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Evening star., 1950-01-19
Two Parties
AtSchOfieIds

Rear Admiral and Mrs. Brian
B. Schofield will entertain at
cocktails tomorrow in honor OF
Rear Admiral Longley Cook OF
the British Navy who is on a
visit to the Capital.
Admiral and Mrs. Schofield
were hosts at a dinner last eve
ming. having as their guests Rear
Admiral George H. Fort, U. S. N.
president of the Naval Retiring
Review Board, and Mrs. Fort;
Rear Admiral H. B. Farncomb
newly-appointed Naval Attache
of the Australian Embassy and
head of the Australian Joint
Service Staff, and Mrs. Farm
comb; the Naval Attache, of the
Netherlands Embassy and Nine
van Forest, and Maj. Gen. s. N.
Shoosmith, the newly-appointed
Deputy Commander, British Joint
Services Mission, Army Staff, and
Mrs. Shoosmith.
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Navy Board
lsHOnOred

Capt. and Mrs. Howard F.
Ransford were hosts at cocktail
buffet last evening at their home
in Arlington, entertaining in
honor of Vice Admiral John j.
Manning, Rear Admiral Carl E.
Trexel and Rear Admiral Louis
Moeller, members of the Navy
Selection Board.
Among the other guests were
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Edwin
Marshall, Mrs. Ralph Warf1eld,
Mrs. James Mathews, Capt. and
Mrs. Beauford Fink, Capt. and
Mrs. Cyril Rumble and Capt. and
Mrs. Archibald Hunter.
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Barbara Rheo
Honor Guest

Miss Barbara Lee Rhea, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Ralph Dunstan Woods,
was honor guest at a luncheon
and shower given Tuesday by
Mrs. Richard M. Hunt, wife of
Maj. Hunt, y. s. M. c.
After sherry. the bride was pre-
sented with eight lovely gifts in
silver. then the guests were served
a buffet luncheon from prettily
table decorated with
yellow button chrysanthemums
and white candles in silver candle
labra.
In the feminine gathering were
Mrs. Woods, Mrs. William P.
Hunt. Mrs. James Daniel, Mrs.
D. D. Blue, Mrs. D. D. Chapman.
Mrs. Homer G. Hutchinson and
Mrs. William johnson.
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individual invitations were neces-
sary. On the other hand, if it is
a very big and general club, a sep
arate invitation should have been
sent out.
Dress for School Ushers
Dear Mrs. Post: My friend and
I disagreed about the clothes we
should wear to serve as usherS
at high-school play. She thought
evening dresses and I didn't think
so because none of the other peo-
pie would wear them. She thought
they would set us apart as usherS.
Which was correct?
Answer: If the evening dresses
are very simple, they would be
correct But very low-cut or elab-
crate one would not-and cer-
tainly not strapless.
No Help From Lody
Dear Mrs. Post; Is it improper
for a hostess to hold a guests
overcoat for him?
Answer: She may if he needs
help - which is not usually the
case.
Do you knoD the correct Wcy
to introduce your family or
friends. Mrs. Posts leafet, E.
II, helps to make introductions
Uery simple. To obtain a copy.
send S cents in coin and a
stamped, selt-addresSed envelope
to her, c/o The EUening Star.
P. o. Boz SO, Station G, New
York 10, N. Y. Mrs. Post is
sorry she cannot answer per-
so11nZ mail
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Embassies
Anniversaries

Something new in the celebra-
ton of a national holiday is
planned by the Australian Am
bassador and Mrs. Norman j. o.
Mankin. They have issued invi-
tations for a buffet luncheon jan
uary 26 to celebrate Australian
Day. Guests are invited from
1890 to 2::30 o'clock at the en-
bassy on Cleveland avenue.
Invitations also are out for a
s to 8 o'clock reception the same
day to celebrate the Inauguration
of the Republic of India. The
Indian Charge d'Affaires and Mrs
B. R. Sen have issued the invita-
tions. as the Ambassador, Nine
Pandit, has gone back to New
Delhi to be present at the in
auguration.
The United States Ambassador
to the Union of South Africa,
Mr.. North W1nShlp, is IN WASH
ington for several weeks, having
come to this country with Mrs.
Winship for leave. Mrs. Winship
is visiting members of her family
in Philadelphia and will join him
here the latter part of the month
when they will go to his former
home in Macon, Ga. The Am
bassador was the guest at dinner
Sunday of his sister. Mrs. R. C.
L. Moncure and her son, Mr.. Dick
Moncure.
The retiring Commercial Coun-
selor of the Bolivian embassy,
Senor Don German Rovira and
Sonora de Rovira will sail Friday
to return to their homeland.
Senor Rovira will have leave while
awaiting another assignment.
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Announcement is made by Mr..
and Mrs. William D. Termohlen
of the engagement of their daugh-
ter Barbara Caroline to Mr..
Charles Gordon Cooper, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Cooper of
st. Petersburg, Fla.
Miss Termohlen is a graduate
of Ohio Wesleyan University,
where she was a member of Gamma
Phi Beta sorority and served as
president for two years. She is
employed by the State Department.
Mr.. Cooper, who served for a
year and a half with the Navy in
the Pacific zone during the war.
is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan
and member of Delta Tau Delta
fraternity. He is associated with
the Washington National Life In
surance Co.
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EnqQqenents Announced

