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Evening star., 1947-04-27
New Year Party Outstanding
Amonq Mclean Social Affairs

the famous Thanksgiving Day and
Easter Sunday breakfasts, always
included high ranking officials OF
the Government, leaders in both
houses of Congress, diplomats and
many in unofficial circles Of the
Capital. These breakfasts were ira
ditional in the Mclean family.
The elder John R. McLeans en-
tertained in their town house. then
on I street, at Thanksgiving, and
the Easter fete was the opening
for the season of Friendship, then
their country home. These two
events Mrs. Mclean has carried on
at Friendship.
Criticized During War.
During the war she was criticized
for her parties, but it was her con-
viction that there must be compan-
ionship, especially In times of stress.
Statesmen, diplomats and others
discussed the topics of the day in
the relaxed atmosphere of her
parties.
Her parties for the convalescent,
especially the amputees, at local
service hospitals were bright spots
in the long months of hospitaliza-
ton for these men. Always there
were attractive girls, usually debu-
tantes of the season, to be their
partners in the dance or in card
games and to assist in seeing they
had refreshments. These parties.
too, had professional entertainers.
Mrs. Mclean usually received her
guests at the door of the Great Hall.
familiarly known as the paper
weight room" Here in glass cabinets
she had paper-weights of all kinds
and descriptions, from precious metal
ones studded with jewels to one or
two from the "hve-and-dime" stores.
She usually wore a fur wrap about
her shoulders and always amber or
dark glasses. Also she never was
without the Hope diamond even If
an almost equally famous diamond
known as the Star of the East was
not worn, and her diamond brace
lets usually covered her arms from
wrists to elbows.
Cocktails were passed many times
Evening star., 1947-04-27
Mrs. Mclean Bought
Gems by Handful
Powned Them Often

Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mclean
lived a life of contrasts:
She collected gems by the
handful and pawned them
often.
She had the great Hope"
diamond blessed by a priest
and claimed it brought her
good fortune, but never would
let her children touch it.
She entertained the worlds
notables at lavish parties at
the family's estate, and bought
sandwiches for bonus marchers
after the First World War.
Once she had her butler serve
sandwiches and drinks to peo-
pie waiting in the hot sun to
catch a bus near her home.
She spent $104,000 and
travelled halfway across the
country in an effort to ransom
the kidnapped Lindbergh baby,
only to learn that she had been
the victim of a hoax.
Evening star., 1947-04-27

The boys had an understandable
desire to bring back to their families
a souvenir of their entertainment
by this famous woman. But these
unfortunate losses never discouraged
her from carrying on the entertain
ment.
During the war she wrote an
occasional column in the Washing
ton Times Herald on the general
subject of "be good to the CTS"
After the war she became interested
in veterans housing and bought
paid space in the newspapers to
advance her ideas on what should
be done.
The carriage line (of limousines)
will form again in front of Friend
ship only as some of her guests
call to pay their last respects.
Evening star., 1947-04-27

avail 1t was bought in 1888 for
$S25, 900 by Eugene Meyer, its pres
ent owner.
Mr.. Mclean died on July 81, 1941.
He was SIS. His last years were
spent at the Shepard and Enoch
Pratt Hospital at Towson, Md, an
institution for the insane. In the
end the newspaper fortune was
probably greater than the gold mine
fortune. The capital of the estate
was always protected from Ned
McLean's spending by his fathers
will. In 1912 an administrator testi-
fed in court that the net income of
the John r. Mclean estate was ST.
100000 a year. This is shared by
Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean's two
surviving children. There has been
no accounting in recent years of
the once tremendous fortune of Mrs.
McLean's father.
Three Children Born After Vinson.
Three children were born to Mr..
and Mrs. Mclean following the ILL.,
fated Vinson, John r. (Jock) Nc
Lean, born in 1916; Edward Beale
Mclean, jr., born in 1918, and
Evalyn Washington Mclean, born
in 1921.
Her daughter, originally chris
tened Emily Beale Mclean, later
changed her name legally to Evalyn
Beale and later to Evalyn Washing
ton Mclean. At 20, she became the
fifth wife of the then junior Senator
from North Carolina. Robert Reyn-
olds. He was 81 years her senior.
Talk of the curse of the Hope
diamond was renewed when she
died on September 20, 1e46, of an
accidental overdose of sleeping
powders.
That tragedy ended Mrs. McLean's
entertainment. She had continued
it up to and through the war
Sunday night suppers for more than
100, Supreme Court justices, cabinet
members, Senators and Representa-
tives and stage and screen PERSONAL
tiles. The old embarrassment had
been forgotten. Almost everybody
who was anybody went to the Nc
Lean parties such was the
genuiness of her delight in enter
tanning and the lavishness of the
spread.
The old Friendship was defense
housing project but the new Friend
ship, the former home of Alexander
Kirk, once Ambassador to Italy, was
not as large as the first, but it
sufflced. During the war she would
give open house parties for soldiers,
every week. Once in a while some
little knickknack-a cigarette box or
a tiny vase which had cost her
$1,000 or more in the old days
would disappear. Nothing dishonest.
Evening star., 1947-04-27

