Evening star., 1951-05-29
Society News
Norwegian Prime Minister and Wife
Honored ot Reception in Embassy

ion in Embassy
George w. Perkins completed the
company.
i Mrs. Hills guests in addition to
MRS. Gerhardsen and Mrs. Munthe
-lde Morgenstierne were Mrs. Bur-
sInet R. Maybank, Mrs. A. S. Mike
.IMonroney and Mrs. Eigil Nygaard,
lwife of the Norwegian Counselor.
i The Ambassador and Mrs. Nor
with the Prime Min
lister and Mrs. Gerhardsen greeted
1.-THE guests in the small, handsome
lily paneled drawing room and
There as in the larger drawing
room and the dining room guam
Titles of early summer blossoms
added to the attractiveness of
the scene.
The hostess was dressed in a
simply made street-length frock
of navy blue and the honor guest
chose an equally simple costume
of black and had spray of gar
Idenias on one shoulder.
The Secretary of State and
Mrs. Dean Acheson were the
ranking officials of the United
States at the party and others
from the Cabinet circle included
1.-THE Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. John w. Snyder. the At
Itorney General and Mrs. j. How
ard McGrath, the Secretary OF
the Interior and Mrs. Oscar Chap
man and the Secretary Of Agri-
Iculture and Mrs. Charles Bran
lnan.
The Supreme Court had
large representation in the COM
pany including Associate Justice
and Mrs. Felix Frankfurter. AS
Isociate Justice and Mrs. William
10. Douglas, Associate Justice and
Mrs. Robert Jackson. Associate
Justice and Mrs. Harold H. Bur-
ton and Associate Justice and Mrs.
Tom c. Clark.
Heads of diplomatic missions
were much in evidence as well as
the second in command" at en-
bassies and legations and their
wives. The Counselor of the Italian
Embassy and Signora Luciolli re-
ceived a very warm welcome as
they have been abroad for several
months and yesterday was their
first appearance at large party.
In addition to the heads of mis-
sion, the entire stats of the Dan
ish and Swedish Embassies and
the Icelandic and Finnish Lega-
tions were invited and the men,.
bers of the Norwegian Embassy
and their wives assisted through
the party hours.
The Speaker of the House, Rep
Iresentative Sam Rayburn, was
there and congressional circles
were further represented by Sena-
tor Tom Connally, chairman of
the Foreign Relations Committee
and Mrs. Connally, Senator and
Mrs. Owen Brewster, Senator
Theodore Francis Green. Senator
Robert A. Taft, Senator and Mrs.
Homer Ferguson, the Secretary of
the Senate and Mrs. Leslie Biffie,
Representative Joseph w. Martin,
Ijr., Representative and Mrs. Ken
Regan, Representative and Mrs.
James P. Richards, Representa-
tive and Mrs. B. Carroll Reece,
Representative and Mrs. Abraham
A. Ribicof, Representative and
Mrs. Omar Burleson and Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Robert B.
Chiperfield.
The Bishop of Washington and
Mrs. Angus Dun were there and
also the hosts neighbor, the
Apostolic Delegate. the Most Rev.
Amelto Giovanna Cicognani.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and Mrs.
y. Borden Hartman, former
United States Minister to Norway.
were among the very few from
resident Washington included
among those invited.
The president of the Interna-
tional Bank and Mrs. Eugene
Black, the Undersecretary of State
and Mrs. James E. Webb, the
Chief of Protocol and Mrs. John
Farr Simmons, the Deputy Chief
and Mrs. Raymond D. Muir, the
president of the Export-Import
Bank and Mrs. Herbert E. CASTOR,
the Administrator of the Economic
Sterilization Agency and Mrs.
Eric Johnston, and the Admins
traitor of the Economic Co-opera-
ton Administration and Mrs.
William c. Foster.
The Ambassador and Mrs.
Munthe de Morgenstierne did not
forget the Armed Forces in their
invitations and the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Mrs.
Omar N. Bradley, the Vice Chief
OF Staff of the Army and Mrs.
Wade H. Haislip. and the Chief
Eof Naval Operations and Mrs.
Forrest P. Sherman.
Guests also included members
of the armed services of the na-
tlons in the North Atlantic Pact
as well as Mr.. George Meaney of
the American Federation of Labor
and Mrs. Meaney; Mr.. James
Carey of the Congress of Indus
trial Organization and Mrs. Carey:
Mr.. Earl Bunting of the National
Association of Manufacturers and
Mrs. Bunting; the Special Assist
ant to the President and Mrs. w.
Averill Hartman and the Ad-
ministrative Assistant to the
President and Mrs. Donald Daw-
son.
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