Admiral
James H. Foskett, with Mrs
Vaughan and Mrs. Foskett.
Members of the Marine BAND
Orchestra were stationed in the en-
trance hall and played stirring airs
as the guests assembled and during
the serving of the dinner their music
gave a charming accompaniment to
the conversation. They also played
while the guests had coffee in the
green and red rooms before it was
time for Mr.. Tibbett's program
which he gave in the east room. 4.