Mrs. Mclean. Former Senator
Henry r. Ashhurst, who like As
sociate Justice Murphy was seldom
absent from these parties, also was
present. 1t is OF interest that Mr..
end Mrs. McLeanis three children
were absent
Mrs. Mclean caused considerable
wagging of tongues and discussion
pro and con- when her list of guests
included John l.. Lewis, who was
frequently at odds with some of the
noted business leaders present. This
was following her conviction Of
Lets get acquainted and under
stand each other" She never over.
looked the b ss, but included out
standing ed ors, columnists and
other writers at every entertain
ment.
Stickler ! " Good Manners.
She was y stickler for good man.
Eners y good behavior, and any
guer who overstepped these bounds
found himself-or herself-without
future invitations. Criticism of
policies of her guests was permis-
sible, even welcomed, but not criti-
cism of their personalities. Having
a good time and being gay was
what she gave the parties for, but
one who showed the effects of too
much champagne and became un-
ruly was not asked again.
Mrs. Mclean did not attend other
peoples parties, and in recent years
she gave up her accustomed box
for first nights" In the theater.
In years past she was q familiar
figure at the opening performance
Of plays, always alone in stage
box.
She was fond of the movies and
frequently had them shown at
Friendship, and when she went to
California the winter before last
she had a house in Hollywood,
where she entertained many of the
stars of the screen. However there
were those, and some of them were
top-notca names in Hollywood, who
were not invited. There, as in
Washington, her invitations were
much coveted.
Evening star., 1947-04-27
By Katharine M. Brooks

Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mclean was
the leading hostess of Washington,
and invitations to parties at Friend
ship were coveted.
Mrs. Mclean loved the large
dinner parties, which always were
followed by motion pictures or
dancing. OF the many annual en-
tertainments she gave, the huge
New Year eve watch parties were
the most elaborate.
On these occasions several hun
dred guests were asked to dinner
and as many more were invited to
come later and watch the old year
out" Noted stars of stage and
screen were brought in to entertain,
and there was music for dancing.
The guests at these parties, as at
Evening star., 1947-04-27
7 Men, 4 Boys Arrested
In Joy-Ride Auto Thefts

Police last night arrested two men
and four boys suspected of being
the joy-riders responsible for IS
car thefts during the last two weeks.
The youths are all from promi-
nent, well-to-do families, and are
all students at Anacostia High
School, police said. All of the cars
were new Dodges, according to po-
lice, and all were abandoned after
a short period of joy-riding with
high school girls.
The adults, Gus Anthony, 81, and
John w. Anthony, 18, both OF For
est Heights, Md, were charged by
police with unauthorized use OF an
automobile. The boys were turned
over to juvenile authorities
Evening star., 1947-04-27

