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the address.
Attention centered on the diplo-
matte gallery where one could have
heard a pin drop during most of
the proceedings.
Greek Enjoys ATTEND
No one listened more intently
than the Charge d'Afaires of Greece,
Mr.. Paul Economou- Gouras, who
has represented his country here
since the death of the Greek Am
bassador, Mr.. Cimon Diamantou-
pouloS. Mr.. Economou-G -Gouras was
accompanied by his country's dele
gate to the United Nations, Am
bassador Vasilis Dendramis, who
came from New York especially for
the occasion. g..
The Turkish Ambassador, Mr..
Huseyin Ragip Baydur, was not in
the diplomatic gallery, and Embassy
aides could not say whether or not
he had heard the speech.
The British Ambassador, Lord In
verchapel, followed the address with
close interest as did the italian
Ambassador and Signora Tarchiani.
And still others in the diplomatic
group included the Brazilian Ambas-
sador, Mr.. Carlos Martins, who is
dean of the corps; the Netherlands
Ambassador, DR.. A. Loudon; the
Charge d'Affaires of France, Mr..
Francis La Coste, and the Minister
Of Luxembourg and Nine. lie Calais.
Among the missing was the Soviet
Ambassador. Mr.. Nikolai v. Novikov,
whose recall to Moscow for consul
tation had been announced only q
few hours earlier.
Mrs. Truman Present
Mrs. Truman entered the Execu-
tive Gallery so quietly that many
we're unaware of her arrival. The
Presidents wife, who wore dark
suit with a pin stripe and a small
dark hat, had Mrs. Thomas j.
Strickler, Miss Margaret Truman's
voice teacher, as her guest. Miss
Truman, who returned Sunday to
the White House from Detroit after
. her radio debut was postponed be-
cause of illness, was not with her
mother.
A special section on the House
floor had been reserved for mem
bers of the Presidents cabinet and
several of the cabinet wives looked
on from the executive gallery. Mrs.
Robert P. Patterson, wife of the
Secretary of War, wore a bright
green ensemble and was easy to
spot in the crowd Mrs. Robert E.
Hannegan, wife of the Postmaster
General, who wore a suit of cinna-
mon brown with a matching mink
hat, was accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. Maria Protzmann of st.
Louis, who was in black. Mrs. j. A.
Krug. wife of the Secretary of the
Interior, and Mrs. W. Averell Harri-
man, wife of the Secretary of Com
merce, were others present from
the cabinet circle.
In Executive Gallery
The Special Counsel to the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Clark M. Clifford and
the Assistant to the President and
Mrs John R. Steelman also were in
the executive gallery, and others in
cluded Mr.. William D. Hassett, sec
retary to the President: Mrs. Charles
G. Ross, wife of the Presidents press
secretary, and Mrs. George Mesta. -
Mrs. Stanley F. Reed, wife Of the
associate justice of the Supreme
Court, also heard the address and
still others present for the occasion
were Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Mrs.
James Hamilton Lewis, Mrs. Clar-
enee Norton Goodwin and Mrs
George c. Thorpe.
Representative Edith Nourse Rog-
ers of Massachusetts sat in the
back row on the House floor, but
her bright pink corsage helped to
identify her. Nearby was Repre-
sentative Frances P. Bolton of Ohio,
a member of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, who was wearing
green. Glimpsed on the other side
Of the aisle was Representative Mary
T. Norton of New Jersey, dean of