Evening star., 1947-04-30

FueuteS, Cnlel Ol ptOIOCOl, Vic hIcAi
Colina: DR.. Enrique PARA, special {
Gavito, counselor of the Embassy
physician to President Aleman, and
three assistant military aides, Maj
Manuel Martinez Castor, Maj. Mi
guel Ramirez Ponce and Capt. Al
fredo Valdez Flores.
The fifty guests at dinner last
evening included President Ale
mans party, high ranking officials
of this Government and outstand-
ing citizens of the United States.
The list of guests included Chief
Justice Fred M. Vinson, the Speaker
of the House, Representative Joseph
w. Martin, jr.: the Secretary OF
State, Gen. George c. Marshall; the
chairman of the United States
delegation to the United Nations
Mr.. Warren r. Austin; the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, Mr.. John w
Snyder; the Secretary of War, Mr.
Robert P. Patterson; the Attorney
General, Mr.. Tom C. Clark; the
Secretary of the Navy, Mr.. James
v. Forrestal; the Secretary of the
Interior, Mr.. Julius A. Krug; the
Secretary of Agriculture, Mr.. Clin-
ton P. Anderson, and the Secretary
of Labor, Mr.. Lewis B. Schwellen-
bach.
From the legislative branch Of the
Government were Senator Arthur
H. Vandenberg, president pro tenn
pore of the Senate and chairman
OF the Foreign Relations Commit
tee; Senator Alben w. Barkley, mi
nority leader of the Senate; Senator
Tom Connally, and Senator Wal
lace H. White, jr., of the Foreign
Relations Committee, and Senator
Scott w. Lucas. From the Lower
House of Congress were Representa-
tive Charles A. Eaton, chairman of
the Foreign Relations Committee;
Representative Sol Bloom, a mem
ber OF the committee and former
chairman; Representative Charles
A. Hallack, majority floor leader,
and Representative Sam Rayburn,
minority floor leader and former
speaker Oh bIle Rouse.
Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy,
General of the Army Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Fleet Admiral Chester
w. Nimitz and Gen. A. A. Vande-
grift, commandant of the Marine
Corps, represented the armed forces.
The State Department was we'll
represented at the dinner, the guests
including the Undersecretary. Mr..
Dean Acheson: the Assistant Secre-
taries Mr.. Walter Thurston, Mr.. Will
liam Benton and Mr.. Spruille
Braden; Mr.. Stanley Woodward of
the Protocol Division; the Director
of the Office of American Republics,
Mr.. Ellis o. Briggs. and Mr.. Guy w.
Ray, chief of the division of Mexican
Affairs.
The Assistant to the President, Mr..
John r. Steelman was there and the
Presidents secretaries, Mr.. William
D. HaSsett, Mr. Matthew j. Connolly
and Mr.. Charles G. Ross. Also from
the White House staff was the Spe-
cial Counsel to the President, Mr.
Clark M. Clifford
The Controller General, Mr.. Lind
say C. Warren, was present and so
was the chairman of the Board of
District Commissioners, Mr.. John
Russell Young, who presented the
key to the city of Washington to
the visitor in the late afternoon
The acting Director General of the
Pan American Union, DR.. Pedro de
Alba. attended the dinner and
others in the company were Mr..
Josephus Daniels, former Secretary
OF the Navy and one-time AmbaSsa-
dor to Mexico; Mr.. John D.
Goodloe. an official of the Recon-
struction Finance Corporation; Mr.
David E. Lilienthal, chairman of
the Atomic Energy Commission;
the president of the Export Import
Bank, Mr.. William McChesney Mar
tin, jr.; Mr.. j. Edgar Hoover, chief
of the Federal Bureau of InveStiga-
tion; the chairman of the Ameri-
can-Mexican Claims Commission.
Mr.. Edgar L. Witt; DR.. Cloyd Heck
Marvin, president of George Wash
ington University; Mr.. Benjamin
M. McKelway, editor of The Evening
Star: Mr.. John T. O'Rourke, editor
of the Washington Daily News; the
Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, vice pres
ident of Georgetown University; Mr..
Thomas H. Mcdonald, DR.. Fred L.
Soper. Mr.. Philip L. Graham,
publisher of the Washington Post;
Senor Fernando Benitez, Mr.. Felix
Belair, jr., of the New York Times;
and military and naval aides, Lit.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway. Rear
Admiral j. Cary Jones and Maj.
Gen. Harry H. Vaughan and Rear
Admiral James H. Foskett.
i Arrangements for the state enter
tainment followed those for similar
occasions when heads of states have
visited here. The Marine Band Or
chestra, Maj. William Santelmann
conducting. played from its station
In the north corridor. There were
stirring Mexican airs as the guests
arrived and during the dinner the
music was q bit softer as an accom-
paniment for the hum of conversa-
tion IN the state dining room.
President Truman received in the
east room and the U-shaped table
was laid in the state dining room.
The table was particularly lovely to
look at with the famous gold serv-
ice and low mounds of red roses,
white Snapdragons, ferns and smilax.
carrying out the national colors of
mexico, In addition there were deli
cs'el} hued roses in the tiny vases