Evening star., 1950-07-30

Minister, the Rt. Hon. Robert
Gordon Menzies, met a cross-sec-
tion Of Washington society at the
reception given in his honor last
evening atm the Embassy by the
Ambassadors and Mrs. Norman
j. o.. Maxim.
Mr.. Menzies and his hosts re-
ceived in the library, just to the
right of the entrance TO the En-
bassy. From there the guests
went on into the drawing room or
out to the terrace at the back Of
the residence, where tables and
chairs were set up. Mrs. Maxim
wore a blue chiffon three-quarter-
length dress.
The Ambassador and Mrs. Ma
kin, due to the world crisis, de-
parted from their usual practice
of having their formal functions
lavish and with music.
Summer flowers were placed
throughout the Embassy. The
dining room table contained such
delicious edibles as Australian
crayflsh 0obster), cold turkey and
ham. salads and the usual assort-
ment of sandwiches, cookies and
hors d'oeuvres.
Members of the White House
staff stopping by to meet the Wis
itor included the Presidents as
sistant for foreign affairs, Mr.. w.
Averell Hartman; the Assistant to
the President and Mrs. John R.
Steelman, the Administrative AS
sistant and Mrs. Donald S. Daw-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Ross,
Mr.. David K. Niles, Mr.. William D.
Hassett. Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Robert L. Dennison, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles S. Murphy, Mr.. and Mrs.
David H. Stowe. Mr.. George Nc
Kee Elsey, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Harry Vaughan and Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Robert B. Landry.
From the State Department were
Assistant Secretaries Dean Rusk,
Willard L. Thorp, Jack X. McFall,
George c. McGhee and George w.
Perkins. all accompanied by their
wives; the Assistant Secretary
designate and Mrs. Carlisle H.
Humelsine, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph C..
Satterthwaite, Mr.. and Mrs.
George F. Kennan and the Coun-
selor of the Department and Mrs.
Mite.
Vinsons Accept
The Chief Justice of the United
States and Mrs. Fred NJ. Vinson
accepted as did Associate Justice
and Mrs. Stanley Reed, Associate
Justice and Mrs. Robert H. Jack
son, Associate Justice and Mrs
Hugo Black and Associate Justice
Harold H. Burton. Cabinet men,
bers attending included the Secre.
tary of the Treasury and Mrs
John w. Snyder. the Postmaste,
General and Mrs. Jesse M. Don.
aldson, the Secretary of the In.
terror and Mrs. Oscar L. Chap.
man, the Secretary Of Agriculture
and Mrs. Charles F. Brannan anc
the Secretary Of Commerce anc
Mrs. Charles Sawyer.
The Senate was we'll repre-
sented by Senator and Mrs. Clin-
ton P. Anderson, Senator and
Mrs. Homer E. Capehart, Senator
and Mrs. James o. Eastland, Sen
ator and Mrs. Guy Gillette, Sena-
tor and Mrs. Bourke B. Hicken-
looper. Senator and Mrs. Olin D.
Johnston, Senator Estes Kefauver,
Senator and Mrs. Herbert H. Leh-
man. Senator and Mrs. John l..
Mcclellan, Senator and Mrs.
Brien Mcmahon. Senator and
Mrs. Eugene D. Millikin, Senator
and Mrs. John J. Sparkman. Sem
ator and Mrs. Charles w. Tobey,
Senator and Mrs. Garrett L.
Withers and others.
Among those from the House
were Representative and Mrs.
John Kee, Representative and
Mrs. Harold D. Cooley, Represent
ative and Mrs. Mike Mansfield,
Representative and Mrs. George
A. Smathers. Representative and
Mrs. John M. Vorys, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Walter H. Judd,
Representative and Mrs. John E.
Rankin, Representative and Mrs.
Adolph J. SABBATH, Representative
and Mrs. j. Hardin Peterson, Rep
resentative and Mrs. Graham A.
Barden and Representative and
Mrs. Jacob K. Javits.
Just about all Of the heads of
the diplomatic missions were in
vited and some of those accepting
were the Norwegian Ambassador
and Mrs. Munthe de Morgenstierne,
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