son Chapman, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert B. Chapman Of Ply
mouth, Ind. The date of the we'd
ding has been set for June Is in
Norfolk.
Miss Hardin is a student at the
University of Maryland, where
she is a member of Alpha Delta
Pi social sorority. Midshipman
Chapman attended Culver Military
Academy and the University of
Michigan. He will be graduated
from the United States Naval
Academy in June.
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To Be Tea Host

The George Washington Uni
versity's international House will
be the scene of a 4 to 6 O'Clock
tea this afternoon when Prof.
Alan T. Deibert, adviser to stu
dents from foreign countries at
the University, will entertain in
honor of the foreign students.
Assisting at the tea table will be
Nine. Slotemaker de Bruine, wife
of the Press and Cultural Coun-
selor of the Netherlands Embassy;
Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin, Mrs.
Robert E. Freer. Mrs. Jessie Lee,
Miss Maria da Malta and Miss
Gilberte RanYier.
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Mrs. Gardiner
Gives Luncheon

Mrs. o. Max Gardiner, CO.
chairman of the Jefferson-Jack-
son Day Dinner Committee, en-
tertained at luncheon yesterday
at the Shoreham Hotel. Guests
of honor were Mrs. Truman and
Mrs. Barkley.
The luncheon was given in
honor of the approximately 80
members of the Women's Ad-
visory Committee, who will work
with Mrs. Gardiner on the dinner
this year.
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Society News
Sonora de Castillo Ledon Feted;
Others Parties on Social Schedule
By Katharine M. Brooks

