Evening star., 1951-06-21
Society News
President Truman Is Host at Dinner
Honorinq Ecuodor1s Chief Executive

dinner in addition to the Vice
President and Mrs. Barkley were
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, the
Speaker of the House, Representa-
tive Sam Rayburn. the Secretary
of State and Mrs. Dean Acheson.
the Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. John w. Snyder. the Secre-
tary of Defense and Mrs. George
C. Marshall, the Attorney General
and Mrs. j. Howard McGrath, the
Postmaster General and Mrs. Jesse
M. Donaldson, the Secretary Of the
Interior and Mrs. Oscar L. Chap
man. the Secretary Of Agriculture
and Mrs. Charles r. Brannan and
the Secretary of Commerce and
Mrs. Charles Sawyer.
The Chairman of the Foreign
Relations Committee and Mrs.
Tom Connally were there with
Senator Alexander Wiley. ranking
minority member of the commit
tee and his daughter, Mrs. Philip
ID. Bradley. Representative James
p. Richards. chairman of the For
eign Affairs Committee, and Mrs.
Richards. and Representative
Charles A. Eaton, minority men,
Der of the committee, represented
the Lower House Of Congress in
the company.
The Undersecretary Of State
and Mrs. James E. Webb wereI
there, also the Secretary to the
President and Mrs. Matthew j.
Connolly, the Chairman of the
Council of the Organization of
American States and Senhora Ac-
cioly, Mrs. Edward G.. Miller. jr.,
wife of the Assistant Secretary of
State; the Chief of Protocol and
Mrs. John Farr Simmons, the
United States Ambassador to
Mr.. Paul c. Daniels;
the Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for Inter-American Affairs
and Mrs. Thomas c. Mann, the
United States Press Representative
and Mrs. Ernest B. Vaccaro, Pres
ldent Truman's Military Aide,
Maj. Gen. Harry n. Vaughan with
mis- daughter, Miss Janet Vaughan;
Rear Admiral Milton E. Miles,
United States Aide to President
Plaza, and Mrs. Miles, and Presi-
dent Truman's Naval and Air
Aides, Rear Admiral and Mrs
Robert L. Dennison and Brig. Gen.
and Mrs. Robert B. Landry,
Dinner Arrangements
Dinner was served in the Carl
ton room of the Hotel Carlton,
the two Presidents and the Wis
itor's official party entering by the
Z street entrance. Others in the
company last evening went in
through the hotel lobby and the
north room. The table was horse
shoe shaped, the Presidents sit
ting on the outer edge of the
bend and in the center were palms
and ferns and a cooling fountain
playing over rose colored lights.
The flags of the two countries
were on standards back of the two
Chief Executives, who with Sonora
de Plaza sat in high-backed arm
chairs. Low mounds of blue del
phiniun, white gladioluses and
yellow roses were placed at inter-
vals on the table which also was
decorated with Baker fern. The
Marine Band Orchestra played
from the balcony in the Carlton
room preceding and during the
dinner.
No cocktails were served before
the dinner and the kinds of wine,
il any were served. were not told
for publication. The menu openedl
with consome followed by braised
brook trout and potatoes Paris
siene, roast stuffed squad chicken
mode bressance, creamed celery,
asparagus Hollandaise, Presidents
salad, ascribed to President Tru-
man who is especially fond of
green tossed salads, served last
evening with Carlton sandwiches,
and the dessert was Bombe Nelusci
sur socle marangue, which proved
to be chocolate ice cream with
chopped macaroons soaked in
brandy. Coffee was served in the
north room with cigars, cigarettes
Iand liqueurs.