Evening star., 1951-03-29
Society News
Chief Executive and Mrs. Truman Hosts
To Frances President and Nine. AurioI

President Auriol sat Mrs. Truman.
Each had a high backed arm
chair, other guests seated in
smaller chairs without arms. Red
roses and white snapdragons were
in the vases and in low mounds in
the center of the table with silver
candelabra holding lighted white
candles. About the table were
sprays of Baker fern.
Mrs. Truman wore a very be-
coming gown of French blue bro
cade in rose pattern. Her honor
guest chose brown satin embroi-
dered in beads for the first party
in her honor in this country. Miss
Margaret Truman came down
from New York for the dinner
and left later for the West for a
series of concerts. She is accom-
panied by Miss Reathal Odum.
Guests From Fronce
Members of the visiting Chief
Executives party who were at the
dinner were the Minister of For
eign Affairs. Mr.. Robert Schu-
man. who has been a frequent
visitor here; the Ambassador and
Nine. Bonnet, the Military Secre-
Itary General, Gen. Paul GroSsin;
the Chief of Protocol. Mr.. Jacques
lDumaine: the Assistant Secretary
General to the President, Mr..
Paul Auriol; the Director of the
Office of the President, Mr.
jacques Koscziusko- Moriset: the
Counselor of the Ministry of For
eign Affairs. Mr.. Bernard Beck,
and the Minister Counselor of the
embassy, Mr.. Jean Daridan.
The Vice President and Mrs.
Barkley and Chief Justice Fred M.
Vinson were the ranking United
States guests. Mrs. Woodrow Will
son. whose husband was the first
President of the United States to
visit France. was in the company.
From the cabinet circle there
were the Secretary of State and
Mrs. Dean Acheson. the Secretary
of the Treasury and Mrs. John w.
Snyder, the Secretary of Defense,
Gen. George c. Marshall; the
Attorney General and Mrs. j..
Howard McGrath, the Secretary
of Interior and Mrs. Oscar w.
Chapman, the Secretary of Agri-
culture and Mrs. Charles F. Bran
nan, the Secretary of Commerce,
Mr.. Charles Sawyer, and the
Secretary of Labor and Mrs.
Maurice Tobin.
Congress Represented
The Chairman of the Foreign
Relations Committee of the Sem
ate and Mrs. Tom Connally and
Senator Alexander Wiley. Repub-
lican member of that committee
with his daughter, Mrs. Philip D.
Bradley, jr, were included with
Representative Charles A. Eaton,
former chairman of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee and
now the ranking Republican men,
ber. Representative Mike Mans
field. also member of the COM
mittee, with Mrs. Mansfield were
the others from congressional
circles at the dinner.
The Administrator of the Eco
nomic Cooperation Administra-
tion and Mrs. William c. Foster
were there and from the White
House staff there were the Special
Assistant to the President, Mr.. w.
Averell Hartman, the Assistant to
the President and Mrs. John r.
Steelman and the Secretary to
the President and Mrs. Joseph
Short, the Assistant Secretary of
State for European Affairs and
Mrs. George w. Perkins, the Chief
of Protocol and Mrs. John Farr
Simmons. and the United States
Ambassador to France and Mrs.
David K. E. Bruce, were others in
official circles of this country at
the dinner. President Trumans
aides, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Harry
H. Vaughan, Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Robert L. Dennison and Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. Robert B. Landry
and the United States Military
Aide to President Auriol, Maj
Gen. William E. Hall, completed
the party.