Evening star., 1948-12-11

family were due at III. 1ne con.
slant stream of new arrivals mount
ed the wide, red-carpeted double
staircase, and entered the music
room to be announced.
Ambassador Belt stood first in
the receiving line to introduce
President Prio and next to the lat
ter stood Sonora de Belt, then the
President of the Cuban Senate, DR..
Miguel Fernandez; the President of
the House of Representatives, DR..
Lincoln Rodon: the Minister of
State, Senor Carlos Hevia and the
Chief of Staff of the Cuban Army,
Gen. Genevevo Perez Damaro.
The hostess was wearing a gown
fresh from Paris. OF green satin,
1t had a very full skirt and a gath
cred fullness around the deep off,
the-shoulder neckline. A delicate
black point esprit covered the satin
in the entire bodice.
At 1920 the presidential family
arrived and we're greeted by ap-
plause as they assembled the stairs
with their hosts. Mrs. Truman wore
a black and gold lame evening gown
topped by a large corsage of Or
chids Miss Margaret Truman had
on a new deep blue. ruffled taffeta
dress that was exceedingly becom-
ing to her blue-eyed fairness.
After posing before the handsome
portrait of Sonora de Belt by AL
fred Jonniaux, the two Presidents
and the members of their party
proceeded across the Embassy and
into the dining room where they
both held court, and had some sup
per from the lavish buffet.
A limited number were admitted
into this room so that 1t wouldn't
be overcroWded. The chief of
staff to the President, Admiral Will
liam D. Leahy, was there, OF course,
and United States Ambassador to
Cuba and Mrs Robert Butler and
the chief Of protocol and Mrs. STAN
ley Woodward.
Mrs. Warren Austin came in and
sat beside the President for a chat.
The Chief Justice, Mr.. Fred M.
VinsQn, was there and Admiral and
Mrs. Louis Denfeld, Senator ard
Mrs. Connally, French Ambassador
and Nine. Bonnet-she in a Dior
dress OF grey net; the Luxembourg
Minister and Nine. LIE Calais, the
Ambassador of Ecuador and Sonora
de Dillon, the Chinese Ambassador
and Nine Koo, the Acting Secre-
tary of State and Mrs. Robert A.
Lovett and the well-knoyn Repub-
lican hostess, Mrs. Robert Low
Bacon.
At II o'clock President Truman
and his family took leave of his
hosts and the President of Cuba and
the dining room was then opened to
every one. Dancing in the ballroom
had already drawn a large number.
Among prominent figures there
were former Postmaster General
James Farley. the dean of the diplo-
matte corps, Norwegian. Ambassador
and Nine. Munthe de Morgenstierne;
Mrs. Tom Connally, the Greek Am
bassador and Nine. Dendramis-
in beautiful Jean Desses gown of
bright blue chiffon over violet; the
Italian Ambassador and Signora
Tarchiani, the Dutch Ambassador
and Nine. van Kleffens, Assistant
to the President, Mr.. John Steel
man; the Secretary Of the Treas
ury and Mrs. John Snyder, the
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs.
Julius Krug, the Finnish Minister
wearing many decorations - and
Nine Jutila, Mrs. Clinton Anderson,
the Secretary of Agriculture and
Mrs. Charles Brannan, the Argen-
tine Ambassador, DR.. Jeronimo Re-
morino, and his Foreign Minister,
Juan Atilio Bramuglia and the
Egyptian Ambassador and Nine.
Rahim.
Still others greeting the popular
Cuban envoy and his wife for the
first time in months were MIR. and
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Panaman-
ian Ambassador Octavio Vallarino,
the Attorney General and Mrs. Tom
Clark. United States Ambassador to
the OAS and Mrs. Paul Daniels and
DR.. E. G. Dolan, Registrar Of the