Evening star., 1946-12-21

reception In the late afternoon
ana two dinner parties In the
evening. The Greek Prime Minister
and Mrs. Constantine Tsaldaris and
the members OF his party had q very
full day, and the Minister Of Foreign
Affairs Of Panama, DR.. Ricardo ].
Alfaro, spent the day among old
friends and was the honor guest
at dinner last evening which his
Ambassador and Mrs. ]. J. Valla-
rino gave.
The Greek Prime Minister and
Mrs. Tsaldaris were entertained at
dinner last evening by the Secre-
tary OF State and Mrs. James T.
Byrnes. The Secretary and Mrs.
Byrnes were very warmly greeted
at the reception which the Greek
Charge d,AffaireS and Mrs. Paul
Economou-G Gouras gave for him at
the Shoreham earlier in the day.
It was the first large function the
Byrneses have attended for many
months due to their absence In
Paris and in New York where the
Secretary has attended important
conferences.
The dinner was given at the Carl
ton, and with the Prime Minister
and his wife were the members OF
his party, the Minister Of Foreign
Affairs, Mr.. Alixis Kyrou; Mr..
Thanois Tsaldaris. son of the off-
cial; the Prime Minister'S secretary,
Mr.. John Kampoitis. and the Charge
d,Affaires and Mrs. Economou-
GouraS.
Invited to meet the distinguished
visitor and his party were the Sec
retary of the Treasury and Mrs.
John w. Snyder, Senator and Mrs.
Wallace H. White, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Frank j. Lowry, Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Carl A. Spaatz, the Under
secretary Of State and Mrs. William
L. Clayton, the Assistant Secretary
! OF State and Mrs. Donald Russell,
the president Of the Export-Import
Bank Of Washington and Mrs. Will
liam Nice. Martin, Mr.. Paul Por-
ter, recently appointed head OF an
economic mission to Greece, and
Mrs. Porter; and from the State
Department circle, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanley woodward, Mr.. and Mrs,
10y Henderson, Mr.. and Mrs. Free
man Matthews and Mr.. Raymond
D. Muir.
Many attend Reception
The Greek Charge d'Affaires and
Mrs. Economou-G Gouras received be-
tween three and four hundred
guests yesterday afternoon and pre-
sented them to their Prime Min
lister and Mrs. Tsaldaris. Both the
hostess and her honor guest were
dressed in long gowns which were
proper to wear to the dinner later.
Mrs. Economou-G Gouras wore black
velvet, the long, very full skirt be-
ing faced by silver lame, which
showed as she walked. Silver lame
| also faced the neckline. Mrs. Tsal-
daris also chose black gown.
The Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. John w. Snyder were 9TH
ers from the cabinet circle at the
reception and among those from the
diplomatic corps were The Neither
LANDS Ambassador and Mrs. Alex
Loudon and the Argentine Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Oscar Ivanissivish
and their daughter. Also with them
was their son, Mr.. Willie Ivanissi-
vich, who arrived early in the day
from Argentina.
| Members of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee were invited
and among those attending were
Senator and Mrs. Wallace II. White
The House Foreign Affairs Com
Imittee was included in the invita-
Itions, Representative Sol Bloom be-
ing among those attending.
| The Prime Minister and Mrs
lTsaldaris were guests at luncheon
to-day Of the Charge d'Affaires and
MRS. Economou-G Gouras. The COM
lpany was small and the party very
informal as 1t was given In the en-
bassy where Mrs. Cimon Diaman-