Evening star., 1947-02-15
President-EIect
Hon0red at Dinner
And Luncheon

The Assistant Secretary of State
and Mrs Spruille Braden were hosts
at dinner at the Carlton last eve
ming, when they entertained in
honor of the President-elect of
Uruguay and Sonora de Berreta.
Other guests at the dinner we're
the Uruguayan Ambassador, DR..
Juan Carlos Blanco, and his daugh-
ter, Senorita Blanco; DR.. Luis AL
berto Brause, DR.. and Sonora de
Giampietro, DR.. Giordano B. Eccher,
Dr.. Luis Surraco, DR.. Fernando Bar
rendeguy and Senor Enrique Rodri-
guez Fabregat, members of Senor
Berreta's party.
The guests also included Miss
Nelly Maraboto, Senor Tomas Luis
Brause Berreta, Senor Roberto Fon-
taina and Sonora de Fontaina, Senor
Juan Felipe Yriart and Sonora de
Yriart, the Brazilian Ambassador
and Senhora de Martins, the Chilean
Ambassador, Senor Felix Niepo del
Rio; the Ambassador of Panama and
Sonora de Vallarino, the Guate-
malan Ambassador and Sonora de
Garcia Granados, the Mexican Am
bassador and Sonora de Espinosa de
los Monteros, the Uruguayan Am
baSsador to the Pan American Union
and Sonora de Mora and Sonora de
Sanz de Santamaria, wife of the for
mer Colombian Ambassador. .....
Senator and Mrs. Ebert D.
Thomas were there, and also Rep
resentative and Mrs. Karl Stefan,
Representative and Mrs. Harris
Ellsworth, Vice Admiral and Mrs.
F. P. Sherman, Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis
o. Briggs, Mr.. and Mrs. William S.
Culbertson, the former United States
Ambassador to Uruguay and Mrs.
William Dawson, Mrs. Warren Del
ano Robbins, the Acting Director of
the Pan American Union and Sonora
de Alba, Mr. and Mrs. James Wright,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Mann, Mr.
and Mrs. Abe Fortas, Miss Laurita
Braden, daughter of the hosts; Mr..
and Mrs. William Clark, Mrs. Will
liam Stanley, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
j. Carignan, Mr.. Roscoe Snipes, Mr.
and Mrs. Sherburne Dillingham; and
Mr.. Robert Breckenridge.
A luncheon given in his honor by
the Governing Board of the Pan
American Union also was on the
entertainment schedule of Senor
Berreta today.
The luncheon was given in the
Hall of Heros following a special
session of the board, at which the
chairman, DR.. Antonio Rocha OF
Colombia, presided.
Guests at the luncheon included
the members of Senor Berreta S
party and in addition to members
of the diplomatic corps who attend
ed the Braden dinner those at the
luncheon were the Ambassador OF
Honduras, DR.. Julian R. Caceres; the
Nicaraguan Ambassador, DR.. Gull
lermo Sevilla Sacasa; the Costa
Rican Ambassador, DR.. Francisco de
P. Gutierrez: the Cuban Ambassa-
dor, DR.. Guillermo Belt; the Anbas-
sador of Ell Salvador, DR.. Hector
David Castro; the Bolivian Ambas-
sador. senor Ricardo Martinez Var
gas, and the Ambassador of Haiti
Hon. Joseph D. Charles.
Mr.. Braden also was guest, ano
others were representatives to the
Pan American Union including DR.
Luis Quintanilla of Mexico, d.
Joao Carlos Muniz of Brazil, DR.
Mora of Uruguay and DR.. Carlo:
Rodriguez Baigorria of Argentina
Embassy staff members present
were DR.. M. A. Falcon-Briceno Of
Venezuela, DR.. Cesar r. Acosta ol
Paraguay, Senor Manuel Navarro
Of Ecuador, DR.. J. R. Rodriguez o.
the Dominican Republic, and Gen
Hector J. Medina, Comdr. Juar
Carlos Deambrorio and MAJ. Carlos
Maria Sencion of Uruguay.
Mr. Dawson was there, and still.
others were DR.. Jose Richling, DR.
Fred Soper- and DR.. Hugh S. Cum
ming of the Pan American Sanitar!
Bureau, Mr.. Breckenridge and MI
Stanley Grand of the State Depart
ment, Mr.. Bertram Hulen, Mr.. Johr
]. Clisham, DR.. de Alba and tht
Acting Assistant Director of the Par