as the guests assembled and she al
ways led the way to the dining room.
Small tables were placed in all the
other rooms on the east side OF the
house, and very often they were
covered with golden yellow satin,
sometimes with lace over them and
yellow blossoms in the center.
The menus were lavish, and the
wines and champagne plentiful,
though the hostess took little of
them herself. She also ate spar
ingly. After the five or six courses
at dinner she led the way back to
the Great Hall where motion pic
ture, frequently one not yet re-
leased to the public, was shown.
And through the evening cham
payne was passed frequently. If
the guests did not care for the pic
ture-or the champagne-congeni
companions and other liquid re-
freshment could be found in the
bar.
Last Easter Party in 1916.
The last of these traditional par
ties was the Easter Sunday break
fast April 81, 1916, when she was
hostess to more than 200. 1t was
a lovely day, and guests enjoyed
the garden after luncheon, stroll
ing about the edge of the pool and
sitting on the terrace which over
looks Georgetown, the Potomac
River and the Virginia hills. The
list Of guests was typical of any
of Mrs. McLean's fetes. Miss Mar
garet Truman was there with the
then Secretary Of the Treasury
now Chief Justice Vinson, and Mrs
Vinson. Others of the PRESIDENT s
cabinet were the Attorney Gen.
eral and Mrs. Clark and the Sec
retary Of Agriculture and Mrs. An.
derson. The Brazilian Ambassador
and Nine. Martins, the Cuban Am
bassador and Sonora de Belt and
the French Ambassador and Nine.
Bonnet, as well as Robert Brennan
who was Irish Minister, and Mrs.
Brennan, were there from the dip
lomatic circle.
Associate Justice Frank Murphy
who has been at almost all of Mrs
McLean's parties since he came tc
Washington as Attorney General
was present. Others from the Su-
preme Court group were Associate
Justice and Mrs. Stanley F. Reed
and Associate Justice and Mrs,
Harold H. Burton. There were many
from the Senate and House. The
Director Of War Mobilization and
Reconversion John w. Snyder, now
Secretary of the Treasury, and Mrs.
Snyder were among the 200.
Leading figures in other walks of
life who were in the company were
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Henderson, DR..
Hans Kinder, Glenn Martin, the
airplane manufacturer, and Miss
Elsa Maxwell, a close friend OF
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-06
Blunt Charge
 Made byU }.
 Against Russ
Political Crisis in Hungary Result of "Unjusfified
 Interference"

WASHINGTON, March 6.-R- The United States today charged Soviet Russia with causing a poli- tical crisis by an 'unjustified in reference in Hungarian internal affairs.
 A sharp note, delivered to the Russian. British and Hungarian governments, and to the Soviet Military Commander in Budapest, said that the Soviet High Com mand by direct intervention has brought political difficulties in Hun gary to a crisis.
 An official summary of the note handed Moscow as Secretary of State Marshall travelled toward the Soviet capital, said this govern ment deems "unwarranted" charg- es filed against Parliamentary De- putty Bella Kovacs, who was arrest ed last week by Russian soldiers. Kovacs until recently was Secre- tary General of the Smallholders Party, the moderate majority group in the Hungarian Parliament, which the Communists and other parties have tried to oust.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-06
AlA5kA COASTAL
 AIRLINES CARRIES
 Al ON WEDNESDAY,

Alaska Coastal Airlines report ed flights yesterday touching at Petersburg, Wrangell, Ketchikan, and Sitka The following persons were carried: to Petersburg: Irv- ing, Magnus and Jane Igtanloe, E. Hungerford and C. Hills.
 To Wrangell, Ernie Roe; to Ketchikan, Orton Arness, MT. and Mrs. Jess Ballard, Nix and B: Ballard; from Ketchikan to Petersburg, Henry Rostad.
 From Wraneel to Juneau. MT. Leab, MT. Stutte and A. E. Ow- ems; from Petersburg, MT. and Mrs. H. E. Buzby, Richard, Carol and Patty Buzby, Roy Peratrovich.
 From Juneau to Sitka. Dal Sim mons, Frank Cashel, MT and Mrs. Bruhn, Mrs. Upton, John Brill hart, MT and Mrs. Harold Don- nelly and James M. Harjer: from Sitka to Juneau, D. B. LaBounty, A. A. McMurchie, H. F. Wetmore, Mrs. Elsie Sherrod, Dawson Mug gy, Sgt. Ed Johnson, Mrs. c. F. Coulson, Bishop Zlobin and c. F. CoulSOn.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-06
GR0MYK0
 AT TAG K S
 ATOM PLAN
Declares Soviet Frontiers Never Be Open to Un-
 limited Inspection
By LARRY HAUCK

LAKE SUCCESS, N Y, March 6. --R-Pessimistic Security Council delegates, groping for solution to global control of atomic energy, pondered today a Russian asser- tion that Soviet frontiers never would be thrown open to unlimited international inspection nor Soviet factories allowed to operate under United Nations control.
 Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet De- putty Foreign Minister made these points clear in a major policy speech, devoted principally to an outspoken attack on the American control plan.
 Gromyko said the United States proposals already accepted by all members of the l2-nation Atomic Energy Commission except Russia and Poland, were contrary to the basic economic and national inter ests of other nations and directed against the independence of other states"
 The Russian delegate insisted that he was in favor of strict and effective international control, but not on the broad terms laid down by the United States. While re- peatedly assailing the American provisions in a 78-minute speech, Gromyko did not state how far his country was willing to go to- ward strict" control
 The United States wants an atomic development authority with full powers of inspection and con trol of atomic matters everywhere Delegates generally reserved im- mediate comment pending a study i of the text, but it was apparent that many envisioned major diff culty in clearing up the inspection control problem in the face of the Russian stand
 Coming almost on the eve of the Moscow conference, the speech was viewed as specifically significanA
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-06
TRUMAN SAYS FREE TRADE. NE(E55AR Y
Has F aiih in Reciprocal Trade Aet-Hits df High
 Tariff Isolation