fde MARITIME wearing spring.
like frock of beige crepe fashioned
with f1oor-length skirt.
Military Attaches OF other coun-
tries. those of the Atlantic Pact
nations and in addition officers at
the Spanish. Turkish and Greek
embassies were asked. In addi-
tion there were officials of the
State Department and a number
from resident circles.
Other Parties
The Dominican Ambassador
and Sonora de Thomen gave
dinner party last evening enter
tanning in compliment to DR..
Temistoclas Messina and DR.. Ar
turo Despredel who are members
Of the Advisory Board on foreign
affairs for the Secretary of State
for Foreign Relations of the Do
minican Republic. The two gentle
men are visiting in this country
and are guests at the embassy for
a few days. Others at the din
ner were the Governor of the
Federal Reserve Board and Mrs.
James K. Vardaman. jr., the Sec
retary to the Senate and Mrs.
Leslie Biffle, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
Harry H. Vaughan. Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. John N. Greely, Sonora de
Calventi. wife of the Dominican
Charge d'Affaires In Ell Salvador,
and sister of Sonora de Thomen
who is their house guest; Mr.. Max
O'Rell Truitt, DR.. and Mrs. William
A. Morgan and former United
States Ambassador and Mrs. Will
liam S. Culbertson.
The Australian Ambassador and
Mrs. Norman J. o. Maxim enter
tanned at luncheon today when
their guests included the heads of
diplomatic missions from other
British Commonwealths. In the
company were the British Ambas-
sador and Lady Franks, the New
Zealand Ambassador and Lady
Berendsen, the South African Am
bassador and Mrs. G. P. Jooste, the
Indian Charge d'Affaires and Mrs.
B. r. Sen. the Canadian Charge
d'Affaires and Mrs. w. D. Mat
thews, the Pakistan Charge d'Af-
faires, MIR. M. o. A. Baig, and the
First Secretary of the Australian
Embassy and Mrs. Owen Davis.
The Ambassador and Mrs. Maxim
have cards out for a reception
Monday afternoon, January 80,
from S to 7 o'clock to celebrate
Australian day.
Lady Berendsen has invited
more than 1875 members of the
Women's Board of Providence Hos
pital to join her tomorrow for a
cup of tea. She will receive in
the Embassy at 27 Observatory
Circle from 4 to 6 o'clock and
will be assisted in greeting the
guests by Mrs. J. Raymond Ready,
president of the board. Lady
BerendSen is an honorary member
of that group.
Presiding at the tea table will
be Mrs. John P. Burke, Mrs.
James P. Kane, Mrs. A. Magruder
Macdonald and Mrs. James Fade
ley. Mrs. Fadeley is chairman Of
the committee sponsoring the
fashion show luncheon January
Isl at 1880 o'clock in the May
flower for the benefit of the hos
pital.
Providence Economy Shop was
opened by the board in Novem-
ber and is doing an excellent busi-
ness in the sale of household arti-
cles donated. The shop is located
at 1916 Twentieth street NV. and
all proceeds go to the hospital
which is the oldest in Washington.
The Sisters of Charity conduct
Providence HOSPITAL.
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M GUuS PHOLO.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gordon Fleet
of Annapolis have announced the
engagement of their daughter
Elizabeth Ainsworth to Mr.. Will
liam F. Flood, jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Flood, also of Annapolis.
Miss Fleet ttende d Mary
Washington College and Annapolis
Business College and for the past
eight years has studied voice in
Baltimore and in New York where
she currently is associated with a
quartet of professional singers.
Mr.. Flood was graduated from
Virginia Military Institute and
served with the armed forces over
seas for four years during the war.
The wedding will take place in
the early spring.
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social calendar yesterday and two
were late afternoon fetes while the
Dominican Ambassador and SEN
ora de Thomen entertained at
dinner. One of the cocktail fetes
yesterday was given by the acting
Secretary of State. Mr.. Willard F.
Barber, for some years chief of the
Central America and Panama At
fairs division of the State Depart
ment and Mrs. Barber. They en-
tertained at Prospect House in
honor of the new Chairman of
the Inter-American Commission
of Women, Sonora Amalia de Cas-
tillo Ledon of Mexico, who has
succeeded Senorita Minerva Ber-
nadine, of the Dominican Repub-
lie.
Sonora de Castillo Ledon has a
brilliant record in her homeland.
She is a member of one of Mex
ico's leading families and for
many years was president of
Ateneo Femenino and she recently
was elected vice chairman Of the
United Nations Commission on
the Status of Women.
Senorita Bernardino has re-
turned to her homeland and has
been succeeded as Dominican rep
resentative on the Inter American
Commission of Women by Sonora
Milady Fediz de L'Oflcial. The
latter has set no date to come to
Washington but is expected to as
sumo her new post before the end
Of the winter.
The Acting Secretary of State
and Mrs. Barber received their 125
guests in the drawing room OF
Prospect House and presented
them to Sonora de Castillo Ledon.
Also in the receiving line was Miss
Mary M. Cannon, United States
representative on the Commission
Mrs. Barber and Miss Cannon
were in black, the formers frock
having a brilliant ornament at one
side matching her earrings. Miss
Cannon wore black and Sonora
de Castillo Ledon was in gray with
a small matching hat.
The buffet table was in the
dining room and as the party was
set for o'clock, the refreshments
were more substantial than just
tea.
Invited to meet the Chairman
of the Inter American Commission
of Women were Senator Margaret
Chase Smith, Representative Mary
Norton. Representative Frances P
Bolton and Representative Helen
Gahagan Douglas. Also asked
were the women judges in Wash
ington.
Senator and Mrs. Elmer D
Thomas, Senator and Mrs. H
Alexander Smith, Representative
and Mrs. Antonio M. Fernandez
and Representative and Mrs
Francis P. Case were others from
the legislative branch of the Gov
ernment at the party.
Officials of the State Depart
ment included were the Chief o1
Protocol and Mrs. Stanley Wood
ward. Miss Dorothy Fosdick,
daughter of the famous clergyman
and now in the departments di-
vision of Policy Planning; the
chief of the Passport Division,
Mrs. Ruth B. Shipley and Miss
Muna Lee.
The Director of the Women's
Bureau of the Department of La
Dor, Miss Frieda S. Miller was
among other women officials of the
Government in the company and
also included were Mrs. Ellen S.
Woodward, Miss Katharine Len
root and Mrs. Elizabeth Shirley
Enochs..
Mortinos Are Hosts
The Military Attache of the
italian embassy and Signora de
MARITIME gave the other of the
two interesting parties yesterday
entertaining less than a hundred
guests in their home on Livingston
street. Early spring blossoms en-
hanced the attractiveness of the
rooms and the hosts stood in their
drawing room to receive, Signora
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Items of Interest

