Evening star., 1949-03-25

The President and Mrs. truman
entertained at dinner last evening
in the Blair House in honor Of
the former Prime Minister OF
Great Britain and Mrs. Winston
Churchill. The visitors were &C
companied to this country by their
son-in-law and daughter. Capt.
and Mrs. Christopher Soames but
Mrs. Soames did not come to
Washington. Mr.. and Mrs. Church.
Ill and their son-in-law were
guests over night of his Britannia
Majesty's Ambassador and Lady
Franks. Mr.. and Mrs. Churchill
and Capt. Soames returned to New
York this morning.
Others at the dinner at Blair
House in addition to Mr.. and Mrs.
Churchill and their son-in- law
and the Ambassador and Lady
Franks. were the Vice President.
Mr.. Alben w. Barkley; the Chief
Justice of the United States and
Mrs. Fred M. .Vinson, the Secre-
tary Of State and Mrs. Dean Ache
son, the General of the Armies
George c. Marshall. Mr.. and Mrs.
Max O'Rell Truitt, son-in-law and
daughter of the Vice President;
and the Secretary to the President
and Mrs. Charles G. Ross. Also
at the dinner was Miss Margaret
Truman who came down from
New York and will be with her
parents at Blair House until Sun
day.
Pink roses and Snapdragons.
white iris and blue delphinium
with Baker fern were used on the
table and through the rooms of
Blair House. i
OfficioIs at Fete
When the distinguished visitor
and his wife arrived at the British
Embassy in the afternoon they
found several hundred awaiting
them on the street and lining the
driveway to the living quarters of
the building. Mr.. Churchill and
the Ambassador left the car at the
curb and walked up the driveway,
the former bowling and acknowl-
edging the cheers.
Inside he found a group of a
hundred or more high-ranking Of
f1cials of both parties in Congress
and members of the Embassy
staff. their wives and children.
The Vice President. Mr.. Bark
ley, was at the reception, and the
Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, Sam Rayburn, and 9TH
ers from the Congress included
Senator and Mrs. Scott Lucas,
Senator and Mrs. Kenneth S.
Wherry. Representative and Mrs.
John w. Mccormack, and the for
mer Speaker of the House, Rep
resentative Joseph w. Martin, jr.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Dean Acheson and the Undersec-
retary and Mrs. James E. Webb
were among those from the State
Department attending the fete.
Also present were Senator and
Mrs. Tom Connally. Senator and
Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg, Sem
ator and Mrs. Walter F. George,
Senator Alexander Wiley, Senator
and Mrs. Ebert D. Thomas. Sen
ator and Mrs. Millard E. Tydings,
Senator and Mrs. Claude Pepper.
Senator and Mrs. Henry Cabot
Lodge, jr.. and Senator Theodore
F. Green.
Members of the Lower House
who attended the reception were
the new chairman of the Foreign
Affairs Committee and Mrs. John
Kee, Representative Charles Eaton.
Representative and Mrs. James
P. Richards, Representative and
Mrs. Robert B. Chiperfeld, Rep
resentative and Mrs. John M.
Vorys, Representative Frances p.
Bolton. Representative and Mrs.
Joseph L. Pfeifer. Representative
and Mrs. Thomas S. Gordon and
Representative Helen Gahagen
Douglas.
Also invited to greet the great
war time leader of the British
Empire were civilian and military
heads of the Armed Forces. the
Secretary of Defense and Mrs.
James v. Forrestal, the Secretary
of the Army and Mrs. Kenneth
C. Royal, the Secretary of the
Navy and Mrs. John L. Sullivan,
the Chief of Staff and Mrs. Omar
N. Bradley and the Chief of Ma
val Operations and Mrs. Louis e.
Denfeld.
Heads Of the diplomatic missions
from the dominions were asked
but unfortunately the Australian
Ambassador and Mrs. Norman j.
0. Maxim were abSenteeS as he