WACO, Tex, March 6.-IR- President Truman, calling for a reduction of world trade barriers, declared today the United States "can lead the nations to economic peace or we can plunge them into economic war
 The President, enroute home from a three-day goodwill visit to Mex ico, stopped here to receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Baylor University. In an ac- ceptance speech devoted entirely to the need for freed world trade, he:
 -Reaffirmed his faith in the reciprocal trade act which has been under attack by some Republicans in Congress.
 2-Struck out at those who would return to high tariffs and econ omic isolation
 Welcomed continuation of bi- partisan support for a foreign poli- cy which calls for cooperation in the economic as well as the politi- cal field.
 4-Asserted that the alternative to "regimentation" of international commerce is the world trade char ter to be considered by Is nations at Geneva next month. The pro- posed international trade organi- zation, he said, would apply to commercial relationships the same principle of fair dealing that the United Nations is applying to pol itical affairs"
 The negotiations at Geneva must not fail," he said.
 He termed the United States to- day the giant of the economic world" and added:
 Whether we like it or not, the future pattern of economic rela- tions depends upon us. The world is waiting and watching to see what we shall do. The choice is ours. We can lead the nations to economic peace or we can plunge them into economic war.
 There must be no question as
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-06
The w ashington Merry Co., Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON-S of the in- ternational experts have been try ing to figure out the significance of President Truman's mission to Mexico. They wonder whether it means a new spurt in the good neighbor policy, new effort to woo Latin friends against Argen- tina, or what However, here is the inside story of how the trip ori- ginated.
 Several months ago the new Mexican Ambassador, Harvard trained Antonio Spinosa de los Monteros, called at the White House to present his credentials Truman was taken with the charm of the Mexican diplomat, who is just as familiar with the USA as with his native land. Ambassador Monteros told the President how he had spent a lot of time in New York, had been educated at Har- yard, had wide acquaintanceship in Washington.
 T have never had a real oppor- tunity to visit Mexico" replied Truman, by way of making conver- sation, "and would like to some day"
 Well, why don't you do it fairly soon?" said the new Ambassador
 All right, I will" said Truman, who so frequently acts on the spur of the moment. How about ar ranging it? I would like to go dur ing early March
 Monteros assured Truman there would be no trouble at all, and several weeks later the Ambassador returned to the White House to inform the President that he had set up a fancy three-day official visit in the Capital of Mexico. Truman was delighted.
 And that is the only political sig nificance behind the Presidents trp.
 Note-Truman and Monteros be- came such good friends that the
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-06
"Stop Work" Meetings Protest "Inatiivity" of
 Alaska Lawma kers

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March G.
 -tR-A Territory-wide series of two-hour stop work" meetings will be held this afternoon from 3 D. m. to D. m. (4-6 PSTo to pro- test the Territorial Legislature's inactivity, Felton II. Griffin President of the Territorial Fed eration of Labor, said today.
 The meetings, which Griffin said would include numerous Alaska labor and civic groups, will include a demand by Superintendent of Schools c. c. Caldwell, of An chorage for teachers pay in- creases. Mrs. Marshall Hoppin President of the Alaska Crippled Childrens Association, will protest the Senate Finance Committed looping off a $7o,0oO appropria- tion for such children and "des- troying the hope of starting ar orthopedic hospital at Sitka."
 A S25000 fund to carry on tho fight for statehood will be de. manded by officers of the State hood Association.
 Griffin said the mass meetings would be asked to endorse con tinuance of the Alaska Develop ment Board with an 900 appro- priation, higher old age pensions wage collection law. aid to de- pendent children and several other social measures either tabled oi killed by the Legislature.
 The Territorial House, he said would be asked to turn down g Senate bill calling for referen. dunn on outlawing the closed shor in Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-06
B BULLET N S