Mrs. Ada B. Holt, president of
the District Division. United
Daughters of the Confederacy,
has returned from a visit to her
former home. Columbus, Ga,
where she was extensively enter
tanned during the holidays.
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the nations have been heard from.
Britain forecast a SOS billion
three year defense schedule, pro-
vfded the United States helped
pay some of the cost. France
spoke Of heavy new expenditures
and of arming Is divisions with
American aid.
But France also called for more
American and British troops in
Europe. In addition, it is now
pressing for unified Atlantic
pact military command and for a
financial pool to cover all defense
costs.
American official reaction to
the French proposal takes two
general lines:
l. State and Defense Depart
ment officials say that, assuming
Congress provides funds already
asked, the United States is pre-
pared to assist in financing in
creased European rearmament.
2. But, the Government here
does not consider that what the
Europeans propose to do for their
own defense is enough.
There is less of a sense of ur-
gency and danger among the
people of Western Europe than
there is in America. The Western
Europeans resist the evidence that
a great war could strike the
world again in the next few years.
Therefore they are slower to act.
In the second place, France
(and some other continental coun-
tries) lack conviction now that
Western Europe can be defended
against Russian assault. Fear of
failure. coupled with the memory
of French defeats in the last war.
are constant drain on the energy
and enthusiasm of the French
people.
Obviously the ultimate answer
to Frances fear is what the At
lantic treaty nations are trying to
accomplish-a more powerful de-
fense system. But that takes time,
probably three or four years at
best. Many State Department Of
f1cials believe that in the interim,
France and Western Europe could
use some inspiration and conf
dence-building action from this
country.
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Reurmument
Continued From First Page. }

as Secretary of State Acheson's S
deputy on the Council, will be
able to tell the Europeans that
the United States administration
is counting on maintaining a de-
fense program totalling about $35
billion annually for several years
Administration officials are still
working over the figures which
go into this long-range estimate.
The total includes United States
rearmament, foreign military aid,
foreign economic assistance and
atomic energy work.
The first official word of the
estimate may come this week
when Mr.. Acheson goes before the
Senate Appropriations Commit
tee.
The United States kicked of
the rearmament drive late in
July, arguing that there was a
new threat of Communist ag-
gression in Europe and other
areas because of the attack in
Korea. The American Govern
ment, through Mr.. Spofford, re-
quested its Atlantic Allies to in
dicate by August S what stepped.
up rearmament program they
could undertake.
Ofhcials seid that virtually al
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Of Address John Sherman Army


