Evening star., 1951-05-02
By Ann Cline

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what he's going to do after re-
turning to Europe but he GER
tainly knows his plans for the
next week or so. He is going to be
very busy!
Just back from a long auto
mobile trip that took him through
the southern part of the United
States, as well as up the West
coast, the retiring Chairman of
the Board of the International
Monetary Fund is back in Wash
ington for Just a few days.
Mr.. Gutt has made host Of
friends-both official and residen-
tial-since he came here May 6,
1916, as the first chairman of the
board of the Fund. This can be
attested to by the variety of hosts
entertaining for him.
Mr.. Quit will leave Washington
on May 8 for New York, from
where he will sail May IL for
Europe on the Liberte. The for
mer Belgian Finance Minister
hasn't made up his mind just
what his future plans will be.
Mr.. Rooth Successor
His post will be taken over by
Mr.. Ivar Rooth, who now is in
Iraq in charge of a special mis-
sion for the World Bank. He ex-
poets to come to this coun-
try sometime in June. but it prob
ably will be July or August before
he formally takes over as head of
the Fund. For 20 years, Mr.. Rocth
was Governor of the Central Bank
of Sweden.
Mr.. Quits social engagements
will be interspersed with official
calls. Yesterday. he made an
official call on President Truman
and on General of the Army Omar
Bradley, who is also a personal
friend. and he expects to see
Secretary of State Acheson before
4CdfulS.
Today, members of the execu-
tive board of the fund and Mr..
Andrew OVERLY, deputy managing
director, gave him a farewell
luncheon at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
This evening, Mr.. and Mrs. Over
by are giving a dinner party for
him. Tomorrow, the Belgian Am
bassador, Baron Silvercruys, has
arranged dinner at the Embassy.
The retiring official will be
guest of honor again on Friday
when the Luxembourg Minister
and Nine. lie Calais entertain
at a luncheon, and that evening, ;,
Belgian Counselor Maurice Heyne
and the Military and Air Attache
and Countess Du Monceau de Ber-
gendal will be joint hosts at a
dinner party.
Sunday evening, Associate JUS
tice Felix Frankfurter will be his
dinner host and the next evening,
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Cox will do
likewise. At the luncheon hour
Monday. Mr.. Cults final day in
the capital, he will be host to the
executive directors, alternate di-
rectors and department heads of
the fund at the Wardman-Par
Hotel. which has been his Wash
ington home.
Others who have hosted parties
for Mr.. Quit are Mrs. Brien Nc
Mahon, who gave a luncheon yes
terday; Mrs. Robert Low Bacon,
a dinner hostess Monday evening, |
and Mr.. Eugene Meyer.
Visitor Is Honor Guest
The Pan American room of the
Mayflower was the setting for al
gay gathering yesterday when
Mrs. William Henry Watson, jr.,I
entertained at May Day party
Arriving in town just in time to
be guest of honor was Mrs. C.I
Larimore Perry, sister of the wife
of Senator George A. Smathers of
Florida.
Mrs. Perry is from Miami and
she flew in over the weekend to-
spend a week or so with Mrs.
Smathers and her husband. Mrs.
Watson and Mrs. Perry first met
each other in Miami.
The guests were greeted in the
Cabinet room, where enormous
bouquets of spring blossoms
frightened things up. A guitarist
and accordionist played through
out the party hours of 6 to 81
o'clock. and tempting hot and
cold hors d'oeuvres were served
to the guests.