WASHINGTON House and Senate lahor law drafters said they would go on with bills design ed to curb industry wide strikes despite the Supreme Courts ac- ton in upholding contempt fines against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers (AFL). NEW DELHI, India The All India radio has announced that 24-hour curfew has been order ed in Lahore, as a result of three new outbursts of violence this morning.
 WASHINGTON - Rep. Homer Angel, R., Ore, called for new Social Security legislation to cov- CT all citizens over 60. He said present laws excluded nearly half of all civilian jobs from their pro lection.
 WASHINGTON - A bill was in- troduced today to boost certain postal rates in the hope of knock ing $170,000,O00 off the Post Off, flee Departments estimated deficit in fiscal 1948.
 LONDON-Listener have heard the Moscow radio announce that Russia has agreed to lend Poland nearly 29-million dollars in gold Moscow says Russo-Polish nego- tiations have shown an agreement in principle on German problems.
 MOSCOW - A proposal by United States Senator Richard Russell of Georgia that the Brit ish Isles become states within the United States was printed widely by the Soviet press today
 LONDON Winter continues to plague shivering Britain, and a new fuel crisis now threatens the nation. Mountainous drifts again have tied up British transport, and have cut critically needed coal production.
 Secretary of State Marshall has arrived safely in Paris just 2l and half hours after taking off from Washington. His plane land- ed at Orly airport two hours ahead of schedule. He flew by way of Bermuda and the Azores.
 WASHINGTON Murder was committed on an average of 36 times day last year as major crime in the U S. reached an all- time high, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover reported.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-06
MASS MEETING HERE

Tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock mass meeting of all Juneau mem bers of organized labor will be held in the CIO Union Hall. First and Gold streets.
 Under the auspices of the Cen tral Labor Council. AZ of L and the Juneau Industrial Union Council, CIO, there will be discussion of Senate Bill No. TT. which would call for referendum vote of the people of Alaska on the Closed shop
 All members of the Senate and House of the 18th Legislature have been invited to attend the mass meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-06
Decision Is Handed Down
 By High Court
Conviction oii UNIV Also Is Sustained But Fine Cut
 10 $500, 900

WASHINGTON, March 6.--tR--
 The Supreme Court upheld ' to ?
 today the contempt convictions of
 John L. Lewis and his United Mine
 workers for refusing to call off
 their soft coal strike last Novem-
 Der.
 In an extraordinary midweek rul-
 ing that caught the nation by sur
 prise. the high court in effect gave
 the Truman administration smashing victory in it's titanic struggle with Lewis and his miners. There was no immediate reac- ton from Lewis
 The High Tribunal ordered the 1, S3,500.000 fine against the union cut to $700,000. but threatened to raise it back to the higher figure unless the miners show complete compliance with the lower courts , no-strike order within five days. The Si0,000 fine against Lewis himself was affirmed without l, change.
 The Courts order means that Lewis must withdraw the contract termination notice sent Secretary
 of the Interior j. A. Krug last , November It was the governments contention that the contract runs throughout the period of govern ment operation This period must
 end by law on June 30. | When he sent the miners back to work pending Supreme Court ruling. Lewis set April l as the end of the work period.
 Reason For Penalties The penalties grew out of Lewis
 refusal to obey a court order to
 send his miners back to work dur
 ing last November's soft coal strike. The Supreme Courts long-await- i ed decision was announced as the
 Court met for a regular argument
 session.
 Ordinarily, the Highest Tribunal
 announces decisions only on Mon- i days. Today's action caught all parties by surprise. Chief Justice Vinson read the opinion of the majority Justice Murphy and Rutledge wrote dissenting opinions. Justice Frankfurter wrote a con
 qlrring. opinion. Jaistices Black , and Douglas each wrote an opin-
 ion in which they concurred in
 part and dissented in part Majority Ruling ! The Court majority ruled that neither the Norris -LaGuardia Act ! nor the War Labor Disputes Act
 barred the government from ob- taining the injunction which re- suited in the contempt proceed ings
 It was this injunction that Lewis
 and the Miners Union were accus- ed of flouting.
 After the case had been appeal ed directly to the Supreme Court, Lewis suddenly ordered his miners back to work, on Dec [ He said he wanted the Supreme Court freed of any public hysteria in weighing the issues. Chief Justice Vinson in his op- inion said that the trial court pro- ceedings found the defendants in , the Lewis case guilty of both crim- inal and civil contempt.