larger than any one nation, In
which Germany can play its part,
It is inevitable and moral that
Germany shall be given the op-
portunity to defend itself. I do
not attempt to define the method,
but 1t would seem reasonable that
the European countries, including
Germany, know the proper way.
In Strasbourg, in the past few
days, in the Council of Europe,
their leaders have called for the
establishment of a European army,
Of which Germany would be a
part. It is a decision which must
be made and quickly to protect
against another Korea.
There are important decisions
that the United States must make.
The first is-do we really intend
to join in the defense of Europe?
I know that it will be said that
we have committed ourselves to
mutual defense of the North At
lantic pact. But there is a vast
difference between the statement
of a commitment made in the best
of faith, and in providing the
means to make the commitment
effective. The Korean experience
emphasizes the difficulty and time
necessary to transport men and
equipment after an assault has
commenced. However good our in
tentions, it is doubtful that we
would be able to transport men
and equipment to Europe in time,
once an assault has started. The
people of Europe have suffered
one occupation. They know that a
Soviet occupation would stamp
out the elements of resistance and
thus civilization. Consequently
their interest in a second liberia
ton is slight. Their interests focus
on an effective defense.
Must Commit Men, Equipment" !"
These considerations led me to
believe that there will be no ef-
fective preparation of the defense
of Europe until the United States
makes clear that it will join in
the defense of Europe in the ini-
tial stages Of assault, should it
come. This means that the United
States and Great Britain must
commit men and equipment before
such an assault begins, either in
an occupied zone. or elsewhere in
Europe. I do not propose that we
should undertake single-handed
to defend Europe, or that we
should Immediately dispose troops,
but only under a completed plan
and upon a reciprocal basis. as
European countries in crease their
forces. 1t is essential that Great
Britain should also participate in
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this expansion. This Is the third
step essential to the defense Of
Europe.
You may say to me that II we
do these things, we will take great
risks, You are correct. It is a
risk but the alternative Is a
greater risk-the risk of our iso-
lation on this continent and grad
ual strangulation.
Aside from the consideration
of our own security, it is unbe-
lievable that Europe will not be
defended and protected. It is
the center of our civilization. It
forms with us. with our friends
in South America, and with other
peace-desiring nations in the
world the core around which the
free peoples of the world must
rally in the long struggle ahead.
Will these decisions provoke an
attack? I do not know, and no
one knows. would prefer to be-
Iieve that if the United States
and the members of the North
Atlantic pact make it known to
Soviet Russia, to the United Ma
tions, and to the world. that these
are defense efforts, and the meas
ure of our determination to. de-
fend ourselves. it will be the best
chance of peace. If Russia then
attacks, it would be clear that
she is willing to risk the moral
condemnation. and the resistance
and the dogged fight of free peo-
pies throughout the world.
Decisions Needed Quickly.
l emphasize that these decisions
must be made quickly. They are
not the responsibility of the Ex-
ecutive Branch alone, but of the
Congress as we'll. The Executive
Branch cannot move without the
full support of Congress. We
stand in utmost peril. Interparty
recrimination will not meet this
danger. 1t must be met by ac-
tion.
Finally, whatever we do, we
must have the support of the peo-
pie I know that they do not like
half-measures. have always be-
leved that If they know the facts
and the objectives, they will make
the necessary sacrifices. Every
fact not denied by security must
be made available to them.
Tonight, on this first reunion of
the Third Army, I would have
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forcibly, that even though Europe
and the United Kingdom greatly
increase their efforts, and though
our aid is enlarged, it will be in
effective unless three very def
mite steps are taken by the men,
bers of the North Atlantic pact
organization.
Assign Tasks, Missions.
The first is that the defense
staff should Immediately complete
and the member governments aps
prove a defense plan for Western
Europe which will assign the
tasks and missions of the mem
bers and specify the needed
forces. Only when this is done,
will it be possible to measure the
willingness of each country, in
cluding our own. to supply the
men, the equipment and the
money that are needed. If the
nations OF Western Europe, the
United Kingdom and ourselves
will not make this effort, it is
better to know it now. Without
such a plan and it's acceptance,
the aid that we furnish will be
misdirected, and in part wasted.
The entire effort may repeat the
familiar too little-too late" pat
tern.
The second requirement is that
there must be established a unified
command-with authority and re-
sponsibility to implement and exc
cute the defense plans. to assume
the command function If needed.
There are many other Difficult
ties. Among them are the speed
ing up of military production in
Europe, arrangements for the
transfer of arms through trade
barriers, the provision of economic
and financial arrangements to
cushion the shift from consumer
to military production. But. if
the basic decisions are made to
defend Europe. to complete the
plan for its defense, and to estab-
lish q unified command, these
mechaniSmS can be worked out.
These are some of the tasks of
the new Council of Deputies, un-
der the leadership of the Ameri-
can deputy, Mr.. Charles Spofford.
At its first meeting, it gave hope
full evidence that it would act
vigorously to solve these problems.
Germany Discussed.
I have not named the problem
of Germany, in the list of neces-
sary actions. The steps that II
have named must be started if
there is to be established an in
tegrated system of security.
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Russian Fur Still Aboard
As Mouretuniu Soils
BY the Associoied Press

NEW YORK, Aug. ia ship
ment of $138, 900 worth of Russian
furs which longshoremen here re-
fused to unload was still aboard
the Mauretania today as the
British liner sailed for South
ampton.
The furs, including 116 bales of
Persian lamb skins and two cases
of solongi skins. represented the
second cargo returned to England
in as many days because of the
refusal of New York dock work.
ers to unload shipments from
Russia.
Yesterday the Cunard Lines
Parthia returned to Liverpool
with 88 tons of Russian crab meat
consigned by the British ministry
of food to the United Kingdom
treasury and supply office here.